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CAROLINA'S ELEGTORAL VOTE. "Messenger"' T. Both Butler Wires the Vice President That He Will Report. The State. Washington, Jan. 30.-South Car olina' eleetoral vote promises now to be in the box Monday. Hon. T. Both Butler of Gaffney, special messenger, telegraphed Vice President Fairbanks today as follows: "Will arrive Monday with South Carolina vote. Was following our State statate." The vice president hav not been go ing by the State statute. In fact, he doesn't know what that statute is. That thousand dollar fine though is found in the book of federal statutes. Mr. Butler, as he deposits the Bryan vote in the box, will explain the rule South Carolina has adopted in this matter and may be he will be let off of the thousand plunks. The messenger which arrived yes rday was not from Colorado, as s -atetd in last night's dispatches, but from Oregon. His name is Butler, too -Hon. R. R. Butler. He sat aroand in the senate gallery all day watching things before he mustered up suffi cient nerve to take his vote into the vice president's room in the rear of the senate. So far he has not paid the $1,000. THE 'POSSUM ISSUE. South Carolina and Georgia are at Odds Over Taft's Pet. Philadelphia Inquirer. Not since during the dark days of the civil war, when Governor Joe Brown, of Georgia, defied not only South Carolin, but the whole of the Confederacy, has there been such strenuous internecine strife in the South as at present. It all came about by the Georgia glorification, with the aid of Taft, of didelphys virginiana, vulgarly known as the 'possum. This marsupial is indigenous to America and found nowhere else. It seems- to reaeh- its highest state of develop ment in Georgia and is elsewhere held in low esteem. It is difficult to discover, after read ing many columns of arguments, zo ological description, studies in com para.tive anatomy and wild objurga tion b~y enthusiasts, whether it is3 really the 'possum or Mr. Taft who is at the bottom of the whole itrouble. When Taft settled in Georgia for the winter, South Carolina consoled itself witha the thought that he could at least look over into its own territory, and he 'was beguiled across the river many -times and finally was landed in Char rleston to play golf before embarking on the stormy seas. Save for the 'pos sum incident all migh~t have been well, but Georgia was so enthused with persimmon beer at the Atlanta ban quet that it .has claimed the hegemony of the South, and expects to run the Taf>t Administration on a 'possum platform. Hence these South Caro lina tears. The aristocratic South Carolinians look down upon the "Cracker'' 'pos sum eaters of 'Georgia with a disdain worthy the descendants of cavaliers. They recall that Georgia was settled ~by jailbirds, who, they aver, have never advanced in a social degree. On Saturday night an effort was made in Charleston to poison t-he mind of Taft against the 'possum and its admirers, with what results it is impossible at ~this moment to state with absolate ac euracy; but Georgia is nervous and Lis attacking the South Carolina con tingent in a way that bodes ill for Inter-State harmony. It is well that Taft is to be absent -during this strife. It seems likely Sthat before he returns the population of both States will be so reduced that he will have less difficulty in sec.uring the proper men for Federal offices-a subject concerning which he has made an open declaration of unmistakable meaning. M.LEVER FAVORS PARCELS POST LAW South Carolina Congressman Speaks to Measure-Oonsiders Rural - Routes in Argument. Washington, Jan. 29.-Representa tive Lever yesterday mnade a plea for a parcels post law for rural delivery routes. in which he described the present annoyances of farmers when the mustard gives out, and the coffee and the soap. The postmaster gener al recommended this measure and Mr. Lever etated that the eonsidered it un fortunaite that the recommendation has been ignored. Concerning con ditions in the country. he said in part: "One of the annoyances of country life is~ t,he inconvenience1 involved in obtaining for use many of the small necessaries, of life. Every farmer here present knows of his own exper ienee how much time is taken in ex stra trips to t'own -and city for th"e use o.f the thme and farm. He knows that in the aggregate the waste ji is incalculable, and I am sure. if giv- I en an opportunity to have a direct ta vo,te upon the proposition. hv would t guard himself and all of the farmers h of the country again&t its continu- 03 ance. Let me illustrate: The farnwr a makes his usual trip to the village on h Saturday to provide himself with sup- I plies for the following week. Likely! as not he has jotted down a memoran- st dium of the various things he is to t: purchase. It develops on Monday ol morning that his good wife had over- g looked the fact that she was in need a. of a package of soda or a pound of ti coffee or a few yards of cloth for the children. A plow must be stopped it e t.he busy season of the year. it may g be at the sowing or harvest time, 1 when every hour is valuable. and some u one must make the trip to town, -else tl the bread goes without soda or the V breakfast comes without its usual cup S1 of coffee. This is not only a serious t inconvenience, but, I repeat, in the aggregate amounts to a tremendous drain upon the time of the farmer, and it must be remembered that time is money to the farmer as well as to every other class. "Under the system recommended : by the postmaster general, and which I r.st earnestly advocate, this incon veiiience and waste of time will be ob viated. A postcard to his merchant setting out ithat a package of soda or a pound of coffee or a few yards of cloth or any other article of small weight is needed will have the desired article forthcoming by rural carrier the next morning and at a cost which amounts practically to nothing." The general opinion is that the ones who are desirous of such a parcels post law are the big department stores in cities, who, it is said, would be able to do a large mail order business at the expense of the merchants in small towns. Mr. Lever stated that besides the opposition from the express compan ies the chief objection came from the big mail order huoses. This being a sarprise, Mr. Caulfie4d . interrupted and asked if it were not ,the mail or der houses who were in reality urging the parcels post law. To this Mr. Lever replied: "Not at all. On the contrary, this plan looks to giving the merchants of local towns from within rural routes emanate .the benefit of a reduced rate. over merchants and companies of oth er cities and towns. In other words, the mail order houses would not be able to compete with the local mer hants upon the basis of the postage rates recommended by the~ postmas ter general for 'a limited rural parcels post. The wisdom of discriminating in favor of the local merchiant must be apparent to any one who regards for a moment the danger involved in a system which would inevitably con ertalize the commerce of the country. Unfortunately Ithere is too much of this at present, and every expedient should be adopted to check its growth.'' ELBCOTRIC DANGERS. The Treatment For Injury Received From Live Wires. Most of the injuries resulting from electric shocks are suffered by line men, by workers in power houses or by brakemen on electric railways who happen to touch the third rail, but with the multiplication of trolley lin es in city and country and with the extension of the system of trans mission of currents of enormous vol tag'e over long lines by bare wires strung on poles the danger to the general public is constantly increas ig. Most of the accidents are produe ed by alternating currents. This is not because such currents are more dan gerous than the direct current, but because they are usually of higher voltage. It is not known how high the voltage must be to cause death. Much depends upon the mode of contact, whether the current passes through only a small part of body, as when the two points of contact are in the same arm 01"'leg. or' w~hether it pas ses from one arm to the other or from the hand to the foot. A partial degree of insulation may also prev'ent serious con sequences, as when one is standing on perfectly dry ground or when the contact is made through the clothes. An Eng-; lish writer on medical electricity says~ that it has been provedi that a man with dry clothing can sit on a third rail which carries a direct current of 30 volts and grasp the outer rail without receiving any shoek what ever; but the experiment is not rec ommended to the curious. When one has received a severe eletric shock which has not been im mediately fatal hte present signs of gratly lowered vitality. He is un: consious 01' semi-coniscio'us with al most imp)erc(eptible pulse. irregular and feeble inspiration, cold, elammy skin, relaxed muscles andi dilated pu pils. If he is still in contact with they \C Wire lie niis-es may be strong- I eontracted, and it may be diflicult release him. Any one who at ,mpt.s to drag ihim away should have is hands protected by rubbed gloves by a dry coat folded several times, d he must see that the place wh-ere e stands is dry and that his foot is At in contact with a rail. T.he treatment consists mainly in imulat.ion of the heart and respira on. Aromatic spirits of ammonia : some other stiumulant should be iven if the man can swallow, and -tificia.l respiration should be prac sed. This may be done by placing ie person flat on the ground and impressing the chest firmly but mifly for a few seconds and repeat tg sixteen or eighteen times a min e. The -legg should be raised and ie arms and legs rubbed in the di etion toward the body. At the ime time hot bottles may be applied > the body.-Youth's Companion. A-styp-to-dyn. The best known remedy for burns, 1 its,. bruises or sores of any kind on an or beast. For sale at Mayes' Drug Store. MaKing More I Cotton is merely a question of us kind of fertilizers. Virginia Fertil are the right kind. The cotton plant cannot f< your soil. Find out what necessary fertilization and th See ivhat Mr. W. C. Hays of Sr "I planted ab6ut 30 acres of some 'g cultivation for over 20 years, and us lina Fertilizers per acre, and I exp the 30 acres." This is why we s hundreds of letters like this, and eve Carolina Fertilizer for cotton. Get a copy of the new 1909 Virg from your fertilizer dealer, or write o will be sent you free. It contains Southern States. Virginia-Carolin Sales Offces Richmond!, Va. Niorfolk, Va. columbia, S.C. o Atlanta, Ga.hem -Savannah,Ga. Memphis, Tenn. *White Toa.f SREADY-T I.hite Gooi Corset Covel We have j a choice Merceri -*Wai ILinens and a + RECEIVED SCome and bi Sare making : $ prices. - - SMOWI ALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. As the executors of the last will Lnd testament of the late S. J. Kin Lrd, deceased, we will sell at the home )lace on the 11th day of February, .909, the personal property of which .he said S. J. Kinard died, seized, and )ossessed, consisting of household and -itehen furniture, one horse, one mule olt, one shoat, one cow, corn, fodder, Lnd farming implements. Sale to begin at eleven o'clock. Cerms cash. J. C. C. Kinard, Annie E. Kinard, Executors. Fan. 21, 1909. TOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT As Executor of the estate of Sim on Miller, deceased, I will make a anal settlement of said estate in the >robate court of Newberry county on February 23, 1909, at eleven o'clock ii the forenoon, and immediately hereafter will apply to said court for etters dismissory as said Executor >f Sineon Miller, deceased. J. H. Wise, Executor. .qoney Out of Crops ing enough of the right Carolina izers ed on barren land. Study it lacks. Then apply the results will surprise you. ith Station, Ala., did. He says: ray sandy land' that had been in d 300 pounds of Virginia-Caro Rct to gather 30 bales from ay it is the right kind. 'We have : stronger, in praise of Virginia nia-Carolina Farmers' Year Book ur nearest sales office and a copy pictures of the capitols of all the A Chemical Co. Sales OBee.s Durham, N.C. Charleston, S. C. arolin Baltimore, Md. -Columbus, Ga. . Montgomery, A1a. tloods! I ne ofI 0-WEAR2 Is, Gowns,I s,Etc.,Etc.I ust added:* lot of+ zed .I stings, Lawns,I THIS DAY.3 anow as we pecially low --S .. 0 co CO.r asaw+a+eo +1 TATEMEr The Commercial Bank of Nei densed from report to State Bani ber 27, 1908. RESOURCES. Loans......................-- - - - - Furniture and fixtures............. Overdrafts ........... ........... Cash and due from banks........ LIABILITIES. Capital stock................. Profits less expenses taxes paid.... Dividends unpaid. Cashier's Checks............ .. Re-discounts ... ....... ....... Deposits Individual...... .............. Banks............ .. ...... The Coimirci NEWBERRY, JNO. M. KINARD, 0. B. MAYI President. Vice-Presid< SOME OF OUR I To be conservative. 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