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Trie Lexington Dispatch Wednesday, February 10, 1904. General Assembly. Tuesday Feb. 2. In the legislature memorial addresses were made by members od the services to the state of the late Hod. John McMaster. All of them spoke of his high character, of his unselfish interest in behalf of the people of the state, and of his dis position to follow the Golden Rule? "do unto others as you would have them do unto you." The speakers were Messrs. Ford of Fairfield, Haskell of Richland, McColl of Marlboro, Gaston of Chester, Thomas and Aycockx of Richland. After the addressee, which were listened to ; with much interest, the joint assem- j bly dissolved. The senate did no business of importance, except to dispose of routine matters. It will meet tonight, when matters of importance on the calendar will be disposed of. # j The house took up the bill of Kibler, which provided for the suppcrt and maintainance of South Carolina university, and after a short discussion killed the proposed moasure. Mr. Efird's resolution proposing to i amend section 2, article 3 of the j constitution relating to terms of members of the house of representatives when put to an aye and nay vote failed to pass to a third reading; but upon a motion to reconsider, the bill was not killed, but will be continued on the calendar until disposition is made. x The bill introduced by Mr. Banks to prohibit driving horses or mules across any grounds of the state around or near the capitol, wa9 killed A bill which provoked varied and somewhat humorous speechmaking was that introduced by Mr. King, which had for its purpose the regula-1 tion of the riding of bicycles on public highways. An amendment was offered to include automobiles in | the provisions of the bill. The j amendment was adopted. Wednesday. The senate committee on commerce | and manufactures made an unfavorable report on the bill to apply to employes in cotton mills the rights and - '? ? 1 remedies 01 ine ieiiowservanis taw for employes of railroad companies. The vote of the committee was 7 to 2 yesterday after the bearing in the senate chamber. The merits of the bill were presented by Senator Marshal), the author, and the opposite side was represented by Messrs. J. L. Orr, Augustine T. Smyth, Lewis W. Parker, Ralph K. Carson and T. W. Bouehier, Capt. Ellison A. Smyth. The house committee on commerce and manufactures also gave andienoe to the mill representatives yesterday." The first bill taken up was the 1 measure to provide against strikes and lockouts. This is the bill which passed the senate last year and was killed in the house this year because of the lack of attention on the part of the Aiken delegation. The very day the bill was killed in the house it was introduced again in the senate and also in the house. The senate again passed the bill. The next matter taken up was Mr. Davis' bill to require mills to provide seats in mills for the use employes when not actually at work. Mr. G. B. Davis of Berkeley, author of the bill declared that he bad 1 done so from a humanitarian stand- \ point. ! He spoke earnestly in behalf of j young girls just coming into woman- \ hood, who cannot afford to stand on their feet all day. Capt. Smyth explained that mills j have straps attached from loom to loom and when the machinery is running easily the operatives may j sit down. Some looms are constructed with seats attached. The committee after the visitors had retired made a favorable report on each of the bills, the vote beiog 7 to 5. The following bilis were introduced with reference to the tax question: A bill to require the payment of annuai license fees of corporations doing business in this State, and to | require them to roport to the tecre| tary oi state. j A bill to amend the law as to the graduated tax on incomes. A bill to impose a tax on gifts, inheritances, devises, bequests and I legacies in certain cases. I A bill to provide additional measures and remedies for collection on past due and unpaid taxes upon certain property, which has escaped taxation. A bill to amend the code of laws of South Carolina, 1902, in reference to the State board of assessors and its duties. * - * it - -1 . i!. _ A bill in reference 10 me amies ui chairmen of lccal boards of assessors and their compensation. | The general bill providing for an elastic road law to fit the requirements in the respective counties, was passed with its amendments and was sent to the senate, where it originated. Mr. Lanham's bill to require vestibules to be affixed to electric cars in Charleston passed its third reading. Thursday. Iu the senate today the bill of ! Represeniatiw Toole to provide for a special township road tax brought fourth much discussion. All senators who spoke on the bill favored good roads. The bill to provide for the completion of the state bouse was up as a I "third reading" bill. A number of eohftfcnr* hpaan fen discuss the matter of improvements on the state house, but it was developed that the report of the state house commission had not yet been presented, and the whole matter was left over for consideration. The senate debated the fertilizer bill throughout the whole morning session, the question at issue being one of purely legal concern. A number of amendments were discussed, when finally on motion of Senator Ragsdale debate was postponed until tonight, as so many amendments were offered that senators could not determine where they really "were at'' on this particular bill. Among bills introduced was oDe by Senator Ragsdale of Florence to prevent the use again of dispensary bottles which bad already been used. Although the senate voted yester# day against the resolution as to the jurisdiction of the United States on lanrla n ran fori f.ho crrwermonf in fhia ?? * ? & e ? state, in reference to criminal cases, it reversed itself today, and at the last minute the senate refused to concur in the house resolution. Senator Manning offered a number of amendments to the bill presented by Senator Hardin in reference to fertilizers. Mr. Hardin's bill inoluded "cotton seed meal" in the general fertilizers inspection law. In the house Mr. King's bicycle bill, which was continued from yesterday, was taken up. It was changed so as to allow the bicyclist to proceed without dismounting, if he received permission to go on. The fine was reduced from $10 to $5 The house passed the bill by a vote of 33 to 17. Mr. Deschamps' bill relative to the establishing of experimental farms by Clemson College, was ordered to third reading without discussion. Mr. Kibler's bill to create the posi tion of insurance commissioner was next taken up. The question of electing a commissioner was discussed at length, but it was finally agreed that the legislature shouid elect the officer. The bill, after minor amendments, was ordered to a third readiog. Mr. Mauldin's bill looking to an agreement of companies as to rates | and mutual protection, was ordertd to its third reading. Mr. Richard's bill for an increase in the number of scholarships at I TIT il II i winiDrop couege, was vigorously and eloquently advocated by its author. Mr. Dorroh proposed an amendment that the scholarships be paid out of | the regular appropriation for the support of the college, but it was killed by an aye and nay vote of 63 I to 39. The bill was then given its i third reading. It provides ?100 for ! each scholarship. * ! The most reliable preparation for | kidney troubles on the market is j Foley!s Kidney Cure. The Kaufi mann Drug Co. Consistency. Saluda Standard. Wuo buys this country is not a consistent place to live in? In Pennsylvania there is a factory which turns out idols for ihe Gainese to worship, while the same st-ite has a factory to turn out missionaries to convert the Chinese to Caristianit}.?Exchange. That's nothing South Carolina sells liquor, aud takes the pay money made by selling liquor to teachers to leacu that it is wrong to drink 1 qior. Wuere can greater inconsistency be found? And the trouble is every citizen of the state is nariiceDa criminis. unless r r- - - ? 7 they speak out individual sentiments to the contrary. Health Means the ability to do a good day's work, without undue fatigue and to find life worth lining. You canDOt have indigestion or cucstipation without its upsetting the liver and pollu ting the blood. Such a condition may be best and quickest obtained by Herbiot?, the best liver regulatoi that the woild has ever known. Mrs D W. Smith wtites, April 3, 1902: "I use II;rbiae, and find it the best medicine for constipation and regulating the liver I ever used " Price 50 cents. Sold by The Kaufmann T\ /I urug uj. ? 20,000 Miles of Railroad. Jchn H. Kirbt, a large lumber operator of Houston, Texas, says that ; the Briiisn government is about to I build '20,000 miles cf railroad in j Africa and that the crossties r? quired i in the construction are to come from the States. Mr. Kirby, who expects to get a large part of tbe contract, says the ties wili ost S40,Qp0,000. The line will not be 20,000 miles long, but with its connections will cover that distance. It will traverse the entire continent, from north to south. A Curs for Eczema. My baby had Eczema so bad that its head was a solid mass of scabs, and its hair ail came out. I tried many remedies but none seemed to do any permanent good until I used DsWiti'd Witch Hfczel Salve. The Eczema is cured, the scabs are gone and the little one's scalp is perfectly clean and healthy, and its hair is growing beautifully 8gain. I cannot give too much praise to DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salvo.?Frank Farmer, Bluff City, Ky. In buying Witch Hazel Salve look out for counterfeits. The name L C. Devvitt & Co., is on every box. Sold by all druggists. Bryan Coming; to So. Ca. Wm. Jennings Bryan said a few days ago in a New York paper that he would visit South Carolina some time this month, and arrangements will eccordingly be made for his reception in Columbia. Mr. Bryan said: "I shall go as far south as South Carolina, and will speak in Virginia and North Carolina, and that is as far as I have my plans made.*' Mr. Bryan is to deliver free lectures wherever he goes, says the paper, and will pay hi9 own expenses. Escaped an Awful Fate. Mr. H. Haggios, of Melborne, Fia , writes, "My doctor told me I bad Consumption and nothing could be done for me. I was given up to die. The cfibr of a free trial bottle of Dr. TCi no'ri N*w Diseoverv for Consnmn tion, induced cue to try it. Kasults were startling. I am now oa tbe road to recovery and owe all to Dr. King'* New Discovery. It surely j saved my life " This great cure is guaranteed for all throat and lung diseases by The Kaufraaon Drug Co , Druggists. Price oOc and 8100. Tii il bottles free. An Incongruity. A 810.000 minister to Panama is very much like putting a hundred dollar set of harness on a fcrty dollar mule. It Keets the Feet Warm and Dry. Ask today for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures Chilblains, Swollen, Sweeting, Sore, Aching, Damp feet. At all druggist and shoe store.-', 25j. 1G DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK ? ! ' ........ | Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. ; Almost everybody who reads the news- j papers is sure to know of the wonderful j ,; ;. cures made by Dr. ; j|t Kilmer's Swamp-Root, i g j j'i the great kidney, liver j nj - | [j_ and bladder remedy. j h r )' It is the great medi- j ~ll iMi CS' triumI3^ l^e nine" j m ^ t i\ iijljjp iccwm ccuiury; ais- j Ij ?'jg-^== [V, jll'iit covered afler years of ,#<[ F2-1 f wZ jvM scientific research by ' rt r ( ^r* Kilmer, the err.ifj_ _= AwT. " nent kidney and blad der specialist, and is , v/onderfully successful in promptly curing lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid troubles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst form cf kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not recommended for everything but if you have kidney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found just the remedy you need. It has been tested in so many ways, in hospital work, in private practice, among the helpless too poor to purchase relief and has proved so successful in every case that a special arrangement has been made by which all readers of this paper who have not already tried it, may have a sample bottle sent free by mail, also a bock telling more about Swamp-Root and how to find cut if you have kidney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper and fi>*i send your address to gsi.jl'i Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bint;- nitera harnton. N. Y. Tfie ""*SSa??gsg^ regular fifty cent and Homo of Swamp-Root. dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists. Tension Claims. The Lumber of claims for pensions filfd for ir juries in our 100-day war with Spain is now GO,000, and at the present rate there will soon be half as maDy claims as there were men in the war, although but 20.000 went to Cubi and but two or three regiments toPjit;Rco. What Are They? Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. A new remedy for stomach troubles, biliousness and constipation, and a good one. Price 25 cents For sale by The Kaufcnann Drug Co. For Mardi G-ras Festivites. CoohnorH A5? I intt Poilurou HfFoPC j^ukjuui u nil i?iiiw iiuuvtuy viivi v Special Rates and Route to New Orleans, Mobile and Pensacola. On account of tbe Mardi Gras Carnivals at New 0 leans, La Mobile, Ala. and Pensacola, Fla., February lOrh lfitb, 1004, the Seaboard Air Lioe Railway, will, od February 0 h to 15;b. inclusive, sell special tickets from ail coupon stations, at rate of one first-class fare, plus 25^, for the round trip. Tickets are limited returning to February 20th, but final limit may be extended : to March 5tb, by depositing with joint age .it and payment of 50*. Stop-over is allowed under certain conditiots at maDy points, bothgoing and returning. The Seaboard offers choice of several routes, including the new way via Savannah, Jacksonville and across iVia AnfivA titata r\f Plrtri/lo Thfl VUO UU iiic KJ UC9 lO \J & JL J.UV Seaboard is ibe short Hdc to the South. For detailed information and specific rates, call on Seaboard agents, or address Jos. W. Steward, Trav. Passenger Agent, Columbia, S. C I METCHONEMAR for children; safe, sure Ko opiates H 222 South Peoria St., Si |p Chicago, 111., Oct. 7, 1902. |g ja Eight months ago I was so il! fl V that i was compelled to lie or sit flj tt down nearly all the time. My I 81 stomach was so weak and npset 9 H that I could keep nothing on it ana 1 Yoninea lrequcmij. 1 k > af could not urinate without great || Rj pain and I couched so much that 9 eg iny throat and lungs were raw 9 9 and sore. The doctors pro- 9 j fta nounced it Bright's disease and 8$ W others said it was consumption. 9 ; |S It mattered little to me what 9g ??} they called it and I had node- fl gg sire to live. A sister visited me W 5| from St. Louis and asked me if 9 M 1 had ever tried Wine of Cardui. 9 W I told her \ had not and she 9 g bought a bottle. T believe that p a it saved my life. I believe many ^ |! women could save much suffer- E* H ing if they but knew of its value. 9 I ffEJ | iW Don't you want freedom from 9 Bj pain? Take Wine of Cardui M ht and make one supreme effort to 9 jSS be well. You do not need to be fl g a weak, helpless sufferer. You J| |S can have a woman's health and 9 -k do a woman's work in life. Why Is Sg not secure a bottle of Wine of ra 9 Cardui from your druggist to- 9 j WHucCmow [ <X X> I Hani? id Saddlery. I <X " X> ? to % y& . >0 ?> We have in stock a full line of Plantation >o v. y> <x dear, houglit before the advance. When xJ <x # _ x> ^ 111 UPfvl vnil mm find Pi-ntn'tlimir m flm Y> /V/ * ? \ \. V* ? V^i 4 1 J A A VI \?/ > V- J * tliliJw 111 lll\ ' ' ^ Y> 1 Saddle and Harness Line I ? y> ? <X at reasonable prices. Any single part of ys |j harness supplied on call. y/ * ? $ <8 _ . . _ $ $ Repairing Done ? f While You Wait. X I ? g - - ?- - ... tt ? i \ a. a y-s c:> o. r ^ a ? 8 1 J V IOOC UU, IS y' a) *> ? 1517 MAIN STREET, ? $ ^ $ COLUMBIA, S. C. \ <X y> ? Jane 14, 1903?ly, y> <X x> To Our Friends and Patrons of We wish to inform you that we will move on or about January 20th to our new Quarters now being orenared h) H llCH JU Y U1J UUUJ HU1I10, Nice Dress Goods Makes Everybody Look Well. Low Prices Are Populai. Honest Dealing Is What Everybody Needs. All of these you get when you go to the store of T. HAYNE WILLIAMS, Irene, S. C. He carries a stock of General Merchandise embracing tveryitnng usually found in a first-class store. No trouble to show goods. An inspection of stock is invited and the prices will do tbe rest. Country Produce Bought and Sold. Everything Positively On Cash System. SEABOARD| All* JL.TIVK RAILWAY. 11 I NO Kill-SO UTJH -EAST- YV LST.| Two Daily Pulimnu Vestibule Limited Trains Between St south and new york. First-Class Dining Car Service f The Best Rates and Route to all Eastern Cities Vm Hiohmond and Washington, or via Norfolk and Steamers to^Vtlanta, IN ash. gj;a ille, Mein])ltis, X^oniisville. ft Louis. CJli iea *><>, IS ew Orlea uss, and J|] All Points South and Southwest?to Savannah g aud .Tiielvson ville and all points in X^lorida and Cuba. Positively the Shortest Line Between north and jsoljtii. t^'For detailed information, rates, schedules, Pullman " ? ? mi a i JSa I reservations, Ac., apply to any agent or me 5>eaDoard gl Air Line Railway or to Jos. W. Stewart, Travelling! Passenger Agent, Columbia, S. C. CHARLES F. STEWART, Asst. G. Pass. Agt.l SAVANNAH, OA. for us at *" L427 Main Street, Columbia, S. C., where we expect to carry a mammoth stock for jobbing purposes. This is a branch of a large Eastern firm making Columbia its distributing point for their Southern trade, giving you the advantage of Columbia's freight rates, Thanking you for past patronage, ~\TvQcnQntfiillTr V J iUOjVWUUXl-LJ.XJ ^ FRANK'S JOBBING HOUSE, 1554 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C GOOD FOOD ~ If Wliil IruM'liiJr U'liilf