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ASBILL, . . Attorney at Law, LEESYILLE. S. C. Practices in all the Courts. Business solicited. a?4 r?n Cm ocy*. a C. M. Efird. ' F. E. Diieher. EFIRD & DREHER, Attorneys tit Law, LEXINGTON, C. H., S. C. "TT7ILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE VV Courts. Business solicited. One member of the firm will always be at office, Lexington, S. C. Jane 17?6m Albert M. Boozer, Attorney at Law, COLUMBIA, SS. C. Especial attention given to business entrusted to him by bis fellow citizens of Lexington county. Office: No. 5 Insurance Building, opposite City Hail, Corner Main and Washington Streets. February 28 ?tf. DR. E, J. ETHEREDGE, SURGEON DENTIST, LEESVILLE, S. C. Office next door below post office. Always on hand. February 12. fffTFENCING Poultry, Farm, Garden, Cemetery, Lawn, Railroad and Rabbit Fencing. Thousands of miles in use. Catalotjue Free. Freight Paid. Prices Loic. Tie HcMULLEN WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO. CHICAQO, ILL. Nov. 17?ti Saw Mills, Light and Heavy, and Supplies. CHEAPEST AND REST. lyCa*! every day: wora 180 hands. Lombard Iron Works and Supply Co., AUGUSTA, UKOitUlA. January 27? CAROLINA NATIONAL BANE, AT COLUMBIA, S. C. STATE, TOWN AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Paid np Capital - $100,000 Surplus Profits . - - 100,00(1 Savings Department. Deposits of $5.00 and upwards received. Interest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. W. A. CLAKK, President. Win* Jones, Cashier. .December 4?ly. BEESWAX WANTED IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES. X WILL PAY THE HIGHEST MAR21 * ' * J UjwvaotoV I JL Ket price lor ciean kuj pure uocfiui. 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 employed. House building a specialty. Satisfaction Guaranteed, Remember us when you want work done. S. A. B. HARMAN, KILL1AN HARMAN. September?11. tf Grand Central Hotel COLUMBIA, S. C. E. H. GILLIARD, Manager ne wl y reno va ted. cuisine; unsurpassed. / Especially adapted for those desiring Comlort, Ease, Home like metuods. Commercial travellers receive every accommodation. URATES, $2 and $2.50 PER DAY. tfejv Jane 2. 1897?tf. LEXINGTON SAVINGS BANK. DEPOSITS RECEIVED SUBJECT TO CHECK. W. I?. ROOF, Cashier. DIRECTORS: Allen Jones, W. P. Roof, C. M. Efird, R. Hilton Janaes E. Hendrix. EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD. Deposits of $1 and upwards received and interest at o per cent, per annum allowed, payable April and October. September 21?ti GLOE 1630 MA.ITV STRE I To Ward Off tb.9 Danger. ? | Amulets So Guard Soldier Boys from Trouble. Charms from Fair Hands?Odd | Things Which Are Said to Drive Away Evil. The "Onliest" is the All Powerful Rabbit Foot. Oiher [ Articles Sent. Have you sent an amulet to your own particular soldier bo)? If not, you are behind the times. It is the proper thing just now, according to the feminine idea, to furnish each soldier with a charm against the dangers of battle and disease, and it is a right pretty sentiment. It affords women folk an opportunity to show their kindly interest in the absent troops, and the latter are pleased with the evidence of love and attention. There is not a man at the front but who is anxious to receive and wear an amulet of some kind. And this is not because the boys in blue are superstitious or awed by the prospects of danger?they are all too busy, too excited and interested aud patriotically eager to have time for such thoughts. Capt. "Berry" McCreery who has recently been in the city says it is the proper thing just now and not a mail comes to Chickamauga that is not filled with charms and amulets. He further stated that they beggard description and ranged all the way i from the veriest trifle to valuable j ornaments. A rabbit foot mounted | in gold is what he received and as he showed it to The Register on the the d. q. and remarked: "I do not know who sent it but the package was postmarked Columbia," he blushed just as red as the campaign tan on his cheeks would permit. There is no set form or size or shape for soldier's amulets. Everything is used from a tiny watch chain trinket to a dried potato; the only requisite is that it must have thrice blessed by the person sending it. Esthetic taste favors some article of jewelry, and Chicago manufacturers and retailers are kept busy these days supplying the demand. One of the most popular amulets is a combination fl*g and four-leaf clover watchchain charm. It is a dainty little conceit, made of a circular piece of cardboard, covered in white corded silk, on one side of which is mounted a flag and on the I other a natural pressed four leaf clover. Over these is placed glass which is held together by a gold or silver band, with a ring attachment. These are cf various sizes, both the flat, narrow designs and the round ones with magnifying glasses beiDg popular. Then there is the never-failing and all-powerful rabbit's foot and turkey's claw. The virtue of these charms, especially the rabbit's foot, which is guaranteed to be the left hind foot of a buuny shot in a graveyard at night by a cross eyed negro, is widely admitted in all classes of society, from the dusky, bare-toed, ragged newsboys who shoot craps at a cent a pass to the rich business men who play poker with five-dollar chips. Dewey mascots are also in great demand. These are made in various form. One is a small picture of Dewey mounfed on the shank of a rabbit's foot; another is a picture placed on a small metal flag. But the giil that desires to be original and individual plans her own amulet, making it personal and therefore of double protective value. The most popular form of these is a gold bangle about the size of a half o o dollar, but as thin as it can be made. This is engraved with the initials of giver and recipient, and some appropriate design, quotation, or sentiment. It must be attached to a gold chain and worn continually. It is mostly the sweethearts and sisters of the soldiers who haunt the jewelry stores in search of pretty amulets. The mothers and annts and wives pick up theirs iu radically different places. These latter think rirst of the miasmatic climate into which the soldier boys have gone, and the amulets they seud take the shape of medicated flannel, abdominal bandages, or bracelets for arms and wrists. / "You must wear these constantly," i these mothers, aunts, and wives write to their soldier relatives, "so as to guard your health against chills 3E DF "W. E3 ET, Soliets a Share of and fever and similar ills. Some of them buy wild olive fl >wer bags, which the women of Louisiana assert will save the wearers from fever, if suspended from neck. The loving wife thinks of her husbands last touch of rheumatism, and puts a dried potato into his pocket or buys him an electric ring for his little Ouger. These he submits to wearing cheerfully, aud consecpiently safety is surely procured. A tiny white silk pocket, containing charcoal hung by a libbon around the throat, is supposed to keep away the dreaded ''Yellow Jack." When it can be afforded, a l-innr r\f ofnlrl nr Silver is VA ^ w. also worn to render the soldier impregnable to the ravishes of typhoid. "It's all nonsense, doing these things," say the soldiers. "We only wear them to please and satisfy the women." But down in the corner of their hearts there is a little superstitious belief in each amulet given them, and with true gallantry and fond thoughts of the giver, and considerable faith in their protective qualities, the soldiers wear them one and ad, some of the boys having as many as half a dozen charms about them all the time. The State Campaign Meetings. The following are the appointments of the State campaign meetings as arranged by the Executive Committee, at its meeting in Columbia, on the 2d of June. Newberry, Monday, August 8. Laurens, Tuesday, August 9. Greenville, Thursday, August 11. Pickens, Friday, August 12. Wallialla, Monday, August 15. Anderson, Tuesday, August 1G. Abbeville, Thursday, August 18. Greenwood, Friday, August 19. Aiken, Monday, August 22. Edgefield, Tuesday, August 23. Saluda, Thursday, August 25. Lexington, Friday, August 2G. Columbia, Saturday, August 27. Attention Veterans. Head Quarters, Camp Steadman, No. GG8, U. C V's. Lexington, S. C, July 13, 1898. The fourth annual meeting of Camp Steadman, No. GG8, U. C. Vs., will be held at Lexington, S. C., on Tuesday, August the 9th, 1898, at 10 o'clock a. m. This will be a meeting of importance and it is earnestly desired that each aud every member be present in attendance at the same. New officers will be elected for the coming year, and as the welfare of the camp depends upon the actions of its officers, members should come to the meeting prepared to vote for good and active men. We hope to have several speeches on the occasion and thereby make the meeting not only interesting but beneficial to those who attend. A cordial invitation is hereby extended the general public to be present. By order of J. H. Counts, Commander. M. D. Harman, Adjutant. J Doctors Can't Cure It! Contagious blood poison is absolutely beycftid the skill of the doctors. They may dose a patient for years on their mercurial and potash remedies, but he will never be rid of the disease; 011 the other hand, his condition will grow 6teadily worse. S. S. S. is the only cure for this terrible affliction, because it is the only remedy which goes direct to the cause of the disease and forces it from the system. I was atHieted with Blood Poison, and the best doctors did me no good, though I took their treatment faithfully. In fact. I seemed * to get worse all the ?0F *1 irirt while. I to<*k almost every so-called Mood Jli* \ remedy, hut they did not UPSn seem to rckTh the dlsW&ZSP&v ease, and had no effect whatever. I was d Is i heartened. tor k seemeu '-. 'Jt. JBgg^ that I would never be \ cuwd. At the advice ol 45?ft friend I then took y? \ QjJ !\> / S. S. S., and began toimprove. I continued the medicine, and it cured n;e completely, building up my health and increasing my appetite. Although this was ten years ago. I have never yet had a sign of the disease to return. \V. R. N'iwmav. St&unton, V?. It is like self-destruction to continue to take potash and mercury; besides totally destroying the digestion, they dry up the marrow in the bones, producing a stiffness and swelling of the joints, causing the hair to fall out, and completely wrecking the system. S.S.S.rS6 Blood Is guaranteed Purely \ eg^table, and is the only blood remedy free from these dangerous mine;als. Book on self-treatment sent free by Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Ga. ?Y GC ^?arcaex?:* m m m m m Your Valued Patron Donations. The Women's Aid Society of St. Stephens church dosire to acknowledge their grateful thanks for donations for their barbecue on the 4th of July, as follows: Mrs. C. M. Efird, bread and icecream custard: Mrs. N. F. Corley, 1 gal milk, 1 loaf bread; Mrs. Cattie Caughmau, 2 doz eggs: Mis. Frank j Corley, peck potatoes; Mrs. E. J. Drelier, potato salad; Mrs. Eli Corley, J 2 pounds butter; Mrs. Geo. Sawyar, 8 loaves bread, 1 gal custard, and potato salad; Mrs. J. E. Hendrix, 2 loaves bread, potato salad, 1 gal custard; Mrs. M. D. Harrnan, 2 loaves bread and sugar: Mrs. S. M. Gross, 1 doz eggs; Mrs. Preston George, 2 doz eggs; Mrs. Jas. Corley, 1 pound buttei: W. W. Barr, one goat; H. D. Smith, 50c; Paul P. Clark, 25c.; J M. Miller, 25c.; J. II. Counts, 50c.; D. T. Hare, 25c.; J. E. HeDdrix, ?1; S. B. Boozer, 25c; S. 0. Kaminer, - TA - T T QSrt . TP]; Z-)C \ Ul~. O. -i-J. iLttuiiuuuu, ?uv/., *-i.? Corley, half bushel cucumbers; Mrs. Sanders Wingard, 2 quarts milk, 2 dox eggs, pound butter; Mrs. Esaias Wingard, 1 doz eggs, half gal milk; Mrs. G. B. Wingard, 1 doz eggs; Mrs. Sam Rawl, 1 doz eggs; C. M Efird, wood; Mrs. S. P. Wingard, 1 gal custard; Miss Annie Daley, one lemon jelly cake; Miss Yinnie Harman, one pound cake; S. P. George, $1; Mrs. Dr. Leaphart, 2 quarts custard, 2 loaves bread; Dr. C. E. Leaphart, $1; Mrs. Charlton Raucb, 2 loaves bread, jar pickles, one cake; Mrs. W. P. Roof, jelly cake and salad; Master Pickens Roof, one chicken; Saminie Roof, 25c.; E. B. Roof, peck rice; Q. E. Caughman, 10c; W. P. Roof, 16 pounds sugar; Alfred J. Fox, 50c.; Mrs.Jessie Taylor, 8 loaves bread and onions; Mrs. Houston Wingard, cake and bread; Mrs. M. L. Taylor, cake, gallon custard, half gallon pickles; Mrs. Henry Ballentine, half gallon pickle, bole potato salad; Airs. J. G. Graichen, 2 chocolate cakes; Aliss Naomi Stuart, 1 pound cake; Mrs. E. B. Roof, 2 loaves bread, 1 gallon custard; Mrs. Jas E. Rawl, custard; D. F. Efird, 1 pig, $3; Mrs. Samuel Roof, 1 sheep $2; Miss Ada Roof, 2 quarts milk; Capt. D. J. Griffith, $1; Airs. Carrie Corley, 1 doz eggs, 5 quarts milk; Miss Teca Corley, half doz eggs, 4 quarts milk; Mrs. W. H. Meetze, 3 quarts milk, 1 doz eggs; Mr. F. C. Caughman, 400 pounds ice; Mrs. H. A Meetze, 2 loaves bread, half peck onions, sugar 25c; Mr. Brantly, 50c ; E. J. George, pork 32 pound?; Mrs. J. E. Kaufman, 1 gal custard; Mrs. W. W. Barr, beet and cucumber pickles, 1 pound butter, 5 loaves bread, 1J gal custard; Mrs. J. G. Zenker, J gal custard; Mrs. D. E. Ballentine, \ gal beet pickle, h gal cabbage pickle; Geo. Sawyer, 3 loads wood. The ladies of the W. A. S. also acknowledge the generous loan made by Mr. Houston "Wingard of his entire harbecue outfit. Also special thanks are tendered to the White Star Brass Band for the charming music it discoursed upon ihat occasion. Particular mention is due Mrs. W. P. Roof for her gift, a handsome and artistic banner, to the band. All feel much indebted to Mrs. M. D. Harman for her efficient management and successful termination of the splendid barbecue. The very gratifying sum of $70.60 was realized therefrom. The W. A. S. offers special thanks to the gentlemen of the Lexington Dispatch for their sincere interest in : their work by its full and careful notices and announcements from time to time in the columns of their paper. Now Zs The Time. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Today is the time to begin thinking about sending your son or daughter to some good school. Next year the receptivity of the mind of your child will probably not be so j i great. "When twelve months shall ! passed you in all probability will be | in no better circumstances than now. | If you delay this important duty until you have plenty of money to ppare and nothing for your child to do you will never send him. "When I go out over this country great as it is in resources, crowded with rich industries, dotted with beautiful homes and people well dressed and )ODS r, Tis., 2^^_nsr-< age. Prompt and 11 yf'ORN-OUT WU WOMEN \ fla/ J Most ivcmen * are WW I JJK/ l1rUliSfS- Some are iw^ni willing, some are unwilling. Some W ?J women drudge for wf themselves, . >L W *?''f some for their Vn^Cj^L I family. Their Iroutiue is endless; no matter 'low they feel ifli'-V i Women never half take care of themselves. Early decay and wrecked lives abound,mainly through neglect. Every woman should have the book called " Health and Beauty," which the I'e-ru-na Medicine Co., Columbus, 0? will mail on request. It tells women some easy things to do to protect health, and all about the virtues of Pe-ru-na for women's peculiar ills. Miss Lizzie Peters, Mascoutah, 111., writes: "lam perfectly cured of female weakness by taking I'e-ru-na and Man-a-lin. I have gained thirty-seven pounds since I began taking I'e-ru-na. My friends are wondering what makes me look so bright and healthy. I would like to let the world know what a wonderful medicine I'e-ru-na is."' Woman's diseases are mainly catarrh of the pelvic organs. Pe-ru-na drives out every phase of catarrh. Mrs. Eliza Wike, No. 120 Iron Street, Akron, O., writes: j " I would be in my grave now if it had not been for your (?od-sent remedy, Pe-ru-na. I was a brokendown woman, now I am well." well cared for children, I see many, many indeed who have minds tattered, ragged and torn. Why it this? Is the body more precious than the mind ? I think not. This body of our3 is only a tabernacle for the soul! It is ouly a house of clay ! Then why should we be so careful that the child has nice, comfortable clothiDg to wear and wholesome food to eat, when we neglect the more important part, the training of the mind 1 The polishing and perfecting of that immortal soul of his? The body lives for only a few years; the soul, the mind throughout the endless cycles of eternity. Then for which should we exercise the more thought, care and anxiety? Of course for the undying part. Let the body be sparing in its comforts if it must, but give rich nourishment to the mind. Many men have spent as much as $5,UUU in money ana from sixteen to twenty years in study, preparing for the great responsibilities of life. Not one of them would exchange their education for ten times what it cost them. In Germany it can be said of no man that he is ignorant. Fatberp, mothers and parents, lets see to it that the same may soon be said of South Carolina. The Worth of Education. Mr. A. C. Wolfe, of Dundee, Mo., who travels for Mansur & Tibbetts, Implement Co., of St. Louis, gives traveling men and travelers in general, some good advice. "Being a Knight of the Grip/' he says, "I have for the past three years made it a rule to keep myself supplied with Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and have found numerous occasions to test its merits, not only on myself, but on others as well. I can truly say that I never, in a single instance, have known it to fail. I consider it one of the best remedies travelers can carry and could relate many instances where I have used the remedy on skeptics, much to their surprise and relief. I hope every traveling man in the U. S. will carry a bottle of this remedv in his grip." For sale by J. E. Kaufmann. Our Boys On tfcs Move. The First S. C. Regiment Left Chickamauga This Morning. Chickamauga, July 29.?The First South Carolina regiment broke eamp eiilv this morning and marched to Rossville, where the Southern railway trains for Jacksonuille were boarded. The officers aDd men of this regiment have been anxious to get away from here for some time and their departure was an especially enthusiastic one. No other commands have yet received moving orders. Local railroad officials have received invitations from the war department to bid on transportation of the Sixth United States Volunteer cavalry and I?.,....tit Tcnncooao infanfrv nf I' Lie X UUl lli JLCLiU^OOUU J w. Knoxville and the Fifth United States Volunteer infantry of Columbus, Miss., to Chickamauga. COMP ?U<3-E:E3, I Polite Attention. Victor Bluo Sends Tropnies. ? ! : Among Other Things Reaching Hia Home is One of the Captured Swords. Special to the State. Marion, July 28.?Lieut. Victor Blue of the United States navy has written an interesting letter to his relatives here, giving a full account j of his recent exploits in Cuba. Among other thing, he says that , he is surfeited with newspaper nolo- ! riety and is daily the recipient of cffeis from prominent magezines asking him to write an account of j his trip around Santiago, in which , he is allowed to name his price. Lieut. C. C. Killings, who is on theJustir, brought to America on : i his recent trip for Lieut. Blue, one of j the swords captured by him at the j time of iiis visit to uomez on me | night of May 31. On that trip the readers of The State will remember, Lieut. Blue ran through the Spanish line of gunboats, and on his return captured two Spanish patrol boats, with many trophies, among them two swords belonging to the officers in command. One of these swords Lieut. Blue gave to Capt. Delehanty of the Suwanee, and the other he sent to his rauther here, to be kept for him until the war is over. He also sent a Cuban machete, which was presented to him by one of Garcia's men, and which, it is said, has seen some bloody work lately. These interesting relics were exhibited by Miss Kate Lilly Blue, sister of the lieutenant, along with some other souveuirs sent her by "somebody's else brother" from the seat of war. There are two shells?one shell fired by the marines on the attack on Guantanamo, the other a Spanish cartridge, which was exploded in the destruction of the Spanish magazine at that place. Marion is justly proud of the re- j cord made by her favored son, aDd j all South Carolina will join with her j to do him honor when he returns to j his native home. Deafness Cannot be Cured. By local applications, as they can- i not reach the diseased portion of the j ear. There is only one way to cure ! Deafness, and that is by constitu- j tional remedies. Deafness is cau. 1 j by an inflamed condition of the mu- I cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. ! When this tube gets inflamed you ! have a rumbling sound or imperfect j hearing, and when it is entirely ! closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken J out and this tube restored to its nor- j mal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of 1 the mucousurs.faces. We will give One Hundred Dol- ' lars for any case of Deafness (caused : by catarrh) that cannot be cured by i Hull's Catarrh Cure. Send for cir- ; cu ars, free. Sold by all druggists. Price 75c. ! . _ i Gov. Ellerbo's Appointment of I * A/M rmy u nicers. Abbeville Press and Banner. As a matter of fact, it seems that Governor Ellerbe has done nothing J since he has been in office, that has ' pleased those who are determined to ; see no good in him. Even if contributors to the columns of the newspapers can see nothing but evil in him, the public have a right to expect that impartial editors of newspapers shall be fair and just. In the general chapter of accidents, in a public career of two years, it is ! fair to believe that he would be right half the time, and it is almost im- j possible to believe that Governor j Ellerbe has been wrong every time. | The public will be slow to believe i that he is totally depraved and des- j j perately wicked. Carpers and fault finders have said I many UDj'ust things of him, with i nothing better for a basis than animosity and the art of putting an evil construction on his best acts. Among other criticisms which have | been made of him is one that he has discriminated against the militia in his appointments to office in the army. That charge can be definitely j and positively disproved by facts and figures. Believing that injustice had been done to the Governor in this particu' lar we applied to 1st Lieut. Wyatt ANY. COLUMBIA, H. C., October 13?t?. Aiken, Acting Quartermaster, for a statement, which he kindly furnished and which appears in these columns. From that report it will appear that of the 34 company officers, 24 were from the miltia and 9 from the volunteers. The regiment is composed of 1,111 men. Of that number only 181 are militiamen, while the remaider of the regiment is made up of 930 volunteers. Think of it. Out of a total militiamen of 18124 officers get commissions. Out of 940 volunteers, only 9 get commissions, while almost no volunteen received a non-commissioned office. Where there were enough militia men to fill the 120 non-commissioned officers the volunteers, as a rule, received nothing. The militia had about the same advantage in the appointment of regimental field officers. The volunteers got not a single appointment, except Adjutant, which is lowest in rank. It was no doubt impractical to find Surgeons in the militia, and it was therefore necessary to find them among the volunteers. The militia got two Adjutants and the volunteers one Adjutant. From these statemants the falsity of the charge that Governor Ellerbe has been unjust to the militia is clearly proven to any fair mind. The volunteers, if anybody, have the best of grounds of complaint. They have reason to believe that Governor Ellerbe has been more than fair to the militia. Tfca tayal la tka fcl|t?it qr*dm bakiag |?w4%r kaowi. Actaal tasta ifciw it ?aaa oaa tUt4 fartkar thaa aay atfear kraai dflVAl r|H> ^akiK^ POWDER Absolutely Pure BOVAl XXIWO POWOM CO., MW YO*K. Manila Has Surrendered. Paris, July 29.?A telegram from Madrid to the European editor of the New York Herald, says a cable dispatch has been received at the Spanish capital announcing that Manila had surrendered to Admiral Dewey, but it has no such information. Madrid's report that Manila has surrendered, it is believed, may be due to the knowledge that Spain has authorized Augusti to yield up the eity. Washington, July 29.?The war department officials are inclined to believe the report that Manila has surrendered but there is a lack of definite advices. Admiral Dewey has 15,000 men, a number sufficient to hold the city with ease, and other reinforcements headed by Gen. Merritt are about due. As soon as General Merritt assumes the Governorship, Admiral Dewey will probably be called to Washington for consultation. The chief Burgess of Milesburg, Pa, says DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the best pills he ever Used in his family during forty years of house keeping. They cure constipa tioD, sick headache and stomach and liver troubles. Small in size but great in results. J. E. Kaufmann. The settled purpose of the government is to invade Porto Rico, at once and preparations for a successful movement are beiDg rapidly pushed. Hon. John C. Sheppard has announced himself for the Senate from Edgefield county. We hear that the melon crop of TTM ! J - ? A ^niln f/5 i r ioriutt IB aiLUUOL a lauuic, iuwiiWiv/ ; the melon planters of this State will j probably realize a good price for j their crops. Some time ago, a little bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Colera and Diarrhoea Remedy fell into my ! hands, just at a time when my twoyear old boy was terribly afflicted, i His bowels were beyond control. We had tiied many remedies, to no puri pose, but the little bottle of Colic, l Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy speedily cured him.?William F. Jones, Oglesby, Ga. For sale by J. E. Kaufmann. Proceedings of the Democratic Executive Committee. The executive committee, at its meeting July 7th, decided upon the following assessments for the various candidates: Representatives $5 each; Judge of Probate and County Supt. of Education, each $5; Auditor, Treasurer and Supervisor, each $10. Each candidate will have to pay in ii.: I,, onror An /M* IL11B amuuuii t<J liuo xicaautct uu w> before August 10, 1898, and to the defeated ones will be returned all in excess of $2.50. The chairman and secretary were instructed to apportion the assessments of the Magistrates among tie different districts according to the i aaIami'aa maly) 0/-v AO roion Cl A (rAfYl Dalai ICO ?jaiu, DV/ ao IV ibiov y i v Ak VM4 the eight districts. Of these assessments all will be returned to the defeated candidates except 50c. each. The official ticket, with the names of all the candidates printed thereor, with instructions to voters to erase names of all not voted for, was adopted, and will be furnished by the committee. * The messengers will be paid 50c. per day and 5c. per mile one way, fir and returning with boxes. The campaign meetings were fixed as follows. Leesville, August 10, 1898. Rishton, (C. R. Rishes,) August 12. Swansea, August 13. Brookland, August 17. Irmo, August 18. % Chapin, August 19. The committee ordered that all assessments must be paid to Samuel B. George, Treasurer, on or before August 10, 1898, and that all pledges must be filed with C. M. Efiid, Chairman, on or before said date. The State campaign meeting, by order of the committee, will be held in the town of Lexington. 'i'usy navo j^a&aea. Since the fall of Santiago fighting has been confined ptincipally to naval attacks on some of the smaller Cuban forts. It is reported that there has been fighting in Santa Clara province of Cuba between Gomez and the Spaniards, and that the Spaniards were defeated in some fights and victorious in others. There are no details. The principal matter of interest now is the expedition that Gen. Miles is taking to Porto Rico. Dispatches of July 26, say that the expedition under the command of Gen. Miles was landed successfully at Guanica that morning after a skirmish with a detachment of the Spanish troops and a crew of thirty belonging to the launch of the U. S. gunboat Glouchester. Four Spaniards were killed, but no Americans were hurt. The troops were pushed forward in order to capture the railroad leading to Ponce, which is only about ten miles east of this place. From Ponce there is an excellent military road running 85 miles north to San Juan. All the transports are now in the harbor, and infantry and artillery going rapidly ashore. This is a well protected harbor. Water sufficiently deep for the transports and heavy vessels to anchor within 200 yards of shore. The Spanish flag was lowered and the American flag raised at 11 cclock. Troops in good health and best of spirits. Other results will follow immediately. 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