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1 Out Delivery Service! Our wagons are al ways at your service and we will fill your wants at any time on short notice. We deliver anything from a can of spice to, a barrel of flour. If you are interested in securing the best groceries at right prices and always de; livered promptly, just leave, or 'phone yo?r orders here. Quality reigns su preme here?but price is watched very' care carefully, too. We will be pleased to have a share of your orders. And we trust that you will pardon us when we say: "We believe that you will be pleas ed with our jgroc?ries and service." Ideal Grocery Co. 309 N. Main St., ANDERSON, S. t Phone 471. :' 1 Broken Lenses TOUS We have a comolete Lens Grinding Plant. Glasses left with us in the morn ing will be re?dy for you in the evening. M. R. Campbell Registered Optometrist Q Office 112 W. Whitner St. Ground F?c, nr. Telephone Connection. mm 1 .Special Holiday offer,; in ?lubs of three dozen Phb Ltos 50c. p*h? largest: and best pic ^turf for the money, j etfs Ait On'the Square. yve ckrr>\V# nice line ai i them - in Lsv Valieres, Stjck pins, Rings and Cuff ?ut- i | tons, etc., etc. Priced from $4 to Attorney J> t H Validity of I EDITOR THE INTELLIGENCER: In view of the recently published opinion of Mr. Sullivan that the wat er and lighting contract made by the city council last winter waa and Is void for the- reason that it was an at tempt to create a bonded'Indebtedness Without tho vote of the people and : was therefore in violation of certain provisions of tho constitution of 1895, it Heenis to me necessary that I make this statement in order lb prevent misunderstanding as to my position in the matter inasmuch as ho and I were tho city's, attorneys when that con tract was made and ho is now the fcity's attorney. I then thought and still thing that the city council bad the legal right to make the contract in question. Mr. Sullivan's contention seems to bo that itba,' only ground for questioning the validity of tho contract rests on the question as to whetbor the agreement to pay the company for water and lights from month to month as furn ished during a term of years created a bonded Indebtedness within the meaning of the constitution without authority from the people so to do as expressed in an election held for that purpose. I claim no infallibility of opinion, legal or otherwise. In fact, it is my errors and'shortcoming' that help to keep me humble and sympathetic to ward my fellowmen. ' Put I certainly ought to know what a n.inlcipal bond ; .is, for every out stand h n- bond against ihe city of Anderson was issued dur . .lug the 12 jf afa that I was actual and activo city attorney, except the $8,000 issuo of city haU bonds, which were issued while I was mayor.. .The very fact that nolther I nor Mr. Sullivan nor any other member of the bar nor citizen of Anderson, it is fair ; to. presume, for, one moment thought that tho' making of the contract for water and lights was creating a bond ed indebtedness within the meaning of tho constitution in some evidence as to how both lawyers and laymen con : s trued the meaning of "bonded indebt . ednesa," for not only tho lawyers but I tho laymen know that no bonded in ! dobtodness can bo created oxcept by a ' majority vote df the electors of the municipality cast at an election order ed by tho city council as a result of a petition from a. majority of the free holders asking for the, election. One of the fundamental rules of construction Is to give to language the I ordinary and common meaning which tho overage man undr ?ands by It. The generally accept 1 meaning of municipal bonded indebtedness is that . the city, issue and sell Its bonds for . the purpose of, raising a fund with which to perform some - municipal . work-or Improvement. The very fact th?t the constitution requires that mu nicipalities shall, on issuing bonds, "create a sinking fund for tho re demption thereof at maturity," strong ly supports that' view. TXe average man, whether a lawyer or a layman; would bo sorely puzzled to see any necessity for creating a sinking fund to pay water and light rentals which are due and payable monthly. '.. The necessary procedure for Issuing bonds Is as follows, by way of Illustra tion: A majority of the freeholders I of tho city sign a written petition to I council asking that an election be 1 held on tho question of Issuing the bonds of "tho city to a certain amount for the purpose of making certain im provements, aa for Instance, paving Streets. The voters cast'their ballots j saying .yes or ho on the question as : to whether, in the first place, they are in favor of' tho paying ind, in the sec ond place, whether they arb willing ? for tho cjty council, to Issue and; sell enough bonds to raise the amount of j money that Is necessary to" do th^t ! paving. If tho majority votes In. favbr i of issuing bondB for that purpose the jj city borrows the required sura by is , suing and delivering its bonds .to the j man who lends, the money, bonds be ing nothing but promises to pay back t tho money with interest, and the mbn i ey Is turned' Into tho treasury, end d paid ! out as the. work: is. done, ?f i S course Uio city thereupon lories sytakj \: for the. purpose of paying tho .Interest; on the bonds each year, and Is. atsp ' required to create a "sinking fund," | with! which to pky tho principal of tho debF when; due. Of course everybody understands that a "sinking fund" s hiqyely mean? that the city m?sf lay ; byVeaeh year such' sum of. mbney as will in tbej?^^ Die principal of the bonds when dutt On the other band, it a majority of tho :??pfo ;vbte ho,', thep1 the paving, as a j niattor of cbiurse, is not^done. In other ;, ^rda. tho question r?ally voted on S: ^^snaii^jB^ar^.'paying,". What would tLe people bo asked to voio on when it cornea to making a contract for water and lights? ?er talnly not a^ to whether wo should 1^0 water -^ill^^^^wA , absolute necessity add a fixed policy. We njlght as; well; be asked whether i '.we' want sunshine and showers.. They could hot v?te on the question of.con? firming or rejecting any proposed con I traclt; In an probability, for it^is riot likely that responsible people who .would bo able to satisfactorily furn?sh water and lights would care to go to th? trouble and expense of making a contract that' might b? whimlfecaliy ii?lectc?. or'that might bo rejected tor ?Ohle feature^ that could be easily : '?greed? on if It -wire 'possible' to; fldd Out Viie ground of objection. It musk ; fc/bmambered that If 'jjjfc Sullivan's eWitention Is - valid, .ihat thejre"- would I f#no contract on; which to^v%Wllese *ne was voluntarily entered ! Into h* ^ff^oj^^weuS^?^^? rfWt a? th? city, to treat' ?t as," void. ; Whr?c then, would be aubmUted to the- people * f?$Vtof?& decision? It W Discusses franchise Matter could only be. In my. judgment, thej question whether the city should un dertake municipal ownership;' and] control of the water and' lighting Ebs teins, or whether the city council should make the best'contract possi ble with some responsible person to furnish water and lights to the. city and its inhabitants on the most satis factory basis that could be negotiated. Suppose that question had been sub mitted to the voters and a majority | had voted in favor of municipal own ership, which would have required the city to issue bonds, to carry that into effect. It is possible to conceive that a majority of the people might thereupon refuse to vote the neces sary bonds. Granted that such is not likely to he the case, still It can not bo denied that such is a possibility and that an absurd result would follow. Our constitution, is not likely to re quire that which may lead to an ab-1 surdity. On the other hand, suppose a ma jority of the peoplo had voted in favor of the city making the best contract possible with some private concern to furnish water and lights. What kind of a predicament would that have placed the city council in? If Mr. Taylor should have' hecn asked to | submit ? proposition under such cir cumstances he might have replied that he was not in the market just then and that when the city council had tried all other possible contrac tors that they might call around to see him again if they had not obtained what they desired. When that time came, as it certainly would have come, then he could have submitted his proposition on terms of his own choosing and then told the city coun cil that' the people bad already voted I against municipal ownership and that they must accept/ tho contract offered j by him or look elsnwhere. Stich a pre dicament would have deprived the city council of the strongest leverage thai It had to force the most favorable terms possible, for without the threat of municipal ownership and control, which .was constantly used by tho city council la the contract made, the city would have been under the necessity of-making that contract without the least / competition or pressure in Its behalf. As tested by common sense, which is a very necessary and important [ factor in the successful practice of law as of every other business, it does not seem to me that the making of this, contract.waa the creating of a bonded indebtedness within the mean ing of the constitution. The men ! that made that'constitution were men like John E. Breazcale, George E. J Prince..D. H. .ttusaoll; J. MY Sullivan, S. Ferry Glean and L. i>. Harris, who were members from Anderson Coun ty, and I do not believe that they in tended to say that the making of a contract for the furnishing of water and lights was a creation of a "bonded debt" that required a vole of the peo ple to ratify. They doubtless meant Just what the average man under stands to be meant by a bonded debt, namely a'debt created'by the sale of bonds, from the. proceeds of the sale of which some corporate purpose Is accomplished. But Mr. Sullivan thinks that the su preme court has already decided that | the making of such a contract where by the ' city merely obligates Itself to ! pay a monthly rental for water and| lights for a term ot year. Is the crea tion of such a bonded debt as requir ed a vote of the.people to make the contract valid, and refers to tho Char leston cose and'the. Fountain Inn' case authority for his conclusion, t do not reach the same conclusion from those casea that he does.-. In fact T think 'that the latter of those cases' pointedly Indicates that the court .does not deem ouch a contract as creating a bonded Indebtedness In the constitutional moaning. The Charleston caso Was merely an attempt oh the pari of the .city - of Cliarlenton to,avoH. the constitutional limitation, as to ^^obtedn^sB^iTnaV^' ing organized a water.company Which was ostensibly to Issue a million and tff???.dolWrB *o)rth of bohds for m purpose ot installing a proper water ayafem and letting the city of Charles ton 1& effect guarantee the payment thereof by binding Itself to pay the equivalent of. nearly $80. per h?draht por'^year for 60, years, tho term for which the Water bonds were to run, unless the city m the meantime should be ablo to take ov?ir ."tho" pflfnt The supremo court very properly hi?ld that that waa an attempt to increase Its horded lAdebtedhens, .which already far ; exceeded the, constitution limita tion, and that the proposed coiit; act waf', therefore void, WWlo ?lr. Jus tice -P?ne, who reudor?d^ the decision in that case, used language that; dicated that' ho believed. the ma??Mw of a contract for water and. lights woutd amount to a creation o? a bond ed debt within tho; meaning; of the constitution, the other. three" Justices, concurred only in the "reanU'V of his decision, which means, that' they,-re fused : to : commit > themselves, to any reasoning" or statement made In the opinion other than. th* mere conclus-, ion; namely,-.that thatparticular ccsi tract was in valid. The Fountain ; Inn^ case, wan an at tempt on the part Ox. a ?iu?au- to pre vent tho making of a lighting contract between the town and the Enrbco PtiysrV Company after "a special elec the question of making , said.conti was submitted to the qualified clectot? Ithoroot end fha majority of them voted ; l? ' favor..- of making' the con tract," Th? ohlyY/<wtf Questions Ifi volvad weroNrhethor tho town had an* ^m- U> or<Ut;; the * ctecttpn and whether ?i'ers wao a. proper" t?&itt& tio? ol .votera. Ur: Justice Hyartok wroto ' the opinion and began' tho opinion bysaying: ?lt BMjfA- b? *,; ?aneeded ; -'that ? the proposed contract is of tho naturo i >f a bond debt (referring to the Char- s leBton case), which can not be created 1 without the Euncllon of the majority if the qt'jillfled electors of tho town, c ::ouhiitutIon, Aft. 8, Sec. 7." If he and < the other members of tho supreme c court were of the opinion that that c contract created a, bonded indebted-' ; ness it la not likely that they'would I bave used that peculiar' language,' to i wit: "It may be conceded that the proposed contract is o? the naturo of f % bonded d?bt" To my mind, it was i merely equivalent to say that for the I purpose of deciding tho two questions Involved It may be conceded that It 1 waa ceratlng a bonded debt, but even 1 If such were true, and an election waa < necessary, then the town council had < authority to order th? election and I consequently tho contention that it < was without ouch authority overruled. 1 In coming to that - conclusion the i court further used this ' lac guauge: i "Moreover, as the making of the con- I tract' la the creation of a bonded i debt," etc., but that, to my mind, i merely meant, name'y, that it may be I conceded for the purpose ?f thbj do- i clsion that the contract was a bonded I debt, and still the constitutional re quirements as to creating a bonded ! debt had been compiled Vfltb. < But let's concede for the" sake of ar- I gument (aa tho supreme court did ' above) that our contract was invalid 1 at tho limo It was made, and then the I question naturally arises whether the 1 city and the citizens are now estopped i in fairness and Justice from raising i that question. Mr. Sullivan came to i the conclusion that they were not, and i quoted the caso of MUster vs. Spar tanburg, 68 S. C, 33, in support of his view. That was a case bron>ht by ? citizen to require the city of Spartan burg to collect taxes from a cotton rnili that had be?n exempted from taxation for a period of ten years by < the city council. : I think the fol low ing quotation from that came decision more in point than tho portion quoted by Mr. Sullivan, to'wit:-"That most serloug question for the Court- is, did the inaction and delay amount to such laches as will make the granting of the petition unjust and Inequitable? If jo, whatever may have been the rights of the petitioners, they should not now be lnforced. In solving; this ques tion the important Inquiries or?e li 5* W(aa the delay* unreasonable; and (2) Would ita natural result bo injury to the party against whom the : eli?f is sought?" That involves moral ques tions that every man can answer for himself. Every citizen has had the right to go directly to the supreme court to have the validity of the con tract tested from the very day that it was signed.. And if that court should hold that the delay was not unreas onable, could It hold that the natural result of setting the contract aside would not cause Injury* to tho com pany? I hear that the company has spent something like ?30,000 In put ting In now mains. Section Q of the contract provides that "the1 company shall Immediately upon acceptance cf this ?i-diiiaavo, or soon iiicix-??cc-v as it conveniently can, and within 12 months from acceptance,' replace all water mains of four inches, or less. In diameter, that are now used, to sup-, ply. water to fire hydrant's with mains not less than six inches In diameter," etc Had the company delayed put ting In those six inch mains, up to this date it could well have beea charged with Indifference to Its con tractual obligations and that it would likely fail to perform that part .of its contract within the time specified. Would the Injury done the company be entirely compensated for by the city reimbursing it for the expense Incurred? It is not conceivable that any fair minded man would be will ing to set the contract aside unless the company was ' fully compensated for all moneys expended in improving its Services so. as to save It again Bt, the very injury that the. court speaks of. I do not believo the 'supreme court would set asled the contract un der tho circumstances even if it should como to the conclusion:that the. contract was invalid when, passed mid. would, then have so deoiarod had the. question been promptly raised. If tho'supremo court should declare th? contract invalid I will hav? the . satisfaction ^of knowing that I gave our former clients, the- city council, the best service I was capable oL for It goes without saying that', they ro lled absolutely on their, attorneys to take care of the legal phases of the matter. They, as well as the publlci might well feel that the city attorneys had boon derelict in duty bad they permitted useless waste of time, effort and money in negotiating a Worthless contract. I would feel deeply morti fied If such, should, have proven, to* oe the case. - '. s ;Norsfew words as to tho.? busin ess sldo of tho matter. The members of council and . their attorneys spent much time, day and night, in working onT the negotiations leading up to the adoption of the contract So-far 'as I aenow. every ono of tber*? was working to ohtaln a contract 'that would bo fair and just to tho city as well as to tho' company. I found Mr. Taylor and Mr, Orr alert lri-behalf, of their'com pany, "?s It wa?/ thoir *0>tir to., be. % hover saw the slightest effort on their part to^o?fl^ a?d ;l &Keta that t can say for e 1er* member of .that council, as I say for myself, that tho negotiations were conducted-without the least d?ception ?nTeUaeKsidO. and that overy/ph^S ofttfo, toalter was thoroughly ahd: ro peatcdly discussed and under stood, generally-.bo f?und in' t^e results n?r JS&nW Let 'tis' look at boiuo. of the bone fits that were acccmpliehed In behalf of the;aty-and Its clUsens: ; The water consumer now geta ,8.000 gallons ced 1ms-tb>r?' * ?l??our^^^ re ilaced by not less than nix incb mains .nd only six inch mains shall now be astalled. The city now paya $40 per hydrant is against 150 undor tho old fran :hise; and as tho city is now requir ed to pay for the water used for sew* ?rage and sprinkling and other pur poses, ths iadividsa! consumer Eb olas htB water at tho lowest mini num possible. The city has the right at any time 0 purchase tho entire water plant on 1 basis that would bo fair and Just to .ho city and company. The minimum consumer ot electric ty pays 11 cents per klllovrntt hour .vlth five per cent, discount in ten lays nc against 121-2 cents under the >ld contract, as I remember. Whoh this was undor consideration the offi cials of the company stated that they would reduce that, charge to 10 cents is soon as arrangements could be made, to adopt that rate in Spartan tmrg and Greenville, and that Ander son would bo given the benefit of that rate though it was a less consumer than either of the other, two cities. I understand that that rate has been put in effect. The city hes the right once in every. Bve years to purchase tho company's electrical plant and appliances in use In "tho city for furnishing electric lights and small power in connection therewith at the time of the purchase by paying a fair and reasonable price therefor, and a scehxno la provided for arriving at that price if the city and company can not agree. Whlje the term of the contract is 40 years, Btlll the city may terminate It in each Bve years thereof by purchasing the plants of the company. I think tho city council negotiated an excellent contract; that no other body of men could have done better. My understanding was that tho three members who voted against the grati fication Of the contract did so bocauBo they thought it desirable to submit it to a vote of the people'and ~:iot-be cause they did net think that tho con tract was a fair and Just one to the city. t'tftgji I am banding Mr. Sullivan a copy of this statement before its publica tion. Had ho shown me a copy of h's opinion before publication, which every consideration of courtesy and mutual interest and liability in the premises required, I would have tried to savo him from the unhappy plight into which ho has lot his extreme par tisanship throughout this whole mat ter lead him. I ?ball endeavor by every proper and honorable means to uphold the validity of this contract, made by our clients with our assistance, as their trusted attorneys, and not only on that account ' but for the additional reason that I believe' that the people of Anderson, whom I have ever striven to faithfully serve as a municipal of ficer, arc enjoying -and will evjoy the fruits of a mir and beneficial contract that probably could not be duplicated should they bo deprived thereof by any unwise action oh the part of their present city eou??cfl. Fnd#ed? ! enter tain a very confident hope that at least a majority of tho council Will abandon the effort to deprive the peo ple ot the benefits of that contract as soon as they shall have had: the op portunity of studying the matter thoroughly enough to teach an inde pendent conclusion thereon. JNO. K. HOOD. W. W. Long, State agent of dem onstration and director of extension I at Ciemson College, advises South | Carolina farmers not to sell or dis pose of a bushel of their cowpeas this fall, but instead to buy all tho cowpeas they are able to buy. In or der to have the peas to sow ' after small grain next season. .South Car olina lands will be incalculably im proved by such a practice, accord ing to Mr. Long. Encouraging reports are reaching Ciemson College from the county demonstration agents. In most sec tions, of the State mpre wheat is bring sown than ever-before in the history of those neetIons. Clemson's agents have'' been conducting a grain and iivc-nt-homo campaign dally ever since the outbreak ot the European war and. effects are be ginning to bo noticed on every side.' to Rest Yesterday ?ftemoon at 3^0 In Wmiajn The funeral services or Mrs. Laura Lander,- who_ died .Wednesday, night we,. Main at Greenwood, wero hob ducted -. btf lhfr Hov. L.1K McGee and tho IlGv. Dr. J/bii O. Wilson! Follow in g the services in: tho church tho body was taken, to WWlamston in a special train.- over : fh/e Interurban railway, the remains b?fing -'' acco'm WWded by some SO or 40 people-front Greenwood.- At the services At Green wood tho following gentlemen served M/p^bearem?; Hon. C. A. C. Waller, Dr. R. B, Eptlng. Cant. J. O. Jenkins. #T/Medl<fek?3r\ '-^.rnmiwSl?iM1 Georgo C. Hodges, Jr. Tho interment at WUllantetou took ^aJt!?,;Mq'clook, sli^s^M \ ?w? ; i?r. ?eu m. Lan?er, ; Anderson ^ttnta;. Dr. -ftrank.v radar and Dr. , T, Lander, of Williamson"Mr. A. rad?r, CaibW Fnils; Mr. ? V fit' Landen of Jacksonville, Fia., and Dr. Joh^\M. Lander,^ Janeiro, Brazil. eonfront^'o^v ft .'^Wneyi '' ' ' ? tot,'* PS FOR BBS Gr BEL8? BELIEF Fl DISCUSSED YESTERDAY BY COMMITTEE AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETS S^URPAX For Purpose of Announcing Plana And Putting Them Into Practice. Wars and means for ruising funds for a Christmas offering for the Bel gian widows and orphans who have been left in destitute 'circumstances by the European war were diBcussod at some length yesterday afternoon at a mooting of members of the educa tional committee of the Chamber ot Commerce. At the meeting, which .'wad held at the Chamber of Commerce, but a few members'of the committee, in cluding boo clergyman, were prcjent. It wna decided! to hold another meet ing next Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, at which time, a c'omraitteo, which was named yesterday after noon, will suggest plans for going about tho raising oi Vila fund. Present at the meeting yesterday afternoon were Messrs, ?J. C. Mc Cants, superintendent of tho , city schools; F. "M*. Burnett, secretary of the Y. M. C. A.; P. H. "Whaley, secre* tary of the Chamber of Commerce; M. M. MjatUson, Dr. A. It. Smothers and the Rev. j, H. Gibboneyfl recior of* Graco church. The. Roy. Dr. W. H. Praser, pastor of tjtie First Presbyter Ion church, telephoned his regrets thai he was indisposed and could not come out to ' the: meeting, while tho Boy. Dr. J. F. Vines, pastor of the First. Baptist church, Bent a letter stating that he was out of th? city and regret ted that he could not attend/ Varlohs plans were suggested at the meeting for raising a fund for the Bel gians. Mr. Bur net announced that he would give the proceeds of "the open ing day at tho Paramount motion pic ture theatre; ' or tb?' proceeds of the day performance. In order* to make tho attendance as large as possible on that day, be suggested that he would procure a series of pictures especial ly pleasing to children and have' th? matter called to tho attention of the school children of tho city by their teachers; The Key. Mr. Qibboney came forward with a suggestion that, contributed envelopes bq pHnieu and distributed by the pastors to the chairmen of various committees, who would see ib it that tho members, of their! committee gave an. offering of es? Sind.'". After a thorough discussionn of the matter it was decided to appoint a committee consisting of Messrs., Whal ey, Burnett and Gibbonoy to map out a program for the meeting which will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. In the meantime letters - will bo sent to the pe^loravof every church and superintendents of ?v?ry Sunday school in tho county urging thorn to attend this meeting. Knights Of Pythias Did Amplified Third v Eventa* A hundred or more Knights of Py thias,, representing. practically everyj lodge In the county, 'gathered last night W Chlq?ola Lodge halt in spec ial session - for amplified third rank work, which wan curled out by an of the local organisation. " The third., rank war conferred upon Messrs. -&ank~Br?*wnlc?^ *MHl McHugh, and the work wao put on In good! form.' Following the, exercises a delight. fuV.eipoker was enjoyed, tho Bnlg?t* remdjp?pg at th? nail until a'lSta hour anff enjoym* the good foliow [shipv which Is so characteristic of this <?^?rv " 1 ^Rf?.^i of Hood & Sullivan. Ss; Ended. r-. Formal notice of dissolution of the woir known law Arm of;Hood & Sul livan-composed of Wfuni^tfhnjiL Hood and G, CuUcn Su^Uv?n--apPaj5 nSfe^^P?P^^ i. This well known i partnership j has beenf in fbrco for $he, past: spMo,--or eight years, r durins, which time AM #W*sW" ,ar*0 and * Wc?tlye. prac-: tide. The fjuT(|taB^ Solution' wiftTcorao ?b a| ?lrprli^tt?' tho l^rgo number of friends and'cllonto |^jg^.'?!i?i^:;vf.?Vr?j^v...v-i - . -rfminer air.. Hood nor Mr. Sullivan hRve ttade any/ anndunc>mept as to their plans -for^taeTrutureF ^ ii'.V 'r'" :r, :.,;. ... i There will bo preachiag at Welcome; Baptist church Saturday, afternoon, at I o'clock Tho hour was announced for 11 a. m. but is changed to tho af towon? This ^formation is given puV [ by the ?ev^H^a>M^thVv:' v ;wiin,im><wl.l'W.,'.|iH?,',ll,'Hl,' i'l iiT'/f'.fflffa'.V m .m .h , ]i y i \, i' n j, ni1 a1! le Gat 1 V il .Thalia?by fauddos meat and V? eue? *J*qj ?vl^y; the prices; read ?i^. price*. Lob Steak, per pound 20c "Beat Roast, per pound ISc Is " V-\'ft, j Pork, per pound 15c and .AR others in proportion, and' 16 ounces to the pound. 1 P. Phono 75J5.; iSparygftEniai: The Charleston ?; We*-* Jem Carolina Railway^ ^ill sell cheap Excursion pickets accouriK^fyil!^ Holidays. Tic^s, f?m sale, December /lj?th. tgj? '. 25th insfc, Dec. Hi^? an^Jan, 1st, \9\& %%i&. Limit Jan. i^tii ^MiS^ |For rates, etc., apply t?; |G ? lier ai P?sseitge^ l. - iL I \, Try a bottle?* <Na*srdgA scripUoa for impure, blood, k?dneyj' lirer sud ?tomach. ?t: ha? pleas ed hundreds and thousands, shouldn't It pleaso ' yoV..''jD??Wr?' drljgg^i..cljd^\l|^ nc*;bal improved upoD, for what It la re- fi \ | commended. ipt drug stores nn?^?-^jgpg| ta'Medicine Company;.' 11* ? fst, qreenrUle, f^C0B^ l' " V;- r Dolldu 8 \Watson*Vi. ?