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LABOR BEING SCARCE Yonr best help is in Gasoline Engines. Some one to pump water to your barn It's a Gasoline Engiue. If you want to runilight machinery It's a Gasoline Engine. If you want to saw wood It's a Gasoline Engine. Make known your wants and we will~do the rest. W. 0. McKEOWN & SONS, Cornwell, S. C. Arrived Yesterday A carload of HORSES AND MULES extra good stock. Will be sold at close prices. Call before buying. It will pay you. W R DOTY &CO. GARDEN NOTES. FULL STOCK OF Buist's Garden Seeds Red Bliss Triumph Potatoes Onion Sets Best varieties for this country. labbage Plants in season. R Y. TURNER. FOR PRICE ANDQQUALITY iT WILL PAY YOU T'/ COME TO SEE US WHEN IN NEED OF A LARGE STOCK OF THE VERY BEST KINDS NOW ON HANDS. GREGORY=CONDER MULE~ CO., 1117 Plain Street. COLUMBIA, S. C. COTTON GINNERS AND MACHINERY OWNERS Write for prices on the following Drill Guge Co.k5 Oil Ci p Belt, uber lIrill I re .s e ak Saws Oil Cans Blt Leather Ejeoors n mers Lace Lesther Packing all kid, Shafting Colars for shafting and anythin _Columbia Supply Co, - - - - Columbia, S. C "CUT IT OUT" gasthe doctor to many of his lady patients, because he doesn't kno of any medicinal treatinent that wi~ll positively cur-e womb or disian troubles, except the surgeoni's knife. Tha h~c a mdidine exherhas been proveby the masaby OF CAROWI Woman's Relief * Itve the lives of thousands of weak, sick women, and has lsof others~fr'om a melancholy lifeime of It will cure you, if you will only give it a cha'nce. ~e7drug store in $1.00 bottles. Try-it. WREZ US A LETTER GAVE UP SUPPoRTR fEmm ' a frankly, in strkctest confi- " oeaspotrfryas o dace telling Us all your troubls. tigdw eoei~rtsMs . We will send FreeAdvice (in plain, - htmz~tanvie .."sf Sealed enlope). Address: ,Ladies' frdutl ieyadcudhrl . Avior Det. Te Catanog walk. After taking Cardul I gave up _ Mvtsry ept. Th Chatanoga my suporter and, can now be on my THE COTTON GIN. The Story of its Invention Retold Mr. Whitney's Invention Called into Question--flr. Kincaid the Real Inventor. (The Columbia State, Feb. 3.) I see in the papers that whole days are taken to teach the chil dren about Eli Whitney, the fore most inventor of the age, but nothing said about how he pil fered the invention from a South Carolinian. I was born and raised in the same neighborhood, I and my father was, too, with this I South Carolinian. The history I'm writing is true; I have heard my father tell it over and often, and other old men in the neigh borhood. Eli Whitney came from West .boro, Mass, the last of the eight eenth century and put up a cabi net shop near Agusta, Ga. He dammed up a branch and turned his latbes by water; he was a mechanic himself ard. employed others to turn bed post and table legs for his furniture. This South Carolinian that made the first gin was named Kincaid, also a mechanic. Mr. Kincaid owned a large tract of land on Little river in the south western part of Fairfield county, with Mill creek running through it. On this creek he built a mill, in fact he put the only grist mill that was then in the county. He was a fine wheelwright. Back in that time, before rail roads, the farmers in that neigh borhood would go at least once a year to Agusta and Hamburg in wagons for sugar, coffee, salt and iron. On one of Mr. Kincaid's trips he met on the streets of Agusta a Scotchman, a fellow countryman, and asked him to come home with him in the wagon; which he did, and worked with Mr. Kincaid for several years. This Scotchman (Ihave forgotten his name) was one of Eli Whit ney's workman in his shop on the branch. This man helped Mr. Kincaid in all of his mechanical work in his mill on the plantation, and mill work in the country. Mr. Kincaid had hundreds of sheep. His pasture was infestd with cockleburrs. To finger-pice this quantity of wool or even enough for home use, was a big job. So Mr. Kincaid with the aid of this Whitney man made him a gin to get the burrs out of the wool--ran it by water in his mill house. He made improvements on it for two or three years; fin-A1ly it cleaned the wool f-rom the ~'okleburra satisfactorily. All the e ighbors far and near brought the wool to Mr. Kincaid's mill to be cleaned, on shares. fn those days every farmer had a flock of .sheep. Mr. Kincaid had run cottonL through his gin enough for his own use and some for his neighbors. In the meantime Mr. Kincaid made trips to Agusta and this workman would go with him to visit his friends and kinsmen at Eli Whitney's shop. Not thinking what harm he was doing Mr. Kin caid, he told it in Whitney's shop what he and Mr. Kincaid had done ginning the burrs out of wool. Eli Whitney--smart, Yan kee-like-heard of it by these visits. One morning a nice look ing man, riding a splended horse, rode up to Mr. Kincaid's house Mr. Kincaid was not at home. This man asked Mrs. Kincaid if he could look at that wool ma chine. She said, yes; that she woull get him the mill key. Mrs. Kineaid said ho was in the mill about three or four hours. No bedy knew who this man was at the time. In a short time Eli Whitney, got a patent on a cotton gin. The whole thing was plain then-Eli Whitney rode horseback from Agusta to Mr. Kincaid's and took a diagram of that wool gin and ijeat Mr. Kit caid out of the cot t u gin. Sh-i man burned this' .11 - ouse in Febrnary, 1865. Eli Whitnpy mabe his gin and turned it bk water, exactly as Mr Kincaid hatO, hs on this branchL nig '.ta. Ga. Mr. Kincaid: wa a gei irts; h a. t -rraced gi rden, ''ui t on a hi l si !le, and the baldine:s e n his place attest that t> this dlay. TFhe only male descenlant of Mr. Kincaid that I know of was Capt. Thomas An derson, a great-grand-son, who died near Columbia last summer, a c.pjaratively poor man when: beadhis children ought to~ hve been worth the Whitney millioiis nc .v in the north. Oscar F. Chappell. B3ookmans, S. C. Common Colds are the Gause of Many, Serious Diseases. Physicians who have gained a na tional reputation as analysist of the acause of vaius diseases, claim that if catching cold1 could be avoidled a long list of dangerous ailments would niever be heard of. Every one knows that pneumonia and consum ption originate] fronm a cold, and chronic catarrh, bron chitis. and all throat and lung trouble are aggrevatedl and rendered more se rious by each fresh attack. Do not 1 rfisk your life or t ake chances when you< have a cold. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will cure it before these dis eases develop. Thi~s remedy containsf no opiumn, morphine or other harmful drug and has thirty years of reputationri back of it, znined by its cures under every condition. For sale by Obear Drgmo-., nad all med icine a nlers. ( THE FLYING FROG. A Four Winged Reptile That Inhab its Tropical Africa. The curiosity of tropical Africa is the wonderful flying frog, first described by Bishoff of the equatori.1 African expedition, which returned t: Europe in the fall of 1894. This oddity of the reptile family is about the size of a eommon bullfrog and resembles other members of the order of batrachians In everything but its feet. each of which is webbed and -enormously en larged, sogmuch so as to forr. splendid substittites for true wings. The crea ture has five toes on each of the other two, which makes four separate mem- < branes on each if his hind feet and t three on each fore root, or fourteen in all. In his description of It Bishoff I says, "Each leg terminates in a sort of fan, and with these the little reptile paddles the air like a locust or like a partially fledged birdatesting its pin- t ons for the first time." Although somewhat awkward in it, flight, the winged frog can dart through the air at a speed of about ten yards per second and can keep itself going forward at tha~t rate for from ten to fifteen seconds. ,The average distance covered by these spurts of grasshopper like flight is from 75 to 125 vards, but Bishoff mentions instances where the. flying frog cleared sandy. stratches 200 yards in width. 4 A PAIR OF RUBBERS. Wear Theem During Thunderstorms if You Fear Lightning. The one thing which a woman most dreads-barring, of course, a mouse V and being o'ut'ef style-is a thunder shower. Many most estimable wo men of character and' force who can lead great crusades and revolutionize society go all to. pieces- a a clap of thund'er, and a good man men, too, for -that matter. It is not agreeable to be struck by lightning. Nor Is *it at all necessary. There is a sure preventive-as sure as, it is simple, inexpensive and- alwags accessible-a pair of rubbers.. If.a wo man will simply put oi a pair of rub bers when the lightning begins to flash and the thunder to roar and will stand on the floor so that she touches noth ing else she will be as sife as if she were sealed in a glass cage. Rubber is a nonconductor of elec tricity, and if the lightning has to go through a sheet of rubber to get at you it will leave you alone and take some thing else. In other words, when you have on a pair of rubbers and are not in contact with anything you are per fectly insulated. This is not a lheory merely. It is a fact proved by innumerable expeal ences. A rulbes hAs saved -many a i.a thaenermr. THE HOMIER OF% PGRTUGAL. Camoens,,the Gifted and Unfortunate Author of "The Luslad.'" "The Luslad" Is one of the noblest records ever written of national glory and success. Camoens, Its gif::ed au thor, determined to do for Portugal what Homer had done for Greece. The great poem was written in the six teenth century, which has-been called the heroic age of -Portugal, and Its - main feature is the rot ding of the Cape of Good Hope by Vasoo da Gama, wlsile a most interesting episode is the crowning after dd'ath of* Inez de Cas tro as queen of Portugal. "The Lu siad" took its name from Lusitrs, whoI was said to hat~e founded Lisbon. Its author was born tbout 1520, and his career, which began brilliantly,'was| blighted by the diath of a broken heart of the lhdy of dis love, for whose sake he was banished from the ,land. He wrote "T11e Lusiad" in his banish men't and was''recalled In 1571, lsing on the way all his property exce'pt his poem. Pensioned at first by the king, this great ehe poet of Portugal died In great poverty in 1570, when his patron was also dead. Dr. Syntax. On the English coast, at La'ad's End, there stands a curiously formed bowl der with a profile resembling that of a human face. It'is supposed that once the rocky h'eld, was'held pret.dly erect and could look out over the blue sea, but during some period of disturbance the huge bowider.wias throwd'forward, so -that now the forehead of the man rests against a neighboring1 rock. All these rugged and massive pieces bor derin~g the coast are fine granite. 1o cally,the curious bowlder Is imnown as Dr. Syntax. A Little Exaggerateti. The- witty George Canning, illustrat ing the Ilbernlan tendency when ex cited to hurry beyond the limits of good sense, tells this'anecdote: ,An Irish divine, preaching against 'the vice of swearing and denouncing its prevalence in aL certain town, said in the height of declamation: "Even the little chil'drenr that can neither speak nor walk run about the streets blaspheming." Her Coarse Langh. George-You are not calling on Miss Rosebud any more, eh? Jack-No; I got disgusted. She has such a coarse laugh George-I never noticed that. ,ack--You would if you'd been within hearrig whenl I proposed to her,-New York Weekly. A Recozozdation. Prospeefive Gues-'-Do you set a good table iiere? Hotel Clernk-Well, rather. Why, folks comie here.perfectJy healthy and go away with the gout and dys pepsa.-Life. Horrible Dreams. "I dregm my stoi-ies," said Hlicks, the author. "How you .ust dread going to bed!" exclaL~ed ( -cus. A HlabI to Be Encouraged. The mothe who has acquired the 2abit of keeping on hand a bottle of Thaberlai n's Cou gh Remedy, saves erself a great amount of vneasiness md anxiety. Coughs, colds and croup. .o which children are susceptible are, uickly cured by its use. It counter Lets iny tendeucy of a cold to result in neumonia, and if given as soon as the ist syrnptoms of croup appear, it will revent the attack. Tni~s remedy con- - ius rnothing injurious and mothe!rs ive it to little ones with ai feein~ir ol 'j 4erfet security. Sold by Ob--ar Dr-ug '~ 4otice of Opening of Books! of Subscription to the Capital Stock of Cataw ba Valley Railway. Notice is hereby given that on Mon lay, the 2nd 1y of April. 1us, at 10 'clock, A. M.. at ihe olivies of Glenn .McFiadden, in th (itv of ('hestor. ounty of CheSt(, State (f :Subltli ajroliina, the undersigned, 1(ursuant t) coiiim ion iue i-isud b, then by .1. T. rantt, Secretarv of State, will open ooks of -ubs(riltion to h v:jial tock of Catawba Valiley l ailw'v a orporation to be orgi4 n ized pursuant o the Statutes of the State, in such ases made and provided. The capitLl tock of said propoed lporation will Ie Folr Iunired Thl1ou:itaina Dollars, ivided into four thousAand hiar.t of he par valti of One Hundred Dallars ah: and notice is hereby -ive n that he riht to condemn lands for all rail oad purposes lia been peI t ioned for >y the aforesaid cornorator,; in tlwir )eelaration and Petition, lik:d with he Secretary of State. E'. B3~EL;-:Y; .J . L . lN N, J. A. PIU ID E. Board ot Corporator. Chester. S. C., February :.. 106. k PIANO OR ORGAN FOR YOU. To the head of every faiy w ho is Lnbitious for the future and ediueation )f his children, we have a Special roposition to make. No article in the house shows the ,vidence of culture that does a Piano >r Organ. -No accomplishmuent gives Ls much pleasure or is of as great. value n after life as the knowledge of music mld the ability to play well. Our Small Pamvient Plai makes the )\vnership of a High C role Piano or )rgan easy. Just a few dollars down and a small >aynent each nionth or quarterly or Cmi-annuallv and the I ustrumienut is ours. Write us to-day for cataloague and >ur Special Proposition of Easy Pay nents. Address: Malone's Music House, Columbia, S. C. Letters of Administration state of South Carolina, 1 County of Fairfield. J By D A. Broom, Esq., Probate Judge: Whereas, Johi W. Lyles, C. C. P., ath made suit to ne to grant him etters of administration of the estate tnd effects of .John Hiollins, dieoeaseud: These are, therefore, to cite and ad nonish all and singular the~ kindred mnd creditors of the said John Elollins. deceased, that they be and ippear before me, in the (oturt of Pro >ate, to be held at FairkIeld Court R-ouse, South Carolina, on the Sch lay of March next, after pubolien :ion hereof, at 11 o'clock in the fore loon, to show cause, if any they huav2, why the said administration should iot be granted. Giveni under my hand, this 2:3rd day >f January, A. D. 190;. D). A, BROOM, 1-24-6t Judge of Probate. Th1, "203 C'TTON? 2ZSS.l SIMLEM.T STRONtGEST. RPT Twz Moas't.Y CiniNo rvs-r: $5,000 Reward will b-e paid to any person who can fi:9d one atom of opium, chloral, mor-phine, cocaine, ether or chloroform in any form in any of Dr. Miles' Remedies. This rewar-d is offered because certain *unscrupulous persons make false statements about these remedies It is under stood that this reward applies only to goodis purchased in the open market, which have not been tam pered w~vith in any way. Dr-. Miles' remiedies cure by Aeui sooi ing, .nearishing, strangtheing and invigorat ing~ ef|Fects upon the nerous system, and not hy par~lyzing an~d weakening the nerves as would be thie case if these drugs were'u:se d. For this reason Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills are universally considered the best pain remedy "I ha-ve suffere~d for 25 years with severe pains in my head. he art and back, and have tri]l cveryt:iig I could get and cer:ld at find .::y relief t1mfil I got a box'of Dr. Miiles' Anti Pai'n Pills. I efercd as 1long as 12 hours at a tidis withi sualh severo psains t!:at I fU:ore'd I wr:;1d lo-"m my mingI. 'The A:ati-I'ais Fi!ls gave me relief in from 10 to 2) minatuk. I do not have to ume 3Irp'hine any more. othersuferer ~lnay find relief." R. F. TP. No. 6. Salem. Indl. Dr. Miles' Arti-Pain Por's are sold by your druggist. v.it o ! urante that the *'rst package w.'ll benefit. If it fails hewill return your mo'ney. 25 ci'ses. 25 cens Nevr sold in bulk. Miles Medical Co., E~dart, bnid mEO ALLXTTr 0 - R~ MORE Just ar best load I have I to get ho season. s it thep CABBAGE PLANTS From the Best Tested Seeds. Now ready for shipment, large, strong, healthy, th-se plants are grown in the open air and will stand severe freeze without in .jury. Early Jersey Wakefield, Large Type or Charleston Wake field, which are the best known varieties of early cabbages, also Henderson's Succession, the best large, late and sure header, Au gusta Early Trucker, also a fine type of late variety. Neatly packed in light baskets. $1.50 per thousand; for five thousand or over,$ 1.25 per thousand, f. o. b. eapress office. Special prices made on large lots. CHAS. M. GIBSON, Youngs Island, S. C. 2-6 J, Wilson Gibbes TYPEWRITER HEADQUARTERS 1412 Main St., Columbia, S. C. South Carolina Agent DENSMORE.*TYPEWRITER-The best writing machine at any price. CHICAGO TYPEWRITFR-T h e best for the price-$35 and $.50. AL L MAKES-Rented, Exchanged, Bought. Repairing on the premises by an expert. RUBBER STAMP F'ACTORY - Stamps made every day on the prem ises. Stencil Plates, Dlaters, Number ing Machines, CJiheck Punches of al) kinds. OFFICE SUPPLIES AND FUR NITURE--Everythin g from a Per Point to a Roll Top Dek Sectionaj Filing Cases, Bookcases a,nd (;ard In. dlexes a specialty. 10-18. UNDERTAKING WILL BE CONTINUED 1 3 the future the same es in the pasI in the old establishment in all iti departments with a full stock o1 Caskets, Burial Cases and Coffins constantly on hand, and use o: hearse when requested. Thankful for past patronage and solicitous for a share in the future, in the old stand. Calls attended to at all hours. TII EbIGTT GIN SHOP. J. M. ELLIOTT & CO. DR. A. L. OTT, Dentist, Ridgeway, S. C Crowni and Bridge WVork a spceialty. 10-11-3m THEIMEM ENTCO. mcr!C4?oN, VA., ARE HIEADQUJARTERS F~OR - Write focr rices and etalogue.y bt t :.cZs of The mptrmet Co, s now the bu t equippe be- co Our graduates are in d!emland. Te.rms~ the most re:sona!.le. THE M.A t FEAT ITSINElSS COLLEG;E, MULES. rived, the of Mules >een able Id of thi~s Prices to urchaser. DOTY. Wedding Presents. f you are looking for a Wedding Present, just come to our store and let us show you one of the most select stocks in this State. We have just opened a new lot of Cut Glass, which cannot be surpassed in quality and price. Ice cream sets, pitchers, bowls, and many smaller pieces. We are quite sure we can please you in this line. Also a handsome line of Silver Goods in cases. From the smallest salt spoons to chests of silver. Patterns and designs are the latest out. Prices are reasonable. We have, as usual, a most select line of Hand Painted China. You should not fail to see it before buying elsewhere. Any Bride would be satisfied with one of our hand somely decorated pieces. We want you to come in and see our stock. Re member our name on the box is the sign of goodness. P. II. LAcRICOTTE & CO., JEWELEBS. 1424 Main St. Columbia, S. 0. :FOR ALL PURPOSES SHIPPED EVERYWHERE. Carnations.........................5e.idosen Roses.................$:2.00 per dozen Lily of Valley....$1.00 to $1.50 per dozen Aster............5c. to 75c. per dozen IBouquets, Baskets or Boxes of pretty M1ixed Flowers.....$1.50 up We make a specialty of Fine Weddingj Work. Write us when youiwish anything in FLOWERS, PLANTS, BULBS OR SEEDS. ROSE HuI GREENROUSES COLUMBIA, S. C. For sale by flcfaster co., -BY "The Old Reliable" Mutual Benefit Life In surance Company. ORGANIZED IN 184;. STRICTLY MUTUAL. NO STOCK~ HIOLD.ERS. INSURANCE FURNISHED AT ('OST. Mail this ('ardi filel in and full in, formnation will be subniittsd I was born on the.. .day of. I......... Name....... ................. A d Iress............................ . Quote rates on 5..............imsurance. WV. D. DAVIS, Long Run,. C. S J. D. McM/EEKIN, Dentst. WINN5ROR~O, S. c.