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LITTLE miQUIHSS DR TALMAGE ON SINS THAT N!S3L? | AT TU = GarabUoj; Is a Viae That Ke^in* VltL-. I.'ttl? Sins act! Grows to Fearful Kaor^Jitles Sevaro Arral^oraen: of Gift Eoisrpri'iiss and S:ock Gam"bliss. Dr. Talmage in his sermon last Sunday depleted the insidious modes by which evil habit gains supremacy and sho'tfs how splendid men are cheated iato ruin. Text, Isaiah v, IS, "Woe unto thea> that sin as it were with a cart rope." There are some iniquities that only nibble at the heart. After a lifetime of their work, the man still stands upright, respected aud honored. These vermin have not strength enough 10 gnaw through a man's character. But there are other transgressions that lift themselves up to gigartic proportions aau seize hold of a ma and bin-1 him w:tn thongs forever. There are some iniquities that have such great emphasis cf evil tha: he "who commits them may be said to sis as with a cart rope. I suppose you know how they make a great rope. The stuil' out of which is it fashioned is nothing but tow which you pull apart without any erertion of jour fingers. ' This is spun into tLrca<!.?, any of which you could easily snap, but a great many of these thread:- are interwonnd. Then you have a rope strong enough to bind an ox or hold a ship in a tempest. I speak to you of the sin of gambling. A cart rope in strength is that sin. and yet I wish more especially to draw your attention to the small threads of influence out of which that mightyinnuity is twisted. xir.s crime is 02 the advance, so that:: is "well not only that fathers and brothers and sons *hould be interested in such a discussion, but that wives and mothers and sisters and daughters look ou: lest their present home be sacrificed or their .intended h,me be blasted. No man, no woman, can stand aloof from such a subject as this and say. "It has no practical bearing upon my life," for there may be in a short time in your history an experience in whicn you will find that the discussion involved three worlds?e;.r:h, heaven, hell. There are gambling establishments by the thousands. There are about 5,500 professional gamblers. Oat of all the ramblm? establishments how many of them O O do you suppose profess to be hone?t? Ten? these ten professing 10 be honest because they are merely the antechamber to those that are acknowledged fraudulent. There are first class establishments. You step a little way out of Broad Tray. New York. You go up the marble stairs. You ring the bell. The liveried servant introduces you. The -walls are lavender tinted. The mantels are of Vermont marble. The pictures are "Jephthah's Daughter'' and Dore's "Dante" and Virgil's "Frozen Region of Hell," a most appropriate selection, this last, for the place here is the roulette table, the finest, costliest, most exquisite piece of furniture in the United States. There is the banqueting room where, free of charge tc the guests, you may find the plate and viands and wines **? J ~ ~ T linn tfcUU SULH^IUUUD KJ^J UUU i-vu you come to the second class gambling establishment. To it you are introduced by a card through some "roper in." Having entered, you must either gamble or tight Sanded car is, dice loaded with quicksilver, poor drinks mixed with more poor drinks, will soon help you to get rid of all your money to a tune in short meter vrith staccato passages. You wanted to see. You saw. The low viliians of that place watch you as you come in. Does not the panther that squats in the grass know a calf when he sees it? Wrangle not fcr your rights in that place or your body will be thrown bloody *? Into the street or dead into the river. Vou go along a little farther and find the policy establishment. In that place you bet on numbers. Betting cn two numbers is called a "saddle," betting on three numbers is called a "gig," betting on four numbers is called a "horse." And there are thousands of our young men leaping into that saddle" and mounting that "gig" and behind that "horse" riding to perdition. There is always one kind of a sign on the door, "Exchange," a most appropriate title for the door, for there, in that room, a man exchanges health, peace and heaven fcr loss of health, loss of home, loss of family, loss of immortal soul. Exchange sure enough and infinite enough. Now you acknowledge thai is a cart rope of evil, but you want to know -what are the small threads out of -which it is made. There i3 in many a disposition 10 hazard. They feel a delight in walking near a precipice because of the sense of danger. There are people who go upon Jungfrau, not fcr the largeness of the prospect, but for the feeling that they have of thinking, "What -would happen if I should fall of'" There are persons who have their blood filliped and accelerated by skating very near an air hole. There are men who find a positive de'ight in driving within two inches of the edge of a bridge. It is this disposition to hazard that finds development in gaming practices. Here are 5500. I may stake them. If I stake tbcm. I may lose them, but I may win $5,u00. Whichever way it turns. I have the excitement. Shullie the cards, Lost! Heart thumps, Head dizzy. At it again?last to gratify ibis desire for hazard. Then there are others who go into this sin through sheer desire for gain. It is especially so with professional gamblers. They always keeps cool. They never drink enoHgh to unbalance their judgment. Thev do not see the dice so much as they see the dollar beyond the dice, and for that they watch as the spider in the web, looking as if dead until the fly passes. Thousands of young men in the hope of gain go into these practices. They say: "Veil, my salary is not enough to allow this luxury. I don't from mv store, office or snot). I oughtio have f.ner apartments. I ought to have better "wines. I ought to have more richly riavoi ed cigars. I ought to be able to entertain my friends more expensively. I won't stand this any longer I can -with ?ne briliiant stroke make a fortune. Now. here goec, principle or no principle, heaven or hell. Who cares'.'" When a young man, makes up his mind to live beyond his income, satan has bought him out and out: and it is only a question of time when the goods are to be delivered. The thing is done. You may plant in the way all the batteries of truth and righteousness?that man is bound tc go on. When a man makes ?1,000 a year and spends *1,200, when a young man makes >'l,oUO and spends $1,700, all the harpies of darkness cry out. "Ha, na, Tre havenim. Ana laey have. How to go the extra *-300 cr the extra ?_5UOO is the question. He says: ilIIere is my iriend -who started out the other day with but little money, and ia one nigh:, so great was his luck, he rolled up hundreds aad thousands of dollars, He got it?'.Thy not I? It is such dull work, this addirg up a long lines of figures in the counting house: this pulling aown o: a hundred yards ol goods and selling a remnant: this always waiting upon somebody else, 'when I could rut *100 on the race and pick up 51.000."' This sin works very insidiously. Other sins sound the drum and riaunt the tiagand gather their recruits with wild huzza, but this marches its procession of paie victims in dead of night, in silence, and when they drop into the grave there is not so much sound as the click of the dice. Uh, hew many have gone down under it! Look at those men who were once highly prospered. Now iiiuir ioreueau is ''j" a tongue o: name that will never go out. la their souls arc plunged the beaks which vrili never be lifted. Swing open the door ct" that nan's heart and you see a ccil cf adders wriggling their indescribable horror until you turn away and hide your iace and asked Gvd to help you to forget it. The most o:" this evil is unadvertised. T'^e community does not hear ei' it. Men defrauded in gaming establishments ar< not fools enough to tell of it. 1 >ncc ir. awhile, however. ;here is an exposure, as when in liostcu the police scooped upon s aganung es:at>.ts!iment acu :oun-i in it :u-. representative? of all clashes of e:t:/.eas fro:: the Sts: merchants cn State street to ti;i ow Ann street, gabbler; tsrita Bullock the cashier of the Centra! Railroad of' ieorgin vas found lo have stolen 6103.0'Xi for tn< purpose of carrying cn gaming practice.-?: a -when a young man in cue of the saving banks *of Brooklyn many years ago va found to have stolen ? *'.?.OA' to c.irrj o: gaming practices: as v.-hen a nan connects with a Wall street insurance company found to havu stolen - 'ni hisgaaiag practice3. 1:^: :hu < vx-;vt ivii-tl ^^\,rev^gcc ^1w.r.-i -.. s uer.er;.":*- >.ut- money ieJ:c siL-aU.y from j i ! ;> mcrc'-uni'b till into i.ho gauciter's wallet. f I believe :hj.' one cf tLe inain pipc-s lead- j ir.g to ih:? sewer of iniouiiy is tlio excitement cf business life. Is it not a significant fact that ike mnjorirr of the \<?* Vors are in ' I proximity to "'nil street? Men go into the | etcckement of stock gambling. .12a from that i tiv.y plunge into the gambling house.-;, when { SJca are int-rotic&ted. they go into liquor i s.^oon tc get more drink. The agitation that is witnessed in the stock market when ! the chair announces the word "Northwest- i er::" or '-Fort Wayne" or "Koek island" cr ' New Vcrk Central," and the rat, tat. tat, j of the auctioneer's hammer, and the excitement of making "corners."' and getting up pools.'7 and carrying stock,*' and a "break"' from SO to TO, and the excitement of rushing around in eurbestone brokerage, and v .f'.I' tliO SUlitlCU C'TiCS Ox L>UH'; iiiivv;. iJu; er ten!" "Take era!' "ilovr many?" and the making or losing of >1<>,0'JO by one operation, unfits a man to gf> home, anil so he croe? up the tlight of stair.-, amid business ofnees, to the darkly curtained, wooden shutlered room, gayly furnished inside and takes his place at the roulette or the f<kro table. But i eatmot fell all the process by which men get into this evil. A man went to New York. lie was a western merchant. He went into a gambling house on 1'ark place. Before morning he had lest all his money save >1. and he moved around about, frith, thai collar in his band, and alter awhile, caught still more powerfully under the infernal infatuation, he came up and put down -he dollar and cried out until they * USarCL lllul UZi'UU?U cxiv Siiivuti. vut IUUU! sand miles from home, and mv last dollar on the gaming tabic!" Many years ago for sermonic purposes and in company with the chief of police of 2\ew York I visited one of the most brilliant gambling housc-s in that city. It was nigh:, and as we came up in front all seemed dark. The blinds were down, the door was guarded. but after a whispering of the officer with the guard at the door we were admitted into the hall, and thence into the o.-irlors, around one table finding eight or ten men in midlife, well dressed, all the work goin.t on in si- j lence save the noise of the rattling "chips" j on the gaming table in one parlor and the re-1 volving bail of the roulette table in the other parlor. Some of these men. we were told, had served their terms in prison: some were shipwrecked bankers and brokers and money dealers, and some were going their first rounds of Vice, but all intent upon the crnci'l tV.-f 11T1 f>r? moved UP and down, before them. Ob, there was some- j thing awfully solemn in the silence, '.i:e in- j tense ga?.o, the suppressed emotions of the [ the players. >'o one looked up. They all j had money in The rapids, ard I have no j doubt some saw as they sat there horses and I carriages and houses and lands and home J and family rushing down into the vortex, j A man's life would no* have been worth a j Sinning in :ha: presence, had he not been j accompanied by the police, if he had been < supposed to be on a Christian errand of ob- j servaticn. Seme of these men weni byprl- j vate Sey. some went in 07 careuu miruuuu-. tion, some were taken in by the patrons of j the establishment. Tbe officer of the law j told me, ,;N'one get in here except by police j mandate or by some letter of a patron." "While we were there a young man came ; in. put Lis money down on the roulotte table J and lost: put- more money down on the rou- j lette table and lost: put more money down and lost. Then feeling in his pockets for ] more money, finding none, in severe silence he turned his back upon the scene and passed out. While we stood there men lost their property and lost their souls. Oh, merciless place! ISot once in -vll >he history of that gaming house has there been one word of sympathy uttered for'' ? losers at the game. Sir Horace Walpole said that a man dropped dead in one of the clubhouses < 02'London. His body was carried into the ! clubhouse and the members 0: the club began immediately to bet a3 to whether he { were deader alive, and when it was propes- j ' ' - > ' ' >- ? V 1 - 3! 1 -* --~ t i eu to test tue matter oy oieeuiag aim u, ?n? j only hindered by the suggestion that it would be unfair to some of the players. In | these ga sing houses of our cities men have j their i.rc^erty wrung away from them, and then they go out, some of them to drown their grief in strong drink, some to ply the counterfeiter's pen, and so restore theiv for: tunes: some resort to the suicide's revolver, i but ail goiug down. And that work pro] ceeds day by day and night by night. ! '-That cart rope," says one young man, "has i i never been "wound around my soul" But ; have not some threads of that cart rope 5 ooen twisted? | I arraign before God ihe gift enterprises ; of our cuie3 which have n tendency to make s this a nation of gamblers. Whatever you | get. young man, in such a place as that, j without giving a proper equivalent, is a rob; bery of your own soul and a robbery of the ; community. Yet how we are appalled to see j meu who have failed in other enterprises go I into gift concerts, where the chief attraction is not music, but the prizes distributed amoag the audience, or to sell booki where the chief attraction is not the bock, but the package that goes with the book. Tobacco dealers advertise that on a certain day they "ill put money into their papers, so that the j j purchaser of this tobacco in Cincinnati or | >"ew York mry unexpectedly come upon a i magnificent gratuity. .Coys hawking through j the cars packages containing nobody knows j wbat until you cpen them and find they j contain nothing. Christian men with pict| ures on their wall gotten in a lottery, and | the brain of community taxed to find out 1 some new way o? getting things without | paying for them. Oh. young men, these are j j the threads that make the cart rope, and ] wnen a young man consent? to tnese pracu-i ; ces he is being bound hand and foot by a ; ! habit which hao already destroyed great I J multitude that no man can number." Some- j j times these gift enterprises are carried on i ; in the name of charity, ano some of you ref member at the close of our civil -war how j many gift enterprises were on foot, the pro| ceeus to go to the orphans and widows of the ] soldiers and sailors. What did the men who I hadcharge of those gift enterprises care for | the orphans and widows? Why, they would | have allowed them to fruze to death upon j their steps. I have no faith :n a charity wn;ca. tor the sake ot relieving present suii faring, opens a craping jaw thai has swallowed down so much of the virtue and good principle of the community. Young man, have nothing to do with these things. They oulj sharpen jour appetite for games of chance, i'o one of two things?be honest or uie. | I have accomplished my object if I put j you on the lookout. It is a great deal easier i to fall than it is to get up again. The trouble is that when men begin to go astray from the path of duty they are apt to say: 'There's no u;c of my trying to get back. I've sacrificed my respectability, i can't return." Aad they go on until they are utterly destroyed. I tell you. my friends, that God this moment, by his Holy Spirit can change your entire nature so that you will be a diSereni man in a minute. Your great, want?%vliat is it? More salary? Higher social position? No, no. I Tvill tell you tie great want of every man, if he has not nlready obtained it?it is the grace of God. Are there any who have fallen victims to the sin thai I have been reprehending? Yen are in a prison. You rush against the j vrai! of this prison and try to get out, and } you fail, and you turn around and dash | against thy other v.'-iil until there is blood 1 on the gates and blood on your soul. You i ff.>f A??r ?n *"v> i ^ TKftrft An*T? one way of getting out. There is a key that can unlock thai prison house. It is the key of the house of David, it is the key that Christ wears at his girdle. If you vrill allow him to put that key to the leek, the bolt will . shoot back and the door whl swing open and : | you will be a free mar. in Christ Jesus. | Oh. prodi-r.il. what a business this is for 7or., fee ling swine., whea your father stands : in the front duor. straining his eytsight to i catch the tir.-t glimpse of your return, and the calf is as fat as ii will be, and the harps . of heaven are ail strung and the feet free! : j There are converted gamblers in heaven. : Li:e of etcrcity tlashed upon the green ".aize of their billiard saloon. la the Liver . G jus forgiveness they cashed oS'al! their . They <>ut* trying for earthly stakes. ; J They tried for Leaven and -.von it. There - j wretches a hand from, heaven toward the f \ avad cf worst o .fender. It is a hand. < to -"lite, but outspread as : ) :f ; dr-.'p a ' vseJiciios. Oih?r seas bare a | a*: i : y -.-v f.itbomeJ. but :at- sea o: ! ioTc?eternity bas no plummet to .. :{ ? the an-i isi:ucnsity no iron I .i slivre cc-aSae it. Its title* arc lifted - * ... r.hr =ho he&ri ji mUr-iic impassion. its vravv-a iiro :i*? :;0ia.ci:i2 ci' iLe rcdotuxed. TIis argOsic3 ilia; sail r.a it -irop anchor at la-si an: id lite thundering Sfiivo of eternal vloiorv, but :urts for that runn vr ho sits clcim - - ....... I to tfcc ::r.ai gitne o; -no r.nu puis i:ia im-iior- ; tal soul on the ace "svbile- the angels of G^d j keep the tallj* board, an 1 nft-.-r k: gs ami : qUtfcns and knaves and spades are \shuf- ! ied" and "cat" and the tnir.e in ended, j hovering and impending worlds discover i ihat Lie has lost it. ihe f:iro bank of eternal ! darkness clutching down iut'j its wallet all the blood stained wagers, SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS. Sorsloa of Ihe Soutl; enroling Sunday SchaoI Convention. The twe ntieth session of the SouAI; Carolina Suncav School Convention | will be held at Camden, C., Au<ru-t 24-26. Tbe> follo^irsg vrili bs loe programme: ' TUESDAY NIGHT. AUG 2-lTII. General Topic.?Ojr Aims. S:30 Sor.g "Service. L?d by local choir. S :00 Praise s: d Prayer. Rev. T. H. Litc, D. D., Spartanburg. 9:15 Objects of this Convention. Address, lion. J. E. Kik-rbe, Marion. 9 A5 Announcements. 10 adjournment. 1WT)XFSL>AY mousing. AUG. 25x3. General Topic.?Organization. 0 Devotional. I^ev. W. B Duccan. | y :15 Delegates enrolled and ccramittess appointed. 9:45 Heport of Central Executive! Committee. 10:15 Address. Organized Eli ort to I save the B\v. Address. Mr. J. H. ; Miller. Field Work in Georgia Sua-j day School Association, Marietia, Ga. i 11 General Discussion. 11:30 Question Drawer. S- B. i Ezell, Spartanburg. 12:30 Reports from county Vice Presidents (in part) 1 R-:cass. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. General Topic.?Oar Plans. 1 Devotional. P.ev. A. T. Jamison, f 4:15 Eeporis from county vice Pres-1 ideiits cominucd. ! 4:45 Workers Conference. Plans j for ex-ending the Organized work, \ led by Rev. W. I Herbert, 5:30 Reports of Committees. Mis-j ceiianeous. WEDNESDAY NIGHT. General Topic?Primary rcrk. 8:30 Praise Service. Cor ducted by i the choir. Devotional, led by Eev. J. j W. ShelJ, Fountain Inn. 9 Primary Teachers Uniors. A parkQr by Mrs. Mary S. VC iiildeis, superintendent nrimary wcrk. Charleston, 3C.' 9:30 Needs of the Work. Address. Mr. J. H. Miller, field worker, Marietta, Georgia. 10 Adjournment. THURSDAY .MORNING, AUGUST 2CTH. General topic?Our Methoo's. SCO Devotional. F.F. Whilder. j I 9.15 Sunday School Institute. Mr. j J. H. Miller, Georgia. Gee eral Discussion. | xO.GO Normal Lesson, By Rev. B. P. Robertson, Gatfuey. 10 30 (Question drawer. ? 11.00 Presenting: Normal Diplomas,; by Prof. R. 0. S^ms. Supt. 11.30 The Hems Class. Prof. J. A. | Game^ell. Spartanburg. Discussion. 1 li. 0 Ways and Means. Reports of j | Committees. Miscellaneous, j 1.00 Farewell words. 1 30 Adjournment. [ Erery county vice-president is re = | quested to be present in person, if pos- j ; sible, at Camden. If not, be sure to j j have written report sect, giving con-: ! dition and prospect of the organized j i Sunday School work in their respectj ive counties. * i It'll every person expecting10 aueno. ; ! the cotVdDtion, so advise Mr. J. E. j Vaughan, Camden, S. C., bv August j 20th. Let the officers in the various counties see to it tNal a county contention is calied for 1697 and every effort used to make it a success. Ocunty Treasurers are urged to collect and forward to Bev. W. I. Herbert, Treasurer, Florence, S. 0., the pledges made to the last State Convert tion for State work. Let all workers devoutly pray for God's presence acd guiding influence in this annual convention. | in cenau 01 tne ^smra.i Mctuuyc j Committee, I Charles H. Carlisle, Chairman, j The following reduced round trip i j rates are authorized on all railroads j i operating in South Carolina, and they | ! have been requested to notify all their j [agent?: Abbeville, $7.75; Anderson, j I $9.10; Augusta, Ga., $6.S5; Blacks-1 [ burg', $5.35; Camden Junction, ?1.25; j I Carlisle. 35: Cheravr, $5.30; Colum- j bia, $3.25: Darlington, $4 00: Der-J mark, $-1.65; Fairfax, $6.15; Green-j ville, $S 00; Greenwood, $7.15; Newberry, $5 50; Orangeburg, $3 25; Pros-1 perity, $5 25; Rock Hill, ?3.25; Spar i t?nburg, ?S.S5; Sumter, $1.S5. Tickets to be sold August 23, 2i and j 25, to be limited to continuous passage I in both directions, with final limit! ; August 2Sth, 1S37. Iron-clad forms j not required. Color Llae in aillJs. As the result of the employment of 25 negro women in the folding department of the Fulton Bag and Cotton mills, in Atl&nta Wednesday morning. - 1 _u:*! 5 0V6r WOIIisTli JxiiU CUilUiCli. liavu ; jrone out on one cf the iargf st strikes (that has ever occurred in this city, j \ The mills were forced to shut down their entire plant sna Trill affect fully 12,000 people of the "working classes. When the notice was put up that the mills were closed, much disorder broke I out, and it was the inclination of the *' - 1 n?*- ~ ~v>-- f singers ?U ursi vj uauw ii jau;c, u^u the police reserve force arrived in time to quell any disturbance. The local textile union took the side of the strikers and sent notice to them to hold out for their rights. When this became | known, the employes of the mills all ! white, -Talked out. Some of those | were the oldest and mcst reliable en:^ jpioyes'of the company. Mr. Elsas, : president of the company, explained iL*4 - * ? ~ ~ Avs '" * ? v>-?j ! r, ?' % o a I lilfelf lu Wiifc yjljtj c\ ou;a:i u?,w would be arranged in a short time, af ler which the mills would reopen on full time. The strikers, however, a;e determined and recfiviu^ the aid of the Iccil unions, vriil hold cut to the last. Several jears a?o the same experiment was tried in working negroes ?rith the same result. None of them have ever been employed in the rail is. Unless the cimculty is arrasged tomorrow, trouble will be looked for. ? Ui i <u Auvnwivi The farthest north theatre in the vrorid is undoubtedly that at Circle City, Alaska. Circle City in ?03 miles north of Juneau. Which is the best known Alaska town. The isolation of the region may be judged from, the fact thai iters I Casey ileran, the man*?*> nasizee- to send the letter con i&iniug a picture arid lbs facts about his company to Juneau on its journey to the Clipper oiiice. The Circle City theatre is a variety house, v;i;h seven men and six ^otnen in its company of actors. The price of admission is ?2 50, \rhich coe;: not indicate so m uch the exalted character of the entertainment as the high scbedui oi prices for everything which prevails a: Circle City. The audiences are dravrn for the most part from the neighboring iields, and the miners vciii be willing to ray ?2.50 for a I shovr which when they are at home j they might light shy at a tenth of that ! sum. :" I J* 'c ' ^ ' *?^ 3 #|c.^S {? 1 SJ v.- <J kZH w .L h^JLm J-i ? ?V C v/ - 2 WHAT T.-:E 30AK0 CF CGN1ZCL CiD j THURSDAY. Hoard's I Jii to S?'3it?-sris FuUv Set Feiiii? J Xo&c:!sn jZ'tovt SirV.z. The Stato B:;urd cf control spent most of Thursday making the monthly purchases of liquors and before ths work ?7ss con;plated quite a large quantity cf liquors hid been bought subject, to sbipir.^u; upon liie directions of the Slats liquor commissioner The board mi-t Thursday -^ith four members present?l*li\ L. J. Wiliiams \ having arrived. A p-eat many speci- j men. "battles of liquors oli'crsd had 10 j \jV, iJj L". ! board and the crogress v.-as necessarily | very slow. T.oa purchases wore no; corrected ur.il! the aficrooon session. The :"o"Jof?in^purchases were made: F:f;y barrels of XX Stewart corn vhii;key from Lunarian & Co., Baitimore. \ Fifty barrels of corn whiskey from j the Uioia, Go]'.If:borough company of I Baltimore. Fifty barrels of Old Fashioned corn whiskey from ihr Kohn Distilling company of Montgomery. Fifty barrels of North Carolina corn whiskey from the Meyer-Pitts company. Fifty barrel:? of rye whiskey Irom A r\ \T'-if M >" " 1 ri ^ ft? y>^ T .1 iiiJ i w i. * JillA. ^ Fifty barrels of X rye from H. &H. i "vV. Caiberwod of Philadelphia. Fifty barrels of Standard v.-fciskey from Bosskram, Gerstlery & Co., o: Philadelphia. Fifty barrels of Old McacBgrahela rye whiskey from Lanahan <x Co., of Baltimore. TVo hundred barrels of beer from the Acme Brev^ino- cimninv of Ma- > con, Ga. Ore hundred barrels ci boor from ; the Aii&Lta Brewing company. j 3'^ if wen barrels of whiskey from H. j & H. W. C^therwocdo? Philadelphia. j fifteen barrels of whiskey fromUl-; mar. Go :dibc rough ?Sc Co , of Bilti- j more. Fifty-five barrels of XX whiskey< from S. Grab f elder Sc Oo. Fifteen, barrels of XX whiskey from j JkLfiTOr, ruts CC UO, 5 Fifteen barrels <%f vhiskev iron:, \ Rosskam, Gursiiey oc Co., of PMlsdoi-1 phia. Fifteen barrels oi whiskey from Ac^elo, Meters <Sc Co. THE INSPECTOR'S REPORT. The following report of inspector Hiii. covering his work for ibe past month was submitted and received as information: Gentlemen?I have the honor to submit to you an itemized statement or my expenses for the month of July, a n/I olc/% cnhrrnf o of ihf> work dore by me as State inspector. ! July 8;h I went to Laurens to look I up the accounts cf ex-Dispenser Langs-1 ton. This matter I found in the hands j o? Mr. N. 3. Dial, who vriii make an j effort to report to you. 1 was at Lau- j rens until the 13th, and on the 1-ith | Trent to Denmark. This dispensary 11 found behind for a small amount, I which the dispenser said he would j soon settle. July I'Jth I went to Blackville, and j on checking up the books cf the dis penser I found them correct. July 17th I went to Barnwell and j ; Allendale and on checking up the j i Dooks I fo und them correct. j July 13th I went to Sycamore, and on checking up found a difference due the State. The dispenser came on i here to Colombia, and after going j over the books with Cupt. Webb ; found that I was correct, and be will settle up next week. July 29th I went to Greenville and bad to attend the court in the Hotzclaw case. The solicitor not being! I read7,1 went to Laurens and then re turned to G-ieenvilleon the 21st, when the case -was again put off. I west to Spartanburg and looked up the ac-: counts of ex-Dispensers Wood and Carscr>. Both of these gentlemen will close up their accounts in tne next ten days. Oa the 2iih I again returned to Greenville, when the Eoltzclaw case wss called and he was tried and convicted or. two counts upon which he stood indicted. On the 27:h I returned tc Columbia ana got the other papers that Gapt. Wfi'n.n rvjrl v.ronnwrl fr.r nift vinn rm the 30th went to Charleston and cbecktd ud the books of Dispenser Powers. I found a small difference in favor of the State. Aug1. 1 I went to ilonck's Corner j and cheeked up the books ox the exdispenser, finding a small amount due the State, whicii will be paid this week. Tpe present dispenser' books show up correct. Aug. 2 I went to St. Stephens, and ? - * . - *-?? i. _ T i c xu.. J I on cnec^ing up tue vwh.s ul iuc uispenser I found that the mistake had been mauj of overpaying the town anu county, leaving him due the State a small amount, which will be settled this week. I will recur to Laurens to say that while there I inspected the books of Dispenser Henry and found his books. neatly and correctly kept. Very respectfully, W. J. Hill, Inspector. Whc:i ixr. Hill's report was read to j the board all the members insisted mat IDS ii&nies t?i every iueui suun, ; together with the speciSc amounts, J should, be ^iven by Mr. Hill in his ' monthly reports. Mr. Hill was sent for and he sppeared. lie explained that many of those reported short were not really short, but that he had to | report the diiTerence found between j the amounts he went out with charged against them and what he found from their books. In some instances ihey had made mistakes and the amounts of difference were really not shortages. | He ibought therefore that the publica{tion of the amounts U.fcre these mis| takes had been investigated and rectified was an injustice to them. In this the members of ths board agreed with him and it was decided that hereafter monthly rsports should be made to the board of ail dispensers actually found short after full investigation of ali accounts and claims, together with - " 1 ' ^ " VVia r-V? ?oc ?.ilS iwtUKl -is \J Ut aA w?3 kJL LlxZ) Z*J\sk KAt,W# Thp disposition cf the board is to make public every shortage and prosecute ar.y man who is found short. A Greai Volcaac. A special to the Chicago Chronicle from Tacoma, "Wash , says: Five hundred reported killed up to July I, is the record of the terrible outbreak of {ihe great volcano of Mayon on the island of Luzon, cno of the Phillippine group. All night of Jane 2i, this volcano began throwing up ashes and lava in immense quantities and flames were threvn upward ccnstderib'y over lvU fee- above the crater, Tae nes: cay So bodies were recovered at a considerable distance and. the s<cst recent dispatches to Kong Ivong uo to July 8, slated that not less than 500 ~ere kno~n to be killed. It is probable said the dispatch, that the less of life would reach into the thousands, depending m,v)n ;be length of erup lico. On . : Gate iava streams acci i ashes had reached tiie cities of BacaiI ay. Malipot and Liberia and their dei sir action was cariain. Fifteen smaller towns between the sea and the voicar-o had been destroyed snd scores of the agricultural people have been overwhelmed while aUeicptis* to escape. '('?RS!5i-fc. jVP.ECK. j Jj'iv * ? Tl\tC* wTi Ai'VJS }l a? .*16 :;y J* j j ; vTaahoct. ?h* fsst fl?er or. Ihe Hr.n5?.s PrwiSc ! r si; war was wrecked at daylightTuesilay moraine about <il? miles east of ( Dsn re?. Two trainmen were killed outright and a number of passengers iajured, none of them fatally. The tilled are: John Ward, engineer, Denver; W. B. Harrington, b*?aac:e master. Kansas City. The injured are: Oscar Inrrsm, 1 fireman, bruised about head, dazed: c W. H. Rankin, Denver, badly cut j about the head, arm broken; J. E. | . Rcid, back injured: Mrs. Frsd Nasi?, |: Larsmie, Wy , bacs sprained; Hr. 0. ' hi-. Graveit, Blue Spring*. Nob., risht * e broken: Mrs. C. L. Hubbard, ' Abilene, Kis, back hurt: W. H. I>. ' Thornton. Chicago, arm sprained and bruised; E L. Kokeri, Topeka, Kas., 1 head cui; Mrs. Minnie Edclmo^, ' i r *' r* ? T C orr.se?; ' j. r*. i-exvenvroria, ? . Kas.. b&ck hurt: Mrs. John Trac:s, \ Augusta. Ga., 2rrus ar-d leys cut. ' The wreck v?as caused by a wa shout. < The heavy rains of the sigh: liDoded " the streams zzd carried awav a por- 1 tier of n small bridge -which spans Comanche crs&k between Eyers and ^ Strasburg. The train was on time ! and was running at the us-jr! speed whan approaching the point of acci- i dent. "Without earning tbe en^'ne ; plunged into Lho abyss, followed by j' the maii and b&g^a^e cars and other cars ~ere piled &bou>; in confusion. The engine was completely -under \7&ier in almost the midd'e of the stream, and Engineer Ward vras un der it. Strange to say. ths fireman ' no/.<5?\/5M ^Ae*ri K'it he. vAr-^.vior- fn hft ' badly hurt. Instantly there v/s.s the j 95 iidoet confusion. The most sever!y \ injured passengers vrere riding in the ' 'Ci-TTird car. Some of the sleeping : passage; s in tne Pullmans were < tkrerr.. from their berths and mors c? ! less hurt, but none seriously injured. ] Syers, the nearest town to the wreck, v.'p.s !i ire miles away and the condu.e- 1 tor hastened to cover the distance on : foot. He arrived there at 5 o'clock - and the railway officials in Denver : were notfxed of the accidents by Itele- ' graph. A special wrecking train with General Manager Dueil and physi- j( cians on board started for the scene of 1 j ;he wrcck. The rainstorm was gen-j j c-ral in the plains region, and it is j; feared that many railroad bridges have j been washed out. f1 1 Japan's Ccndlilcn. A special to The Herald from Wash- j 1 iagton sijs: Japan will insist that i j the.Unted States assume a contingent i responsibility in 'he matter cf arbiira-1J tier: of her differences with Hawaii on i ] i the subject cf immigration and the j \ tariff. It is understood that this is j1 one of the sensational conditions upon ] which Japan will c^nsont to arbitrate, j' and that if this responsibility is not | assumed by the United States, Jspan j ] will break erf negotiations looking to j * arbitration ana bac? up Her cemancs j. by a naval demonstration in Hawaiian | ^ i waters. The state department has not > j yet received any oilicial coramnica-1 < | lien from the Japanese government | j i on this matter and the administration : i has not indicated whether or not Iz 1 I Tvill comply with the Japanese de- : I maud when made. An official of ! the Japanese legation said in an inter- 1 ! view: ! j ''lam cot officially informed con| earning the terms or arbitration, but j that Japan should ask the United ' | States to take recognition of it and as- j jiuue an ultimate responsibility j the decisions of the arbiter as regards j; Hawaii, being carried out seems to j i-mft T-dT?v natural. "I? the United?* States refusa to give us a guarantee it 1 is probable that the arbitration proposition \riil fail. We prefer to entertain a grievanca and to indemnify our I subjects ourselves than to arbitrate 1 l after the indignity of the refusal by | the United States of so just a r? quest. j1 | Neither the United States nor the Ha-j waiian government can justly plead j i disinterestedness. Frequently in the j; 1 Hawaiian- Japanese correspondence of j j late a pending annexation has figured J1 : as a factor ia tfte situation, xnis i should operate in the arbitration case !1 as weli." : ! 8X00,000 Fire. j i ! A fire which broke out at 11 o'clock j j Wednesday in the biochemical works j i of D. Jsyxa & Sons at Bermuda and j | Tucker streets, Frankfcrd, which are }. i operated by the Barrett Maaufactur- j ing company, importers and distillers of coal tar, and manufacturers of roofin!'. did damage amounting to $100,000 before it was gotten under control. The fire originated in the big distill- ; ing house and is suopossd to have , been caused by the explosion of distilled oil. The distilling house and the valuable machinery was totally destroyed/Other buildings, located near the burned structure, were Dadly dam! aged by the dames, and were only saved after a hard fight. Seven firemen and two workmen were seriously burned by an explosion which occurred shortly after the firs broke out. Assistant "Chief Engineer Ch3r:es Mc< hod all of his clothing burned cfT ard is probably fatally injured- ! Others who were seriously burned j about the face and body are: John! Ne'.viijajr, Granville Walsh, Samuel! Cook, Jacob Lannard, John Mu-hr. i Amos Knight, Kobert Ciarrick and i Robert GeLty. Seven other firemen I were badly burned about the hands. ; but a'ter naviog tneir wouncs dresses left the hospital. News Curiosities. Among the news curicsitks of the | week so far is a story from Walnut j Valley, N. J., about the killing of a I rattlesnake, in which, were found se- j creted a rubber bail, a tia whistle, a \ childs's milk bottle, etc.; from Cam- j bridge, Mass., came a tale of a biennial shower of toads; from Washing- j \ ton. Pa., the story of a dog that ate bees j ! 11 he, frr.m nAmdsn. N. J.. a S romance of a man being towe-d iky j ward by a giant ki;e he had make;| from B.'oomingdale, 111., a yarn about i a 75 years old man cutting a set of new teeth in his lower jaw; from; Jdunice, Ir:d., an account of a horse < that had got his hoof in his mcutb; | and ?rom iiiddletowu, N. Y , the | champion jie of aii, about a boy who | used a pug sup as a bait for carp. A D&cger-JUa Ci?piur<j. The surgeon general of the marine j hospital service ass been informed by ^irc of tb.e capture today of three { Cuban refugees at Punts. G-crda,1cn \ the coast of Florida, ?ho are suspected j oi haviug yellow fever. The capture vras the result of the coast inspection service of the Slate and the national g07ercaient. The suspects v.-ere sent to the quarantine station ?t Charlott villc harbor for detention. Lyr.clif.rH Outdone. SIi?j Patten, a negro pugilist of 0/-.VV.0 Ir.cn i rc! ?> ori ff T<*PCf5&V Tlioht. at'.eracicd to assault ths daughters of ilrs. ilatilaa Walter, near Frankiia, Ga.. and vrhilo beicg chased by A Ilopscn aad several others, broke a le? over a fallen tree ia the road. H<; thvu cut his throat r&tber than be Ijnched aL-d the pursuing pirty found nim dead. j j Tue farm is the place to rear a ^ood j j family. They are f?c?,Ss^lhs tic^s j j of the city, and have sosjeiblnjr ToaCrr < that tends to elevate and Gt theai for j ' :he duties of life. ' -- ru'll i' -r^ |- r - f- .? ^| l**r * ^ mr%nr.rorn r\ v nr nc>TAV j ii i&rtiuru; jiArL'UuiuiN. BURNING Or A LARGE GRAIN ELEVATOR IN CH:C-GO i asvic -- r.->rr Prrsrns K!.'I to aaci a tcovf, rj.ore or .severe1? Irjarsd?Fores of ths Explosion-J"ary of ;lic Finings. Four lives \>ere lost io an explosion | rchich took place Thursday evening | luring a 2 re in the In crib western ?rair. ilevalor at Cock and West "Water! streets, Chicago. Thie s of the dead j ire firemen, lhz body of another th-e- i nsn is thought 10 be bari'd in the rains of the elevator. From the force with which the e.xpIcsio?. swept :he spot on which they were standing t is certain that they must have been r.sUntiy killed. Either the bursting jf a boiler or t he explosion of mill lust caused tie navoc. rne inrse! Iremeii vvho -xere killed by the falling | emails of the eievat^r were Jacob J. \ ?chor. John 8. Coogsn and Jacob S. i Strainer. The in j area are: Charles H. Con j ?ray. OremaE, burned a'osut face asd ; aaads end tcdr crushed, may die;] Dhief Tcrnis Svreerev, rijrb.t foctS crushed, ieft arm v.-rsr cb^ct r.nd pain- j iuilr Lurotd; Fire v'v.f::: :on, j jurr.ed ucv*. <"*>': L>\- ; z. i b, l-och j [ess crushed: i-i.ut. ' '. II } leg crusi-eti; ."insistaril hJt*!3?n-1 jiiain Biar.c:iarc;, badly bruised; Jor.a | b\ Smith, injured by ci^bris; Wiiiiam j ?ft ^ hnlVi foof j irusN.ed; Thomas Eagle, pipetnnn, j ;ut about hands and internally in- j jured: Ignatius Bond. cut by failing \ >lass; Captain John J. Evans, struck by debris and ronitred unconscious, serious; William Eauiey, pipeman, rat in iioad "William Thompson, hit by failing glass; C. F. Waiter, knockid dovni by explosion and injured ibout the spine; John iiealz, struck by failing btam and skull fractured; James McGuire, leg fractured; Joseph Lacey, b.'.dly burned abou4 face, case [ serious; Frank C. Hally, face burned j beyond recognition, may lose sight; j Lieut. G. Killer, compound fracture? jf leg badly burned, condition ' criti- s ;al; Capt. "William Cooney, badly burned about face, may lose sight of j soth eyes, condition serious; JohnCrrawe -fvo r?"f >?i ryVi f o v?rv-? V?oo1t? I i?* > Ci * O? UJI ? ourned about the face. In ail 51 fire nen. were injured. Besides Ihc&e, dozers of firemen and passers-by were more or less cut and cruised by glass anc flying debris. Eke origin of the blaz^ is believed to lave been in the vicinity of the boiler aouse. Accumulated dust, as dry and inflammable as gunpowder, that had seen piling up for years, formed a ready means for the fire. It spread crith great rapidity, and then came a :erribie explosion, completing the prcrk of scattering the lire throughout ihe entire structure. Just as the firemen were' getting! into position for advantageous work, j ind nearly all the members of engine | company 3 were mounting ladders and bringing lesds of hoes to play on the interior from the inpper -windows, there came a roar that could be heard j for half a mile. The roof was raised high into the air, and the walls came io wn with a crash. The force of the explosion was so great that the eastern I wall was hurled into the river, the! west wall was tumbled down upon 1 Lhe heads of the unfortunate men belo77 and the roof was torn into fragments and distributed for blocks around. Every window in the vicinity of the elevator was shattered by the concussion. Dpzjns of persons were struck by flying- debris and several small fires started from falling timbers that were still in flames. At Jefferson sheet and Carroll avenue, many blocks distant, great burning masses of wreckage fell upon four wagons nar'p/S 'nav arid set thpim on fire. The elevator was of composite construction, the lower portion being of brick and the upper part of frame covered with corrugated iron. The explosion caused a perfect bombardment of flying bricks and sheets ofirohat almost white heat, leaving little of the building save a frame wo^k. of wood and iron surrounding a great pile of blazing wheat. The explosion stunned, for a mc ment, the police and the firemen, but they quickly rallied to help those who j hnrf np.pn hurt "Dozens rtf m?n lav ! injured in the withering heat, some ! not seriously harmed and others in the threes of death. It was dangerous work to get them out, but it was gallantly and quickly done, and all of the slightly injured were removed. The dead were, for the time, left thA-c- Tft'S' X.-s mj>r> rfianh their bodies and live. The fire was most difficult to control, ss ths elevator was surrounded I by a number of small buildings which j were continually catching fire. The total less is estimated at $3,000,- j 000 which is fully covered by insur- j ance. Horrible aiurder. Laura Lark, a negress, and a deaf mute, was murdered Tuesday night at her home on the Savannah road, near Mr. J. M. Seago's place, about nine mi]es from Augusta. The woman was killed in co!d blood, presumably, by a negro man, who, afterwards iied, j lea vine: neither name or description i is a means of identification Laura j Lark lived alone ia a small cabin, re - J mote from neighbors, and had no pro- j tection whatever. However, she would ] have seemed to be without need of j protection for the fact that she was a j woman and a deaf mute would appear | to have bsen sufficient. She was not i possessed of worldly goods, so she j abided alone without fear. When last! seen Tuesday night before she was j sbot there was a strange re^ro ia her I house. A neighbor went i^ere to bor- ] row some oil and though he saw the j man, paid little attention to him, j thicliiag him some friend of Laura j Lark's. The man who went for the j oil was at the woman's house about 10 o'clock. He returned home and an hour later, hearing a gun shot ia the direction of the L-.rk woman's place, he hurried ever. To his horror he found the woman Iy ing on the z round, a few feet from her front doer, bleedir z from a terrible wound in her head. When some women friends arrived, j who we/e able to talk to the Lirk wo man by signs, it was learned that the I msn had made an indecent proposal, | - ' n?i/J tnot ka no/-} cVsrif IXC U Ijvtu A WvVT U UUVi WUUb uv x uuv? ^ her and run clL The only name that could be sottea was "Bin." The woman lingered until abDut 3 o'clock Wednesday morning when she died. There seems to be no possible clue as to the identity of the nan and so this one crime wi:l no doubt go unpunished on -.iris earth. American Bark Los*. Word has been received uoa Valparaiso that the American bark Noaantura, Captain Newhall, from Newcastle. X. S V7 , April 3, for Panama, has oeen lest cn Easier Island, a! small island ljingin about 2? south! latitude and 110 srest lorgiiude, and j thatalien board ^ere saved. The Nonanturu built at Xev?buryport. Mass., in ISoo: she registered 1,100 tons. vTis 17S.S feet loa^, 36 2 feet j .beam and 23.7 feet deep, hailed from j Port To^rrsead and ovvered by D. K. Cart well. - 1 a ~-.~tt. r.w.*. r -- ; "Hilton's Cholera Care" for the j : speedy relief and euro of Diarrhea, j Dysentery, Cholera Morbus, Bloody oii^ l~V?i :r? :? in o citm 'nr I thf-se complaints. Taken at the cemmencementof the disorder,? small dose may be all that is required. Even in the advanced stages of the disease, a dose or two, or a few at most, is certain to check the bowels. No need of a rapidly weakening diarrhea or dvsen- i tery, resulting, it may be, in a long spell cf sickness. ''Hilton's Cholera Cure" is a ready remedy. Taken according to directions it never fails to effect a cure. Have a bottle of it on hand, in case of emergency, m tnese j troubles. Full directions as to dose i and diet on every bottle. Price 25 cents. The dyspeptic carries a dreadful* load on his back. It seems as if he were really made up of two men. One or them ambitious, brainy and ener getie; the other sick, listless, peevish and without force. The wesk man weighs the other one down. The dyspeptic may be able to do pretty good work on? day, and the nezt day because of some lit'Je indiscretion in j eating, he may be able to do nothing S at ail. Most cases of dyspepsia start . with constipation. Constipation is the j cause of nine-tenths of all human j sickness. Some of its symptoms are sick ana billious headache, dizziness, j sour stomach, loss of, appetite, foul, breath, windy belchings, heartburn, ; pain and distreis after eatir-g. All , these are indicative of derangements , of the liver, stomach and bowels, and all are caused bv eonstmatiom Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the quick-!1 est. easiest and most certain curs for j this condition. They are not violent 3 in action. Send 21 cents in one cent stamps to ] World's Dispensary Medical Associa- J tion, Buffalo, N. Y., and receive Dr. I Pierce's 1003 page coaiiiON sense iviedical adviser, illustrated. On a recent Sunday, while Rev. J. j vv ^/Xiauwiua. pi ixi iuc Second Unitarian church of Brooklyn, his voice suddenly failed. His -wife at occe proceeded to the pulpit and finished'his sermon for him, after vchic'a she conducted the service to ite close. f"?-m ; message %-v ^ ( which brings more gladness to a tnxe woman's heart than the sweet \ assurance that a little one is com\ ing to bles6 her life and call her \ "Mother." \ But in all her loving prepara\ tions for the expected littfe guest, \ a mother is liable to forget that i \ her own health and physical j \ condition is the most import- I ^ \ant provision which can possi- J \ oiy uc esuc IVJI UJE i 1 baby's happiness. *" the prospective *7 ?L_jk mother is weak, nerv[ Jiav3\ou3 aa<^ as^ious, this )?jcondition is bound to lrMct 011 bab?'s constitution. No dain- ! ticess of wardrobe will j oompensate for the loss I f tS'^' of the natural, healthy vig-or [ / which a mother should be- s / Jsi'S stow upon her baby. 1 I? : pi As *ar5y as possible dur- j r {gj ing gestation, the expectant I motcer should reinforce her j bodiJy powers with the sustaining', health- J bringing infiuencc of Dr. Pierce's Favorite | Preacriotion. It gives natural, healthy vigor and elastic S ccduranoe to the organs specially concerned j to. motherhood. It makes the coming of j baby perfectly safe and almost painless. It | Ees nerve-strength to the mother and vital 1 dihood to the child. t> ;? t>ir onivm?dicine devised bvan edu- j i cfitcd physician specially to overcome all | [ weaknesses and diseases of the feminine I ! organs. Mrs. K.o9coe Vanerer, of Robinson Creek, Pike J Osr, Ry writes: " I wish to express my thanks to y&n for the good I hare received from your | ' Favorite Prsecrtpaoo.' I have used it at different times for the jest nre-years, and always \vith she moat grsttfyin? results. But the. greatest goo4 reecre^d from the '?a*3rite Prescription' ttss about Jisur awnths ago whan my last baby teas bom. I was afflicted wfch ' child-bed few.' Iretsad of eroding after a doOtor I used the 4 Prescription ' 4J5d v?a9 ctsred. A. lady fciend of mine . m.. . j - J iA? was siEiiiari? am;ojcQ ?ctr. r?.-c-i sgLJpci: $U femcgj? dwf I am rk 3?ars j ?SsrcfgTi !4ftx3$BEs. Hreto.ctfed'rot?ve chScren, I e?a ara esJoy'.iSg the beat of health," Br. Pierce's Pteoasfft Pellets care constipetioc, pj^ciptly and permanently. ES3IO^AL .NOTICiS. o THE KEELEY INSTITUTE I OF ! SOUTH CAROLINA : I WILL OHEN | July li\ 1897, AT | GEEENVILLE, S. C. The Liquor and Morphine Habit Thoroughly Cured without discomfort. The Columbia Institute is closed. Write for information. etc., to GREENVILLE, 3. C.; the healthful Mountain City. PsrfecfSewerage. Pure Water. : : To xiac P ublic. : : : WE "WILL OFFER FOR j j | sale uatil August 1st, : * : i : : as -we frill have to know : : i : : : -within the time above : : : I : : : stated in order to arrange our : : : | : : : business for another year, : : : ! : : : whether or not we will be able : : : | : : r to dispose of this valuable real : : : j * : : estate. Having decided to go : : : I : : : more extensively into the mer- : : j : : : cantile and rice mill business, : : : : : : and to reduce our farming in- : j : I : : : terest, we have decided to place : : : j : : : upon the market one of the fin- : : : | : : : est plantations for gen-.-r t' pur- : r : | : : : poses in Orangeburg Ouaafy. : : : : : : This property is situated in : : : | I : : : Pine Grove Township, one mile : : : j : : : from the town of Lone Star, asu- : : : : : : tion on the Manchester aau Au # : : j j : : : gusta ft. ?., and containing r : | : : : twenty-five hundred (*250v;j : : : I : : : acres, more or less, with a good : : : : : : part of sacie under a high state : : : ' : : : of cultivation. On the pUoe is a : : : j * crnnA saw mil!, arist mill, 2U1 and : ' ji ; ; ; s*" is ... } : : : cotton press, a line pasture, S or : : : j : : : 10 good tenant houses, and ev- : : r ;i j : : : erv other convenience a good : : : 1 : : : farmer would want. We oiler : : : I : : : also for sale two lots and the : j : : : : best store house in Lone Star. : : : j : : : This is undoubtedly a line open- : : : ; i : : ing for anyone wishing to raer- : : : I : : : chandise and farm in connection : : * i j : : : with each other. Ail of which j j j j i : : : we oiler you very cheap and on : : : j j : : : easy terms. Of course we won't : : : j i : : : be able to turn over to the our- : : : j I : : : _v ^n? nf ? i ! I - LiiU iiliU uikwv \j* i f ! : : : J3U., IS'JS. The store we can : : j j j I : : : tura over for the full buaiaess. J J I j j | Tor further particulars address : : : { [ j j j IA\ LOR & BULL, Lyons, S. C. jj , I April* 21- ?--vi8 ' i I ?i O v C - ^>3 COC H9 V?^v>t2<>?,? ?;?<.09bO? AEE YOU THINKING OF BUYING A PIANO ? J If ho. I am prepared to furnish superior ianos and for less money than yon -will likely get elsewhere. YOU CAN HAVE CHOICE of the following make3: Chickering & Sons. Sohmer (not Seminar), Mehlin, Fischer, Smith & Barnes and Mathushek & ?ons. ^ Any of the above are thoroughly reliable ana vrui last a meiune. hwhh ONLY ONE PROFIT. I represent the builders, hence sell at very reasonable prices. Correspondence solicited: catalogues furniT'ed on application. Those -who do not knowxof my responsibility will plea3e refer to any bank in Columbia especially the Loan & Exchange Bank. A ^r/ioa M. A. MALONE, j COLUMBIA, S. C., PIANOS JlND QKG ?25"S- 4 \ *<M ?? %?? ? ? ?? ?? ???? ? THE TfiOSAS . Is the most complete system ol elevating handling, cleaning and packing cotton* Improves staple, saves labor, makes you money. Write for catalogues, no other equal? it. I handle the most improved COTTON GINS, P3ESSES, ELEVATORS, ENGINES j AND B0ILES9 - J to De found on the mar Set. M My Sergeant Log Beam Saw Mill is, ia J simplicity and efficiency, a wonder. COKN MILLS, PLANERS, " GANG EDGES?, and all wood working machinery, LIDDELL AND TALBOT r ENGINES A are the best. "Write to me before buying. IT 0 B&dllEX22s General Agent, ' COLUMBIA, S. O. V arannKm |g HILTON'S 111 jf R CHOLERA Ifl jj CURE H Will cure any case of Wm J |p Diarrhea, Dysentery, ||S Cholera Morbus, Bloody Elux, or Col jlp ' 25 cents a bottle. S Sold by dealers generally and by' THE MURRAY DRUG CO., COLUMBIA, S. C. Idfice to Mothers. __ I Wa tafce pleasure in ca'Ung your attsn don to a remedy so long needed in carrying children safely through the critical 3tage cf teething. It ia an Incalculable blessing to mother aud child. If you are ??| disturbed at night with a sick, fretful, ^ feethlng child, ass Pitts' Carminative, it will give inzfcant relief and rsgnlate th? bOTrel3, and make teething safe and etay. It will cure Dysentery and Diarrhoea, Sitts Carminative is an instant >-el!ef for 30iic cC infanta. It will projc&a digestion t give ions and energy to tie stomach and hotels. Tie ?ick, punv, sneering child TTill soon become sbe 'at anu frclintiag jC7 Ox ills bcuzeboid. IS is very pleases to ;"?? tezte and csuy cost ?? cwr-.i* ?j r boftia ic-'d by dregjisis and by j8> SHS XJS^Y I>37fi 00.. l^n^r * fn^TTA'urfTZ"! ^8 .-J gs'S ^ ;s I? S g [I&? S3 lj' S/ I I S32M I hiSfiHKK 3 JLLz.&& a AJi w jViLiiin^AA j ^ s ^ The Visz10 for a Lifetime. ?( Tie Piano of tie SontZi, | Tie Piano Sold Most SeascsaWy. 8 i The old, original Math asfeek, sold by tie ! ? for over a quarter of a century and th? g; delight of thousands of Southern homes. |j More Mathsshcks used South than of a any other one make. | Lovely Xexr Styles at Reduced Price*, 1 p cheaper than ever before known. j U. Styles once $435, now $325. | $100 saved every buyer-. ?> liUWf UCW.U3C ncoiciiWYT a ^ the great Mathushefc factory, supply g y j? purchasers direct- and save them all la? I g tenne<Iiate proiirs. White us. LUDDE5 <?. BATES, P. Savannaii, Ga,, and New York City. 3 % [