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Bow has the combined circulation and
Influence cf both >f the old papers
god Is mrnife^tty the best advrtl lnr
medium In ?avatar.
A'-cor?ling to the 1 leptd tmcnt of La?
bor food prices in th-.? United States
w? re high* I NoYi ? lb< r l' th last than
a: any gflM r t.tne within twenty-four
yenrn. in ' t'> it tin r? h.is been a slight
decline sinBS that <i te. If the decline
should contiriMo atld become sub t m
tial th-> FSjoletng of non-productive
ren.-um'a!: '. . ? ? , would ? e di o.vn-d
by the uproar of the produosra Thi
high cost df living of past few years
hss been terri'de for the ma; .-es pi
people who have to buy everything
they eat. but it has brought prosperity
to thousands of farmers and ill!- I the
agriculture 1 Stat | of the we: t with
automobile riding farmers. The high
prices of food shaft's has !?ot b. en an
unmixed c\il. nor would a return of
the lov. pr ?a ? ol tw? nty years ago
bo an unmixed blessing. Should
flour, meal an 1 ne ntn decline to the
prices prevalent In the early nineties
? a covdlt'on that is sc.-tail.'.' pos?
sible?the situ ition In the Cnitca
States would ; ? v. <? than during'
the era of eigh cost of living.
see
What is the uio in dlSflHBBlni the
dis^rneeful pr? ? < -dings In the house
of representatives the other night?
Oov. Hleaso is | political madman and
? 111 go to any lengths to fat Into thej
mellght nnd ad. SAlSf himself. All
? la talk Of wanting to light .somebody
r snybedy was the purest brag?
gadocio, for h.e kntW full wall and
ounted on the fi\< \ th.it a lieh* woubi
? e prevented. 1 ut It v.a-. - m -1 ad
\ ertlslnr. and he ': a ?? it would get!
Im a first page joatlon iti the la-v.s
aper? toxi da v. if ho really wants
o light Mr. Stevenson he will hnve
.but.dart ? pi OPttMllty 10 do so this'
lUmmer f I.en th-y SJsSgt eg Ihc .s'utop
n the senatorial campaign.
1 SBBSSO I lob Not?
The organl/.ation of nine canning
club* have about been completed with
a large and onthsia.-dic membership
of ?Irls who have a determination,
preserverance and a dcsln to learn, 1?
Is a good thing to know snout the
soil, plants, and nature It is an ac?
complishment, also, to learn the arts!
of cooking and housekeeping. A girl
?ho dov* this work for a year will
take a decided step toward self-irn-'
provement and ef!!c!en< y. The Kiri
and th'lr parents are realizing that
tho abjeetfl oC our clubs ore the mak-|
ing of iilcnl horn' s und the all round
d \ ? lopm'-nt of the ?n lividual Kiri 1
Just as our Panning cl it .; are now
special i* in 5: on th" tomato soon fl.'o
domestic ssi R Cluhg in the county!
W ill lo ...... i Ji/.it: , on "br d."
The object* of i i Olrls" Demon?
stration wo-k gf( :
1. To sneourags families lo pro?
vide pBJfOf and battef food at a lower
eoHt. to utih/,. ih< aurplus and other
w Is. w i re j.r ?. 1'i* tof the orchard
?\nd garden, and to make the poultry
yaid an i'. ? ? part of tho farm
?< nnom>.
2. T > StlSBV lie IntOTt t 'nd whole?
some soove ration among members of
to- f imt:> In th" home.
9. Tho provide some means l>y
which Kir I n < . , inon? \ at home,
and at the sjBJM time ?et the educa?
tion nerewtary for the Ideal firm Ufa.
4. To op< M |hs way for praetb al
demonstration* in home , onoBTiloUi
our t bib in'???! >\:ii always bear ihs
motto ' To 111 i^e the he t lletter."
and in addition lo this the club .Is
can always bs Identified by Ihs club
Sjgfihlem. The put? of the emblem
are an follows Hook for b o kuround.
tomato, four-b ai OtoVOf und upon tin
top of o. . v. gpS arg Ihs V id
??Demonstriitor." The lower part of
the hook msaiilna I ha words "Oiris*
?*. a- F. ?HlVs\*< Which means this'
Canning nnd Touitry Cttth, V\ ??
each or the lot t b rsa ol Ilia c.over
design are ib . mi H's which kh
??K<i?ial Tn ? . ol Ihs Head. H indn
Heart. an?l lb ittti?" rdu itloiml pro?-.
aasen ? mm'ni si In ? ery member. Ths
oir!.' Ctttb saambsrs srs urged to
gl\e th ir bet I ? to' ?,. or lo I he
broader training
Mary l.emmon,
s ipi i \? or i ;,i in* i 'luba
Man i ? I i 1 ii p oi d.
A Heonat to msrrj has L n gra
id to Tatnm Plei i ind Mai ? i lle^
i11ii< has) ol mter?
mmn B3DY RETURNED.
REXVRXER TO AMERICAN sun:
W RI1 ER BY PEDERAIA,
Texas Ham Ijiiiau Wais Executed l>\
lrderuK?i (mains .slum BfuUlU
llon, Identified b| sou and IVleitda
I ?-Reco i one' i?v Conen] nnd Officer
of Rangern
Laredo, Texas, Maren 8.?Tho mu
tllntod i ody ??f demente Vergara,
Teaae ranchmuni was secretly brought
to tho American aide of tho itlo
Qrusjdc In the early hoars of Bun
day morning, establishing the faot ol
his exeeutlon nfter ho was ?eiaed by
lleaiean federate.
Departing ea silently ss they had
eroaned the river, the men who dis?
interred the body from the Hldaljgo,
Moxleoi eemetery ami bore it five
miles over a rough trad to American
territory, loft no taoo of their hh n
tity. Atttorlean Consul Qarrett of
Nuevo La rede, Mexleo, and C&pt, J
J. Banders of tho Texas Rangers
w< r?> tho only persons on tho Amerl
'can side who WOTS told What had been
dona They wore not Informed, they
said, until . fur tin- body had been
brought across the river, Told <>f the
Intended delivery of tho body, they
v.int to the OSene, 4."> miles up the
river from Laredo, found the body
as they had been told they would,
ami tonight had it brought to Laredo
ponding -"n examination which the
BtntS Will have made.
None of the officials would make a
It Mi nt id |ght ? xeept to set at rest
? ar;i<r reports that Texas Rangers
and friends of Vorgarn had noted to
gsthl r in crossing into Mexico and
Bring the body for burial by the
family.
Rumon had it that former em
ployes ??f the Vergnrn ranch wers re
N nsiblo for tho recovery of the
body,
<'>?nra! Qarrett alSO forestalled sur
mlaeg that the Mexican authorities
mitrht have taken this means to re?
turn tin- i ody by expressing the opin?
ion that he did not believe they hnew
the body had been removed. He had
BOVer expected Bt f received any au?
thority to return the body to Texas,
he said. ?
Apparently the only clew to the
identity "f the meg tonight was a
.>hi>\'l left in the open gTUVS in the
Rldalgo cemeti ry, To it was attached
a card IttSOrtbed "lteeuredos"?"re?
membrances."
was shot twles through the
head gad Ottos through the nook.
His skull was crashed as by a blow
from a r.'>e butt and the charred
fingers the left hand Indicated that
Ik l ad been tortured before being]
put t,, death.
Identification was made by the
dead man's bob and i>y numerous
frit mix, some of Whom were in tho
party of Bine, led by the stau- !>,,??
dor patrol, whleh mads the grim
Journey t<? Hidalgo cemetery during
the earl' morning hours today. The
budy was not badly decomposed.
? ; .t<- it.". three weeks' bUlial, and
m addition to reo ogn Ising the
features. yOUflg Vergara took a bit
? I oloth from the troussrs which
inclosed the body and matched it t?>
the eoat Whleh his father had on the
day he eroased the river,
Verg na i? ft his ranch near Pala
fox. Texas. Friday, February l-. and
eroased the river into Mexico on a
no ?eage from three federal soldi* m
that Capt, Apolonlo Rodrlgues of the!
Hidalgo garrison wished to settle for
11 hom - la hen f rom Vergara's islaud
pasture In tin- RIq Grande, Mrs. Ver
? rn i lea i<-'i with her hu and not t?>
risk se 1X41 re <?i the Mexleana but
II regarding her wamlngUi h<- eroased
? rlv< t In company with hli young
nephew. Mrs. Vergara has ainca told
how she saw her husband assaulted
b) th?! waiting soldiers, and nfts he*
i
mi* knocked uaconsclous, carried elf,
Vergara'i n< pin w at the time of the
attach on his nnole escaped to safety
and hid in tiv^ brush until he could
ip<??: < ssj t he rlv< t.
? ?n the following day Mrs. Vergara
went in search of her husband and
? und him In the Hidalgo jail, far
as known there v> uj no charge against
him. He had been cruelly beateni ae?
cording to Ins woman, ghe dressed
the wotinda on h a lo ad, she said, and
n m i ? d v.Ith him until forced tn
leave, Thnl wnit tils last sho ever
saw of him alive, for early next
morning he e is taken out supposedly
t.? be tmnsfi rre I ?<? Piedras Negras
? i disappeared,
VYheti a at ?rch naa begun for the
mli ilng American h was learned that
a mar had been shol an I his body
hanged to a irci outeldt of Hidalgo
I early 8un<!?. morning, February i >.
il the fa sly b ft h inglng for sev?
eral days, Moon after United Btat?
Consul Qarrett it Suovo Laredo start -
<d hta lunulrlea, Ihla body waa re?
moved and ;i f,, | b urave v. as noticed
in th< ?>id Hidalgo cemetery, Men
ilcuiis who had known lbs ranchmati
said l ii" I otlj : sen hanging waa Ih ??
of Vergara, and thai Ihej believed hi
waa but led In I lie neu i rave.
it v.as finally determIned In lh<
antlsfactlon ol tie- American investi
I gators that ho had been executed.
persistent denial was made bj ihi
Mexican federals, however, and prior
to ti:is Gen, Alvarea, commanding a?
Piedras Kegras, had promised Amer*
lean Consul Blocker at Piedras No
graa that Vergara would be releaaed
and hla captors called to account.
Tins allayed the fear of his friends
until his continued absence set in mo?
tion an exhaustive Investigation In
which the United Btates government
took a part, Consul Qarrett pro
ceeded to Hidalgo and personally in?
terviewed Capt. Rodrigues, the man,
held responsible for Vergara'a kid?
napping, but the federal captain de?
nied all knowledge Ol the ranchman's
death and said he had been sent to
Ph droa Negras, but had escaped en
routs and that the federals were cor*
tain he had Joined tin- constitutional?
ist.-.
Consul Qarrett, however, after in
tcrvlewing numerous Mexicans air'
others, reported officially that Ver
garn had been executed, lie added
i
that he was convinced from the fed?
erals attitude while he was in 11 i
dalgo that if would have been dan-j
geroua for him to demand surrender
Of til" body.
The investigation was ordered con?
tinued by the state department and
in addition the State of Texas also
ordered an investigation by Texas
rangers, the State military police.
wh?> guard the border. The Island
posture ef Vergara, where it had first
in sn reported he was assaulted, com?
plicated th ? affair by the question
whether it was Mexican or American
territory until it was found that Ver-'
gara had been taken on the Mexican
mainland, This rendered those re
?posibla safe from state prosecution.
An the horses were alleged to have
e< n ti k< n from this pasture, how*
ever, and county records showed it
I
'to belt ng to the state of Texas, Mrs.
Vergara filed an affidavit charging
(i?t. Rodrlguei and three of his men
with horse theft,
Qov, Colquitt requested permission
Of the United Stales department to
si ml Texas rangt rs across the border
to pursue the "abdUCtora and mur?
der; rs" of Vergara and was told by
Secretary Bryan that the United
Btates government alone cared to take
authority i'*?r sending an armed force
Into a foreign country, loiter, when
Mrs. Y( rgara made the charge of
horse theft, Qov. Colquitt ssked of
the state department, whom the Unit*
ed states recognised aa constituted
authority in northern Mexico, "so
thai he might make requisition, un?
der the Mexicon tr< aty, for tin- men
named, This question was never an
trwered t<> tho satlafactlon of Qov.
Colquitt, and the governor announced
that, to solve the question, be would
requtstlon both the federal and con*
stitutlonalist governors of the Btates
Of NueVo Leon and Chihuahua. This
was on Friday, and so far as known
the requisition has not been issued.
Vergara'a aeisure and disappear*
ance cast the Texas border country
In this section Into a turmoil. Many
bitter expressions have b< en heard,
and while there has been no sign <u
dtsord r, feeling has run high, Die*
satisfaction was especially keen be?
cause of what Vergara'a friends'
thought a delay in demanding return:
I
of his body for burial, and there had
he.n rumors that an attempt might
he mad,- to secure it. inter* st in the
case w is renewed tonight.
Named in Mrs, Vergara's com?
plain! were Capt, Apolonto Rodrigues
and the following privates of the Hil*
dalgo federal garrison: Nito sierra,
Juan Vastllion and Andrea Rodrigues.
it has been said that they were trans*
ferred to another post after the Ver*
j.aia Incident became public. Their
arrest was promised by Qen. Joaquln
Maas, federal comm.rider of the
northern /one f Mexico, when Qov.
Colquitt asked if requisition would
honored. but it was not said
whether tin"- would be delivered to
Tex is authorillea
N<? further word has come from
Qen. Maas. I
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ha\e never had need of Doan's Kid?
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TROUBLE IN BRAZIL.
Throe Cities Put Under Martial Law.
Rio Janeiro. Brazil, March 5.-?
Brazilian government authorities to
day proclaimed a .state of Biege in the
cities of iii?> Janeiro, Nlctheroy and
Petropolis. This is to remain in force
until March 31.
The government's action is taken
ag it preventive measure against any
possible troubles.
Disturbances were feared as a re?
sult oi' the rt cent insurrection in the
pi ovince of Cerea.
Managing editors ??f three principal
newspapers, a Eipoca, Correlo da
Nolte and 0 imparcial, were arrest ;
today while Gens. Thanmautago, Aze
vedo and Feliciano .Mondes de Moraest
two colonels and other army officers
were also made prisoners.
A strict censorship was established
On telegraphic communications and
all troops were confined to barracks
in readiness for any eventualities.
There were no disorders in the
fl ?'.< i al capital.
TALK IN WASHINGTON.
News of Situation in flrazll Causes
Much Discussion,
Washington, March 5.?News of
the situation in Brasil created much
discussion in official cir< les here to
day. While officials were more or
less in the dark OS to the OXat ; can ?
and nature of the outbreak in some
quartets it Was said that the news
was not unexpected. I
Generally, however, the opinion i
was expressed that the trouble would'
be short lived.
Attention was called particularly to
discontent in the north of the repub?
lic end to the fact that Pernambuco
had been upset about a year ago wh n
certain acts of the federal government
wore resented by the State as an as-1
?Umption by the federal power of j
unconstitutional authority, it was
raid too, that considerable feeling ex?
ists also in other States over the State
rights (iu stion.
Discontent growing out of financial
affairs, ?lue to depreciation in the
rubber market and to tho breaking
up by the United States of the coffet ,
valorisation system, was pointed t o j
by some as possible reason for mu< h
?f the existing unrest.
PARDONS OLD PEOPLE.
Wilson <;i\cs Comfort to Aged Offend?
ers,
Charleston, W. Va? March 7.?
United States District Attorney W. G.
Barnhardt has In his possession par?
dons granted recently by President
Wilson to Alfred and A. H. Moon< :
and Mrs. Prances Brown, who three
years ego pleaded guilty In district
court here to violating the pension
laws. Each Is more than 75 years
old, and sentence was never pass?
ed, as it was feared. none would
survive a prison term. When the
case was called to the attention of
the president, he pardoned them, and
federal officers have since sought
them to tell them of their good for?
tune. West Virginia, Virginia and
Kentucky have been carefully search?
ed, but no trace Of them has been
found.
How's This?
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ward for any case of Catarrh that
cann< t be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure. I
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
We. the undersigned, have known!
F, J. Cheney tor the last 15 years, j
und believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and fi?
nancially aide to cany out any obli?
gation mad.? by his Arm.
National Hank of Commerce,
Toledo, O.
Kail's Ci ?arrh Cure is taken in?
ternal' , acting directly upon Co
blood .d mucous surface of the
tystem. Testimonials sent freo.
Price 75 conti per bottle, Bold bj
ail Drugists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for con?
stipation.
SUMTER COTTON MARKET.
Corrected Daily By Ernest Field,
Cotton Buyer.
Good Middling ) 3 l-U.
Strict Middling l- J - s.
Middling 1l* 1-1.
Strlcl l ow Middling 11 7-8.
1 w M Iddlin i 11 1-4.
stri< t Good Ordinary 10 a-t.
Staple cotton LI to It.
New York Cotton Market.
New v. i k, March
< Opening Close.
Mar.12.16 12.26
May.11.61 I 1.7"
July.11.51 11.62
Aug.Iil.42 11.54
Oct.11.21 11.21
Dec.11.20 11.34
Officials of the Horse Show Ausoelu
t lonhave been advl led thai Mr. Wll
Ham Collins, Jr., of the ilrm of Join
T. Collins ? Son, North Mlddletown
, K> . v. il attend the Sumt< r I ba se Sho\
. Void 7th to 'Mli With a String of hois
vs. Mr Collins is a prominent horse
man and has ;? rveord ot exhibiting
many prize winners at the Icadini
1 lOOSe BhoWH of the ndddle WCSt,
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! c i ? u r ?.(.??. Is'on for Increasing seil fei tilltj ?balanced with the scientific ana tkill
| ful application of man in mixing high gride Ammoniatw and Potash in just the
I i roQorttan tc suit tbo varied coiis and croj I cf the South.
Quality?-No ma l-msda fertilizer of limtlar anal; da can he as good,
hut the sup; !y fa alwaj i limited. We have never btea able to supply the
demand. 'I*': h ureyou receiving your Peruvian Mixtum thij year write us
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1 CHARLES rON, SOUTH CAROLINA
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Prominent E?du< atore Before Ander
aon College Trustees.
EEK PROF. HAND'S RELEASE.! had appropriated more money in or
- der to retain him.
The truateea took the vhrltorg over
the i ?liege plant and convinced them
- that Anderson College la destines] for
Anderson, March 7.?The board t'i^ things and that It hi going to do a
of trustees or Anderson College this big work for South Carolina. Before
afternoon declined Lo accede to the leaving the city the members of the
requests made by a delegation of ed? delegation, while regretting that they
ucatora that this college release Pro,', had not. accomplished their mission,
William H. Hand from hie accept* declared that their visit here had
once of the prealdency. The delega* opened their eyes a.s to the scope of
lion was compos* d of State Superln- the college, and that they now appre
tendent Swearlngen, Prof. W. K. elate the great possibilities for the in
Tato, Superintendent Gunter, ol stltuttan. They declared that Presi
Elock Hill; Superintendent Anderson, dent Hand Is the right man to head
of Newberry, and Prof. Wardlaw, of the college. Prof. Hand will come to
the University. These gentlemen de- Vnderson to take up duties July l.
clared that they had come on their -
??w n initiative and not from Prof. Saturday, March 14th, ir. the last
H ind to a: k !'<<r the release in the in- day in which taxes can be paid for
tere3t of the educational system of the pas: year, the lath being* Sunday,
outh Carolina. and those who have not paid up by
They stated that Prof. Hand is eon- that time will have to settle with the
sidered the greatest -nah school In- sheriff. Taxes are reported to be
apector In the South, and that the coming In steadily now, as the last
general edu< it Ion board In New STork day of collection approaches.
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And For Tares Summers Mrs. Vin?
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Pie3sant Hill, N. C?"I suffered for
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I had dreadful nervous headaches and j
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housework*
I also had dreadful pains in my back
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I was certainly in a dreadlul state cf
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After 1 began taking Cardui, I was
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I fattened up, and grew so much
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