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5V -;V ' f BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM I ?IN? Western South Carolina. 0 RATES REASONABLE. 0 SUBSCRIPTION SI PER ANNUM 0 A JOB P81XTIXG A SPECIALTY. ' v *>'"? j ~ j?^~ j VOL. XXVI. LEXINGTON, S. 0., JANUARY 1890. NO. 8. | GO TO PHILIP EPSTIV. TRUSTEE, FOR >4 ' r jvw EH ' (JDTIIIf, \JU\J 111111 Uj I HATS, mi r nwm GOODS, * TRUNKS AND VALISES, | ISO MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C. Nov. 7?ly. ??-? I SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO.! Central Time shown between Jacksonville end Columbia. Fastern Time a* other poin ts. | Aoriliboiiii*!. ( X0.36 XolO Ko38 Oct. tih. 1>9j j Daily Daily Daily l.v. .'a- ksonville .. 6 20p 7 80a l.v. S.<vai!!s h . ... 10 41 p 11 50 a At Columbia j 3 30 a 4 00 p } l.v. ChnrUs:on ... 6 00 p 7*20 a Ar Columbia 1 101dp| 1105 a : Lv. Augusta ; j 7 00 p 2 05 p 1 " (ln:ii;tevil!e .. I I 7 46 p 2 34 p j " ... [ I Oltti O I?> iv I i ic.'ltiu o | " Johnvuvss ...| ! | S45a|310p I Ar. 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HUSEMANN, Gj-N AND locssmith, * I and dealer in GUNS, PISTOLS, PISTOL CARTRIDGES FISHING TACKLE, and all kinds of Sportsmen's Articles, ! which he has now on exhibition and for 1 ale at his store, JIaia Street, Near the Central Bank, Columbia, S. C. AGENT FOR HAZARD POWDER CO. Repairing done at short notice. J. WALTER MITCHELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BATE3BURG, - - S. G, "TTTILL practice in all the VV State Conrts. offer his professional services to the citizens of Lexington and Edgefield counties. Special attention given to claims and settl8uient of estates. January 30?3m. I Ths Handwriting cf G-od in tko Government cf 2?en. V. Roman Empire; or, Kingdom or Caesar. "We have thus far traced the kingdoms of Egypt and Assyria, and then the three of the universal kingdoms shown to Nebuchadnezzer in his dream in the prophecy of Daniel. We now come to the fourth great government as explained by the Prophet. This Roman government was first seen in this vision of the king of Babylon in the second chapter of the prophecy of Daniel, verses 33, 34 and 35, as follows: Kis legs of iron, bis feet part of iron and part of clay. Thou sawest till that a stone was j ! cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote became a great mountain, and tilled the whole earth. Then the explanation of it is by Daniel the servant of God is from verse 41 to 4G, viz.: And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry ckyAnd as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall ; stand for ever. Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, ana uie goia; me \ great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. To properly understand this entire Book of Daniel, and especially the dream of the king, it should be remembered that the poor, simple minded king was striving to erect a government which should never end and he was tryiDg to effect this by . preparing a god of gold, and a religious and a military and a civil union to effect this end, and God, in this dream and the interpretation of it by Daniel, shows him that his kingdom and three others in turn would | be overthrown. That the God of heaven, and not the gods that he know, would set up a kingdom, in the lime of the fourth kingdom, which we will now see was the Roman Empire, would break all others j in pieces and would have an everlasting existence. It was to be the only everlasting kingdom. See verse 33, wherein the legs and feet of the image were part of iron, and part of clay, and in verse 31 the stone to be cut out of the mountain was to brake the feet of the image. This stone, of course, was the kingdom which Christ did set up in the days of the Kings of Rome. Verse 44 should be read is a fuller and better explanation of verse 34, and contains a summary of the entire Book of Daniel, and in it the object and aim of the whole Old Testament have been very tersely expressed. "What a remarkable warning in that 44ih verse, viz ? "And the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces 1 ?11 1 u ? l.ln/?/lArv\0 OT1/1 ana consume an mesu lim-uuuio , it shall staud forever." No possible j explanation can be given to this verse 1 than on the ground that this is none 1 other that the kingdom of God established by Christ '*in the days of these kings" of the Roman government. Of course the Christians as such, did not break all these great kingdoms down to the Roman and then the Roman in turn, but they all have come and have acted their part in preparing the world for this kingdom and for the birth of Prince ! Emanuel in the fullness of time.*' | The second chapter of Luke states that while Cy renins was governor of j Syria, there came out a decree from i Cmsar Augustus that all the world I should be enrolled, aud that "the i i days were accomplished that she j should be delivered,'1 and thus it j was that this Prince of the first and ; only everlasting kingdom was born I io Bethlehem "in the days of these kings." i When this explanaton was given to the king by Daniel the city of Home had no existence. The very site of this proud mistress of the world was in fields or woods and forests, but how perfectly in this and other chapters Daniel tells of this future power on earth. It was at first only the little province of Latium, but greater and greater became its power and influence till it exceeded all kingdoms | before it in power and n agn'fijonce. In the Greek it was literature, art and beauty; with the Roman, it was law and order. This power is said in this chapter to be "strong as iron forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdureth all thiDgs." This was a fine description of the Roman government. The government was always noted for divisions and disunion. "What had ruined other gov- ! ernments only seemed to make Rome flourish. The history of the republic is full of the recuds of marriages in different ruling families to prevent further discord and danger to the safty of the republic but to no effect.- All were fruitless to accomplish their end and no government, except Rome, ever survived the slaughter and suicidal contests in her history of various times. While Rome was called a kingdom, it was in reality a republic and "the KiDg of the Jews" set up this greatest republic the world ever saw in what was, up to that time, the greatest republic the woild had seen. The whole context shows a wonderfully true description of Rome in a short way, and a careful, consideratlve reader is overwhelmed with the im- i mensity and plenitude of the knowledge and power of God. Christ in Mark i, 15, said, "The time is fuililled and the kingdom of heaven is at hand," and said on va- : rious occasions that he was the promised king and his kingdom was the ' one promised; for claiming to be that h9 was tried by the officers of this satneRoman government and executed by the decree of t< co r ?, and in the way and manner of its laws. Today 1 the condition of the Christian Church is an everlasting monument to the inspiration of the Book of Daniel. The Empire of King Cmsarisathing of the past; the Kingdom of Christ a glorious reality of the present and a more glorious anticipation of the future. Rome filled its destiny and was divided into ten kingdoms as predicted in Daniel vii. But Rome has left monuments of its greatness in many ways, but principally in the laws and constitutions of later governments. She has left the features of her supremacy in the customs, habits, &c., in all of the people of the advanced governments cf the world. Those who have not received directly have indirectly caught the energy and vim of the kingdom of Caesar. The conquest of Caesar on the Island of Britain carried the peculiarities, laws and habits of the Romans and they are so deeply rooted into Anglo Saxon of the succession that no revolution could eradicate them, and to some of which the AngloSaxon's progress and advancement are very largely due. The doctrine of local self government is a divine inheritance from the Roman ancestry. The Norm an, j the Dane and the Saxon Lave subju- j cated our mother Island; they changed j its law?, Lave changed its people, have | burned of its cities, but have never i effaced the likeness nor removed the image of Julius Ciesar. God's purpose is clearly seen in the history of Rome. In its early years the other nations sunounding so warred j against the future mistress of thi world as to develope her energies. Particularly is this true of the Punic wars, and most especally so of the Punic war in which was engaged ! o o against Rome that masterly soldier and statesman, Hannibal. For six- j ! teen long years he marched over the , little republic, burning her cities, be- ! i 1 JI Onnwolo ntiil elarinrr lior I 11CJL V4Ciiuiiuo uuv? ojujiuq | I armies. He could not conquer, but ! I could and did assist iu developing tbat wonderful people to prepare them for the likeness which Darnel ! describes as the beast so awful and j terrible , that should stamp the resi- J due with his feet. Hannibal's rnili- i | tary career was checked and the : Roman enemy vanquished when he ! met Scipio at the battle of Zama. | This same terrible Hannibal tried j and did interest and arouse other I kingdoms of the remnants of Alex adder's shattered empire, to oppose this growing government but to no avail- The little republic had a destiny and a mission, and no earthly power could avert it. Early in their history the Roman fought for his supremacy and much was achieved by bis doctrine of coIonia and municipium. In that way he studded the Roman provinces by free towns and colonies as so many garrisons for Roman supremacy. In a colony he simply transplanted genuine Roman citizens in congurous communities, but by municipium he simply engrafted this freedom in alien communities for the same ends. From this municipium we have our "municipal' regulations and their various forms of local self government. lu all his successful career the Anglo-Saxon has defended and lived and prospered in no small degree by his adherence to this "old municipium" of the Caesar fame. It has become a kind of heirloom in our family and as such should be so prized and defended. It claims an ? ? - I- -- - ' An yl T'OO VO uucetiry ui uvex uvu iuuuouuu jcaiu and while dining the dark ages it suffered much at various times, as the sunlight of freedom shines brighter this tendency of our race grows stronger and stronger. God who knows man and his nature best in his long preparation of the Roman republic for the end that i Daniel saw and so clearly sets forth i in this wonderful, but short Book, i gave to the Senate of Rome such men as did make these changes on all of the old governments that the world had ever known, and the long and wise course ol the Roman law- 1 givers so rivited it into the very ex- < istence of the republic that it will ' ever be impossible to obliterate it. * This taken away, the public spirit ^ and enterprise of any community, ^ State or nation departs, and it will 1 be well that this generaticu and peo- j < pie do well to ponder and weigh the 1 consequences before too many innovations be made to be again reinstaled by the public spirit cf our progressive day. I think those public men who favored such radical inroads on these historic grounds but little understand the spirit cf our people or the cause cf our political revolution. Christianity, or the government to be set up in the days of these kings, i is an aggressive government or it could not break all others in pieces. 1 No religious sentiment will be long 1 aggressive in a dead, lifeless civil ' government, and hence it is a necessity to join life, tone and force to the Christian aggression that a lifeless civil community should be over turned and une of zeal and energy be brought forth. < I do not want to be understood as 1 advocating a union of Church and State, for that is as far from the Bi- j ble standard as the east is from the i west. But the history of the past ] and the rcvalatiocs from the Bible ' go to show that the Bible ideal gov- ; ernment is one with such life, form < and complexion as to give the great- ] est advantage for the moral and spiritual sentiment to control the , destiny of that people. ] A government might give ample ^ protection to our lives and property ' and insure to us civil liberty, as that term is usually understood, and not be a model government. It could do that and be lifeless and non 1 progressive. A government might encourage vice and immorality and 1 yet give by its laws ample protection , to life and property. But these must be added a condition of government ! suitable and encouraging to a vital spiritality. Daniel saw that stone cut out of the mountain continue to break and destroy all the governments and as j it should never end and will continue | to break and destroy all environments to its jurisdiction. iiie condition of a people and the manner of their control have so much to do with their moral condition and advancement that there is a necessity in some hand or power for an ability to arrest that condition for the public good. The whole Book of Daniel shows revolutions, either military or civil, i is for man's elevation and advancement, not simply temporally, but both temporally and morally and when only one can be achieved, the moral j is ^referred. Take it and profane | history together and other portions j of the Old Testament to illustrate and confirm and inert, lifeless gov- j ern meLts have not met with the divine favor; and take it and the entire Bible aside from profane history and | the belief that all the governments' of ancient history were overthrown ! by the money kings of those days is ! a damnable heresy and give a ilat : contradiction to a large portion of ! inspiration, and indeed profane history fully fails to substantiate any such truth: for in inaDy cases the j struggling governments were appar- ; ently saved by the liberality and | sacrifices of rich men united with 1 heroic endurance of their soldiers. J The revolutions which today shake j the world can be traced to these ! same causes cither directly or indi-! rectly, and is the same continued , struggle for spiritual law in the in- ; tellectual world: it is a fight for j spiritual liberation and mental su j premacy: it is a conflict for iospira- | tion over human reason and philoso- j phy. Revolutions never go back- j ward and how can they with this j power behind "the throne/' No reflecting mind who believes iD I revelation can but be ovei joyed at 1 the reflection that notwithstanding , the folly and contentious and selfish natures of men there is an overruling Providence whose handwriting is clearly seen in the governments of men. The upheaval in South Carolina is a result of the people against the t negative policy of the Democratic ' party; it is a rebellion against the j lethargy and non aggressive spirit of j cur political system. Whatever we j may conjecture or whatever reason j we may give to this departure this I j believe is the keynote to the situa- ; tion. The political anxiety and un- ; rest of today is a significant feature ' and if I at all understand or know j anything of the philosophy of this agitation and unrest, many who claim to be leaders of the people now have j most fatally interpreted the hand writing on the wall. Nor is there any reason to believe j that the free coinage of silver or any ; ^ther medium of value can supply j the damand for an investigation into ' the cause of our depression and the j failure of all ordinary means to reach j :he seat of our trouble. It is use r r. thank Col. D. T. Barr, "\V. T. Jum- ; per and Pierce Taylor for contributing liberally themselves, and for conveying in vehicles the aforc-mentioned articles. Also I wish to thank the people of Lewiedale, irrespective of denomination, for similar favois about the same time. A. 11. Phillips. Pastor Lewiedale Circuit. Many merchants are well aware that their customers are their best j friends and take pleasure in supply- ! ing them with the best goods obtain- j able. As an instance we mention \ Perry & Cameron, prominent drug- J gists of Flushing, Michigan. They i say: "We have no hesitation in recom- j mending Chamberlain's Cough Rem j edy to our customers, as it i3 the j best cough medicine wo havo ever | sold, and always gives satisfaction." ; For sale at 25 and 50 cents per bottle by Julian E. Kauffmann. 11. j ess lor US IU lJ^TUi, ItgilliJSb ucsuujr I )r fortify against eternal doom. Des- j tiny and doom have forced on us a condition that should call forth oar real, earnest reflection, and is the monetary trouble, the disturbing | lgency or only one of the necessary j result of such a condition as now j msts should be the anxious inquiry j )f every citizen! Is the polit'c il ! eondition of our land today the jause of the trouble, or does the real lause bring about such a state of ;hings as now exists among us? In my next I will discuss the Jew, \ ais history and mission, and then I i,viil say something of the Anglo- j oaxon, his history and mission, lours for truth. D. J. Knotts. Swansea. October 17th, 1895. * Marvelous Results. From a letter written by Rev. J. 3-underman, of Dimondale, Mich., I we are permitted to make this ex- j tract: i4I have no hesitation in recom- ; mending Dr. King's New Discovery is the results were almost marvelous m the case of my wife. "While I was : pastor of the Baptist Church at ! Rivers Janction she was brought 3own with Pneumonia succeeding i La Grippe. Terrible paroxysms of coughing would last hours with little j nterruption and it seemed as if she j sould not survive them. A friend recommended Br. King's New Bis-; sovery; it was quick in its work and highly satisfactory in results/' Trial bottles free at G. 31. Harman's drug j store. A Card cf Thanks. To the Editor of the Bispatch: Please allow me space in your val- i uable columns to thank the good people of Shiloh church for their kindness to ray family and myself for the many good things brought and sent to the parsonage on Christmas Eve; consisting of turkey, chick- ! ens, bam, rice, cake, puddings and sausages, confectioneries, dried fruit, canned goods and many others things too numerous to mention. Such tokens of kindness were greatly ap-! predated by us, and added no little to our enjoyment during the Christ- ; mas and since. I want to especially j THE PRESIDENT IS !\i)iGXAAT Attacks on Him by Senators Iiufile His Temper. He writes Cafiery a Letter?A Disclaimer of Dickering witb Svndi- ! T I cates, But an Admission That He Has an Anchor to the Windward \ In That Direction?Indirect Defense of the Last Bond Deal. Washington, Jan. 0.?The debate on the Elkins resolution in the Senate last Friday, when the administra lion was accused by several Senators of having entered into an agreement with a syndicate to float the expected issue of bonds, is the subject of a letter written by President Cleveland to Senator Caffery of Louisiana. The knowledge that such a letter had been addressed to Mr. Caffery was obtained tonight and the letter is made public by the latter. It is in the handwriting of the President and covers six pages of closely written note paper. It is in full as follows: Executive MansioD, Washington, Jan. 5, 189G. My Dear Senator: I have read today in the Congressional Record the debate in the Senate on Friday concerning the financial situation and bond issues. I am amazed at the intolerance that leads even excited partisanship to adopt as a basis of attack the "unfounded accusations and assertions of a malicious and sensational newspaper. No banker or financier or any other human being has been invited to visit Washington for the purpose of arranging in any way or manner for the disposition of bonds to meet the present or future needs of the gold reserve. No arrangement of any kind has been made for the disposition of such bonds to any syndicate, or through the agency of any syndicate. No assurances of such a disposal of bonds has been direct'y or indirectly given to any person. In point | of fact, a decided leaning towards a | popular loan and advertising forbids i ] has been plainly exhibit'd on the i administration at all times when the , subject was under discussion. Those charged with maintaining our gold reserve, so far as legislation , renders it possible, have anxiously , conferred with each other and, as occasion permitted, with those having knowledge of financial affairs ] anl present monetary conditions, a3 to the best and most favorable means of selling bonds for gold. < The unusual importance of a sue- ] cessful result if the attempt is again ] made ought to be apparent to every ( American citizen who bestows upon j the subject a moment's patriotic | thought. j The Secretary of the Treasury \ from the first moment that the neces- ] sity of another sale of bonds seemed . to be approaching desired to offer ] them, if issued to the people by pub- i lie advertisement if they could thus i be successfully disposed of. After , full consideration he came to the conclusion, to which I fully agree, j that the amount of gold in the re serve being now *20,000,000 more J j than it was in February last, when a sale of bonds was made to a syndi- ( cate, and other conditions differing from those then existing, justifies us in offering the bonds now about to be issued for sale by popular subscription. This is the entire matter: and all j these particulars could have been easily obtained by any member of the Senate by simple inquiry. If Mr. Morgan or anyone else rea- j soning from his own standpoint j brought himself to the belief that j the government would at length be J constrained to again sell bonds to a j cvn/Hpofp T sunnnse hp would have ! a perfect light, if he chose, io take such steps as seemed to him prudent to put himself in condition to negoti- j ate. I expect an issue of bonds will be advertised for sale tomorrow, and j that bids will bo invited, not only i for those now allowed by law, but J for such other and different bonds as I Congress may authorize during the j pendency of the advertisement. Not having an opportunity to confer with you in person since the j present session of Congress began, ! ana noucmg your purucijjuuuii iu i the debate of last Friday, I Lave thought it not amiss to put you in possession of the facts and informa- i * tion herein contained. Yours very ! truly, Grover Cleveland. To Hon. Donalson Cutlery. $35 Up to $100 I "Will buy a square piano from M. A. Malone. Write him for particulars. Avory Corn Contest. Last year before the time of corn j planting, Messrs. B. F. Avery & Son offered a scries cf prizes for the best twelve ears of corn from an acre in each Southern State, the acre being planted purposely for the contest. The exhibits covered five long rows of tables in the large Board of Trade Hall, and were inspected by a large numbers of business men, farmers and citizens generally. The following judges made a very J careful and laborious inspec t:ou of each and every exhibit. Mr. Alfred Brandeis, chairman Grain committee, Louisville Board of Trade; Mr. M. L. Satterwhite, Official Iuspcctor of Grain, Louisville; Mr. Richard \V. Kuott, editor Home and Farm, Louisville, and Mr. Ion L>. Wall, editor Farmers' Home Journal, Louisville, Ivy., made the inspections and rendered the decisions. Exhibits were numbered in the order that they came in, the name registered being kept private and the judges not knowing the names of the contestants. The awards were as follows: Mr. W. S. Dill, of Greenville county, first prize. One Avery "Full Crop'' two horse corn planter with check rower, value 850.00. Mr. P. J. Wessinger, Lex ington county, second prize, One Avery "Invincible" sulkey plow, value 817.50. Mr. G. W. Davis, Richland county, third prize, one Avery combined ridiDg and walking cultivator, value 8-15 GO Mr. G. L. Lawrence, Florence county, fourth prize, one Avery, "Louisville'' double edge corn and cotton stalk cutter, value $10.00. air. M. Werts, Newberry county, fifth prize, one Avery "Louisville" corn, cotton, bean and. pea planter, value 81-1 00. Seventeen (17) States w;.ro well | represented, and there is 110 doubt | bit whit th) corn contest was a grand success from every point of view. The many inspectors expressed surprise and gratification at the unusually high average quality of the exhibits, and when it is considered that the exhibits comprised a dozen ears each from a single acre, and not the be,-1 that could be gathered from a whole farm or out of the whole county, the excellence of Southern corn is all the more noteworthy. All we can say is hurrah for the prosperous farmers and prize winners of this State. If we could trace dyspepsia to its source, it would lead back to our kitchens. In fact, the secret of good health is good cocking. If well cooked, foods are partially digested; if poorly cooked, they are less digestible than in their raw state. If you are a victim of faulty cooking; that is, if you suffer from dyspepsia, the rational cure must be looked for in on artificially digested food, and a food which will at the same time aid the digestion of other foods. Such a pre^ aration virtually rests the tired digestive organs, thereby restoring them to their natural strength. The Digestive Cordial, as prepared by the Shakers of Mount Lebanon, is just such a preparation, and a single 10 cent bottle will convince you of its value. If your druggist doesn't keep it. he will be glad to get it through his wholesale house. LAXOL is the best medicine for children. Doctors recommend it in place of Castor Oil. Tks ?rsat Family 2&sdicine, Is Spirittine Balsam. This valuable preparation is the puie extract of certain pine trees, and manulaclured with great care, and in. consequence of the astonishing success in removing diseases, has become very popular and is being called for again and again until it is a necessity in every household. This great family medicine has proven to possess the most safe and efficient prooerties for 1 * the cure of Colds, Bheumatism, Lameness, Sprains, Bruises Neuralgia, Sore Threat, Soreness in the Bones, Ringworm, and is very use ful in oil cases where an externaremedy is applicable. For Earache, and Toothache there is no better remedy. Sufferers from Lung and Bronchial Affections will obtain great relief, end for general use there is no better medicine for the household. For sale wholesale and retail at the Bazaar. G-essip. I How frequently is thehenesty and integrity of man disposed of by a smile or a shrug! How many good and generous actions have been shrunk into oblivion by a distrustful zm xagg?c aaaoBMwn?ra : ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will Le Inserted at the [ rate of 75 cents per square of one inch space for first insertion, and 50 cents per inch for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made with those wish! iog to advertise for three, six and twelve months. Notices in the local column 10 cents per line each inser ion. Marriage notices inserted free. Obituaries charged for at the rate of one cent a word. Address G. M. BARMAN, Editor. look or stamped with the i nputaticn of proceeding from bad motives?, by a mysterious and seasonable whispei! Look into companies of those whose gentle natures should disarm them, we shall find no better account. How oft( n does the reputation of a helpless creature bleed by a report? which the party who is at the pains t) propoxate it beholds with much pity and fellow-feeling?that she is heartily sorry for it?hopes in God it is not true?however, as Archbishop Tillotson wittily observes upon it, is resolved in the meantime to give the report her pass, that at least it may have fair play to take its fortune iD the world to be believed or not, according to the charity of those into whose hands it shall happen to fall. Cannct b: Without It. Jamison, S. (1, Sept. 2, '90. Since the people know I keep St. Joseph's Quick Relief they have taken it all out but one bottle, and that one I cannot sell until I get in some more, for I cannot be without it myself. It is beyond doubt the best medicine for cramps, colic, and all kinds of pain on the market. Send me three dozen bottles per express. R. D KITTRELL. For further information call on J. E. Ivauffmann' 8 drug store and get a copy of St. Joseph's Four Seasons Almanac. 11. ? ? ??? OBITUAEY. John Maxwell, late of Leesville, died Sunday morning, January 5, 180G. Mr. Maxwell came to Leesville from Newark, N. J, about three year ago to recuperate his health. Last fall he opened a store and was doing a successful business. "When his health began to fail him, he sent for his brother to come to his assistance. He at one came and remained to the last. Iiis disease was consumption. Mr. Maxwell was a man of no ordinary ability. A strict disciplitarian to the church, a Presbyterian by faith. There being no church of his faith here, he at once identified him self with all the churches here being a leader in the choir, the Sunday school and a faithful worker for the church. Well informed in scripture it was one of the pleasures of his life to give information to the inquire r. Coming here an entire straDger he at once made maDy friends aDd the longer he staid the more his friends became attached to him. His fuueral was held in the Lutheran church, Rev. James Kinard officiating assisted by the Rev. Edwards. His remains was -laid away in the Lutheran cemetery in the presence of a large congregation of newly made friends. A Friend. Snatched Frcm Death. Cold Water, Ala., Mar. 11, 1892. My little child had the dropsy for two years. We had tried various -i? i j.i. remedies iiiiu me ruusi/ piuu-injcuu physicians in the ccuitry but to no avail. We commcnod the use of St. Joseph's Liver Regulator and she is now as healthy as any child. T. P. W. BROOCS, M. D. For further information call on J. E. Kauffmann's drug store and get a copy of St. Joseph's Four Seasons Almanac. 11. Will Pass ths Senate. Some of the Republican silver Senators held a conference after the adjournment of the Senate Friday to *i canvass the chances of passing the silver substitute for the House bond bill through the Senate. They went over the list very carefully, comparing notes on Senators considered doubtful and reached the conclusion that the substitute would win by a majority of about three votes. They also considered the alternative of postponing action until after the new Senators from Utah shall arrive, but concluded that in view of the facts developed at the meeting the f n'Anl/1 lyo > i cPhfi. |?VJOL|Jv^HVJuLlti-?C nv/wiu iiVfc ?s/v, 44VWW sarv. When Others Fail. Autre ville, S. C, Dec. 1G, 1895. After takiDg several different preparations for indigestion I was advised to try Hood's Sarsaparialla, and after giving it a trial I found it to be the best medicine that I have ever taken. I recommend Hood's foarsaparilla as an excellent medicine. J. F. Morrow. Hood's Pills cure all liver ills. 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