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IM'LAURIN THE MAN. HE SUCCEEDS THE LATE JOSEPH H. IEARLE AS JUNIOR SENATOR. Got. Ellerbe Issued the Commission Wednesday Appointing Hon. .lolin L. MrLautin United States Senator to Succeed the Lnt? Senator Earle. I! Governor Ellerbe. on Wednesday} the 25th inst.. duly commissioned John Lowndes McLnurin to be Senator from South Carolina in the pUce of the late Joseph H. Earle, until the General Assembly shall regularly elect a successor to fill out the unexpired term commencing on the 1th of March last < It seems to be understood on all sides that there will be a primary election to choose a man who shall be presented to tbe Legislature as the j choice of the Democratic voters of 't South Carolina. In view of this expectation there have already been a ( mimhor nf cpntlemen mentioned as) (probable candidates?Senator May fi<jld J; of Barnwell, Solicitor Bellinger of the i1 same county. Mr. M. L. Donaldson of I ( Greenville, Ex Governor John Gary j ( Evans and Mr. John T. Duncan. Judge Brawley was also spoken of, but it may be considered certain thar. he will not enter the race. The appointment of McLaurin caus- f ing a vacancy in the sixth Congress . ional district, there are already aspi- . rants to the latter place?Solicitor J. j M. Johnson of Marion, Comptroller , General Norton and Mr. W. D. Evans, ^ of Marlboro, at present a member of the State railroad commission. Others ' may come in later. It now seems toL understood that there will be no |. (primary in this district?the candidates going before the people them- j selves. ( THE NEW SENATOR'S CAREER. j John Lowndes McLaurin was born < in Marlboro county, May 9th. I860, j His father's name was Philip B. Mc j Laurin. He was a lawyer of marked | ability, but died at an early age, leaving the subject of this sketch, Thomas ( and Margaret. Thomas died when j about 12 years old and Margaret is ] now is now living in Marlboro county ( as Mr*. Crossland. His mother was a ( daughter of Col. T. C. Weatherly, who was prominent in public life before the war. He was sheriff of his county and represented it in the general as sembly for many years. Whatever of political ability and taste that Mr. McLaurin has is from this side of the house, all of the Weatherly's being successful politicians. Mr. McLaurin's father while he was in politics was elected at the very early age of 23 to the general assembly. He was just old enough to oe eligible. On this side of the house there was marked intellectuality and culture; while they were in politics, they did not care as s winr.h fnr them as for matters of au , intellectual character. Mr. McLau \ rin's father was a fine speaker. ( His father died from illness con- , tracted from exposure in the army in t 1864. In 1867 his mother married Mr. ? WilliamS. Mo wry, of Charleston, S. j C. Mr. Mowry was a very wealthy t gentleman and the family lived for j several years in Marlboro county and j then moved in 1873 to Eagle wood, N. f J., where Mr. Mowry has since that t I time been a very successful member j of the cotton and stock exchange. , Mr. and Mrs. Mowry, and five half I brothers and sisters are now living at c this place. All Mr. McLaurin's half { brothers are in business in New York city. In tbose early days the school system of South Carolina was so defective that "Jonnnie and Tommie" were sent up to the Bethel Military academy near Warrenton, Va. Tommie died while attending the school and John, the new senator of today, was then taken on to Eagle wood and sect to school there until he was 15 years of age. He was then sent to Swarthmore college near Philadelphia. A /%?_i - -1 1 J: -J - u l^UtL&Gr bUUUUl uiuu t suit biucui 1 South Carolina temperament and after two years, Colonel Weatherly, ( John's grandfathr, concluded that a j military school and a disciplinarian , like Col. John P. Thomas were needed j to properly train and hold in check ] the promising young Carolinian. He . remained under Col. Thomas in his j school at Charlotte, N. C., until he graduated in 1880. John was noted \ more as a baseballist and a boxer than , as a student, though his natural quick- ( ness and aptness enabled him to stand well in his classes. He then went to j the University of Virginia and took , the law course and in 1882 went to ] Bennettsville and began the practice , of law. Although Mr. McLaurin up to this , 'time had eiven verv lttile attentijn to the realities of life and his future prospects, having been a wayward youth , at college insofar as respect for rules and so on were concerned, when he began the practice of law he desired to turn over a new leaf and make a name for himself in his profession. He hung out hi3 shingle. Soon an opportunity came along in the shape of cases brought against 32 road hands known since as the Hebron road cases. It was a kind of a feud in the county. The prosecution employed all the leading attorneys in the county, including the present assistant attorney general or oouiu v^tronna, ex j uage i Townsend. Idr. McLauiin was alone for the defensa and many had advised the accused to plead guilty. After five days of legal fighting, Mr. MeLaurin won in every case by appeals to the jury, the law and evidence and prejudice of the people being against him. Judge Townsend was attracted to the bright young lawyer and offered to take him into partnership. This copartnershp was formed in 1883 and continued until Mr. McLaurin's election to congress, the Orm being recog nized as one of the strongest in that section of the State. On the 19th of February, 1883, Mr. McL?aurin married Miss JNora Breeden of Bennettsville, S. C., the daughter of Mr. T. J. Breeden, and a neico of his law partner, Judge Townsand They have six children, four girls and two boys. The marriage has been a most happy and congenial one and Mr. McLaurin attributes his success in law and politics to the influence of his life partner. His friends will tell all that he has never taken an important step in his life without consulting his wife, and he has even discussed his law cases with her. Under the former regime in South Carolina, Mr. McLaurin from almost tne time that tie began the practice of law rebelled against the existing political conditions. In 1888 he made in his county a fight such as Tillman led in the State in 1890. He was defeated only by the greatest effort and ft combination of all thp opposing foices. In 1890 he was elected to the legislature. The general assembly was composed almost entirely of new ? - - - ?' rt T UUtt men ana coniainea o?uumr nuy, m Governor Evars, Justice Gary, judge Gary aod many ether meu who have since become prominent in State and national a J Fairs. Jn a. very few days Mr. McLaurin made a speech that developed the fact that he was one of the coming factors in South Carolina politics. At the seconH term of the legislature Attorney General Pope was elected associate justice of the State supreme court and Ernest Gary, Congressman Wilsnu, D. A. Town 1 W,iT aiifin ccz-.vo nanrii. genu ULiU 4Ui. 0?lVAJAi4ltU dates for attorney General to succeed Justice Pope. McLsmrin had an easy victory, brins? elected cm the third bai lot. He plunged at once into the sea of Jiiigation. The Cocsaw case was pending, involving a large ?>uin and the back and railroad tax c^ses that have since become so noted, finally ending in the supreme court of tne United States. Ail of these easy were of the utmost importance to the State. His record as attorney general was ?ocd. During the campaign of 1892 Governor Tillman was opposed by ex-Govsrnor John C. Sheppard. Tiie main fi<rht upon Tillman was made by Col. Youmans, who was a candidate for secretary of s.ate. Ho was a very eloquent, lluent and forcible speaker. There ^ere personal differences between Youmans and Tillman, and Tillman refused to debate or recognize tiim in the campaign at all, which threw the fi^ht, so far as Youmans was concerned, upon McLaurin. Rarely has such a debate ;ver taken place in any campaign in this State. It was of such a character is to excite the keenest public interest, yet the two men came out of it the best of friends personally. The result jreated such a wave or puonc iavor For Mr. McLaurin that when Mr. backhouse died in June, 1892, nothng could prevent the people of Mr. McLiurin's district from electing him to Congress in November following. He was seated when the Fifty-sec ?nd congress convened in 1892, in he month of December. Mr. McLaurin's first utterances upon the floor irew great attention to him all over jountry. It was his remarkable eulogy >n his deceased predecessor. It was anusual and drew many comments rrom the press. He went back to give i sketch of the history of slavery in -he south, showing its influence in the ?ormation of the character of the men )f his State. Then he proceeded to jonnect it with this new Reform novementwi'h which Mr. Stuckhouse lad had so much to do in launching. 3e came to congress about the time hat Bailey, Bryan, Sibley and others )f equal note made their entrance upon ,he congressional stage and immediitely began to attract attention to himself as a debater. His first fight was )n the repeal of the purchasing clause )f the Sherman act. His speech was >ne of the verv first attacks upon Grower Cleveland's policy. It was sarcasic and pungent and claimed widespread attention both at home and in he country at large. Then, during he panic of 1893, when because of Vio onai</<itir nf mnrinv thfthankn had UV QV?l W4VJ V* UAVMWJ ? ? 0 form a clearing house association tnd issue certificates in order to move he cctton crop, Mr. McLaurin was he very first man in either branch of jongress to Fee the point and propose 1 remedy. He got some of the certificates and went before the banking ind currency committee with a pronsition to issue $125,000,000 of Jnited States notes, which were to be leposited with the banks to take the )lace of these certificates. He showed hat the law prohibited the retirement >f these notes below $346,000,000, and hat as a matter of fact they had been etired far below this amount. He nade a strong: tight against the imposi ion of the 10 per cent, tax that the reasury department proposed to place apon these certificates. This speech eras very extensively printed in the japers of the west and south. Mr. McLaurin also took a prominent part in the debates to repeal the LO per cent, tax on State banks. He nade a number of other speeches on - "? ? - * ?l:.L ,ne nnanciai quesuon, an 01 wiucu aave attracted attention. In the organization of the Fifty-fourth congress, Speaker Reed placed Mr. McLauin upon the ways and means committee. Since that time he has de roted himself to the study of the tariff question. In a speech delivered on March 23, last, he attracted the attention of the whole country with his speech upon the Dingley bill. He boldly proclaimed the doctrine that if a. policy of protection was to obtain that the south should have her share; that all or nothingshould be protected. He offered an amendment in the committee room asking for a duty of cents upon all cotton imported into the United States. He was vigorously attacked on the floor from all quarters, but met every assault with that tact and coolness and fully sustained his reputation as a debater. Then there was his last speech Advertising Columbia and the south in a way as to attract the potice of the entire coun try. Mr. McLaurin has been elected thrice in his district. One of his admirers yesterday had this to say about him: "He is a very broad man in politics. During a factional fight there was no man that fought harder, but as soon as the battle ended he took the position that be was a representative of the whole people, and that he did not have the right to hold a Democrat responsible or question his right to vote against him in the primary election. He was the first Reform leader to come out openly and bodly in favor of peace and unity. At one time it seemed certain that the leaders of his own faction wouta ueieai mm, out wnen mey would get a man out and McLjurin would go on the stump, the first speech would dissipate all opposition. Mr. McLaurin's friends, and many of his enemies, politically, also consider that he has done as much if not more towards the breaking down of factional lines in this State as any other man. Ia lact, Mr. McLaurin is not thought o f as being a member of either faction." On Thursday Mr. McLaurin filed with the governor his letter of acceptance of the position. The letter is :J 1 4.: ? cuiisiuereu umci.y aiiu vory ujui>ji iu tbe point. Mr. McLaurin, as was expected, takes occasion to urge the State executive committee to call a primary election for the purpose of naming a man for the general assembly to elect for the full unexpired term. Here is his letter, however, to speak for itself: To His Excellency, tbe Hon. W. H. Elierbe, Governor of South Carolina, Columbia, S, C.: Dear Sir: Your notification of my appointment to tne Senate of the United S'ates to fill the vacancy caused by the sad death of Senator" Earle has i been received. The pride and pleasure at the receipt of such a distinguished honor is saddened and sobered by the thought that our State has lost one 1 who, to my mind, was the ideal representative of the culture, intelligence and refinement of southern civilization. With a profound consciousness of j the responsibilities involved and an honest determination to represent as { far I am able the interest of the entire ] people of our beloved State, I acc?pt ( your appointment. I desire, however, j to sav that I believe that United States \ Spnnt.nrs should be elected by a vote i of the people; and as the Constitution , debars us that privilege, I sincerely j trust that the Damocratic executive , committee will, at its convenience, \ order a primary, and give every Deo> j ocrat the chance of having a voice in ( the selection of one to fill this, the highest, office in the gift of the peo- ? pie. If I am not selected, I will hum- t bly acquiesce in the wishes of a ma- } jority of my fellow citizens. If I am j selected, I will have the proud con- j sciousness of knowing that I am in ? fact, truly the representative of the t people?the whole people of the State e of South Carolina. It is peculiarly s gratifying to me to receive this ap t pointment at your hands; but had not c the exigencies of tbe situation in the Senate demanded the immediate ap- e nAmtmanf rtf nna Qnmpwhftt. familiar I with the situation, I would have requested you to hold the matter of appointment in abeyance until a primary election is ordered, which, I hope, the executive committee will see proper to do, and other candidates see fit to enter. I s^all at every meeting insist upon no one voting for me merely because I have been appointed to the position. I resign an office but little inferior in dignity and honor. If I am to be continued in the senate, I want it to be given me in an election where every citiz2n, however humble he may be, can have an opportunity to say so at the ballot box. Nothing would give me more pleasure than to represent South Carolina 4 in the Senate chamoer or me uniieu States after a free expression from the people themselvtP. Respectfully, John L. McLaurin. The Columbia State says: (Governor Ellerbe is done with the matter. He would no doubt like to see a primary and have his selection, which he leels he made in response to the will of the people of the whole State, as he understood it, approved by them therein. He will not take any hand in the primary, however. A dispatch from Washington states that Senator Tillman, profiting by past experience, no doubt "will likewise have nothing to say or do in connection with the coming race. I The present indications are that the primary will be called by the executive committee to be held about the middle of September next. In this j case the camDaiern. which ia a part of r the primary system in this State, will ' have to begin at least two months be- j fore. There will be 40 county seats to ^ be visited by the candidates. It will j. be rather an expensive thing for the * candidates who make the race, and it s is possible that none will be held if no other candidate than Mr. McLaurin remains in the race. The friends of the possible candidates already men- l tioned say that they will all make the y race, and of course the result will be a long, tedious and costly campaign. In the jace in the Sixth congression- , al race to fill the vacancy caused by Jthe appointment of Mr. McLaurin to 1 the United States Senate, those candi- 1 dates who have already been named as certainties propose to stay in the s race to the end. Mr. D. W. McLaurin ? was asked the plain question if he s were going to make the race. His re- 8 ply was that he would do so provided f his warm personal and army friend, 1 Mr. D. J. Bradham, did not run. If Comptroller General Norton is 1 elected to Congress, as his friends feel t confident he will be, then his present ^ chief clerk, ex State Senator Derham, 1 will be a candidate for that position t on the State ticket. He has stated as ? much. 1 The Southern Christian Advocate of r last week has this to say of the gover- ^ nors selection: t "As was anticipated by most men t of good judgment, the Hon. J. L. c McLaurin of Marlborough county, * now leading member of congress from a this State, has been appointed United t States Senator vice Joseph H. Eearle, c deceased. The appointment is a good 1 one, and will be ratified in the pri- i marv whenever that is held. Gover- c nor Ellerbe has chosen wisely. Mr. McLaurin is a Christian gentle- e man of decided ability and nign cnaracter, eminently deserving the houors placed upon him, and he will be fully equal to the responsibilities and duties demanded by the important office to which he has been appointed. We congratulate our State that her interests are confided to such faithful and capable hands. Senator McLaurin is a worthy successor of the statesman whose death all mourn." The Citadel Encampment. The Anderson Intelligencer says: ' Col. Coward and Capt. White of the South Carolina Citadel, Charleston, spent two days in the city last week completing arrangements for the annual encampment of the cadets of tnat institution. The cadets will come to a ?i ? T 11? 1 i a.1 xxauersun on j une uiiu spreau meir g tents on the campus of the Patrick g Military Institute. They will remain I here about two weeks, during which time the commencement exercises will be held. Ex-Judge J. H. Hudson wiil deliver the annual address. The cadels will march from here to Clemson College and spend a day. The cadets will be warmly welcomed to Anderson and royally entertained." Missionary Reported Murdered. Private advices per steamer GHenavon, which arrived last week from Yokohama, state that the province of Kweissan, China, was the scene of an attack upon the Christian missions ' recently, and it is rumored that Rev. ( Father Maxell, who was in charge of ( the chapel at Loli, was murdered. It 1 is feared that other whites were mas- 1 sacred. Owing to the remoteness of ) the scene it was impossible to obtain j any details of the affair. Asked to Utilize Castle Plnckney. j The city council of Charleston Taes- ] day adopetd a memorial address to i congress asking that Castle Pinckney, the famous old fortification in this s harbor, be converted by the national j government into a home for disabled 1 officers and men of the army and i navy. |t BUTLER ON REBATES. \ LETTER FROM THE EX-SENATOR ON THE DISPENSARY. So Refers to the Senatorial Campaign Three Yearn Ago?Com ments on the State uuvorumouu The Columbia Btate publishes the following: To the Editor of The State. I observe in the "modified statement" of 8. R. Tillman published in Tne State jf the 23d instant he lugs my name nto his .labored effort at vindication, rhe statement from beginning to end s more in the nature of a "confeFsion ind avoidance" than a vindication. Expletives and slanders, his favorite weapons of controversy, will not satsfy an inquisitive public, which is jetting down to a more serious form )f inquiry. He says "when these staple slanders ibout rebates under my administra i ; i-i-:? tu ion were puL luiu cirvuiauuu uy tuo lewspapers aDd taken up by General Butler in the canvass three years ago, [ met them promptly and vigorously it Union and elsewhere, and last winer I joined with Governor Evans in isking that the legislature should ippoint a committee to look into the iispensar; s management and set the sharges of corruption at rest :?orever." This is very general, evasive and irroneous. In the first place the 'stale slanders" were not "taken up >y General Butler" by anything de ived from "the newspapers." Here s what occurred at Union. I had re jeived a communication from a gen leman in Charleston, not f.newspa >er man. informing me that by the erms of the whiskey trust agreenent, every member of the trust wan wuad to pay a rebate of seven :ents a gallon to all ^ho pur:hased a thousand gal1 :ns or upward, hat is to say, was bound under he trust agreement to pay be ck seven :ents on every gallon thus bought; hat the Mill Creek distillers* of Ohio vasa member of the trust, and thereore bound to return this rebate that is Governor Tillman, as chairman of he board of control, and understood o be the sole responsible head, had mrchased large quantities of liquor rom tbe Mill liraeic oisti. lery, ne >ught to have received large sums rom the Mill Creek distillorv, runling up into the thousands of "dollars. Chis is substantially the information I eceived f.rom an entirely reliable, ex)erienced source. This communication got into The 'Jews and Courier and can be .found n the files of that paper of that date, >efcre I had an opportunity to ijse it >n the stump, in this way. At a meeting preceding the one at Jnion, I do not nowrememtor where, dr. Kobn, the correspondent of Che News and Courier, ask ad me if I lad any manuscript I expected to use, would let him have it in advance, o that he could make a copy at his eisure, and thereby save him the labor vhen sending off his dispatches. I give him~the memorandum furnshed me as above stated, eD joining lim not to publish it until I had em raced it in some subsequent speech. lr. Kohnu through inadvertence, I uppo^e, forwarded it to his paper, ind it was published before I had an ipportunity to refer to it. Mr. Kohn afterwards told me he lad informed Governor "illman it tad been published without my .uthority. Notwithstanding this information, Governor Tillman having the openng speech at Union, made wis publicaion the text for a violent, coarse, vul:ar attack on me, stirring up the pasinns nf ft few ruffians and black ;uards in the audience, and then vhen I got up to reply, the ruffians attempted to browbeat and howl me lown. When the excitement was at ts height and trouble seemed imminrat, Governor Tillman, as usual, left he stand and sought a place of safey. In the course of his ribaldry and rituperation he denied having colected the rebates and endeavored to ake refuse from the awkward dilemna in which he found himself by raisng other and false issues, having no elevance to the rebate question. iVhen I replied, I said, among other hings, that there were but two alternates, either Governor Tillman had :ollected the thousands of dollars of ? - *? * ii.? J:~i;i eDHltS iruui tuo JUIII urcc& uiauiiQjj md not accounted for them, or haa >een guilty of a crave and censurable lereliction of official duty in not colecting, the rebates and turning them nto the State treasury for the banefit if the taxpayers. No charges were made, but a simple inquiry which any taxpayer had a ignt to make, and any honest man vould have invited and answered dis-1 jassionately and frankly. There wan io occasion for such an outburst of :oarse ribaldry and unseemly passion. Tae controversy stands today where t was left off at Union nearly three ?ears ago, except that the suspicion of jrookedness in regard to the rebates las been intensified by a remark /vhich Governor Evans,his friend and solaborer in the dispensary business,) o nhoraoH with hnviniy mftfln t.n Mr I Vlixson, late chief dispenser, to the el ect that "Ben Tillman had lined his jockets with rebates." And further, >y recent intimations and suggestions >n the same line from some of Goverlor Tillman's closest, and. as is gen rally supposed, most confidential perlonal and political friends. Now, the simple and only quistiOn as to this jranch of the dispensary management nvolving hundreds of thousands of lollar3 to the taxpayers, is, were the ebates of seven cents per gallon colected from the Mill Creek distillery ind other whiskey dealers, and if not, vhy not? fJcur Tillman i>?nnnt. cirW.raf?lr this nomentous issue by tirades of abuse igainst newspapers and any and everybody who choose to exercise ,heir rights as free and unterrified cilzens. It is the duty and business of newsaapers to iuform the public of current jvents, and it is the business and duty )f liberty loving citizens to hold every Dublic official to the strictest accountability for his official acts. The newspapers have never, and can never, 'mpair the official integrity of any aonest official. The official himself nay becloud and besmirch his own reputation by evasion, irritability and passion under legitimate criticism and inquiry. The stench from the dispensary jcandals have reached the acuta stage md its founders and promoters owe it themselves and to the people of the State generally to probe it to the botLom, let out the soul ellluvia, or ? "bush " That is what Gov. Tillman has reeartly advised the United States Senate to do. b Legislative committees are very ti good things in their way, when they b are in earnest, but when men have P said "the horse was sixteen feet high" tl they will scarcely turn round, eat s their words, and admit the horse was p only sixteen bands high. If the wbis- ^ key dealers who have sold whiskey to v the State could be brought into court t: acd forced to testify, some reputations would be much better or worse off. It is about time the people in the n Otaie were lining iumicra iu moil uwii hands, stop listening to twaddle and 11 nonsense and have a general over I hauling of tbeir affairs. Prejudice and to passion and resentments may be very r handy weapons for charlatans and P demagogues to boost themselves into a office, but they are petting to be very c expensive luxuries Taxes which were ? promised a few years ago to be re- 11 duced have been increased, and are * likely to be still further increased if a 81 halt ia not called, and the taxpayers n have to pay the piper while the demag">gues daDce. P Public offices were promised to ba ^ reduced, but they have increased in numbers and the taxpayers have to , pav the salaries whi;e the increased officeholders dance. This, I say, is / getting to be a pretty expensive fuxu 1 ry, especially when considered in the l| **.9 a nff r\-f rrannn I J i^iil U1 liiO lauiilg VU \JX JLWYUUUV | J from the phosphate royally, and other \ sources which helped to meet public expenditures. '! It was promised that the dispensary j | would pay a half million a year into i the State treasury, and ou?ht to have done so under honest, proper manage ment, What a pitiful showing has t been made. M. C. Butler. "Washington, D. CJ.,~May 26, 1897. ' c THE TELEGRAPH OUTDONE. J The Transmission of 3,000 Words a Minute r a Stild to be Possible. p t A proposition is before the Senate in the shape o:f a bill introduced by 8en- a ator Pettigrew to expend a million 2 JAIIAHN ?4tvrtA*>irMAin4mAi O nOHT _ uuuma ju i.-ajjciimouuiig system of rapid telegraphy, wires for <1 tue purpose to be constructed between New York and Washington. It is J claimed tha t this system will supplant e the telephoae, telegraph and mails as o a method of communication between a the great business centres and will ^ make possible the transmission of ti 3,000 wordti a minute.. * The new method is called the "syncronography," and employs the alter- ,i nating current on copper wires. The " planu have been perfected and experi- 'i< menls conducted by Albert Gushing ? Crehore, assistant professor of phys i ics at Darmouth College, and George * Owen Squire, first lieutenant of artil lery in tne United States army, and J instructor of the department of elec- ig tricity and mines in the United States c a qnvionl pacimoatfli* ^ayipt* o a.lbiJ.101 J UWUUVA< i. UBIIUJIMIIV* VJ1 w??? al Giry had a conference with Lieu- ? tenant Squire on Friday to ascertain ? the merits of his system in order that f an intelligible report might be made on the bill. Lieutena nt Squire claims that under his system two lines in continuous operation would handle all the mail business between New York and Chicago, which id now done by means of . about 40.0(10 letters a day. He believes tbe simultaneous publication of the same newspaper in different parts of the country is among the possibilities. In an edition of a daily paper having twelve pages there u are less than 185,000 words. At the , rate of 3,000 words a'^ninute it would only requ ire about an hour to trans- * mit the entire contends of the paper d The cost of maintenance of tbe pro b posed system, it is claimed, will be little more than that of the telegraph * system now in use. b Queen Victoria. 1' Last Monday Victoria, the queen of 1 Great Britain and Ireland and En- ~ I 1 T J:- ?l?l I prcua ui xlmitt uuiouraicu. uoi oovcuwjreighth birthday and next month will * be celebrated the sixtieth anniversary b of her accassion to the throne and the ? completion of the longest reign in English history. Her reign has been 0 full, of glories and the congratulations tl of the wiiole world must be heartly 3 given to the venerable sovereign who is Joved by her people and who is respected by the people of all nations. Worked With Wisdom, QA Koo fKn Kntmn of fVkA / IwV YVOA1 UUl vuu uigviiwMuvu v? tuv | relief to the flood sufferers in the Mis- ^ sissippi and Red River valleys been administered that of the total appropriation of $200,000 about one-half now remains unexpended, although 1 the field has been fully covered. j indigestion. From which springs, directly or indirectly, nearly every form of headache, and sick headache never seperatad therefrom, is surely and speedily relieved and cured by the use of "Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys." One 25c bottle will convince of its merit. Try it. Sold by dealers generally. : j To the Public. : : I i T1TE WILL OFFER FOR I : : | I : VV sale during the next six- : : j I : : : <y days, as we will have to i : | : know within the time above i : * : i : stated in order to arrange our ; j \ j i : business for another year, : : : : : : whether or not we will be ablo : : J : : j to dispose of this valuable real j : j : : : estate. Having decided to go : : : : more extensively into the mer : : i cantile and rice mill business, j 1 : : : and to reduce our farming in- j j j : i : terest, we have decided to place \ \ J : : i upon the market one of the tin- | t j : j j est plantations for general pur- j J j : : poses in Orangeburg County. j _ : | j This property is situated in : j : : : Pine Grove Township, one mile | : i : from the town of Lone Star,a sta- \ | J : : : tion od the Manchester and Au- \ | j : : : gusta R. It., aud containing j 4.... i.. 11 i i i /nnruw _ j iwuuij'uve uuuuiuu y&uvvj ; ^ : : : acres, more or less, 'with a good j : j : part of same under a high state | j j : of cultivation. On the place is a : : good saw mill, grist mill, gin and | : : j \ cotton press, a tine pasture, 8 or j | | j 10 good tenant houses, and ev- { | cry other convenience a good \ \ : farmer would want. We oiler j j \ I : also for sale two lots and the j j | | j best store house in Lone Star. (] | j This is undoubtedly a fine open- j | ing for anyone wishing to mer | chandise and farm in connection | f j \ with each other. All of which \ \ \ !* ! ! wo irmt xTf\f\T dmi'in <1.11 < 1 Ofl ' * vu?. JUu >.. j . . . easy terms. Of course we won't \ | be able to turn over to the pur- j ; chaser the farm before lirat of j Jan., 18U8. The store we can | j turn over for (he fall business. / : ; For further particulars address | j j j TAYLOII&BULL, Lyons, S.C. j j j April 21-3moa 11 \ Make Home Happy. This is an injunction that will be eeded by all who look to the promoion of the pleasures of others. A appy home is indeed the happiest of laces. One source of happinesBin be home circle is good music. A ure source of good music is a good iano?such as may be had fi*om M. l Malone. Columbia. 8. C. Read ?hat he has to say in his new adverisement. The two most critical times in a woaan's life are the times which make he girl a woman, and the woman a other. At these times, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is of incalculaile value. It strengthens and invigoates the organs distinctly feminine, iromotes regularity of the functions, tllays irritation and inflamation, hecks unnatural, exhausting drains, nd puts the whole delicate organism ato perfect condition. Almost all tie ills of womankind are traceable to ome form of what is known as ,4feaale complaint." There are not brae cases in a hundred of woman's eculiar disease that Dr. Pierce's Faorite Prescription will not cure. iimk jqotc oma a T&fbr*. long way to V i &? to reach 50? /. ^^^^55Fthe heart of i the modern V- for a wife, In /T V he expects^a more than he de ' r * serves. He wants good , jT' * looks, good sense, good nature, good lealth. They usually go together. An observing man learns that a woman srho is physically wealc and nervous and intpable, ia likely to be ill-natured too. The weeteat temper is ruined by continual icknesp. A woman whose nerves are constantly aoked and dragged by debilitating drains nd inflammation, cannot be a genial comtanion or happy wife; and she is totally infltted to-be a mother. These troubles prevail almost universally siong women largely because of car?lessie?B and neglect There is no real need of hem. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is positive specific for the weaknesses and iisetsea of the feminine organism. It cures them radically and completely, t heata, strengthens and purifies. It ia the nly scientific remedy A vised for this apeial purpose by an educated, skilled physiian. It ia the only medicine that makes lotherhuod easy a,nd absolutely 6afe. Miss Lauretta Mclfees, of Reno (P. O. Bo* 733), Fashoe 0?., Nev., writes: "I have discontinued iking the 'Prescription' and will not take ?r more (at present). Last month I hsd no ain at all ana worked every day without any iconvenience whatever. It was the first time never had pain during that period. I cannot ?y too much for your medicines, especially ie 'Favorite Prescription' and 'Pleasant Pelits.' I know of a laay who took one bottle of our * favorite Prescription' and she says she rea not sick like she was with her first baby, "his was her second baby. She thinks it a rand medicine. So do I." Dr. Pierce has had a Hfe-time of experince in this particular field. His 1000-page Vinnlr "Th?? Common lease Medical Adviser" contains several hapters devoted to woman's special physilojry. A paper-bound copy will be sent free n receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay the ost of mailing1 only. Address, World's Disensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. Nor a cloth-bound copy send 31 stamps. Advice to Mothers. We take pleas are In calling your atlen on to a remedy so long needed in carry* lg children safely through the critics) age of teething. It is an incalculable leasing to mother and child. If yoa are istnrbed at night with a sick, fretful, ?thing child, use Pitts' Carminative, it rill give instant relief, and regulate the owels, and make teething safe and easy I will cure Dysentery and Diarrhoea. Itts Carminative is an instant -elief foi olio of infants. It will prorao'?? digestion, lye tone and energy to the stomach and oweli. The lick, puny, goffering child rill soon become the fat and frolicking Joj f the household. It is very pleasant tc le taste and only cost 25 cents per bottle old by druggists and by THE MURRAY DRUJ 00., fvi.?v,!. a n WUiUWMI* %'# W see HERE. IS YOUR LIVER ALL RIG IT ? je yoar Kidneys la a'teJlthy condition If so, Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys will keep them so. If not, Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys will make them so. A 25c bottle will convince yon of this fact. 'aken regularly after meals it Is an aid to digestion, cures habitual coaatlpatloD, and thus refreshes and clears both body and mind. SOLD WHOLKSAIE BY Ch? Murray Drug Co COLUMBIA, 8. C. AID Dr. H. BA.RK. (J??rleiiton. 8. r. BE YliDR OffN BJSS AND GKT YOUNG'S SILENT REVEALER and CONFIDENTIAL ADVICE TO liEtflNNERS ir How to start in in? iViiuuraer uusine93 with very hin II capital. lake Money a5 Yoar Hoaiu. Nj Office Kent lopay. Orders Arriving It/ Mail. SEND FIFTY CENTS FO < TWJ LARGE BOOKS, EAUil n>0 PAGES, GIVING FULL INFORMATION. COLUMBIA BOOK AND NOYJSLTST CO.. 700 Main Street, Columbia, a. C. HAPPY HOME 1 ( IS INCREASED TEN FOLD Bi GOOD MUSIC. Make tbe most of life by procuiing a good PIANO or ORGAN. Music has a refining Influence and keeps your children at borne. REMEMBER You only Invest odco In a life time provli. ed you selcct a good instrument. I CHALLENGE : any house to beat mv pric<??QUALITY and RESPONSIBILITY considered. TERMS: To thoje not prepared to piy cash I will give reasonable time at a slight dlffeerence In price. . WARRANTY. I fully guarantee Pianos and Organs as repiesented, placing them on test trial. I Represent tie Biiliers Hence CAN and WILL save jou money. Prices Ranie as follows: Organs from 145.00 up. Pianos from |185.00 up. DON'T FaIL to write for catalogue, lours for Piano; and Organs, M. A M ALONE, COLUMBIA, S. C. j "MATHUSHEK1 I 0 The Piano for a Lifetime, | The Piano of the South, The Piano sold Most Seasonality. The old, original Mathushek, sold by ui for over a quarter of a century and the delight of thousands of Southern homes. I More Mathasheks used South than of any other one make. Lovely New Styles at Reduced Prices, cheaper than ever before known. Styles once $435, now $325. $100 saved every buyer iHow, because we are now Interested In the great Mathushek factory, supply purchasers direct, and save them all Intermediate profits. White us. ( ILUDDEN <fc BATES, \ Savannah, Ga<, and New York City* ^ THE THOMAS ' is the most complete sy?tem of elevating handling, cleaning anji packing cotton* Improves staple, saves labor, makes you money. Write for catalogues, no other equals it. I handle the most Improved COTTON GINS, PRESSES, ELEVATORS, ENGINES AND BOILERS to be found on the market. My Sergeant Log Beam Say Mill Is, in Rimolicitv and efficiency, a wonder. CORN MILLS, PLACERS, GANG EDGERS, and all wood working machinery. LIDDKLL AND TALBOTT ENGINES are the best. Write to me before baying. V. O. Badham, General Agent, COLUMBIA, s. o. HOT MISLEADING. o No Dasobr. in Curing Ose Habit, or Form* UO ANOTHIR. OPIUM (Morphine, Laudanum) Eto., Curidm trom Four to Six Wkkks. LIQUOR DISEASE Cured Usually in Four Weeks. Also Tobacoc Habit and Nervous Diseases The Cure has been endorsed by the Legis lature or six states ana one i?rnwr/j uy the National Government in the Soldiers' Homes and in the regular army; by many local authorities in the cure of indigent, drunkards (morphine and liquor); by Miss< Wallard, the W. C. T. U.; Francis Murphy, Neal Dow and the I. 0. G. T.; by prominent men all over the land; by 300,000 cured patients, more than 20,000 of thcae being physicians. The Leslie E. Keeley Company and the Keeley Institute of S. C. are responsible corporations which could not alford to put forth any claim that the> are unable to pror e. For printed matter and term*, add ress, 'THE KEELEV INSTITUTE, or Drawer 27. Columbia, S. C. Mention this paper. ENGINES, BOILERS, SAW MILIA GRIST MILLS AT A FACTORY \ PRICES. E. W. SCREVEN, 1 COLUMBIA, S. O. ' *\