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October 18?ly. ?Miiiann I anil I tUWAKU L. A5DILL, Attorney at Law, * LEESYILLE, S. C. Practices in all the Courts. Business solicited. Sept. 30? Cm C. M. EFRD. F. E. Dueiier. EFIRD & DREHER, Attorneys sit Low. LEXINGTON, C. H? S. C. "TTTILL PRACTICE IN ALL. THE VV Courts. Business solicited. One member 01 the firm will always be at office, Lexington, S. C. June 17?6m Albert M. Boozer, i Attorney at Law. > COLUMBIA, SPL C. Especial attention given to business entrusted to him by Lis fellow citizens of ! Lexington county. Office: No. 5 Insurance Building, opposite City Hall, Corner Main and Washington Streets. ! February 28 ?tf. J DR. E. J. ETIIEBEDliE, 8UKGEON DENTIST, LEESVILLE, S. C. | Office next door below post office. Always on hand. February 12. Poultry, Farm, Garden, Cemetery, ! Lawn, Railroad and Rabbit Fencing. Thousands of miles in use. Catalogue Free, j Freight Paid. Prices Low. the Mcmullen woven wire fence go. CHICAGO, ILL. Nov. 17?tf Saw Mills, Light and Ifeavy, and Supplies. CHEAPEST AND REST. BF~Can every clay; worlc ISO hands. Lombard Iron Works and Supply Co., AUGUSTA, GEO KG I A. January 27? CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK, AT COLUMBIA, S. C. STATE, TOWN AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Paid up Capital ... SI00,00(> Surplus Profits . - . 100,000 Saving's Department. Deposits of $5.00 and upwards received. Interest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. W. A. CLARK, President. Wilis Jones, Cashier. December 4?ly. BEESWAX WANTED IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES. I WILL PAY THE HIGHEST MARket price lor clean ani pure Beeswax. Price governed by color and condition. RICE B' HARMAN, At the Bazaar, Lexington, S. C. _~HARMAN & SON, CONTRACTORS, AND BUILDERS STEEL AND IRON ROOFING, LEXINGTON, s. C. Bids submitted for all kinds of carpenter work. Estimates furnished. None but First Class Workmen tin pioyed. House building a specialty. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Remember us when you want work done. ? TTiT^Xf|\T A. 15. KILLIAN HARM AN. September?11. tf (jrand Control Hotel COLUMBIA, S. C. E. P. GILLIARD, Manager NE WL Y RENO YA TED. CUISINE UNSURPASSED. Especially adapted for those desiring Comiort, Ease. Home like methods. Commercial travellers receive every ac commodatiom URATES. $2 and $2.50 PER DAY. Jnne 2, 1807?tf. LEXINGTON SAVINGS BANK, DEPOSITS RECEIVED SUEJECT T( CHECK. W. I>. HOOF, Csi?lii4T. DIRECTORS: Allen Jones, W. P. Roof, L-. 31. turn R. Hilton Jaines E. Hecilrix. EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD. Deposits ot' $1 anil upwards received an interest at 5 per cent, per annum allowed payable April and October. September 21 -U Q^I2QQBBKZSBfi9BlieBQBSSSBI^5aaSkS3Z aaaggc (5*20 MAIN Srri^I^' ( General Linares Defeated. He Personally Commanded the At tack on the Rough Riders. Sibouy, June 20?Details of the tight were brought iu by Roosevelt. Wood's official list shows: Amen- . cans, seventeen killed and sixty-three wounded. Spanish, eleven wagou loads left the field bearing mortally wounded; thirty eight left dead on the field and several loads slightly I wounded entered the city. It is | openly admitted in Santiago that ! four thousand Spanish were concentrated against our nine hundred j troops, under the personal commend of General Linares, who is in comraaud of the Spanish troops at Suntiabr? SpanLh newspapers which have arrived at camp say that Friday, four thousand Spanish fought ten thousand Americans. Spanish loss 265 killed and wounded. The graves of the Hough Riders and the cavalrymen who fell in Friday's battle are in a beautiful spot in a shady dell a mile west of a battlefield, the troopers have been encamped there since. The effects of the dead soldiers have been preserved, and will be handed over to their fiiends. A small iron cross was raised to mark the spot until a monument can be erected on the baltlefield. Just after the fight Roosevelt said: "My men behaved supeibly and their baptism of fire last night was christened with a Cuban rain today." Col. Wood, when told that he had been reported killed, exclaimed: "Not thi3 time, thank God." Lorimeir Worden. grandson of the famous admiral, said: "It was my first glimpse of hell." SergeaDt Jos. Lee said: "I | was getting over the measles, and it knocked tlte last or it out or me. There are several bullet holes in Lees clothing, but he was not hurt. Capt. Capron died superbly. As two troopers lifted him from the j ground, he asked: "How are the boys fighting V ''Like hell, sir" answered Trooper Beale. ''Very well," cried Capt. Capron, resting on one arm, "I am going to see this out." He lay on the grass, refusing to be moved, and died in twenty minutes in the thick of the fight. The tioopers admit that they made a fatal mistake in leaving their field guns at Baiquiri, but they were forced to do so, as the wheeles of the j gun carriages were not yet unloaded from the transports; A Spanish gun from one of Cervera's warships did j terrible effective work sgainst the Americans. The charge of the j Bough Riders was made over an J open, rolling space. Troops L and G j I rushed to the front like Indians and i so fast was the pace of tbe men that they threw away their side arms ami accoutrements so that they might get along even faster. The enemy was waiting for them at the top of the hill and opened fire a hundred yards away. From two other slopes the Spanish gueriillas joined in the cross fire with deadly effect. The first of the wounded were brought five miles to the coast by their comrades, and those that were seriously hurt were conveyed later on litters. The railroad shed at Si'oo * ? 1 T ney was tamed into a nospitu ana the wounded men lay upon the tloor with tags upon their clothing to distinguish them. Their wounds were , dressed by candlelight. The shed became so crowded men were stepped on by those moving about. Sergt. Bussell of New York and Sergt. Hobson of Ohio, had been de; ployed by Itoosevelt, who called for two volunteers to go into the valley to see whether the tiring there was from friend or fee Russell went in one direction, Hobson in another. Russeii, while returning to report, was killed. The forced march of the troops iu the broiling sun was so , furious that two colored troopeis died from the effects of the heat and ) many others fell by the wayside exhausted. Col. Van Home, of the eighth infantry, was probably fatally injured on Fiiday, his log having been crushed while he was discm balking from the transport Senaca. We are now occupying the Lilis cf Hycacos, the highest points of the l' roads to Santiago, The Spaniards , are fortifying I he hills all around us, TrWTMIW?TffTTOa 1 I I T7s7". T2 r, Solicts a Sliaro of The guns they are mounting are of | heavy calibre, but of old smoothbore i pattern. The Cubans yesterday | captured three Spanish oflicers on ! iheir way from Guantanamo to Geu. Linares at Santiago. Papers found 011 them gave warning to Linares of the preparations which were being j made by the Americans to assault ; Santiago and also contained (he information that the Spaniards at Guantanamo were in dire straights. They had been subsisting 011 half rations for two weeks and were com ! pellcd to raid drug stores and ran- j sack private houses in order to obtain medicines for the sick. News has been received at the Cuban headquarters at Siboney and .ii 1 commumcaieu were uy vcu. ^uoimu to Gen. Shafter that the Spaniards are strongly entrenched at Santa Ursula and La Gunas, both important entrances to Santiago city. They have erected two heavy batteries, including, it is believed, some guns which were landed from the Spanish ciuisers Vizcaya and Almirante 0 quendo. These * batteries are supported by G.000 men. The Cuban outpost at Hicacoes report that the Spaniards have erected a strong foitress and stretched their defences. Shafter has issued rigid orders I that the troops shall not engage the Sauiards unnecessarily. He wants to keep the troops ready for a decisive attack. It is known that the Spaniards will make strong resistance. Two thousand insurgents from Gen Garca s command, who were em. baiked on the transports Leona at Aserradoras on the morning of June 25, and who arrived at Siboney the same afternoon, are still under the command of Brig. Gen. Sanchez. They landed through a heavy surf and lined up, emaciated, half naked, iu some instances entirely nude.. Weak as they weie they stood up ! proudly and shouted. ''Cuba Libre." They were viewed with astonishment by the military representatives of England, Russia, Germany, Japan and Sweden. The famished men, utarlv all of whom have been machete] as under Macceo and Garcia during three years of war, and some of whom are veterans of the ten year war, were cvei joyed to meet the American troops, and at the sight of food they fell to like starving men. With swollen feet and every evidence j of long suffering they eheeifully got themselves in readiness to march tonight in advance of the regulars towards Santiago. How's This! ! We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that j cannot be cured bv Hall's Catarrh I Cure. I\ J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0. t ! We the undersigned have known I ? i F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, j and believe him perfectly honorable ! in all business transactions and fini ancially able to carry out any obligaj tion made by their firru. ; West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, j Toledo, O. Walding, Kinnan & MarI vin, Wolesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the biood j and mucous suifaces of the system. ; Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by drugi gists. Testimonials free. 11(5 i ? . - * St. Stephen's Congregation. The place of divine services for the I immediate future of St. Stephen's | congregation will be in the MethodI ist church. Our congregation and j the public may expect sen ices at | that church on the following days | with ceitaint}: i 1st Sunday, 11 a. m. and S p. in. 2d Sunday, 11a. in. and 8 p in. 4th Sunday, 8 p. in. Pastor J. G. Graicheu. t ? -o- ? j The report that the Spanish cm i r-llv mutilated the bodies of the j J - " A meriean soldiers after they had been killed at the battle of Guantan; mo Bay, is officially denied by Sur! geon General Van Iteypcn, of the ! American hospital ship Solace. Sick headache, billiousness, constipation and all liver and stomach trcu! l ies can be ipiickly cuk d by using those famous little pills known ay ! JVWiits Li tile Laily ILsors. They ; I are pleasant to take and nevi r gripe. . | -I E Kanfmann. r Your Valued Patron Ths Stats Campaign. The FieKl Agaiust Kllerbe, But He j " Tl" 7.V I / 1 . ? | is a oure u inner?i\,piun, vyuupi-i, j ]>rov\ 11 and Floyd Seem to Be j Ahead?The State and Register to j Consolidate. Columbia, S. C, June 27?Editor j Headlight: I have attended several j of the campaign meetings and also felt the public pulse throughout the J State, and therefore give you a pretty j correct diagnosis of the political sit- ; uation. There is no doubt about the field being combined against Kllerbe, and tbat Wat sou has been selected to do ! tbe mud slinging. I3ut our Gover- | nor seems to be equal to the ocea j sion, and holds hi$ wonderfully well. He makes a rattling good speech, is quick on reparee, and although a delicate man, the hot campaign does not seem to phase him. Col. Watson has disappointed the public, who did not expect him to indulge in such methods as person denunciation. If bis charges against Eileibe are true, the Governor ought to be kicked out of office; they are not true, and Watson f.iils to substantiate them, then he ought to be kicked off the stand. No one has ever questioned Gov. Ellerbe's honesty of purpose, or that he is a clean-handed man, who did what he believed to be his duty and for the best interest of his State. If he j Vine mo/lo micfnL-PQ in liicj ftnnnint merits they were honest mistakes, and did not cost the taxpayers a nickel. It is my firm belief that G >v. Ellerbe will be re nominated by an overwhelming majority in the first primary. He is gaining strength every day, and has captured every audience so far. Col. Schumpert. makes a telling speech, and will poll a streng vote. But Mr. Feather stone is the surprise of the campaign. His arguments in support of prohi- I bition are strong, and every one of j them are clinched. The dispensary i advocates do not even try to answer j them. Featberstone is one of the j most peaceful vouug orators of the j State. The people know that prohi- j bit ion is impracticable, but this j young defender of the cause about j conviuces an audience against its j I own judgment. Uncle George Till- j man is in hie nwn hniliwiplr and rp- t ! ceives more applause than any of the ! candidates, but eveu those who cheer i the loudest will not vote for him. j He is too old and decreuid, and his i prejudices are too deep seated to ; govern our progressive state. It | ! would be cruel to the old man to I take him from his quiet home life, j He would not serve six months. It is hard to prognosticate the j other contestants, but the impressiou i is that Eptou will win in the cotnp- ! | trailer's race hands down: Cooper ! j seems the popular favorite for socre| tary of state; Brown for superinten! dent of education: it's a tie between j Garris and Stansil for railroad corn| missioner; Col. Floyd, that one-armed j j veteraD, and silver-tongued orator, is ; , a sure winner for adjutant general: [ | while Duncan Bellinger is as elected attorney gene: at. Of course I only ! refer to the sentiments at the meeti ings already held, and the coming " I | week may entirely change the situa- ' tion. I have no favorites, and sim- j ply give you facts. I do not, how- I ever, doubt Governor Eilerbe's elec- ! j tion. Col. Watson's cruel attacks, j 1 which he has thus far failed to sub- j j stantiate, have greatly strengthened Ellerbe. I have a big piece of news for you ; I which has not as yet been published, j There is now a movement on foot to : consolidate the two papers in this j city, the State and the Register, ! ; under the name of '"The State Reg- j i ister." I think it will be done, as j | neither paper is making any money. ! i Rut iu less than six months another j j morniDg daily will be started, for so ' loiiir as there is rivalry over officers ! rival papers will be kept up at a | state capital. i The war has extracted all the ! enthusiasm out of politics, and theic j is very little news etloat. Will wiite I you from time to time how the state J campaign is progressing. On Looker. j The monitor Mi nadnock and collier Nero have left San Francisco fur Manila. r T-p. "N/E A "NT.Z ago. Prompt and 1 .Some cf our soldiers rode into Juragua on a captuied locomotive. The found that the Sptmiaids had llod so precipitately as to abandon their breakfast, which was cooking, A supply of much needed llour was captured. mgatiag in &?i:misn Arouna Santiago, Etc. I ? On the lines June JO.?The Aineii- j can skirmishing lines are continually , exchanging fire with the Spanish pickets. Two more spies have been captured. ! Proof was found on them. Thev ! J 1 confessed and both were sbot. i Heavy rains are falling. General j Jesus Rabi is now marching with two thousand Cubans to intercept Panuo. The Spanish reinforcements | are carrying a great deal of impedi- { ments and their progress is slow. Scouts report that Rabi will meet Pando at the rate both are going oil ! Thursday. The impetuosity of the Roosevelts j has beon checked. He has been brought back from the skirmishing ; line to the rear guard of the advance, j Cuban woman and children who , were hiding in the mountains have ; come down to the American camps, j They ate in a pitiful conditiou. They say four thousand Cubans are being i fed by the Red Cross in that vicinity, j The outposts of the army are now within two miles of the city. The ; roads to the front are crowded with , lung lines of troops, army wagons, | pack trains and light artillery bat teries. The engineers have built an j artillery road from t he coasa and the j siege guns are moving to the front, j Combined telephone! and telegraph ' ! 11 > (i a firn iiljn ltnilt Stllfiffpr llflfl moved bis headquarters into the I field. He expects siege guns at the i front by the morniDg of the 30ih. The Spaniards have practically evac- j uated Cauey, close to Santiago, where j it was believed there had been 3,000 | troops. Our soldiers now occupy Cauey and are moving toward Agua dores, a shcit distance from Morro. j Kabi will harrass Pando on the : rear and sides. At the front he will make a play as if the whole Araeii- j can army were there. He expects to hold Pando back until Shafter wishes ! him to come on. 1 An Enteresting Druggist. There are few men more wide awake and enterprising than J. K. ! Kaufmann who spare no pains to ' secure the best of everything in their line for their many customers. They now have the valuable agency for Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. This i is the wonderful remedy that is producing such a furor all over the country by its many startling cures. It absolutely cure3 Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all affections of the Throat, Chest and Lungs. ! Call at above drug store and get a trial bottle free or a regular size for I oO cents and Si 00. Guaranteed to j cure or price refunded. The State Campaign JdeetiEgs. The following are the appointments of the State campaigu meetings as arranged bv the Executive O D ? Committee, at its meeting in Columbia, on the 2d of June. Marion, Thursday, July 7. Conway, Saturday, July 9. DarlingtoD, Tuesday, July 12. Chesterfield, Thursday, July 14. llennettsville, Saturday, July 1G. i>ishopville, Tuesday, July 1!). Camden, Thursday, July 21. Lancaster, Saturday, July 23. Chester, Monday, July 25. Winnsboro, Tuesday, July 2G. Yorkville, Wednesday, July 27. Gaflfoey, Thursday, July 2tt. ! Spartanburg, Friday, July 29. Virion, Saturday, July 30. Newberry, Monday, August 8. Laurens, Tuesday, August 9. Greenville, Thursday, August 11. Pickens, Friday, August 12. Walhulla, Monday, August 15. Anderson, Tuesday, August 10. Abbeville, Thursday, August IS. ^ 1 TA ?n>,ot 10 VlM'l UWUUU, X llUtlJ, augucu XI/. Aiken, Monday, August 22. Edgelield. Tuesday, August 22. S.-.luda, Thursday, August 25. Lexington, Friday, August 20. Columbia, Saturday, August 27. l?GrZE!E5, \>lite Attention. Tbe Royal is the highest grade baking powder known. Actual tests show it goes oeetbiril further than any other brand. "It1 A ar f&J ^ "'IftIP1' POWDER Absolutely Pure sevAU dakivc. pn*iorn co., nc? vork. "White Supremacy. The Burden of Senator Tillman's Speech on Annexation of Hawaii. Don't Object to Annexation With Government in Which Anglo-Saxon Only Participate?His Views. Mr. Tillman in opening his argument on the annexation of Hawaii in the United States Senate, on June 30, which was a comparatively brief general statement in opposition to j the resolutions, said that the whole question had been "fully discussed last winter in executive session, and it is, therefore, natural there should be a lack of interest and an unwillingness to listen to a repitition of speeches delivered then." He religiously believed, he said, that it was unconstitutional to acquire territory by joint lesolutiou, but an arrogant majority was, however, pressing forward its purpose without regard to constitutional obligations or to oath of office. As to the sugar interests he said: "When I consider the mastery of the American sugar trust over the senate and the house, as bhown in the passage of the Dingley tariff law, I am forced into the belief that this trust is not opposed to annexation; that its influence is at work amoDg the ranks of those favoring annexation." Difeusbing the raco problem presented, Mr. Tillman said* "The Philippines are already densely populated with the races for which we have no affiuity or liking. It is the same with Poito Ivico and in some degrfe with Cuba. But we have already one perplexiug and harassing problem right here at home. r _ TL , .L mean me negro que?uuii. iue visest statesmanship is unable to loresoe the iinal result of the presence in the same commonwealth of two distinct races, each possessing the same lights under the law, but one of which is superior to the other. If we are nut to witness a blocking of the wheels of progress and a condition of mongrelism, demoralization and retrogression, such as is appalling to every lover of the AngloSaxon race, we must settle this question wisely and justly. It is impossible for me, familiar as I am with its perplexities and dangers, not to call a halt and brg senators to pause and take care what they do. "With 8,000,000 negroes already amoDg us, the adding of more colored people iM-iiConf too of cooiotofrioal V. OV?i t l.vy l* V* WVV*ViVQ?VM* and political questions a grave problem, a solemn responsibility. Can we afLrd to enter upon a scheme of colonial expulsion by conquest with the inevitable result that we will ini corporate another million and a half of negroes, 10,000,000 Malays, Xigi litos, Japanese and Chinese, to say ! nothing of the hundreds of thousands of mongrels of Spanish blood, imbued with Spanish thought and action. ' But lest I be misunderstood, I | wish to sav that I sympathize with the white men who live in Hawaii; that I would not leave them to the i tender mercies of the colored races, who outnumbered them; that I am ready to vote for a treaty annexing these islands, and even under protest to vote for this resolution with the Pettigrew amendment added, though I prefer the other as the legal and constitutional method of annexation, if I can get this senate to incorporate an amendment which will declare in 1 words what is here declared in ef feet, to wit: that the colored races, the negroes, Kanakas, the Chinese, ure incapable of self-government, are unlit to pirticipate in government, and that in the future in dealing i with these islands and all the islands i which we may conquer, if we choose ANY. COLUMBIA, S. C., October 13?tf. to hold them, it will be the policy of : the Vnited States to have only those , participate in government who have white blood in their veins. "For my part, I declare that the ; races are not equal and never were. I God never made them so, and while [ I subscribe to the doctrine that ! among the 'inalienable rights of man ! is the right to life, liberty and pur- I | suit of happiness," I declare my un1 alterable faith in the doctrine that | the white race is superior to the j colored." Mr. Tillman maintained that in view of the declaration of congress in the war resolutions this government in seizing upon Cuba, Porto Kico and the Philippines with the purpose of holding them was acting in bad faith with the world. The American people were becoming land grabbers under the guise of humanitarians. This bad faith had, he said, already excited the distrust of European nations and Germany, with her warships at Manila, and perhaps other foreign nations, would demand their share of the booty. 'T am in favor," he declared vehemently, "of giving Germany aud all the rest of the European nations to understand that this government will tolerate no interference with its policy or action." # + From Congaree. To the Editor of the Dispatch: On Thursday, June 23d, a small crowd of youDg people and a few older ones, gathered at Mrs. T. M. Geiger's mill to spend the day on our new picnic grounds. The grounds were nicely cleaned up and supplied with benches and swings. The shade was amply sufficient to keep the bright clear complexions of the fair headed young ladies and the gallant young men from tanning so much. The crowd was composed principally of friends and reiatives from the neighborhood and the strangers, whom we were proud to have with us, were Messrs. Campbell and brother and Fishburne, from Columbia. When the day was almost spent, those of the party that remained went with Mrs. Geiger's family to her residence, which is not far off. After spending sometime pleasantly and listening to music, the friends seperated, assuring each other that their presence and conversation were both appreciated and enjoyed. air. ivjitor, we nope to nave otner picnics on our grounds and we would be so much pleased to have you with us. I hope to give you a better and more interesting notice when we write again. Maud. * . Vesssls Hearing Completion. The Chicago, Atlanta and Topeka Nearly Ready for Service. New York, June 29?The converted steam yacht Enquirer, in command of Lieut. W. H. Stayton, with a crew of Brooklyn naval mi.litia, has joined the coast and harbor patrol fleet under American Erben. Work on the cruiser Chicago is being vigorously pushed along. The vessel's topmasts have been fitted and housed and everything is ready for the standing rigging to be put up. Mechanics are working at her port holes and gunmounts. A??A rr?l!1 Lrt //Ml f T"? O fTT ftll nc | i. LiCi C V* til UD 1UUI UC >T j mounted on the main deck of the I cruiser Atlanta, and four new port | holes have been cut out on that ves| sel, which is still undergoing a genI era! overhauling in tho stone drydock. Tbe United States cruiser Topeka will have a dock trial of her engines ! and if everything is found to be in | satisfactory shape the new cruiser | will probably leave the yaid this I week. A man in Virginia, rode forty miles, to Fairfax Station, for the express purpose of getting Chamber| Iain's Cough Remedy, and took home l with him. a dozen bottles of the med icioe. The druggist who relates the ! incident, adds: "Your remedy seeins ( to be a general favorite wherever known." Its effects are indeed won! derful in all lung and throat troubles. Procure a bottle at J. E. Kaufmann's drug store. Governor Ellerbe. Reasons "Why He Ought To Be Reelected?A Safe and Honest Man, and One to be Trusted. Georgetown Times. "Without being Governor Ellerbe's special champaion, we desire to state that, in our opinion, he is one of the best abused men in our Stale to day. He had the misfortune to btf a "peaceaiid-uuity" candidate, coming into office exactly at a time when the people were getting tired of the turmoil and strife of politics. Both factions voted for him, and both sides' expected too much of him. He has given the so called conservatives more political consideration than either of his two predecessors dared to do, and Ellerbe has thus secured the illwill of his own faction; and whenever he has attempted to cater to his own crowd of Tillmanites, he has brought down the other faction about his ears. The News and c Courier has never ceased to hound him down on all occasions, because the Governor has looked beyond Charleston. It was a bitter disappointment to those oeonle (whn nn i -r - * T posed the war) when Ellerbe refused to mobilize the troops in that city; it was equally distateful to them when he refused to remove the metropolitan police force, and thus give the worst element of that city a chance to revel in blind tigers. In fact, the Governor has nothing to expect from that source. The conservatives owe more to Gov. Ellerbe than to any public man in the last eight years, and it proves a lack of gratitude and political wisdom to be led astray by manufactured newspaper sentiment at this late day. It ought to be, in our opinion, either prohibition or dispensary in this campaign?the former as represented by Featherstone, or the latter represented by Gov. Ellerbe. The other fellows are tiyiDg to bunco the Governer out of a job, it seems to us. These are our sentiments. In all of his military appointments, Gov. Eilerbe has recognized both factions, but especially the anti-Tillmanites; such men as AllstoD, Thompson, Earle, and others, reflect credit upon the State. We don't claim that the Governor is a brilliant man or that he is likely to set the woods on fire with his eloquence, but we do claim that he is an honest man, a safe man?and one to be trusted. ??-? ? - ? ? How to Look Good. Good looks are really more than skin deep, depending entirely on a healthy condition of all the vital organs. If the liver is inactive, you have a bilious look; if your stomach is disordered, you have a pinched look. Secure good health, and you will surely have good looks. "Electric Bitters" is a good Alternate and Tonic. Acts directly on the stomach, liver and kidneys, purifies the the blood, causes pimples, blotches and boils, and gives a good complexion. Every bottle guaranteed. Sold at J. E. Kaufmann'a Drug Store. 50 cents per bottle. Strength of the Two Armies. Numerically the opposing armies are not very different, the estimate of the Spanish force being placed at 14,000 men, thoroughly entrenced and behind barbed wire fences and block houses, against about 18,000 men under Shatter's command, aided by 4,000 Cubans. One of the gravest elements in the problem however, is the Spanish warships, for unless Shafter is materially assisted by Sampson, who might eDgage the full attention of the Spanish ships, their j fire upon the American advance j forces would be very hard to meet, j The military authorities here say that Gcd. Linares has shown great military tact, iu slowly retiring during the last fe-v days, as he has ; gradually drawn our troops away j from the protection of the American ! ships and brought them close to the j fire of the Spanish ships in Santiago . harbor. For this reason it was with i j relief that the announcement was re! ceived that Shafter had succeeded in landing all of his artillery, including his seige train, for unless Sampson can be relied upon to force his way : iDto the harbor and attack the Spsnj ish ships these siege guns planted on | heights commanding the bay will be I main r^linnre of GeD. Shafter in offsetting the presence of the Spanish ironclnds. The Q teen Regent hurst into tears when she heard the reports <f Admiral Cervera and Gen. Linares on the situation in Santiago.