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PROCTOR'S STATEMENT.
Senator Proctor, of Vermont, who
has just returned from Cnba, made a
public statement to the Senate on
Thursday. He went to Cuba with the
opinion thatjtbe newspapers had exaggerated
the condition of affairs there.
He *ias returned convinced that there
has been no exaggeration. What
Senator Proctor ba3 to say may become
important in influencing Congress.
While Proctor went in no official
easacitv. he is a Senator and his
character is known by his fellow-members
of Congress, and it is natural that
. his testimony as to the treatment of
the insurgents by the Spaniards will
carry great weight with Congress.
The Senator praises Genera! Lee.
He says of Lee: "Besides his ability,
high character and courage he possesses
the important requisites of unfailing
tact and courtesy, aud withal his
military education and training and
his soldierly qualities are invaluable
adjuncts in the equipment of our representative
in a country 60 completely
under military rules as Cuba." It
should be gratifying to the Sooth that
the fitness of General Lee lor this position
and his conduct have been so
warmly recognized by the whole
country in every section of it. Senator
Proctor reports that the reconcentrados
have been driven to the towns,
and in many instances where any dis- *
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"Weyler was shown, their homes
were burned, "with no notice
to the iumates" and the inmates had
to flee with sach clothing as they might
kare on, and their stoek and other
belongings were appropriated by the
guerillas. When they reached the
towns, they were allowed to build
huts of palai leaves in the suburbs and
vacant piaces, and "left to live if they
could." The huts have no flooring
and no furniture, and few of these
unfortunate people have sufficient
clothi ug.
In these circumstances, of course,
sanitary conditions are impossible,
and they are dying by the thousands.
Senator Proctor says: "Conditions
are unmentionable in this respect",
referring to their sanitary condition.
He sums it up: "Torn from their
homes, with foul earth, foul water and
foul food, or none, what wonder that
one-half have died, and that onequarter
of the living are so diseased
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tiiat taey can not oe sarea. - -weauis
in the streets are not uncommon."
Little children are victims of disease.
How long will the United States
allow this condition of things to continue?
The crowding together of
these people, forcing them from their
homes, burning and stealing thsir
property, and failing to provide for
them is not civilized warfare. The
Spaniards can not conquer the insurgents
by force of arms, and they are
engaged in a brutal system of starving
their wives and children to death.
THE OUTLOOK FOB WAR.
We may not have a war with Spain,
but it is evident that thi administration
believes that there is great daDger
of it. Our own opinion is that only a
backdown by Spain will prevent it.
That Mr. McKinley knows in substance,
at least, what will^be the find
Jlig VX. I lie WlUl VUU^UUJ 4UIV ?ux V.V
strnction of the Maine we hare not
much doubt. His 'knowledge of this
is the only satisfactory explanation we
can find for the vigorous activity in
the preparations for war.
Presidents do not ask for an appropriation
of so large a sum of money
as $50,000,000, and that it bo made at
once, without good reasons. It shows
that McKinlev thinks that there is a
pressing need for it. And this large
sum of money is being used for defense.
The amount of preparations made
during the last two weeks it wonderful.
Two battle ships hare been purchased,
and {negotiations are pending
for the purchase of more.
It is likely that the San Martino, belonging
to the Argentine Republic, will
be bought as well the General O'Higgins.
Preparations for war in both the
navy and war departments continue
without any let-up.
Contracts in all branches of the department
are being made daily by
various bureaus. The naval board
of ordinance has contracted for 4,500,00
pounds of brown powder, probably
the largest single order ever given.
The number of battle ships now together
off the Atlantic coast is the
greatest naval display made since the
civil war, and considering their superiority
over the ships of those da> s
nothing like it has ever been known in
this country.
We do not want war, but we have
to confess that the events of the past
few weeks are leading towards it.
The country is waking up to the
condition of Cuba. Popular senti
ment is in favor of stopping the
cruelties of the Spaniards. The Maine
may altogether disappear from tbe
question of war or peace.
England's affairs are not as serene
as they might be, and she feels the
need of drawing closer to her kin
folks on this side of the Atlantic.
Russia is her dangerous riyal, and
Great Britain may need an alliance
with the United States to keep the
hand of Russia off her territory. The
truth is that the whole world is aflame
with thr. tenings of war.
We do not know whether to congratulate
Columbia or not npon her
prospects for bonded wuicooases. It is
very doubtful whether it will do the
farmers any good. Generally the
best thing a farmer can do i9 to sell his
cotton jnst as fast as he can pick it aad
have it ginned and packed. Nine
times out of ten the farmer who holds
his cotton for higher prices and borrows
money on it, loses money by the
operation. The average farmer needs
money to pay debU when his cotton is
ready for the market.,
Mr. McKixlet, we believe, is a
strict Methodist. He spent last Sanday
^ac the White Honse consulting
with members of the cabinet ana navy
and army official*. A good Methodist
would not spend Snndav that way
unless it was a matter of necessitf.
England is collecting a powerful
fleet off the coast of China. Great
Britain may have some war on her
hands.)
Wars and ramors of war.
the cheapness of hitman life.
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Mr. Editor: j>o (louut me %iva\,
number of murders throughout oar
fair State within the last few months
has caused [much excitement and nneasiness
among its inhabitants.
The younger generation stand in
awe of the cheapness of human life,
while the older are made to reflect
more seriously than ever before, and
in their dreams of the greatnes of our
asd wheti they shall hare passed anray
and entered that Heaven of Rest they
hear the blood of the iDnocent crying
out from the gronud against the
brutal outrages of the present day.
In thinking over thejconditions now
existing in reference to the worth of
a human soul, theg writer has at times
grown serious?il indeed one may lay
aside prejudice long enough to become
serious?and has found himself
of?ime8 btruggling with the great
problem of relationship between two
separato and distinct races, and at
times determined to raise a voicethough
feeble as it may be?in behalf
of the downtrodden, poverty-ridden,
negro, who is now, and seems ever
destined to remain a ''hewer of wood
and a drawer." Bat at the moment
when the voice is ready to sound, and
the will set in &s d?teraynation i* be
heard above the tumultuous uproar of
humanity, tb?re rises before that determined
will the contempt for, and
the prejudice against, that inferior
race, which is so great that it stands
as an insurmountable barter to human
sympathy, and .realizing tbe impossibility
of reaching its heights and beiugf
so feeble as not to attempt to storm it,
the will that should be unconquerable,
falls helplessly into an nn?outh mass
of nothing when it first began to live.
To say that the situation is perilous
and then voluntarily fall back into a
dream of peace, when there is no peace,
and cry lo here! or lo there! W9 find
measured out to man his just deserts
by a land that is above all nands while
murder and superstition are allowed
to walk hand in hand over the graves
of their murdered ^victims, and while
the incendiary is allowed to flourish
his torch in the face of law, and make
lest of independant personality, is
only to trifle with a matter that secures
vour safetv. and my safety, and to
tempt an" all wise God to hurl the
thunderbolts of his wrath upon a
nation that prides itself upon having
its laws founded upon His laws.
You may speak of the relation of
oar nation with Spain, the great insult
that has been hurled into our faces,
by an infuriated Spanish Government;
you may cry out against the great
brutality of Spain, and shed tears over
the loss of the Maine and pray for the
souls of the departed men upon her
deck, you may picture upon the sheets
ot our uewsp&pers the butchery ot
Weyler. and post upon every page of
your New Yourk World the Spaniard
with his hands red with ha man gore,
his military bcots decorated with the
scalps of *en, and his ?re:it sword
clinched between his teeth, with the
blood dropping so freely that one may
smell the foul odor of it, bnt you dare
not picture the murderer in Williamsburg
county, with his wife in one hand
and his torch in the other.
There is not a man in Williamsbnrg
county that had the bravery to say to
bis fellow citizens, "Here, ray fello w
citizens, I will not allow all of you
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to stain your nanas wun ntoou pi
a negro postmaster, bis b tl be upon
me, I will go with my liile asid my
torch, and hunt him down for you,
while yon remain law abiding citizens."
No there was not one that dare do
such a thing, but the deed was done,
and by whom? By the same man that
would not do it, it was done! One
soul ushered into eternity without
being done by an individual is a matter
of small consequence, but that same
soul sent into the presence 'of its
creator by an individual is something
that must be looked into. Do men,
those men who perpetrated that awful
deed, not realize that they are not
guilty of a fraction of a murder, but
of the whole? It matters not whether
there were five, ten, or three hundred
ot them, the murder still remains a
unit! Crimt cannot be divided, and
the capacity of h?ll for three kundred
murderers is as sare as for one !
The Governor offers a reward of
five hundred dollars for the murderers.
He had jast as well offer a reward of
five hundred lashes!
The postof&ce department offers an
additional fire hundred, and it had as
well offer an additional ten years in
prison. Does the Governor expect a
single man to point out the man or
men? Does the postoffice department
expect it? No! The offer is mere
formality, and why? Why? I say,
simply because the deceased was a
negro, and met liis death at the hands
of a mob! Some one knows who did
it. Why then does that some one not
peak out? Simply because to thai
some one life is worth more than any
reward, for "what shall it profit a man
tho' be gain the whole world, and
lose his own soul?" Are yon safe
under ?uch circrmstances? Am I
safe? I tell you of a truth neither
you nor I am safe!
Send your missionarias to China,
send them to Japan, Jo Africa, to the
isles of ihe seas, and now I suppose
some would even dare send tbem to
Spain. Whynotfsend some to Williamsburg,
and not only Williamsburg,
bat to evety eounty 01 ooam ^aroima,
and funer still to every State in onr
union, where such crimes are perpetrated?
Send your governmental investigating
company to the Jsunken
Maine, emply divers to search out the
misteries of an explosion.
Why not send a tew of your governmental
committee* down to South
Carolina and allow them to accompanied
wi h "fire, sword and pen," given
nnrses of "sweet liberty" until a foul
deed than which there is no greater is
known from plot to perfection 'i
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MOBLEY'S MEETLKG HOUSE.
Mr. Douglass Gives Additional Reasons to
Prove the Correctness of His Location.
Both Mobley's Meeting House and
Hill's Meeting House are Marked
on Old Maps?Some of A. W.
L.'s Argument Turned
Against Him.
Mr. Editor: I can answer, very satisfactorily,
A. TV. L.'s question: "Do
aDy of the old maps show two meeting
houses, or is the Hill Meeting House
on one of more recent date than that
marking the Mobley Meeting House?"
The maps leferred to in my last communication
have both "Mobley's Old
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Meeting iiouse" anuiue "nuiiuoauuj,
House" located on them. I also used
the scale of miles on one of these
r^aps in measuring distances, and
''Hill's Meeting House" is there located
near where W. B. Estes now lives,
aud "Mobley's Old MeeiiDg House" is
located on this map on the west bank
of the southwest fork of Little Hirer,
on the road hading from the road just
above old Buckhead across.that fork of
Little River in the direction of W. L.
Rosborough's present residence, and
there is not space between the bank of
the river and the "Mobley Old Meeting
House" for the measurement of even
one hunded yards.
The old road mentioned by A. W.L.,
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wmcn jeu iruui lug iuau imuiu6
Bc.cehead across Little Itiyer by the
place where W. L. Rosborough now
lives, and entered the Monticello and
Chester road above VF. B, Estes' present
residence, was a neighborhood
i road in my boyhood days, witb gates
on it, and was not a public road like
the road leading from old Buckhead
by W. L. RoEborough's present residence.
A. YV. L , in his statement to the
effect that Samuel H. Stevenson passed
the Mobley Oid Meeting Honse in
3812, daily, going to school, leaves.the
inferenc; to be drawn that he passed
mPiMincr hOUSe at the DlaCe I
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where W. B. Estes now lives. If
A. W. L. had really known where
Samuel H. bievenson Jived during- his
boyhood and school days, he would
not have presented '.hi* statement as
evidence of the location of the "Mobley
Old Meeting House" at or near the
present residence ot W. B. Estes. I
knew the mother of Samuel H. Stevenson
wheu I wa? a boy. She then
lived within less than a quarter of a
mile of my father's house, and the old
Stevenson place, 'where Samuel fl.
Stevenson and her other children were
raised and spent their school days, was
about three-quarters of a mile from
where Mrs. R. M. Stevenson now
lives, down her spring branch, and
about half a mile from the northeast
fork of Little River. From that point,
I have no doubt, Mr. Samuel H'
Stevenson went to school with the
other children of the then neighbors,
to "old Billy'* Yongue near the place
where I locate the "Mobley Old Meeting
House," but he arrived at school
before he got within two mi:es of the
J t r -cmi W T*
Ola muses nm puwc, >? jjwi U II,
Eetes now lives. He did not own any
land where he died, until 1836.
A. W. L. asks us to infer because
Moses Hill, as he savs, married a
Mobley, that the old Moses Hill place
was "formerly in possession of the
Mobleys." The records in the Clerk's
office do not show that this place once
belonged to the Mobleys or either of
them, bat it seem3 from my examination,
tha<, part of it was embraced in a
grant of two hundred acre^ made on
tbe 6th day of December, 1790, by his
Excellency Governor Charles Pinckney
to James Bailer, and bv him conveyed
to Moses Hill on the 18'h day of
Juue, 1798, and that the other part of
this place was embraced in the grant
of 640 acres made on the first day ot
Angnsr, 1785, tr> Thomas Colville. If
this be true, then certainly none of the
Mobleys owned this land in 17S0,
when the Mobley Meeting House is
presumed to have stood on lands
granted to one of the Mobleyd.
A- VY. L. certainly is laboringunder
a misapprehension of the location ot
tbe Waogh lands, on which John
Wangh is presumed to have lived.
Waugh certainly did not own any ot
the lands on tbe southwest fork of
Little River, which belonged to "old
Tii mv" "YVmone. and ore which the
Mobley Old Meeting House stood. The
records in the Clerk's office show that
-hese lands, as I bave stated in my
former communication, came by conveyances,
from the Mobleys to Francis
Coleman, from him to John Means,
acd afier John Means' death, in tbe
partition sale, to " jld Billy" Yongae.
A tract of land, which wa3 embraced
in the grant to Jacob Brown made the
5th day of March, 1787, lying on the
upper part or about the head of Wangh
branch, and adjoining the Mobley or
B:;ily Yongue lands, was conveyed on
the 11th day of August, 1790, by the
execntots of Jacob Brown to John
Meant, and a part thereof was on the
same day conveyed by John Means to
John Wangh, who conveyed the same
tract to Isaac Means on the 21st day of
November, A. D. 1817.
Previous to 1790, John Wau^h seems
to have lived on the head waters of
Wateree Creek with bis father, Samuel
Waugh, to whom the tract of 150
acres on which he lived wa* granted
by bis Excellency Charles Grenvllle
.Montague on the;.6th day or ^eoruary,
1773. So that, a* the mound referred
to by A. W. L., must hare been used,
for defensive purposes, if at alJ, before
1790, I do not see why it should be
called "Waugh's Fort." Samuel
Waugh devised in bis will in 179-4 tbe
above mentioned tract on the head
waters of Wateree Creek to John
Wans:h, his son, and John Waugh, by
deed dated Sth day of December, 1810,
conveyed it to Robert Lachan, and it
now belongs to one of his descendants,
lying southeast of Blackstock
The location of Wagoner's fori has
no bearing on the question of the location
of the Mobley Meeting House, as
A. W. L. seems to think, bat according
to mv understanding of tbe location
ot Wagoner's Fort, it "was equally
as near where I contend the Mobley
Meeting House was located in 1780, as
the old Hill place, where W. B. Estes
now lives. In the deed of Clement
Moblev to Samuel Moblev in 1787, the
grant to John "Wagoner is cited aa
bearing date ik; 12th day of December,
1770, and the land granted to
John Washer is described as follows:
"A plantation or tract of land, containing
or.c hundred acres, sitnate in
Fairfield Conntv, on the head of a
braoch called Reedy Branch, waters
of Broad River, bounded on all sides
by vacant land when granted." This
land wa3 subsequently conveyed bySamuel
Mobley to John Foote, and by
the heirs of John Foote to W. B.
Means, who-e lands adjoined lands or J
old Billy Yongue and were snbseqnently
conveyed to Gov. J. H. Means.
In August 1780, Ferguson's Corps
of British troops, as appears in the
diary of Lieutenant Allaire, while
near Cedar Spriugs, in the present
County of Spartanburg, received
orders from Col. Turnbull to join him
at Rocky Mount. Ferguson's Corps
forded Broad River at Lyles' Ford on
tne loth day of August, 1780, and
after marching "seven miles to a Mr.
tmmi i fmfir in M ^ I t
Coleman's in Mobley's settlement,
baited during the heat of the day,"
until "seven o'clock in the evening,"
and then "marched two miles to the
camp of the New York Volunteers,"
and on Wednesday, the 16th, Lieut.
Allaire says in the above mentioned
diary: "Got in motion at nine o'clock
in the morning, and marched two miles
to Mobloy's Meeting Hoase for convenience
of ground. Thursday, 17th.
Got in motion at nine o'cloekinthe
morning ana mircnea sn ranes 10 a
Rebel Col. Wiun'p plantation."
Tbe distance of eleven miles, above
given in Lieut. Allaire's diary from
Lyles' Ford to Mobley's Meeting flou6e
would have taken Ferguson's command
to tbe site which I have indicated,
but ibe distance from Lvles'
Ford to the point where VV. B. Estes
I now lives would have been greater.
Lieut. Allaire says (on loth August):
"\Ve got intelligence that Gen. Gates
lay within three miles of Camden,
with an army of peven thousand men.
Col. Turnbull had orders the twelfth
to retreat from Rocky Mount."
This accounts for changing the direction
of the march from the road to
Rocky Mount to Col. Winn'* planta- i
tion, whieh is known to be the place
where Mrs. W. K. Turner now lives. |
This noint could have been reached in!
six miles from Mobley's Meeting
House, where I have located it, bnt
not nuder eight miles from the place
where W. B. Estes now lives.
Every contemporaneous record point3
to my location as correct, and the oldest
living member of the Mobley family,
who was born and reared on Beaver Creek,
has voluntarily informed me
that mv location is right, and a granddaughter
of the mother of W. B.
Woodward, deceased, who was a MobIcy,
and died sometime ago, 1 have
been reliably informed, says that her
grandmother often in her lifetime
pointed out the place I have designated,
as the site of the Mobley Old Meeting
Hous2. A. S. Douglass.
Rev. E. Edwards, pastor of the English
Baptist Church at Ninersville, Pa.,
when suffering with rheumatism, was
advised to try Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. He says: "A few applications
ol tbis liniment provea a great service
to me. It subdued the inflammation
and relieved the pain. Should any
sufferer profit by giving Pain Balm a
trial it will please me." For tale by
McMa?t?r Co., druggists. * "
CONVERTED BY WHOLESALE.
By Jas. A. Eoyt in Baptist Courier.
The New liork Mail and Express
tays that during the war two regiments
were stationed on opposite
sides of a river. A jfiaplain went to
work on the men composing the regiment
stationed on the north side of
the river with a view of converting
them. A number of the men reI
sponded to his efforts, and he left that
regiment and went to continue hi6
missionary work in the regiment on
'the south side of the river. After
laboring some time, a longer time than
he had done with the other regimeut,
he found that he would not be as snc
esssful. ODly about a dozen men
were baptized from the last regimest.
The chaplain had a talk with the
colonel and mentioned the fact that so
few of the men had been baptized.
"How many men did you say were
baptized in the other regiment?" the
colonel asked the chaplain sharply.
"Twenty-four," was the reply from
tiic chaplain.
The colonel turned quickly around
to his orderly with the quick command:
'Detail thirty-five men at once to be
baptized by the chaplain. 1 don't propose
to let any one-horse regiment get
ahead of us in that wav. We've got
a reputation to sustain."
This reminds me of a story that was
told bv the late General John Biatton,
which he regarded as a good joke on
the Presbyterians. In the summer of
aaa a > r* _ ^^
1500, doc long airer me siege ux ouifolk,
in which Jenkins' brigade bore
the brant of the hardships and privations
incident to tbe siege, tbe brigade
was stationed at Petersburg,
where it bad an easy time compared
with any of its previous experiences.
Each reeriment had a chaplain except
the Sixth, which wa3 then under Bratton's
command, and for some reason
he had set his head upon securing the
services of Wm. E Boggs, a recent
graduate of the Columbia Theological
Seminary, who is now the distinguished
president of the University of
Georgia. Mr. Boggs was from Fairfield
County, and was regarded as
unusually bright and promising.
Col. Bratton had made application to
the professors in the Seminary askiDg
ihat Mr. Boggs be sent to his regiment
prior to graduation, bat this was
refused and the application was suspended,
though the officials in Columbia
were notified that the position
would be kept open for Mr. Boggs.
Several montns eiapsea, ana me requestor
Col. Bratton was not heeded,
bat Mr. Boggs was assigned to other
work in the vicinity of hie home. In
the meantime a widespread religions
interest sprung up among the soldiers
of Jenkins' brigade, and the chaplains
were holding nightly meetings, which
proved very successful, and hundreds
of men connected themselves with the
three denominations represented by
the respective chaplains, namely,
Methodist, Presbyterian, and Baptist.
The preponderance of converts joined
the Baptists, however, and it was not
an uncommon sigh?for large numbers
to be immersed in the canal, hardly
the soldier's camp. These immersions
were witnessed generally by the officers
aud men of the entire brigade,
and Col. Bratton observed that a con
siderible number of the Sixth had
gone|down into the wa!etr with the
Baptist Chaplain. He resolved to use
this tact in order to hasten the coming
of Mr. Boggs, and accordingly he ,
wrote to ?ne ot the Seminajy professors
a very pointed note, which read
about a-> follows: "Why don't you ;
pemi Boggs? If yon delay much
longer the Baptists will have tha list ,
oue of my men in the canal before he
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to the great joy of its beloved com- (
mander. The n^w chaplain was cor- ,
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and it was only a short :ime until he ,
became one of the mos-t popular and
useful chaplains in the arrny.
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3DTF0RD FENCHJXGS.
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The beautiful spring weather of the
past few days has caused the trees to
put forth their tender buds and the
air to be perfumed with the blossomi
of the early spring flowers. It almost
seems that we can hear the srrase grow
and see the bud* swell. Not many
days ago all [nature seemed dead. It
was not dead but only asleep, waiting
for the little ray of sunshine to awaken
it. All the farmers seem to tfave
learned a lesson from natare aud
have awakened too. All kind of work
is going on. Fertilizers are being put
in and the ground being thoronghlv f
j jt _ iu. ? !
prepareu xur uju reucpuua uj. tuc
seed.
The recent rains hare caused ihe
oats to look much better and the gardens
to grow.
Mr. Will Gladden had the misfortune
to lose a mule mot long since. In
some way the mules got together in
the stalls and one got a limb broken.
We were very sorry to hear of our
young friend's loss.
Mrs. Sarah Hall, of Winnsboro, is
spending awhile at her country home.
Mrs. A. M. Jackson and little Susie
have been visiting her parents at
Mountain Gap.
Rev. and Mrs. H. K. Ezell and
family spent a few days at Mi ford
last week.
Miss Sallfe Douglass has been quite
ill, but hear that she is thought to be
improving.
Mr. W. S. Hail has been kept in
doors for a few days by an attack of
lagrippe, hot i9 able to be out agdn.
Mis9 Kathleen Hall is visi ting relatives
in Chester. c. s p.
March 18, 1898.
Belief in Six Hour*.
Distressing Kidney and Blander disease
relieved in six hour* by "New
Great South American Kindet
Cure." It is a great surprise on account
of its exceeding promptness in
relieving pain in bladderj kidneys and
back, in male or female. Relieves
reieution of water almost immediately.
If you want quick relief and cure this
is the remedy. Sold by W. E. Aiken,
druggist, Winnaboro, S. C. *
STKOTHER NEWS.
Not very long ago the correspondents
frora Strother counted one, two,
three, four, and now they are all
silent. Our little town (?) coe? on
the even tanor of its way, and there is
little to report.
From the amount of guano our
farmers are hauling it seems that thay
are content with five-eent cotton. Despite
the nnmerons warnings the Hsnal
acreage will be put in the fleecy staple.
Little Maggie Stewart, granddaughter
of Capt. Clowner, has been seriously
sick for weeks.
With real sorrow we have ju3t
learned of a painful accident which
befell one of Mr. Jno. D. Blair's twias.
Little "Tiny" was as usual with his
father who was superintending his
hands They (the darkeys) were
hauling manure, and the dear little
boy wa3 painfully hurt with the proverbial
"pitchfork "
The death of Mrs. Florence Yarborough
Trapp was inexpressibly sad.
The bride of a few montks snatched
from a living husband, sisters and
friends. Pneumonia (the verv word
sounds like a death koell) developed
rapidly and soon did its latal work.
Mr. Mayfield is quite indisposed,
una friends fear his case
will prove to be serious.
The Maine disaster seems to be the
all-absorbing topic. President McKinley
and his cabinet certainly deserve
great credit for the calmness and
self-control they h*ve exhibited during
a trying ordeal. Some sensational
papers would delight in kindling a
terrible conflagration, but we trust
war will be obviated. The destruction
of the Maine may have been
caused by an accident, and in that
event Spain cannot be held accountable.
Perhaps some fiendish Cuban
occasioned the fearful loss of life
hoping thereby to bring on war between
the United States and Spain.
Granting that some fanatical Spaniard
caused the dreadful loss of life! Ah,
how we remember bow many innocent
suffered for poor Wilkes Booth's
mistaken patriotism. The killing of :
President Lincoln was the act of a
madman, and poor Mrs. Snrratt met
an ignominious death. The only circumstance
which could juRtify a war
would be the undieputable proof that
the Spanish Government connived at
the placing ot explosives in the harbor ,
of Havana to destroy onr vessels.
The murder of that colored postmaster
in Williamsburg County was ;
simply inhuman. Such acts should :
cause all South Carolinians serious <
thongbts. Nothing could justify the
murder of an infant and the mutila- i
tian of helpless girls. No words could i
express oar detestation of such atro- i
cious inhuman acts. It may not be
very pleasant to have a colored postmaster,
but the men who went at mid- "
night to mnrder are poltroons.
The Broxton Bridge horror is indelibly
impressed upon our minds, yet
that heinous crime pales into lasignmcance
wuen contrasted with the deviltry
of killing a helpless infant and
maiming females. Talk of tonahawks
in the hantls of Indians! Babies were
icalped by savages, but we claim to be
civilized. We trnst there are few who
will be so shocked on account of soma
epithet- bestowed upon those midnight
Under some circum*
stauce* it .? ju*t<tiab:e to call a "spade
o spade." C. A s.
March 12, 1898.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercnry, "
a* mercury will surely destroy the
nf>n?e of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it .
Ihroiigh tne mucous surfaces, such
sriicles should never be used except
r>n prescriptions from reputable pbvrician?,
as 'he damage thev will do is i
"nroldto the good you can possibly
ii :ve from them. Hall's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by Jb\ J. Cheney
& Co., Toledo, 0., contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, acting
fliremlv uoon the blood and nricoui
surfaces of the 67?teui. Ia baying
Hali't Catarrh Core be sare you
jet the genuine. It is taken internally,
and made in Toledo, Ohio, by
F. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
Tree.
I^Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per
bottle. *
A FRICANA will core C?mstipat2on and
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'rt ; medicine of genuine mer
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u iyou read in the newsp
g pers of what it has dor
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cs of Africana, and other te
? rible blood disorders a:
cured permanently. As
^ your druggist tor it <
write to Africana Co., A
jlanta, Ga.
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Dr. ((array's
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I ing <mt, inrigontea, the grovOL, is a
I k Mperb dressing, ana whim not ? aye,
I | by nourishing its roots,will positively
l | More gray hair to its ori*inai color. It is
I | the par-excellence of all hair rertorors.
j | Pwioe. 91.00 per Labqe Bottle.
( i For tale by druggists?if not, send to us
l | and it will be sent, prepaid, upon reecipt
< I of price.
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WE SEND IT FREE
?TO?
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the
ALL POWERFUL DR. HOFFMAN
VITAL RESTORATIVE
TABLETS,
with a legal guarantee to permanent!
cure LOST MANHOOD, SEL1
ABUSE. SEXUAL WEAKNESJ
VARICOCELE, STOPS FOREVE
NIGHT EMISSIONS and all unnati
ral drains. Returns to former .ippea
ances emaciated organs.
If we could not cure, we would b<
send onr medicine FREE to try, an
pay when satisfied. Writ* to-day, j
rhii may not appear ajain.
Address
WESTERN MEDICIXE C<
Kjllahazoo, Mich.
Incorporated. S-Slw
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la "jut aa gocd" tad "tIII umr vmj fa*
pdc." Boa that yn gat G-A-S-T-O-M^L ,
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Ul H We are now making
^ II full stock of Spring Goo
a" || have already received m;
HI Goods, Percales, CHambi
H and White Goods; als<
||? Prints at 3c., 4c. and 5c.
|? and Swiss Embroideries.
>Y 8 SHOES.?Vur Spri
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3r 8 MISS RAY CUMM
M of our Millinery Depart!
Cummings has had sev
JZ |g some of the best millint
9 Isl lina and Tennessee. St
HI best trimmers that go ou
|1 is now at the North bu
! I S We will have the newest
.j | 11 linery.
I! Miss Cummings will
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!! it and up-to-date goods at
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bat have sold dired
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1A Wft 7 P"?j, saris*
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to*.' r r -where tot ctmbit
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re! V LV'k'WS^ 118ftylesof V?iu<
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LOANS NEGOTIATED. i
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i We negotiate loans secared by first
I mortgage* on improved farming lands,
j Not. leas tiiu.ii $300 and for not less
I than a period of 5 year*. Rates inI
ler^ft 7 p?r ceur. per annum. Address
j.e. Mcdonald,
or \Y d. douglass,
or j. q. davis,
Winnnboro, s. C.,
! ?r A. E. DAVIS,
1-10 Monticello, S. L. |
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HEBRON, PEERLESS aiid
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EARLY CABBAGE PLANTS
FOR SALE.
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Guam ate ed to Belfry*.
Made and sold exclusively hj
Master Camiianr
UNDERTAKING
IN ALL ITS DEPARTMENTS,
with a fail stock of Caskets, Burial
Cases j'.nd Coffins, constantly on hand,
ana use 01 oearse wnen rcqut?i??.
Thankful for past patronage and solicitation
for a share in the faturt, in the
old stan.l.
THE ELLIOTT GIN SHOP,
J. M, ELLIOTT * CO,
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big preparations for our if
ds now on the way. We M
my new thinks in Wash Jg
ray, new style Gimhams 2
d a pretty, lot of New &
A fine lot of Nainsook ||
ing stock now being re- M
stylish, comfortable and 8
NERY- 1
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nent this Spring. Miss M
eral years experience in >'S
iry stores in North Caro- M
le is considered one of the S
it from Baitimore. She M
lying our Spring stock. S
. and latest things in Milalso
buy our stock' of M
s, etc. It will pay you to St
epa>ed to show you new ||
prices _ iu suit uic nam gg
WELL & RUFF. I
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tykt. ?We,apRmu4lndm,9aa. 4a?MCMMBiM9Mb
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jLIFORD.
SPANISH JACKS.
"Pride of Fairfield,"
Hi hands high, jet black with whit*
point*, good style and actios.
' True Blue,"
medium size, high-beaded and gas*
Terms, $8.00 to insure with faaL
(Choice of either.)
W. D. DAVIS,
4-28-ly Monticello, S.@. 0