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* THE NEWS AHERALD. PUBLISHED 8VERY WEDNESDAY ?BY? y& vSAND 11SHJ LD COMPANY. rSK>tS,I.V IDVANCK: v>ne?TeRr, ... 91.50 Six .UouttsK, - - .75 *n\TN$i*oao, s. c. Wednesday, February 1. - 1899 THE LIEN LAW. T.ie ivp-wof f:- Id v one of til; f 4'ij; i?r >ul>j -v.- t >a- i* ?!? 'ated in th'J G *? r il A-h?*>ii >!y every sear. L/.k-* iiitiif v ry jjnp'urdiii hi 1* proposed such "in-? 'loj liw", it is introdac;! a;nid suiil-js a*i i a deba*e fol'owp. a id lhat's the e>;d of the bill. "Tue poor man's friend" is the familiar argument used to ki l a rep?al of the law. So much has been said on the subject that there remains nothing new. We believe it is generally admitted that it *'Ou!d have been better for the people as a whole bad no such law been passed. It was passed in liadiHBRP cal days, and the purpose of it was to enable colored u nauts to get provisions, and the result is that the tenants, not the colored oues only, but white cuss too, nave lauen into a movkii auu careless system of farming. The one purpose of the man who run-; on a lieu is to plant enough cotton to pay his grocery bill secured by the lien on his crop, and he carts very little about what becomes of his landlord's land Consequently the tenant buys all ol his provisions, often at very higfc prices, and raises nothing to eat al home. His landlord's land has beei: neglected and what was once rich X ~ v\r\rrr a hflrrdll lttl U1C 1JC:U9 13 IIVI) ? eovered with broom straw or in su!' lies, and pra?licallv worthless. We believe that if a dircct vote o; the people could be taken on the question of tbe repeal of the law, thai a large majorhy would be in the affirmative. Hundreds and hundreds of merchan's will give it as theii opinion that (ha law has encouraged dishonesty, that many of them have been ruined bv it, and that it would be better for them to repeal tbe law. The repeal of the iien law will d: much towards solving the overproduction in cotton. A lien on a crop to sccure a grocery bill precludes the idea of raising anything to eat, and the lienor starts out with the idea that he mu?t plant cotton, and generally the merchant as a prerequisite to making the advances demands that a fall crop of cotton be planted, and then a mortgage on the mnle and the cow mast be pat in to make ap for the probable low piiceof eotton. Bat the point will be made, of coarse, is the coantry ready for it: Can it start on a new line all at once: The answer is that necessity will provide a remedy. Nobody, as far as w ?pvpr ""h'Kft^T""T?ao "'"FaTtlijId " County. Mr. Fairey, ol Oi'iDgebar?, cited a case in point; doring the debate the other day. "He would rela e a case he kuew of. A lartner gave a iien year after year. Hp went backwards and was finally sold oat, and lest his fiorse, mule, and al:. The merchant who had run him fo- five years refused him advances. He went home an i cried uatil he was weak. He braced up, went aud got ^ an nv -fr.im a flpiirhhnr. He Withered _-Up olrl ploughs." He made rations ?5raaa^jQr^ii^fianiy. "At the end of the je-r he had three bales of cotton and did not owe a cent on them, and tod ly :h it farmer is pretty well off and does not owe a cent." Repeal the lien law, and all lienors will have to do as Mr. Fairey's mm, bat ltke Mr. Fairey?s farmer, they will not do until force.! by necessity am THE PATTO> REDISTRICTIXG BILL. By hard and able work with justice to strengthen his case Mr. Patton has ? - J * ? ? ? - ? ut ? u: 11 ? /~v?i/-*V> succeeuea in passu i>g uis wij>j miuugu the House, and if it &ball pas? the Senate it will be the end of "ihe shoestring Congressional Districts." A* Tar as Fairfield is concerned, we do not think it will be a.-iy worse off in thd new arrangement of the District, and we caunot ?ay thit it will be any brfter cff for the change but taking ths State as a whole trie change sought to-be made by the Patton bill is desirable. Fairfield under the PatU^n b'll will be in what is nominated "The Wateree District consisting of Fairfield, Kersha .v. Richland, Sumter, and Clarendon.* Tne present peculiarly ^ shaped districts, as is we:l known, wan done to throw a* imny white voters in them as possible, and as the reason has ceased to ex st it is absnrd -- \ to contiuue the senseless divisions of the State. Under the present Constitution the negro vote is no lougera menace, and logical and sensible districts should be formed without chopping slices oft a number of counties Col. W. A.Xeal has made a good record as ? public official, but he had too much to do with "management" of somebody's campaign. In politics as soon a3 it is found out that a man is tryiug to hoe somebody else's row besides his own, that man is marked and his political career is soon ended. There is no better medicine for the habit* than Chamberlain's Cough T?an>..r?tr Tt^ nl^uant faelAnnflnrnmnt anc effectual cures make it a tavorite with mothers! and small children. It qaiekly cares their coughs and colds, predating pneumonia or other serious | con?equeuces. It also cures cronp and has been us<.d iu tens of thousands of cases without a single failure so far as we have been able to learn. It not on!v cures croup, but when given as $00ma5 the cronpy cough appears, will EmL prer- ut (he attack. In cises of wbooprairg -ough it liquefies the tough mucus, pfrpy.-MT-r j{ easier to expectorate, and lessens the severity and frequency of the paroxysms of coughing, thus depriving that disease o? all dangerous I aonsequences. For sale by McMaster I Co. If an body iu this part of the coantrv owns any land which appears j ro praoke in rainy rein-vi , he mav j have eau>e to thank the fj.ris-gfield Republican for the following curious information: "There an inter*-*t:nir | ?tory m connection with a c?menr j mill which is about to ttart up in j Kansas. For years near Mulvane j there used to be a krge tract of I'arnntincr nrairie.' It was srood <rrz I ?-D I I ing ground, bat during and aftt-r a rain it =m-ked, and n> one knew the eau-e nn-i? a 6tranger quiHlv bought 'be traci -ns d-iy and announced that he had ? f-ntune. The cement lie* on the surface in great quantities, d is worth $10 a barrel."?News and Courier.' This is reproduced h^re tor the benefit of any land ownets in Fairfield wh'? hare land "which appears to smoke in rainy >ea-ons." EWORLD'S BESTTITERATURE IN* SIXTY-SIX VOLUMKS. The Bible Strident and Rtligi ms OiUUok. Several libraries of :h.i ">oild'Best Literature" have been recnntlv published and advertised and bvii^ir extensively. VV'e do not particular I\ admire these work?. But the idea set ns thinking, ana we pu.pcse wining now of a- othoi library, ot pixtysix roluDies, which are in the reach of all, and which may justly be styled "The World's Best Literalure."| This is really a coraf.rehensire library, of sixty-six works, by some forty different authors, including history, philosephy, poetiv, fiction, law, essays, letters" and religion. The writings arc not coDflned to one age either, bur coyer a period of 1,G00 years Moreover, the masterpieces here gathered together a re the foundation and fountain head of most of ' (he reit of the world's good literature. , The uion able of all the world'* writer!1, with few exception?, hare acknowledged their indobtedne3< to these authors by continued quotation 1 and allusion, it not by actual confesi ?ion and tribute. No one who makes any pretensions to literary culture, can affor J 10 neglect these writings. Dr. Worrisworth speaks thus of them: ' ''The Bible alone, of all books in the world, addresses itself t> the whole f man. It exercises his memory, ! strengthens his reason, ontrols his j passions, informs fnis judgmen', i egu 11 lates bis c wecience, sanctities nis win, i enlivens his fancy, warms his ( nation, choiisbss bis affections, stimu5 lates his praotioe, quickens his hope, and auinK'os bis faith." Others nave testified similarly. Sir Wm. Jones wrote on the fiy-leai* of bis t Bible: "I have regularly and alien , lively read the?e Holy Scriptures and ' am of opinion, that this volume, inde' pendently ?f it- divine origin, contain* more snblimity and beauty, more pure ; morality, more important history, and . finer strains of poetry and eloquence, I than can be collected from all oiher ! books iu whatever age or language ! they may have been compose.'." I Any on;* who is perfectly master of the literature in these sixty-six volumes must of necessity have a cultivated taste, or in other vsords, literary cul tnre. Where cau historians be !ound < so perfectly accurate, mpartW, and * T ~ * ? PA/tora' CPArH ? uramauc?u> uacji iui <. .. as Mose* andjthe writers of Samuel, Kings, Chronicle3, and the Gospels : and Acts? Calmly |and majestically the facts are narrated without com . ment to bia* the reader. The short( comiogj and falls and egregiou- sins of the heroic, wise and good are told without concealment, qualification or ! apology. Yet nowhere do we find the , dry, mechanical record of the annalist. Or take heroic poetry combined : with dramatic form, and wbare hare ' we anyth ng grander than the Epic of ? Job? Where can sublimer passages be found than in this work ? There can be n? grauder bursts of eloquence ' (hm are 10 be iomift ??J u..tn? 'Ou.il ctiu#c I in the Book or Paalms; no more beautifol and absorbing passages thau in | theparab.es; no more powerful rra! *0Ding th-in Paul give* u-* on occa.ions. Tb?re is harnor io Jadge?, wit and wiidom in Proverb-, >Hrca?m a"d faiire in Galatiai.s umI t-.sewheie. We are arguing on a l.- w ii .r.hlv plane for ihe exoelience of ih Bible a* a field of stad-. for literary cu-nre. because we expoct to help <>ur readers who will follow us 10 better methods of studv ?mi a better uudei>ta >di?g of the Bible, which is in truih a lilimrv of sixtv-six volume?, ih 'U.irb ordinal iiy bonod int" onq. For fea^ that we will be considered as cxparte and biased in "our estimate of the literary excellence of the volumes in this library, which we wish to commei d to the examination of onr t readers, we will close wi'tt the estimate of u literary critic, > biased. \*Te take the quota fr .11 Shatter's "Wit and Humor ot -he r>: u 1 a 11 a a m ? no??fUviU,.i* Kr?rkL" tH OiUiC* at v uvuim vw?j M Bible is an unequaled source of literary inspiration As a book of religious truth, it :s supreme; but religious tru:h witbont any impairment of its value or obscurity of its meaning, may be studied from the literary standpoint; in fact, in the light of literary criticism, or tested by the usual cations of the scho'ar, it will appear more sacred, moro beautiful, more divine. Never forgetting that it is our manual of religion, it is also the vehiele of the most wonderful literature in human aunals, an-: precedes in importance all others. 'I iiere is no boot so cotnpo?ite in eh-trscter and yet so harmonious ::j plan, so multiplex in styles an-: yet so educational in rhetoric and logic, so varied in content-, and \ et so progressive in_ phi losophy ai:d religion, as the UibJe Taken as 54 whole, it is massive, comprehensive, a revelation of the IaS'iite. S'uiied in its parts, it stimulates single faculties whila it ministers nouiit-bment to ihe whole frame. I s oistories are more compact than those of Herodotus, Gibbon or Macaniay; its poetry, whose key is a mystery, quiets Homer, Shakespeare and Ten in son; its Dropbecies are unique climaxes of wisdom, both in drapery ana substance; its biographies excel those of j Plutarcb, Irving, CarlyJe and Boswell; its chronicles of wars are superior tn those ot Janus uasear, Wellington, i Napoleon and Ulyssei Grant; itsi epistles eclipse those of Piim, Madame | Sevigne and Francis Bacon; its lsws. in their ethical and spiritual import, are quite beyond Jnstinian, Blackstone and the English Parliament. Every phajij of literature, every norm of wisdom, is in tbe Bible. It ministers to all ta3tes and arouses the slumbering intellects of all who can comprehend the difference between reality and fiction, and who incline to virtue rather than vice." Ruskiu confesses hi* indebtedness to tbe Bible, Homer and Sir Walter Scott for his mental discipline; Charles Reade p-.onouoces tbe characters in the Scripture a literary marvel. Matthew Arnold daily iead the Xew Testament in Greek for its style; Miiion could not have written Paradise Lost with * ' ^ ? *? - m J t? 1 rt | OUl Vj6Dl'bl( ? JLVSU^U & WiLi'iiUi j vi av> ic | ! is trace ib!-: to tbe New Testament. {Job has tanghfc ihe poets the art of !construction, and David has sungan unayinsr icMody into the ears of the race. The Book of Rath is tne coodel id>f, and tbe Books of Esther and Daniel abound in incomparable dramatic e!emc-I-aiah has p'umed the i Btatesmau ; >r oratorical flights: Jere-} miah has tpened the foumaius ot pathos and sentiment in pathetic souls; Ezekiel has furnished a usable style of judicial denunciation for tbe crimina1 ??aaan?r gfliniuKDUiiuuuiiiniuuiuianiifliini 5 ?N a careful chemical ex- E j a 1 amination of the leading s i 5 Malt Extracts of the world, : | a the United States Govern- s a mem Chemists found ff m I I I Pabst ? MattEMt { Ionic j = was the only one of all that 5 was absolutely pure and per- \ 5 feet. Others cannot replace j a it* g; At all drug stores. ! nillHIS!!!m!lia!!i!l!IIUIUIIlD!UlUiniIHl lawyer. Of ail books, whether rhet oric, logic, vocibularv, poetry, phi! osopby, history, or whatever be thi end, the Bible should be first and tnos carefully s'udied, its literary spiri and lorui should be closely traced anc described, and its truth should bi reverently incorporaei into the dail; speech, thought and life." With all this Christians seeking lilo rary cu'turc will spend the Sabbatl hours even reading Marie Corelli Al^honse Daudet, or some fensationa newspaper, while this library of th World's best literature rests idle 01 their shelve.-! B. An Editor's Life Saved by Chamberlale' Cough Remedy. During the e*rly part of October 1S96, I contracted a bed cold wbicl settled on uiy lungs and was neglecte* nt? il I feared that consumption ha< appeared in an incipieut state. I wa! W, A.M.nlilmr oiwl fr-uino1 fn AT UUIl'Mttlll IJ V/UU^ LUlip^ uuvi w ? Del something which I could not. became alarmed and afier giving th local doctor a inal bought a bottle 0: Chamberlain's Coiuh Remedy and th re-uli wa> immediate improvement and after 1 hid used ihree bottles uv lungs were restored to their health; s:ate.? <. S. Kdwauds, Publisher o The Review, W\ant, III. For ssle b; Me Master Co A CHANGE OF PASTORATES. The following is an extract rrom i letter written by Rev. JJab-.z Ferris t( the Biptist Courier and published ii the last issue of thai paper: Winn-boro, Jan 12. ?I hare jus received and accep'eii a nnanimoui call to the pistorateof the church a i ? 4. JVersiliW, o. U.>a':u es^eut iu ucgii my work theie February 1st. Fron wbai 1 can hear of the place and couk see during a briof visit, it seem? to b( a large fieid for u-efuluess, and ! trust one fhit will make good returni for earnest and loving work. Ko?i that I am about to say adieu to thosi with whom I have lived for a goodh length ol time, I beg that you will allow me space for a tew words ii esp'esslon of my appreciation of them For a little more than ceveu yean here in Wiunsboro and for nearh eight years in Ridgeway I have gou< in and out among ihem as thei; pastor. I bave sat with them at theii firesides and at their festal boards have mingled with them in their sea sons of gladsomengs?, and when thi clouds have gathered over them anc trouble and sorrow have come upoi them. I have tried to rift the clond a^id lessen the bear(-aclijngsjix_..eiiter j"?sy??;ii. Qiu giwuin am pointing out to them the footprints o the Friend whose promise is tha when his people pass through th< waters he wiil be with them so tha the livers s-h.aU not overflow them Thos year alter year we have wendec our way along the road tegether, act I have had a plenty of time .and abun dance of opportunity to learn th< hearts and understand at least to i fcood desree these beloved of th< Lord. It is a grief to me now to teai myself away from them and to sa] good-bye, for they are bands of nobi< spirits. A sister belonging to one o these bands said to me one day 6om< four or five years ago. "Air. Ferris you never will have another chnrcl where you will be appreciated as w< ajjyivuu. uuc iiuug is i;ci* tain, I never can have a church when tie? people will be more kind to m< than the Winnsbcro and Rid?ewaj people have been. Whoever in th( providence of God may follow me ir the work of ministry to them in holj things will find warm and loviac hcans in which to nestle. "My heart'i desire and prayer to God on tbeii behalf is," that these pal pita may no ho loner variant. ~ ~ "CP ^ | NOTHING OF THE ROADS. Is it two late for this general assem b:y lo distinguish itself by es'ablishins a sane and definite road system for the Slate and to build for itself a monu ment which will endure while the Si ate erits? We have had in South Carolina i century and a naif of government sap po??d to be civilized, tweut}-two year: of white man's government and eigh years of "reform" government. Ye onr repor'.s from everywhere say thai the roads are to-day worse than thej have ever been. Millions of dollar/ of the money of the taxpayers has be.n spent on them, and yet the tax payer can not use them without serioui danger to his neck, his horses and bis running gear. Because we hive had some days ot rain the people in th? country are couipeiieu 10 tiay at iioiue road bound. Tney can not venturr out for business or pleasure. ilow long will we continue this folly? Why should wecontinne it? We bare got to come down to rock and rock placed on scientific road building piincrples. The work must be done soma "time1. Why not be^in now? Five hundred convicts with fhe help cf material and tue regular road labor of the counties could do an enormous amount of macadamizing work in a t\ear. Tne road they would build would be worth vastly more to the people of th; S ate, now and hereafter, directly and tudirectly, than their labor could yield on State farm? or in hire paid by lessees. We would not care where or how th?y began, so they began. They mifbui;<l -i broad, hard, endu;in^ r 1 'hrough the State from the North Cur-' inn line in Spartanburg, G:eenvi le. I'icke-.s or Oconee t-> the corpo-.vioa ih<e of Charleston or Port Royal, or they might build across the S:ate or begin at Columbia oncl build oai tAeuty mile? lo each point of the compars. It would m*ke no difference where the}" began. If tbey built, 200 miles of gc od road anywhere in the State in a year they Yrotiid complete2,000 miles in ten years and would add vastly to iuvy raiuc vi auu IUV wmwi i of ruling und save thousands of doil ^ in horse flesh, vehicles and time wherever they wer.t The Romans built roads which are good after twelve centuries of hard ose. We ca-i bui!d roads a^good. 1 his is a good >ear to make a beginning.? Greenville News. j A COLONIAL VALENTINE ' To a Belle There's not a damsel in \e towns ! B:jr di-ianoed is completelie-' R P.-.llv i i h-r niim crrflYP cnwn'i ? * r o ?. ? O - ? Thai tit-? her forme so neatiier j I ivou d I vrcre \e golden pinue 1; T-.ar c;asp5 her frocke >eiareiie* : .'Soe I migtite kis-e her dimpled chiune When (iowne ai.e !ookc~ deraarlie. Ye lit;Ie ruffle ai her w i I envie for i * nearr.efse . j j To her fain* hand, hich "it hath hi?< d ! i Tho^e f >ld- of pnckeivi! i.kn cii.e--e. | j A'id w hun I e fier shy hrowne V"S j. Tbru' filmy la-l.es gkucin^e, -'Within my s-jber Quaker.guis? My hearts is <e- a-dai-jiiiye And when upon ye winih ?qua:-e 5 By happie chat ce I met-t tier?... i We "ime" and "thon" each other 5 there ? 3 (Suit: Im-gujigfi l.r.Vr v.a-5 <-wt-eier!) S It I bt-no'd h r e!ids faiie Bciit-aihe Uiy ? hi v . }- t-teadie ? I caniiiii help Uill h 'p.; wjthal, . ^ Since we are "Fri mis'' alreadie. ? i How on en hive 1 loi^ed to loike Within vh silken Shaker . , S That bends above re singinge-booke Of this most lovelie Quaker; j But ah, her pieuc reproves > My all-too ard. n'o passion? - I fear sometimes \e Spirit moves I very world ij fashion. 3 t For in thii citie where ye Penn t Abdve ye sword hath honour^ j Ye rascals vf Ivinge George's meune Had best noi gaze upon n?r; ' For th<r I am a manne of peace,r . And i ho' my hcarte is teuder,^ I'd challenge a!i ye Colonics t) If need were to defendeh'er. > Soe, Polly, if I'm moved to-daye' J By Sainie iu6tcad of Spirit, : e To telle my tale to thee, I pi aye Q That thou will deign to heare it*-; 'Tis onlie that Sainte Valentine M For thee and me discovers i That we should walk as thine and mine? > Not Friends alone, but lovers. n Jennie Bdls Havlswick in the February j j Ladies' Home Journal. 3 Regardless ot Age. I The kidneys are responsible for e more sickness, suffering, and deaths ? than any other organs of. the -body. 3 A majority of the ills alllicting , people to-day is traceable to kidney v trouble. It prevade* all tlasse? of ' society, in all climate.*, regardless of f ave. ?ex or condition. ? 7 The symptoms of kidney trouble are unmistakable, such as rheumatism, neuralgia, sleeplessness, pain or dull ache iu the back, a desire to urfnate often dav or night, profuse.or scanty 1 supply. . > Uric acid or ^rick-QUfrt deposit in i urine are signs of clogged kidneys, causing poisoned and germ-filled blood. Sometimes the heart" acts badlr, and tube casts (wasting of. the ? l kidneys) are found in the urine, which if neglected will "result in 1 Bright's Disease, the most dangerous * torm of kidney trouble. All these ?ymprom? and conditions \ are promptly removed under tbe in* fluence of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root ' It has a world wide reputation for its [ wonderful cures of the most distressing \ cases. ; 7 No one need be long without it^3 it 1 is so eto get at any drug store at 1 fifty cents or one hoilar: - You can ; have a sa-.apie bottle of this, wonderful 5 discovery, Swamp-Root, and a book 7 telling all about it, both sent to yon 3 absolutely free oy mail. Send your F i fA l\~i 1 moi' Rinor. auuic,?o lu . iiuuivi w ww, . bamton, N. Y., and kindlv mention ' that vou read this liberal offer in The Nevs and IIerald. B . THE SIXTEENTH'S FLAG: ' ? Builet Covered Banner Keoov-ared a?d f. Sometime ago inquiry was'jnade | concerning the fUg of the Sixteenth I South Carolina regiment whidh c'oilld * not b > found Since taking charge *)f the f-ec etary of s.a'e's office, Mr. j Cooper has been having a general r.lt^nino- no and vesterdav he dis covered the flag in a pasteboard box " on top of the iron safe. The bo< wa35 bid under a pll<j of old pape s and * other things. A recent act of the I general as-embiy onlcred tba* fligs of : certain regiments should be placed in 7 gla-s ease* in the S'ate librurv bat p Secretary Co>per was not emv..that [ the Sixteenth reiriment flag was one 5 of ih3se If it i?' f-und that it is.nut ' mentione i in t-?e-ae?, a special act I will (!(not less be pat thruogn both J hou>es provi iiug lor the hale keeping | of the grand old baouer which is I ballet-torn an 4 battle-scared, a prec' ious relic of the Lost Can^e and a [ memento of the da>sof heroism ana * f lift Af iff 'fl u\;uuc upvii uiw ubiu v/. v ? vu for the "sake of a neloved State. The Ravages of Grip* -> " .2 " /. * s r That imdern scourge, tile G:ip, t poison* the air with its f^tal gents, so that r.o borne is safe from ifoiava-g'es, but multitudes have found tree".protection against i his dangerous ma'ady in Dr. King's New Discovery. W'hen r yoa feel a soreness in your bones'and | muse'??, chills .-.nd fevei, \viih"Sore throat, p-iin In lhe; back ot iholsead, catarrhal ijmp'oni* and a stubborn cough you tnav k-iow >ou have the Grp. ntid thit \<u n< e ! Dr. King's No v Disovt ry. Ii will promptly cure Use worst ?; ui:h. h i! the* infl imed . im/iubr.<-e-, kill im: j>crms and pr?:vc!i: ijren.'ivi a!tor cfteots of.the nialady. l'licu oO ets. and $100. Money b.ck if lot cured. A trial bo.'tie fiec 'it McMaster Co.'s drug . st-M-e. * 5 ? CVrfrs^rJ L,s61l/<\{v;'JMjjrciiiiflii5iiiij( ntoiuau , 15SNETIC HffiViRE ' .;v to Cure Ir.scmma, Fits, Dizzi::ess, ilvsteria, .;.vr?sjs Debility, Lcrt Vitality, Seminal Losses, . r Memory?the rcr.ult of Over-work, Worry, Errors of Youth or Over-iiulnlgcncc. I ?:.c: jOc. and Si: 6 bcxes $5. ; c v quick, positive and laninjrrr-uiis in Sexual ;.T->. Ir/.rv.V-ncv. ?rv?*is f>- ' :"i'v nr.d I Vila >\ K-c YELLOW LIFEl SPECIAL- <U;Ho sir Ajil ^ive strength arrl to:;j 10 every :-.it; lnd uit r. . crmanent c-:rc. and b-st. :;"'S r.isil. FK -E? A :>ottleo! the famous Japanese I.', 'e: I ("cik-ts wiil b given v.;it!:b-.- tr.ir.orc a: 'laji n.r.?c I\ervi; v. !i-e. So'.ii c;?:y by J. J. OBEAR, Druggist, , Winnsboro, S. C. .J~ ^'?>8 I 1 HA * *? LsALSAM I and tx-autifies the M'r. tyfm' jPromotes i luxuriant growth.' "-- -J*$3 >*evcr r.-.r.s to Esptore Gray I\:~V?r;_:--^jgg Hair to lla Youtjfful Color. Cures direiws Jc hairlailicg. j JO;.and S < "3 at Drap^igj J ELECTROI SILICON Shines Silverware Surprisingly without Scratching. Sample sent if you say sc. It's tinlike all others. Box, post-paid, lo'cts. in stamps. it"? Sold Everywhere. ? > The Eiecto Silicon Co.,*40 Cliff./. Str'eet, New' York. *? * A FK'.CAiNA w?ll ctLre'Rheumatism and ** Scrofalt to Stay Cored. \ ! ???? Jwwm I IJpt^F i i i?\ ? Gerstle's F 'I O r?.oc(C 8 Which is absolutely the best fem ' been negligent and allowed disea nf hpinff cured. This roed t?ose ingredients intended by na ters not if other remedies have be male Panacea will not fall, w digestion or biliousness, move th A Joseph's Liver Regulator. ] write us and we will send them ti Panacea, $1.00 per Bottle @ L. GERSTLE & CO cl"a"a: WTT? A O T AMYinilQ T I YV JL'- j. ; WINTER STOCK CUT, We have some special vali Patterns and Dress F1 offer special barg we m I And foa a little mone} Trj ->8CALDWE -? I I | | | mi 111 I \jm?[ /Ml# I'Sgg manded by modem conditions We offer you SELZ She . | fidence, because we know t scientifically designed and cor ; I for the least money, . , For sale by Q. D. "TtxliUi The Auditor's oflicc wiiI bo ope recoive tax returns from January OA>K All lbl IV I'LUlwiiy -vsiu. ?%. i j faiiiniy to make returns within above mentioned dates will incur 50 per cent penalty. All male xen-s between the age ot 21 and GO liable to poll tax unless exempt lav. The Auditor or his deputy be at the following places on c specified and the Imlancj of tim< February 20th in < flice in Winn?bi Albion, Tu?'f>day, January 10. Uurklie:.il, Wc:lne-jday, January Wolfing, t ??'av,^January 12. (;resbyviilc, F. i 'mv, .January 1:1. Woodward, Saturday, January 1 White Oak,-Mom!ly, January. li I ntxddons (irove. Tuesday. Sa.tu *17. - ~ Flint Hill, Wednesday, Januat y, Itidgeway, Friday, January 20. Longtown, Monday, 23 CemrevilL', Tuesday, January 2-t M. L. Coopers, Wednesday, Janu 25. JBly?hewood, Thursday, January Iloreb (F. M. Cnrlee's store) Frid January, 27. \'o'.,:ceilo, Monday, January 30, ; J.;, i. n-ville, Tuesday, Jauunry J L. RICHMOND, A. F. C ! 12-17 Notice to Greditors. i ALL PERSONS INDEBTED the estate of Fred Scruggs, decea* ;:ro hereby notified to make paym to ?he undersigned, and all pcrs holding claims against said estate requested to present them duly attes to the undersigned. R. A. MEARES, Administratoi V9WWWW9WWWwWW99 GERSTLE'S | Female Panacea Cures All Diseases el Weixsec. 2 MANY -women are tinder the inpreaian that the diseases peculiar to their wx M are natural and incurabia btcaus* so J many suffer constantly from them. This is % 1? mistake. Few women ar? so badly diseased 2 that they cannot be cured. _}t is true. that had they taken a remedy that was 2 . efficient when the first symptoms of dls- fin B m ny'a tsi ni ri An TO Wnnlit Cv\ have been the result. No womiin should fB ^ IV neglect herself. When th? ninthly pe? 3 I riod becomes too freauent. painfm.pro* M I fuse, obstructed, or irregular ix any way. Z I or i f she suffare from fal Ting of t bt womb. 9Bm whites, or any other femal? trouble, aha 2 should at once resort to the use of ^ emale Panacea f 3-. F. IF5. )**"" 2 ale remedy ever offered her, Even jf tho htt se to fasten itself upon hershe shouid not de- flfe icine is a purely vegetable tonic, containing ture as a remedy for rofferint women. li mat- Jn :en tried and proven failures?GorstJe's F?If there is any tendency to cpctivenesa. inai- A e bowels gently with a lew mild doitM of 8t. w [f your druggist does not keep th??? memeipes A a you, all chargea paid.unon receipt of price. W Liver Regulator, 25c par Paokag?. A Chattanooga, T?nn. Z NCE SALE. O CLOSE OUT BALANCE OF in all lines and offer all heavy goods at - * - i?* 1?* o ips in Dress Goods, especially in annels, at lowcut prices. We ains in Wool Underwear. :ED CASH, i will give a great many gyods. r it and see. ILL & RUFF.S*9 -? ??a ? -L*. jm *m. 1 If mmmL 1 nc urcctva n&m Derived ??g| their Beauty i i&mW/ ?* *orm ^ ?' car" i Av(| riage from the ease and ; I freedom given by the j \pfJ/J sandaL y / J The deformed and unnat( iA ural foot of the present day j with al the ills which fol- j _ . low In Its train is the result j ^ f / # of wrongly maae snoes. > 5ELZ SHOES give all ! ^ the freedom and health of j . the sandal, combined with I the *s with perfect con- j j rectly built foot-wear i r T T T T T T 7?7?) wiJ^L.ir uixu. i fluRSES, m, I MULES. n to | the X9 JUST ARRIVED !b.e FORTY NICE TENNESSEE AXP Cltl" KENTUCKY MULES at my stable* in Winnsboro, from three to five years .-V. oid. These mules can be bought cheap will for cash or ou ojood bankable paper. [a- s payable in the Fall Come one, oome ! to all who need pood mules. I will exc>r0* change thetn for broken down ?u!e? or plug mule*. *' T niyf> havo a fp.t* ur?od Mares and a couple of good Saddle Il?>r?ea, oni* now Two-horse Wa;?n and one go?id (! J Second hand Bugjjv. | I nl?o keep on hand a few ary I "" ^ * ^TT /-~1TT /~(/-v1T7Cl IVL1JUVJ21 VV O nn.I will seil lh? in che^p for cash or ^rv ox-:lia?>ge thcia fur dn-cattle. Alway> * rend) for a tradw. if ' I have enzas?;<l Mr. S. B CKAWFORD f ?r ilie *<51*011. and ho will be pleated to sue an . and a'l of his many 21 frim 1?. - A. WILLIFORD. Winnaboro, S. (J. TO SAMI;. LINDSAY, M. D. WINNHBORO, S. C. ons are OftleoatMrH. Ellen Cathcart's, next ited door to Juo. H. McMaater & Co.'s Drug Store. J^Night call at Winnsboro Flotel. r. 12-#-3m MBHnMHaaHMMivaHii ! Proclamation. i State of South Carolina.,) Executive Chamber, $ WHEREAS INFORMATION OAS been received at thi* Departtneut that oq i he first day < f September, A- D. 1898, i ha barn of K. T Blair, in the ' ouii'jof Fairfield, was burned, and there be?Dg r?isou to beii ye tuat,^b? bu'tiin^ vra? an a t ot ice N-w, ihnreiote, I, W H E l?rt.? Goven.or ?.r the State of ?s.>u n Canlin/, i > diMi justice in?* ?? d??nr and i *: * in j ?tv i-t he 1* ? i)u-ii<*?i?d, do iter - > ?tfer h rewa ?i t FIFTY ? DOI-LAHS f??r w .a 4pp. e;it and conviction (it it.e perion or prr?>u* wiio cotiiiuitttrd *&id act uf incendiariam. In teititnonv whereof, I have berennio bet uiv hand aud cauaed ibe great seal of the State to be affixed, at Colombia, this [l. m. a ] 2oth day of January, A. D. 1899, and in the one hundred and twenty-third year of the independence of the United States ot America. W. H. ELLERBE. By the Governor: H. R. COOPER, 1-28-1 Secretary of State. Proclamation. State of South Carolina, } Executive Chamber. $ WHEREAS INFORMATION HAS t*ec reoeived at tbia Department that on the 28th day of December, A. D. 1898, the barn of R. T. Blair, in the County of Fairfield, vu burned, and there being reason to believe 'hat tbe hnrriinc wm an act of incendiarism. Now, therefore, I, W. H. Bierbe, Governor of the State of South Carolina, in order that josdce mar b? 4ome and the mzysxj of the law vindicated, do hereby' c-ger a reward cf OKEj | HTT5DR?D DOLLARS for lie appre-; j hon*ioa ccirrk^on cf the perwe ' ! ?7 per?o&* who cCrSCTssed said art ot \ j iacendiansn f In testunonj ? hereof, I bare fact- r ante Ktsjbsadaacsasated tbe greir aea! cf tae Stale so be a: Cajpfa, tfeai j [l. m. a.] 55tii dsr cf 2%Esasjr A. B. 1399, aodic taaoae fcntofl and twe^r-^hirdyeeaf tat indepeadecse of tbt United Sratts of Asarnca. _ W. a KM.KKHK. j By the Governor: M. B. COOPER, 1-28-1 Secretary of State, Proclamation. Stat* tr South Gasoixca, J Sncaiire Chamber. > WHEREAS DfFORttATIOK HAS 1 * 5 ?- ^ ? ? I cm nfCClTWi h Uli> uu I oa the artii daj of Jiaaxrr. 1. IX j 1139. tise dipeliias: boose of B T. Kcr. [ is. the Cocntj of Fairfcid. wms bcraed, [ tad taert beio% ress >n to he?2e*? tfiar; ti? burning wtu aa act of :2oesc:aras2. ; Kow, therefore. t, V. IL JEkrfee. j WJTeracr ui ui uhv > lina, ia order tfctr justice ma-? be doce j and the m*7c<t? of :he !a<* vf-'d:c*r?d, | do berebv uSer * reward nf FIFTY i DOLLARS for ;be apprehension and j aviecon of he o*nsuu or ^ir?i?; who committed said act. ot :acec-: iiarisiii la retfiuionv w hereof, I b.w? hero ? liDto set m? baud and caused ' :h* q( the Slate to be aflize*:, at t'oiuaibia^ iji#* j (L 1 j] 2?Ui dav ot Jaitttarv, 3u Dv ' !$$9, aau iu tbeoae biujdrtd ami tweutv-tfcird. >ear of tfce iacepeadeuce of the United ; States o; America. V/. ii. KLLERBS. i B* the Governor: M K tWFSS, | i-^> I Secretary ck yie. I it IM< * J ~ i; A Fresh Lot of I I ! , | Buisfs . I ' i i i Garden Seedj ( i i and i i i i Oa+O ! V/IIlUll OClO> ? i i i A JOSIAE J. QBEAB, | I JRCGGIST. l t mmmmmmaammmmmmmm*tmmmmmmmmma?** "SHERIFF'S SALE. BY VIRTUE OF aN EXECUTION to we diiecied, 1 'save irvied u;jon md will tel. 10 the rjjvhestcaah bidder before the Court fiou*edoorii? Winnsboro, S. C , ou the first Monday in February, one engine and boiler, oi>e brick machine, ana all tools and inaple- i ments attached and belonging thereto. Lev it-d on as the property ~of J. D. Neal at the suit of DesFortea Mercantile Company R. E ELLISON, S. F. C. Winnsboro, S. CM Jan. 13,1899 1-13'd j CLERK'S SALE. J| ST A CE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, county of faisfuxd. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Susnn A McMeekin v*. William D. D*vis, in In8 own right, and aa Aduiiuisirator of the estate, of Joseph K. Davis, deceased, Fannie C. PowhII, The Wiansboro Bank and The Farmers and Mechanics Bank, of Columbia, S. C. IV nnrnnanM of an order of th# 1 Conrt or Common Pleas, made in the above stated case, I will of&r for salf, before the Court House door in Wiansboro, S. C., on the FIRST MONDAY IN FEBRUARY next, within the legal hours of sale, at public outcry, to the highest bidder, the following: described property, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land situate in the County of Fairfield, in the State aforesaid, a little south of the village of dlouticello, containing NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY Aercs, more or less; being the same tract of land conveyed to Joseph K. Davi?, f*e -?ased, by John Banskett, by deed d.'?d the 4th day of April, 1861, a- d rpcordea !o Book WW, page 2*0. ia the office of the Register of Mesti? (Conveyance# of Fairfield Counhud described in said deed as boauded on the north by lands of Thomas Bell, William Blair, E. F. Lyies and the said Joseph K. Divis; on tne east oy lanas 01 josepa ix. Davis and Jonathan Rabb; on the south by lands of Dr. Thomas Farman and John Willingbam-; and on the * est by John Bell, John Willingham and Thomas Bell, the present boundaries of the said land being more particu-" larly indicated by the plat made by Edgar Trapp, Surveyor, on the 25th day of August, 1SS8. The said premises to be first offered for sale in separate tracts or parcel a? indicated on a plate thereof male by Edgar Trapp, Serve, or, oz, tee 5-fch and 25th aogwt 1*9?. -*h?c-'i plat is fiedin the cfEce oc xe *. Jerk of the Court in the record of c?a-*? and will hi exoc dt-j o: sale; tte bids of tbe fewmaa? fu-AAamrS iriT eM CPntntA hSCil id be acceded by the Cierk conditional rlax is np;-n condition that the CTesisies sikQ sold as one entire tract as tifypnnfter directed, shall bring lest ;?n ibe aggregate of the amoonts of Use highest bids for the tracts as offered ?psrately. And when all of said separate tracts or parcels ha?e been ofiered for sale and knocked down to the highest bidders therefor conditio*ally as above set forth, the said Clerk shall offer the eutire premises, made np of said parcels en masse, as a single undivided tract. If the aggregate of the amormts o' tbe highest bids bid for said tracts or parcels offered separately shall exceed the amount bid for tbe entire premises as a whole* then the Clerk shall, npon compliance with the terms or snie, execute to eacn ox the respective porcba-ara for &ai4 separate tracts a deed for the tracts s* separately eeld. Bat if the amount bid for the cntir* premises en masse as a single tract shall c :ceed the aggregate of the amounts of the highest bids offered lor (he said premise* as conditionally sold in separate tractt, then the said Clerk shall execute a deed to the entire premises to tba highest bidder for the entire tract, aid tbe bids for the tracts as offered separate* It stall be wholly disregarded* (Plat >??w1 Mn k* n??n in Oi COM WO.t W ^VbU 4W V'WM v o?ce any time before sale day, if desred } T?2*3 OF SALE. Gne-cnird cf tbe purchase-money to be raid is cai. on the day of sale, tke h&I&ces In rso equal annual ins tailzies.;? free she day of ?s3e, with interest from tbecsv of ^ale it eight per jgiicx2i per ac.acn:. to 6e *eca?ed by tie bead or' :be pnrcnaseror purchaser* aad i sortgsge or mortgage* of riie premise? or for a?l ca?b at tbe opfic2 ef ibe pi-rcs-aser or purchasers. TW porefcaser or purchasers so pay for aL tucessary paper-. And if tbe purcJh?er taZIs ? cks:>Jw with tbe term* <w: Cerfc resell tbe s&id premises s?a ibe s&^e or some sacce^d-aTescir cs t?c sane term? withfurther sro;:ca::02 to the Court, sa:5 as rh? rts&'of :?>e former pnrebaser. S>-?i at cbe : :-k of ;he former purchaser. II H JENNINGS, Jas. I&k :$??. C. C P. F. C. M4j? Machinery I Mm Seplios aid Bepif Manufacturers- Agents for ?he SMITH SONS GIMIM MISffl. Also ENGINES, BOILERS, &c. 3ar MR. S. C. McKEOWN is a Telephone crank too. iir a lrvpantxi p_ oaito W. U. AMVR ? ^ ne in oar CORNW1LL, S.C >ffi* on Winosboso d4 Chester lins. Pt-lj mmmmv & 2 The Equitable m Life Assurance Society ^ of the United States. ?$ Tbe management of tbe m Equitable life Assurance Society ' in this territy isjdesirons of secnrW ing tbe aerrice of a man of cbsrS| ?c.er and abilitv to represent its v ?? interest wnh Wium-buro ?s beadsi quarters. The riyht mas will be ^ thoroughly ednca'ed in the science of life insurance and the art of saccessfal soHcitin?. lhereisna w business or w?fe-sion not requiring capita J which is more roW munerative than a life agency p conducted ^i'h euo^y and abilg| i'v. ('orresp?tidenc? wi'h ai?*? v! who desire to secure permanent w employment and are ambitious tt g| attain prominence 111 the profes*ion is invited. ? W. J. ItODDEY, Mgr., S 8-19-3m Rock Hill, 0.