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I *i * * *) \ infill* ^rVWHft^ljrffllM* G^T ? ?f ,-* *> vW <^aIIWIzllg* ?Mlliit?+ ^'" __ ' . I ^ ^jfew TETCULGW s. carter I ~ --^T^ ":==r^==ziz::-?:rr=~ - ~: =--? ^ Spixoh^d aUHAOML S A **>*!y Xwrpapor ; /V^* Promotion of L\o Political, &;rtal*. Agricultural asti Cvmrnctr-ial IntoctU. " J~ ' ;'l-.vtbK .y tUtJOM. .,_,MNUAsi'i<;i{' ^ (' T QRflCIT Urt POl.lflV aim vw.n .v ,- , ~T..., : ~ - ~r " L~::~;.,- -,L; L51M.OJL Our big stock must be sold. Kvcry article guaranteed us ^ represented and every eusto- j iner gets a bargain. Fur we J have the goods and wo have cut the prices. First Come, Firs? Ssrvsd! Send us your watch work j and jewelry jobs; we are better prepared than ever to rentier quit k service. R BRANDT. Tim J-witlor. Ohe^ier, S.O. I CLEVELAND, HKYAK, CAR-' NEC. IE. ?t , . . ; The Three Anti Expansionist*! Send Their Views to the People. The Atlanta .Jonrmil publishes viewe of cx^Presidont Cleveland, J Hon. \V. ?I. Bryan and Mr. An drew Carnegie on the Philippine question. Mr. Cleveland said: "If there is anything that can uiiuei. ui? aucoiion or challenge the thought of our people in thoii mad rush towards yawning disa1 ter, it is more likalj to be tin earnest, well-informed and patri otic warnings of the decent pros* than anything else-" Mr. Bryan aays: 'd have conti lence that th< American people, whan they have | a chance to apeak, will reject lit) perialism and militarism, and re- j main true to the doctrine of ?>elfgove rnment." Mr. Carnegie says: "The influence of a supwrim race upon an inferior in th ; j tropics is injurious, demorali/in j and never Icvating. Impcrialisn ; is the cra/s of the hour. Thoroug1 < Americanism, such as the south , now stands for, i? for all time I congratulate the south upon it adherence to tha principles o j' VI' l " i\ asiiingToti riki ,)fir?rson, whic! arc bound to prevail.1' ?. i \Y N Williams, an old negr? 1 convicted in Clarendon couaty <>? I receiving stolen floods and s?n I teneed to one year on the chain Jiang, has heon pardoned by tin | Governor, having served just foui months of his * ntcnee. Tho house of representative ' doesn't like the shanto of South/* Carolina putting bar palmoto ^ token on whiskey tla-ks, but it i doesn't mind the shame of vet- ; ting the State herself up as n . barmaid, to till and hand out the Musks. Is the emblem of tin I State more sacred than the State ' i t mm I f' ? INSOMNIA "lliavn l>rfii ii?inK CASCAHKTNfor Insomnia, with which I have been afflicted for 1 over twenty years, and I can say that Cuscaret* I have Riven mo more relief than any other reme- , Uy I have over tried. I shall certainly recommend them to my friends as being all they are represented." Thus. Gili.ard, Elgin, 111. |! CANDY M 1. W CATHARTIC ^ ? yg Dfipi Q%7i) ? Pleasant. Palatable. Potent, Taste Good. Do Good, Never Ricfcen. Weaken, or Gripe, 10c. 16c. 10c. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... IM?rH.( Ini4| CiUM'f, Ckkae*. IwtTMl, lei Twt. 116 M-TO^KAa 1 H 4r i?|M mU Dr. MUee* K?rr? MmNN. I | f'~, Zm _ ,1/ jjaJufifT. C^iarot-.^ . V U< V l V/Uil 1 J.lUu.J .. 1 ARE mTO PURSUE.!. tt1 Govcrnmtat's Plan as to Philippines Outlined. THEORY THAT PKRAY IS PANGKROl'S. jn Jurisdiction of Cnitod States to l>e Extended ()v?r the Whole Group lainiediately. Naval Campaign. Washington. r" I>. 17.?The j g administration ha* determined to rapidlv extend the iuri*di??n?"i the United State* over the whole i'f the Philippine group, iding on B' the thorny that delay in thin cane t' in dangerous and lh;it anarchv and '* ? general purulvHit <?f such inter- *' rats as the islands support will t>a !" brought through a failure to ^ promptlr replace the Spanish sovereignty over the islam Is hy | that of the United States. Tlia M' leeision iuyolyesthe necessity of * naval campaign, and this will a he instituted as eoon an Adniirjil Dewey receives the reinforcements i iti the shape of gunboats now on , u the way to Manila. j w It is not anticipated that there Pl will he a necessit y for any formula- | *r hie demonstrations, Imt the fact Ju that tlie United States govern P1 uient is able to exhibit a auflicient lorce to accomplish the purpose >f occupation is expected to deter j w the native* from profitless resis j *' Lance. Owing to the vast number if the Philippine islands, large jCl funhoHta will he required to visit ul hem simultaneously, so tho pro- | gramme will lie to have the ves- 'H tela visit in order nil the principal own outside of Manila. I'liw naval vessels prohalilv willi*ie accompanied by some troops . Pl uid the ftoldiers will he himh-.l 111 vhere neceaanrv to li-list the ,VI 'nited States ilatf and take poases- l" .ion formally of the ports. It isj'K inderetood tl it there will In* no *' ittcmpt made at this time to dis j dare any of the existing municipal ^ 'overnmente except where they 1 >rove refractory and offer rcsia W1 slice. In fact, a policy of eon- Te iliation will he followed at all ^ joints in the treatment of the latives. j ')C Tl Cattle and Sheep Killed. I"" A Deneer, Feb. 1 7. ?Thoestimate ' ed *f loaaes to the cattle and sheep ntercats caused by tlio recent tornia in Colorado made I>y State , IK leternariun Charles < iresawcl I, . ' In courts a total of $200,000, cover i sl( uc 4,200 head of cattle and 4 7,| I"' iOU head of shoop. . \ lai^c number of sheep and j at tie were killed in Wyoming J *? sp ,nd northern New Mexico at the ame time, but Mr. Gresswell has 10 data from which to baae an ^ mtimaU. j Uo * " an President Fame Dead. X Maris, Fob. 10.?Julius Faure, j afj resident of Franc#, (li?d sudden- A(j y of apoplexy today. Ilia un- up xpected death causes much ex-J of itsment and anxiety here and hroughout Europe, as there is * eneral fear that it may precipi- W6 ate a crisis in French affair*. n r your subacripiton t iKDOIK! fei visju ur lilfj i'tU.'Mti11HJ. , tie Tree to he Taken From * Dispensary Bottles. UIO BONDS WANTKD. i? p , - """ , 111 oard of Control Must Civ* Se~ I em ity ? Beer Privilege Repeal j ? Hill Stands--Rivals for Western Union J ' Lines Kncouraged. I ,i j e ?;?eial to (.?reenville News. e Columbia, S. C., Fob. 17.?The A jht wns renewed today on Jack-jr m's bill to prevent the use of u'palmetto tree on bottles and 1 bois, except the stock on band. | Ir Jack-on said lie did it out of ispeet to the Confederate ami ^ [oxican soldiers. Messrs. Hell, lird and Me(iill opposed what iev termed llie kicklr aontiment itv in this matter acid said the scuasion was wasting time nver ! titleless matter. v II II Kvans sai<t he was moved ? deep indignation when he taw " soldier lying in the gutter drunk v ith a bottle sticking out of his 1 icUet upon which the palmetto 'ii ee was the moat prominent oh- 1 ct to he aeon. Therefore the \ v vlmetto tree ought to ba wiped t f those tmttles, he said. I 1 A motion to recommit the hill i * aa loat by 59 to 31, hut an c nendment was adopted which * lowed bottles now in use to be mtinued until tbev are all used h ?. and the bill was passed. 1 I The senate bill requiring mom-t, ?rs of the Stala board of control t give bond made a big tight. tThe bill require 1 n bond of * in,000 for each membor and a ? ovision required that the pre 1 iuma to the surety or guarantee f inpauv should be paid out of d e dispensary protits ami should * > charged to expense account. ic house voted against the la tor | h ovision and required the memire to pay for their own bonds. 11 On motion of Sawyer the Imnd is lixed at $le.000. U r Sto- ' iiiion o lie red an amendment tlaat e commissioner give the same n ?nd as the State treasurers, the 11 ind to be Approved as hie is. ? ie treasurer's boad ie $90,000. 1,1 Mr Sharpe olTered an amend-; rut that the bond he $50,000. ^reed to, and the bill wa? pass-. 1) At tho opening of tho session il r 1?Umsm uttcmi?l<*<i to liavo the ' * . v cr imv ilcge matter ivcommit, . P d lie (Wire*! that it ho <* ?u-? .: lercd distinct from the hotel 0 ivihvjje business. I'lie house K fused to recommit ' _ Mr (,'osijrove moved that nil . i- '3 Heches hereafter ho limited to Hi o minutes. ttl Mr 111.'use wanted indefinite de> tl te on tho archer hill. On mo? l( in of Mr Win^s this was tallied, j . d all debate will he limited. | T? The South Carolina ?Sc Georgia tonsilia railroad hill was pasted ter eoversl amendments ha < heen opted. It was decided to take only senate bills for the rest the session. TL. L - i ue nospuai for the iasane was | C owed the use of convicts. j ** Mr Bacon stated that patients i >ro coming in at the rate of forty nontk and more room was need- 1 ai The senate passed the greater j" rt of the day in considering the utilizer tax bill from the house, lat turned all the proceeds of a !io tux ink? tl: 1 re .surv, (..'loinson (' (i receive?: p|ir?>j>i itii >n> as other ollv ges. i ii<* senate adopted a . ii'it# liil! which leiivc* the iw us it at pi *?.? ,.! stands. I* Til. TO will have t'? I>o a coin* of.fcoiuer?nc? on tlio I ?i 11. 1 lio >enute hill to authorize tho (instruction, maintenance and opration of telegraph and telephone 11 ini's in till* Si ale of South Cam- 1 ma and to provide for the assess- r| ncnt of juat compensation for . ueh rights, was the nioet impor-' ant hill before the house tonight. 11 'he bill finally passed. It is in " lie interest of the Postal and long a istance telephone companies, j underlining railrand rights of way. j 'he Postal and one long distance . I I onipanv sav they want to build long railroad lines and the bill 11 ncro.Mftry. *? 'PI SON ED BY WOOD AlA'()- if< ti IIOL. * 1? 'oung Mau Disregards a Timely u Warning of the Druggist. 4 ipecial to The State. p Itock Hill. Fob. 1?>.? Mr Ed " rnrt 1 A Humphries, a young man '' in ployed at the Highland Park : * lilt No. 2, died last uight under ' t ery distressing circumstances. \9 lefore starting hunting, the mora -? '' ng before he died, he sent a hoy / ip town with a note asking for.*' rood alcohol. As is customary, (? he druggist labelled the fWsk * dainty and marked it poison and " Iso cautioned the small boy who' . n ante for it not to taste it as it ras poison. The boy took the!1' tuff to Mi Humphries: and told j'' iin what ths druggist had said. | Iumphries paid no attention to ho warning though, further than n smilingly assure the boy that lie druggist didn't know what he 1 /as talking about, but poured ' ut a third of a gla?^ full, tills 1 it ip with water and drank it down. 'his ne repeated, at long intervals uring the day. 1'hat night he as taken ill and lay in this con '' ilioti until the neat night when died. Mr Humphrios was a young landed man aod came here from r< affnev about two months ago. ' [ was a mechanic?or engineer * -and was 'a popular man. lie a* well connected and a brother- " i-law of Mr Carroll, of the tirin in f Carroll, Stacy A Co., of Call- c< WJin di PUKMIMhbS f <...,.1 - _ i i - ..vim vi'in iimin'ss 10 ll. I., jj. ncklen Co., Chicago, and get | free sample box of l>r. Kind's mv Life 1 *i I Is. A trial will ciiii- ! ince you of their merit*. The.*e ills are easy in at-ti??n and par- p? cularly etrective in the cure of ,M onstipation and Sick Headache. ^ or Malaria ami Liver troubles ley have been proved invaluable. *1 hey are guaranteed to be perfect.- in free f.om every deleterious in ibstanco and to be purely vege-Ip( iblo. They do not weaken by . J . . in loir action, but by giving tone ^ > the stomach and nowols greatly ivigornte the system. Kegulnr ze 2.">c. per box. Sold by Craw- or >rd Bros Druggist. c< 13$" Subsoriboto Tiik Lkdoer. , *> Itucfetm's Arnica salve. \ tI Thk BrjT Halve Id the world for IIIm It ri11^ ,vj.?,TI " 1 , uuins, uu'ern, nil11 i iieuin, Fever rtores, Tetter, (/hap* sd (land*, 'hilb aius, Corns, and al kin eruption*, *nd positively cures lies, or no pay required It is guar* iteed give perfect satisfaction or '1( lOoey refunded. Price 25 cents per at )X. For dale by Crawford Hroe. RdaetU Your Mowela With Ckieartu. . Candy Cathartic, core oonatipatioa foretar ftl to, M*. It a C. C. fall, #*MRlMa rafaad woaay. <) >y (>; ' j'iioDivinc? c;< >r? TON. 'nets and Figures (lathered i?\ (iovornment (Jllirials. Washington, Feb. 10.? I'udoi ie supervision of the statistician I yd?, of the department of agrr ilture, the coat of growing cot >n has heen investigated t.nd tin suits of the investigation uro t( m published within a few days ir pamphlet. Tins report will low that the average cost of pro living an acre of apland cottoi 1 1 SOS win H5.4'J, snbdividti lto the following itams: Kent $2.SS, plowing s?2.Sl sod 21<'., planting **rd irtili/.er* >>1. 1", distributing for ilizers 10c., rhoppinir and hn?ln< 1.31, picking ? '}..'{7, ginning am ressing $1.02, repairing imple tents 4"c., *11 other expense lc. It ntis ascertained that ill onnds of lint produced per aer rere 255.6, sold for 0.7c. pe ound; bushels of seed produce* 0, price per bushel 11.9c. Th >tsl return to the planter wi 19.03, which gave him a no rotit of $3 01 psr acre. Th ost of picking cotton per huodre ounds fas 44c., while the cos f producing the lint per poun ras 5.27 csnts. Several thou sud cotton planters contribute* > the?e statistics and of the cntir umber represented 20 par cent sported a loss, largely due t aficient production, owing t rought or other causes. The tes island cotton costs $21. 5 per acre, or an average of 11. 9c. per pound aa*l the total re nrn for lint and seed of sea islam utton $2S,0.r>. which gavi le planter a net profit of *0,7' or aero. The planters that report a pro t in the raising of npiaml cottor roduced 275.9 pounds per a?*re hi 1 m tho?? that reported ? los: roduced onlt 176 pounds. The effect of the use of fertili jrs in the raising of cotton it ?rv distinctly disclosed, and tbt tsneial result is that, in propor on aa the quantity of fertilizer! ird increased, tne protit of rais ig cotton per acre also increas1. It has heen discovered in this vestigution that cotton i? proiced to u limited extent, hut at high rato of protit, by means ol ligation in Western Texas and ie southwestern part of I tali, i Texas irrigation had the effect 1 producing 512.4 pounds of litu M- acre, which is 29" p mildeater than the average for tin hole State. For lV.M> iiihmn iccial inuuiries were nm.tu ^ inner statistician of the departont and the estimated cost ol reducing lint cotton per pound, gold, was 8.0*2 cents, One o1 ie remarkable revelations is th< imperative cost of marketing )tton i? 1840 and in 18',i7. l'ln miparieon is itemized and showi lat in 1840 it coat $18.15 t( arket a hale of cotton from Ala una to Liverpool, while in 189* lis eost was $7.81). Generals Discharged. Washiagton, D. C., Feb. 10 -The war rl?n? rt moni viiiVUU morably discharged Major Geo als Butler end Sumner anc rigadier General* Kiine, Mr. ee, Wiley, Lincoln and Com ha 1 of the volunteer army. i)l ASHIit o i vj i*i \j J it V7 J u -i. -i . Grip Takes Iks City in Its Iron Grasp. j GovcrmtHMu Machine: Almost nt a St:m<! till. Knonnnu- iVr-1 rentage <?i KniployeosStricken with Ln( i rippe.apitol at the Mer? v of the ) Plague. The ( fti? epidemic it racing in the . i < npitol <'ity. and fully on- third of the tf'iv^rnm'iot employ**"** are nek or * sulVsriiijr from the urn 1 <!.**;j*a I Violent headaches, l"??? i ana ehilla, 1 Htiee/.itig ami i uniiint; at t in- < cs and i im.Hfc touel'o.r with the hone r-.-ekijiy ' uch?a and pain* and a <p noral . xIkmh ' tion arc the ru c r*;h"t* th'tn ?< ex ceptioti Tin- I' st was1 to fight the T (?i* /1? i* to ?11 ( tic'' h "fi til.- nprv?? ami j ' build U|> lko- rcdstivc power** j ? us to III low . ir the il< M<iiy disease germs, and inching will do iliis so ijiitekly k and eureiy at Dr. M lies' Narvim* 11 hat i?~'ore.l heahh to ihoosamlt of t (trip s ul tV re is after every other reuae* j dv had failed. "When tine lliip U?fi me 1 was a j. broken down wreck, h uh m-ntal and j physical M? nerves h completely unstrung my appetite failed, could C not sleep and lie-Mine so despondent i IIihi I despaired of ever getti >.g we.i. ^ I l egan to improve with the tirst hot' tie of Dr Mills' Xvrviueand when I ? j had taken seven hottlea I w*h coin d , pletely cured' Hare lieeti Htiong ami ^ | wed ever did before " ^1 Kahcf.i, K Pi Laos,Si antnn, Va. Ail druggists are authorized to sell * I Dr Miles' Nervine on a guarantee d thai first hott'o hemfila or monev reI funded He sure and get Dr Miles' | A'ervino. Hook le. on heart and lurvea " sent free. Addreas o j I)r Miles' M? dical Co , telkhart, Ind. ! STATE IIOr.SE PIKE PROOF. Electric Light Wires Set Fire to the Unitary Around Main 1 Lohhv. , I _ i Had the state capitol not hoen almost fireproof it might hare -j boon in ashes today. Yesterday i morning it was discovered that all , the intl unin ihle in iteri i! within s roach of the electric wires r inning into tho hall of tho house of re- * ! preventatives had heon hurncd i Saturday night. The insulating s had rulilieil ofl' tho vires and it i.s remarkable that no fatality has i' ocrured before this, as f .w place where tho hla/.o o?cured is on the floor of tho gallery running around the main lohby.?Th? Slate, 20lh ? inst. A hill was passed in the T. S. !j Senate Wednesday extending to* 1 j appreciation of Congress to Miss Helen Gould 'or bar patriotic. ! Mcrvicn Muring the late vt ir. A m???Ui it ill Ik- p;<\> .?* 1 ha: K 1?y t11? President. K K\V \ i< 5). *j!) >. I I h:' re 1 I ! of thi? |>:ip o tv ( h 1 1 >I.1 io| n il : hii' 111 Tf 1- I - i-r _ i Ollt- l|lVll<|i'.| 11 -* ? ill it Si*. MO* I|(4 I?? ??11 11 U* In rlll'e IM illl i'S s i.^i mil i tlmt is''manh Hi l'i t'ntarni < '11 r?? in liieinnv positive nr.' no*- :iioa'ii ' to the nualii' it 1' :i'??rnit\'. in irrli I?i?f i 111^ 111'<><isi.itut 10 1 a! it 1-i'.tso r j tires a j con *.ti 1 uiionai I roat 111*111. ll iii's 111? /in rli (Jin ? is laKHii 111I uriiaila ii iit r | ?lir* cti\ upon tin* lilooil an miimiu ' su ir ices of 1 h-syit** 111 thereby lestroy* . i otitic loiuiilai ion of/tic iliseits , mil , uivuiit the patio it stivojjh in h tiiilii"U up tiie constatutioii it 1 iii assis t 11 $ ): iMiMirrm uoinx i s work The proprietors have * niueh faitn in its * curative powers, that they oiler One - Hundred Dollars for any cast that it fails to cure. tS-sn ! for list of testimonials Address, J r OH EX EY DO., Toledo O. loy* Sold by DruggHts, 75c. Hit^h Wind at Seneca, r Soneca, S. C., Feb. 10.?A - hearj wind storm passed over 1 this town this morning at k - o'clock. Ths Kst)wee hotsl was , unroofed and telephone lines were blows dowa.