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' ' % P^V- # _ I RPsvTnvcRT^sruRHFniiiM i __ .1 w w-w I ADVERTISING RATES. | BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM ^Tl-|w f ?\ J XT F^ICFI A T/^14 Westerr. SoutH Carolina. i g?i B?< 1 X I \( II 1 ) \ I # I ^ f\ 1 L V Ml _ ^ ZZT'~ j 0 1 B ^ jft ^ ft ^ jC aL ft j ^ ^ ,<fi ft. X N .ft-^ ft ^ V ft JL ft ft ft ft Liberal contract* made with thoae wiah. RATES REASONABLE. ^ ^ ingio advertise for three, ciz and twelve mouths. 0 ? ? Notices in the local'column 5 cents per ~ line each insertion. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER ANNUM Obituaries charged for at the rate of one _o VOL. XXVIII. LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1898. NO. 39. ce?t?^r.dno"!^%??&??j 1 JOB PRINTING A SPECIALTY. q.^Sabman, Editor ^ p0bu.h.r. . J tqgSBF-j, *Miis ~im mSsT ATTORNEY AT LAW, BATESBUEG, - - - - S. C. Practices in all the State Courts, especially in Lexington, Edgefield and Aiken counties Mar. 6-1? ANDREW CRAWFORD ATTORNEY AT LAW, I COLUMBIA, - - - - S. C. "PRACTICES IN THE STATE AND: JL Federal Courts, and offers his professional services to the citizens of Lexington County. October 18?ly. ? . mtu mn I A CD 11 I EUVfAItV L. HODILL, Attorney at Law, LEESVILLE, - - - - - S. C. Practices in ail the Courts. Business solicited. Sept. 30?6m C. M. Efird. E. E. Dueher. EFIRD &DREHER, Attorneys at Law, LEXINGTON, C. H., S. C. WILL PRACTICE IN ALL TIIE Courts. Business solicited. One member of the firm wili always be at office, v Lexington, S. C. June 17?6m | Albert M. Boozer, Attorney at Law, COLUMBIA, s. c. Especial attention given to business entrusted to him by Lis fellow citizens of Lexington county. 1 Office: No. 5 Insurance Building, opposite City Hall, Corner Main and Washington Streets. February 28 -tf. DR. E, J, EWE, SURGEON DENTIST, LEESVILLE, S. C. "* * *- a umce Qexi aoor oeiow post, uiuue. Always on band. February 12. P. Poultry, Farm, Garden, Cemetery, Lawn, Railroad and Rabbit Fencing. Thousand* of miles in use. Catalorjue Free. Freight Paid. Prices Lour. tie Mcmullen woven wire eenge go. CHICAGOj ILL. Nov. 17?tf Saw Mills, Light and Heavy, and Supplies. CHEAPEST AND BEST. CP"Can every day; wort 1&0 hands. Lombard Iron Works and Supply Co.v AUGUSTA, GKOKG1A. January 27? ! . CAROLINA NATIONAL BANE,! AT COLUMBIA, S. C. STATE, TOWN AND COUNT! DEPOSITORY. Paid up Capital - $100,000 * Surplus Profits . - - 100,000 Savings Department. Deposits of $5.00 and upwards received. Inter*, .t allowed at the fate of 4 per cent, per annum. W. A. CLARK, President, r-' Wilis Jonss, Cashier. December 4?ly. r BEESWAX WANTED IN LARGE OK SMALL QUANTITIES. I WILL PAY THE HIGHEST MARket price lor clean anl pare Beeswax. Price governed by color aLd condi'ion. RICE B HARMAN, At the Bazaar, Lexington, S. C. HARMAN & SON, CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, STEEL AND IRON ROOFING, LEXINGTON, S. C. rB^>S SUBMITTED FOR ALL KINDS of carpenter work. Estimates furnished. None but First Class Workmen employed. House bnildiDg a specialty. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Remember us when you want work done. S. A. B. HARMAN, KILLIAN HARMAN. September?11. tf Grand Central Hotel COLUMBIA, S. C. * E. H. GILLIARD, Manager P NEWLY RENOVATED. CUISINE UNSURPASSED. Especially adapted for those desiring Comlort, Ease, Home like metuods. Commercial travellers receive every accommodation. jar RATES, $2 and $2.50 PER DAY.-SS^ June 2. 1897?tf. LEXINGTON SAVINGS BANK. DEPOSITS RECEIVED SUBJECT TC CHECK. ' ~ W. P. IIOOF, Casliit-r. DIRECTORS: ^ Allen Jones, W. P. Roof, C. M. Efird. r R. Hilton James E. Hendrix. F EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD. ^ Deposits of $1 and upwards revived anc interest at 5 per cent, per annum allowed payable April and October. September 21?tf " , 616C110B5 10 Ut? Lieiu uu IUC iaoi< day (the 30ih day) of August, A. D. 18'J8, and the second primary held two weeks later, if one be necessary: Rule 1. The qualification for membership in any subordinate club of the Democratic party of tbi3 State, or for voting at a Democratic primary shall be as follows: The applicant1 for membership, or voter, shall be twenty-one years of age, or shall be before the succeeding general electior, and be a white Democrat, or a negro who voted for Gen. Ilampton in 187C, and who voted the Democratic ticket ; continuous-ly since. Provided, that no white man shall be excluded from participation in the Democratic primary who shall take the pledge required by the rules of the Democratic party. The managers at each box at the primary election shall require every voter in a Democratic primary to abide the result of the primary, j aDd to support the nominees of the party, and to take the following oath arid pledge, viz.: "I do solemnly swear that I am duly qualified to vote at this election according to the rul^s of iha-Democratic party, and that I have not voted before at this election, and pledge myself to support the nominees of this primary." Rule 2. Every negro applying f( r membership in a Democratic club, or offering to vote in a Democratic primary election, must produce a written statement of ten reputable white men who shall swear that they know of their own knowledge that the applicant or voter voted for Gen. Hampton in 1S7G, and has voted the Democratic ticket continuously since. The said statement shall be placed in the ballot box by the managers, and returned with the poll lists to the County Chairman. The managers cf election shall keep a separate list of all negro voters, and return it with the poll list to the CouDty Chairman. Xo person shall be permitted to vote unless he has been enrolled on a club list at least five days before the said primary election. The club list shall be inspected by and certified to by the President and Secretary and turned over to the managers to be used as the registry lists. Rule 3. Each County Executive Committee of the Demoratic party in this State shall meet on or before the first Monday in August of each election year, and appoint three managers for each primary election precinct in their respective counties, who shall hold the primary election provided for under the Democratic Constitution, in accordance with the Acts of the General Assembly of this State regulating primary elections, the Constitution of the Democratic party of this State, and the rules herein set forth. The names of such managers may be published by the Chairman of each County Executive Committee in one or more county papers at least two weeks before the election. *-r~Rule 4. Each voter in said primary shall vote two ballots, on which shall be printed or written, or partly printed or partly written the name or names of the person or persons voted for by him for each of the offices to be filled, together with the name of the office. The tickets to be voted shall be in the following form: Governor. Lieutenant Governor. Secretary of State. Comptroller General. J- State Superintendent of Education Attorney General. 1 Railroad Commissioner. The other with spaces to suit the different counties. For Congress District. ..House of Representatives. J .idge of Probate. County Supervisor. County Supt. of Education. Treasurer. 1 Auditor. No vote for House of Represents i lives shall be counted unless it con 1CSO MAIN STRE Eules j For Governing the Membership of Olllbs. The Qualification of Voters, and the Conduct of Primary Elections of the Democratic Party of South Carolina, Adopted June 2, 1S9S. The following rules shall govern the membership of the different su bordinate Democratic clubs of this ! State, the qualification of the voters at the primary elections held by the party, the conduct of the primary 1 1.-1 .3 lUr, T,,M. *W. X3 :et, Solicts a Share ol tains as many names as the county is entitled to representatives. A Rule 5. The managers of election shall open the pells at 8 o'clock a. m. and shall close them at 4 o'clock p. m After tabulating the result the managers shall certify the same and forward the ballot box, poll list, and all other papers relating to said election, by one of their number or Executive Committeeman, to the Chairman of the respective Democratic County Executive Committees within ! forty-eight hours after the close of I the polls. Rule C. The County Democratic Executive Committee shall assemble at their respective Court Houses on the morning of the second day after j i the election, on or before 12 o'clock ! m., to tabulate the returns and declare the result of the primary, so far as the same relates to members of the General Assembly and County officers, and shall forward immediately to the Chairman of the State Executive Committee at Columbia, S C, the result of the election in ' Annntiaa fnp Stpfo iLitii" jc^cuinc LuuuLibo ^v?vw Officer?, and Congressmen. Rule 7. The protests and contests i for County Officers shall be filed within five days after the flection with the Chairman of the County Executive Committee, and the said ! Executive Committee shall hear and determine the same. The State Executive Committee shall hear and deside protests and contests as to S4ate Officers, and Congressmen and tendays shall be allowed for filing the same. Rule 8. Candidates for the General Assembly and for County Offices shall file with the County Executive Committee a pledge, in writing, to abide the result of the primary and support the nominees thereof. Candidates for other offices shall file such pledge with the Chairman of the State Executive Committee. Provided, that the pledge of such candidates shall be filed on or before the day of the first campaign meeting of the county or State respectively. No vote for any candidate who has not complied with this rule shall be counted. Rule 9. In the primary elections herein provided for, a majority of the votes cast shall be necessary to nominate candidates. A second primary, when necessary, shall be held two weeks after the first, as provided for under the Constitution of the party, and sfcail be subject to tne rules governing the first primary. At saic'l second primary the two highest candidates alone shall run for any ods office; but if there are two or more vacancies for any particular office; then double the number of candidates shall run for the vacancies to be filled. For instance, in a race for County Supervisor, the two highest shall run. Rule 10. In the event of a tie between two candidates in the second i primary, the Cjunty Chairman, if it is i a county office, and the State Chairman if it is for State Officers, or Congressmen, shall order the third primary. The question of a maj'ority vote shall be determined by the number of votes cast for any particular office, and not by the whole number i of votes cast in the primary. | Rule 11. Each County Executive ! Committee shall furnish the manaI gers at each precinct two ballot boxes, | oue J or lOtttlCS UIXHJCP, tut uim.1 ! for Congressman, and County offices. j RULES FOR GOVERNING THE SOLDIER VOTE Whereas, a new section has been added to the Constitution by the recent Democratic convention of South | Carolina, directing the State DemoJ cratic Executive Committee to proj vide suitable rules to afford an op| portuDifcy to such of the volunteer | troops of the State as shall be mustered into the service of the United States in the present war with Spain to vote at the approaching State and county primary election while they are with the United States, although I they may be absent from the polls. | Now be it resolved, by the State Ex1 eoutive Committee, that the following rules be, and the same are here. bv. adonted, to carry out the provis ; | ~ j i i ions of the section: Kale 1. All volunteer troops from this State mustered into tbe service of tbe T'nited States sball be entitled to vote at the approaching primary election, who are twenty one years of age, and have resided in the Continued on Fourth Page. i^onsrcsiTons: f Your Valued Patron; 1 mwm'm mi women \BP/ I ^?S* women ^are iq willing, some are ,t women drudge for |; wm themselves, ('> *'( som^ their jpless;" no matter j 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 Pe-ru-na Medicine I Co.,Columbus, ()., 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 Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lin. I have gained thirty-seven pound* since I began taking Pe-ru-na. My friends are wondering what makes me look so bright and healthy. I j would like to let the world know What a wonderful medicine Pe-ru-na is." "Woman's diseases are mainly catarrh ! of the pelvic organs. Pe-ru-na drives ! out ever}' phase of catarrh. Mrs. Eliza Wike, Xo. 120 Iron Street, Akron, O., writes: ^ "I would be in my grave now if it had not l>cen for your God-sent remedy, Pe-ru-na. 1 was a brokendown woman, now I am well." Bill Arp's Letter. Tells a Good Story of General Joe "Wheeler. Atlanta Constitution. TkfiTT cott fkof Tne forfrof. JL lit J oc4 J tuuu v w * r mvv*v* himself at Santiago when the Spaniards fired their deadly volleys from J the brush, and he spurred his steed forward and shouted, "Charge em boys!" Charge the damn yankees; run 'em out of the brush!?the damn Spaniards, I mean!" And now they tell it on General Lee that when his handsome blue uniform came and his wife took it out of the case, he looked at it with solemn countenance and said: "Put it back, wife; let it stay there a while till I can get reconceiled. I'm afraid I might shoot at it all of a sudden.1* The boysin camp get up many a joke, and they go on the grand rounds, and that reminds me of Pat I Doolan, a fresh Irishman, who was ; put on picket and ordered to let no man pass without the password. When the officer came round to change the guard, Pat challenged him with, "Halt, be Jesus, and give the password." "Officer on the grand rounds;" said the lieutenant. "Grand I rounds and be damned to ye", said Pat, "dn1 if ye don't come forward and 'Bull' Pud, I'll be after shootin1 -?? r\ j t> into ye, i>ir. uranu avjuuub. The boys say that down at Camp Griffio, when a new recruit comes in, the devilish fellows take him off to drill him. "Young man, you must remember the Maine, and also re member that you are a private. When you meet an officer you must salute him and say, 'I am your dog, sir," and the officer will wave his hand and smile and say, I know it,' and pass on.'' They haze the green ones as bad as college boys haze a verdant freshman. There is many a wag around the camp fires aDd they spice the weary hours with wit and wisdom. The average soldier bears no malice, not even toward the foe he has been sent to fight. Cervera and TT ? i' noDSon are iue uesu ui mcuuo auu if it is possible for us to like Cervera, it is possible that the people who placed him io high command have some redeeming virtues. In our j [ civil war the privates of both armies j | exchanged civilities on the picket ! lines* Stonewall Jackson rebuked ! j them and once when a picket brought j j him a New York paper he refused it, ! said: "Take nothing from them, sii; and give them nothing but lead. They are our enemies." But the common soldier has not considered the casus belli, the aggravation from j a national standpoint nor can he, like Cromwell or Stonewall Jackson, worship God by killing his country's foes. A soldiers life is a good training ~^a oAAn 1 none enmo nf hie j acuuui) uuu lie ouuu iuqvu uuujv v i conceit and selfishness. When a i boy who has been humored and j petted at home becomes a schoolboy ! and has to rub against other boys, he soon learns to give and take and tote fair with his schoolmates. Ju?t I )ODS r, TIE2., ago. Prompt and ] so these young soldier boys, when I far away from father and mother, 1 so 3D find themselves enduring a com- i mon hardship and in peril a common Janger, and it softens their nature and takes away their vanity. They learn from one another, and like , these commercial travelers, absorb knowledge by contact The best informed people I meet with are the veterans of the civil war. However dull and uneducated were the boys they entered service in 1861, they were bright and genial when they came out. I'll venture that there Was mere good sense and more forbearance, more real reflective patriotism and less selfishness in the recent grand gathering of veterans in any body of men ever assembled in Jhe United Stites. These veterans ill look alike to me. Hard service has hammered them down like steel 4 ased to be hammered out of iron. J Their faces, their hearts, their walk, jheir solidity^ their considerate conservatism, all mark them as men who have been tried and refined in the crucible of war?the dross expelled a?d the pare gold left. ; But war is a bad thing?the worst | thing in the world. A philosophic friend of mine says no and he argues that periodically nations must have war, pestilence or famine to purify them, to purge them and to kill off I the unproductive surplus and give quiet to the government. I don't believe that, but I am not going to argue about it. John Temple Graves and Simon Peter Richardson and Joe Ob! have written strong letters | about war and how it ennobles a j nation. These men are thinkers and j make the best of a bad thing but still we can fall back and entrench upon the teachings of the Son of Man who said: "My kingdom is peace." "Peace on earth and good will among men." Only a few months have passed, but there is many a heart-broken mother now weeping for her soldier son whose shallow grave is in a foreign land. The tears of these mothers are worth a thousand victories. But these preachers perplex me. Most of them are for the war to go on until we have taken all the islands of the sea and planted missionaries there. One of them said, "my friend, the kingdom of heaven suffereth vio lence take it by force," but I never heard before that it meant guns and cannon and dynamite. I fear that the zeal of most the3e preachers is inspired by their hatred of the Roman Catholic religion. I used to have a horror of that religion myself, for I had read Fox's book of martyrs and imagined the Spanish inquisition was about to be revived, but time and education have removed my prrjudices and made me tolerant of all the churches. Observation and experience have taught me that there are good people in all the churches, both Jew and Gentile, and if I was far away from home and in distress a Sister cf Charity would perhaps be my first visitor. They found my mother when her parents died of the fever in Charleston and they took the friendless orphan to their hearts and cared for her; and I have no patience with these preachers, so called, who slander them or their church. But my good old friend Simon Peter Richardson is nothing if not original. He is a strong man every way and our people here like him and love him for his honest sincerity. He preached, here several years and is a man of convictions. He is rightly named and would have cut off the other ear of Malchu3 if he had been there. He belongs to the cburch militant and I would be willing to take his chances for the church triumphant. He was telling me once about a great revival he attended over on the Peedee River, and when I asked him how many converts they took in he said: "Nary one, nary one, my triena; oat we turneu seventeen oat and purged the church. The revival was altogether sanitary." We had a great treat at our town this morning; Colonel William J. Bryan with his Nebraska regiment stopped here for an hour and they electrified everybody with their presence. It is by far the best regiment we have seen. The*best looking, the best behaved and the best equipped and they love and idolize their goltnel. They feel elevated.and refined by his commanding presence aLd wouldn't do anything that would mortify his pride or wound his feelings. What a grand and noble man he is. How majestic in person; hew gentle in manneio; how inspiring in language and conversation. How our hearts did burn within us as he spoke. I tell you, my countrymen, I would trust him with all my interest in national affairs. He is Daniel Webster and Henry Clay combined. May the good L.rd keep him and nveaorvo him and return him safe to nis samily and to tbe natioD. The silver question may pass away and be forgotteD. The tariff may settle | down, but other aQd greater issues i will grow out of the war and the nation will need a Bryan at the helm of government. Ttiis is the way I feel about it and I canDot help it. Bill Arp. COMP ^.gke:E3. Polite Attention. Ovations At Evsry Turn! Miles' Triumphal March Into Porto Rico. Extravagantly Joyful Welcome Given to the Stars and Stripes by the Inhabitants of the Towns Being Taken?The Army Hailed as One S of Liberation, and Men, Women and Children Hug the Officers and | Men. Ponce, Aug. 2, via St. Thomap, ! Aug. 3 ?The march of the Ameri| can army towards San Juan is more j of a triumphal procession than auyi thing else. The citizens of Porto I Rico everywhere hail the appearance I of the Americans with delight, with j banners flying, with bands playing stirring American tunes, with presents of food, cigarettes, cigars, with hugs and kisses from men, women and children alike. The scenes described of the occupation of Suan Diaz are repeated as we march quickly inland, only the futher we go the more enthusiastic the people become. TOWNS OCCUPIED. Besides the towns already reported as being occupied we are in possession of Dine others. These towns are Arroyo, Satillas, Yiabucoa, Salinas, Santaisbel, Ajuntas, Panuelas Guayamala and Guayamo. There were Spanish troops in all of the important towns in this list. Guayamo has a large garrison. PUT UP OUR FLAG. It was reported io the Americans I that these soldiers intended to make ' a fight and this morning General Wilson sent two companies there. On the way the Americans met cou! riers who said that the citizens had | ordered the Spaniards out of town I and had hoisted the American flag. The soldiers thought this was a i trick and observed great caution in I approaching, but getting nearer they i saw the American flag waving in the ; town without hesitation. BIG RECEPTION. Here they found a bigger recep! tion than ever. The American flag was waving over the public buildings and not many in the town had opj posed its being raised. The brass : bands were playing "Yankee Doodle." j "Ta Ha Boom de A)e," and the men I and women fell upon their knees and | worshipped our soldiers. SPEECH BY THE MAYOR. The mayor made a speech in which he said that the day of deliverance for Porto Ricans had come. Crowds followed the soldiers everywhere and the Americans could hardly get away from them. They insisted on tiking our men into their houses and giving them feasts such aa no invadJ ing army ever saw. The best they had was none too good for the humI blest private. The mayor made another speech ! of welcome at the public square ! where the people shouted "Down j with Spain?" and "Viva live Amerii canos!" etc. The Americans hardly i know what Spanish soldiers look j like. The mayors of four other towns j have visited Ponce and told General I Wilson that the people of their towns are glad to be Americans- Their towns had surrendered and they ? ^ t 'V *\T7f\y I weie icauy iu iuiu utn ciujiuwg I to the Americans and have American i officials appointed. SPANIARDS FLED. Word was received from other towns that had not been visited by the soldiers and consequently had not formally surrendered, but the people and officials heard of the i landing of the Americans and had ; hoisted the American flag at once | and kept it hoisted ever since, driv: ing out the Spaniards from towns 1 where the soldiers were stationed, j The people in these towns report : that the Spanish soldiers fled in fright as they did from Ponce. The | Spaniards took the military road ] toward San Juan. SPANISH CITIZENS. j When the American soldiers ar! rived here the Spanish citizens were 1 naturally alarmed, and many 01 tnem i fled with the Spanish soldiers and went to the mountains. They began | returning on Sunday and are all ! nearly back today. The first thing they did when they got back was to begin shouting "viva los Ameri ANY* COLUMniA, s. o., October 13?tf. Th* Roy tk* Hffcirt grod? fcofcif powder loo n Actool tost* show it |?m oootWr4 forthor tltoo my t(kw brood. urn &akiH0 POWDER Absolutely Pure j HOYAL 1AJQHO WWBW CO., WCW YOWC. canon!" Tbey are apparently good Americans, but the Porto Ricans do not trust them. They say they will watch for the first sign of disloyalty on their part and shoot them or turn them over to the American soldiers. don't talk. Returning Spaniards profess not to know the whereabouts of the troops that fled with them. They say the soldiers ran so fast that tbey were unable to keep up with them. Even these Spaniards are genuinely glad at the change in the local government which has been made by General Wilson, particularly in the courts. Another Hail He was looking lank and lean; be wore a threadbare suit of black and under one arm he carried a volume; under the other there was an umbrella which had seen better days. He entered so quietly that DodsoD, who W88 busy at his desk, did not hear him. "I have here?'" he began softly. Dodson wheeled in his chair and took in the situation. "I don't care what you have!" he roared. "Don't you see that signed, 'Peddlers and Book Agents Not Wanted,' or are you blind?" "The life of Samson?" continued the agent, with an apologet c smile. "Why didn't you say so before?" said DodsoD, subsiding. "In one volume, price $1.50," continued the long, thin man in black. "I'll take it," said Dodson, shortly. "Good day, sir." . A tew minutes later a friend of Dodson's happened in and picked up the volume. "Hello, old man," said he, as he looked it over. "I didn't know you went in for Biblical subjects." "I don't see the joke," ans-vered Dodson, testily. "I believe that in times like these every patriotic American citizen should familiarize himself with the lives of our prominent men who are at the front making history for this glorious country. We neglect these things too long. I propose to keep up with the times." "You will have to hurry if you do," answered his friend, dryly. "This particular Sampson without the p has been dead for 3,000 years." ! Discovered by a Woman. Another great discovery has been made, and that too, by a lady in this country. "Disease fastened its clutches upon her and for seven years she withstood its severest tests, but her vital organs were undermined and death seemed imminent. For three months she coughed incessantly, and could not sleep. She finally discovered a way to recovery, by purchasing of us a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, and was so much relieved on taking first dose, that she slept all night; and with two bottles, has been absolutely cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz. Thus writes W. C. Hammick & Co, of Shelby, N. C. Trial bottles free at J. E Kaufmanns Drug Store, liegular size doc ana $1.00. Every bottle guaranteed. "Our pleasant Grove school taught by our efficient and popular friend, Judge J. Walter Mitchell, is pro gressiDg nicely, have now up in fifty on roll and more coming. Any one wishing their children who live in reach of the school would do well to send, because we do not think they could send to a better school and teacher in every respect. He tas the qualities, efficiency and experience which makes a good teacher."? Cor. Saluda Advocate. Procsedings of the Democratic Executive Committed. The executive comirittee, at ita meeting July 7th, decided upon the following assessments for the various candidates: Representatives $5each; Judge of Probate and County Supt. of Education, each $5; Auditor, Treasurer and Supervisor, each $10. Each candidate will have to pay in this amount to the Treasurer on or 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 assessmonta nf fhft MftcrifltrftleS amODC tie v.*"*." " "O a different districts according to the salaries paid, so as to raise $16 from the eight districts. Of these assess-, meats all will be returned to the defeated candidates except 50c. each. The official ticket, with the names of all the candidates printed thereon, 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, fcr 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 /-.-a _.:iL n w must D nieu wim v. m.. uum, Chairman, on or before said date. The State campaign meeting, by order of the committee, will be held in the town of Lexington. Deafness Cannot be Cured. By local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu- ? tional remedies. Deafness is causedby an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When th? tube gets inflamed yen .<* have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its nor mal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of t*n are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucousurs.faces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured 1 y Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for cii? culars, free. Sold by all druggists. Price 75c. Suppressing the Illiterate Vote. m'- - tka TTnlfii/1 Xlie supreme ujuiu ui tu? States has sustained the validity of the Mississippi election law. This law was enacted for the purpose, of "suppressing'*, by legal methods the illiterate negro vote of the State, and imposes among other qualifications a rigid educational restriction. The result has been to disqualify the majority of the negro voters of the State and to assure white supremacy in State and local administrations. The supreme court of the United States holds that as the election law applies to illiterate whites as well as to the ignorant colored voters, the restrictions imposed by the statutes are "within the field of permissible action under the limitations imposed by the federal constitution." Sere is a Prophet. "The State campaign is dragging itself along. An average of two hundred persons attend each meeting and with such crowds the candidates have so far been unable to arouse a little bit of enthusiasm. It is now a foregone conclusion that Ellerbe will be re-elected Governor, and many think there will be no second primary "?Greenwood Index. Mr. A. C. Wolfe, of Dundee, Mo., who travels for Mansur & Tibbetts, Implement Co., of St. Louis, gives traveling men and travelers in gen- * ; eral, some good advice. *'Being a Knight of the Grip,'' be 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 2* skeptics, much to their surprise and relief. I hope every traveling man in the U. S. will carry a bottle of this remedy in his grp." For sale i by J. E. Kaufmann.