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THE BAMBERG HERALD. 1 ^ ; yJm ; ~:'L Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1904 One Dollar a Year *;jJ| IN THE PALMETTO STATE. ___ | INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. " " State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading Pungent Paragraphs About Men * and Happenings. The town of Johnston, in Edgefield county, suffered by a destructive fire in the business portion of the town last Thursday afternoon. The loss is about $40,000, With little insurance. At Walhalla last week Earl Rochester > a young white man, was convicted of ^ murder for the killing of a white neighbor.named Mills, and sentenced to be ' handed. A motion for a new trial was ' . overruled. R. T. Masters, a white contractor, fell from a building in Charleston last week and was instantly killed. Two negro workmen were also seriously hurt. He was superintending a job of roofing, and the scaffold broke. The Secretary of State has issued a charter for the building of a branch railroad from Sumter to connect with the I Seaboard Air Line at McBee in Chesterfield county. The road is to go by Bishopville in Lee county. Two negro workmen were instantly ^ killed at the oil mill ginnery in Dillon last Friday by explosion of the steam cylinder which operated the cotton press. The negro operating the lever to open the Yalve threw it wide and the rush of steam burst the cylinder. * Two dispensary constables got into a personal difficulty at Eastover, in Rich land county, last Wednesday, and both drew pistols and began shooting. Both were killed. They were R. L. Irby, of Laurens, and S. A. Phillips, of Eastover. | Both men were married and had families. It is said they were drinking. John Perry, a young white man, who killed another young white man named Denny Willis in Saluda county on election day, was moved from the Saluda jail to the penitentiary in Columbia lastMon< day, as there was threats' of lynching by tne menus 01 me ucaumou. X UV/ | y seems to have been an unprovoked mur, der. A largely attended meeting of repre' - sentative men was held in Aiken last week and a county law and order league was formally organized. Strong speeches $ were made by a number of gentlemen. The next meeting of the league is to be held the second Wednesday in January, and the topic for discussion will be the "jury system." $ Two Kinds of Law. Judge Julius M. Mayor tells a story in the New York Times, about a- white man who was arraigned before a colored jus4 tice of the peace during reconstruction times for killing a man and stealing his mule. It was in Arkansas, near the TexIas border, and there was some rivalry between the States, but the colored justice "a tried always to preserve an impartial frame of mind. "We'se got two kinds ob law in disvere co't," he said. "Texas law an' Arkansas law. Which will you hab ?" The prisoner thought a minute and then cmessed that he would take the Arkansas law. ^ "Den I discharge yu fo' stealin' de mule an' hang yu fo' killin' de man." "Hold on a minute, judge," said the ? prisoner. "Better make that Texas law." "All right, under delaw ob Texas I fine you f killin' de man an' hang yu f stealing de mule." DANGER OF A COLD. Pneumonia, gripp, cold, bronchitis and nearly every other dangerous sickness of this kind is usually the development of a slight cough. Too many people are laid 1 up and too manjr die from diseases where they could so easily knock that first cough jn the head. Murray's florehound Mullein , and Tar cures colds. It just drops the bottom out of a cough. Every druggist lias it for 25c a bottle. Remember "Murray's" and take no other. Regular 50c $ size. Injured in Laandry. Rock Hill, Noy. 12.?Miss Minnie Russell, employed in the laundry at Winthrop college, was seriously injured this morning, her hand being caught between the (4 hot rollers of the machinery. The fingers and palm were burned while the back of the hand, was completely denuded of skin and flesh. Amputation may become necessary. Miss Russell lives near York^ ville. - Letter to 0, J. Delk, Bamberg, S. C. Dear Sir: Two years ago the estate of the late Congressman Scott, of Erie, Pa., glinted 24 Rolling-Mill houses one coat evoe at a saving of 11 per cent for paint (lead-and-oil was after the job). That's how the tale reads. We infer what really happened. The buyer, as usual, went by the cost of paint; got bids. Lead-and-oil bid low # and guessed the quantity low; the saving was only 11 per cent. Nobody seems to have thought of this: the painting cost two or three times as * '' TTnwr mnnh did we mucn as me paiut. ? ... save on the painting? Don't know. * The tale ends with this: We often refer inquirers to those houses, for wear of * Devoe. That's a good enough story; but nobody knows what it is. Our only difflculty is want of paint intelligence. Yours truly 70 F W Devoe & Co i % * V ? ' ' Jm * . BREEZY KENTUCKY MAYOR. Q Unique and Eloquent Thanksgiving Proclamation Issued By Him. Henderson, Ky., Nov. S.?Mayor J. H. Powell, of this city, in issuing his Thanksgiving proclamation, says: ' "Let us be thankful that our colonels are not so full of corn as our corn is full of kernels. Though the.surrounding soil, tickled with a hoe, is laughiug with a Ki harvest, poor folks are still with us. From thin soup and cold potatoes, Good Lord deliver them! "Oh, Christian men and women, astonish the stomach of the starving sufferer Sa -n-ith m-stprs fnrtpr and mince Die. Adorn the ragged pauper with comfortable clothing. An ounce of practice is worth a w< pound of preaching. "Dearly beloved, let us play upon a w< harp of a thousand strings and sing a new br song of praise, and give thanks unto the *ai Lord for the most charming crop of beautiful babes ever born in the old town ^1 since creation dawned and the morning ne stars sang together. Sweet, dainty, darling ones, like sunbeams in shady places, t0 kick up your heels and make of earth a heaven. Pi "With charity unto all and malice to- Sc ward none, I do hereunto subscribe my official signature to the words that have W( been written this fourth day of November." *8 Suspected the Cause. At a dinner party recently given the fu subject erf regular hours and plain diet wi was discussed, relates the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Several had spoken, when tii one of the guests remarked: to "You may not believe it, but for ten years I rose on the stroke of 6, half an w< hour later was at breakfast, at 7 was at ra work, dined at 1, had supper at 6 and was Hi in bed at 9:30. In all that time I ate the plainest food and did not have a day's sickness." ln The silence that followed was awful, cli but finally another guest asked : yo "Will you permit a question ?" "Certainly," was the reply. "What do ^ you wish to know?" tej "Well, just out of curiosity," said the iu other, "I would like to know what yon th? were jailed for." thi Tess?Young Dr. Sweet is practicing now, isn't he0 Jess (blushing)?Yes. Tess?What are bis hours? " J ess?From 8 to 10:30 usually, but when B pa's out he stays later. Te Negro Goes Crazy and Kills Himself. no Olar, Nov. 15.?Sam Trotti, a negro j*?j about 20 years old, committed suicide here yesterday by shooting himself in the stom ach with a shotgun. The cause seems to ag have been temporary abberration of the ^ . . pe mind. ??< Trotti was alone in his mother's room fo] when she heard him make a statement Yi "Re about a gun. Going into the room she found him laughing with the weapon in he his hands. Seeing that something waj wrong with him she caught hold of he: Pa son and finally succeeding in securing possession of the gun. The boy grabbed ' v1 a fire iron and tried to kill his mothei, K< but a young sister interfered. He then y? turned upon the sister, biting her severely. Freeing himself he ran out of th 3 aD house, going to a neighbor's about 30) Ci yards away. He asked a woman thereto let him have her husband's gun to kill a A * ? ? ^ y-v V. 1 A-rrto^ Kim a r? rl xrr H i />"? UUg n illtii uau luuuntu uiui uuu M * ^ he thought was mad. She told him she th did not have the gun, but seeing it in a a* cu corner he picked it up, looked at the_ wo- j , man and laughed. He then walked out of j3 the door with the weapon, deliberately Ci placing the muzzle to his stomach and ll* pulled the trigger, the load passing en- 40 tirely through his body. Just, then his mother came up. He drew a knife from his pocket and would have cut his throat ar had he not been prevented. The negro th died shortly afterwards. st< Sam Brown Arrested, 1:11 Columbia, November 15.?According a to a dispatch received by the Governor an this morning Sam Brown, the negro ^ charged with the murder of Mr. Allen P. qs Heathington, a prominent citizen of Meg- 1 gett's, Colleton county, has been cap- mi tured. This morning the following tele- 81lj gram was received from J. A. Barber, of j>j Rock Hill, who is a deputy sheriff: of "Sam Brown, Allen P. Heathington s tu; murderer, under arrest. Send man to ' identify."- C < Governor Hey ward at once sent the frc following telegram to Sheriff Owens, of ' "Walterboro: "J. A. Barber reports arrest of Sam ^u Brown, Heathington's murderer. Re- ] ferred to you." wa He also sent the following telegram to ^ J. A. Barber: bu "Commuicate with Sheriff Owens st ] Walterboro: Have no one here to iden- Bu - ** 4.1 3 liniy me aceuseu. ?u< There is a total of $500 out for the mur- for derer of Allen Heathington. Governor I a Heyward offered $200 and the members 4 of the Heathington family offered $300. 1 The murder was committed under peculi- liis arly unprovoked circumstances and at the $H time it was feared that if the negro was caught there would be violence. Brown is described as a ginger-colored negro, 4 about five feet seven inches in height, sto about 20 years of age and about 120 Rii pounds in weight. It is not known yet Te whether he has been positively identified sti or not. to . .v '.WA -i' . . 'v s ' /\t OUNIRY NEWS LETTERS. )ME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. iws Items Gathered All Around the Conntj and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, November 14.?Mr. M. 0. nard has purchased the McKenzie >nse and lot in town. Mr. E. P. Copeland is all smiles; she's ;welve pound girl. The ladies of the Methodist church ,ve a supper and placed about thirty dlars to the credit of their organ debt. ie young folks enjoyed the occasion as ?11 the eatables. Miss Maud Copeland was over last sek, spending some time with her others, Dr. J. L., I. D., and Frank Copead. Saturday was a very damp day, and the spensary, no doubt, had a good busies. Sunday was a blustery day; all at could be done with any success was build a fire and sit by it. Some of the young men of town are anning a thanksgiving hunt in place of ting to church. Dr. W. N. H. Folk, wife and daughter sre in town last week shopping. There is to .be a show in town on the th inst. Are you going? It's a small le show. Wood is in good demand now. Can't rnish it fast enough to sati'-.fy the ints, Sunday night reminded one of winter ne. Did you think about it, Mr. Edir? Rev. S. P. Chisoim was in town last gek, looking after his property and arnging to rent his farm another year, e is as jovial and pleasant as ever. Mrs. Ruth Dannelly went last wees to tend a missionary meeting of the ladies Orangeburg. The hunters have tried the birds, but lim that the birds are hard to find. One >ung hunter went out last week rather ;e in the day, saw a lark and tried his n, but the lark went his way singing molested. Near night the young hunr imagined or thought he saw several an oak tree, and tired into what he ought was a covey of birds. My, how e oak leaves fell, but no birds in sight. Jee. >ur "Backwoods Prophet" Wrong. Editor The Bamberg Herald:?Your iackwoods Prophet" verifies the New :stanlent perfectly. With the advent Christ, the day of prophets passed, and ' man or men can divine the future, expt the weather bureau, which makes a recast for forty-eigtit hours ahead. That now the limit 01 human prophesy. Your "Prophet" (?) stated some time o that cotton would be 12$ cents before iristmas; that flour would be $12.00 r barrel before the new wheat crop me in. He and every one will see the tly of such nonsense ere the happy iletide comes; and his prophesy of )Osevelt and Parker on the eve of the jction makes your readers think that . is near the right place: Columbia. Verily, "the day of the prophet has ssed r Readeb. A HEAVY LOAD. To lift that load off the stomach take :>dol Dyspepsia Cure. It digests what >u eat.' Sour stomach, belching, gas on imach and disorders of the stomach at are curable, hre instantly relieved d cured by the use of Kodol Dyspepsia ire. S. P. Storrs, a druggist at 297Main reet, New Britain, Conn., says: "Kodol pspepsia Cure is giving such universal tisfaction and is so surely becoming the >sitive relief and subsequent cure for is distressing ailment, I feel that I am ways sure to satisfy and gratify my .stomers by recommending it to them, write this to show how well the remedy spoken of here." Kodol Dyspepsia ire was discovered after years of scienic experiments and will cure all stomh troubles. Sold by H. E. Hoover. An Honest Bey. There were a dozen o::?us waiting ound the depot at Chattanooga to take e train for Atlanta, and pretty soon a lut, red-faced and high-tempered man im Columbus, O., began jawing about e way he had been bled by the waiters the hotel, and added that there wasn't single honest nigger south of Mason d Dixon's line. "I beg your pardon, but I must differ >m you," remarked a man from South irolina. "Differ be hanged!" shouted the fat in. "I wouldn't trust one of 'em out of jht with a ten cent piece." "Oh, you certainly misunderstand them. 1 bet you the cigars that if I give one 'em a $10 bill to get changed he'll rern as straight as a string." "I'll do it; give your money to that ap by the window!" The gentleman walked over, took a bill >m his pocket and quietly said: 'Boy, run up town and get cliange for is." 'Yes, sah," was the reply, as the youth rried out. [n about fifteen minutes he returned, .Iked up to the Carolinian and returned ; bill and said: 'Went all ober, sah, but couldn't git it sted." tie was rewarded with a dime, and the ckeye, after a great deal of puffing d blowing, and wondering over it, paid the cigars. As we boarded the train ,sked the winner: 'Did you know the boy?" For an answer he took the bill from ; vest pocket and unfolded it. It was a ) Confederate note.?Free Press. A GOOD COMPLEXION. 'Sparkling eyes and rosy cheeks reired by using DeWitt's Little Early Bers," writes S. P. Moore, Nacogdoches, x. Certain cure for biliousness, con^ pation. Small pill, easy to take, easy act. Sold by Bl. F. Hoover. V ,-?v- * y- : WEDDING AT EHRHARDT. Mr. S. W. Sandifer and Miss Mattie Kinard Made One by Two Minisiters. Ehrhardt and vicinity was all astir yesterday; the weather was propitious; the sun shone brightly and a gentle breeze blew just enough to ruffle the leaves which had been made crisp by the early winter's frost, all of which added pleasure to the happy event whieh was to take nlant! at sis o'olnek that evening: that of XT ~ ? * ? O * the marriage of one of Bambergcount}''s well-known young men, Mr. Simmie Sandifer, a son of Mr. P. W. Sandifer, and Miss Mattie Kinard, a daughter of Mr. C. F. Kinard, a venerable and highly respected citizen, who resides near the city of Ehrhardt. The bridal party assembled at the hospitable home one mile from town, and just as the sun was sinking beneath a canopy of sapphire and of gold, they left in carriages for the church which wis handsomely and appropriately decorated, and filled to over-flowing with friends of the popular couple. The party entered the church in the following order in response to the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march, which was rendered byMsss Alma Sandifer, a sister of the groom; Mr. Harry Murphy with Miss Kate Thomas; Mr. Malcolm N. Rice with Miss Naomi Sandifer; Mr. J. Williams Carte] with Miss Sophie Copeland; Mr. Laurie MeMillan with Miss Dora Kinard: Mr. B W. Miley with Miss Banna Westberry Mr. Greaton E. Bamberg with Miss Virgi< Ehrhardt; Mr. Isaac Felder with Miss Florrye Chassereau; Mr. Harry Felde] with Miss Eugenia Folk; Revs. S.P. Hai] and P. E. Monroe, accompanied by the ushers, Messrs. Frank Copeland and Emory A. Hooton. The groom with his brother, Mr. J. Clifton Sandifer, of Augusta, came up - one aisle, and were met at the altar by Miss Mollie Creech, of Allendale, as maid ol honor, and the bride. The ceremony was interspersed with soft strains of music. After the ceremony the party left the church in inverse order, the last going first, repairing to the Sunday-school room where they were they were intercepted by the crowd and the happy couple congratulated to the surprise and delay of the party. The supper was one that we used to read of in ante bellum days, but the like of which we never see any more?with its turkey, chicken, duck, lamb, and salads galore. The bridesmaids were attired in handsome white silks.-trimmed in fine lace and ribbons, and were a lovely set of young women. The presents were numerous, consisting mainly of silver and cut glass. At the hour named on ihe invitations, 10 p. m., the crowd departed, lingering till the last tick of the clock and feeling that it must have erred in saying: time to bid adieu. R. Olar, S. C., November 10,1904. FOR JACKSON AND PARKER. Veteran Texan Who Voted In 1824 Hopes Still to See Victory. ' Dallas, Tex., November 14.?Judge Bennet Smith, of Woodbury, Tex., 98 years old, who voted for Andrew Jackson, was at the polls Tuesday and voted for Parker. Judge Smith was born in Buncombe county, North Carolina, September 25 1806, and voted for Jackson in 1824, and has voted the Democratic ticket evei since. He moved to Texas in 1839, when Texas was a Republic. He was countj judge of Rusk county for four years. He lived in East Texas for 34 years and then moved to Hill county in 1867, and has resided in that county ever since. Having the best of health, he is active for one of his age, and says he is hopeful of living to cast a winning Democratic ballot in 1908. It is said that Judge Parker will become general counsel for the street railway system of New York, at a salary of $50,000 a year. JpnVins -rorit.intr t.n t.hank his Alint fm V V ?.. -.w?0 WW ? a large goose sent at Christmas: "You could not have sent me a more acceptable present, or one that would have reminded me of you more pleasantly." A Jersey City- justice has decided that it is no crime to eat a meal in a restaurant and then refuse to pay for it. As a matter of precaution, however it will be wise to wear a sofa pillow where it will do the most good. Highwayman to Mr. Levy, second-hand dealer in miscellaneous property: "Your money or your life." Mr. Levy: "Mine friendt, you can not expect me to gif you my money for noddings, und my life won't do you no good. But I tells you vot I vill do. I vill buy dot pistol off you at a fair price." A young lawyer making his first address to a jury, created a lot of merriment down in Henry county, the other day. "Gentlemen," he said, nervously, "it has been clearly shown that this wagon struck and killed the man and ten minutes later he died." There were two Irishmen on the jury, and they were so tickled they assisted in getting a big verdict for the young lawyer. MOTHERS PRAISE IT. Mothers praise One Minute Cough Cure for sufferings it has relieved and lives of little ones it has saved. Certain cure for coughs, croup and whooping cough. A. L. Spafford, postmaster, at Chester. Mich., savs: "Our little erirl was unconscious from strangulation (faring a terrible attack of croup. One Minute Cough Cure relieved and cured her and I cannot praise it too highly." One Minute Cough Cure relieves coughs, makes breathing easy, cuts out phlegm, draws out inflammation, and removes every cause of a cough and strain on lungs. Sold by H. F. Hoover. . ; ,y.," ;yt v? . V; r . COTTON PICKER SUCCESSFUL Machine Given Practical Test with Good Results Not Entirely Automatic. Albany, Ga., Nov. 2?A cotton picking machine has at last been invented and given a successful trial in the cotton fields near Albany. The machine is not entirely automatic, as the arms that carry the little wheels which gather in the staple must be direct ed by the human hands to the open bolls. The arms carry a chain with hooked teeth, adjusted like the chain of a bicycle* When the machine is in operation this chain revolves rapidly and the curved hooks gather up the staple the instant it touches the open boll and carries the cotton upward until it is flecked off into a receptacle by a revolving brush. The machine carries four operators and a driver, for each of whom a comfortable seat is provided. There is no necessity for any bending or stooping on the part of the operative, and all he is required to do is to direct the i well balanced and nicely ad justed arms of s the machine. It is estimated that each s arm should gather up one boll per second ; at a very slow rate of speed, making 480 i bolls per minute for the four operators, or 28,800 per hour. As the bolls early in i the season average 60 to 80 to the pound, > one machine can pick from 3,600 to 4,800 r pounds per day of 10 hours. One of these ; machines with four boys and a driver can . do the work of 20 average pickers. The Christmas Delineator. 5 The December Delineator, with its mes. sage of good cheer and helpfulness, will be welcomed in every home. The fashion * pages illustrating and describing the very ; latest modes in a way to make their con. struction during the busy festive season a pleasure instead of a task, and the literary and pictorial features are of rare ex cellence. A selection of love songs from s the Wagner operas, rendered into Eng. lish by Richard de Gallienne and beauti! fully illustrated in colors by J. C. Leyendecker, occupies a prominent place, and a i chapter in the composers' series, relating the romance of Wagner and Cosima, is an , interesting suplpement to the lyrics. A cjever paper entitled "The Court Circles of the Republic," describes some unique phases of Washington social life is from an unnamed contributor, who is said to write from the inner circles of society. There are short stories from tho pens of F. Hopkinson Smith, Robert Grant, Alice Brown, Mary Stewart Cutting and Elmore Elliott Peake, and such interesting writers as Julia Magruder, L. Frank Baum, and Grace MacGowan Cook hold the attention of the children. Many Christmas suggestions are given in needlework and the cookery pages are redolent of the Christmas feast. In addition, there are the regular departments of the magazine, with many special articles on topics relating to woman's interests within and without the home. Brother Dickey on the Election. Once mo' de 'publikins own de country ; but ef dey puts it up fer sale, we'll all be at de auction. De silent vote is what does de business; de man dat hoorays de loudes' sometimes misses dc train?kase his voice drowns do whistle. 1 De whole duty now is ter build up de country, en rent it out fer a good interest, i Hit's a foolish man dat fights over a 1 candidate, w'en dey so thick in de country you even stumbles over some er ?um in church. t Fer all de howlin' er parties, dey ain't > no north or south, we'en it comes ter de . dollar wid de eagle on it. The Inspector Was About. 5 August Herman, the president of the Naiional Baseball commission, is heartily opposed to child labor, says The Boston ' Post. [ "Child labor," he said recently, "is an interesting subject to me. I like to talk about it to manufacturers and to factory inspectors. I get from these men a good ! deal of valuable and striking information. "A factory inspector in the South told me once a little episode about child labor 1 that made me laugh. There was also in ^ this episode, however, food for sober . thought. | "The man said that he went one day to examine a mill that was notorious for 1 employment of children under the legal age. Wind of his coming somehow reached the mill ahead of him, and the little fellows were stowed away in various hiding places. Thus, on his inspection, he found a number of idle children, but not children under age. "He went prowling about suspiciously, frtf Via know that, he was? heinir deceived. XVi UV UUWfT VMV ? n ? In the stock room he noticed a big packing case, and going over to it, he lifted up the lid. Inside sat a little chap of 8 or 9 years. "The inspector looked down at the boy. The boy looked up at him, and frowned and shook his head. "'What are you doing in there?' said the man. " 'Shut your mouth, you fool, and put ! the lid down,' the boy whispered. 'Don't , you know the inspector's about ?'" ] TO CURE A COUGH. The coughs so prevalent these days 1 usually develop before you realize what ] has happened. The best thing to do is to ; take the most reliable cough cure you can i get. None better than Murrays Hore- 1 hound Mullein and Tar. It is made of the ] purest ingredients and can be given to in- J fants as well as grown people. Above all i else it cures. You will find it at all drug- ] gists. 25c a bottle?extra large bottles. HUNTED NEGRO WITH HER RIFLE. "J A Granddaughter of Wade Hampton Protects He^r . Honor from a Black Brute Doylestowx, Pa., November 12.?A ; 'k fiendish attempt to criminally assault Mrs* % William Copeland, a fine looking Georgia woman of about 35 years, granddaughter * of Gen. Wade Hampton, of South Caro- J lina, was made near Plumsteadville last . evening by a young mulatto, and the community is thoroughly aroused. t v':Jj Mrs. Copeland went to the barn last evening to feed the pet pigeons, as is her custom. . /rJa Just as she entered the barn door a -||S gro sprang upon her and a terrible Strug- gle ensued. Mrs. Copeland fought with. all her strength, and though nearly all j|h her clothing wastorn off, succeeded finally.' f -^8 in escaping from the negro's clutches and rushed to her house, where she secured a c||b rifle, with which she is an expert, and started out to hunt her assailant. Neigh- - ^||| bors attracted by her cries flocked to the . .v|S[ scene and aided her in the search, bat the 'M negro had made good his escape. Mrs, ' Copeland, born in Georgia, was for some . ffia years a member of the staff of the New York Herald. Some years ago she married William Copeland, of Virginia. Her husband spent . > -$ today with a posse searching for the neMarrelons Corn Crop. Our com crop of this year, if massed f together, would cover sixty acres of '{ ground to the depth of nearly sixteen ; hundred feet?a veritable mountain of ;|S com over a third of a mile high. If di- . "M vided equally among the population of ;-'^j the earth it would give each person nearly - ?jaB iwo uusneis. -jOne practical deduction of theenor- 's|b| mous corn crop ought to be a material 2 reduction in the price of beef for home Sfap consumption, since it is the crop oil which beef cattle are chiefly fed, In many parts of the West the harvest'.?. iMj has been abundant, but in Oklahoma, especially, the farmers this year are . I boastful of their corn crop. Favorable climatic conditions produced a record $j3p breaking yield. In many instances the ears and stalks are of such unusual size .'jS;:! as to be veritable curiosities. ^ In a field owned by Walter. Mathews, -''IsSj a farmer near the town of Mulhall, in ^ J Logan county, an eleven-year-old Jx>y, tjj|B weighing eighty pounds, climbed a stalk to a height of four feet, without its bend- v'.-gKi* ing with him. The stalk - was strongly .^9| rooted, and about sixteen f6et high. While the growth in Oklahoma w^r 'Jig exceptional, no traveller through the *j|X West this fall could fail to be impressed with the vastness of the corn area and ' ^ the immensity of the corn crop.r-Leslie's l S -1 FUN WITH A BRIDAL COUPLE- J] Kidnapped by Their Friends on Their Way ; ^ J rrom tne uiurcn ana Are made a Ludicrous Spectacle. ~ The following account of a wedding is J9 contained in a special from Indianapolis, i'jjM Ind., to The Baltimore American: As the bridal party at the wedding of '% Hugh Bonte Raymond and Susan Roots Thompson filed out of Christ church the ^ bride and bridegroom entered a carriage and started to the home of the bride's father, Dr. Eugene C. Thompson, for the :'mR post nuptial reception, but before they ''?3? knew what happened their carriage was . | driven around the corner by the city li-/. brary, the horses unhitched and the carriage attached to a huge transfer wagon JxM ' in waiting. On the wagon sat a "rube" band and a >a|g number of young men in full dress and ; silk tiles. The band struck up, the young men shot off fireworks and yelled, waving s ||j banner which read, 'tfust Married, Susie and Hughie. They drove through the principal downtown streets scattering hand bills which :read: "A Happy Pair, Just Married, Hugh Bumpe Raymond and Sue Boots Thompson. Don't Guy Them. They Are .80 |||| The procession rounded the Circle and i|| started down North Meridian street when .J? the imprisoned bride spied a cabman com- * ing their way. As he came alongside their iJjjSj carriage the bride leaped from her car riage her bridal veil flattering, and jumped into the passing carriage. Mr. l^jji Raymond was in at the other door in a ' jiffy, giving orders to the cabman to drive away at top speed. He lashed his horses, * and they were off around the Circle be- 'p? fore the kidnappers could fathom the 32 mysterious alacrity of their escape. A HANDY REMEDY. Hancock's Liquid Sulphur is a Friend in the ''-"ifj Household, Every home requires certain well-chos- ' en remedies of scientific, modern type, for use in emergency or on appearance of - ::?Jg chronic disorders. Hancock's Liquid Sulphur is such a preparation and is unequaled in its sphere. In value unapproached Ots when added to bathing waters, it gives them all the tonic properties of finest sul- < ?11 phur springs. The power of Hancock's ".-J3 Liquid Sulphur?Nature's greatest germicide?is absolute over acne, itch, herpes, > burns and scalds, ringworm and pimples, " vf prickly heat, diphtheria, catarrh, canker . and other soreness of the scalp, eyelids, . ^ uose, mouth or throat. At leading pharmacists. 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