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\ n THE NEWS AND HERALD. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY ?37? " S S ff SAND HESi LD COMPANY. J'fiSSZS, IS ABTAXCE; Oae .Year, - - 81.50 Si* Mont::*. - - ^ ._;.75 WINNSBORO, S. C. Wednesday, February 9, -1898. SHOULD BE CHOSE> BY DIRECT TOTE Daring last November,- we gave some of ihe dangerous defects of our electoral system, >?nd referred to an article :u she Forum by ex-Secrctary of the Treasurer Carlisle. He promised (o suggest a remedy, ?nd we have been * * ;*u - 'la a J r\ f >nforp?f waicuiug VViUJ a WW to see what he would propose to meet the very evident defects iu oar present system. A very slight coasideratioD of the subject will show the injustice of the electoral system as now provided by the Constitution, and as said last November every recurriDg presidential election bring? with it the" danger of throwing the election of a President and Yice President into the House of Representatives. Tbe will of tbe people has been defeated more than once U the history of tbe country by this unsatisfactory and indirect way of choosing the highest officers 01 the United States, and it is the highest test of the conservatism of the American people that the clear defeat of thsir will has not been accompanied with more serious consequences. It is not safe to continue the present system, and pat such a fearful 6train upon the endurar.ee of our institutions. Mr. Carlisle, we believe, has hit upon ihe solution, and though it 16 no new suggestion, lie has clothed it with his strong, logical language. He proposes to abolish the eltctoral college, "that thtss useless agents shall be dispensed with, and that the people themselves shall elect, by a plurality vote, but securing to the *ri*oriti?s ia the States the right to be effectively represented according to their numbers." That's the broad principle of hi: remedy, and as he says it is Demo craiic and consistent with Americanism. x As we pointed ont last No ember the present dangers are inherent in the electoral system. These dangers were not so great so long &s the original theory of the framers of the Constitution, that the electors should be unpledged, prevailed, bat it would be impossible to have them unpledged uud?r tho rules of political parties as now -constituted. This would mean that'the political parties must be abolished, and that's out of the question, j The only fhing left, as Mr. Carlisle j concludes, is to abolish "the useless agents" in tbe electoral college and 'elect the President and Vice President by a direct vote of the people in the several States in the same manner as all o^her elective officials are chosen." "Every argument against it is necessarily against the right, or capacity, of the people to govern themselves ; for, if they baye not the right, or are not competent, to choose the offl~ ^ ~^ iltA Inmn Att rtf Oiii W1K> CACtUlCS LUC lUCJ UJUUU1) have the right, or the capacity, to choose those who make them." This is as sound as it is fair. If they hate the right, or capacity, to choose electors, they ocght certainly to have the right, or capacity, to elect the President and Yice President; they have the right, or capacity, to do directly what *tthey are now allowed to do indirectly. Under the present indirect plan and th? very peculiar constitutional restrictions, the direct expression of the people at the polls is liable to defeat by accidents and mistakes which they are powerless to prevent, and Mr. Carlisle thinks "in order to protect themselves and insure the peaceable and orderly execution of the popular judgment, lhay have a right to demand that all useless forms and jigencies sha]|tbe dispensed with." The remedy ii exceedingly simple, and its simplicity is a strong argument; in its favor. Mr. Carlisle puts it this way: "A constitutional amendment, providing simply that the President and the Vice President shall be chosen by the people of the several States, voting by ballot, on a day fixed by Congress, which sfcall be the same throngnout the United States; that tbe elector in eash State f&all have the qualifications required for electors of - - - 1 . r- .1 n, _ J . I most numerous orancn 01 me otaie legislature; :hat each State shall be en:it!ed to a number of votes?to be ci):ed Presidential, or Electoral, votes ? qu".: to 'he number of its S?nators an , :>j ratives iu Congress; and tb . in ec^crluinisig the result of the ele< ion, eecb person voted for shall bs entitled to have counted in bis favor a number of the Presidential,-or Electoral, votes of each State corresponding to the nronortion of the Donnlar vote itccived by him in such State." A very siuaple, yet effective remedy. Under this plan such instances as the ^ following would not occur: As in 188-i, in Xew York 563,154: votes gave Cleveland ihiriy-six electoral votes, the vote of the State, while Blaine'a vote of 562,002 counted as nothing; or Tilden's defeat by the controversy over the votes of South Carolina, Florida r.nd Louisiana, for under the plan propped he would have been ekcted, a :d :Le votes ot these States would njt have affected the result. ivaz viuci ludiauuco iiugui/ u? mentioned, but these are enough to show the inadequacy of the present .system to execute the iudgmeat of the people. XO CURE-NO PAY . This is the way all druggists sell Gkove's Tasetless Chill Tonic for Chills and Malaria. It is simply Iron and Qtiiniuc in a tasteless form. Children love it. Adult" prefer it to bitter nauseating- tonics. Price, 50c. * wm.wji . ga?stKqpt+mma?y?a^ MOXIY WASTED. The News and Courier, while it ais- ! avows any intention o? pitching" a ! temperace sermon, in au editorial io J hp iwn? of the 1st iust., gives seine | very striking conclusions from the figures cootai ned in the annual r^por of the business of the dispensary system tor 1S97. The total amount of th? sales for the year was $1,252,289, and our contemporary states that the population of (he State is represented by about the same figures, and it concludes as a matter of course that the sales of liquor from the dispensary represent about one dollar per capita for the whole population of the State. A great deal is sometimes said about the burden of having to pay so small amount as a poll tax, yet the people ?f this S:a'e have soent at the dis pensary alone something like fire times as mach as the aggre rate poll tax of the State. This amount, $1,252,289, lack! only about 300,000 to equal the total assessed value for taxation of property of all kinds in Fairfield County. That is to say the drinking people of tbis State spent at the dispensary alone, approximately, whtf the property in this county would bring if it was sold at public auction But as the Nows and Courier further states, the amount of liquor purchased at toe dispensaries iu 1897 does not represent all of the whiskey, beer, vrine and other alcoholic beverages purchased by the. people of tho State in 1897. Our contemporary is proba1 i ~ *ko+ fKrt rltcn/iTi Diy corrwui tu oayiug bust garies do not sell more than half, so that $2,500,000 would about represent the amount fpent by the people of (his State in this way, or "about two dollar* a bead for every man, woman and child in the State." "The people spent," as oar. esteemed contemporary so forcibly drives it, "last year for alcoholic beverages, in other words, the value of 100,000 bales of cotton, at 5 cents per pound." This is nearly ten times the value of the cotton crop of Fairfield, at 5 cents per pound, and 10 T?ot? t nf t hp oue-ei^uiu, ui ah j/vi wuv v? ? average cotton crop of the United States. We shall let oar esteemed contemporary drive home sora? other iacts in its own words: The figures are not less iapresaive when considered somewhat in detail andiu their bearings on the affairs aud condiiions of towns and smaller communities. A few examples are taken at random: Abbeville ?p-rnt $30,200, Aiken 28,200; Anderson 841,034, Barnwell $19,550, Camdei: $21,800, Chester 35,500, Darlington $85,000, Laurens $7,000, Newberry $32,000, Sumter $35,400, Union $24,700, and so on. Of the smaller places, Allendale spent $12,400, Bamberg $16,800, Beaufort $16,600, Blackville $15,300, Dillon $15,000, Elloree $9,000, Eufcaw vil!? $8,000, Monck's Corner ?4,600, Mayesville $7,400, Port R >yal $6,000, Rantowles $7,000, Salad* $7,500. Tirzah $8,700, Toddville $4,0 0, and so on. Some of these places are mere villages or railroad stations, supplying a small community of their own "people aud neighbors. The figures credited to each would establish and equ:.p an important small manufacturing plant of some kind, and the figures represent only the dispensary sales of liquor?about half of the whole expenditure. And this wasteful expenditure is repeated annually. The amounted expended in any one of the several of the county towns named, for dispeusary liquors alone, is far more than is allowed by the State for the support of either one of the two of its State colleges, and would provide a college, or a co.too or wool or other factory for the town, and the amouut so expended represents half the local liquor bili. We are not preaching & temperance sermon, but only couiuaermg the intrinsic iignificai.ce of the figures ot the official dispensary report, and they appear to signify, among other things, that the oft-repeated assertion that the people of the State are "too poor" to build mill?, and snpport the colleges and schools as they should be supported, and improve the roads, and contribute for the relief of their starving and dying neighbors is materially lacking in spissitude. The avenge family is estimated at five persons, and the head of it usually does the drinking for the n-f. Some ! women and soms minorsdii. k a litM?-, but they-need not t>e taken into the account. Of the population of the -* - - > - -i O^A run Otaie, 11 may ut; a'luuicu, mv,wv4 ui one-fifth represent the men, strictly speaking, and the drinking, class, broadly speaking. On the basis of this estimate, the total expenditure lor whiskey and euch beverages last year represented $10 per capita lor the adult male population, the working and money-making element. It was a pretty heavy tax on the wealth and industrial resources of the State, and was none the less hurtful for being self-imposed and almost wholiy wasted. The money po used was used to very little good purpose. Most of it went out of the State to pay the manufacturers of the liquors, and was so much dead loss to the State. The sa > e -? ?' A UlUIiey WUU1U U*TC Ul'UC ? V*3t ugai Vi good if it had been kept in the State and applied to necemry and useful publie and private purposes. Ic would Bare paid all the expenses of ihe State Government for two years. It wonld have built and equipped twentyfire $100,000 factories and mills. It would have made fhe schools and colleges flourish like bay irees. It would have paid off J&rgf' part: ol the public debt. The News and Couri'-c may not hue intended to preach a temperance sermon, but it has given the pceple of the State a pretty good one. A people wl ; waste ?.o much money ought virtf fr\ nimnlain rtf Viorrl (imps iiV/U kV WLOf.~i.. V* ~ The bill to compel common carriers {o transport, free, members of the General Assembly, State and coanty officers, jadge# and solicitors should be killed, and killed promptly. There is no justice in this. While a railraad is quasi public property, there is no more reason in the world why & railroad should be forced to haul public men without charge than there is that the hackmen in Colnmbia should drive them around free of charge. It was J bad enough to repeal the anti-free pass law, but this bill is going too far M ^ F?.rOTer Fifty Tears. Mrs. W.nslow's Soothing Strup has beeD used for over fifiy years by million* of mothers fo>- their children while teethiug, with perfect success It soothes lae chiid, softens the gomp. allays all p:,i:>,enres wind colic, and i? th? best rea.edy 'or diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor iittle sufferer immedi*teiv. Sn'H }iv drnfmsti in ererv part of the ?rorJci. Twenty-fire cents j a bottle. ho sure and ssk for "ilrs Winslow's Soo*ni;ig Syrup," and trl;e no other kind. 5-26fxly r M - ? A SUBSTITUTE PROPOSED. We have received the following from a very intelligent gentleman in j the county: White Oak, S. C., Jan. 31, 1898. Editor Nexcs and Herald: Dear Sir?I notice in your last issue 1 * *1 ^ -3 - - <A iM^nlofa & Din oixereu in tut; ccuate iv ic^uiaiv i the width of tires of wagons in use on j the roads of this Slate to which many j objections occur to me. I send yon herewith a substitute therefor which I : hepe you will consider and a?k our representatives from this county to offer in place of the one above noted. The object of the till is a good one, bnt, in my judgment, this "bill is very bad Very truly, Au Act to a3s.in iu the improvement of the public highways: Whereas, the transportation of heavy loads on wagons with narrow i!-.? (!,? r\nh:i/? hicrhxftVRnf thlS I 111 CO U1CI lUb ['UUWV "-y- .. -J . State is injarions to said highways, ] therefore be k enacted bv the L.egisla- [ | ture of the Stale of South Carolina. | Section 1 F:om and after the passage of this act all owners of wideI tired wagons shall be allowed a rebate j of one dolkr in payment of county j I taxeis each a'.-d every year forcach and [every wide-Tired W3gun owned by #uch taxpayer. Sec. 2. Tires of three or more inches inn width shall be considered ss "wide-1 tires" for th*. purposes of this act. Sec. 3. It sjall be (he duty of all County Auditor^ to verify the returns J of "wide-tired'' wagons made by taxpayers, and to issue to the owners thereof a certificate after the following form, to wit: County, S. C., IS To the County Treasurer of ? ? / n f tr x i ; V/VS14UI ? } W M is the owner of widetired axons according to the meaning of "an act to assist in the improvement of the public highways." County Auditor. Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of all th?. County Treasurers of the State to accept such certificates so issued as payment of county taxes for the year nrxt following the date (hereof in the amount of one dollar for each and every wide tired wagon indica'ed thereon, aDdrtiuru such certificates so taken in payment of (axes to (he State Tres surer. Sec. o. It shall be the duty of the State Treasurer to report to the the number of wide-tired wagons in use in the S:ate as shown by such certificates so returned to, I mm. A law like the above proposed act has been tried in some of the ^States, and touud very satisfactory. It wonld meet the argumeut against the bill just passed by the Senate It. was contended that to compel a poor man to throw his narrow tires away and force him to buy broad ones would be a great hardship. The plan contemplated by the act proposed above would meet this objection, and it is likely that in a few years every wagon would be equipped with the broad tires. We refer the suggestion to our representatives in the General Assembly. PUBLIC EXPENSES. Mr. Editor: 1 hope you will allow ms Bnace in vour Daner for the publi | cation of an article on the expanse of our State government. Last February I wrote an article on taxation, in which I stated that if the farmers and taxpayers continued to pay fourteen and one-fourth mills, as they are now paying in this township, they would in an interval of fiftf years pay out in taxes an amount of money equal to the real value of their property. As I stated in that article, if a man heirs one thousand dollars worth of property on arriving at his majority, under the present system of taxation, he will have pard out one thousand dollars in taxes by the time he gets to be seventy years old. When he is thrown on his own resources, if by diligent applica- j tion to bus>ne?s, he succeeds in accumulating one thousand dollars worth of property for the first ten year?, he would, by the time ho gets to be eighty years old, buy his property again by way of supporting the government. I think the expenses of our government, both State and county governments, ooght to be published in our Sta.e and county papers in order uatthe voters and taxpayers might have a more definite conception oc the enormous expenditures thereoj. There is a great many people who never read the acts of the legislature in order to familiarize themselves with the amount of money appropriated for the various departments of the government. In 1897 there was $48,17.. appropriated to pay the salaries and other incidental expenses connected with the State offices. The appropriation of the Suj preme Court is about $18,350. The I salaries of circuit iudses of the State cost the taxpayers"$26,600. The salaries of toe solicitors and stenographers $20,950. Thus we sec that the salaries of the judges of the Supreme Court, those oi the circuit court?, and the solicitor and stenographers coat the state $66,00u. 1 believe it is fafe to say that the jjirors who do not receive nongh to reimburse them for the loss of time and the expense incurred in attending the courts cost the taxpayers of every county over twelve or fifteen Vinnrlrarf rlrtltoi-a Then thf?rp flrP a number of witnesses who arc compelled to attend the courts three times every year. I do not complain of that 1 believe the jurors, witnesses, trial justices, and constables oughi to be psld more thai; ihcj'are now paid for their services and lo*s of time. The judicial department f our g. iver-.meni C" ts entirely too rau-b muney i'ht* eai*ries of the j-idges ot ihe Supreme Courr, judges of the circuit courts, the solicitors and stenographers, the pay of jurors and witnesses cost tbe taxpayers of this state over one hu t.dred and thirty-five or forty thousand dollars annually. Some may say, how ca.i we administer justice any cdeaper than we are now doiDg? I believe it could be accomplished in this way: Give the trial justices better pay, and more jurisdiction, give them "the right to try by jury many of these trivial cases that are sent up to oar conns, ases in which there is very iittle merit *hich consume the time cf the ccurts and cost t'?c taxpayers an enovaioui snm of iTioney. After wo shall have given the trim justices more jurisdiction, and thereby sake a great deal of litigation our of th? courts, after we cccon">li>h ihat mud', let's then pass a lav? requiring onr court? to convene only twice a }ear, tay iu Jauuary and February, au.t Ju!v and Angust, when the people could better afford to spa:e the time to attend the conrts. Then adace those big salaries of the judges of both the Supreme and circuit courts. In that way I believe the judicial department of our government could be administered forty per cent chc^er thnu it is now adtninis tered. Some n^ay say it is immaterial to Bob Jeflaree to the expense of the various depa- tments of our government. 1 don't look at it ^hat way. I believe it is the duty of the voter.- and taxpayers to study up these ques ions11 v * MM?b?w??B "H 11 and familiarize themselves with (he expense of our government and make in a kind and courteous maimer whatever suggestions they think would be beneficial to the people at large. In mv opinion it takes more of the products of labor to-day to bear the expenses of our government than it has ovnv fot-pn a5nr?p the w?!> wppn States. It takes nearly seven thousand bales of cotton at live and ons-half cents to pay tue expenses oi the judicial department of ilie government of South Carolina. It takes over two thousand bales of e.ittor. 10 pay the expenses of rhe silkies connected with the State officcs at Columbia. I have just merely mentioned these two items of expenses, which is nindi greater than I had thought it was. Mr. Editor, vvh'n the farmers received twenty-one and twenty-two cents for their cotton they wsuld lrve been jast as able to have p::d a levy of fifty or fifty-seven mills on the dollar then a-j they are t-j pay twelve and one-founh mills to-day. It would not have taken any great r expeiiditure of labor or the products thereof to have paid fiifty-seven mills than it now takes to pay the present amount of taxes. L>ssiues tnese otaie ana cuuuiy iaxee we are paying an etiormous amount of tariff and revenue taxes every time we bay a manufactured article. The taxe; on tl.e?e articles goes tv a great extent to enrich American manufacturers, and a small part of it goes to support the national government. I only mention this to ehow that our county and stale taxes in cooncciion wiili the tariff and revenue taxes, is fast putting us in a condition similar to that of the English people when they contributed one-tenth of their wealth to the King. If coitor, the only product the Southern people have fr<jm which to realize mpney, continues to decline in price and our tax'.s continue to increase, it will not be a great while before in many ia stances u win amouni to a complete ! confiscation of property. The taxe' will then be higher than the rents are now. Some may think this is a new departure on the part of myself. That ii uot the case. I have always enterI tuined these views and have so expressed myself from time to time, and I will continue to do so, just as loDg [ as I see the duty is so imperative as it j is at present. 1 regret that my circum* stances are such that 1 can not be of mere aid i:? the accomplishment ot the suggestions set forth in this article. I would count myself happy indeed to render the slightest aid toward the accomplishment of putting the government back upon a basis so it would not be in excess of the people'3 ability to pay the expenses thereof. If time permits and space is accorded I will perhaps discuss some changes that I think would bs beneficial in some of the other departments of our State government. Relvin<? unon vour kitid disDOsi'iOD toward the opinions and suggestions of our people, I am with best wishe? Very truly, R'jbt. R. Jeffare?, Fcasterville, Feb. />, 1898. Household God*. The ancient Greeks believed that the Penates ^ ere the gods who attended to the welfare ana prosperity of the family. They were worshipped as household geds in every home. The household God of tt>-day is Dr. King's New Discovery. For consumption, coughs, eolds and for all affections of Throat, Chest and Lungs it is invaluable. It has been tried for a quarter of a century and is guaranteed to cure, or money retur; ed. No household dbouhi be without this good angel. It is pleasant to take and a safe and sure remedy for old and young. Free trial bo'.tles at McMaster Go.'s Drug Store. Regular size 50c a"d $1.00. 2 RAISE NECESSARIES OF LIFE. The Best and Surest Remedy for the Far "IVi ij JL * V/UWi.Vi In tnis advanced age of educational (?) politics the people arc prone to look to legislation as a means of a betterment of their condition. When disasters come upon us we begin to devise new legislation fas a remedyeither the enactment of new laws or repeal of existing ones. We have been tanght [this so thoroughly that it seemed the only remedy, for the low price of.'cotton, to form associations and demand legislation for relief and hence the cry for repeal of lien law. Judging by the history of slmiiar movements in the past the present one will fail and after the January meeting it is the opinion of ? ~ 4. _ iv.i l i A ~ UUL a icw IUUI ?i tiiuuiu uu sv. Is relief to come to us by legislation? The farmer is a producer and it is not to bis interest to curtail the production of his farm but cn the other hand to so manage as to increase the productive power of the land each year with as little cost as possible. The repeal of (he lien law, it seems to me, would not tend to that end. It would &hut out many poor farmers and give the larger ones a monopoly of cotton raising?with the small larmers cut off the natural tendency would be for the larger farmers to increase their cotton area. The repeal of the lien law would hardly affect the land owners. Besides if it is the small farmer they wish to root our, why not deal wilh the man that rents from him? If you chd persuade him not to rent, then they can't get a lien. If he insists on renting, then the repeal -of the law will not cu' ulf the renters; for the landowner, as he does in most nftW toiII 95?!<inp rp^rnnsibi'ifv for accounts of his tenants. The repeal of the lien law is the cry of ttie politician and may do some good but it is not to my mind the root of the evil. The whole trouble is in the system of farming1. Look at the man who raises everything needed on his farm and he isirt in mic!i i?ad ?ir<-ums??nC'*s. li'* ma> >:ot. liav.* ?s man- dollars as t<'ii . cms ajf-v?ut lV a' he has wilj buy almost as much again as it Uid t'.'n years ago; and }Oi> v.ill a!so notice hi? coiton acreage is reduced from necessity. Here is ihe kejncte t-j all?rare everything needed at home aod put all ba'auce you can ~ A :* ~ WOltw HI UVIIAHX UUU It 13 il5liipiU5 WUp. I don't believe rtdu:iijn of acreage will be bei.i ficiai unless ii is all planted in some food crop. Did you ever think how it sounded fur a man to say lie couldn't make cotton at five cents and at the same time it-11 you he would have to plant a big crop to meet his d bt<-? If i', is made at a loss then where is the sense of wo; king and slaving a wnole jear just to say, "I raised so many biles of cct'.O ', but urn a little heavier in debt " [i the c -rn, wal, flour and bacon accuiit w>ro not 0:1 this years lie-: u?ig> f 'h ' a' -ii bo o a diff-x^iit side oi me ledger! lr we raise all Hjc necessaries of life ar.d have only ciotbitig and tLie luxuries to buy wouldn't we be it) better condition tha i now? There is no reason why vi e shouldn't be and we ca i b: ii g it ab >ut and have m.uuy ev>en at fire cents cottmi if wt-1 firs: pi'C'i our f'.r:n so as to make all nt ressar>r supplies ana ;he:; b .lauco of land in coiiuii. To d> '.his even one must i:-J : :< c volition ol Lis^wn and p-:Si: his resolution*. We cat) ga?n as 1 -< < i-, frrfr. ati 01ganbujjon w!:ic!i v.ili result a? lat ,r an i.-ppji tuuity for the ambili i '.o ijoiiiiciun to pa?h himself fur ward and perhaps gain the coveted office. Tbis is the history of such organisations; and from the start oar county is making the inevitable re suit ot the present one. "J3.v meiri fruits ye shall know them." Let us quit this meeting together and passing resolutions that our fathers knew by heart but make our resolutions at home and carry them out and the time is very short when we shall be a happier and more prosperous people. Farmer. Something ?o Know. It may be worth something to know that the ?ery best medicine for restoi iDg the tired out nervous system to a healthy vigor ia Electric Bitten. .Th's medicine is purely vegetable, act* by giving tone to the nerve centres in the stomach, gently stimulates the lirer and Kidneys, and aids these organs in throwing off impurities in the blood. Electric Bitters improve? the appetite, aids digestion, and is pronounced by those who have tried it as the v*ry best blood pnrifier and nerve tonic. Try it. Sold for 50c. or $1.00 per bottle at McVl&ster Co.'s Druf >;ore. 2 SOKUOW-BRIXGERS. I hate them yellow telegrams, th?m fill me with a dread That ssmepin' awful's happened, and I allers asks: " Who's dead?" Anri T kpfp.h !tll framhlv like &Dd holdin' of my breath, Fcr 1 never got but two o'them, and both concernin' death. The first one told me of my eon I'd sent away to school, 'Bout hj\v mr boy was drowi>d>d it) a Urnalswimmin' pool; Remember readin' it as well c.? though 'twas j->pt to dar, Dowu yonder in the medder with the men a-cuttin' hay. The next was'bout my daughter who bad moved away out west, And was comin' home fer Christmas at the old paternal nest, How while the train was runnin' at a mile-a-minute rate A broken rail or somepin' had sent her to her fate. Acd since that timo I never see a telegram but I Kiu sort o' shet my eyes an' see a funeral goin' by. They never was no news so. bad but what it made it worse, To send it in a telegram; it's sadder than a hearse. And so, my friends, if you to me a sorrow must convey, You put it in a letter and jest let it find its way, And in your own hand-writiu'?that will do me good to see? Bat don't you never dare lo scud a telegram to me. Don't think because you are sick and nothing seems to give you relief tlut you can't be cured. There must be a cure for you somewhere. If yoHr doctor can't cure you, perhaps he has mistaken the cause. Anybody is liable to make a mistake sometimes. One in three of us suffer from indigestion, and one oat of three dyspeptics doesn't know it. That is, he may know he is sick, but be blames it to something-.else. Indigestion is the cause of half of our dangerous diseases. Shaker Digestive Cordial.' made from tonic medicinal roots and herbs, ia the most natural cure for indigestion. It relieves the symptoms and cures the disease gently, naturally, efficiently, giving fresh life, strength and health In ci^lr flvcnontTfo At druggists. A. trial bottle fcr 10 cents. CA3TT PLEASE EVERYBODY. Newberry Herald and Nem. We think the Greenville Mountaineer is a little too severe on Governor Eliorbc. We believe he hw tried to do his din.. u:;L.'ully and to treat all factions alike, and as far as possible to obliterate factional lines, but unfortunately for him and the efforts he was making to wipe out factional bit* terness, he has been called upon to make so many important appointments to positions in which vacancies have been occasioned from death. Each faction thought it had claims upon him and he was forced to displease someone. He had undertaken a delicate and difficult task any way, if he thought he could please the leaders of both faotions. Patronage is a dangerous thing, for where "Ou make one friend with an appou ment you make a dozen or two dozen enemies who wanted the same office and thought they were as competent and had as mncli claim upon you a? the fellow to whom you gave the appointment. Under the circumitances the Governor has done fairly well. We have not agreed with him in a great many things and hare not 3ndorsed many of his official actsP but still we do not believe ;n wholesale condemnation. NOT FOR EVERYTHING But if you have weak kidneys, blad der trouble or distressing kidney complaint, then Swamp-Root will prove to be just the remedy you i eed. Too frequent desire to urinate, scanty supply, pain or dull ache in the back is co: vincing evidence that your kidneys and bladder need docloring. The e is comfort in the knowledge <=o often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Roof, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in relieving pain iu the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part cf the urinary passage. It corrects inability to hold urine aud scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer,, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to get up many times during the night to urinal T-io mli<l and thi- extraordinary efF of S.>-?mp-ll u.t i> 80--n lv.Uiz d I s'uikU the u glitst for its wonder; icures <f ilie most distressing ca-rIf you need a uiedicine you should have i he best. Sold by druggist*, price fifty cents and one dollar. You .nav hsvv a earn pie boltle and pamphlet 1) 'th ?< ..; free by mail. Mention Tiie News and Herald and send v<>ur ad Iress to Pr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton. N. Y. The proprietors nf this r.nnrr P-na<antcp 1h? crpnninfinpss ; of ibis otte. Tutf's Pills Cure Afl \i/er Ills. Prevention better than cure. Tutt's Liver Pills will not only cure, but if taken in time will prevent OIL,iv uccumiuc? dyspepsia, biliousness, malaria, constipation, jaundice, torpid : liver and kindred diseases. TUTT'S Liver PILLS _ ABSOLUTELY CURE. I 1 flfflT IB ; ^yegetablcjreparatioaforAs- j sliinilatingtl^IoodaDdleguIi- j lir^lheStoinadisaialBowelsQf i ffmnWryftTiff" nlmna * ] EromotesI^sUoTvCfesrful- j -ttessandBfestCofltains neither \ Opmm^forptiins nor Mineral i WOT XAKC OTIC. I j^tfoumSBjBBannMR Pinrn&tSeU^ AbjJM*T ' i HbnSicd- * CLarifud Sugcr . ki&vpre&rZ&vr. J ] Apetfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach,Diarrtoea, Worms .Convulsions Jevcrishr oes^ and Loss OF Sleep. lac Simile Signature of , NEW TOHK. EXACT COPY"OP WBAPPEB. I jaggsa> _, n?'ww/AAi EADT Y m Mllli 1 01J Vi Will lave Spring styles in Print ?all in pretty pattern call your special atten I we are offering in Sheets, Pillow Case Spreads. BARGAIN We have placed a var: sold at bargain prices. Cc Braids, Velveteens, Underv All goods abcut half price. We thank ycru' for your to favor us in 1898. Respec caldwe: st an da; I NOW HAVE ON HAN TIO February Sfandari I will also order any p should J*. TUB MM PRICE, FOR ONE YE Q. D. wi: :--L Of. ?_r v. .' '. -y li -.v .v * n.-rW i-z \ %*ngn'7l^ v:'- *;i4? i CASH i%' * .jftt 1 lZ vvirn i\ / I ORDER I Sg Machine is not Jt?3 S? satisfactory, I jDo^ss^vVjLLETS & C( VJIIUIIllllllllllUIIMHIIIllUIIIUlllUIIIII UNDERTAKING"" IN ALL ITS DEPARTMENT with a full stock uC Ca?ketg, Bnria Ca>es n: d Offius, conS:*!itly on hint? and us ? f hearse when requested Thankful for par-i patronage and solid ia:ion for a share in the future, in t! i Did stand. THE ELLIOTT GflJK SHOP, J. M, ELLIOiT &CO. 17-1? x . - > I SEE >tht t a hrt >mf rri I in. inti FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE IS ON THE WRAPPER OF EYEET I BOTTLE OF CflSTORIA Castcri* is put np la cne-abe bottles only. It la not sold la bulk. Don't allow anyone to tell yon anything else on tto plea or promise that it is "jnst as good" and "will answir evary propose." 4?"Sc? that yon get C-A-S-T-0-&-I-A. Tis lift- ^^? J$L in to Felriiff Said :s, Percales, Shirt Waists s at very low prices. We tion to extra good value Sheeting:, Ready-Made s, Towels and White COUNTER. iety of. goods on a counter to be >me and see it. Dress Goods, rear, Shirts, Collars and Cuffs. patronage in 1897 and ask you :tfully, * LL & RUFF. RD? FASHIONS D FOR FREE DISTRIBUN THE i Fashion Sheets. >attern of the above kind you desire. irfl tefft ;AR, = 85 CENTS* LLTFOPJ). avw ; vw.v^ P R} miCHINEi > iu\j ^ SJ<T c>? ~rs ? '^<4; : ;w/ c'.vs* : ;:.t^ 4--c.i * M L:jv? vc.mSa r= ^Jg| STYLE LIKE CUT IN THI3 "AO." < " All tl:e Lzlczt Iinprcze::i:v.!s Self-setting N; Cvlle, Gelf-threading ?? ut *: , I tic, Automatic Bobbin Y.'indcr, Loose j Balance Wheel, and Full Set of Attach* ^ j meats. Finest Cabinet Woodwork in /; I Antique Oak or Black Walnut, ?: RUOICS FOB ALL (MCSIXCS, 2S 6CNTS A C02C9. % ( t Manufactwwa, 66 tt. Fourth Si,, | * /.) PHILADELPHIA. PEN ft A. ? ? sPANioii J.AIK>. : "Pride of Fairfield," 1 ? 14ihw:ds hiiih, jet blsck wi?h white 1 points, good style and action. "True B ue," < l ' lo-dinm 'iz*. !i?gh-l? a.l? ii m.d vaite I Kermis, $S 00 to insure v.iib foal. i ; (Ciioi'e <>f either.) W. D. DAYIS, 1 4-2?-lv Monticello. S.C, tit ??mr SUMMONS. | STATE OF SOUTH CABOLIN,COU>"TY OF FAIRFIELD. COURT OF COMMON PLEA.^. Ann C. Thomas, Plainiift, against William R. Thomas, Edward Thorn . Jane Thomas, and Alfred Tho: > , J Defend.tn s.. - .gjl Copy Summons. For ReUef. CdmpUtnt Served. To the Defendants above-named: YOU are hereby summoned and required io answer the compl- -i M in this action, of which a copy is bora J vvich served upon yon, and to serve a M copy of yon: answer to the saideom- M pKi ? 01: *.h^ subscribers at tf-eir tfficr, N s 9, ICand 11 Kendall Build ug, ? oijimbia, S. C., within twenty i'.ayy after th? service hereof, exciu <ive -t the day of such service; a~d if yoi. fail tc answer the complaint -.\ithi- the time aforesaid, the Plainill* j? .iii- r.ction will apply to the Ccurt. for t.;e relief demanded in the comrfelc:. Dated January 5, A. D. 1891. ::ii ABNEY THOMAS, A Plaintiff's Altorneyt. Jk To the Defendants above-named: Take notice, that the complaint is ihe above entitled action, togethe^H with the summons, fof which thfl above is a copy), was filed in office of the Clerk of the Court for Fairfield Connty, at Winnsboro, 8.0., on January 10, 1898. ABNEY & THOMAS, Plaintiff's Atterneyi. ^ Columbia, S. C., Jan. 10,1S98. l-12-6t WW I i BUIST'S ' 4 GARDEN SEED. > > M rs^W . . . , JUST ARRIVED 1 J. J. OBEAR, MULES. ? *** MULES. JU5T ARRIVED AND FOR SALK 40 head M Kill? MlifiS^ ranking froro Ui to 16 hands high. I a!so have a few nice horns which I will seil cheap for cash, or on time until fill for satisfactory paper. Persons wiehing to bnr wiii sar? money by eesing my stock bofore buy ciserviiere. rersons Dayiog slock that don't suit them cad exchange for for youDg mnle? or horses on fair terms., : I also have a few Milch Cows. r :n --ii - it x? _ * jl will *cii ur eiuoaogc luem ior ary cattle. A. WILLIFORD. Peopkieto*. f WINNSBOKO, - - - 8.C. LANURETH'S oa m/jaw o /s ualuun owu and Onion Sets. ^ IcisiSF Geiff? LANDS WANTED. J Peisons with lands for s?!e art w lotsj.eo ir? piu inem in my nttidi icr S| sale. 1 am i!> onft&nt receipt of m iianv let ere of enquiry aboui iauJa fl from JJo-t* eri! and Wtiten partica, H I hat I ina\ he able to effect aalea foriflj hose v?ho will giTe nie accnrata da-W ttiitd clesci'ipJionB of what they hirt^B STo charge wiii be made unlets aaii? factory saiw me made. Descripti#* I au.-t, be *ocb .13 ean be faaraoUM jh ntut give: Number of acre*, Joot'iJii, aharfl H >f bi'ul, proximity to rai.roada, )rSccr, ehurfthet and and (<f ias^rorrinentf. Communications tuiatly atafifl rrVifin cn fl.itirflil "jAMES G. . v flH State Land Afsifl 11-6U Olimbia,?