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IK CGiTBN MARKET. Hth.Ol IM AM) soMl IIMF.S VIO? LENT I'll U K FLltTl' ATIONS. One Day Saw lltg Break?On Tues? day duly Lost $1 a Bale and other Mou?w AImo Fell Baek. New York. July 23.?The past week In the cotton market has been char? acterised by Increased activity in spec- j ulation and by frequent and at times violent fluctuations in prices. For in? stance, in a single day?Tuesday, July 1??prices broke $4 a bale on July, $S on August, and $1.25 to $2 a bale on the later months. break on that day was traceable largely to a well organised bear raid. As a pre- . limlnary to the bear attack reports wer? sent broadcast that the bull pee] had sold out Its holding and that the deal In July was over. London opera- ' tors and spot Interests of promluence sttacked the market vigorously. Many stop loss orders were uncovered in the whole list and for a time support was lacking. Yet the general list has recorded a net advance for the week. Leading bulls denied in vigorous fashion that they had abandoned the deal and they followed this announce? ment with aggressive bidding and buying, not only of July and August, but also of the fall months. More? over, much of the crop news has been unfavorable. Many believe that the situation In important sections of the South is such as to preclude possibil? ity of a yield of the requisite size. Trade report* in some cases are rath? er snore favorable. In the local dry goods market the demand has im? proved and at some advance In prices. Manchester Is said to have done a good business with India of late. Con? tinental spinners are said to be curry? ing very small supplies of raw ma? terial. Spinners have been prominent in the buying of futures, especially con? tinental spinners. The South has also made purchases. On the other hand the weather or late has undoubtedly been much more favorable In many sections of the South. The sales of the actual cotton have been small on both sides of the water. Some con? tend that the reports of sales of spot holdings of leading bulls at 1 to 1-2 vnder ruling official quotations re? veals an artificial situation. Large quantities'of cotton have been received here for July delivery and more Is , said to be coming. There has been a noteworthy Increase In the local cer? tificated stock during the past week. Today. Friday, the market was dull and irregular, old crop months end? ing at a small decline and new crop months at small advances. July no? tices for about 25,000 bales were is? sued. These were promptly stopped by New Orleans bulls. Tlie l? in') Industry. According to the last year book of the department of agriculture, there are II.720,000 milch COWS in the Uni? ted States, and these are worth $702, 141,000. The magnitude of the in? dustry can perhaps be l>est under? stood when It is considered that these cows produce yearly about $1.000. ?tt.tOO worth of dairy products. There is no other branch of diver? sified agriculture so important to the progress of a community. The fer? tility of the soil ran best be main? tained by the liberal use of barnyard manure am! the dairy herd not onlv makes this pojstble. but dairying is also more remunerative than other branches of farming when properly carried on. Dairying has made rnu h progress since the advent of the modern creamery and th ? consumer or butter has not only been benefited by being furnished a more wholesome and pal? atable article .,f food, but the wife In the farm home has been relieved of the drudgery incident to making but? ter on the farm. Where formerly the cream was ripened and churned Into butter under conditions not condu? cive to fine quality In the finished product and In the maturity of cases by unskilled hands, no v the most of the milk or eream Is delivered to a modem creamery where eon lltlone are suited to the purpose of making butter, and the result has been a won de-iul Impr .vement In the quality of gegj dairy product*. As the qualitv has Improved consumption has In creao^d and the progress of dairying has been remarkable during the past decade. The perpeutlty of the country's greatness depends upon Increasing the production of farm produc ts from year to year, a result which not only furnishes our people with food but maintains the prosperity of our farm? ing communities. Increase in pro? duction can only come through Im? proved methods of agriculture ati 1 soil Improvement and farming pros? perity, her Importance Is best under? stood, and Interest In her should not he confined to her owner. She Is an Important factor In the development and prosperltv of our country.? Or#?envllle News. lie does nothing who endeavors to do more than Is allowed to humanltv. ?Johnson. U C I SI J) XK?K() K1LLKI). Frenzied Men and lloys Kiddle Pris? oner With Bullets Then Incinerate lit in.in. I I'- Uon, Tex., July 22.?Henry Gen? try, a negro 18 years old, paid the penalty of his crime, murder and pre? sumably intended assault, at the stake tonight while two others, a brother of the man lynched and a companion, charged with implication, missed a like fate only through the peladings of Sheriff Burke and sev? eral citizens. Early today the negro attempted to force an entrance into the home of Mrs. Lemba. a widow, but was fright? ened away with a shot by the woman's daughter. Several hours later, while Qentry was being searched for by a posse headed by Constable James Mitchell, the man, tiring from am? bush, killed the posse leader. , Then the mob formed and, after an all day search, surrounded the fu? gitive in a corn field. As the mob closed in on him Qentry made a dash for liberty but was brought to earth by two well directed bullets. A rope was quickly brought and the man dragged to an automobile and hur? ried to Helton where several thousand frenzied men and boys awaited his coming. As the public square was reached the rope was tossed to a man on horseback and the negro dra0ged about the square to the pyre. To ap? ply a torch was the work of a mo? ment and while several hundred shots were fired Into his body the already dying legro was incinerated. When the work of the mob was ended there, a dash was made for the city prison with the intention of lynching the two others charged with aiding Gentry In the killing of Mit? chell. Pleadings and a show of force stopped the mob before an attempt was made to storm the jail. The crowds then dispersed and further disorder is not anticipated. TWO WEAPONS TO FIGHT FLIES WITH. Serviceable Home-Made Screens and A Cheap Fly Poison. Make a light frame of 7-8 by 2 in. stuff; If window frame Is large, place a cross rail in the middle opposite the meeting rails of the sash, usually just above the centre. Full-sized screens protect glass in hail and wind storms. Strain the wire cloth on tight, and tack every 4 Inches. If painted with thin black paint once In 3 or 4 years, and given a coat of oil?raw linseed is best, boiled is good?the years when not painted, and put away in a dry attic (do not store In a damp cel? lar), they will last a life time. I have screens with pine frames, covered with common wire netting (13 or 14 mesh to inch is best) so treated that have been in use eevry summer for 35 years or longer, and good yet. making a net cost of per? haps 3 cents per window per year. If left out all winter and unpalnt ed, they will last only a short time, one or two years. Copper wire will need no point or oil, but costs much more to start with. The pearl or gal? vanized wire is good but will rust in time, unless oiled or painted regular? ly. If windows are screened over all, there Is no chance for flies or mosqui? toes to get in, and the windows can be opened top and bottom, giving a good circulation still, hot nights, or where there is only one window In ine room. Vt>ry tall doors are better If a small frame, or transom, Is placed above the door, using a shorter door; fewer tiles, bugs and mosquitoes get In with the people passing through. Si reen windows and transoms can be hung on loose pin-hinges?brass is best, as they do not rust and disfigure a building. I ?oors should swing outward, as that way admits many less files. Win? dow mum on hingen are handy to open to wash windows, and with loose pin-bolts are easy to take off in fall to store away. An ounce of bichromate of potash will last a family ? year for killing files. Put a fourth of a teaspoonful on a plate, with a teaspoonful of su? gar, dissolve with hot water. Pin< <? i coarse ( loth or brown paper for flics to light on. Add water from day to day, as It dries down. The sugar and potash remain in the dish except what the 0MM1 cat. Sure death to Hi. rn. Try It. Keep It out of reac h ol small ? blldren. It Is a bail dr ?k for th.m.?Alton M. Worden in pro? gressive Farmer. The first Installment on the V. M C, A. building fund will be due Au? gust 1st Have It ready and pay it promptly, us It will bo needed to tciv for the i.,t on August lf.th. ?Mr. .1. S. Kartell, Fdwardsville, Ind.. writes \ fen months ago my kl dreys become congested. 1 had severe backache and pain across the kidneys and hips. Potoy Kidney Pills promptly curod my backache aid corrected the action of my kld reys. This was brov^ht about after my using them for Olli?' a few short weeks and I can cheerfully recom? mend them." Slbert's Drug Store. THE? GAVE HIM A BABY. Mr. Josh \V. Ashley Makes a Find on His Piazza. Hon. Joshua W. Ashley, one of the j representatives of Anderson county In j the legislature, was called out of his bod yesterday morning about 2 o'clock ! by the ringing of the 'phone in his home near Honea Path. For some time he tried, shivering and muttering, to get somebody to i answer, when he had made known his presence by speaking into the instru- \ ment. Hut nobody answered. And Mr. Ashley decided that the wires had in some way gotten cross? ed, and the ringing of the bell was due to the wind. He went back to bed. After getting inside his room, Mr. Ashley began to think. It occurred to him that while he was standing in the hall, he had seen a form pass the door. It was the form of a woman. And there had been a noise on the piazza. He was certain. Then he went to investigate. There was no noise to attract his attention as he opened the door, and it Was dark, too, in the shade of the piazza. He almost, stumbled over something, and stooped down to in? vestigate. His hands came in contact with something soft and downy. He shiv? ered a bit from the cold and felt fur? ther. It was a round, soft bundle, and it moved. Then all at once there was a shrill cry?Mr. Ashley gasped with momen? tary fright, then seized the babe in his arms and rushed into his house. When a light was set going it was found that Mr. Ashley had been pre? sented with a fine, black-headed baby boy. It was apparently about four or five weeks old?hale and hearty; but almost frozen to death. The little fellow has been taken in by Mr. Ashley, and if it is not claim? ed, he will care and provide for it. Mr. Ashley says he doesn't know why the 'phono rang, and he doesn't know who sent him the baby, but he's glad all ihe same.?Anderson Mail. WINTHROPS PRESIDENT HON. ORFD. J Chosen Head of Normal Department Of National Kdueation Association. Rock Hill, July 21.?At the recent meeting in Boston of the National Education Association, Dr. D. B. Johnson, president of Winthrop, was elected president of the normal de? partment. The Boston Evening Transcript of July 12 printed a long story about Winthrop College, speaking in glow? ing terms of the fine institution. Speaking of the practice home at Winthrop, this article said: "From this home and the gardens of the training school much material was contributed for the school garden luncheon, given last Tuesday at the headquarters of the Home Economic Association of Boston." The Czar a Tight Wad. Out of his total official and private income of about $11,000,000 Nicholas is supposed to support seventeen of his grand-ducal relatives, but most of these have large estates, and get lit? tle from the czar. The czar also sup? ports the St. Peterburg Academy of Art and makes good the deficit on the working of the Imperial theaters. On the St. Petersburg ballot there is a loss of $100,000 a year. Hut these expenses are trifles. What the czar does with the rest of his enormous wealth no one knows. His penuriousness heats Abdul Ila mid's. He keeps no harem. He gives no entertainments. All his big pal* aOM are closed. The winter palace at St. Petersburg, the Great Alexander palace at Tsarskoe Selo and the big rococo Peterholf palace are all unin? habited, and in the hands of a few dosen caretakers. All these palaces lie on the public road exposed to borah-throwing, so the hermit czar spends winter and summer in small, uncomfortable chalets hidden away in private parks, where he keeps up h ss state than the poorest of the grand dukes. The admiralty must pay for his yacht) the ministry of communications f?>r ills raroly-USed train; and the ministry of the interior for the horde of policemen, spies and agents provo cateurs who surround him. As con trlbutor to charities and patron of art, the czar plays no role; the so-called "Imperial charities" are financed with practically forced subscriptions from tacit merchants.?London Letter Den? ver Republican. * Those Plea of Boyhood. Mow delicious were the pies of boy? hood. No pies now ever taste so good, What's changed? the pics? No. Its you. You've lost the stror.g, healthy stomach, the vigorous liver, the active kidneys, the regular bowels of boyhood. Your digestion Is po?r and you blame the food, What's needed? A complete toning up bv BlSCtrlc Hitters of till organs of di >?< itlon Stomach, Liver Kidneys, Bowels-?Try them. They'll restore your boyhood appetite and apprecia? tion of food and fairly saturate your body With new health, strength and rigor. f>0c. at Blbert'l Drug Store. REARDON COMPLIMENTED. His Friend! (iive Him a Fish stew? Couple of Candidate!! on Hand. Messrs. G. W. Ziegler, R. Mood j Brown, E. L. Ducom, J. A. Epperson and a number of other citizens repre- ; sentative of the industrial and com merclal interests of the Game Cock i City, including a few representatives of the rural districts, assembled to? gether Friday night at a fish stew complimentary to their fellow citizen, Mr. E. I. Reardon, the retired health officer of this city. Mr. Reardon is a versatile citizen, of Sumter, who, by his efforts as health officer, newspaper correspon? dent and as secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, has secured the friend? ship and good will of the masses of the Sumter people. The presence of Mayor Jennings added to the pleasure of the evening as Mayor Jennings is in demand upon all occasions in Sumter by virtue of his pleasing and Democratic person? ality, no less than because of his well known public spirited interest in his fellow citizens and the city over which he presides as mayor, and as the "live wire leader" of good roads and all matters pertaining to the public good. Mayor Jennings was called upon for a speech, but as he has been al? most daily engaged in a number of cases in court during the past four weeks his throat was too sore to re? spond. He, however, took occasion to express the pleasure it afforded him, although tired out from an unusual four weeks work as mayor and at? torney, to be present with his fellow citizens. He was enthusiastically ap? plauded at the call for a speech and at the conclusion of his impromptu remarks. Messrs. G. Heyward Mahon and Captain John Maxwell Richardson, candidates respectively for railroad j commissioner and adjutant and in I spector general, were present as spe ? clal guests and were cordially recelv l ed by those present. Mr. Mahon made a very enthusi? astic address of a few minutes, out? lining his platform, embracing equal? ization of frieght rates, better accom? modations on passenger trains and doing away with the "iniqultious" mileage system whereby it is nec essary to have your mileage pulled at the ticket office instead of on the trains or the paying of fifteen cents extra in lieu of tickets, although you have your mileage book. Captain Richardson reviewed his military career from private to cap? tain in service for four years in the United States artillery school. Four years in the Tennessee and South Carolina militia, and the volunteer service of the United States. Both candidates were cordially wel? comed. No indications as to how the gentlemen present stood for either candiadte was apparent. The fish stew was a delightful con? coction and the extras, Carolina rice, corn bread and coffee were in keeping with the stew. Messrs. R. Mood Brown, E. L, Ducom and W. C. Ziegler were the gentlemen of the committee who made the affair so pleasant for all. About thirty were present. Si>artanburg's Confederate Monument Spartanburg, July 21.?A whirl? wind campaign of three hours will be carried on in Spartanburg tomorrow, between the hours of 11 a. m. and 5 p. m., to raise $2,000, and close up the Confederate monument fund, which the Herald has been raising. The city has been divided up In sec? tions, and each section given to a committee to canvass. One of the latest automobile novel? ties in England is a tire pressure gauge which measures the pressure that is actually in the tire. It is about the size of a pencil, and is ap? plied to the valve after unscrewing the valve caps. A small pin depresses a valve plunger and the air forces out a little piston on which the pres? sure is plainly marked in pounds. The correct pressure for different sizes of tires is printed on the gauge. The device is bo Hmall that it can be car? ried in the vest pocket. ?Work 21 Hours A Day. The busiest little things ever made are Dr. King's New Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar-coated globule of health, that changes weakness into strength, languor into energy, brain-fag into mental power; curing Constipation. Headache, Chills, Dyspepsia, Malaria. 25c. at Sibert's Drug Store. The Columbia board of health has analyzed samples of milk and butter from the various dairies that supply the city. Foley kidney Pills Have Cured Me. *The above is a quotation from a letter written by H. M. Winkler, Evansvllle, Ind. I contracted a severe case of kidney trouble. My back gave out end pained me. 1 seemed to have lest all strength and ambition; was bothered with dizzy sells, my head would swim and specks float before my eyes. I took Foley Kidney Fills I regularly and am now perfectly well and feel like a new man. Foley Kid? ney Pills have cured mo." Sibert's Drug Store. GLOOMY AS TO COTTON. Horvle Jordan Fears It Will Not Re Even Normal. New York, July 21.?Harvie Jor? dan, of Atlanta, president of the Southern Cotton Growers' Associa? tion, arrived in New York yesterday with gloomy reports about the cotton ; crop. He says that owing to the ! damage done by incessant rains the 1 prospect for a large crop has passed and the production of even a normal j crop is by no means assured. "I don't know anything a' out the sudden movement of cotton this way except what I have read in the news? papers," said Mr. Jordan at the Wol cott yesterday. "There is not a great j deal of cotton in the South, and the supply is being rapidly exhausted. Last year's crop was the smallest in ten years. Of course very few sold during the January depression, and as a result the market reacted to 15 cents, which in the South is consider? ed an ideal price for cotton. "As for recent indictments of Pat? ten, Col. Thompson and others alleg? ed to have been in a pool to control the price of cotton, it is the general con? currence of opinion down South that the government made a mistake and was influenced by the bearish ele? ment. "No, speculating In cotton futures does not exist in Southern States any longer, except in Louisiana and Ten- j nessee. I started a campaign against it in Georgia in 1906, and after our legislature had passed a bill against it other States took it up. It got to be too common a thing for cashiers who had lost their own and other people's money to blow their brains out. Such gambling had developed into a great evil, particularly among the farmers. ?'This year's crop in Georgia, par? ticularly in the Southern part of the State, has been seriously damaged by much rain. The same is pratcically true in the South Atlantic and middle States. Grass is growing so fast {hat it is going to be difficult to clear the crop. In some sections the crop has been completely drowned out. In the early part of the season the cold winds and frost killed a great deal and replanted cotton is now three to four weeks late on that account. "As for the labor on the planta? tions that is plentiful and satisfac? tory. No, the Southern negroes have not been affected by the Jeffries Johnson fight. Why, the negro preachers in Atlanta held a meeting condemning it. Did the negroes down there bet on the fight? None at all that I know of. They don't bet on such things. Their betting goes a little further than dice. "The boll weevil is still an anxious subject. Louisiana has almost ceased to be a cotton producing State, Mis? sissippi is very bad off, and the in? sect is now coming Into Alabama. We may expect it in Georgia one of these days. We are adopting the methods of cultivation recommended by the department of agriculture. "Cotton will sell for continued high prices this fall and winter and it may go very high. No accurate guess as to the size of the crop will really be possible until after the frost. If the frost comes early It will be disas? trous." ?Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure any case of kidney and bladder trouble not beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more. Siberfs Drug Store. The nominations for President can be postponed for two years, but good choice of Governors and members of congress Is of immediate concern.? Philadelphia Record. ?A Frightful Wreck of train, automobile or buggy may cause cuts, bruises, abrasions, sprains or wounds that demand Bucklen's Arnica Salve?earth's greatest healer. Quick relief and prompt cure results. For burns, boils, sores of all kinds, eczema, chapped hands and lips, sore eyes or corns, its supreme. Surest pile cure. 25c. at Sibert's Drug Store. Don't Neglect Your Eyes? call and have our optician examine your eyes if they are troubling you; by having this done you may not have to wear them long. But to continue straining them may necessitate you wearing them your lifetime. Our optical parlor is fitted with every device for thoroughly examin? ing the eye. We have installed a lense grinding plant and do our own lense grinding and driling; carry a stock of compound lense frame mountings and optical goods. We can fill your prescriptions at once properly; all work guaranteed. Graduate optician in charge. W. A. Thompson, Jeweler and Optician. Phone m. - - No. 6 S. Main St. NO AUTOS FOR OFFICERS. Treasury Refuses to Pay For Tires, (?asoMne or Polo Ponies. Washington, July 21.?Comptroller of the Treasury Tracewell, in an opinion rendered today, has slapped the war department in the face, so to speak, or at least has dealt a blow to staff officers and others using au? tomobiles instead of horses as a means of locomotion. Comptroller Tracewell rendered his opinion in the case of Col. Hugh L. Scott, superin? tendent of the military academy at West Point. He holds that Colonel Scott has no business using an auto? mobile in connection with his duties. The Comptroller found that Colonel Scott was ranked as a mounted of? ficer by the war department, drew pay of such an officer and the usual allowance for his horse. Accordingly the government should not provide him with an automobile. The question came up over the al? lowance for the payment by Colonel Scott of $10.80 for repairs to his ma? chine. The expense was approved by Major Carson, quartermaster at West Point, but was promptly disapproved by the auditor for the war depart? ment. It was then referred to the Comptroller, who coincided with the auditor. Apparently the question of the or? iginal purchase of the machine "got by" the auditor and Comptroller, for its payment was allowed| The Quar? termaster's department held that the machine was allowed by law for use of Colonel Scott and staff for the pur? pose of making inspection tours over the military academy grounds. The auditor and Comptroller apparently care nothing about any law authoriz? ing the purchase and use of a ma? chine, for they take the firm stand that it is illegal and Colonel Scott must pay for his own repairs. They stand ready to pay for having Colonel Scott's horse shod, but they refused to "O. K." the item of tires for his automobile. The auditor and Comptroller ap? parently have their eyes on the West Point authorities, for last week they rejected a claim made by Major Car? son for the purchase of half a dozen ponies for the use of the West Point polo team. The Comptroller and au? ditor held that ponies and polo are not essential to the athletic training of cadets, and anyway there is no law for their purchar?. Major Carson has the ponies on his hands. Farmers on the Eastern Shore of Maryland have come forward as phil? anthropists. They want better rail? way facilities for the reason that they are tired of luxuriously eating up all their own sweetcorn and melons.? Washington Star. The cause of hot weather education will certainly never languish as long as the summer school of politics re? mains in session at Oyster Bay.?New York Mail. Julian Hughes, of Union, charged with the murder of Crack Thomas, has been released on a bond of $1,000. ?Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets gently stimulate the liver and bowels to expel poisonous matter, cleanse the system, cure constipation and sick headache. Sold by W. W. Sibert. 60 YEARS* EXPERIENCE Trade Marks DcSIOffS Cc?vmcHTG 4c. 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