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It wax inwnittiic MFniiiM a _ i w ADVERTISING RATES. H BEST ADVERTING MEDIUM j XT/TTVX XT Tl I CZ A TP/*** H IT ^S<wtA Carolina.^ j~| |~H J"H ^ | j> \ J { V/ |\| SlJ 1 O i 1 W 11 T^El'UllT RATES REASONABLE. ^ ing to advertise for three, tii and twelta months. 0 ~ ~ Notices in the local~eolamn 6 cents per Bfe; . ~~ ~ line each insertion. ft SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER ANNUM Obitaaries charged for at the rate of ona pf.' _o_ VOL. XXVIII. LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1898. NO. 40. ? M PRIMING A SPECIALTY. Q. M. ILARMAN, Editor and Publisher. t iBin mul siioirn, ATTORNEY AT LAW, B ATESBU EG, - - - - S. C. Fraotioes in all the State Courts, eepeci^ ally in Lexington, Edgefield and Aiken counties JT Mar- ?-l* !L ANDREW CRAWFORD L ^ ATTORNEY AT LAW, I COLUMBIA, . . . 8. C. f "PRACTICES IN THE STATE AND L Jl Federal Courts, and offers his profesF sional services to the citizens ol Lexington t County. ? October 18?ly. 1AAII I tUWAKU L. ASDILL, f~ Attorney at Law, jf LEES\TLLE, S. C. Practices in all the Courts. Business solicited, 8ept 80? 6m C. M. Efird. F. E. Dreheb. EFIRD &DREHER, Attorneys at Law, r LEXINGTON, C. H., S. C. ITTTILL PBACTICE IN ALL THE VV Courts. Business solicited. Oue member of the firm will always be at office, Lexington, S. C. Jane 17?6m. f Albert M. Boozer, Attorney at Law, COLUMBIA, C. Especial attention given to business entrusted to him by bis fellow citizens of Lexington conuty. Office: No. 5 Insurance Building, oppo! site City Hall, Corner Main and Washing* i ton Streets. ^ February 28 ?tf. M I J. FTHFRFIir.F. 1/1,1 UiUU"""-") ' 8UHGJEON DENTIST, LEESVILLE, S. C. O. ice next door below post office. r Always on hand. February 12. /I* FENCING Poultry, Farm, Garden, Cemetery, rLawn, Railroad and Rabbit Fencing. Thousands of miles in use. Catalogue Free. Freight Paid. Prices Lour. I Tie HeUULLEN WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO. L CHICAGO* ILL. I Nov. 17?tf ' Saw Mills, Light and Heavy, and Supplies. CHEAPEST AND BEST. E^Cau every day; work 1W bands. t Lombard Iron Works and Supply Co., AU&USTA, GEORGIA. January 27? CAROLINA NATIONAL BANE, (AT COLUMBIA, 8. a STATE, TOWN AND COUxNTY DEPOSITORY. Paid up Capital - $100,000 Surplus Profits . 100,000 S&Tings Department. Deposits of $5.00 and upwards received. ' ? 1 - ? -?i a a ik A ?A4A A vvnv Anvvt IBVerwii HUUWDU at ujc iaw ui -x pu ^ ? per annum. W. A. CLABK, President. W Wilu Jokxs, Cashier. December 4? ly. f BEESWAX WANTED k- 15 LABGE OS SHALL QUANTITIES. r T WILL PAY THE HIGHEST MABJL ket price lor clean ani pure Beeswax. Price governed by color and condition. BICE B HABMAN, At the Bazaar, Lexington, S. C. ___ f HARMAN & SON, CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, STEEL AND IRON ROOFING, LEXINGTON, S. C. r-RIDS SUBMITTED FOE ALL KINDS |~J of carpenter work. Estimates furnished. None but First Class Workmen employed. House building a specialty. Satis taction Guaranteed. Bern ember ns when yon want work done. S. A. B. HABMAN, KILL!AN HABMAN. r September?11. ti Grand Central Hotel J' . COLUMBIA, S. C. L E. H. GILLIARD, Manager f NEWLY RENOVATED. CUISINE UNSURPASSED. x ? Especially adapted for those desiring Comfort, Ease. Home like metuods. y Commercial travellers receive every accommodation. /aerRATES, S2 and $2.50 PER DAY.""6^ June 2, 1897?tf. " | LEXINGTON r SAVINGS BANK. DEPOSITS RECEIVED SUBJECT TO I CHECK. \ * \ W. P. ROOF, Cashier. rn-D-cwrnPK. Allen Jones, W. P. Roof, C. M. Efird, R. Hilton James E. Hendriz. EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD. Deposits of $1 and upwards received and interest at 5 per cent per annum allowed, payable April and October. September 21?tf GLOI 1090 MAIN STRE I Temporanca. The following is an address delivered by 0. 0. Drafts, at Cedar Grove Academy, before the Sunday School Convention, held on the 4th Saturday in July, 189S: My Friends: You may be surprised that I rise before you today to talk on the subject of temperance. Paul was against Christianity and became an ardent Apostle of Christ, and I hope to be able to turn from intemperance and become a faithful disciple of temperance, and call upon you to listen to these remarks from a small boy. Intemperance frequently presents a beautiful exteiior while within it is all corruption, and as loathsome as a sulpulchre full of dead mens bones. Tbe young man is charmed and cheated by it, and old age it often covers with shame and disgrace Intemperance is like a summer cloud that is beautiful and promises pleasure and shelter, but soon it bursts upon human life with all the fury of the tempest. It soon sends its blast and sweep its tide into the home, across tribunals of justice and up to the very altar of tbe Church of God. It is a serpent throwing its poisonous fangs into the hearts of living souls; it is an inward fire. The wine sparkles in the cup, but "at last it stingeth like an adder and biteth like a serpent." Its victims groans and writhes in agony until the poison, like boiling blood, circulates through all his veins reaching bis brain and setting his soul on fire. The temperance reformation has made heavy blows upon "King Alcohol,'' but his throne is not yet overturned. His dark infernal empire stands still. His frowning fortress, burling firebands and arrows and death lifts its h>rrid front in the midst of Christian communities, and on every side are monuments of his dreadful conquest. As the young man ventures out on the inviting ocean of intemperance as the green fields of sobriety disappears the waves of destruction begin to dash around him, the whistling blast of poverty make frightful music; the moaning of the pitiless storm disturbs his dream of pleasure, and ere long he is an unmanageable wreck upon the sea of temporal and eternal ruin. Poverty follows intemperance as sure as night follows day. God has declared that the drunkard shall come to poverty, and whenever we see drunkenness we also gaze upon squalish misery. This fact is so clear that we expect a young man to ruin himself, squander his fortune, become idle and worthless when he commences a course of intemperance. He becomes destitute of money, destitute of friends, destitute of character and destitute of all that is noble, and thus hobbles to an early grave before the face of an insulted tfod, and we fear in many cases share the fate of aD eternal hell "prepared for the devil and his angels." Intemperance hastens life and urges an early death. A man oDce dreamed that he saw the demon workmen at their unhallowed task manufacturing with great zeal the elixer of death. While he gazed od, barrel after barrel of the accursed poison was drawn from the cistern and prepared for coin 'Tho pmnlnrmpnt of some was to mark and label" those barrels of poison which had been put up. Quenching a coal fire in the liquid, the infernal monster went to work. On all the barrels in letters which would remain invisible until the first glass was drawn and then burn forth like fire, he wrote: Consumption, palsy, fever, plague, insanity, madness, redness of eyes, sorrow of heart, death, damnation, and the like, which, when the liquid death had been* sold, and the buyers drew from it for the first time flashed out in the faces of thirsty customers, they sow, written in words of fla ne, the diseases which they knew were preyiDg upon their systems, and fled from ^ln/?a S\t forfnr Thnll f)rV> ATI tVlA luc Pa^c V^Wl. barrels in the rum shops we do not find the words of fire written there by demon hands, yet we behold more fearful inscriptions on the living, dying countenances of men. Gleaming forth from fiery eyes; seen on the wan and haggard check; read in the stooping forms and stagging tread; heard in the hollow cough; felt in the 3E DF TXT. S3 :et, Solicts a Share of aching heads and beating hearts proving to us the evils of intemperance. Is palsy, plagne and fever. And madness all combined? are the fearful inscriptions of death and damnation. Intemperance turns home from pleasure and happiness to vice and misery, from a blessing to a curse. It turns the kind and gentle father, the affection of alt the family, to a tyrant, and from a friend to a foe. It is a source of endless trouble. There are hundreds of cases that could be referred to if | time would permit, but these are sufj ficient to show the awful and fearful crashing of the demon alcohol. Suf! fice for U9 to say that intemperance is a crime and a sin against the God of heaven. friVn^a vnn are well aware *"-J ? J J? ? that in the very midst of your fair community the young are exposed to numberless temptations and many have yielded to the dreadful poison. I shudder at the downward course! Oq one side are demon hands of hell inviting U3 to a field of vanity, immorality, misery, poverty, debasement, disease and the depth of sin and vice and finally destruction of soul and body. On the other side are inviting hands and warning voices of noble men and women; of friends and loving parents to a field of noble manhood, success and all that is noble. We have resolved to accept the latter invitation. God's restraining grace has kepll us thus far. But, oh! how long, Christian men and women, are you going to to allow these temptations to hover , in your community, around your homes and about your churches? If the prayers and actions of Christian men and women were to t>e used against this evil it would be banished. , As long as you alio*?' it in your midst to a great extent you take part with it, and encourage it, and God will hold you responsible. The State offers us protection, but we have mocked her. I appeal to you today to bestir yourselves and wake up to a sense of duty, and for my sake, and others like me, and for the sake of the home, State and Church rid your fair land of the elixer of death! Still send forth your warning voice, and still hold out your inviting hands that we, as the hope of your country, might be able to say, "Get thee behind me satan." If these things con-1 tinue the landmarks of your homes j will be trampled under foot and forgotten, and the pillars of your churches will begin to crumble and fall and sin and corruption will reign supreme. Mothers, much depends on you! Young women, to a great extent you hold the young men in your power! I appeal to you to use that power. Have the ambition to tell any young man when he is perfumed in this poison that you have no company for him, declaring at the same time: "The lips that touch liquor shall never touoh mine.'' Do this and God will bless your efforts, and sobriety "n -1' * ? - lon^ Will 600Q 111U Oil utile juui joh and you will be made to rejoice. "Chase the monster from our shore, and let his cruel reign be o'er." Scrofula, a Vile Inheritance. Scrofula is the most obstinate of blood troubles, and is often the result of an i inherited taint in the blood. S. S. S. is the only remedy which goes deep enough to reach Scrofula; it forces out every trace of the disease, and cures the worst cases. My son. Charlie, was afflicted from infancy with Scrofula, and he suffered so that it was Impossible to dress him for three years. His head and body were a w Nt mass of sores, and his I ?- , 1 eyesight also became fa affected. Xo treatment Jw was spared that we \ 3^ thought would relieve \ him.but he grew worseV, %= J\_ until his condition Indeed pitiable. 1 liad?? 1 \ aimost despaired of hia^LVl ever beinjr cured, when ^Wr iT J / by the advice of a friend \ XT 7 / JPil we pave him S. S. S. h \ff%\] / (Swift's Specific). Ade- ? * cided improvement was the result, and after he had taken a dozen bottles. 110 one who knew of his former dreadful condition would have recognized him. All the sores on his body have healed, his skin is perfectly clear and smooth, and he has been restored to perfect health. Mrs. S. S. Mabry, 3<K) Elm St., Macon, Ga. For real blood troubles it is a waste of time to expect a cure from the doctors. Blood diseases are beyond their skill. Swift's Specific, S.S.S.rTL Blood reaches all deop-aoated cases which bther remedies have no effect upon. It is the only blood remedy Kuurnnteed purely vegetable, and contains no potash, mercury, or other ininerul. Books mailed free to any address by Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, (in. IY G( zLvioztrczEdroi Your Valued Patroi Swansea's Doings. To the Editor of the Dispatch: 1 iL. me cotton ana corn crops in me country generally are good. The provision and forage crops are also equally promising. The preserving of fruits and vegetables for winter use has never been so generally practiced by our people and our merchants are troubled to keep in store the cans in demand. Mrs. Virgil Rucker is very much improved. Mrs. U. W. Jefcoat is much improved in health. Mrs. W. H. F. Rast has returned from her paternal home in Hampton county and is very much improved. a *MA*v\kAi>n rv f 4 V? A *R A r\ 4 to4 1UC LUCUiUClO U1 IUC JL/a^iiov church here are busily eDgaged in buildiDg their baptistry at the pond for the use of baptism of its new members last Sunday morning. The Methodist brotherhood here conducted a series of meetings last week. The minister here, Rev. T. F. McFarlane, was assisted by the Rev. Carson Young, of Orangeburg. Mr. Young is a forcible speaker and made many very strong friends in his new field here. It was his first visit to us, but he leaves a good impression. Death has again visited us and has taken away Mrs. Hall, the Christian wife of our worthy fellow citizen, Ervin Hall. Her remains were, carried to the family graveyard in Chinquepin. At Sharon Methodist church, near here, Rev. McFarlane has had an interesting meeting, and among the accessions to the church are two members who have requested to be baptized by immersion. The minister has acceded to their wish and immersed them on last Sunday evening. Spain seems to be trying to end A OnAOl tlAM A'f IfliD. Yf CkL auu tuc uioyuoibtuu V/X IUU Phillipines, Lecrones and the Caroline islands appears, as every one expected, to be the troublesome question. If we leave them with Spain probably the war will not be over, nor will they be nearer to the hope of Christian civilization in this continued custody of Spain unless an article of that kind be in the conditions of peace and if Spain be sfill the Spain of the last 300 years will she carry out even an agreement. They will not be content with Spain and the struggle will probably continue. This is a big trouble with the President and his Cabinet. Will they meet the measure of their responsibility in the breadth and magnitude of the conditions? The most casual observer can very well see from the result of our unequalled naval engagements and the success of our land forces, that God and Providence are in the mid9t of the fight, and does any one believe simply to advance American grandeur and chivalry that his hand has been so plainly shown? Spectator? A Card. To the Editor of the Dispatch: I would like to state to the citizens of Lexington county that since the last meeting of the Board I have been pajing out of my pocket money for the food my horse has been eating. It has been rumored that I am still feeding my horse at the expense of the county, and that Mr. L. J. Langford was aware of this fact. I have been usiDg my horse to attend to the business of the chain gang nearly the same as I did before the action of the Board. C. L. Metze, R. B. Hiller, H. H. Dreher, J. J. Derrick, J. D. Shealy, I take much pleasure in correcting this mistake. Above are the signatures of the parties from whom I have bought food and paid for it, to feed my horse. I am also doing the bridge work, shoeing the mules and all other repairs, such as I have tools to do. My salary is the same as that paid the former Captain of the chain gang. Respectfully, J. H. Roberts, Superintendent of Chain Gang. Lieutenant (Junior grade) Blue, of this State has been advanced iive numbers for extraordinary heroism. In the hour of emergency South Carolina blood will tell. DODS T_ TE.. lage. Prompt and ] I A Call From Butler. i He Wants the Second South Carolina Regiment in His Command. The following letter from Gen. M. C. Butler, the gallant South CarolinI ian, who is in the field as a major general, was received by the colonel of the second regiment Tuesday. It is very much to the point. Headquarters First division, Second Army Corps, Camp Alger, Ya , August 8wh, 181)8?Col. Wilie Jonee, Columbia, S. C, My Dear Sir: Re- I plying to your recent letter, I beg to j say a camp next to the Third Vir- | ginia and first Cunnetcicut is await- I ing your regiment, which will complete the brigade. I trust it will Dot be occupied by another regiment, or that other orders may not be issued before yours reaches this camp. What is the matter that your regiment is not recruited to its full quota? Heretofore South Carolina has always responded promptly ta calls made upon her troops, and it is rather mortifying to those who feel a pride in her past history to find her a laggard when almost every other State has come forward with alacrity. There must be something wrong somewhere. In after years it will not sound well to have this State, with such a splendid fighting record, put down among those who failed to furnish her share of troops in obedience to a call made by the properly constituted authorities. Her people cannot vindicate tnemseives by claiming that there is no occasion for their services. Congress must have had goocl grounds for authorizing the enlistment and organization of an army; and it is not for us to question its wisdom or propriety. Our duty is to supply our proportion of men "for the common defence and general welfare" as enjoined by the constitution. Nor will it excuse us by saying "the fighting is over" and there is no longer need for our services. None of us can foresee how j many troops will be required to garrison for a time at least the territory acquired by right of conquest, and indemnity for expenditures and sacri^fices made for national purposes. South Carolina's full quota may not be needed, but she is not judge in this instance. I have no greater interest in the I honor and character of the Staae, no greater reason to cherish a laudable State pridie than any other of her citizens but it is not pleasant to have ; people of other States offering to j make up our quota. It is a reflec- j tion upon our patriotism and good j faith. It does not comport with the j pride we have always justly felt in j the pluck and patriotism of our peo- \ pie to have them fail now in the full ! measure 01 meir uuty. I trust you will yet complete your j enlistments and report with your ! regiment at ?n early day, and relieve the fair escutcheon of the State from j the stigma which is beimg placed upon it. The regiment ought to be promptly filled to the maximum if it serves but one month. If it should be my fortune to be ordered to Cuba with the army of occupation, it would be very gratifying to have at least one regiment from my own State to accompany the grand body of soldiers now constituting my division from the States of Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, New Jersey, Illinois, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Virginia. I have been devoting myself to their discipline, equipment and organization, and j have no fears as to their conduct but | you can readily understand why I ! would feel a pride in having a body of South Carolinians near me to share whatever may await us. Let me hear fully from you. Very truly yours, etc. M. C. Butler. OBITUAEY. However painful, we are called upon to chronicle the death of one of our young men, Niles H. Mack, just [ 21 years of age, son of Dr. B. S. and M. A. Mack. Deceased died of fever on the 25th of July, after several weeks of intense suffering, though perfectly conscious at all times. ^ 11 vitt cck/3 of. oil JJ6&II1 IS purtiuuianj oau uv *? * times and under any circumstances, but much more so when it selects for its yictem one so young and promising. Niles was not only the joy and COMP iGEB, < Polite Attention. I rvf nAWArt^s oinf ai*q on/1 ! \JL UiO pjlCUW), OlOl^iO UUU brothers, but was also loved and respected by many who knew him. He ; waB diligent in business, and had he been spared would doubtless have made a useful citizen. He was a member of Sardis Baptist church, and on his death bed gave satisfactory evidence of being saved. He repeatedly admonished those around him to meet him in heaven, and although in much suffer; ing, was mindful to thank his doctor I and other friends around him for ! kiud services. He, time and again, | lifted his voice in songs of praise to his Heavenly Father for his love and goodness. He told his parents not to grieve for him. He was happy and it would be sinful to giieve. May God sustain the bereaved family in their sore trial. A Friend. Died July 20th, 1898, David Troy, "the son of Mr. Robert and Mrs. Lila Huske. Aged 1 year 9 months and 14 days. We miss little Troy's bright face, but the parting will only be for a season. 3. J. Kiddie. Governor Ellerba. It i8 with pleasure that we clip the following notice of Governor Ellerbe from The Sumter Herald. We, who know Governor Ellerbe, are not surprised of any commendation he may receive, and feel sure he is able to sustain himself on every occasion. The election returns on August, the S9th will confirm this assertion. i "It is a source of gratification to : Gov. Ellerbe'3 friends to see the cor- : dial reception that is being accorded i him all over the State. His defense of his administration has been manly and his opponents have not found the proof for Dne single charge they i have made against him. Really, the Governor has had a difficult role to ] carry out for the last two years. I Elected as a peace candidate, he has i endeavored tc carry out his pledge ] to know no faction in the performance of his du ty, and very naturally be has offended the little politicians, j But, it was the people of South , Carolina th it made W. H. Ellerbe i Governor two years ago and they are , going to do it again this year, des- ] pite the politicians and irreconcil- < able partisans. The Governor may have made < mistakes. B ?ing oDly a man, it is safe to assume that he has, but there have been no dirty deals or foul charges of corruption under his administration, and this fact alone entitles him to re election. Because he has tried to bring about a better condition of things, he has been charged with political trades, etc., the people wiil show that they believe in Eiierbe by nominating him on the first ballot. 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, ancl that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbl ng sound or lmperlect hearing, and when it is entirely j closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to it3 normal condition, hearing will be des! troyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucousuis.faces. We will give One Hundred Dolj lars for any case of Deafness (caused I by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. Sold by all druggists. Price 75c. Register Plant Sold. Coluu.bia Even ng Record. Through a representative sent here for the purpose the Dodson Printers' | Supply company, of Atlanta Thurs| day bought the Register plant, lock, i stock and barrel. The entire equipment, including presses, type and machinery upstairs and downstairs, went to the Atlanta company, who will ship it to their Atlanta office and i sell it again piece meal. Thus end j eth the last chapter of the Mommg 1 Register. | Strong efforts will be made to stimI ulate the raising of cotton in Hawaii. ANY. COLUMBIA, S. C., October 13?tf. , Tfca toyaJ h tfca fciffceat (rede hakiaf pawner kam. Actaal teats afcow it (??a a*atMrt farther tku say ether briai torn ^AKlH^ POWDER Absolutely Pure < wcym. mciwo powoca co., new voax. j The Bebel Yell, Junior. < ] It is Now the Rallying Cry of * American Troops. E Tampa Correspondent, Baltimore Herald. The famous war cry of the Con- j federacy is alive today, but it is the 4 boys in blue who unlimber their vocal chords and screech like a lot of . old "rebels" as they dash to the ^ charge, The men of Massachusetts yell just as lustily as the men south of the Mason and Dixon line. In fact, 0 the northern troops, and particularly j those from New York, seem to place . great confidence in the horrible ^ screech. The roar and rousing cheer Q which encouraged the boys of CI, j who were battjing for the preservation of the Union, seems to live in ^ memory only. It has been succeeded by the J 81 bloodcurdling yell which the wearers of the "ragged jacket" made heard ^ far above the howl of the shell, the roar of the cannon or the bark of the musket. In '98 the old rebel yell is heard again. It is not generally known that yelling when the charge is on is pieBcribed in the army regulations. . "When from thirty to fifty yards from the enemy emit a yell," saitb y the drillbook, and the yell that fills ? y n< the air is the Dlain. old-fashioned ^ rebel4 Y?Yo?Yo?Wo?Wo!" The U n New Yorkers turn loose a fearful yell . when they charge, and the Fifth ^ regiment of Maryland lets go an c( even more dangerous bowl. The j( sound is nothing of the nature of a j cheer. It is a wild, unearthly cross j between a screech and a yell that is ^ calculated not only to strike terror ^ to the enemy, but to encourage our ~{ own boys. The yell is supposed to put the finishing touches to the enemy. The Americans in their charge, having covered all but about thirty yards of the distance until the Spaniards are reached, dash forward C from a double-quick to a mad rush, yelling wildly, for the triple purpose of encouraging each other and con- g fusing and terrorizing the enemy. J There is not a question of doubt p that the battle cry of the American army is the "rebel yell" of old, and its adoption by the boys in blue is a t great compliment to the men who t set it to music of bullets thirty-seven s years ago. The Fifth took to the yell most \ naturally. There are men in the command who "sang in the choir" of 1 *61, and who are delighted to hear { the revival of the old but never to , be-forgotten "melody." Capt. Lee Goldsborough of Co. I says the yell, junior, is the real , thing, and is of the opinion that it is , the sweetest "music" he ever heard. , - - - * % M When the order "to toe cnarge is given the men start forward at a j double-quick. Then, as the enemy's line is neared, the spurt begins, the yell is given and all is over, perhaps. During every skirmish drill scores of men may be seen rushing over the hot sands against an imaginary foe, yelling like wild. The yell, it is hoped, will prove very effective against the Spaniards, who by this time have heard it, and understand that it is backed up by a line of cold steel manipulated by muscular American arms. D: Away With, as 2?nch, of It as Possible. The constitution provides that no person shall be entitled to register who cannot read and write any article of the constitution, or be able to show that he owns and pays taxes on $300 woith of property. It will be seen that very little discretion is 1 vested in the Supervisor of Registra tion. One man can discbarge the duties of this office as well as three. The voters could be registered by one man for one third the money it now takes to pay three. There are three Supervisors to the county and forty-one counties in the State. Each Supervisor draws a salary of $100, making the total cost $12,300 per year. This is $8,200 more than is necessary on account of registration alone. 0 Another item of expense, which is double what it should be, is that oft election. Under the law, as it now stands there are duplicate sets of commissioners and managers of elec-' tioo. The boards of commissioners and managers are each entitled to a clerk. Each commissioner and clerk get one dollar per day. This makes ?24 for each county. The commissioners appoint two sets of managers at each voting precinct. There are more than 625 voting precincts in ?" CJiaia ^rUiia ova Q 7flA >11C Uiaic< xuuo iuuc aio u, ivv uanagers and 1,250 clerks or 5,000 election officers to receive per diem tnd mileage. A reasonable estimate >f cost for each precinct is $20. Dae-balf of this ought to be saved. [n this item alone each election costs he State $6,250 more than neces* sary. Then dual sets of officers multi>lies by two the expense of adverising elections which costs about si,000 more than actually necessary. The cost of serving the managers 9 also double what it should be. ?here $G25 could also be saved to he people. 4 Thus it will be seen that a conser-1 ? ? m ? 4VIA ^ Ana??f allYtJ esUUIBIB DUUWB bl/ab c?vij lection costs the people $16,575 bat is wholly unnecessary. An Lection should cost no more tljan' 12,000 to $15,000, whereas the cost f the present machinery will run :om $30,000 to $40,000. Let us have one Supervisor of legislation, one set of commissionrs of election in each county, one 3t of managers at each precinct and e box to vote in and less expense. I not, why. not??Exchange. ~ f An Entarprisiag Druggist. X-1 I There are few men more wide svake and enterprising than J. E. iaufmann who spare no pains to "cure the best of everything in their ne for their many customers. Tbey dw have the valuable agency for ?r. King's New Discovery for Conimption, Coughs and Colds. This the wonderful remedy mat is proucing such a furor all over the juntry by its many startling cares. ; absolutely cures Asthma, Bronlitis, Hoarseness and all affections f the Throat, Chest and Lungs, all at above drug store and get a. ial bottle free or a regular size for 0 cents and $1 00. Guaranteed to ure or price refunded. Angry Words Passed. rray and Thomas Call Each Other Blank Liars. Greenville, Aug. 11.- General Gray ave the "damn lie'' to Commissioner .'homas and ctHr epithets were toured for a minute. Here was an excitiDg time. Tbdtaas had denounced Gray in tis home as a dead beat lawyer, lunting a job, rubbing it into him itiflly. Gray passionately replied that he vas a liar without character. Thomas rejoined that Gray was a iar and if he talked that way off the itump be would show him he was a nan. Garcia, the Cuban bushwhacker, svho got mad because Gen. Shafter would not allow him to sack Santiago ' after its surrender and rob and outrage its citizens, has reconsidered his action and is now desirious of co-operating with the Americans. 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 3 nil where l have ueea iue iclucvjj 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 grip." For tale by J. E. Kaufmann.