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J * a&m ar^ . i ao* - . ^IIMii'W^Ji^ vsf<?> VSffijRIiOW r^ OAK lElL. J ^ j^jry^, ^Vao^vjwr : ibrCka JVcms&a* */C:c Ib&tfkni, ?Ttao'a4 jsf * jrt^T <2? 03wrr\'*2 .Es^trciX ) ^V'.Sfil li". 4J- ii 4 }XQXML ? ? ^ _r ! Paa.^ -a ?gr& u \ LAN C A vS l K K. < M U U !1 19, 1904 EST A BL1S b E D1862 vaiaajia i'ii) Deposits. Cir Lun 1 of Ore From Gnffooy, ' S. U., fc?uid to lluvu lieen Sold for $10,000. i Special to The Obsoivor. , Abbeville, March 1G.?Ashevillo gentlemen who have recently retinoid frsrn Goffuoy, S. C., tell ; of the discovery at that place of a j great tin mine about a month ago. It is said that 20 tons of tin ore taken from this mine was sent to ! Liyerpool and thence to Cornwall, 1 because there was no smelter in 1 tho United Slates. Tho price i said to have been paid for this ear loud of ore was?10,000. Among the Asheville gentlemen who have visited tho mine, aud who declare that it. is valuable property, arc Judge H. B. Stephens and W. T. Mason. A syndicate of Asheville and Michigan capitalists is being formed for tho purpose of securing options on property adjoining that oil which the tin mine was' discovered. The government at ^ I Washington tins taken cognizance j of this tin tind and several duvs ago sent an export there to ex- j amino it. It is said that tho mnu j on whose land tho tin was found has ucen ollered $100,000 for the property. The state pension hoard has been called to meet on M irch 23 I for the purpose of distributing the pension money, tho amotin to b# distributed being $200,000. TRAGEDY AVERED Just in tho nick of time our little boj was sn'ved" writes Mrs. W. vVntkins of Pleasant City, Ohio. Pneumonia had played j sad havnc with him and n terri-! b)e cough set in besides. Doctors i treated bim, hut he grow worse { every day. At length wo tried Dr. ( King's New Discovery for Coii- J sumption, and our darling was i saved. He's now sound, and well." Every bodyought to know, it's tho only sure cure for Cohghs, Colds and nil Lung diseases. Gua?*nnteod by Crawford Pros., J. F. Mackey & Co., and T. I/ r-v uu?ouu ruiiUOKMllK. l/l'lIgglSl i Price 50c and ?1.00 Trial hot- j tlca froo. j m to loam ! I r have m ide uriani^ementa by which T can negotiate loans of $100 ft;) and i upwa'ds on first mortgigos on im- ' proved cotton f irms at 7 pi r cent in?- j terest on smis of S.ODO <0 and over, j and 8 nor net;i inteteat o:i sums of has than $1,000 iNo commission churned, only a rea? ' qeaonle fe* f ?r abstract of title. It. E W Y fjfK, I ;l A4/ I 7raris I <3?UTH?F\N C9.TT9N OIL. < J. 11. Tillman 11 Candidate. Augusta, March 15.?Jumos ^ II. Tillman of Edgetield announce* his candidacy for congress in an interview in the Augusta Chronicle in the morning. Ho will stand *"or the seal vacated by the deatli of Col. G. W. Croft. ?wm Gibbes Elected. sv sii Columbia, March 15. ? In the municipal primary, held here to- 111 dav. T. II. Gil )I?p? vviiu rwuni no t 1 ^ for mayor by 4 1 majority. The (U nomination is equivalent to oloe .. .Ti tion. The city of Columbia has elected a good mayor and board of aldermen. There were a great y many surprises, chief among c them being that there will be no ^ second primary for mayor. 01 Clerk of liuniigralion Bureau. tl | Mr. 10. ?). Watson, the com- H missioner of immig .tion, has ap- f? pointed hi* clerk in the person of o Mr. (J Douglass Birksdale, a'o member of the Laurens bar and 1 i for several years master in equity m of the county. Mr. Barksdaic is the son of the president of the national bank a, Laurens. His selec- p tion was due, the commissioner js says, to bis ability and out of no p political consideration. There were over 100 applications for tlie p place. . . I p 1 ueuiiioiiiit Follows a Coiu. j ;\ but never fallows the use of Ko <1 iey'tf Honey and T??r. - It stops t] the cough, heals and strengthens n the lungs atd affords perfect security from nn attack of pneumon ia Kef use substitutes. Sold by P Funderbnrk's Pharmacy. tl Big Laud Sale, 40,000 Acres '? Sold For Cash. ? Lako City, Fla., March 15. ? A l land sale involving ?240,000 vras 11 concluded today, the land in ques- ? tion consisting of 40,000 acres in 1( Taylor county. They were sold by J. P. Williams to J. J. Betts & Co., Ashburn, Ga., for ?0.00 ,l! per acre. Phe entire amount was <1 paid in cash. Betts & Co., are among the leading lumber mnnu 11 facturing companies in the south, P having already large tracts of 11 land in lieui'ipa and two mills in *v that State that cat 100,000 feet of lumoffi' per day. Thoy will in tlio near future put a largo mill on tlio land they have just purchased. C c iTOF\l p READ 11 T! I#P? w 6i i niD |? juf ; JL Atdh~Jztufj? I P C jy *v v>- savannah GA j^ Happenings In The State. 1 b Chronicled by tho Alert Correspondents of The Columbia State. ( hoy loses a foot. Greenwood, Mar., 15. ? Little 1 ee Campbell, tho 11-year-old n of Mr. J. A. Campbell, while ' ringing on a car which was being iftcd at tho Greenwood cotton ill, fell and had his foot so badly oshed that it hnd to be amputatl JltV ACQUITTKT) MOT1IKit AND son Walhallu, Mar., 15.?.Judge , C. Klugh convened court here ?stcrduy morning. The first ise to come up was that of .John 'avid Henderson and his moth* charged with tho killrrur of 1 c- r> . M. Henderson, tho father and le husband of the dofendanta. 11 the persons are c<dored, and Lcnderson was killed *in a general uniiy row. The jury after being nt so*110 time returned a verdict f "not guilty." It HEATH 1.1 UEKAI.T.Y HEM'S MKTIIODIST OF TOUT MII-L. hott Mill, March 1(5.?Mr. O. Heath of Monroe, N. C , who ! not* d for his liberality in con-ibuting to charilahle and other rorthy causes, ivas a visitor to "ort Mill recently. While here, Mr. Heath was ?priscd of tho fact that the Fort ? ! 1 \ ? I i * iui iuiunouist cmiteli was buroned with a heavy debt and that li<\ mofnbers wore then making n effort to raho money to pay oil ho hebt and iinprovo their church roporty. Mr. Heath's nyinpalies were evidently touched hy us intelligence, for a few days iter the congregation received rum him a voluntary offer of 5 00 to lie used for chunn work, 'his offer, however, was luised pou the condition that the con legation raise the sum of ?.')U0 ) bo used in a like manner. Tho Methodists were much en? nised by Mr. Heath's offer and tone3 set about to raise Hie re.1 i!iO AA / \" .1 unuu ijau u. ut i ins amount bout $250 was subscribed durig the lust woelv and it is exeoted that the remainder will be i hand by the *ud of the present eek. T. O. CROFT WILL RUN. Aiken, March 10.?T. G. Jroft, Esq., today replied to the ictition from the members of the tikou Bar association and from lie citizens of Aiken county. Mr. Jrofts' reply is as follows: "To my fellow citizens of Aiken ounty and of the Second congresional district. I have read with rido and gratitude most profound lie numerous signed petitions initing me to become a candidate ar congress to tiil tho vacancy nused I)v thn #!?>??t-1* ??<?' f t/A IliJ ll/VUl " il father, 11 ">11. George W. Iroft, from the Second congresional district of South Carolina, fo stronger token of honor, es?ern and reverence for the 1110mry of your deceased representaro can he shown. ik (Vhilc reluctant to do so, havlg faith in those who signed the otiticn and the citizens of the istrict at largo, a majarily of hum weie his friends, 1 have dei<led to make the race, and heroy annonnco myself a candidate ir congress from the Second eonressional district to (ill tho nnexs [>ircd term only, subject to the i Dan result ot the primary election. BAKN lUllNKl) AT LATTA. Lulta, March 10.?At 11 ('l!l o'clock this morning tlio barn ami stables of Mr. .Joseph .J. i'othea caught tiro and in less than 20 ^ 110 minutes the whole structure was) ^ ontirely consumed. Mr. llelheu 1,10,1 lost in I ho lire a lino mure, two s,p:I1 buggies, a vragon, a road cart ccn* and sSm farming tools, besides a sl<'r calf ?;u I a -mall amount of corn and b)i\' Tim ti-o i,i t otici -- -- ? . . a ..u Hi V \/l I^IIIUIV.11 At Will I a spal'k living from the washing |,,,( 1 kettle into a small pile of hay un.->j,'K' dor the shelter of the barn. jtjnnu was due to the carelessness of a luc cohMetl woman. l'lio loss is es- ,'ul timaUd at from SdWO to ?1,00(> j ^ial over m uratice. !*a'Dangers of Pneumonia* i c 1 1 A coM at this time if neglected thai is liable to caw->o pneumonia which ' to .? is bo often fatal, and even when ^j1(, the patient has recovered the lung'urer weakened, making them pccu arly susceptlde to the development of consumption. Foley's iloney hen and Tar will stop the cough, heal 1 and strengthen the lungs and pre Sun vent pneumonia. For sale l?y "Kundoi bul k's Pharmacy". / paw I i! | Ooitc a kn >tty problem has. ayisou between Mr. W. (). Kawls An anctbMr. I. S Ki Id over a horse ^ trade that occurred lust Friday. The,.facts vrero about like thir: jc;i> ^Fr. Uuwls sold the horse to Mr. W;l: K i hi for *05 and guaranteed the !l!"' anitp '' f? ')C perfectly sound, llo 1 ' had/owned the horse for more 5,1 1 th;,.i a year and thought he knew ' alikoftut it. The trade occurred at 2 o'clock and Mr. Ividd starte 1 j U1J homo. Three hours late r the j!lss horse was dead on the road. Mr. j lm' Kidil says that it had net been (lt driVon; but had been led along co!1 liehiud bis b no try. 'fho cause of NVO the animal * death has not been l"c ascertained. The question now :lni is, who is the loser of the animals There are those who hold that a 1,1 "sound prico uai rants a sound ' ^e article," and others who insi-t that at the time of tin* tiade the nlu horse was to all intents and pur (',s poses sound; that .Mr. llawls cer- jl,ns tainly know nothing to the con- ^e trary Had tlmt his guarantee could w:! not extend beyond his knowledge. 0<,kS The malter is still open. 't ork? '<m villo Enquirer. 'mv P' WORKING OVER IT ME. Eight hour laws arc ignored by 0,1 these tireless, little workers?l)r. King's New Life Fills. Millions he: are always at woru, ntght and day, Lik curing Indigestion, Biliousness, {ro Constipation, Sick Headache and ^ all Stomach, Liver and Bowel troubles. Eas>, pleasant, safe, sure. Only2ooat Craw ford Bros., hip J. F. Maekoy & Co., and T. Eugene Funde' burk, drug store. Boa - mjbigi Wild waves, like a >1110 men, make a lot of noise, but they don't say anything. Occasionally a girl mariies bo- ' ] , , lie cause Bno wants to muri-v. I.nt ina , * r der majority marry because they don t want to remain single. el Ledger, Constitution, Home i ' and Farm all for ?2.25 per year. pni A good old preacher was a lit- hall 11 o bit confuted over hisuunounte- hoe ment. "Uemember our quarterly pos meeting next Sunday. Tho Lord will tie with us during the morn ing service, and the presiding ^ot' eider in the evening." ' Too many young men look upon do < mi education as a sort of loop? \ l.olo through which to escape the work. bon * * laged Palmetto Will be Taken Down. No! nite Replaces It on Cbickamtuiim Monument. , \ 1 ollii State, 16th inst. j jj lie Chickumuugu battlefield j ui | niQicnt i.s to be altered in dc- , tun i, but in a manner that the re j ly created cam mission con j., ( rs not only much nioro desirpOI : and permanent, but fully an ^ L'tivo in appouratieo if not o so. Since the erection of < . tho monument on Snodjzrass Hill, | ( li dissatisfaction lias been ox sed on account of the luck of ability of the palmetto trecjj surmounts the granite pedi , j It is thought that the tree is j ^ di too smnll and the Waves are 11 e ight construction, so much so | t while designed and intended j j way gracefully in tho breezes ' ^ V !1 !* ? !n lonilil f IomI.o. .nol hnf I J ...~ ... a..u ...... I ^ ;d by the winds until it is said , y two broken, out of fehn|K\ I and twisted beyond repair, t will be remembered that last inner the correspondence be en the custodian t 1' the national | k and Gen. ('. Irvan Walker . on L'harlcrston, eounnander of the} |;IT my of Northern Virginia, l". C jn was published in i he Slate. , a letter to Gen. Walker the .ji( todian remarked thai the tree Ujl j inadequate to the demands 1 recommended that it be rei d by a bronze figure, marble ft or something of :i like raeter. ; en rho matter was brought, nj in | F* recent session of the general vo eiuhly. A liill was pass d up |l; pri t!in_' $2,500 for the icpairs th monument and creating a| nnii.-sion to superintend this , . . . I"1 rk, the commissioners being governor, th adjutant general i i (Jen. Walai . testeidav tin commission met ,, i , * l>n the governor s olhco, Gov. ^ , vward noting as chairman and _ , 4 d n. Walker as secretary. 1 ho . jo! tter has heretofore been freely ^ l u-s d and much correspondence . passed. Ii was finally agreed ^ iterday that a bronzo figure , ... .' . tin s impossible on account of the t. No suitable design of th" , , hv d can l>o obtained at a cost be , . on ; ?0,000 to ?i>,000 and the up of mrintion made was only ?2,500 . W V granite shaft will i>e erected . , ? tm the pedestal. 'I his shaft will 2f> fect high, making the total * ' !>' giit of lae monument 4 5 feet. I**' ;e the base the shaft will he out ' , , . 'w' ni boutn (airolina oranite. 't' I fir 1 measure three and one lmlf T , t square at the ba-e, gradually , ... otl enng towards tho ton. __ wc ratho . 1 You Havfl Always Bought tje r sai aii.'o people pretend to 'ale- ah re all of this tall; about Mr. eh: urst's moral character." Kvi- po itly they have never stopped to cot that the newspapers show considerable dalicucy in allow- ,\d hid impossible candidacy to tlu cOcd so fur without calling a , in t. They spoke at last only to Th p the people from being im? l>u ed upon. ? Augusta Chronicle. C,1 t mute is the only woman that , . J An a without saying. . . (l)ir t takes a mother-in-law to lay QU in the law to a lav. ) cr. Vhile t i0 lilt! dog is burning , p, big one absconds with the j,(.| e. * am Porrs to Stop War. Relieved Thut it Will bo Fought to :i Finish. Vashington, March 15. ? Few. dais in diplomatic circles bee that the war between Russia .lapan will he fought to a *h or that cither Russia or >an will he allowed to win. time has not >ot come, it is nted out, when the powers can p hostilities, hut that time is far distant as may seem to >e not cognizant with present diplomatic procedure. \s a matter of fact, there is son to believe that the war will stollMI'li !ll lhr? I'iflllt (inn. l.?r --II "J intcrfeienco of the l'tiited ites, Great ltrilain, Fiance and nn.aiy; that Russia will lie aired if she shall succeed hy d ? to remain 111 actu I control Manchuria, hut giving tho open or m that country, and that pan will gain her contention as jards Korea The part of the I'nited States II he the open door; Great llriti, Germany and France will ve some of the chestnuts pulled t of the tire hy the present bel rents. This settlement seems the opinion of these diplomats 10 have an intelligent grasp < f i .situation, to he the certain, imate outcome of the existing T . IvV.w or liillaincil Idlings. Vi !il quickly to the wonderful lii'ivound healing qualities of 'ley's Honey and Tar. It profits pneumonia and consumption una hard cold settled rn the jos. For sale l?y 4'Fund.ibark annaey/' migrants Como 1\> America to K scape War Service. New Yoik, March 15.?The inhurg American liner Blueher, liah ariivcd ti day, brought 1-, 5 steerage passengers, the ma rity of whom were refugees un Ku s.-ia who lied the country avoid serving in the army, uny of thcin gave accounts of jir e?capes across the Russian niter Biniilur t > those related Uio men who came last wetif the Graf Wuhlersee. Some them were camped for two eks near the frontier waiting r a chance to get away, one i ing that his party, consisting 1-7, waited 12 days in a thick a short distance from the lino ii'e negotiation# wore in pro ess with the custom# guards to them cross the frontier. Anicr Miid that his party ot ten no concealed four days in the v and straw stasks of the fronr post whero they eventually 1 into l'russia. It was ! that there are thousands nig the frontier waiting for a unco to g> t across without passits. * -- o-Great excitement was caused >n<l:iy night in a Now York ?atro l?y ii man occupying a scat a l> )\ tiring a pistol at an actor, o man then rushed from the ilduig and disappeared. A largo party of Morns attack. a rcconnoilering force of acaican soldiers in the l'hilipics, hut there was no casualty our side, 'l he Mores1 position s {helled and the outworks en, t> gcthrr with a largo num of cannon and quantities of munition and supplies.