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PUMPS IN NEW LIFE.
Medical Mon ami Other ]*rofos8ton
nl Mon Aro Grontly Interested in
tho Model of tho Now Machine,
For Which tho Invont or Claims
Great TJiingH, and Upon Which
Ho Has Experimented.
Almost sightless and semi-paralyz
ed, Prof. George Poe, living the life
of a recluse on a backwoods farm in
Norfolk county. Va., claims to have
salved the problem of raising the
dead by means of his "respirator,"
as he calls the machine which he has
invented for the purpose. Tests of
it have already been made in tho
presence of Norfolk and Portsmouth
city* physicians, asphyxiated or
smothered dogs and rabbits being
the subjects. In each case the ani
mal, ufter being pronounced dead by
the physicians, was brought back to
life oy Prof. Poe's device, and soon
afterward was frolicking around in
tho full joy of living. \
A ten-year-old boy, Arthur Ostran
der, son of the man with whom Prof.
Poe Uvea, acted as his eyes and hands
in the construction of the machino,
which injects the air of life into the
lungs as it pumps out the deadly fras
es. The inventor claims that the ma
chine will resuscitate persons killed
by asphyxiation, poison or drown
lng; prevent death by an anesthetic
while a patient is being oper?tec'
upon; prevent "infant, asphyxia" ai
birth; make drunken men sober in a
few minutes; revive men electrocut
ed or hanged, the latter only in cases
where the neck has been Broken'; pre
vent freezing to death even in the
Arctic.
Prof. Poe had long been studying
the problem "When does life really
leave the body?" One day, while he
was illuminating thc: centennial of
1879, an employe brought in a trap
containing a huge rat. After the ro
dent had been killed the professor
said: "Stand "asike, boys, and I'll
bring it back to life." He pumped
oxygen into its lungs until he actual -
y did revive it, so that it leaped from
the table and escaped in a hole.
This encouraged Prof. Poe, and he
redoubled his efforts to ascertain the
exact moment when life ends. Mis
interest in it was stimulated by the
fact that a young sister who had
been pronounced dead from typhoid
fever and plaeed in her collin had re
vived within two hours of the time
set for a burial and lived tube the
mother of a family.
I Several years ago Prof. Poe, strick
en with paralysis, was advised by his
physicians to live in the country. He
went to Norfolk county, and it was)
while in seclusion on the farm of his 1
friend. A. C. Ostrander, that he
evolved his artificial respiration ap
paratus. The boy, Arthur, of whom
vhe professor was fond, assisted in
assembling the model and in doing
what the professor's dim eyes and
palsied hands could not alone accom
plish.
The professor's model is simply
that of the human heart. Thc prob
lem in thc case of persons drowned,
suffocated or dead through anesthe
tics was to remove the fluid or the
ftoisonous gases from the stomach or
ungs, and at the same time pump
life-giving oxygen in. So Prof. Poe
began experiments on what he calls
double larynx tubes ard two tubes
t) connect the nostrils- -o io for Inlet.
Studving the action of 11 > heart, he
SAW that it was that of a double cy
linder, or, rather, two cylinders;
right and left ventricals and right
and left auricles. With the assistance
of young Ostrander he built a work -
ing model in line with the construc
tion of the heart, a simple machine
with t wo clyders, each having an in
let and an outlet valve. The plung
ers of each cylinder are made to work
simultaneously.
The machine will in a very few
minutes sober up a drunken tuan who
has fallen into a stupor. It is the
slow respiration caused by liquor
that makes a man "drunk." By the
help of the respirator thc respiration
would be quickened, and, thc poison
thus carried out of his system, mind
and body once more resume their
normal state.
Thomas Black, a retired business'
man of Norfolk, on being .'-bown the
plans obtained permission to exhibit
them to Dr. Francis M. Morgan, a
physician of Norfolk. Dr. Morgan
immediately saw that it promised to
be an immense boon to humanity,
and he induced the professor to de
monstrate it before a committee of
Norfolk county and Norfolk city doc
tors. They witnessed the smothering
of rabbits and dogs to the point of
what they declared on their profes
sional honor was absolute derim, and
then saw them resusoiated.
Dr. Morgan Wednesday described
a demonstra! ion given in his office by
Prof. Poe and his machine in thc
presence of himself and Dr. J. P.
Jackson and Dr. N. (I. Wilson. On
the operating table was thc little
brass machine, composed of two
small cylinders about a foot high and
six inches in circumference, with a
pump-handle. Pipes led from a tank
of oxygen to the machine, and from
it tubes fitted with nostril pieces
were to be fastened to a rabbit.
The rabbit was put on thc table
and one of the doctors injected two1
grains of morphine into its leg, after
which four ounces of ether was given.
Of course the rabbit was dead after!
this, and the doctors applied every
known test to discover signs of life,
No life was there and the doctoral
agreed that life was positively ex
tinct.
Then Prof. Poe applied thc tubes
to the rabbit's nostrils and, pumping
out the poisons with one cylinder and
pumping oxygen into the lungs willi
a simultaneous movement of tho val -1
ves, within three minutes the rab
bit, but lately dead, was breathing
naturally, and within six minutes if
was running around the room. K
showed no ?ign of nausea, proving
that the ether was entirely oui nf tho
system.
Next a dog was placed Itt a box
containing a heavily charged atmos
phere of acetylene gas, one of the
most poisonous gases known, and
Smothered lhere for forty minnies.
The dog was then taken out and doc
tors examined him and pronounced
him dead beyond hope or re?uscita*
tion. But tho little machine gol in
its work, and the dog, after four or
DJ mil nu.mtwmmm$m$mmfwmmm
ive artificial respirations, began
wreathing' naturally, and soon hi?
MUBO waa boating normally.
NOTHING GAINED.
flr. Branson Corcparss Ins Old
' and New Dispensary Laws.
Io Doon Not Soo Whoro Tho Prohi
bitionists Itnvo Gained Anything
I Hy Now Law?
Po the Editor of The State:
I do i\ot wish you to think that
>rohibition is dead, or that I am dis
?runtled at defeat. The truth is,
?vhile I do not intend to again be a
candidate for any oflice, I shall con
tinue to vigorously oppose the sale of
intoxicating liquors for beverage pur
poses, and with this in view shall
1 ?nd a hand to the organization of
t>ve prohibition forces during the
n >xt two ye irs. To this end I hoi e
'rm win crivo mo space in your col
umns for an occassional letter.
The prohibitionists were chiefly re
sponsible for the enactment of the
dd dispensary law and true to their
compromising tendencies they de
serve, in large measure, tho credit
for the passage of the new dispensary
aw. There has been much rejoicing
al) over the State at the death of the
G. M. I., but it behooves an intelli
gent Christian people to examine
jareflilly and if possible see wherein
the conditions have been bettered.
Will not the county dispensaries,
now being so eagerly established sell
just as much liquor as when they
were under State control? Will not
the stuff now sold by them make just
aa mueh drunkenness and crime as
the .stuff they sold before? Have not
the opportunities for corruption and
jraft been multiplied by the number
of new county boards authorized to
buy liquors? "Is the general distribu
tion of graft germs over the State
better than to keep them in a pest
house in Columbia? Is there some
thing peculiar in the soil of Charles
ton and Columbia that will purify
?he liquors there distilled; or was it
for some other reason that to those
cities was given the exclusive right
to establish new distilleries and brew
eries? It is necessary in distillation
to have 20,000 people to watch the
process, or was it the object of our
legislators to give to the cities of
Charleston and Columbia the bulk of
thc liquor trade of the county boards
throughout the State?
Under the Brice law we had all the
"local option'' we needed and the
question was between prohibition and
the old dispensary with its establish
ed corruption-a convicted criminal.
Now, under thc Carey-Cothran com
promise we have only the same local
option and the question is between
prohibition and the county dispen
sary, the corruption of which must
develop as it is operated. Are we in
better condition?
I The old dispensary law gave us by
far a stronger, better organized sys
tem for handling intoxicating liquors
than this loosely-jointed system of
county dispensaries can ever be; and
yet we saw every good feature of the
law violated) every restriction re
moved and every barrier to corrup
tion broken down within a few years.
It should not be forgotten that the
county dispensers under the old sys
tem were entirely free from temp
tation in the matter of buying liqu
ors-greatest of all the temptations
-and yet about 50 per cent, of all
those employed had to be dismissed
for shortage in their accounts or
other crime. Can we hope for better
results with increased temptations?
I believe the time will soon come
whcii the authors of the Carey-Coth
ran compromise will be as much
ashamed of their product as certain
others should now be of the old dis
pensary law.
JOEL ?, RRUNSON,
Greenville, S. C., March 4, 1907.
RKAIN LEAKS
itriKot Sayings <>f W. M. Dauphin in
Brynn's Commoner.
An ounce of will is worth a pound
of wish.
The true Christian has seven Sun
days a week,
I ('redit is the grease on the run
ways to bankruptcy.
lt is a disgrace to be poor if it is
your own fault.
A "fashionable church" isa vesti
bule to perdition.
' Infidelity makes no converts at the
mouth of the tomb.
Profanity is the drum major of
the whole parade of sin.
The recording angel never has to
strike a trial balance.
When you can fully realize the
depth of a mother's love you are
just beginning to realize the depth.
of God's love.
Real sympathy is always accom
panied by the helping hand.
The seed of duty well -done pro
duces the Mower wc call happiness.
The weight of the trangressor:
Fourteen ounces to the pound.
lt is awfully easy to be good
natured when things are coming |
your way.
The man who is doing his whole
duty bas very little time for grumb
ling.
The wife who really loves her hus
band will always laugh at his jokes.
A wilde lot of husbands have for
gotten how they courted their
Wi VI'S.
A man cannot raise a crop of
brains by irrigating his stomach
with booze.
Satan always keeps a large force
busy coining excuses for not doini'
right.
There is a great difference be
tween having fasl friends and friends
that .are fast.
When you meet a man who has
the itch Cor office il ls a good time
to "scratch,''
A lot of people give God promis
sory notes in order to have cash on
hand for Satan.
Law and Morala, I
A Missouri graduate in law, says'i
;i politician of that state, wrote to a *
prominent lawyer in Arkansas to in- 1
juire. what chance there was in that 1
section for such a one as he described 1
ijtmclf to be, I le said: "I amare- ?
millican in politics and an honest (
/oung lawyer." The reply that <
:amc hack seemed encouraging in its t
nterest: "If you are a republican, I
he game laws here will protect you, f
ind if you are an honest lawyer, you ii
viii huvu no competition. t
CHINESE PRISONS.
Terrible State of Men and Women
Confined In Them.
Sorno of tho Tortures Inflicted on
Prisoner* Aro Almost Boyoml Ilc
Uol
The East of Asia Magazine says
tho first thing which impresses the
European visitor to the Chinese pris
on is the absolute flimsy character of
tho structure itself. If one gets per
mission to visit the prison in Canton
-anti shoals of globe trotters do
wend their way thither after they
have seen the execution ground-it !
will be found to be a ramshake build
ing of no pretence whatsoever.
The question will be asked: "By
what means are the prisoners held in
safety if the structures in which they
are incarcerated are so flimsy and in
secure?" the answer is brief. With
out exception the prisoners are fet
tered. Many have chains on the legs
only. These are the less dangerous
and have been guilty of the less im
portant crimes. Others, in addition,
have letters on the arms, which make
it impossible for them to escape.
Lastly, a few prisoners were not
only manacled on the ankles, but
wore u chain around their necks, at
the dangling end of wichh was at
tach?e! a block of granite. The pris
oner would walk from place to place
within the court yard, but ere he
could move beyond the length of his
chain he must stop and lift the stone
and, carrying it in his shackled arms,
drop it again where bc wishes to
stop.
In addition to the chains worn by
day, all the male prisoners are furth
er shackled at night. By means of
two heavy beams, in which boles have
been made for the ankles of the pris
oners, a rude but effective method is
discovered for detaining the prison
ers in absolute security.
The prisoners, who during the day
have been loafing in the court yard,
are in the evening driven into the
wards and made to lie side by side on
a raised platform. The upper of the
two beams is then raised and each
man is compelled to place his ankle
into the hole made to receive it,
whereupon the upper beam is replac
ed and the prisoners are held by the
feet in these rude stocks. There is
no possibility of escape. They are
allowed bricks for pillows, and in
this uncomfortable position they pass|
tile hours.
In addition to this however, special
cruelties are perpetrated on certain
prisoners who, for some reason or
other, are exempted from capital
punishment. Prisoners lhere are
whose appearance becomes as wild as
the beasts of the forest, who, with
heavy cangues on their shoulders, are
incarcerated ina fif thy d ungen for'
the term of their natural life. 1 have
seen them moving to and fro like
caged hyenas in their dens at a men
agerie. Their appearance is revolt
ing.
Night and day, as far as I remem
ber, both asleep and awake, this
heavy burden rested on their shoul
ders, though how it was possible to
sleep therein I was unable to under
stand. On the other hand, in a pris
on I visited for a few weeks ago, I
was informed that the cangue was
removed at nights that the prisoners
might sleep. A crowd in tho prison
quadrangle, with their unshaven
heads, their unwashed faces, their
clanking fetters, their hopeless looks,
their diseased bodies and their bc
bruted souls can never bo forgotten.
But although under the recognized
system of punishment Chinese pris
oners must live a life which to us of
the West would be unbearable, it
would not be so lo them if they were
fairly treated and were saved from
the exactions and barbarities to which
they are exposed at the hands of their
rapacious keepers.
When a prisoner first goes into the
wards the warders claims his clothes
and his money and he is left with the
barest rages to cover his nakedness.
He is robbed of all his cash, asa mat
ter of course. Those who are con
demned are compelled under a threat
of the whip, to write bogging letters
to their relatives, requesting them to
forward money.
If the unfortunate man hesitates
to accede to this demand the ward
ers, assisted by some of the oldest
prisoners-for it appears that inmat
es of more than 20 years' residence'
have accorded them certain privil?g
es-take the man in hand during the
night. The hands of the prisoner are
fastened by a rope, and the ot her end
of the rope is then passed through a
ring which hangs from the roof of
the ward.
The warders then hoist the unhap
py wretch, who is left hanging in mid
air by the hands. Should he attempt
to cry out, his mouth and throat are
tilled with ashes. When the breath
has almost left his body and he is
choking he is lowered, and under the
terror of renewed of this torture he
is eager to promise almost anything.
Many die under this ordeal. But as
it is assumed among the mandarins
that mortality must be high, and as
no official probing is ever dreamed
of, a general statement as to natural
death is sufficient.
KnwdiiHt Alcohol.
"Glorious Opportunities Lost" jg
the nana' for song that the drinking
men of the country can sine; with
much pathos, said Dr. Wiley, the
pure food expel t of the agricultural
department, friday. The doctor ex
plained that science has discovered
that sawdust is a good material for
the manufacture of alcohol, "lt's,
not wood alcohol," declared the ex
pert. "But the genuine st nd' can
not be told by taste, smell or ana
lysis from alcohol made from indian
corn. Just think of the millions of
tons of sawdust that have gone to
wast?'. Sawdust alcohol is now be
ing manufactured commercially In
Pennslyvania and the industry is ex
pected to spring up and thrive in all
sawmill communities."
lirutnl Murder.
When he returned from his office
Friday night, Herman W. Quern
heim, presiden! of the Quernheim
Hardware Co., stumbled over the
lifeless form of his wife in the front
hall of his residence. 8720, Vesta ave
nue, one of the fashionable residence
streets of St. Leahs. Mrs. Quern
?eim's throat had been cut, she had
teen shot once and her body bad
leen brutally torn and bruised,
Scattered about the Moor were mini
.rons jewels and several hundred
lullars in currency. The only Hiing
hat was missing was a pair of dia
nond ear-rings which had been torn
rom the dead woman's ears.' Noth
ng bas been learned as to the Iden?
ity of Mrs. Quernhoim's tuxxiilanv.
PRISONER~R^UED.A
.fci?m>?i?
HVglU lunwii vMi vi Mtv nvvruo
ville Guard House.
Jako Konnpurto Wrenched rintel
from onicor Innblnott and Shot at
Ulm. hut Without Effect.
RowcsvIU? was somowhat ut it-rod
up Friday night whou a negro man
by tho naino of Jake Bonnparto re
slated when Ofllcer Iunblnot under
took to arrest him for disorderly con
duct on tho street. In the scufllo
Bonaparte wrested a revolver from
the ofllcor and fired point blank at
him but fortunately tho balls wont
wild and tho ofllcer escaped injury.
Tho affair caused considerable ex
citement for a time, and tho nogro
will bo severely punished when ho.ls
caught.
Bonaparte was employed at the
J. L. Blake Lumber Company's mill
at Rowesvlllo us a log turnor and
came from Sumter some months ago
to work In tho mill. WM lo ho had
never been under nrrost, ho WUB al
ways to be found Btanding around
whoa there was trouble going on
and ho had tho reputation of hoing
a sullen nogro
About "Ight o'clock Friday night
he was standing on tho sidewalk
amusing himself by pushing nogroet
Into tho street. Alderman Georgo H,
tnabinot came out from tho store
whore he works and attompted tc
Placo Bonaparte under arroBt. Bona
parte resisted and Mr. inablnet at
tempted to subdue him by tapping
him on the head with tho butt end
of the pistol, which ho had draw?
when the negro refused to submit
to arrest.
Tho negro then caught hold of tht
pistol and wrested lt from Mr. In
abinet's hand, As soon aa ho got
possession of tho pistol tho negrc
oponed Ure on Mr. Inablnet. Ho thor
ran and tho penco ofllcors of tht
town, who aro the mayor and alder
mon, started out with a posBO ol
citizens to run him down. Thej
wont to tho cabin of Alk Mnrtlu
whore they had reason to think thai
ito had hidden and tho woman ol
ibo house barred tho door agalns1
them and would not allow thom tt
outer.
Tho woman's refusal to open tin
door made tho ofllcors certain tba
Bonaparte was tn tho house, and s<
they determined to forco tho doo
wlilch they did by putting thol
shoulders against lt and tin
door foll in on tho woman and he
one week old babe and other chit
droll. They did not lind tho mai
they wanted, but did And that lu
went I li rough the yard a few minute
before they were there.
Tho posse returned to Rowesvllt
and later Ofllcors Henry Wolfe, W
Ll. Mazycb aud Ilobort Falroy won
to tho caliln of Rosie Jones, wher
they know a '"hot supper" WUB t
ho served and waited In tho wood
outside tho c;ibin saw tho man the
wanted, who walked Into tholr arm
md was placed under arrest with
out trouble. Ho did not have th
?? ii ii that lt was known that ho ha
in his hand when he ran away. H
humed to have thrown lt away.
Ltonsparte was then placed In th
jua rd house, but when Sunday mon
lng cunio ho was not In thoro. Som
r Iiis friends had wrenched tho loo
from tho door and rescued him, an
ho is now at large. The olllcors t
(towesvllle should sparo no effort t
[Ind out who released tho prisone
und when they ure found out tho
should be prosecuted to tho full o:
'..ont of tho law. Bonaparte ls
ound faced negro about 25 yoai
of age and weighs In tho noighbo
hood of 200 pounds. It ls hope
that he will ho caught and punlshe
Tho News of tho Day.
Archie Roosevelt, young son <
the president, is critically ill wil
diphtheria.
Names of several Yale studen
were mentioned by witness in tl
Norton divorce ease.
Hamburg shipowners are impoi
ing English stevedores to take tl
places of the strikers.
Dr. C. J. Moffett, the original
of " M off ell's Teethina" died in Ru
sell County, Alabama.
Ambassador Bryce called at tl
state department and discussed mn
tors of pending business.
lt is probable that Mrs. Eddy w
be summoned to appear before
magistrate to tell of ber affairs.
Standard Oil on trial in Ghicai
for rebating, suffered two setbacl
in the shape of adverse rulings.
M. Golovin, the president of tl
lower bouse of the Russion parli
ment, had an audience with theczti
N. T. Maxwell, accountant of tl
Southern at Spencer. N. C., is in j;
charged with padding the pay roll
Western railroads have abolish)
all reduced fares in retaliation f
legislatures passing 2-cent rate law
A bomb thrown at Gen. Nepleui
the retiring commandant oi Sebast
pol, wounded him in the feet ai
legs.
The British woman suffragists st
they will keep on having themselv
sent to jail until their object is a
tained.
The Penrtslyvania railroad Coi
pany reached an agreement with tl
trainmen both sides making COIKV
sions.
Senator Bailey denies that he h
asked to succeed Senator Blackhill
as the democratic leader of the Ur
ted States senate.
A Pennsylvania Railroad passe
Ker train plunged over an emban
nient near Warren, Pa., and nit
persons were hurt.
Thousands of Georgians paid the
last homage to Judge Logan I
Blccklcyat the funeral in thu cai
toi in Atlanta Thursday.
ll is reported that a battle tor
place between the forces of Hond
ras ami Nicaragua in which the Ni
araguans were defeated.
Col. E. R. Fox, of Los Angele
Cal., was arrested and held in $f>,0(
bail on a charge of criminal lib
made by Dr. IL Mel). Peggs.
The story sent out from Washinj
ton that a machine had been inven
M I to take tho fuzz elf of COttt
ced is pronounced a fake.
lt is claimed that the Louisiar
sulphur mines can supply thc woj'l
bVitli that article of commerce. Tl
Italian government is interested i
ho statement.
Ex-President (trover Cleveland
(hooting ducks at Georgetown, S, C
is thc guest of Gen E. P. Alexaudci
le is accompanied by E. C, Benedic
md Admirai Lamber?an.
Detectives announce that, tile
lave located W. F. Walker, thc <}<
'suiting treasurer of a bank in N( v
it it inn, Conn,, in San Francie
They await identification.
. llIlill?i?ill i'll H 111 lljjjfoll ittljfl
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Turn on thc Light.
Had the Legislature passed tho
Raysor-Mnnning Bill before tho Inst
election tho people would hnvo Htood
by tho State Dispensary by a large
majority. Tho enemies of the State
Dispensary knew this, and that in
tho reason why tho Houso of Repre
sentatives refused to pass the puri
fication ineasv.ro. The Slut o Dispen
sary as originally designed was al
most graft proof, hut lt had been BC
changed hy tho Legislature thu'
graft become an easy matter In it:
management. Tho Ruysor-Mnnnini
Hill would have put the Institution
bnck whore Senator Tillman pitt lt
when he designed lt, hut tho prohi
bitionists, tho County Dispensary ad
vocates und the high license or bar
room element in the Legislature by
acting together prevented tho pas
sage of the ilaysor-Mannlng Bill
and thus prevented the purification
)f tho State Dispensary. They claim
ed that the Slate Dispensary could!
not he reformed
It must be admitted that thofc
was considerable graft la thc man
agement of the State Dispensary,
and thC Legislature must be given
or ed it for turning out tho old board
of directors atal electing a new onet
but the House- of Representatives
refused to do what the friends of
tho State Dispensary asked them to
do. which would have made the
State Dispensary graft proof. Winni
tho new board of directors was el
ected lt was hoped that its mern tiers
would so act that there would be no
ground for the slightest suspicion
of any wrong doing on their part,
but unfortunately this was not the
paso, and very soon after the Legis
latur?.' met a committee investigated
them and Die Legislature unanl
nously recommended that they he ro
moved from olfico, which lo his cre
dit be lt said Governor Ansei vor}
promptly did. The revelations
brought out by the committee doom
ed the State Dispensary,
lt waa brought out by tho cou-,
mitteo that Mr. Black, one of tin
members of the Stat?? Hoard of Dis
pensary Directors, b id placed a very
large order with one whiskey house
tinier very peculiar circumstances,
in repotting their findings tho com
mittee raid in reference to tho case
mentioned above thal they "found
that Mr. John Blnck, a member of
tho Hoard of Directors, purchased a
large amount ol' liquor amounting
to about one thousand six hundred
burroin, from (Marke Brothers & Sons
of Peoria, III., Black making tho pur
chase In person at Peoria. Tho com
mittee went on to say that tho li
quor thus purchased by Mr. Blnck
from ('lark Brothers & Sons nt $1.50
to $1.75 per gallon, is a very infer
ior quality of liquor, being what lb
known ns high wine, and it is not
worth more than $1.33 to $1.35 per
gallon and can tie bought in the
market at that price.
Mr. Norfolk, the blonder nt tho
Stato Dispensary under tho old Sys
tem, testltied (bat t ho rye whiskey
purchased of Clarke Bros. ?fe Sons,
wan nothing but "chlogne spirits"
worth tait $1.32 per gallon In the
market, whereas the Stato of South
Carolina was oxpocted to pay from
$1.60 to $1.7R l?er gallon, notwith
standing tile fact that the single or
der nggregnted nearly $100,000. He
declared that the corn purchased of
thin finn waa about ns cheap whis
key as one could buy, and was worth
about $1.33, while the State wan lo
pay $1.00 for lt. According to these
figures lt nppearod I lint tho State
paid about thirty thousand dollars
too much for this one order. It was
Just such transactions ns this that,
caused tho dow niall of the State Dis
pensa ry.
This matter should be probed by
tho commission appointed to wind
up the affairs of the Stato Dispen
sary. Let the commission hold up
all the bills of Clarke Brothers &
Sons until this transaction is sifted
to tho bottom. They should tie forc
ed to toll how much they wore to
pay for this large order and to whom
If lt should develop that sonio dis
pensary official was to got this rake
nit ho should be prosecuted to tho
full extent of the law. Let an ex
ample ho made of some old Stato
dispensary official if ho has been
libiioueut, and it will havo a most
?NLY REMEDY
IHEUNIATISM TO
CURED.
'Makes You Well Al! Over." Th?
liens the entire system. Headucl
ig indicate that you need
?MOVES THE
?iulncy, Mos?.. July 18,1905.
(altimore. Md.
Sirs; 1 was laid up last November with
tulum In my feet and ankles, but after taking
itics of Rheumacide I have not been bothered
I tried every old kind of liniment and was
wo doctors, and all I tried had thc same re
til I got Rheumacide. Now. I am pleased to
ias not been necessary for me to take any
ic for Rheumatism sine? February lait,
ody that 1 recommended it to has hud tho
?suits. Yours very truly.
P. RANAGAN. Manacei.
Quincy Industrial Co-operative- Society.
Intelligent
treatment at
your home
BY
O ?I O tho i:r?'JtnBt nu ul.',!; HM mn i IC
by p'-opJo residing in tho oouir ry find
Hi?a I towns m thoir fid uro t<> o nsull
tho experienced apocinlist for thoir
deep M'.iicl or chron.c din rdors.
They Huffer al n< day alto' d;iy,
shortening their liven by months und
)earr, either throu :h igno ance ol what
tu?) npi'cia isl m- l<| do lor thom r tho
belief hut special ire tm nt would re
quite their romov 1 to tho city.
I tia Dot necee A y th? ty.ai should
rt si o in tint Kamo city tn ordor to r. -
coi *i> benefit of our Kporl.il t> ca troon .
Wo in lie al uilctciM from doOp*
soatod. hmL'-s ii oing troubles ol Heurt,
Head. Lunga, 8U m ch, ii? wob, Liver,
Hlt.diier, Hlo- d, Nerves, or discuten pt>
eul ar to either a x, to write or call
? pon UH and loar ? what wo havo dono
for otlieiH Similar). ufllioied, and what
wo evin co for them.
There ia no elm ree 'or ttiis comm'ta
lion, and it >e w rth your timo ?I d of
fort whotluv you decido to bo^ln treal
nnui or not.
For n?o e than twenty years, 1, and
tho np- ol il mt M uns dal od with mo, ha ve
given our entho time, thought and
rtudy loth? otiro of tito deop seated
chr ni* or aervoua disordo'8. vhloh
lavo halllod tho . leas oxoenouccd all
round phyhician.
W atever you may hlnfc jour ibnont
lu, it is not probable Uial you eau ??o
quito ?uro ot your O" n diagnosis or
toat of tho ordinary phyatoien.
Or you mav wri o us, first. In enliro
confidence, if you ch ose. Homo o sos
d'? not i eed a personal vial , although
alwa. a adv mido.
Hoad f. r our booklor on ''brain and
Nervo Kxhaimtion " Mailed ireo .u
unprinted wrap. or.
wholesome offect on tho officials of
tho County Dispensaries throughout
tho state, if tho dispensary system
ls to stand it mu Ht bo conducted
honestly from top to bottom.
Penny Wiso Pound Foolish.
lt ts said that tho appropriations
made by the legislature will exceed
by $187,000 the Income of the state
under the 4 Mi mill levy and from
license and all other sources. This
levy was Axed hy tho legislature in
tho facti of tho comptroller general's
statement that thia deficit would oc
cur. In commenting on this condi
tion of the finances the Spartanburg
Journal says lt in difficult for the
people of the ututo to understand
tho legislature's motive In such an
unbuslness-like proceeding. A heavy
deficit a year hence will be a serious
embarrassment to tho state govern
ment and we think the states cred
it would In nome degree suffer from
such a Hltuation. No mun in his
own business would neglect to pr?
vido for bin expenditures; yet tho
Legislature of South Carolina has
dono that very thing. Appropria
tions were increased and the tax
levy decreased. In trying to bo eco
nomical the legislature pursued a
penny wiso pound foolish policy.
Tho Pension Army.
Tho oldest member of tho Oran
irruy of the Republic, Willlaii
Ich, aged 106, la (load, and the
Orand Army Is considering tho dls
lon ti nuance of its anuai p
through infirmities due to advancing
{e. "Prehaps," says tho Nev/ York
Timos In noting tho above fact,"the
veterans will never again be seen in
lino with their tattered flags. It ls a
pity, and there will bo real loss in
tho disappearance of such a whole
tome ntlmulns of patriotism. It ls
i pity also that thlH sympathy for
ho bravo and decrepit ls marri d by
ho wonder that although the Orand
\rmy ranks are thus thinning, the far
rom grand army of pensioners in
mrprlslngly healthy and superior to
ivory consideration of morality. If
ho pension roster and "Orand Army
osier shrunk together both classes
voubl be enshrined in the hearts of
heir countrymen, but what, shall bo
mid whon tho pension roll grow?
Afit?l than thc old soldiers die.?"
Married a child.
For marrying a girl whose age
tas .shown to have hoon hut eleven
ears, .Samuel Martins has been scn
enced to ton years in the pcnltcn
lary at London. Ky. The giri was
tartha Bush, the daughter of a wid
w living in Laurel county. The
mother gave her consent to the mar
ia ge, and doctored tho girl was.fif
?&? j tai a?-o.
Rheum
ease and req
RHEUMACIDB 4
the Inside," and thai
after all other remedies hi
sweeps all the poisonous germs-ar
>se pains are danger signals, warn
ios, Pains? Bad Taste Iii the Mo
CAUSE OF T
Cured 80-year-old Mrs. Mary Wclborn
had suffered 20 years. Cured Rev. J. K. \
Methodist minister, of Relsterstown, Md.
more, after Johns Hopkins Hospital had <
Wilkes, of Dillon, S. C.. after ho had been
were drawn up against his back. Better
at once. Sample Dotti? and booklet FREE
BOBBITT CHEMICAL <
There's Dange
We Have
)ne 25 horse power Talbott, second hi
v boon overhauled This Engine ii
/roat bargain for anyone who ?B in i
We are head quartern for anything i
j rompt attention will be given to all x
ara. 1 W>ito uflwhon you are m tho .
Columbia Supply Co.,
Taught Them II Lesson
Tho Southern members in Con
gress had an opportunity last week
to again show to tho'r Republican
friends that principle was Worth '
more to them than "opportunity*'.
It came about In the fight against
tho ship subsidy graft. In derision!
tho Republicans moved to. strike
out tho provision for a sn enid . for
tho ono Uno from u southern port,
and wore surprised to noto that to
a man tho Democrats voted to striae
lt out. As tho Florenco Times says ,
the South might have gotten rich
long ago if her representatives had
shared tho tariff graft With tho
North and let the principle of the
thing alone, but they have never ac
cepted such doubtful benefits for |'
themselves nor been content tb eoe
others doing the robber act. It 1B
very gratifying to see that there ls
still some of that high principle in
Southern politics, we wore greatly
fearing that tho Southern Statesmen
were being "modernized" BO that
they considered anything that they '
could got without, hoing caught by
tho police was right. In voting
against the subsidy bill the Demo
crats gave the Republicans a lesson
in honesty.
A Sharp Trick.
Our readers should keep their
weather eye open for fakirs and
swindlers, they are numerous and
work every scheme to catch people.
The latest swindle, worked by a
sharper in one of tho cities recently.
Is nu apt illustration of tho ability of
these dead boat fakirs to catch not
only tho ignorant but all others who
aro not constantly on their guard.
This swindler walked into a jewelry
store and selecting a $125 watch left'
ti check for $CO0 drawn on an out-of
town bank, with instructions that
tho watch bo regulated and that he
would como after it and his change
a week hitor. On returning ho was
informed that his check was no good
"Well, that's strange," ho said,"lt's
the second tinto tho bank has done
that thing to me. Rut hero's tho mon
ey for your watch," and ho counted
out $125 In currency and started for
the door. "Oh, yes," ho said, turning
round, "you'd better give mo that
check." It was willingly handed
over to him. On tho back was the
Jeweler's endorsement. With this
the man went into a bank, got it
enshod and was never heard of af
terward.
Hope i'll is is True.
A dispatch from Washington says
ono of tho most important devices
In tho history ol' cotton culture prac
tically has been perfected by exports
of tho department of agriculture. It
ls a machino for the removal of thc
fuzz on cotton seed and for tho sep
aration of light from heavy seed,The
process has boon in course of devel
opment for about two years and lt
ls the opinion of tho cotton expert?
^f the department that its universal
uso would effect ti saving of about
10 per cont, of the entire cotton crop
\n the crop of America amounts to
|>7f>0,000,000 a year, lt easily can be
?ea I i zed thal suoh a saving would be
>f vast Importance. By tho romov
tl of tho fuzz from tho cotton seed
he seed may bo planted with an or
1 ino ry gravity drill. By the oaso
vit h with the smooth seed catt bo
manipulated they can be planted In
tills, without unnecessary waste, and
he plans BO located can be tilled In
wo- directions. The machine, lt * lo
tated, can se made at very small
ixpoiiKo. and as the invention is In
ho hands ot the government, cotton
?I an tera who use it win havo to
tay no royalty for lt.
Wo believe tItero will como a time
rhon Charleston will ho ono of tho
irgest and richest ettie's .lp the
'orld. This may cause a smile to
lay ovor tho faces of some, but lt
J true, nover-tho-loBs. As wo ;<o tho
uturo, with the canal completed,
harleston baa tho brightest out
wit of any city in Amorlca. Hor
oy ls camlnfc.
RUBBING
T CURE.
atlsni ls an Internal dis?
u ires nn Internal remedy.
*Qet? at the Joint* from
t Is the reason li Cures
ave failed. R'.tcu machte
id acids out of the blood
inj'; yoif of a disease that
uth, that "No-Account"
HE PAIN.
. pf High Point. N. C., after ah?
Wheeler, TO years old, a leading
Cured John F. Ellne, of Baltl
Bompletely failed. Cured James
In bod three years and his legs
get a bottle from your Druggist
. If you send B cents for postage.
IO., Proprietors, BALTIMORE.
r in Delay.
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Sometime ago we. heard a young.
man making fun of religion. Prom
our soul we sincerely pltlod him, be
cause we thought ho lacked some
thing in his head. His moustach
had just begun .to sprout and judg
ing from MB talk his mental facul
ties were not as well developed aa
his moustache. During our brief
stay upon earth we have seen many
just such young mon cold in death,
We have seen the ntheist at rest in
hts casket, but before consigned to
their last resting place they have
all been carrlod through the doora
of a church and had prayorn said
over them. This young man could
scoff at religion in his strength and
beauty of health, but if tho dark an
gel should get after him he would
Instinctively regret what he said and
look into the future with fear and
trembling. When one stnnds before
the open door of eternity his desire
to scoff at roliglon vanishes. We' ad
mit there aro bad men in the church
but even these black sheep in the
flock might bo black or if they wore
outside. No young man, or old ono
either, should condemn thc noble
efforts of thc army of Christian mon
and women are making towards bet
tering tho condition of things, and
whether wo attend church or not but
few of us would desire to live in a
connu unity where there was no
.burch. We thank God. that such
>'oung men ns we speak of above
ire rare. . ,
Sixteen young lady oporatlvea in
a bag factory at Wilmington went
on a strike because a notice was post
ed that thorn was to bo no talking
turing work hours. They did ex
actly right. The idea of sixteen
young ladles being together for ten
hours a day and not talk. Tho fol-'
low that concocked that rulo needs
looking after.
Very Much Mixed.
Suit for divorce was filed in Cleve
land, Ohio 00 Tuesday by Elizabeth
bordon Hanna, wife of Dan R. Ilah
la, only son of thc late.Senator Mark
lanna.
Hanna is accused of gross neglect"
>f duty, abandonment and extremo H
truel ty.
Mrs lianna asks for divorce, ample
ilimony and tho custody of her
laughter, Elizabeth, aged five years.
The plaintiff* isk Hanna's second
vife, her first husband being Walter
>s Maud, an Englishman. ShewaS
livorced fr ot.: him in 1900, and on
^edruary 19 of t he same year she was
named to Dan Hanna
ITprid? has a'so been married
wi.ee. P u (inna's fi'!t marriage
v;u\ io May Harrington. She obtained
i divorce in 1898. She has since re- ,,
Harried.
Hanna's present wife is the
auo-hter of the late Charles W.
Jordon, a millionaire, who bequeath*
d to the city of Cleveland Gordon
?ark?
