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cOUBT CAL?ND?K. Jury Canes on the Civil Docket Tb? folio wt op is Calendar 1, jury cases, that have been docketed to dat-to* trial at the aoproachiBg term of tbe Court of Cox moo Pleas. The docket will not be closed twill February 25th, and* other cases may be docketed in the mea o time : 1. barret vs Neil. 2. Elmore vs Davis. 3 County vs Kse's. 4 County ve Reels 5 Kolo TS Rich. . i t? Kolb v* J ?neu 7. Sharpe va Williamen. 8. Joye vs Greenvale Slatua? Insurance Company. 9. Nettles vs ffnynswonh. 10. Durant vs Greenville Mutual Iusaraoce Company. M O'Donnell vs Adkins 12. Bi lk of Sumter vs Newberry Mutual Iasarance Comu-oy. 13 Simare va D*v?. 14 Barr Pack*<< aod Carrier Company vs Rytteaberg. 15 Waaliir^gton vs O'Doaaell. IS. Kiogonau vs Lancashire Iasarance Co. 17. Mimi vs Tobacco Co. l?. Berces vs ?o i gera. 19. Wilson vs Reardon. 2,0 Lut am vg Har by. 2t< ??anders v? A. C. Phelps Co. Spiring burners, boils, pimples, sores and ail eruptivas are promptly cured by Hood's StrstpacUia, which thoroughly purifies tbe blood', eradicating every trace of scrofula . Hox?'a Pills cure nausea, sick headache, biiiousoes? and all liver il!?. Price 25 cents A MISTBIAL OB DER ED. Jury Could, Kot Agree in Steph? enson Case. _ Camden, Feb, ll.-The jury in the case off the State va. J. Haile Stepbecsoo, indicted for rape, i^maioed io tbe jory room all night: without befog able to agree upon a verdict, and wber: court convened this norning Judge Towuseoci ordered. a mistrial in . tbs case. The"'case viii not be tried again at this term. The judge granted bait to the defendant, fix? ing: She amount at $3,000 This being the last criminal case, the court of -general ses? sions adjourned, and the court of camoion pleas coovened. Di. Blackwell's Lecture. Dr Olivia S. Blackwell's lecture, ou tbs dight: of Febroary Sib, at the Baptist Church, was eminently a sui generis pro . duction. His parp?se seemed to be to teach tbe young people that their spiritual forefathers were cot. a mean or feeble folk. Aod yes, while be portrayed the history of ? his people tn so large astrein, b? was not offensive to members of other churches. Be had oo word of''reproach for any one who did not chance to be a Baptist, and seemed ~?oll? willing to grant to all others complete I right of way to the doing of great things io and for the church ; but at the same time, be took it opon, himself to show that Milton and Bunyan were Baptists; that Carey, a Baptist, went oat as tbe first foreign missionary from England, aod tbat Rice aod Judson, both Baptists, awoke the latest energies of the churches of all denomi? nations in America. He then told the story ' of the first college endowment io America by a Baptist ; told of Dr. A. J. Gordan, of j Spurgeon and of Vassar, and rounded ap the whole by showing that manifestly God bad sheeted tba Baptists to be leaders along cer? tain great lioes of religions work io the world Tbe Doctor's talk sparkled with wit sud humor, and no one seemed - weary even tho' be talked for nearly two boors For Benefit of Methodist Church. An entertainment for the benefit of tbe Methodist Church will be given at the resi? dence of Mr. C. T Mason on the evening of February .Ittb. The entertainment is to be given ander the direction of the ladies of ?he Methodist Charco, aod ' they have enlisted tbs aid of those who are accustomed to assist io making such occasions successful. The programme will be as follows : Electric P'rano. Tocal Solo-Miss Bessie Jervey. Phonograph. < Recitation-Miss Hattie Rv t ten berg. Phonograph aod Electric Piano. Reaooz- Dr. Geo W.Dick. Solo-Mist Ammte Teicher. Recitation-Miss Ktb*l Atkinson. > Instrumental Solo-Misa D'Ancona. Tocal Solo-Miss Laura Mood. Reading-Dr. C. C. Brown. Phonograph. Reci tation-Miss Clemmie Fuller. Quartette. K ectric Piano. Shiloh Letter. A few lines from oar little town makes us feel mach better than to see your paper come aod look for a Hoe or two aod see cothiog. We are having some beaut if ol weather now, only it is Tery dry and dasty. Farmers are oegiooxog to tbiok they will have a bad crop year, bat they seed oot bother them? selves, as there is Ooe above tba; knows bet? ter wbat we oeed tbao we koow ourselves Mr and Mrs. T. B. Kennedy have returned to their hume io Sumter after spending a few days with relatives io our town. Mr. W. W. Greea took a pleasant trip Sunray, which be eopyed Tery much, only the trip was too short. D;. T. R. McElvseo bas retorced borne after spending a few days off on pleasure. A dance will be giren at Mr. S. W. Tra lack's to-night, which is expected to be en? joyed by a large crowd. O. K. Feb. 14, 1898. Meteorological Sesord. Toe following is a report of observations of tlie weather taken at Statebarg, by Dr. W. W. Anderson, for the past week, ending - Feb. 13, 1855 : Tempera'ure. 5 5 Cu 73 9 5 Condition. 7 8 9 10 ll 12 13 54 j 28 56 I 28 83 35 68 i 38 71 44 75 56 64 1 45 41 42 49 52. 57 5 65 5 54.5 . x E S ss SB WSW w v* .00 CO 00 00 .CO .00 .00 Clear Cloudy Cietr .Cloudy .Cloudy .Cloudy Clear .Partly cloudy. Wind on tbe ?3th very variable from N E to NW to W and o- rouod to SE at 9 p.v. City Supervisor of Registration Young bas requested tbe reporter to notify the publie that be wilt under oo circonstances issue a registration certificate to any person who does not produce a State registration certifi? cate wheo application for registration ts made. * THE FBKE PASS BUSINESS. A Striking Example of How the Gt?ioidi Atseinbly Tinkers With Matters. To the Editor of Trie News and Courier : I see that tbe Legislature is tinkering with the free pass business again. It tbe Tillman campaign of K90 showed aa j thing it showed that the people were not in favor of public officials having free passes. I can well imagine how dramatic Ben Till* man looked as he forcibly declared that ?:aoy public official ?bo accepted a free pass ought to be impeached." It is tros that Mr. Till? man changed his views after he reached the Gubernatorial chair. It is also tr" s that be accepted a free pass from Bunch McBee, but tbisdid not alter the fact that he made his fight for Goveraor, to a certain extent, as an anti-free pass candidate, nor did it alter the fact that, to a certain extent, be was elected by the Democratic masses as an acti-free pass Governor. The Legislature, differing from Gjvernor Tillman, saw to it that tbe wishes of the peo? ple were carried oat and the free pass busi? ness ended. Now it has come np again. Last year the Legislature tinkered with it, but the members failed to get free pa?ses If they fail to get them this year I suppose the mem? bers will tinker with tbe free pass business again next year. In the meantime this miserable tinkering is not only wasting Legislative time, bot it is doing even worse it ts co.tiog the taxp ayers of Sooth Carolina I money. I do not agree no?, and never did, with the expressed opinion of Governor Till? man, tbat "any public official who accepted a free pass ought to be impeached," bot I do think wheo the people showed their disap? proval of free passes and the Legislature carried oat their wishes on tbe subject, then the matter should rest. I tb/ink it was well when the Legislature stopped this free pass business. A member of tbe Legislature is paid in full for bis ser? vices, aod he should, therefore, be above ac? cepting a free pass, especially wbeu such pass? es are offered bim simply because he is a member of the Legislature Wheo railroads give free passes to Legis? lators it is, to my mind, a tacit admittance that they may want tbe aid of tbe Legis? lature ia some matter, and I think Legisla j tors shoo ld not accept free passes, and be thus trammelled. To quote some doggerel, this giving free passes to Legislators looks to me something like a case oc Tickle me, Jounnie, tickle me, do ; Yon tickle me and I'll tickle you." McDonald Forman. Ramsey, Privateer Township, January 31, 1838. __^ _ EAMSEY NEWS RAMSSY, Feb. 14, 1898.-The regular meet? ing of the Privateer Amusement Club, was held at Mr. W. 0. Cain's on Friday night last. The regular exercises were as follows : Reading, Mr. Harry Cuttino ; Music. Miss Oiive Metlett ; Recitation, Miss Ooeoa Wells ; Reading, Mr. R. C Tisdale ; Music, Miss Battle .Wbilden ; Recitation, Miss Lizzie Wbilden; Reading, Mr. R. H. Ramsey; Music, Mr. W. H. Ramsey ; Reading, Mr. W O.Cain. Quite a number were^Sresent and' the pro? gramme was nousnally good. After a pleas? ant social boar tbe club adjourned to meet at Mies Callie Wells' on Feb. 25tb. Miss Selen Cain, who is teaching in Rich? land County, spent from Friday to Monday with relatives Miss Olive Meilen, of Wedgefield, is visit? ing io this community. OCCASIONAL. THE VIOLET. Here she is again, the dear, Sweetest vestal of tbe year, In ber little purple hood Brightening the lonesome wood. We who, something worn with care, Take tbe road, find unaware Joy tbat heartens, hope tbat thrills, Love our cap of life that fills, Since in spring's remembered nooks, Lifting fain familiar looks, Once again witb curtsying grace, In the same dear lowly place, God His manual sigo bath set In tbe tender violet. -Margaret E. Saogsier, in Harper's Magazine for February. * Phillips Brooks on Gambling. 1 In yoong men, with the abondance of life within them aod about them, gambling and betting, if these be not results of merest thoughtfulness, are signs of 8 premature demoraliza tion which hardly any other vice can show. In social life, in dab, in college, on the street, tbe willing ness of yoong men to give or to re eive money on the mere turn of a chance is a token of the decay of manliness and self respect which is more alarming than almost anything besides It has an inherent baseness about it which shows a base soul. To carry in your pocket money which has become yours by no use of your manly powers, which has ceased to be another man's by no willing acceptance on his part of its equiva? lent-that is a degrading thiug. Will it not burn the purse in which you hold it ? Will it not blight the luxury for which you spend it ? Will you offer it in charity ? Will you pay it out for the support; of your in? nocent.children ? Will it not be a Judas treasure, which you must not put into the treasury because it is the price of blood.-Men. ^t Camden, Feb. IO.-The case of the State vs. Ja?. MoL?od for morder, tried to-day resulted io a ?erdict of guilty of manslaughter. The sentence of tbe court was tbree years and one {-.month's imprisonment in the pen i ten iftiary at bard labor Both the defend ! ant and tbe party killed were negroes. Washington Letter. Washington, Feb. 14-The adage, "Tue oocasioo always produces th man," like some other adages, some i times lies The President of the U. S. bas been insulted by a Spanish black? guard who held the commission of his government as Minister to tbe U. S , and our department of State bas been held op to tbe ridicule of tbe world for allowing itself to be gulled by Spanish shams labeled autonomy for Coba aod oegotiatioos for a reciprocity treaty ; the insult was in writing, the authorship cf which was acknowledged by Senor de Lome, and beeo published through? out the civilizad world. Surely this was an "oecasioo," but no "man" bas yet been produced. The natural thing to be expected after de Lome acknowledged baviog writteo the published letter, was that Mr. McKinley would at once send de Loise his passports, instead of that, he seot a request to Madrid that de Lome be recalled, aod before it was presented to the Spaoish government, de Lome bad reeigoed aod his govern? ment bad accepted the resignation, aod oow, Mr. Mckioley is waiting to learn what Spaio will say about it all. It bas beeo proveo time after time by Con? gress that politics cutB DO figure io the solid baokiDg always given a President who stands up firmly for aoy question affecting our honor or rights. Congress was aod is still ready to baok Mr. Mc? Kinley, even to the extent of a declar? ation of war, but be does nothing. It 13 oow io order for Congress to make him do something, a?d its mem? bers are io humor to do it. Eveo prominens republicans igoore the very existeoce of Secretary Sher? man wheo discussing anything relating to cur foreigo relations. Senator Lodge, who takes a more cheerful view of the situation tbao maoy of his colleagues do, said : "Spain is evidently practicing duplicity towards us, and the adminis? tration willi be forced to this conclusion if Spaio does oot express regret for the utterances of ber late Minister, aod oo matter what Spaio may say officially, the geoeral belief will be that de Lome told tbe truth about the use of autonomy aod reciprocity to delade this govern? ment. I cannot predict what the future will briog. I only know that io Judge Day, we have a Secretary who is firm, patriotic aod capable, aod that he will see that this oouotry does oot lose oaat amoog the bati?os of the world by reasoo of this incident," Tbs House Judiciary Committee has hong ap Senator Tillman's bill to per? mit the states to control liquor carried into them io original packages, aod it will remain so unless some member of the Committee who voted agairrst re? porting the bill can be induced to get the matter np again. Representative Latimer is workiog with that end in view, and thinks he will succeed. The bill was passed by the Senate sometime ago aod was intended to aid the South Carolina authorities to eoforce tbe liquor dlspeosary law, whioh was weak? ened by aU. 3. Supreme Court decis? ion. The principal objection to the Tillman bill by members of the commit? tee who voted against reporting it was that it would be a step towards giving states the right to control interstate commerce. Not having the fear of Czar Reed before its eyes, the Senate increased the amount carried by tbe fortification ap? propriation bill from $4,144,912. ap? propriated by tho House, to $9.052. 494. It remains to be seen whether the Czar oan compel the House to insist upon its original bill. The addresses of the National Organ? izations of the Democrats, the people's party aod the silver republicans, have beeo approved by a joiot caucus aod will all be made public this week. The keyoote of tbe addresses is co-operation by the friends of silver io the Congres? sional campaign. Uo'ess all signs fail, as tbey some? times do, tbe treaty for the annexation of Hawaii will have its fate settled this week. The Committee oo Foreigo Relations, acting upon the expressed doubt of Senator Teller, one of the stroogest an negationists, as to their ability to ratify the treaty, will get a test vote io tbe Seoate. If tbe vote shows that tbe two-thirds are for the treaty, its early ratification is oertaio, as the opposition would out proloog tbe fight with certaio defeat ahead of them; if the vote shows, as it probably will, that the treaty cannot be ratified, it will at once be dropped, and a joiot resolution for annexation brought to the front Czar Reed's latest bit of suppression was to wipe Friday and Saturday off the House oalendar Friday is private bill day io the Souse, aod oo the last Friday that the House was io session, enough republicans voted with the democrats to pass a number of private bills, io defiance of the opposition of tb Czar arid his agents on the fl -or Io order to prevent a repetition of each tactics the Czar made the House ad journ from last Thursday to Monday and it is said that be intends to do the same thing*every week, io order to make sure that no more private bills are passed --mg*mm Unmasked by Cuban Hands. De Lome is to go and be is not to stand upon the order of bis going. It makes small difference whether be leaves this country because his own government recalls bim at this govern? ment's request, or because be is hand? ed his passports directly. Tbat is a distinction with a difference. The point to be remembered is that it is im? possible for any representativo of any foreign power to reveal disrespect of this NatioD, whether be be a Catacazy, a Sackville West or only a surrilon3 De Lome, without expulsion from the country, it is well tbat all Europe should understand this. The President and the Department of State are to be ; congratulated on tbe celerity with wbich an end has been put to the offi? cial existence of a Minister who has written himself an abject slanderer. Tbe question remains as to tbe effect of this disclosure of secret opinion upon the diplomatic relations of the United States and Spain. Apparently, tbat is a question for Spain to answer Her Minister's resignation still leaves tho Qasen Regent's legation in Wash? ington with a charge d'affaires at its bead. The United States still has a plenipotentiary in Madrid. Of course, this unbalanced representation cannot continue It is for Spain either to ac? credit a new Minister to Washington at once, or to invite an entire severanoe of diplomatie relations. The latter would be an act of folly wbich even the blended stupidity and passion of Spaio can hardly be judged capable of committing. And yet, mach mast depend upon bow the Spanish press and people receive the astonishing happenings of the past twenty-four hours. Will tbe j treat De Lomeas deserving of contempt, or will they endeavor to exalt him as a fantastic hero? It will be interesting to note the commeot bestowed upon a mao so utter? ly unworthy of trust and so completely devoid of diserstioo. It must be espe? cially bitter to Spanish pride to recog? nize that this overthrow of a Minister bas .been brought about by an unac? knowledged bot victorious enemy. It is the delegation of the Republic of Cuba, otherwise known as the Junta, tbat has accomplished this humiliating exposure of Castillan duplioity It is by Cuban hands that the mask of respectability is torn from the face of Spanish black? guardism. This is what will cause the haughty Spaniard most bitterness of spirit ; it remains to be seen bow far be can rnie his tongue.-N. Y. Mail and Expresse. A Tribute to Lee. The position occupied by Geo. Fitz hugh Lee, the consul general at Ha? vana, is one of the most peculiar of aoy consular official in thc service of the United States. He was appointed to this responsible position by Mr. Cleve? land, when be was looking, for a clear? headed, unprejudiced! man to deal with the perplexities and difficulties of the situation in Coba. Geo. Lee gave the utmost satisfaction to the Cleveland administration, and be was kept in office by President McKinley, but it was understood tba: the retentioo was only temporary. It is now almost cer? tain that tbe administration will not make a change until the Coban ques? tion is definitely settled, and we hope that Fitz Lee will be on band when the | insurgents take possession of Havana as a free and independent people. The Washington correspondent of the At? lanta Journal makes this comment upon the retention of Lee : Ono of the highest tributes ever paid to a public man is the perfect confi? dence which all parties and men here place in Consul General Lee. It is a very remarkable thing and a tremen? dous tribute to tbe State of Virginia and to the Lee family that the present consul general, a Southern mao, and au ex-Coo federate,, should be kept in power by the Republican administra? tion and tbat there should be placed in his keeping greater power than bas been given to almost any one man since the war of seoession. The fact that not a word of protest has ever beeo ottered over his detention either by those who have endorsed a Republican for his place or by partisan newspapers and the fact tbat every man in public life feels that the nation's honor and integrity will be kept inviolate, is a tribute seldom paid so unanimously by a people to any one mao. What? ever criticisms have 4>ecn made upon the policy of the administration, nose of it touches the name of Lee He has war or peace practically io his baods, and every ooe seems satisfied that this son of the old Confederacy will do jus? tice to the enemy while protecting the honor of this country. Lee is not a great mao from an intellectual stand? point. Neither was be a great execu? tive But there is absolute faith in bis honesty, in his judgment, io bis bravery and io bis sound oommoo sense, and then the entire nation bas confidence in bis name -Greenville Mountaineer. New England Cotton Mills Will be Shut Down. Bostoo, Feb. 13 -At a meeting to? day io this city of 45 representatives of textile unions in New England it was unanimously voted to recommend that all unions call out the operatives in every cotton mill in New Eaglaod Tbe meeting was practically the out? come of tbe recommendation which President Gompers made to tbe Fed eratioo of Labor last Suoday, io which be urged tbe different uoioos to unite on some settled policy regarding the mill situation in New Eogland. At that meetiog a committee of three was appointed to take charge of tbe mat. ter and after a conference this com? mittee recommended that a general meeting be held to take definite action. To-day thc representatives of the vari? ous textile associations assembled in the Wells Memorial hall and for four hours discussed the situation from every standpoint. The primary objeot of the meeting was to devise some method of rendering assistance to the New Bed? ford strikers, lt was poioted out to? day that if the strikers at New Bedford could bold out for four weeks without receiving more thao 20 cents per opera? tive per week in the way of outside as? sistance, other mill operatives could stand a similar strain, and that if ali weot out it would precipitate a crisis that woola have to be met within a short time by the manufacturera. It was also shown that the mule spinners were io excellent oooditioo as regards funds ; that the United Textile Work? ers and the Nsw England Federation of Weavers were also io good shape, but that the rest were short of foods. Other questions were also discussed; at length the matter was put to a vote, oo one being registered against the motioo that the different uoioos should order a general strike io every cotton mill in New England until a satisfactory ad? justment of wages could be arranged. It now remains for the various na? tional uni?os to take action on the rec? ommendation, but what this action will be is a matter of conjecture. If all should acquiesce and vote to strike, 147,000 operatives would undoubtedly cease work and the manufacture of cottoo goods throughput New England would be at a standstill. If, oo the other band, only a few unions should vote to ?... *e, the refusal of the others would still keep a large portion of the mills in operation. Inasmuch, however, as tbe meetiog was the outcome of Presideot Gompers' suggestions, aod as he admonished the members of tbe Federation of Labor to join hands aod assist the New Bedford strikers, it seems probable that Dearly every union will carry out the recom? mendation and that coe of the greatest strikes ever seeo io this couoty is im? pending One Good Negro Postmaster. From the New Tork EveniDg Post. The McKinley administration has just made one appointment of a ne gi o as postmaster which is to be com? mended, because it was made upon the right principle-that of the se lection of a competent man who is acceptable to Ibe community which he is to serve. It is at Beaufort, S. C., the chief town in a county which contains six blacks to one white, and a lown in which there are many in? telligent negroes who make use of the office. The appointee is a negro of character aud ability, who bas served with credit as a comity effi cfal, and who is genetally respected by the few whites as well as the many blacks While the whites of Beau fort, like the whites of any other town, would prefer a postmaster of their own color, they recognize the entire propriety of the selection of a negro under the circumstances, and no remonstrance is beard against the appointment./ All difficulty over the naming of negro postmaters in the south would have been avoided if the administration had everywhere, as in Beaufort, followed the rule that should always be observed of regard? ing the preferences of the bulk* of the people who patronize the office. The state department yesterday of? ficially denied reports alleging that Gen. Lee, consul general to Cuba, has tendered h?6 resignation. 189S. Chainle88 Columbia, $125 Standard Columbia, ?75 Models 7?& 8, Hartford, $50 Models lo & 16, Vedett, - .$40 2d hand Columbias, $25 to $50 Satisfaction guaranteed on every wheel sold by me. D. JAS. WINN, Dec 10 SUMTER, S. C j Tillman's Liquor Bill Killed. Washington, Feb ll.-The house comomtee judiciary tc-day killed the *?enare bili io permit the State of South Carolio3 to control liquors brought into the State in original packages. The motion to report ic favorably was lost on a tie vote. The action cf the committee to-day eod8 a long contest that has attracted national attention One of the princi? pal objections developed is ibat it would give the Sr-strs the power to control inter State cn (na; cree an 1 might lead to the invocation ?* cower in the case of other commi.di'ies Before the direct vote was taken to day an amendment to the bill providing that tbe States should not discriminate against the liquor of aoy particnlar Sia?e was adopted by'a vote of 7 to 5" Tb* vote on the mo? tion to favorabl? report tbc bill was then lost on n ri*? vote,.a* is requires a majority to rep"ff a ht fl favorably. "STasliington's Birthday Dinner should be one to make yon have an appreciation of the day yon celebrate. Make it memorable by eating a choice, juicy roast of beef from the rib. porterboose or sirloin. Or try a saddle of cor luscious mutton, or some ; of the fat and tender poultry that we t are receiving fresh every day. Manufacturer and shipper of Sau? sage, orders by mail or wire promptly attended to. E. HOGAN, Telephone No. 26. JTUOMST^SLOCS Oct 25 Winburn ? -TBE People's, opular, ushing, regressive hotographer. Dornt: the finest np to-date photography Jao 25-tf. Order Your PROVISIONS AND 6R8CERIES FROM GEO. f. STEFFENS & SON Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S C -Agents for MOTT'S CIDES BSD S3 AL CISABS, AND DOTS HAMS HARB Y # CO., WHOLESALE BROKERS. -AND Cotton Storage Warehouse PROPRIETORS. UP-TOWN OFFICE: v COURT HOUSE SQUARE, 1,000 Tons High Grade Am moniated Fertilizer, 1,000 Tons Acid with Potasn. 500 Tons Dissolved Bone, 500 Tons German Kainit, 400 Tons C. S. Meal, For Sale. "We are prepared to meet any and all prices for STAND? ARD GOODS. Get our prices before purchasing. Respectfully, HARBY & CO. Dec. 16. NOTIGE TO TAXPAYERS. Sumter, S. C , Feb. 3, 1898. I rpaoSE PARTIES WHO HAVE NOT J_ paid their tases for 1697 are hereby notified that tbev can pay witboot penalty op to the 20th of Feb. After that date the 15 per cent penalty will be put on and execu? tions turned orer to the Sheriff for collec? tion. H. L. SCARBOROUGH, County Treasurer. Estate Jos. M. Cooper, Deceased. ALL PERSONS having: claims agianst the aforesaid Estate, will present same duly attested, at once, sud all persons in? debted to said Estate will make immediate payment to GEORGE G. COOPER, Administrator C. T. A. Peb. 9.-3t. Money to Loan. ON FARMING LANDS Easy payments No commissions charged. Borrower pays actual cost of perfecting loan. Interest 8 per cent JOHN B. PALMER ? SON, Feb. 8-3m. Columbia, S. a