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JhK LKI ^- ^ Tl T o v! ow P. Cariei K ANAUFfi WKD^KSK VY, KKli'lL" VU V -I IS'17. L The hill introduced by Mr T V (], "Williams, of Lancaster, with re- ,u ference to abandoned railroad pro- ,j. perty. and which Jeenis to apply )| to the C K and W Railway in its |,] present condition, has passed the (| Ilouse by an overwhelming niu- ,.t jority. This is a sweeping ineusure, and provides for an nhso- |,, lute eon Iiseat ion of the railroad }l, property, real and personal. It is hardly possible that the courts would sustain such an extreme r. law even upon the plea that this n is a i|uasi public interest, for af- s, tor all it would be the direct confiscal ion of property belonging to j. in individual, and subversive of private rijiit- which are guaran ,, tee I by the * ??!i -titution. We ;irc ,| in full sympathy with any effort |, to compel tin* operation ot the C i\ a; 1 \Y l>y lcpd and < ( n sii t u- ,, tional ti; no I> it :i failure on this ,, lino is wore than \ mdinij idle, p as it wouM prejudice and joopardiz-'all fut.uro oifort to pvo tin' ,| public what is justly demanded. p It' the courts cannot avail to com- r, pel owner to operate the railroad, ;l it seems to us that all the lc<*isla- s lion within reach is to impose a .. penalty each day that the railroad n fail- to furnish a regular fr<?i?rht C( and passenger service, and make |( the penalties eolleetahle as in oth- p or ea>es. Such a law could not S( ho retroactive, hut it would ,, douhtlos put the railroad into 5 speedy operation after its passage r. and approval bv the Governor. It p is not unlikely that this course C1 has heen cotisiilere<l by the mem- (j bors from Greenville County who ,| favor the confiscation idea, huti'l' weifcel eonlident that it would he | (| much more effective without tak- |, i 11 ?_r the risk of heintr *et. aside hy t!ie courts.? Greenville Moun* |., taincer. , p, nruxKi) IN nii; STORK. s? "?:~~ Ini Four Lives Lost in a 1-ire at Han-: p nil ail. Mo. Cfl r:i llannihal, Mo., Feb. 22. ? Four p I people lost their !i\es in the fire :u whi *h destroyed the dry prods T store of M M Marks at o'clock w this morninp 'The rooms a hove ?*i the store ware occupied hy the Marks family and a number of or lodgers. The flames had piinod re considerable headway when dis. on covered. In the reins were found N inp nooies 01 rropneior Marks, ar two young sons, Irvin and Harold at: and William Rscd, a barkeeper, as who roomed on the second floor, dc Reed lost his life by returning m for his clothing after he had made (In a successful escape from the build- w< ing. Fire loss $10,000. so Was it a Murder. Ik wi William Ballard, a negro man th aged 22 or 211 years, was found sa dead with a broken neck and hi crushed skull near the Southern si< railroad track at the asylum switch ha by an old colored woman between av and 7 o'clock yesterday morn- of ing. She reported the discovery an and Coroner (ireon was notified. li< A jury was empaneled and an in- be quest held. \\ nether Mallard th was killed l>y a passing train or in< some person the jury was unable of to say.?The State, 22nd. Iw> A Patientloss Doctor Kiils Him- in self. an hii Savannah, Feb. 18. ? Dr .7 C w Montgomery committed suicide at Macon today. He was despondent over his poor receipts, ile re- 804 cently lived at Columbus, and b? leaves a wife and two children in th( destitute circumstances. coi + ' .' , I UK LKCilSL ATl'KK WORK, get hio iiiu1 Retrospective and Prospective (I lances--The Crisis in hil tho Matter of Taxation. j hoi Ca he State, iPJnd. j dm If the, senate does not hang up I)V1 le house concurrent resolution to j1''11 Ijourn sine ?110 at 10:."?o a m to- [ca* i v week the "long session" of I so io South ('arolino nener.il assent- 11,1,1 Iv will terminate at that time and I ^!U 10 taxpayers ean draw a sigh of <H' dief. And speaking of the tax Is01 ivers, a great many of them co1 ereahouts, already heavily taxed, JI'1' nd consumed with anxiety to cs now what the legislature is go- Cl^ ig to do with the three very radi- ,m 11 revenue measures that havei^I<J ist heen introduced almost as the j P1' tssion ;s ahout to eoinc to an1 ml. The members of the admin I c'n 4 rat ion who prepared them have lade them so far reaching, in;41,1 lany instances providing for ouhle taxation, that the general ''' >? !ief is j hat th-.* I? gislat iire will not ''' ass them tliises.-ion in the faee f tin* .? mill levy already provid- j ',T1 I f< i i n !li<> wini ill I, ; I VII I I the humor to press their hills, j <1 Mr Mauldin has already ha<! " Vl s continued to the next session, t , hat Mr Childs will do about his l,C roc ohibition measure remains to lie tflkl sn, ho is not here now, having en called away by sickness. If 9 body adjourns by the time onl nteuiplated he will be unable to Dn " I I 11' 1 hive of I In* measure- have hecn .Vi> ilaeed on the special order calen ar on a footing with tlx* lejisla- M,t 11ro appropriation hill. They so l):l I'volutionize tin- system of tax- s,< tion to which the people in this late have hcen accustomed to for ears and years thai they will,"' eeessarily he exhaustively dehat- 11 i. llenee it is thought that the ,,n ???islature will lie more than like; to continue them to the next (>1? ssion. The advocates of these P? icasures declare that without the l,:l mills levy will he insullieent to ro1 lise the necessary amount for ic runnioe expenses of the Sfov- 'd rnmcnt and that there will he a I11'1 eliciencv of many tho-sands of [ *0!1 ollars under the levy (ixed. u< hev state further thnt without icse acts the levy next year will n,J ave to he at least (5 mills. In view of all the talk in the us' ist six years ahoul reducing the s,,l ixcs of the people, the present NVC isis, which none can den\ is a 1 ,ni rious one. is of more than ordi <>nl try interest to the pulilie. IIow;wt' will he settled of eonrse no one m tell, dudirino from all that P:l ui he heard, however, the tax ' d ivers will wail if all the taxes id license proposed are imposed. fdt he situation is one that all realize id re juire most careful and judious handling. ' With these measures <join?r ov- t(,! to the next session there is no 'er ason whv the general assembly nnot adjourn on the day lixed. '>0! early all the hills of consequence e on the soeeial order calendar j ',t,; id with the new five-minute rule an' to sjieeches bein?j enforced the j hate should not consume very ( uch time. The house on Satur I *)e iv nij^ht showed how it could f'(>l ;>rk when it took a notion to do r'ai The dispensary question has I >en practically gotten out of the ay. Legislation in regard to at matter will end with the pas... trc of theltarris 'administration t r 1,11 II. The house has already eonlered that hill prettv fullv. It . 1 * An s been amended so as to do ne\ rav with "tasters on the hoard , I h01 control and Mr v\ inklers's , i dn> lendment that the profits on I cm mors offered for sale shall not ., 1 , the more than 83 1-3 per cent, of e original cost thereof is [tend- | ^ sr. It is understood that none g the other dispensary hills will ! i pressed at this session. Neither inator May field or Mr Burns are j the hill considered at this scsn. Hio appropriation and supply I have heen disposed of by the ise. The house cut the South , rolinn college appropriation , kvn, hut in the fight over it j' ictically settled the ipiestion of I \rging tuition fees in the edu | ional institutions of the State , far as this general assembly is icerned. Mr O Smith has ' 1 lus hill on the subject eontinuuntil the next session. The late finance committee has reimucndcd that all these approiations hut those for the salariof state house clerks he rostorto the committee on ways and Mills. In some instances addi- | mill sums overlooked have been ovided by this committee. I till ing the past week a rad: 1 measure was introduced rough the committee on affairs d that is designed to drixe whis. . .1 v distillers out of buskins in , e Stat'-. It is a hill to prohibit . e distilling of Ihpiors containing ohol in this State and | roviding ics from t;? sl,opo ,.r i nisonment from two 1 > live ars. The senate di 1 not have very ich to do du-ing the week just s.msI. It continued till next ses>11 Mr Connor's hill torcduee p privilege tax on fertilizers, a re by settling the fate of seversueh hills now pending. Then passed the bicycle baggage '>iM <1 it became a law to the i<>\ <?f wheehnoii. It killed the antirarette hill and the bill to re- J at the anti-free pass art. It litis ssed the l?ill requiring all rail nil passenger trains, except rough vestihuled flyer sj to stop all stations, after putting a oviso so as to provide for at ist one mixed train a day. This ok iin* house promises to give ? nonnio nil it c:m <tO <f^\ nild i The most important measure <le from the appropriation :iu<l |iplv hills to pass the hou>c last ick was the Kihler hill provid; for a banking ami insurance omission. The printing l?ill nt over to the next session ami ? Atlantic Coast Line hill was isc<l: so was the general ?i!| reinjj to honr.ls of health. In the senate Senat >r \relief's .ark on Chanson college was one the features of the week. Today there will ho no session either house, it being Washingi's birthday and therefore, a fill holiday. Tomorrow the two houses will Lrin the seventh week's work, f ev have a large amount of work I fore them, hut with hard work : d less talk, with night as well day session, there is no reason ly the linnl adjournment cannot had in time for the members to nart for their homes bv Mon- ' 1 J I y's outgoing trains. j Aughtry's I^ast Chance. Associate Justice V ,1 l\>po mted an order staying the re-' ttitur in the ease of the Slate Thomas (' Anghtrv. This gives ft ft i ightry one more chance for a v trial. The motion for a rciring will l>e heard on the 3d ! ; of April term of the supreme ' irt. The April term ttegins on i 20th of April, so Aughtry 1 remain in the county jail for rhilc longer l>efore his ease is illy decided.?The State, 21st. .. e for Beadaebc. ls ^ remedv for all form" of Rend I ? Electric Bitters ban proved to he rry l>ent. It effects a itermanento md the mont dr?a ted habltualh headaches yield to Its Influ us i. We ursre all who are Hftllctedp ure a bottle, and give thin remeve t trial. In ease* of habitual c ap itlon Electric Blftem cures by n*v the needed tone to the howele, ana cn*+H lontr rwim. tne n-? or ini diotne. Try it once Large boltlU y Fifty cent* at Crawfo-d Bro igStar*. Used Pistol on Himself. Augusbi (In., Feb. IS. ? 1 Williams, aged 'JO, com ml sttieide tonight by shooting li self through the head with a pis Williams' mind has been alien For some time as a result ol blow with a brick some nun ago in a quarrel, which came 11 resulting fatally. Murdered by Indians. Winona, N I)., Feb. IS.? bodies of Uov Thomas Spicer wife, theiv daught ?r, Mrs Will douse, with her 1-year old t boys, and Mrs Waldron, mo of Postmaster Waldron, ^ found on the Spicer plantat near here today. All were riblN mutilated and the traged supposed to have been the v <?f the Standing Koek Indians. Adam Was a Methodist. Some of you did belong 1 church once, but you quit, pity an old qmltor! All can who want to, but I am goin stav by my job until itisdone was born Methodist, and a! gramlparents way haek to A< were Methodists. Adam ws Methodist beennsn lie full foil the tirst time tlu* devil n :i crack at him. From Sam .Jo la*tr sermon at lloston. HOW TO FIND OUT. Fill a hot tie or common k&cs urine ami let it Maud twentyhours; a sediment or settling imiii a diseased condition of tie- kidi When urine stains linen It is po* evidence ??f kidney trouble. Too H'lent He* re to urinate or pain in Iimca, is n'so (?? vitieing pioof tlui Ui Ir eye Htnl Madder are i ut of o WHAT TO !?<>. ?? e-Trttort to the kietwt so ofu n rxprrssud, thai I > r Kiln Swenip I toot. llie great kidney r? 11 fit tihseviry wish in relieving in the hack, kidneys, liver, bin a d every part of the urinary pass It o?>rrecte w al i 1 it\ to Imlil mine h'iil?iii g | hiii in passing it, or rir eta following ii- e of lirpior. w i liei-r, and overcome* that ucplet i, !ty of l> i?i_ e '111j> lb <l to 01 in ii y linn * during the iti111 tour '! In* riiild and ext r?ordiloti v 11 ?*? Swainp-Itoof is kooii r?-a i/.ed stand* tlie hi|tl'e-t for i:* wood i n e* of I he uio-t ill * i essi r g i-a-? .s \ oil in e-1 a nirdieai" you should llit- 11 >1 Sulil he ill m?.'i?ili. ' 11 fiy cuts and one dollar. F sample holt I- an I pamphlet, hotli fret* hy tnai cnlhii n Lmi and send \ our full post-. flleo ich I?? L)r Kilti))*r ?tc Co., HIiik^jiiu'oi V. 'I lie proprietor f t Ins |> j??*r ^ autre llit* ^?*i uiiu'-H of 'his oiler AUDITORS NOTICE. rPHK TOWNSHIP Hoard of Ai -1 Horn will mopt at their respei place* of meeting in est li Town on TIiuih'Ihv J/arch 4th 1h97 fur purpose of canvassing the tax reti and the I'ountv Moartl of KqualiZi will meet at 'he Court Home on 1 tlay March ?:h lhf?7. J A. COOK County Audit Feb 22.nl 1S97. Notice to Road Overset AHA C ONSKQUKNCK ot th /v cent heavy nuns, the public r in some sections of the County, especially the Clay loads with radius of five miles of the tow Lancaster ) arc a1 most In an impt hie condition All overseers of pi roads are hereby notified and reqi to call out their hands and put l respective sections in good repali soon as they are in a proper cond to l?e worked. Hy order of Commissioners L. J. PKitHY County Hupervis If yoa feel wot d h 11 rr?_out tej AOWf'S ; ION BIT?^ ?<r i S * 1 :?. 4 . ? ; ' ? Gen. Harrison a Father. [>:in Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 21.? j A daughter was born to Gen and n iim_ Mrs Bei.jatuin Harrison today t,,| Both mother and child are doing '? (*l ted nicely. Many telegrams of con. j? f :l grntulutions were received at the ,u itlits Harrison home today in honor of K..ir the event. ? |" I A certain lady, whose absence of mind was proverbial, happening to meet in society a young / widow who had lately lost her hus- " I he . J 1*1 I baud, condoled with her sympa- H thetically on her bereavement; ?, ham J n . then, after a pause, during which u she lapsed into her accustomed u thor . ' ... .if forgetfulness, liupnred, to the K T?1' stupcf actio* of the mourner, I '* I ' "Was lie the only one you luulf' j " l;,X A NEW TRIUMPH. j. The Dreaded Consumption Can \ Be Cured. Ill ; ,, n : j li (iod ^ S'oi-um. I ho (i rent ('hem!*' turl 1 ,, Scientist, Will s^imI t.> Sutlffcig, in 'three Free Unities of 11 is Is JT to I New I* 1 >is( ov? r? ?l Heme1 . (lies to cure fTnmump^ I ' . ! tion and AII I tine l i niv .... i I Iouhles. ! . lam. I i ls j Nothing eon hi lie fairer. more phil- j I [.. antlimpie or curry inure joy t > the 1 liulc I'"' Briiernu* ??(!* r of J < 'he Imnnrnl ?n<l ill^linBiiielieil ehemlst l' nt>s , T A Nlncum. M (' ,of New VorK t'itv. j ^ Hi* Iium <Ii eovereil u r*-1ami n absolute cure f >r consumption, ami h'I i? bronchial, throat, luiiy ami chest <11- v seuscs, catarrhal all*-ot Ions general ?lcdine ami weakness, loss of Mesh anil r with all comlltlona of wasting awn\ ; ami to four make i's treat merits known, will i rates semI tlirce fr?*c bottles of Ills ifFwIy leys, 'h- >vercl n n,cities to any nU^tcil ItI ve r.-ailer of Tiik Lkiiokh. J ;1 fro- Alremly li s "new sclentltic ! the 1 of nichcine" bus periiienantl^iyuretl t the ! t bouoMmls of apparent ly hopeless cases. ' nlcr. Tli" Doctor consblcrs It not o?\^v his 1 I professional. but bis re tin bum duty?a Put V which h** ow.? ? ? null rlnn itu | iibmity?to ibuitite bis infallible cure. ||p[ s | | ^ | ID lias proven the "itrcaileil con- ( , | sumption" to be a curable ilisease be- , Y7" | yoml it doubt, In any ('llinale, and has , 1 ' ' 1 ! on li e in Ills Ane'ricai) and European ' laboratories 11?< u-anifs of "heartfelt ' " ti s/imohial* of g ati tide" from those ' " ' benefited uikI cured. in nil parts hf ihe i'c- or , , world isant f'aarrhal nod pulinonnrv (roubles ' " ' lo? l to consumption, m interrupted, means speedv nod oer'nln death. Ilnn't delay until it Is too luto Simply write r1 ' J T A ^looiini, M tW Pine slre?t, ' ' Now Yoik giving express and po.t- () ollli-o address, and lire free medctne s ",l' m 11 I e | r nnptlv sent. Please te'l llie " i Iiot' r von mi\v I.is oiler in Tim _ or B i 1 i- iuikk. I ? sent. I ... u '""?ne ?i-t-"vT <oow>?>nii? i ' i r? ?s \ N I: W HOOK. * K NI I T I NO AN D n. N ' Hot "II ETI N<of i,| page-. ov. r 50 ' 'Hr< original designs illustia'ed, beautiful I lnoo pn'toton, shawls, hoods j. eketa, : i lr., lias been published liyTlio Home 1 II Milk St , lion on, Mass.. and will l>e sent with a subscription to that rvrner. The Hume is a ?o-|age monthly fl/iod with original stories, literary 1 Psess ?Md domestic topiea ami 'asbions Its! ! rivs department of Fancy Worn in a special i feature, new and original d* sign* each- C . 1' Issue. The price of IUb*Cdpi!otl ia fin cents i>er year ami will inc'ude one ttloii 0?x?lc? Ah a ijoi imI innure j 'ues. ' ment to t r ial r ul foil ne, h coj y oft It I book will be given with a 6 months' " . subscription. The price of book is l>r* 2fi rents, but a 6 months' suh?erip. ton and the hook Combined will hea ^ ire! CLEMSON COLLEGE. 1 e re. rpiIK FI/-TH SESSION of Clemson C oads i Agricultural College wifl begin f (and Tliur-day, Feb lHth 1S07 t I" H To the two regular four year course r n ?C Icsding to the degree of Bachelor o t issa- Hcirnce. a special two-year course ii l.l In ,Me<-tmnh-a anil Engineering hint beei 1 '?? *?? added. ihelr The ennrwe of inatruetlon Inelnde r- MH the following aubjecfa :?Agriculture, H Ion fhemitdry. Hortciilture. intirying, Vet* rinary Hclence, Botany, (leology, 4 Mineralogy. Mechanical, Electrical and Ciyii ftmneeFicg. Kugiieh, Mathe inatlrHand Hl?tory. wmamm Hoard, WHahing, fuel, lights for swa nlon of 40 week*, $/>9 ?M?. I For ( atalogue containing full particular* add roan 3f. E. B. CRAIGHEAD. PR/TSDT. t'leinaoii College, j j| SOUTH CIROLIM COLLEGK 1 COLUMBIA. H. C. Reunion begin* Heptember 80th. Ten regular Couraea, with Diplomat*. Special Couraea, with tCertificate*. Board $8 a mouth Well appointed Lahore torlea, Chemical. Physical, Biological, etc Gymnaatam. Total neeeaaary expenses for the year (exclusive of . traveling and clothing), from $1*23 to 9183. women admitted to all Claaaea, For furtAer information, catalogue, etc., addreee the Prealdent, I JAMES WOODROW. | . Ill . \ ESTRAY HORSE. V \ UCiHT. HAY HOUSE. nbfiNC* lentmni uhl uss lukeii upoiv iv premises on the His1 tiny of i>e- >J mln^r Isst When taken up t he r iiwi liiin ? l>o>'* Kailille aii|i the i'hRi -11 of n I) iltd brittle. The owner ?ti y^>t same by provlrg properly nmfc >i\i?gtbe t.xpniMH r.t keeping ?n?>. ? Ivertisli g flie *uiil horse W I>. HYATT, He.air, ?S. ( . b 8, 1S97. 0 .|J. 1MB Mil nHmaMBBBBiai NOT ICR. \ ET, PERSONS Al:K IIKRKBV \ \ Warned riot t<> harbor or employ " ly son Willie Fri-itler who is ? minor oil It ft my home without tny e.oiiaein siil boy is about IS yeaisot age.'ahnut feel 9 inoluK lilgn, weit/li- about 1&C omnia ami is ol a dar* ringer oak* olor. t * The law will bt strict lv rtifnrceik gainst ea -li ami ever> person tlisreanting this no'be EH WIN Kit A Zl Kit eby. ?. 1SH7, ? Notice. \>Y DIRE- TION OK tbe Oounlv i' Ho ti?l of ?'ommhsinni rx, anil in ' ceoriliiiiee with mi ortler i as.-t ?l at a egil'ar meeting of tiie Hoertl. I e'tl on lontbiy, il?e fourth it v of January. ust., notion is beie'?\ given t" all ersmis u lin are ire not inniatrs ??f the or lhnise. but tvli ? nr no r ct i vng llnaueial aiil is paupeis of I h* , 'ouniy. Mutt tbey \vi I be riquireit. Her tiie first tiny of F? b. next, te go r> tbe t ' lintv I'tmr House, nilioi wis* II < minty t?i?I wil/ t u wphtlrtwn, ant? . Iielr m.nies will be sir! k - n from the iBtiper list L" I* KI IKY. * , ? i>n- jy vispr>im V; Reward for a Thiel I [" Wf 1.1, PAY ?!0 tor me hi re st of * I John MeKsdden. wlm rntiMPil my louse on Tuesday afternoon lust arid tole money and Jewelry, >al I John IcKsddeti in h?tw?eii 16nml IK years f sire. a slick hlai'k fallow with # urns, weiehs Aiioiit 140 or loO ponnd*~ /alks as if his fed were shackled; hie. ihihIh look ashy all thetime. H? win ?iseil near Itiolihurg l.ast se^n ** /heater ?:i Tuesday night. ? K. H Ma-pky,l.ancaster, s. C,\ ?nv. 27 1 K9fl ?tf. R. Allison T. S. Carter . ALLISON k CARTER, ;;i KEAI. ESTATE AGENTS... ' IjANOASTKIt, S. ('. 7 - ' t , - * |)KUSONS DFSIHINtl tc sell ine. I provd or unimproved town Ion . if lands of any description are Invited , o see us. ALLISON OAKfKK. .1. I larry Fowter, ATTOItNKY AT I.AW, ?. I ANCASTKU, S f\ Will practice in a'I the f 'otirta of |'?y Hate. Special attention given to ooL . imm ion of (Malms. raY*0!tlce in old ('hfswV-a ? ver Kit/.pat rick lire., stole. 1. Jo 1. Janv 3d, ISO.") ? 1 yr. ^ 1 flutual Fire Protection ^sa tiation. J. C. McDOW, AGKNT FOB I.ANCASTF.R COC5TT. PKRHONH DE^IRINO cheap ineitr?.. ll Hiioe on town or country property* n a (rood nnil safe Fir* liiftiiruno* . Joinpuoy. Rpplr to J. C. MtDow, Agent, Lanc&Hter, S. C )eo 12 h. IfrOti?3n?. Registration Books Open . [N ACCOUDANCK with the Art o r I IHUfl providing f-?r th? registration. , if electors. the hook s of the Puperviaon* if Registration will l*? open at the ourt bouse on the first Monday In ach month for the registration i>Oleoma entitled to registration and kept ipen for three succf-sslve days In eaefety nonth until the geoeial election xt H9S W. O. A Porter, m R. M. Kirk. U. J. Ktyr.n, Roar?l of RegMr~>tay??|? vov in, in??5?tr iNDS_FOR_SALE !i A 8 AflF.NTS for Mortgftire Compm (A nle* wt will sell at private sale a nimber of v ry desirable plantation* n Lancaster ounty belonging taeaW , Companies, at low rates and on easy , erms Mr* For further particulars apply U. . ' , R. E. ALMHON, Attx, Lan -sitter, 8. or R. K. PALMER, Columbia, H. Ct Wor. 34, 'M 3m. % i V i / -!,