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TO HF.*U ,IH I 1( >> CASK. Chief Justice Jone* Will Consider An to Liquor Traffic Flection?Ah rum 12 i- the Date. Lancaster. Aug. *.? hlef Justice Ira B. Jon?*?, havlrg received favor? able responds from the Asaocl ?t>? Justice?, hue called a meeting of the Supreme Court to be held in Colum? bia on August 12 at 11 o'clock a. m. to hear the application made by At? torney* Holman and (Jrace of Char? leston on behalf of Thomas Jelllco. petitioner, against the Charleston election commlssloers, for a rule to ?how cause, the case Involving an tack upon the constitutionality of the recent state closing dispensaries . end proving for election on An gusj 17. TAFT LKAVKS CAPITOL. Will May at Beverly Till Sept. 15, Then Go on Western Tour. t Washington. Aug. I.?Off for his summer home at Beverly, Mass . President Taft left Washington at t 15 o'clock this afternoon. He oc? cupied the private car "Olympia." at? tached to the regular Federal express over the Pennsylvania and New York. ' New Haven * Hartford railroads He Will not return to Washington until the middle of November next Re? maining at Beverly with his family until September IS. he will start West that day or, a touf that will embrace sll but sight or ten of the States of the Union and both of the territories In the fer Southwest. JOHN O. CAPERS STEPS OUT. otr the Treasury Announces Appointment of Cnbell. * Wsahlngton. August s.?Official an? nouncement of the resignation of Jno O. Capers, ef South Carolina, as com? missioner of internal revenue, to take effect September 1. and of the ap? pointment of Royall E Cabell. pres? ent postmaster of Richmond. Vs.. to succeed htm, was made by the Secre? tary of ths Treasury late today. Elijah Rosey. a negro, died Tues? day on Dr. Harley's farm near Plum Branch from a blow with a stone thrown by another negro. Mack Free r m*n. on Monday night. Magistrate *Blaok*rell held the Inquest Tuesdsy. and Mask Freeman was sent to jail, charged with the murder of the old man. Several negroes had met at Hooey's house and became Involved hi a quarrel. Rosey was trying to get these away from his house when he j resolved a fatal blow. The negroes under ths Influence of liquor. ?There Is more Catarrh In this sec? tion of the country than all other dis? ease* put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incur ufcie. For a great many years doc "tors pronounced It a l^cal disease and prescribed local remedies, gnd by con? stantly falling to cure with local treatment, pronouueed it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutions! disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney a> Co.. Toledo, Ohio. I? the only constitutional cure on the market. It Is taken Jnternally In doses from 1<> drops te a teaspeonful. It acts directly on the blood and mu? cous surfaces of the system. They of? fer one hundred dollsrs for any case It falls to cure. Send for circular* and testimonials. Addrses: F. J. CHENEY It CO.. To lode. Ohio. Sold by Druggists. 7lc> Take Hall's Family P'ils for consti? pation. 1-4?lm. $2.75 ?TO? And Return. Return $4.05 ?TO? , S, U., (For Myrtle Beach.) -VIA tlantic Coast Line Tickets for sale for all trains each Saturday and for Sunday forenoon, trains commencing Saturday, May 29th and continu? ing to Saturday. Sept. 4th, 1909, limited to return Monday follow? ing date of s tic. An excellent opportunity to visit the famous Seashore Resorti of South Carolina at a minimum cost. BFor information, call on Ticket Agent, or write. I?. j. UUi6, T. C. WHITE, Pit. Traf. Mgr. Gen. Pit. Aft. WILMIN6T0N, I. C. umm mm. MANNING HAS EXTHl'SIASTIC AM) HKLPFl'L It ALLY. Much Interest Displayed?PeopP* From Nearly Kvery jacitlOH Of County Listen to Speaker*' PI?? For Schools. Manning. Aug. 6-<-The educational rally meeting was h*ld here today In the auditorium of the new graded school bulldtng and was fairly well attended. Great lntorest was mani? fested. Nearly all sections of the county were represented. The meeting was culled to order by Prof. E. J. Browne, superintendent of education of Clarendon County, who made a short talk on the condition of the schools under his jurisdiction. He then IntiJduced Mr. W. C. Davis, a member of the Board of Trustees of the local school. Mr. Davis said that it was no long? er necessary to use argument to con? vince people of the need of education and that it was one of those good things to be had only by being p?ld Tor and that It had been proved that the most practical way of paying was by taxation. Hla idea is that to get the best result from these taxes that there, should be only one school ;n each district, that It should be In the centre and the districts should be ?mall, comprising not more than a radium of four miles. He also made some valuable and equitable collec? tion of school taxes. Superintendent Browne next Intro? duced Mr. A. H. Gasque, County Su? perintendent Of Education of Flor? ence County. Mr. Gasque spoke briefly of the progress made in lm I roving educational facilities and sug? gested means by which further Im? provements might he made. Also talked on the many problems con* fronting the educational board?, thinks that one of the greatest of these Is the selection of proper teach? ers. Told of the great influence a teacher might have In a community and the results that may be obtained. Thinks that the act of the legislature In making appropriation for the aid of rural schools was a good one and to be commended. Mr. S. H. Edmund 4, superintend? ent of city schools of Sumter, was next Introduced. Mr. Edmunds spoke briefly of the great work of the teach? ing force of the State and of the credit due them, of the economic value to a government of an educated population. Mr. H. E. Smith, trustee of Candy Grone township,* next made aj short talk on the difficulties to be Snet in the management of rural schools. Also mentioned the great Importance of electing competent county superin? tendents of education. Advocating forming rural districts by combining schools and building larger and bet? ter school houses. Mr. Charlton Dultant. member of the County Board of Education, next made a brief address on the boys' ag? ricultural clubs, saying that all pos? sible encouragement should be given them as agricultural knowledge and development is of the utmest impor? tance to any State. Col. A. R. Banks, of Columbia, was ? he last speaker. Said that the ground had been about covered by the pre? ceding speakers, that he wanted to vindicate South Carolina of some of the things said about her by people of other States: compared the school levy of this State with that of New York and stated that considering sparse population and low property values this State waa doing about a? much as any other for education. He then talked of the aim of education. That ft enables one not only to do more work but to do It In a better way. The man with "push" Is usually a long ways ahead of the man with a pull. Men who quit trying to do good be? cause they meet with rebuffs are not the men who accomplish things. The city of Sumter should congrat? ulate herself on the large number of improvements being made within her border^ Business Is good and gen? eral prosperity exists, as is proven by the large expenditure of money for these Improv. msnts. The Osteen Publishing Companys building Is being enlarged and made Lhree stories high. There will be a laymen's meeting in the interest of missions at Man? ning August 10 and 11. The Meth? odist. Ilaptist and Presbyterian breth? ren will unite and work and talk t<> getner. A large attendance is ex pooled Sullivan Wareham, Mrs. Wnrehani. Carrie Darawol] and Larry Darnwelli s vi nUt Day Adventlsts, who weit trod ni <;r??enville on the charge Of Working 0g the Sabbath. picking trawberrles, were found not guilty. Coin niinh-d from the tears of wid? ows and orphan* will r.ever purchase a ticket to heaven. Would the Kteal-Les* Watermelon Cause an Uprising? Mr. Luther Burbank. the California gentleman who hat been at work for so many years in reforming nature and showing her how to grow things, is said to he engaged in the m;mu facture Of the seedless watermelon. The spin- !?? - oaeius was all right, be cauat the cactus has no use for Q spine. The Itonelesi plum was a pip? pin, and the seedless orange has be? come so popular that now it squirts its juice on the shirt bosoms of near? ly every home. Even the Shasta daisy, which is big enough to make a buttonhole bouquet for an elephant, excited no particular protest. But in this latest adventure Mr. Burbank is Invading a dangerous field The watermelon belongs peculiarly to the Southern States. It Is as much a Southern product as colonels or pretty girls, and reaches its perfection only in that blessed region south of Mason and Dlxon's line. From 'he levels of Florida to the fields of "Anne Aran el" county, in Maryland, it runs and blooms and grows into its fruitage of oval green. From the time the tiny little melon begins to form like a knob to that glad day when its heart resounds with a mellow "plunk" to the thump of the farmer, its pr-'gress is watched by the whiU proprietor wllii conscious pride, while through the cracks of the fence are seen the eyes' of the Afro-American lit with longing and desire. ? If Mr. Erroank wants to do the white farmers a great service, he will let the seeds alone and get to- work on the invention of a steal-less wa? termelon If he can devise some method by which the melon will be fastened firmly to the vine, so that it cannot be separated until the own? er comes along with the combination and unlocks it, he will revolutionize the melon industry. For under pres? ent conditions the melon is the most evanescent of fruits. Many a farmer finds that it Is "here today and gone tomorrow.' He knows that the col? ored man upholds his inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of watermelons. If Mr. Burbank will Invent the steal-less melon, the white planters of the South will rise up and call him blessed. They will shower fortune upon him and at every melon feast his toast will be drunk in the best on hand. But will he have the heart to do it when he finds that he will be taking the watermelon out of the mouths of the millions of that race that has so recently emerged into the glad and ir? responsible light of freedom? Can he bear the weeping and walling In a million cabins from the Susquehanna to the Rio Grande? , When the melon season approaches now you can hear them singing every moonlight night: Chicken am good, ham bone am sweet. Possum meat am bery, bery fine; But gib me, oh, gib me, I really wish you would, Dat watermillton grow in* on de vine, And if it ipn't "gib" to 'em, they go out and take it. The invention of the steal-less wa? termelon would be a blow to the col? ored brother in his most vital spot. It would hit him right in ti?e bread? basket. He might lose his vote with? out a murmur, lose his job with de? light, lose his liberty with a laugh, but he will not lose his watermelon without * struggle. Unless Mr. Bur? bank wishes to cause trouble In the South, unless he is prepared to bear the blame of a great uprising of the colored race, he will do well to be? ware how he monkeys with the mel? on, which is loved in every mouthful and sacred In every seed.?Baltimore Sun. The man who is depriving himself of the comforts of life in order that he may lay up a bank account is cheating himself. No person is so far from real enjoyment in this life as the miser.?Selected. It has been calculated that It tool; Orvllle Wright 14 minutes and 42 seconds to earn that $5,000 bonus. It has taken him some time, however, to get ready to do the earning.?The State. The farmers of Camden are work? ing for good roads. Hundreds of people attended a good roads meeting at Kershaw last Saturday. It seems to us, however, that the "Atlanta spirit" is rather over-reach? ing Itseif when the exciting tidings that a glrl'l peach-basket hat was burned in the Atlanta depot, is sent oul over the press wires to a waiting world- The State. steiia?Are they economical7 Hel? la? Yes; they eioped to saw the cost Of a wedding and are living happily to save the cost of a divorce.--New fork sun. it is too bad thai Senators TUlman und Smith are not on their job In Washington to help Senator Bailey In his proposed filibuster against the tunff bill. "Shall the Children fio oat to School?" Are you hesitating, wavering, un? decided about sending John or Mary to high school or college this fall? Hesitate no longer. The course in college or in the high school may double your son s or your daughter's earning capacity and, better still, give him or her a breadth of vision and a nobleness of purpose whi^h could never have come without it. There might be such a thing as a people making a too lavish expendi? ture for school training; but we in the South have never yet been guilty of that offense. We may have spent unwisely, but that is a very different matter. There are, no doubt, cases where father and mother have placed too heavy burdens on themselves to send the children to college; but there is, in the unwisest of such instances, a worthy, even ,if misguidedfl spirit of heroism; and for every such case there are a hundred cases where the parents have failed to do enough, either from false notions of economy or because their own ignorance was so dense that they could not even comprehend the advantages of educa? tion for others?most piteous tragedy of all where darkness thus perpet? uates itself and never even knows the light! We believe In training every child to help himself, in trying to inspire him with the desire for an educaton and then In letting him help pay for it. We would not for one minute ad? vise any father to wear himself out tq send his boys to college or high school and give them a good time; but wnenever the young man or the young woman has a real desire for knowledge and makes an earnest ef? fort to attain It, the parents can well afford to make sacrifices, if necessary, to gratify that desire and realize that effort. Yes, send the boy or girl to the college or high school. We some? times hear a great deal about the rare men and women who In their eagerness to accomplish things over? come all the obstacles which the lack of educational advantages placed in their path and went on to usefulness and success. Such stories are ever Inspiring; but to conclude from them that the advantages offered by the well-ordered training of the schools is of small consequence, Is an altogeth? er unwarranted conclusion. No one can tell how much more such a man might have accomplished If he had had the advantages of high school, college, and university; and while the few strong, indomitable souls may be able to overcome the handicaps of Ignorance and undisciplined thought, remember that for thousands of oth? ers these same handicaps have meant defeat in the race of life?unrealised ambitions and unfruitful labors. Cross the Rubicon, make the de? cision, about your boy or girl, if he or she is really eager for the ad? vantages of an education and willing to do his or her part in getting it: that should be the only test.?Pro? gressive Farmer. The* Lesser of Two Evita. On the first Sunday of their visit in Chicago the successful merchant es? corted his parents to a fashionable church. Some of the hymns' were fa? miliar, and in their rendition the visi? ting pair contributed heavily, with the credit for volume in favor of the father. Although not always In correct time and sometimes in discord, yet the Joy of the good couple leaped forth in joyous praise, and they did not see the glowering looks of nearby wor? ships or the flushed face of their devote jon. "Father," observed the merchant that afternoon, while his mother was taking* her accustomed nap, "in our churches the congregation does very little singing; it is left entirely to the choir." "I know, my boy," said the old gentleman, as he lovingly placed a hand on his son's shoulder, "that it was very embarrassing to you this morning, but if I hadn't sung as loudly as I did the people would have heard your mother."?Youth's Com? panion. If Mr. Taft is satisfied with the tariff bill as passed by the house on Saturday, and Mr. Payne is pleased with it, ano Senator Aldrich has what he wants, it is a sure thing that the meat mass of the common people have been saddled with "an old man of the sea.'' Charlie Williams, col ?red, who was recently arrested in Lexington, on the ( hargS of robbing half a dozen houses, has made a confession. He implicates Others, but does not know their names, CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Hears the Signature Women Tun Teach Elements of Agri culture The assumption that a woman can? not teach agriculture, cannot teach the scientific truths about soil, chem? istry and plant physiology, unless she has been a field hand, is absurdly il? logical when one comes to think of it in all its bearings. First of all. un? derstand that in teaching the text? book on agriculture, the teacher is not teaching farming, but Is simply teaching those scientific facts and principles which have practical application in farming: ?a very different thing, and a fundamental and fatal mistake is made by nine people out of ten by misconceptions right at this point. And these scientific truths and prin? ciples can be taught with advantage by any intelligent teacher who makes up her mind to do it. especially if she be farm-bred. One does not need to be a centenarian and a soldier in order to teach history; It is not re? quired that a teacher travel around the world before teaching geography; she need not have robbed graves and dissected corpeses before teaching physiology. Why argue then that she must have broken steers and stem? med tobacco before teaching the scientific truths about soil chemistry and plant physiology that have prac? tical application in the business of farming? Moreover, upon this very point of text-books, we should like to remind the earnest young women who com? pose the bulk of the South's teach? ing force that if a teacher has stud led the text-book properly, she prob? ably knows a great deal more of "the knowledge teachable things" about agriculture than of the "knowable, teachable things" about history, geography or physiology?subjects which she regards herself as thor? oughly competent to handle. You don't have to know how to hitch a mule to the plow in order to teach why it doesn't pay to plow deep and cut the corn roots in two at laying-by time; you need not know how to run a guano distributor in or ' I ?**? der to teach the effects of potash, phosphoric acid, and nitrogen in plant growth; you need not know how to cure cowpea hay to teach how nitrogen gathered by the cowpea will enrich the land; you need not know how to shuck corn to teach which type of ear has been found to be the best for corn production; you need not even have milked cows in order to teach that the Babcock test will show which dairy cows are paying and which are not; nor need you have butchered steers in order to teach that with a Jersey cow and a Polled Angus, the Jersey is better for the dairy and the Angus for beef.? Progressive Farmer. Paul Jones was seriously cut by J. T. Rogers at Bath, in Aiken County. Will You Be One? Our customers are our best adver? tisements. Every pair of glasses fit? ted by us sells others. Every day some one says: "Mrs. So and So is so well pleased with her glasses that I thought I would come to you." We are human, never satisfied. \Ve want to add you to our chain. To fiit you as to fit your friends in the future. We correct all defects of the Hit* man Eye that Glasses will Remedy. W. A. Thompson, ? S. Main Street - Suiutcr. S. C. Foley's ORINQ I? Pleasant and Effective CURES Constipation, Stomach and Liver Trouble* by stimulating these organs and restoring their natural action. Is best for women and chil? dren as ORINO docs not gripe or nauseate. SIEBERTS DRUG STORE._ KILLTHE COUCH 1 OVERY QUGMS Cp 5o*a*i.oo OLDS E TPiAtwmffRK 1 MAinKMMTAKP IUN6 TROUBLES *GUA#AN7??D SAT/SFACTORV Of? WOrJEY RCrUND?D. Niinno! "Do you :hink areoplares will ever become really popular?" "Not with the accident-insurance men." Some mon chase an ld? ? 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I used Doan's Kidney Pills which I procured at China's drug store and heve not had any trouble with my back since. That was about a year ago and I am glad to say that Doan's Kidney Pills entirely cured me. My son was also afflicted with kidney trouble, being unable to con? trol the kidney secretions, especially at night. Since taking Doan's Kid? ney Pills, he has improved wonder? fully. He is much stronger and is able to control the kidney secretions. I gladly recommend Doan's Kidney Pills in return for the good they did in our family." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. No. 7. DO YOU WANT A PIANO for your own pleasure to pass the lelsufe hour In sweetest harmony, to calm your ruffled soul, and soften your duties when tired and lonely? 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