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Pf ' BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM ?IN? South Carolina, 0 RATES REASONABLE. 0 SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER ANNUM JOB PRINTING A SPECIALTY, Ths "School Bock Liw." r To the Editor of the Dispatch: It will be remembered that there was an intimation in a former article that smh legislation was believed to be p >ssible in this State as would result ? /I:af** vorv rtinnv nf The lexington dispatch. |l Bepresentatiue Beuispaper. Gocers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Bounties Like a Blanket. VOL. XXIX. LEXIXGTOX, S. C., WEDNESDAY, 31 AY 10. 1809. AO. 20 ? ??i niimH ?ill i i imi iii 11 mi* i hi in m m~m i i i i in it i n?iii nwi wi 11 irmi11 i btiit i ?iw?rnTurnnrftrw?niiTrw???? n ? bihm ?L&" GLOBE DBY GOODS GOIHFAHY, -W. B. ZL^EO^TCZSITOILT, TZ3., 3^^.3JT-A.O-BSS, J _ J |^r|jl leao 3IAIIV STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C., jSD ' Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. W I October 13?tf ' i Ill luiuicuiakb iv . ~- J -? J our people, aud ultimately effect a saving of very large amounts of m mey. The "School Book Law" of the State of Indiana, now lung on my desk, ha3 been operative for ten yearf; aDd has been modified and perfected until the people of that Stste are being wonderfully benefited by its provisions. It is too lengthy for publication in " your paper, but a brief reference to its salient points will be interesting aDd instructive. The State Board of Education is constituted a Board of School Book Commissioners who are required to select or procure a series of text books for the use of the common schools. They must advertise for sealed proposals for furnishing text books to the Trustees, frcm publishers or authors or persons who are willing to compile certain specified books. Tfie Board is empowered to contract with the lowest bidder who furnishes the required bond?but the cost of the books must not exceed certain prices which are specified iu the Act. The contractor is to be paid from the sale e>f the books only; th9 State not in anywise becoming liable. School Trustees are required to apply to the County Superintendents for such books as are needed in the respective schools. The County Superintendents apply in turn to the State Superintendent who orders from the contractor. The books are shipped to the County Superintendents and delivered by them to the School Trustees, by whom they are sold to the patrons. The prices are fixed by law and printed plainly on the cover ~ - of each book; and to sell for higher figures is made a misdemeanor for which the punishment is provided. Quarterly reports must be rendered and the money from the sales forwarded through the proper channels - to the contractor. Trustees who do not properly account for the books, or their equivalent in money are held to be guilty of embezzlement and punished accordingly. This removes the necessity for requiring a bond which might prove embarrassing, as the Trustees are not salried officers. Tne above is a very brief synopsis of the original law. The perfected statute, with its amendments, fills a pamphlet of some twenty-five pages. Some of the results will next be considered, and we cannot do this better than by furnishing a compative statement of the cost of text bocks in the two States of Indiana and South Carolina. The prices are taken from the "School Book Law' of the first named State, and from the price lists of two of the leading book houses of this State. This table gives the comparative prices of a list of books in common use. Indiana. S. C. $ $ First Reader 10 .18 Second Reader 15 .30 Third Reader 25 .38 Fourth Reader 30 .50 Fifth Reader 40 .90 Arithmetic (complete).. .45 .65 Elementary Georgraphy .30 .55 Complete Geography.. .75 125 Spelling Books 10 .25 English Grammar. 40 .75 United States History.. .60 1.50 Physiology 60 1.10 Ccpy Books, Nos. 1 to 12 .5 .10 Now, let it not be forgotten that the books furnished the State of Indiana are by requirement equal to the best books on the market in quality and character. Bv taking the above table as a | V r basis and striking an average it is found that the text books used in the public schools of this State are costing the patrons about ninety percent, more than the same books are sold tor in Indiana?the cost being nearly double as much. It is proper to state that very many of the prominent publishing houses in the country are willing to furnish the books to the schools of Indiana at the prices provided for by the statute, and that there is never any difficulty in procuring the needed supply. A little figuiing here will furnish an object lesson which may be helpful. Let it be supposed that there ere 300,000 pupils in the public in i he State. This is proba OVUVV*v ? bly much under the correct number but figures are not at hand. Ii will not be thought unfair to assume that the average annual cost per pupil for school books is fifty cents. (This es timate is probably much too low.) Then the aggregateamountexpended for books would amount to ($150,000) one hundred and fifty thousand dol lars. If, as has been shown, the people here are paying ninety per cent, more for books than the same books are being bought for elsewhere, then there is a clear annual loss of nearly $70,000 which may be saved by the proper legislation. Fifteen hundred to two thousand dollars would thus be saved to each county in the State. If there are those who would urge that an opportunity once enjoyed to effect these beneficent results was net properly improved, the answer would be that tbcugbtful mfn at that time feared that a combine on the part of the booksellers might deprive the schools of the needed supply of books, and for this reason such legislation was regarded as dangerous. It | is an interesting coincidence that the same hesitancy existed in Indiana ten years since. The Governor of the ! State was so dubious as to the possible consequences that he declined to j approve the Act, but being equally unwilling to veto it, the law became operative by default. It is now no longer an experiment, but a sucessful and of course a popular statute. It was not intended in the beginning to have this paper appear thus early, but asthe writer is entirely unwilling to be charged with springing this, or any thing else, in the closing days of the campaign for political effect, he has decided to submit the subject to the consideration of the public now, in order that there may be abundant time for investigation. Believing that the case has been clearly made out, if I should be placed at any time in a position when the proper opportunity will be given me, I here and now commit myself to an earnest and persistent effort to afford the relief indicated in this article. Seeking truth only and desiring to be corrected if in error, criticism is cheerfully invited W. T. Brooker. Swansea, S. C, May 1st, 1999. Discovered by a Woman. Another great discovery has been made, and that too, by a lady in this country. "Disease fastened its clutches upon her and for seven years she withstood its severest tests but her vital organs were undermined and death seemed imminent. For three months she coughed incessantly, and could not sleep. She finally discovered a way to recovery, by purchasing of us a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, and was so much relieved on taking first dose, that she slept all night; and with two bottles, hss been absolutely cured. Her came is Mrs. Luther Lutz.' Thus writes W. C. Ilammick & Co, of Shelby, N. C. Trial bottles free at J E Kaufmann's Drug Store. Regular size 5Qc and $1 00. Every bottle guaranteed. Wantsd to to on Hand. There are some droll Irishmen in Congressman O'Neill's district according to the stories he relates. An amusing one was told by the Congressman at the Capitol Dot loDg since, says the Washington Post. An old fellow who had scraped together 825,000 or $30,000 wanted lawyer O'Neill to draw up his will. When | the document was appirentij finished the lawyer asked if there was anything else he wanted put down. ' Ob, yes,*' said the Irishman, "Fifteen dollars to be spent on the bo}S when I*m taken to the cemetery on the day of my funeral.'* Calvary cemetery, in which all the Catholics of St. Louis are buried, is several miles beyond the outskirts of the city, and there are numerous road houses at which "the boys" are in tb8 habit of stopping on their way back -from a funeral. Mr. O'Neill said to his client: "I pre <Jj"H ervonfr. nn fhfi bumf juu waui iuc vw * v? -? way back from Calvary?'' "Be jabers, no!*' exclaimed the client. "Spind it going out. I'll be wid 'em, then." J. T. Reese, Modoc, S. C, writes: Have U3ed Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine 12 years. Cured me of i Indigestion and my wife of Sick Headache. Think it worth fcur times as much as either Zeilin's or Black Draught I used. i Zffiles Severely Criticised. Tbe Wade Court of Ioquiry concluded its work on April 29, in connection with the allegations of Gen. Miles concerning the beef supplied to the army during the war with Spain. The report was signed at at 2:30 p. m. by every member of the board and soon afterward the members of the court left the Lemon buildings, where all the meetings in Washington had been held. Colonel Davis, the recorder of the court, carried the official copy of the findings to the War Department and in ! f Via oKonnno of Sporofftrv Alcrpr. rip I livered it to Acting Secretary Meikle! john. Mr. Meiklejohn immediately i sealed the document in an envelope and forwarded it to the White House, whence it was dispatched forthwith to the Paesident in New York. The report is about 30,000 words and goes fully into the questions which have been raised in connection with the army beef. The text has not been made public and will not be until after the President shall have read it. It will then rest with him to say when the report shall be given to the public. The verdict, however, is known to be that the allegations which Gen. Miles made before the war commission are not sustained with reference to the refrigerated beef, although his contention that the canned roast beef was not a suitable continuous ration is admitted. There is direct criticism of Gen. Milles for ill* At. - _ i.i tailing to promptly DriDg me attention of the War Department to reports made to him concerning bad beer, "and several individuals are censured for failing to observe the proprieties of their positions as commanding officers in this and other respects." * ? Glorious News Comas from Dr. D. B. Cirgile, of Washita, I. T. He writes: "Four bottles of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs. Brewer of scrofula, which had caused her great suffering for years. Terrible sores would break out on her head and face, and the be3t doctors could give no help; but her cure is complete and her health is excellent." This shows what thousands have proved,?that Electric Bitters i3 the best blood purifier known. It's the supreme remedy for eczema, tetter, salt rheum, nlcer9, boils, ex pels poisons, helps digestion builds up the strength. Only 59 cents. Sold by J. E. Kaufmann Druggist. Guaranteed. Ajuinaldo Uamovsd. Repudiates Gen. Luna's Advances for Peace. London, May 2.?Representatives 4 ^ - Dk.l.i*?MnA 1 nrvirt OAT? lLof 4" /~VTT OX llitJ X IlilippiUC JUUL3 OCkJ liiCli; tlUCJ have received a telegram from Aguinaldo dated April 30, in which he states that his government has nothing to do with the present peace negotiations which, he asserts, are beHOME CUR FOR BLOI Beware of the Doctors' doctors Con tag Patchwork; You Can " selves i Cure Yourself at Home, The this vile poison, and only attempt to 1 disease?the sores and eruptions. This system, and endeavor to keep it shut and mercury. The mouth and throat i into sores, and the fight is continued i more damage than the disease itself. Mr. H. L. Myers, 100 Mulberry St., hundred dollars with the doctors, whe they could do me no good. I had large b:dy, and these soon broke out into ru endured all the suffering which this duces. I decided to try S. S. S. as a li soon greatly improved. I followed cl< I tions for Self-Treatment,' ana me iar$ chest began to grow paler and smalle i disappeared entirely. I was soon cure j skin has been as clear as glass ever si j self at home, after the doctors had f: J It is valuable time thrown away to i { to cure Contagious Blood Poison, for | yond their skill. Swifts Specific? S. S. S. FOR 1 ?acts in an entirely different way fi poison out of the system and gets ri disease, while other remedies only shi constantly undermining the constit'itii ment placeB a cure within the reach of vice, free of charge, and save the pat 1 Write for full information to Swift Hpt ing conducted by a group of half castes and Creoles, who are anxious for peace in the expectation of getting high offices under a new govern ment. Several of these men, Aguinaldo says, are members of the Filipino congress, where they are en deavoring to out vote him. Aguinaldo added that he had no direct negotiations with the Americans since the fall of Malolos, when certain proposals passed between Mr. D. C. Worcester, of the American Philippine commission and a representative of Aguinaldo, loukiDg to a peace based upon independence with an American alliance. Aguinaldo disa avows the present negotiations, and - ^ nnilor nn pirpn ms tflDPPS auuo iLiai uuuci uv v.*w,.? will he accept an American protectorate. The dispatch concludes with a contemptuous reference to Mijor Arguellas as a Spanish officer who has no more authority to act on behalf of Aguinaldo than has Luna himself. The Appetite of a Goat Is envied by ail poor dyspeptics whose Stomach and Liver are out of order. All such should kuow that Dr. King's New Life Pills, the wonderful Stomach and Liver Remedy, gives a splendid appetite, souod dij gestion and a regular bodily habit j that insures perfect health and great j energy. Only 2oc. at J. E Kaufmann's drug store. Stokes' Free Mail Delivery. Soathern Cultivator. We are pleased to call attention to the efforts of Representative J. Wm. Stokes to have free mail delivery along "Star Routes." rT11-" O'TV/I rvonnlo cVwMll rl Q q. JL UC picao auu uuuu>v> Mv sist Mr. Stokes in this effort in every way possible. Bring to bear upon your immediate representative in Congress such influence as you may have, so as to secure his support for this well-timed measure. The rapid delivery of mails is demanded by the progress of this active age in which we live. The people demand and desire to keep posted on public affairs. We must not forget that the voters are the rulers of this country. Hence their rights should be respected and their demands granted. This Stokes' bill is a step forward. Congress should give it a trial. Trusts Can't Wear Corporation Cloak. St. Louis, May 2.?In the circuit court of appeals today, with Judges Bland, Biggs and Bond on the bench, a unanimous decision was made in an appealed case in which the National Lead company was plaintiff in error, to the effect that a trust cannot cloak its object under the form of a corporation and evade the penalties provided for violations of the Missouri anti-trust law of 1S01. Under this decision accounts with trusts operating as corporations in Missouri are not collectable. IE '' .! )D POISON. 3 is not the slightest doubt that the t do more harm than good in treating ious Blood Poison; many victims of j ithsome disease would be much better lay if they had never allowed them- j to be dosed on mercury and potash, the j medies which the doctors ever give for ; loison. doctors are wholly unable to get rid of txeal up the outward appearance of the } they do by driving the poison into the in with their constant doses of potash I md other delicate parts then break out ndefinitely, the drugs doing the system j Newark. S". J., says: "I had spent a j T voalWcH thflt, i spots all over my nning sores, and I it w 3 vile disease proist resort, and was w osely your 'Direc- 9J/ *e splotches on my *T. r, and before long d perfectly and my fjt nee. I cured my- ^ ailed completely." - /? V expect the doctors -J' ' the disease is be- ^ THE BLOOD com potash and mercury?it forces the id of it entirely. Hence it cures the it the poison in where it lurks forever, on. Our system of private home treatall. We give all necessary medical ad- j ,ient the embarrassment of publicity. >ciflc Co., Atlanta, Ga. Week's Development in the Great South. Millions in New Investments Havt Been Undertaken?Cotton Mills and Railroads. : Special to the Slate. 1 Baltimore, May 4.?At the recent meeting of the New England Cotton Manufacturers' association a southern I man, Mr. W. B. Smith AYhaley, ci , Columbia, S. C, successful as a mill | engineer and as a leader in the textile industry, read a paper upon the advantages to be gained by electrical j transmission of power. Simultaneously with the presentation of this paper is the announcement that : $50(),000 are to be expended in build ing aud (quipping in North Carolina i a strictly modern cotton mill to be j operated entirety by electrical power. The proposed mill, according to a i report in The Manufacturers' Record, | is part of the plan of the develop! ment of the great water power at the ! falls or narrows of the Yadkin river, j where the water is forced from a ; width of 1,000 feet through a gorge I one-quarter of a mile long and 75 i feet across at its wildest part, and where there is a fall of from 2G to 40 j feet. The company has ?5,000,000 { capital behind it, and expects to disj tribute electrical power from the | falls to divers industries within a i radius of 50 miles. The water power i of the southern piedmont region is I perhaps, with the exception of Niagj ara, the most reliable in the country, j Its utilization for cotton mills and i other industries will undoubtedly add j largely to the industrial potentiality i of the south. In the meantime cotton mills are ! being built or improved upon the older lines, and in the list for the week the Manufacturers' Record re ] ports the plan of the Eanett cotton | mills at West Point, Ga., to have | been changed so as to increase the j equipment to 35,000 spindles and 1,000 looms. The mill will be four i stories high and 150 by 500 feet in | dimensions and will employ 1,000 persons, for whom 240 cottages will b9 built. The Eufaula Cotton mills, ! of Eufaula, Ala., will increase its ; equipment by 12,500 spindles and j 379 looms, making a total of 23,000 spindles and 700 looms. Contracts i are being completed for the erection by the Trion Manufacturing company of Trion Factory, Ga., of a mill with a capacity of 25,000 spindles and 750 i looms. The Louisiana Cotton Mill Co., of New Orleans has been incor-| porated with a capital stock of j $l,000,0o0 for the manufacture and sale of cotton goods, and a company will be organized at Chattanooga to erect a 10,000 spindle mill, while it is probable that under the efforts of ! New York and Georgia capitalists the water power at Gilchrist Ferry, about 50 miles above Augusta, will | be developed for the transmission of ; the power electrical to cotton mills and other industries. The North Carolina enterprise mentioned contains a promise of railroad development as its consequence. The mutual strengthening of the railroad and industrial interests is a marked characteristic of present j southern development. At the meet- | ing of the Alabama Commercial and Industrial association at Mobile, a notable illustration of that fact was given. Of the 12 reports made by different cities in the State nearly every one indicated that increase in the number cf industries bad been followed or preceded by increased | railroad facilities. Among the new undertakings noted in this connection is the Doth- j an, Hartford and Florida railway, J which is to traverse a portion of j Southern Alabama and Northern j Florida, which is heavily timbered, j The length of the road will be GO J mile?, with Chipley, Fla., as its southern terminus. Naval stores are j expected to be an important item in i its trafic. The Farmvillo and Fow- j hat an railroad, which extends from j Bermuda to Farmville, Va, is to be j extended to Manchester across the j river from Itichmond in the near j future. Mr. James Jtt. worto, gen- i . i eral manager of the company, in a j letter to The Manufacturers5 Record, I says that the right of way is cow being | acquired for the 13 miles extension. The question of extending the line j from Farmville to Roanoke is also under consideration, individuals along the route having offered in R?1M ^ Absolutely X Makes the food more de ROYAL BAKIHO POW I - ? - I ' ducements to the company to cover j this distance about 113 miles By j their narrow guage line. Another I i Florida line contemplated is the j Jacksonville and St. John's River j railroad, to extend 13G miles from Jacksonville by way of Sanford to ' DeSand. Mr. H. B. Plant is the j president. The numerous new industries re ! ported during the week included the j following most important ones: A $2'),000 oil mill, 5,000-spindle ; cotton mill, addition of 12,509 spindles and 379 looms, 56 ton guano factory in Alabama. A $250,000 cotton mill improvement, 35,000 spindle and 1,000 loom mill, $150,000 lumber mill and two j round bale compresses in Georgia. A $150,000 tcbacco factory, $10,j 000 telephone company and 40,000! bushel grain elevator in Kentucky. A $1,000,000 cotton mill company j | in Louisiana. J A $70,000 oil cloth factory and j $250,000 automobile company in i Maryland. A $75,000 lumber company, two j round bale compresses and a $50,000 J knitting mill company in Mississippi. A $L0,0C0 telephone company, a $20,000 telephone company, $500,000 gold mining company, $12,000 cotton mill company, $50,000 compress, 40-ton fertilizer factory, 20 ton oil mill in South Carolina. A $2,000,000 car and foundry company, 10,000-spindle cotton mill, $25,000 saw mill, $50,000 water supply company and $10,000 cooperage in Tennessee. A $100,000 construction company, two round bale presses and a ?10,000 telephone company in Texas. A $200,000 marble works, $25,000 woodworking factory, $50,000 knitting mill and 25-ton ice factory in Virginia. Try Alloa's Foot-Ease. A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this season your feet feel swollen, nervous, hot, and get tired easily. If you have smartling feet ' or tight shoes, try Allen's Foot-Ease. It cools the feet and makes walking easy. Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and gives rest and comfort. Try it today. Sold by all druggists, grocers, shoe stores and general storekeepers everywhere. Price 25c. Trial packages free. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Schools in Cn'oa and Elsewhere. Prof. J. F. Draughon, who recently visited Cuba with a view of investigating the outlook for establishino n sphnnl in Havana. Cuba, next 1 1 fall, on his return visited Savannah, Georgia, where he arranged to open ! a well equipped Business College June loth. ] Prof. Draughon now has flourish- ! ing business colleges located in ] Nashville, Tenn., Galveston and Tex- i arkana, Texas. These colleges have < superior courses of instructions, and 2 special facilities for securing posi- y tions. See Prof. Draughon's ad. t elsewhere in this issue.?Special rates will be given all who enter either of his colleges soon. Whooping Cough. ;1 I V I had a little boy who was nearly | ^ dead from an attack of whooping ! ^ cough. My neighbors recommended ! ^ Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I did not thiuk that any medicine r would help him, but after giving him a few doses of that remedy I ' l n noticed an improvement, and one bottle cured him entirely. It is the ^ Diarrhoea Remedy.?P. E. Grisham, Gaars Mills, La. For sale by J. E. a Ivaufmann. ^ ??? ? i ! ^ Kamon s American srocK rowaers, * one of tbe best preparations on the nmarket for cattle, hogs aud poultry ^ 15 and 25 ceuts packages, at the a Bazaar. Use this powder once and ? you will have no other. u Raking ^ Powder Hire licious and wholesome 0 R CO.i HEW YORK. Homestead of Bankrupts. Judge Speer Decides an Important Point in New Law. Savannah, Ga, May 4?Judge Speer of the Federal district court for the southern district of Georgia has made an important decision under the new national bankruptcy law. It is to the effcet that United States courts have 'no jurisdiction over a homestead taken by a bank 1 i 1- - A 11 I I - - J V - 1 i_ rupi; mat tue uumesieuu ueiuugs tu the State courts and cannot be considered in the United States couit as an asset of the bankrupt; and as regards the homestead the trustee of the bankrupt must look elsewhere than to the United States court, i The effect of this decision will be far reaching and will no doubt be the cause of many parties goiDg into bankruptcy who have heretofore held out. In the case in which Judge Speer has just rendered this decision the bankrupt had waived his homestead by giving notes and the creditors of the bankrupt instituted proceedings to have the homestead administered by the trustee as assets. The judge held that the trustee must set aside the homestead regardless of the waived and that the courts are the proper place to attack the waiver. 1 When the bankrupt receives his dis- 1 charge from the United States court all his debt are wiped out and there is some doubt as to whether the creditors can then proceed in the 1 State courts to have tbeir claim and j waiver sustained and their debts sat- ' isfied out of the homestead set aside ' by the bankrupt court. ? . < Many old soldiers now feel the ; effects of the hard service they en- 1 dured during the war. Mr. Geo. S. Anderson, of Rossville, York county. Penn., who saw the hardest kind of , service at the front, is now frequent- | ly troubled with rheumatism. "I ] had a severe attack lately," he says, ] "and procured- a bottle of Chamber- ( Iain's Pain Balm. It cid so much good that I would like to know what you would charge me for one dozen bottles." Mr. Anderson wanted it both for his own use and to supply j it to his friends and neighbors, as 1 every family should have a bottle of it in their home, not only for rheumatism, but lame back, sprains, swellings, cuts, bruises and burns, 1 for which it is uuequalled. For sale by J. E Kaufmann. Puerto Pico's Condition. { 1,200 Men Employed by Govern- i ment and Many Fed. c Washington, May 1 ?Acting Secre- * tary Meikeljohn has received "the fol- * lowing: San Juan de .Puerto Jttico, :uay o. Secretary War, Washington: j Reported conditions on island cf people starving exaggerated; over . 3100,09 a month is spent on roads; L2,00J men employed; imre money 8 distributed direct to people now c jvery month than they have had for pears. Large number who cannot 1 vork are fed, and no suffering. Xa,uie is too bountiful for that. ^ ?? Roosevelt May Stand Pat. Detroit, Mich., May 2.?Senator Oepew said in the course of an interiew today that he did not believe Jovernor Roosevelt will be looking or a presidential nomination next ear. Asked as to what the Senate is ikely to do with Senator Q lay, he eplied that it was hard to say. "If I C eel when I take my seat as I do ow," said he, "I shall vote first for rule governing the case, applicable v d Republicans and Democrats alike, c nd then vote to seat Quay." 1 A Cure for Neuralgia. I was for some time a sufferer lroin Neuilgia. I trinl nearly ever)thing I couid n ear of, bill nothing did rue Hnv good un- g I I purchased a box of Ramon's Liver A* ^ 'ouic Pellets aDd began to use them hey relieved me at once That was over ~ year ago. and I have had no return of it ince. Mrs. Millie Reed, Guiley, Ala. S1 or sale by G. M Ilarman and J. E. Kauf- a lann. g ' ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate o! 7> cents per sqnare of one inch 8;<ace for first insertion, and 50 cents per inch for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made with those wishing to advertise for three, six and twelve months. Notices in the local oolnnan 6 cents per line ecch insertion. Obituaries charged for at the rate of one cent a word, wten they exceed 100 words. Marriage notices inserted free- ^ Address G. M. HARMAN, Editor and Publisher. At Converse College, in Spartanburg, 461 students are enrolled. Superintendent of Education McMahan has arranged for a fine summer school at Winthrop College. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson will stop over in Columbia on her way to tho Veteran's re-union in Charleston. Pimples, Boils and other Hnmors appear when the blood gets impure. The best remedy is Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. In E Jgefield county an old white man of 70 recently married a young ? lady of 20. December and May are happily blended. Mormon missionaries are making such headway in Hampton county that a backwoods church is likely to be built soon. T? /iA _ L _f 11 A 1 n._ ir "uui ox aoris, v>ross ana ireevish, lake Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. Cheerfulness will return and life acquires new zest. Train No. 22 on the Columbia, New* berry and Laurens Railroad was wrecked about two miles above Capin on May 2nd, says the Carolina News. Dr. A. Coke Smith will preach the commencement sermon before the South Carolina College and Judge J. H. Hudson will deliver the address. It makes no difference bow bad the wound if you use DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve; it will quickly heal and leave no scar. J. E Kaufmann. On Lieutenant Governor McSwee- : :;ev has fallen the pleasant duty of delivering the address of welcome at the Confederate Re union in Charleston. Mrs. John Sutherlin, who lives in the upper portion of Greenville county, presented her husband recently with three vigorous and hearty boys. Health, Strength and Nerve Force follow the use of Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine, which insures good Digestion and Assimilation. The Governor has offered a reward of *150 for the capture and conviction of the ne^ro fiend who com mitted rape on Mrs. Williams of Greenville. The condition of Governor Ellerbe ot improving as fast as was anticipated he was moved from Summerville to Columbia and from thence to bis home in Marion. You cannot accomplish any work or business unless you feel well. If you feel "Used Up?Tired Out," take Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. While a Magistrate was hearing a oase in Greenwood county a few days ^ ago, Constable Book's pistol fell from bis pocket and was discharged, the ball going dangerously near the head , of one of the witnesses. A class of sixteen disciples of Blackstone stood a successful examination before the Supreme Court Friday, and they are now "young jj limbs of the law." In the class there were two colored youths. Pneumonia, la grippe, coughs, oolds, croup and whooping cough readily yield to One Minute Cough 3ure. Use this remedy in time and save a doctor's bill?or the under:aker's. J. E. Kanfmann. Martin Welborn recently shot and 'atally wounded Bow land Ch&stain n Pickens county. The shooting >ccurred in the yard of Mr. Wei \r\wr\ TrrV?A iiv?m "PiaIt JKJLU, n U\J ilUUiCUltCiJ TTUUU bu JL 1WA* ins and gave himself up to Sheriff dcDaniel. Meekison of Ohio 1as Been Greatly Benefited by Pe-ru-na. 'ongressman D. Meekison of Ohio, write* the following letter to Or. Hartmaa. . Dr. S, D. Hartman, Columbus, 0. Dear Sir:?I have used several botles of Pe-ru-na and feel greatly bene* ited thereby. 1 have been afflicted Ron. D. Meekiso*. rith catarrh of the head and feel enouraged to believe that continued se of Pe-ru-na will fully eradicate a isease of thirty years' standing. Yours sincerelv, I).* MEEKISOy The continued receipt of endoraelents like this for Dr. Hartman's reat catarrli remedy, prove its value evond question. Men of prominence very where are recognizing the merit of 'e-ru-na and are willing to giveexpresion totheir judgment becausea certain, bsolute cure for catarrh is a public ood. All druggists sell Pe-ru-n? * m