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-v " \ ; . , * fc . .*r - - ?r Jj?t NEWS- AN? HERALD. PUB&ISH&D EVERY WmNBtiDAY ?BT? NEWS AND HEBALB COMPANY. TSKMS, IN ADTA>*CE: One Tear. ... SI.50 S Ix Moath?, - .75 WINNSBORO, S. C. Wednesday* July.6, - - - 1898. THE MERCHANTS AND REVENUE STAMPS. Tka itnmhai. nf tnprohanfs SfftfCtftd by the War Revenue Act are much greater in this section than many people suspect. Of course, tbev will have to alSx stamps to their bank checks and other evidences of business transactions jast as other people. The following extract from Schedule B of the Act may be of special interest to many of our merchant readers: "Medicinal proprietary articles and preparations: For and upon everf packet, box. bottle, pot, or pbial, or other inclosure, containing any pills, powders, tinctures, troches or lozenges, sirups, cordials, bitters, anodynes, tonics, plasters, drops, waters, (except natural spring waters), essences, spirits, oils, and {all medicinal preparations or coinpositio*s whatsoever, | made and sold, or removed for ?ale, I by any person or persons wha ever, wherein the person making or preparing the same has or claims ti? have any private formula, secret or occult art for the making or preparing the same, or has or claims to have any exclusive right or title to the making or preparing the same, or which are prepared, uttered, vended, or exposed for sale under letters patent, or trademark, or which, it prepared by any formula, published or unpublished, are held out or recommended to the public by the makers, venders, or r>rot>riet?rs thereof as proprietary medieines, ?r medieinal proprietary articles or preparations, or as remedies or speeiiics for any d^sftase, d Is easts or afeetiea rrhatavtt rfeeiing the v kuiu rail#al as fallows: TOece safe jaeket, fcvt', hp&e, pet, phial ?r other iaelosare, wife its cvnteats, shall aot exeeed, at retail price or vaiae, the sum of five ?eats, oneeighttk of eae cent.7? Whea the retail priee or value exceeds fiTe and not over lea ceats, two||f: eighths of one ceat is the tax; exceeding tea cents and not ovar fifteen cents, three-eighths of one sent; exceeding fifteen cents and not exceeding twenty-five cents, five-eighths of one cent. Aad for each additional twenty-five cents of retail price or value or fractional part therpef in excess of twenty-five cents, fir? eighths fone cent. For instance if any ot the above article sells for twenty-aix cents, the tax would be lie or ten . one-eighths revenue stamps. "Perfumery and cosmetics and |t ot&er similar articles: For and upon every packet, box, bottle, pot, pjrial, or other inclcsure containing any essence, extract, toilet water, eosmetic, vaseline, petrolatum, hair oil, pomade, hair dressing, hair restorative, hair dye. tooth was, dentriiUe, tooth paste, aromatic caohons, or any similar sabstance or article, by whatsoever name the same heretofore have been, now are, or may herealter be called, known, or distinguished, nsed or applied, or to be used or applied as perfumes or as applications to the hair, month, er skin, or otherwise used, made, prepared, and sold or removed for consumption [and sale" * * when the retail prioe or value does not exceed five cents, one-eilgbtk of one cent The rates are the same on these articles as in the case of proprietary medicines. Chewing gum or substitutes therefor come in for a share of the war taxes. "For and upon each box, carioou, jar, ux uiuci yauxagc wuitu^ing chewing gum of not more than one dollar actual retail value, four cents; if exceeding one dollar of re-i tail value, for each additional dollar er fractional part thereof, foar cents,) under such regulations as the eommissioner of Internal Rerenne" Scz. The tar on the articlea above mentioned will be paid by the manufacturers. Of course, only those druggists, for instance, who have theiri sn*?Mfti formula for'tlie hair, the teeth. ' &c.,will have the tax t# pay. Bat they will hare to pay a tax cm all ther* articles is their kwadi. The las^M^e ef the A?& is: "Tfeat all arte-#* s*i preparalieBs j^wftied for in t?i? S6keia>? which are is fee bands of raanttfaetnrara or ?f wholesale or ret*il dealers oa the first day of July, eighteen hundred and aiaety-eigh, eha]< be sabject to the payment of the atarip taxes." Retail dealers mayj affix the stamps at the time the packet, box, bottle or phial is sold. Un?er the revenue li?w, it is very important where an adhesive stamp is used to " 'note a tax that the person using it shall know how to canGel the staiaps. Tbe law requires that the person using or affixing the stamp "shall write or stamp thereupon the initials of bis name and the date upon which the -same shall be attasbed or used." Thi3 is important because "if any ^person shall fraudulently make use of an adhesive stamp to denote any tax imposed by this Act without so effectually '.caneeling and obliterating such stamp, except as before mentioned, he, she or they shall be deemed gnilty of a misdemeonor, and upon conviction thereof shull i>av a fine of not Jess than fifty nor more than fire hundred dollars, or be imprisoned iwt , more than six months, or both, at the discretion of the coart." The appointment of tbe officers of the second regiment, en the whole, will be accepted with satisfaction. We should have been better pleased if rinwnnr had armointed Mr. Thompson colonel of the regimes t. -Don't forget yonr stamp. gijp * . "?' ?THE SANTIAGO TIDTOKY. ' The country has beeu eager to hear ifrom Santiago rer tae mn? wi four days, and it is likely that when tki? is read Santiago aad^Wanilla will hare fallen. The people at home ware in great suspense Saturday and Sunday. News from the froit conveyed satisfactory information, though what the Americans had accomplished cost a great deal. The fighting on Friday was desperate. The Spaniards were entrenched behind breastworks and fortifications, and certainly were equal to the Amerieans in numbers, and probably eutaumbered onr forces. Besides, they had the assistance of Cervera's fleet in Santiago harbor Nearly a whole company of Americans were annihilated by a shell, supposed to have been shot from the Spanish fleet. The American casualties, killed and wounded will be over a thousand, and it is estimated that 15 per cent of the wounded will die. Despite the Spanish advantage, they could not stand before the Anglo-Saxon. The outer* entrenchments were taken on Friday. The fighting was continued on Saturday and Sanday, and now the Spanish flaet has been destroyed by Admiral Sampson aad the Americans have possession of a part of the city. One despatch stated that Shafter eould not hold the city with his thin line, and reinforcements} will be tent him. Faith and confidence ia American valor i3 so strong that it is confil dently believed that the city is now in the bands of the Americans. It is enough to know that Cervera's ships have been destroyed. How it was done will come later. As was said at Washington a few days ago, "Shatter is fighting not writing." The same thing doubtless .was true of S&mpaoD. A YiaOROUS POLICY. When war was first declared, we advised our people to prepare themselves for a war of some length, and not t? think that the war with Spain would be over in a few weeks. We then said that Spain had practically Pnh? ?t*iv w*v_ and t.hnf wp. *onlil si?e no reason why the lost to her of Cuba, the Philiinpi-aes and 3*rte 2&ieo should eEd the war. At. aHaek e;i Spain herself will be aeteeeary t? Serce a siit for peaee, x*i km Cr?raw.mat has determined ijtea this ?%a=w?. The past few weeks have shewn a determination to pursue a more vigerous policy encouraged, to a great extent no deubt, by Shatter's sacaess at Santiago. Reinforcements have beet hurried to Santiag?, and others will follow rapidly as they are needed. The decision to send Commodore Watson with a swift and powerful fleet to Spain is ascribed to the fact that Camara's fleet is at Port Said, apparently heading for the Phillipines. JL'ne aumoriues oeneve mat i^evrey can take care of any fleet that Spain can send against him, and they hope that Camera's destination is really Manilla. It mast .aot be forgotten thai it is the ignorant populate of Spain who are forcing the Madrid Government to carry this war on. The Madrid Government clearly sees the hopelessness ef success, and knows that defeat is inevitable, and that the longer the war is prolonged the greater rain to Spain, bat there is a seethiag volcano of ignorance under tbe Govj ernment, and an admission of weak ness by Madrid will be followed by an | explosion?revolution iw Spain. Wat6on, therefore, will go to SpaiD, bombard the seacoast cities, and harrass SpaiL's commerce, then the war will be brought home to the Spanish people. This alone will convince ihem that they s.re utterly unprepared to carry on the war. The real high ground for the United i States to take after peace is declared, is to say to Spain: "We have waged this war in the interest of knmanity; it^wxs to end barbarity, o. -^sion, tyranny, and cruelty; the v ?r ims been to give liberty and freedom to these whom yoa * have misruled. These things bave been accomplished, and we have thereby been fully repaid for the American blood spilled and for the money expended. We want no territory or money." This would no doubt astonish the world, but the civilized world would be compelled to applaud it, and the United States would be no weaker for having set such a high example. In a materialistic age like this, we can hardly hope for snch a position. Most people are ?elflsh. Governiaeat refleets the individual, and doubtless the United States will fall to the strosf tenapta tion of territorial greed aid p^Trsr, aid also d?maa? a heavy ac*#y demnity from Spain. A reporter saw a chattel mortgage a few days ago to secare a debt of: $40, which had 25c in ^avenue stamps oh it. It showed evideo?e of great liberality to Uncle Sam. Neither chattel or real rstate mortgages have to be stamped unless they are to secure a debt of at least a thousand dollars, and then the tax is 2oc for the first thousand, and 25c for each adjditional thousand in excess of one j thousand or fractional part. The mortgagor, of course, has to stamp the ! note secured by the mortgage, but not the mortgage unless it comes within the provision o f the Act as mentioned. The forty-dollar chattel mortgage did not require any stamp, but the note: have a two-cent stamp affixed to mast it. This son of Uncle Sara made him a! present of ja^t 2oc. Spain has jast added another enpply of submarine ships. Her last supply is at Santiago. If Camara goes to Manilla, practically the whole of Spain's navy will be submarine. Gren. Wheeler's ordering- his borse and going cn the field in spite of serious illness aad the protest ef bis phyeiciau illustrates the soldier in him. Victor Blue is not only a distinguished scout. He has jus' distinguished him-.elf as a marksman by cutting down the Spanish fag. The K"'.v York World a few day it ago publish:' :i a laoie giving the rata* f of tbe rcvenae tax, a?d it is full of errors. For iastauee, it w*i stattd j that a oae-ceut its*? sfcen!d be aflxeil e to a proaiiory note lor a kaadr?d e dolJsrt ?r miliar that aaioaat, aad one c??t far eeah additional hundred aoi- s lars or fractional. The tax is two i cent9 ok a cot for a kmndred dollars or * t auy leisw amount, and tvro aents for * each additional hundred dollars or t fractional part thereof. It i? better to \ p*t too neneh tuan too little. c i?mt* Tfe campaign meeting will be held 2 nere on the 2t>!.h day of J*ly. The s candidates have not been greet ad by 5 large audiences -elsewhere. We are glad to note that there has been no : disorder at any of the meetings, and ( we do not believe that a single attempt has been made to howl any of the j andidates down. j Washix?tok is learning to keep c a secret. Tbe transports conveyed by ' tke Charleston arrived at Manilla on j June 30 'We suspeet that Washing- ( 1 + ? rv-l A Afl> 1 f tCOQ I 1 I lull kUCW ILU3 i'JUib llfaLlt, V ^ n?v , pablifhsd. We .would-not be sur- ( pris#a if Dewey has been waiting to J elebrate the fourifc of Jtily by taking , Maol'-la. i THAT DYNAMITE CCN\ Mallet Alsop Borrowe Volunteered to 1'iro It and is in Cuba with Shafcer?First . Shot os Likely to Kill Him as to An* nihilate Spaniards?Can Could Destroy Havana. New York 1Ytrld. , Tbe icost clastrnctive agent in war | that tbe mind ot man has yet eon- j ceived is the explosive gelatine gun, a ( weapon tvhich has gone to Cuba with i I T? rrU T? r? H f"hP I , AVJtJdCVCl LC XVUU^U AWlVlWia j Shafter expedition. This terrible gun. toward which the ] eyes ot thr? greatest fighters o-f the world are now turned, will uiake its first appearance in warfare during the operations around Santiago. To New . Yorkers it will have a peculiar interest aside from its unparalleled destructive forces?for Ha;let AlsopBorrowe.man of fash on, ( nellist and liero of an international scandal, has vplonteered to operate it. The patriotism and courage underlying this offer will be J better realized after one has studied the following tacts. j Tke explosive gelatine gun is a little ^ brass weapo-n fashioned after the style ! ?f our grandfathers caaaoo, bit hiring a :ail-like arrangaacent that e*rls as fcfee U co^t, fye? tip to tlj?. Tils little lata* yelrtrMw &d 4*- ! ?*ror t*ar? lir+s xft tfcsa a ] ?f the great LS-ijsah ga*s on : the bigge-s't leatUe-ships. The gelatine gun does not fire a ball cartridge. The terrible projectile it J throws'weighs less Aan a poand, and , until it is snjected t? the mould is an ; apparently harmless wad of gam.- It is a pasty sabstanes resembling the j jejnbe gaui we used to bay when we were attending the first grads3 of tie 1 primary department at school. Yet no 1 death-dealing agent of distraction 1 ever invented was so feared by man [ as this same putty-like substanae fired by the instrument which, during the ' Cuban war, will be mixed with the history of Hallet Aisop Borrowe. ! The gummy substance which is pro jected by the gelatine gun would, if 1 properly directed from a point a mile ' distant from the city hall of New York, not only wipe that gr^r.d old ^ structure from ths faee of the earth, 1 bot would not leave enough of the ' Tract, building or the Brooklyn Bridge | to indemnify a seeker for salvage. A pound "cartridge" of gelatine 1 contains 93 per cent nitro-glycerine 1 and 7 per cent guncotton, which, next ] to nitro-glyeeriue, is the most r^estrue- ' tive explosive that the cunning of man | has invented. The combination of the two realizes the dream of the civilized ' savage man of war. A pound of it will blow into atoms ' in ten seconds a city that con Id resist J the Assaults of a hundred thousarjd men ' for a month. ~ Few men are brave enough to volnnteer to handle .this terrible agent of 1 ! death, jor science has not been cun- ' i oing enough to provide the safeguards ' that surround the manipulation of the 1 ordinary cannon of even the compara- { tively untried dvnamite gun. ^ The working of the gelatiae gun is 1 as intricate an undertaking as the solution of New York politics, and much more deadly, Ordinary explosive powder cannot he used. An ounee of ( the powder would blow the gelatine j gun and everybody within a hundred yards of it into rmall bits. * Tho method of nneratingr thft e^la tine gnn is fin de sieele in tbe extreme. 1 Two explosians are necessary to set it 1 going. The firsr is the U-like arrange- J ment which extends backward and to ' the right from the gnu itself. Thi3 U arrangement is a hollow cylinder, air- \ tight, compact and fimt off from the 1 gun itself by a valve. When the gun * is to be fired a small dynamite cart- ^ ridge is exploded in this cylinder and 1 fills the chamber with power approach- J ing 1,000 feet to the square inch from . the gases and explosive power of tbe charge. e When the gelatine i? to be projected to carry deatb anil destruction a mile * distant the .gufr. is pnt into the ^un Modelled like a cigar. The valve is [ turned, releasing the eompre?sed air, " and tbe faaes a*dj the foroe hurl the 1 gelatins lowarsU in destination, wher? * it proverb exploit hj MRU**; tt*t- t if it J?e? mii hnfkr* it * ;ear#i the &J'ing ?e*th and 1 ? jtetrucfcip* to tke wrong parlies. Most unitary men, mu )?atter how ' cucli experience ttar iiava naa wiiti r approved and tesied modern armament, 1 rranklv declare tlm they would rather P not have anything 1q do with the 0 gelatine gun until some seui.us has invented a bridle lcr.it. They sar it is1 just as likely t# shoot backwa^ as v lorward, and with all prop?r appreciation of its merits they prefer to let ? somebody else operate it, ? Mr. Borrowe and the gelatine <jun ? reached Tampa about the same time. 0 The Government failed to send along ? an\ expert to operate the littJe terror. a /??!! f/-vr? vntnnfppr< fi"? win crlnrv nnrl * a. v*?i jwk ~ " o ? a perhaps be blown to atoms did not v elicit a siagle response. Sevarai days P passed without a man among ail the f< 20,000 then in camp coming forward 0 to play the role of martyr. Then "Hai" Borrowe heard of the oppor- ? tuuiiy to distinguish himself. " His friends say i:c wanted 10 "re- ? deem" hzmxelf? " aion.- for his past. " Whatever izizy i'-?ye Rorrowe's ? real purpose in cgciins to t;i.-a.ipu u'e |a the gelatine gun, lie .established a record not only for personal bravery,j! " -Fn* nr/?n AVrtSI f V. His offer tO fheii*' F,vuv.v...... Government to man tiic gelatine giiu ^ wasacco panied by the proffer of~tbe " gun fnliy equipped ancl the services of " an expert to assist hira, all to be paid a far bv him.-elf. His offer ^-as accepted: "" the Government, however, insisting on a right to pay him act* his assistant. " The Government wages in this instance P are $12 per month. The gun and its " equipmeut ?ost something lite $3,000, r! and each gun capsule ihat it tosses ir-io ^ the camp of an enemy represents $275. ^ Borrowe kept Ids offerof the gan to ^ hiasself; indeed, i only become kn^n u in Tar:;pa a day or two ;?i.'0. ?1 is? wife who came from ICew York to see him sail away with his terrible, shiay bra^s 0 .iv, fiiHy iudorsfd Lia act- ludeed, , ?cemc 3 j take honest pride ie the > >raverv of her husband, who, in the ives.of his old companions, is reddening himself by wiping oat the stain it beiDg afraid to faae the bnsiiefs snd of a duelling pistol. Few amon<* the picttfresque erowd >f gold and silver ^bedecked generals, Lionels and majors, and the gorgeo?s nilitary and aaval envoys from oreign casntries, w.^ose uniforms are dashed with all the glories of brilliant :olorinsf, knew BeTOwe as he, clad in he $4.75 uniform of a. "rouyh rider" >assed and saluted thsm in the eorrilors of tbc Tampa Bay Hotel. To hem lie was merely a trooper, short, athletic, and compact in figure, with l round, closely-cropped ballet head, set squarely upon a pair of good houlder?, a big gun tucked in his icavy cartridge belt and his uniform, )riHinallv of a dark brick c^Ior and Dade of canvas, spotted with the grim )f camp life toil. Borrowe may be a famous .nan be'ore the war is over. To him may "all duty of destroying Havana with lis terrible gun; then again the un ;ei tain quantity ot trie instrument 01 leath he is to use may assert itself md blow him to pieces. At any rate, greater glory tlnn has erer been his nay make his name popular throogbmt the woi-11. Perhaps Borrowe, ,vith one hand fondling bis terrible :ov, aod waving his hat t? bis wife svitb the other, was thinking of these hings as tbe transport Yucatan, upon tvhich he was'listed as "land sorgeant n charge of a gUD," steamed away :ow&ru Cuba. For Over Fifty Year?. Mrs. WrysLow's Soothing Syeuf las been used for over fifty years by millions of mothers for tbeir children svhile teething, with perfect success. Et soothes the child, softens the gums, illays ail pain,cares wind colic, and is :hc best reti.edy for diarrhoea. It will elieve the poor little sufferer immediately. Sold by dmggisti in every part of the world. Twenty-five cents i bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs VVinslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other kind. 5-36fxly MECXLEXBUJRG COUNTY WHEAT. Uistory of 3Ir. Oliver'* 350 Acres?He Finds that the Same Land that He .has in the Pa^t Raised Cotton on Pays Far Better in Wheat. Wilmington Star. The New York Jonraal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin of Fnoo.-lav r?r?ntsine onrJ infProsfino- Ipf ter from Mr. Fred Oiiwer, of Charlotte, ou the sublet of whoat enlture, sowing wbat had bean done *11 his t'*rm in Mecklenburg county in the furay of gracing i?baat. The l?tt?r is wriitta iu reply to au ?di(?ri&l wk;?b in \k* J?tHal ?f G?amk'ci) u*d L>asacr?ia! SftlUfeiB, Waing Southern iavmers against rasiing mto wheat gracing as a substitute for eortcw, witk the expectation of getting high prises and making money. On? ot the reasons giren was that Southern farmeri could not conpete TTlth the farmers of the best wheatgrowing sections of the Northwest, rhis is a feature of the editorial to answer wbith the letter is mainly inLaaded. As it tells of what has been actually accomplished on a North Car* * a __ xx . - * Diina iarm we procuce it as a E&tier ui public interest and an object lesson to sther farmers. It reads: "Sir: Yewr editorial entitled'Southern Cotton, Corn and Wheat,' published Wednesday, March 30th, contains several statement* that I believe ;an apd will be proven incorrect. "First, you claim wheat cannot be frown South in competition with the productive wheat fields in Minnesota md the Dakota*. Seoad, that the present incentive to grow wheat South, piz.: present high price, will not continne, or at least is not likely to continue very long. In answer to the fit*of jrerill crofo tho mpifw boo phftror* r\f ai nu ifiii giabv vuw TVAAW* VA 250 acres of land, on which, for the past five years, cotton has been cnltipared oo 200 acres, raising from threequarters to one bale per acre; 175 bales :>f 500 pounds each having been proiucd last season from 200 acres of land. The balance of the land was ia ion:, fifty acres, produaing twantyive bushels per acre. To prodace a Dale of cotton per sere requires Verilizing very heavily, about ?10 worth per acre. To produce cotton, only one irop per year can be growD, and the iipcnsa for labor to cultivate, pick, $in and market is at least two times as jreat as it is to cultivate and harvest i crop of wheat"If wheat is grown the same land ivill produce another crop the same y'ear of any of the following: corn, jow peas, Irish and sweet potatoes md peanuts, and these crops can be ?n o m r*?n 41 m o fn nlAtp oris? iai f voivu in uuijjiv txuiw w [/jvn ?uu >ow tbe land in wheat again the same rall, and a continuation of a crop of ;vheat and one of any of the above jamed crops can be grown each year )n each acre for in indefinite period of ;ime. "If the same amount of fertilizer )er year be nsed on the two crops as s necessary to grow a bale of cotton *er acre, you can produce a crop of ivheat e.<?ual to; if not a better yield )er acre than can be produced on the vorld famed Minnesota arid p*kota arms, aod a second crop of aoy of th,e >efore mentioned products will brin<r snough cash to pay all expenses of growing the two crops, leaving the vheat crop as the ne: profit. "The wkole 250 acres of land incnioned is now in winter wheat, and as ,\JV ciuiCo wciu jcaii/u iu tyiiuii, he wheat was v?rr late in beii?<: \f?. Feriillzar t* tke aao*nt of $5 i^riivic tvsj um'4 anil drilled in with li* whrn. Tke prosaat ?*&dhi*u of k;# 2iW *cre? is the wendw ?f the rko.e farming clai|UBt of tbi-6 country, .nil tiic preaewt estimates of the yield irrr acre, provided there is no disasro*ts weather, is from CO to sO bushels; iroba&ly 40 bushels will be harvested n the avearsge. it Uif Tr-?V-?Aof- .~*y i\\i mil I r\ t?A/^ i-? aa m f jLlilm vi ucai ? a * i jnvuuu; ai sast two tons ot straw per acre, ^ich will bring $5 to $8 per too. 4,Tty? wheat will be followed by a rop of cow peas' to make cow pea :\\} and by the use of ?5 worth of ii'tiiiz^r per ajtie, at leasf three ibus f Lay can be gathered, w'hfsh will ell from 812.50 to $25 per ton. "There will be raised on each acre 0 bushels of wheat at $1 per bushel, ;40; 2 tons straw, $10; 3 tons cow ea bay,%$35; total, $85; expense ot >rtilizer, $10 per acre lor "the two rops, same as b> raise a Dale of c >tlou hat may briug 03. per pound, or ?25, r perhaps only 4s. or 820, and per ips at inosl, Sc. or $40. Tie two rops of wheat and cow peas hay can , e grown, harvested and sold at no ; renter expense than necessary toraife bale of cotton per acre. "As to the price wheat wiii briDg, ; ic South certainly has the best chance )g6t"ihn '<>p ot the marker. Why?( tesauso' ....} Shortage wnl UaUuliy lake pri.ces higher ior Mav, June and ulv than for August and September nd" October. The condition tliis year 'ill be on an average ike coxjdjtjQn > eery year and the greatest scarcity 1 om previous crops will make highest ' rices during May, June and July, tbe 1 iree months that the Southern wheat ' in be placed on the market. Tbe * iwest v-ric- will generally t>e i:i 1 .ttsrus', ie^tcuibsr and October, when prtbern wheat comes on the market, f nless it is shown duritig the?e months t jat the a oriel's harvest is short, in I * hicii August, September aua 1 'ctober would be bibber months than ( ^ !abj^i^araribH fc? As - 's | siMatli^tt^^^dEegula- \M : beg the fitninftcto andBgweis cf f?j . Eroinoi^s^^^^Ciiectful- 1 j 9 i Appfec^gWedyforCorvslipa- 9 : 6m^u^toi^^,Diarc^e3, M | \\'ore^Xonv6Isions,Beverish-' s j ness andtoSS OF SfcEEP. S i . TacSHmlg'^Signahyc cf i 2jEW TTOBK. J EXACT copy OF WHAPFE8, f? j ><>***?. ,...,,.-^y . May, Jane and July preceding, but the South would be the gainer in the end as the new crop woald be sold at still biger prices on account of the shortage developed in the crop previously harvested. "I claim the Souther a States will in the future be able to not only raise all tke wheat they need, bat became sellers of more dollars worth than the last crop of cotton brought them. Yours truly, Fred Oliver. P. S. -The above answer to your editorial of Marsh SOtJi was written Awil 2d, buc was net seat then as I tacluileii H wait ta.ll the 'wa?t va? k'ai-TMte^. Tie ?r?p ku been cut, and enough tkrcshjed to show the yield will be at least 35 bushels, per acre and perbap* 40. I will be able to sell the entire crop for seed, at the farmers are determined to do what other? have shown can be done, viz.: grow wheat to n9e and to sell." The editor to whom this is addressed publishes it cheerfully bnt answers it in a lengthy editorial, in Jwhieh he freely concedes all that Mr. Oliver says in reference to his success, and congratulates him on it, but contends that if it were practicable lor the farmers of the South to sueceed as well as Mr. Oliver has and to raise 40 bushels of wheat to the acre, and masy of thsm were to engage in wheat eulture, the price would be so low that they would find themselves no better off than when they were growing 6 cent cotton. Bnt as there 13 little probability of the farmers of the Sonth eDgagiB# so extensively in wheat culture, at least for seme years to come, the farmer who thinks of growing wheat need not be deterred by the fear of low prices. He can surely count on a home market at a fair price for all the wheat he may grow even if he exceeds Mr. Oliver's 35 to 40 bushels to the acre. Heretolor" of wheat ground by Southern nana, and also the bnlk of the flour used, came from States north of us, not for the sole reason that they were cheaper than Southern grain or flour, but becaase the mills could not command a full supply of Southern grown wheat. Whether th*re may be seductive profit in wheat cuiiure in me ooum or nui mere is certainly no question that it will be as profitable o'u any farm aaap,ted to its culture a? cotton has been for some years past, and if tbe methods {pursued by Mr. Oliver be generally pursued, and anything like ibe same results be achieved, growers can afiord to sell .wheat at CO cents or less a bushel and then make more money than they have made for several years in growing cotton. That such results are practicable is established by the success of others before Mr. Oliver, and by other farm ers io otber parts of Ibe State. Mr. Oliver is timply doing by his method what otber North Carolina farmers who practice thorough culture have dose bv their methods, .and every one of them has given, as Mr. Oliver is now doing, a striking object lesson, 3huwing wbai can be done bv proper methods, and showing also lhat North Carolina inight become a great wheatgrowing StSte. ]tfr. Oliver's l$rm is on jtbe suburbs of Charlotte q.nd there are other'farms not far from Charlotte, > which not inanv years ago were so poor as to be considered pfoetic&Uv worthless, which b* judicisns cnltum have been brought to such a sta'e of fertility thai they aaaofc be surpassed in pr>d?ciiTenef? by tk* best gr?iri-gF?wit?g lands iti the Hear. *Te kive seen bom and know whereof wr. speak. Tbers are farmers in GuiSfdi'd and Randolph ceuaties rvho would not be satiifiad with thirty hashes of wheat to tbe acre, and wouldn't think they had done anything very extraordinary with forty bushels to the acre, and we hare known insraDces where on iinall tracts of land a* hiijh as llity bushels to the acre hare been produced in other ? counties. The*e are exceptions, of course, bat they are proof of the possibilities of North Carolina soil under good, systematic culture and show what a combination ofunch land and the intelligent, ?i:< h'kI persevering man caw tic. ' One wan migut :u:coQ}pUsH some j feat of skill, strength or endqraucs th-it not- ne other man in a Uiou'asd mi^lit hcccruplish, but in farming with the same character of laud, nine hundred and nine'v-nine men out of a thousand can do what the one does by parsninif the same me!hods and xer- } cising ibo ^ame intelligence, industry, and perseveiauce. We congratulate Mr. Oliver on his Sne object less ?n and bis splendid adrprtiseuient ?i North Carolin \ i> a wh at "-owing 5>t*re. I <Qar baby has been continually troubled with colic and cholera infantum ?inpe'):is birth, and all-that eye eould do for foiro did $0). s&erc to rive more tbau temporary relief, jjniil xe tried Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera iud Diarrhoea Remedy. Since giving ;hat remedy he has not been troubled. IVe want. go give you tnis tesumomai is mii evidence of our gratitude, not hat you need it to advertise your neritorions remeav. G. M. Law*, Keokuk, Iowa. For sdle by Monaster Jo., Druggists. j ? 1-JW vnu i VRtin For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bough! Bears the / * Signature /Am f\ Jr The ry/' Kind \J You Have Always Bought, umm vnv vmrs THC CENTAUR COMPANY, VIEW YORK CITY. OUR NOBLE ALLIES. Ever since the war began the opponents of onr policy of honor and humanityhave been asking: "Where are the vaunted Cuban patriot armies now that they have a ?han?e to be counted? Are these allies of oars as ghostly a9 Spains phantom navies?" In his latest official report Admiral Sampson answers, rebukes and silences this Jeer. "Great activity and courage," says he, have been shown by the Cubans at Guantanamo, and Commander M-cCalla is mest eulogistic in reference to their conduct. ?k*re are about 10,000 Cubaa forees ia immediate viciaity." The slightest acquaintance with the tragic struggle that has been onacting in uaoa mese last iflrse years oagui te have made it impossible for any one to utter such a taunt. The dispatches from the front since the land struggle began have had daily tributes to them. An officer of the Dolphin well summed it up when he said: "Everybody is enthusiastic in praise of the Cubans. They are utterly without fear and are unwilling to retire when ordered to stop fighting. The fortitude of the wounded Cuban isremaika'ale." Our Cuban allies have earned the title of "friends of the American people." We ought to be and are proud of them.?Kew York World. Btxcklen'a Arnica S&1t?. *** '? ? -i 13 ^ n^i.. xoe isest aaive in me wona ior outs, Braises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chillblaius, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per"box. ^or sale by McMaster Co, ? JAPANESE PILE CURE A New and Complete Treatment, consisting of SUPPOSITORIES, Capsules of Ointment and two Boxes of Ointment. A never-failing cure for Piles cf every nature and degree, k makes an operation with the knife, which is painful, and often results in death, unnecessary, why endure this terrible disease? vie pacK a nnnen auararuew in ???;? $1 Box. No Cure, No Pay.. 50c. and Ji a box, 6 for $5. Seat by mail. Samples free OINTMENT, 25c- and 50c. CONSTIPATION great LIVER and STOMACH REGULATOR ar.d BLOOp PU23EIER. Small, mild and pleasant to take: especially ai&g&d .'or childrea's use. 50 doses 25 cents. FREE-A vial of these famous little Pellets will | be Riven with a $1 box or more of Pile Cure. Notice?The genuine fresh Japanese I'ilk Cure for sale only by J. J. OBEAR, Druggist, . Winnsboro, S. C. WHAT IS IT? , It is Medicine. WHAT IS IT FOR? It is a Blood Cleaner. WHAT IS IT MADE OF? It is Qomposed of Herbs. Whaj: m&kas if so popuiar ? It's Wonderful Curative * Power, WHAT IS ITS NAME? Tf Ic />o 11^ APPTPAMA I This wonderful Blood Purifi#r is ptrfcctly harmless, and yet is the most powerful and surest remedy ever discovered for the cure of Blood diseases. Ask your Druggist lor it. Tell your neighbor about it. 4FRICMA | CURES ALWAYS. | ML J. B. BROOKS, | Late ph\ siclau in charge <>f tbe Keelev j Institute at Hot Sprii-gs, Ark., ; ami the Tri-Elixiria Kemedy Co., Memphis, Tcn:i? has opened a private inp-titnte at Hot Springs for tbe treatment of Morphine, WMey, Ops anil!, Cocaine Balit, lj And all dispase* thtf come to h this "rest nealth resort, snch j < as rheumatism, neuralgia, in- j j somnia, nervous, blood, liver. !j jpdm'y- arf'l stomach c o mplain?e. liis home fre&uncnt for the i whi-kev and lirn^ habit can j' he sent to any address. Cor- j v rf^pondenct "-oiiciied and con- [ ~ ritienlial. ! "j JS^iieferences: Any b inker o? citf i official of Hot Springs. 12-1 97 ? SUMMER I WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED I Figured Organdy and Colored Dotted bought late in the season, and very chis Goods, Dotted Swiss and Plain Organd: If you want some thing very cheap iicre it is. laru w-ae rcrcaies ati>o.; < alico, 3c ; <.>ood Unbleaciml Homespo the bargain-. We have many ??i{>ers in seivci from. SHOES. We have a full stock of Ladies' an goods just received in Ladies' Cloth rl?| weather. VVill please yon and give you nlLLlMCK. "We are offering at reduced prices We have something new in wide Sash Ii Come to 6ee us, our bargains will weather is hot. Kespectfull y, CALDWEL ANIOUICEMMTS. | [Candidates' cards $5 cash, without, any exception whatsoever.] FOR PROBATE JUDGE. I hereby annonnce myself as a candidate for re-election io the office of Judge of Probate; subject to the Democratic primarr. S. E. JOHNSTON. 1 hereby announce myself a candi-1 date for the office of Probate Judge! for Fairfield County, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. JNO. J. NEIL. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to a seat in the Home of Representatives from Fairfield County; subject to the action ol Dwaoeratic primaries. J. G. WOLLING. I ofier for r?-?iection to tke Genera ?2.cavmuij9 auujcib IUO auuvu ui Democratic primarv. "R. A. MEARES. The friends of Mr. E. B. Ragsdale respectfully nominate him for the House of Representatives, subject to the Democratic primary. 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for election to the General Assembly, subject to the primary. J. B. MORRISON. The friends of Capt. W. J. Johnson respectfully place him in nomination tor the House of Representatives, subject to the result of the Democratic primaries. The friends of Hon. B. ? Lejlmon innounce him for re-election to ihe General Assembly, subject to the Denir ocratic primaries, I hereby announce myself a candidate for election to the Legislature, sabieet to the action of the Demo eraiic primary. C. S. FORD. COUNTY~TREASURER. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Treasurer of Fairfield County, subject tc the action of the Democratic primaries. W. W. CROSBY. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Treasurer of Fairfield County, subject to the action of the Democratic primary or primaries. HUGH S. WYLIE. 'J. he friends of llr. J. R. Cuelee pr??ent his name to the voters of Fairfield Conn'y as a candidate for County Treasurer, subject the result of the Democratic primaries. ! COUNTY SUPERVISOR. I bertLy announce myself a candi-! date for County Supervisor of Fair- i field; psbject to the action of the Democratic primaries. " JNO. A. STEWART. I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of Count v Supervisor of Fairfield County, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. B. G. TENNANT. \ For the office of Supervisor of Fair field County, I hereby announce myself a candidate3 snbject to tue aciion of lhe Democratic party as expressed through the primarv election' or election SS. B. CRAWFORD. I ha/eby announce myself a candidate for the office of Conntv Supervisor for Fairfield, subject to the action of | ibe Democratic primary election. G. Y. LANGFORD. For the o?m of. Supervisor of Fairfi?# Co*nty. X hereby announce lmself a candidate, subject to ibe'ac'iou of the democratic primaries. J. B. BURLEY. I hereWy announ?e myself as & caBnidate for the office of Supervisor for Fairfie'd County, subject to the action r\? I Ka T^flry\A/?t?of'# rM?imoi*ir /"ir* v\mi . Vi. i x/cuiwiauv/ \Ji Lk^icki t ?'i piiaia ries. T. C. LEITNER. COUNTY AUDITOR. 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the offire ot County Auditor, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. J. L. RICHMOND. The maby friends o? J. A. Iallentiise announce him as a candidate for the tffi-:e of Auditor for Fairfield Cotjprt, believing thai he will suces-Ij-liy fill the same it he i$ elected. COUNTY SUPT. EDUCATION. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Conntv Saperlnlendeut of Education for Fairfield Courfty, subject to the action of the i Democratic primaries. VP A1 PHITT WaWF A. ' i?4. ?? ?> IIU. The many friends of Mr. D. L. Stevenson respectfully nominate him for re-eleciion the < ffice of Superintendent of Education, believing that :he improved condition of the pablic suboo!* is conclusive proof that he i3 he right man in the right plare: cab-; ect to ;1p ?c;i. i> <>i the D<:inocraiic j party. i The friends r,f Mr W. L?ox Kos-11 $OROU?H j>r?-sfin Jj'srame t-jthr DcuC- ( jcr-itiu voiwi8 of.Fauti-ld County as i i candidal lor the office of County t mip-iintendsnt of Education. Mr. 1 l?-.s!)orongh i? ?n cxperieucid teacher .nl ( :< t'tieuds '.elieve thai his nouiiia:ion would be a wi*c selection. 3a1?gaTns7 i * gsgi * ' SOME EXTEA GOOD VALUES IN J. Swiss. These goods are very pie<ty, ip. Also some good bargains in White tes, frore 10c. to 5t)c. a yard. IVinted Chaliie, 2Ac.: Good ShirtiDj? dS n at 2.3 r. a yard. These are a few of all lines or good?, and good variety to V d Misses' Oxfords. Also some pretty '/m p Shoes. Men's Low Cut Shoes for hot jfl l comfort. \ . S Y) J to c!?an np balauce of Spring stock." Lib bo ns?pretty and cheap. jS pay yoa for the trouble even if the L & RUFF. 1 SUMMUJNIS. | cT A 1 ? O F SOUTH CAROLINA, I - COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD. i COUJRT OF COMMON PLEAS Larvra McCants, Plaintiff, r against Susan Hamilton, Oscar Hamilton, Jo- ?p I seph Hamilton, John Hamilton, Frances Hamilton, Sadie (or Sarab) Hamilton and A. Selden Kennedy, A as Executor ot the Will of J. P. V Kennedy, deceased, Defendants. Copy Summons. Tor Belief. Complaint not Served. J To the Defendants above-mamed: YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint . 'M in this action, which is filed In the ?flic* of the Clerk of the Court of ^ Common Pleas, ioc the said County, , and to serve a copy of your answer to the'said complaint on the enbscrib- ':f*? er at his office, No. 1 Law Range, . ^ Winnsboro, South Carolina, within . yi twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint wiiuiu me ume aiurt:sa.j.u, me jtjuuutiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint Dated 6ih Jane, A. D. 1898. JAMES G. McCAICTS, Plaintiff's Attorney. To the Defendants Oscar Hamilton and John Hamilton: Take notice, that the summons in M the abov?-stated action (of which the A foregoing is a copy) and the complaint jfl therein were filed in the office of the * V Clerk of the Court for Fairfield Conn- v ty, in the Sta*e of South Carolina, at Winnsboro, on the 6th day of Jnne, ' '.V 1898 v^g JAMES (t. MeUANTS, * Plaintiff's Attorney." Take farther notic?, that the following order has beeu passed in the above-/ entitled action: y*r. ''It is ordered, (hat J. E. McDooaU^; | of Winnsboro, C,, coaniellor at law be appointed snardian ad litem of saioL, infant defendants Oscar Hamilton and ' John Hamilton for the purposes lof this action, unless tbe said Defendants Oscar Hamilton and John Hamilton, ' ;4l or some in their behalf, within twenty days after service of a copy of this order in the manner herein directtd, *% procure a gnardian ad litem to be appointed and give notiee thereef to the Plaintiff's Attorney. James G. Mc Cants, No. 1 Law Ranse, Winnsboro, South Carolina. " % ;4Tbis 6th day of Jane, 1898. "R. H. JENNINGS, "[l. s.] C. C- P. C." 6-8-6w~ IB MB BMW '?!. "HOCSEHOU"/ msTrmtn iwirfctTrvrn oMuilrlMlplM. THE MOST MODERN SEWING MACHINE OF THE A$E, EMBRACING ALL OF THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS. Uneqnaled for T~v ili -frr JL^ UJL a 1^111 U J 3 , m Range of Work, andlSimplicitv. Old Sewing Machines taken ;n ex change. Dealers wanted in unoGeapied terri t< ry. Correspondence solicited. Address, J. H. DERBYSHIRE,General Agent. < Mi R-RFJ.RTTIT.nrVf; RfPHMOVn VA $100 Reward. J THE TOWN COUNCIL WILL J jav $100 Reward t?r information eading to the arrest and con vie: ion of -- 1 be partv or parti - wLo set fire to the M iVOod-hon?e of Miss Fripp, or the fl jarns ot A. S. Doogiais or Q. D. Williford- fl J A.S. E- COAN, m [l. s ] Iotendant. Jane 13.18S8, ' Ma '