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PRACTICES IN THE STATE AND Federal Courts, and offers bis professional services to the citizens ot Lexington County. M I October 18?ly. EDWARD L. ASBILL, Attorney at Law, , ^ LEESVILLE, S. C. Practices in all the Courts. ~p"m Business solicited. Sept 30?6m C. M. Efird. F. E. Dreheb. EFIRD &DREHER, Attorneys at Law, LEXINGTON, C. H., S. C. WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE I Courts. Business solicited. One member of the firm will always be at office, Lexington, S C. June 17?6m Albert M. Boozer, * Attorney at Law, COLUMBIA, 8. C. Especial attention Riven to business entrusted to him by his fellow citizens of Lexington connty. Office: No. 5 Insurance Building, opposite City Hall, Corner Main and Washington Streets. February 28 ?tf. DR. E. J, ETHEBEDGE, SURGEON DENTIST, LEESYTLLE, S. C. Office next door below post office. Always on hand. February 12. Saw Mills, Llfht and Heavy, and Supplies. CHEAPEST AND BEST, wr Ca-t every day; wor< 180 hands. Lombard Iron Works and Supply Co., AUGUSTA, GB.OKG1A. January 27? CAROLINA NATIONAL BANE, AT COLUMBIA, 8. 0. STATE, TOWN AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Paid np Capital ... $100,000 Surplus Profits . - . 100,000 Saving's Department. Deposits of $5.00 and upwards received. Interest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent per annum. W. A. CLARK, President. Wnaa Jokes, Cashier. - December 4?ly. .* BEESWAX WANTED IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES. I WILL PAY THE HIGHEST MAEket price lor clean ani pare Beeswax. Price governed by color and condition. RICE B HARMAN, At the Bazaar, Lexington, S. C. LEXINGTON SAVINGS BANK. DEPOSITS RECEIVED SUBJECT TO CHECK. W. P. ROOF, Cashier. DIRECTORS: Allen Jones, W. P. Roof, C. M. Efird, R. Hilton James E. Hendrix. 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 ' ATTITM, SOLDIERS! I Another Call Issued FDR AN ARMY OF SOLDI Ell S WHO are fighting for a liviug these hard times la South Ciroiina. We, of the firm of Barriss & Bast, do hereby cordially in? "vite any arrd ail eligible men and women T M ho desire to save their hard earned money L 1o call upon us when contemplating purI cbasiug buggies, carriages, etc., also harp ness, which wo manufacture, "nd guarantee all that we sell to be well worth every penny which we ark for tbem. ? We also take this opportunity of slating to our numerous customers that we are ver\ sorry indeed that we have been unable for the past seven moths to supply the demands made upon us owing to the fact that v e have been quite unable to employ the skilllal labor necessary to keen up a supply of goods to the standard which we promised when starting out in this business. B it now. being able to employ to labor the need we hope to b8 able to supply the steady increasing demands upon us with the same, if not a better grade of work. Hoping to see our old customers, with t.ew recruits coming to us in the future, we beg to remain your obedient servants, imninTGQ jp. DA CP ttuimioo vx. xiiioi, COLUMBIA, S. C. October 13?tf. Poultry, Farm, Garden, Cemetery, Lawn, Railroad and Rabbit Fencing. Thousands of miles in use. Catalotfitr Free. Freight Fa id. Frices Loir. The MCMULLEN WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO. CHICAQO. ILL. ' Nov. 17?tl GLOE 16SO MAIN STRE Swansea's Doings. A Bit of Unwritten History About don .Tne Wheeler. Rains still continue to interfere with the gathering of the hay and cotton crop. On every side now can be seen fields gleaned of corn stalks and j ready for the mower. A great change for the better over the old silly method of pulling fodder for horse forage. Many farmers are finding out that rice at one dollar per bushel pays them far better than cotton at from four to six cents. A farmer can safely count on forty bushels of rice on the same amount of land required to raise a bushel of cotton and at about one-third to two thirds of labor required to house a bale of cotton? ODe sells for $25 00 and the other for $40 00. The Dispatch's subscribers can now begin to see the value of its fight for protection of our industries Before the Republican protection threatened to protect our rice fields, rough rice sold, and sold slow, too, at from forty to fifty cents per bushel. Clean rice the farmer could sell at from two to two and a half cents per pouDd?now at five cents and finds a ready sale, and the rice farmer should inquire why such a change? It is because over fifty per cent, protection is on it and every man from Mexico to Canada who eats a mess of rice has to help keep the laborer from starvation. Thousands of acres before in cotton will now go to rice. Acres can now be given over to sheep and wool raising and very profitably, whereas the Wilson free trade bill sent our sheep to the slaughter pen and the pastures to the starvation cotton culture?and so in other lines. Brooker, Whetstone and Geiger continue to load cars with lumber and C. S. Roof continues overloaded with orders for lumber, both dressed and in roug state. The streets of Swansea of late have been the scenes of disgraceful disregard of law and order and creates a grave doubt if Anglo Saxon rule here is law abiding or "riot hiding'' in its forbearance. The desire of the citizens here is that if there are any "powers that be"' for the protection of the citizen we are anxious for its long looked for and anxiously expected hand to take a part in these revels, and if we have no powers of correction and to compell law breakers and Sabbath violators to behave, then we desire the town, in all s If resepect and decency, to throw up its hands and surrender its charter. Besides the. disposition of these acts of lawless and disorder, the condition of the streets and public highways are not commensurate with the rate of progress. Grass, broomstraw, the thorn and the thistle are allowed to grow side by side and not disturbed nor dismayed by any interference of any one on the laws and progress of nature and have nothing to dread but the tramp of the loafer and the man on business who has to hunt his way in and out of town through "brush aud bramble", and our corporate public roads where the ravages of the rain torrents are never checked or inteiforred with but alike move on in the calm and even tenor of their ways. Oscar Perry, a young man who lately came from Richland and married in this community, and who ! was a worthy aud industiiouscitizeD, ! died of typhoid fever last week. Gen. Joe Wheeler, the hero of the Spanish war, came near being a South Carolinian, but like many other of South Carolina blood "went West" and other sections now claim his life. His mother was born in OraDgeburg county, about twelve miles below o ci? r T> owansea. out; was juij xvjuiuauu, called ''Polly Itob'nson." She married years ago a Baptist minister of Orangeburg District, known fanjiliarly as ''Uucle Joe "Wheeler." He bad several children but moved off and went to Georgia where ''Little Joe" was born. Phil Hutto, near Norway, on the Florida, Central and Peninsular II tilroad, now owns the place and it is still known in that section as "The Wheeler Place." Some day it will be historic ground. A lady, long since mariied, who lives near Norway. corresponded with the eldest son for some time after they moved 3E DF "W. K ;et, Solicts a Share o off. He was called Furman and what passed between them what we now call love letters, and she, too, was writing to "Cousin FurmaD," but in this pp.s^ "Cousin" was not a danger ous term and they broke off and her name was changed to "Wheeler by the correspondence. There is a widow lady now living very near Swansea who can well remember the visits of "Cjusin Joe Wheeler" to her mother's home and neighborhood to see relations after he had emigrated from this State. Spectator. October 6, 1808. t How's This! We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. P. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0. We the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, ?n<t him r>prfpr?tlv honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. WaldiDg, Kinnan & MarviD, Wolesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, actiDg directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. A Beautiful Home Wedding. To the Editor of the Dispatch: On Sunday morning, October 2d, 1898, many relatives and friends had gathered at the quiet aDd pleasant home of Mr. D. Job HarmaD, Sr. At 10 o'clock the attendants, Mr. Junius Roberts and Miss Bessie Kleckley, Mr. Frank Caughman and Miss Carrie Franklow, Mr. Simeon Hendrix and Miss Willie Harman, Mr. Hasford Harman and Miss Minnie Hendrix, entered the beautiful and tastefully arranged parlor, followed by the contracting parties, Mr. 0. F. Hendrix and Miss Addie Harman, where they were united in the holy bonds of matrimony by Rev. J. A. Cromer, assisted by the Rev. Jacob Wike. The bride was attired in a lovely green dress, beautifully trimmed in braid, silk and ribbon. She - * * ^ i i*# 1 i carried in ner nana a Deauuiui ciusier of white roses. The wedding march was charmingly rendered by Miss Minnie Fnnklow, When the bride and groom had received the hearty congratulations and many beautiful and useful presents, the^ridal party went to St. Peter's church, where they listened to a very impressive and instructive sermon by Rev. Mr. Wike. They then returned to the home of the bride where, with many friends and relatives, they enjoyed a bountiful dinner presided over by the hands of a loving mother. May the choicest blessings of heaven attend this young couple through life and may the lengthening shadows of their evenings be filled with sweet memories of their young man and womanhood. Yici. S?:ke and Fog on the Lakes. Disaster to Vessels Caused by au Unexplained Condition of the Air. The dense smoke mixed with fog which recently hung over the upper lake is bring a loDg list of disasters to vessel owners and marine underf writers. The smoke is accompanied | by a north west gale on both Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. The cause of the smoke is unknown as no forest fires have been reported near the upper lakes. It i3 thought that the smoke has come from fires in the far north west, several hundred i miles distant. The peculiar smoky darkness exj tendeJ all over southern New HampJ shire. The afternoons were very dark i and the sun looked like a dull red ball. The sky had an appearance similar to that ou the famous yellow j day in the early eighties. For broken surfaces, sores, insect j bites, burns, skin diseases and espej cially piles there is one reliable remI edv. DeWitt's "Witch Hazel Salve. When you call for DeWitt's don't accept counterfeits or frauds. You will not be disappointed with DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. J. E. Kaufmann. ? Y G( C. IMIOZfcTCICTOl f Your Valued Patroi A Startled Mother. From tbe Freeport, (111.) Bailetin. While busy at work in her home, Mrs. William Shay, Corner of Taylor aud Hancock Avenues, Freeport, 111., was startled Dy nearmg a noise jusi behind her. I MRS. SHAY WAS STARTLED. Turning quickly she saw creeping toward her, her four-year-old daughter, Beatrice. The child moved over the floor with an effort, but seemed filled with joy at finding her mother. The rest of the happening is best told in the mother's own words. She said. "On the 28th of Sept. 1S96, while in the bloom of health, Beatrice was suddenly and severely afflicted with ? Oi spinal 111 f LI I Dg I LIS). kjliuug auu Iipwous before, in five weeks she became feeble and suffered from a paralytic stoke which twisted her head back to the side aDd made it impossible for her to move a limb. Her speech however, was not affected. We called in our family doctor, one of the most experienced and successful practitioners in the city. He con- j sidered the case a very grave one Before long little Beatrice was compelled to wear a plaster paris jacket. Prominent physicians were consulted, electric batteries were applied, but no benefit was noticed until we tried 1 Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. ' Busy in my kitchen one afternoon I was startled by the cry of 'Mamma' from little Beatrice who was creeping towards me. I had placed her on an improvised bed in the parlor comfortably close to the fireside and given her some books and playthings. She became tired of waiting for me to come back and made up her mind to go to me, so ; her story 'My Pink Pills made me walk,' which she tells everyone who comes to her house, was then for the first time verified. She has walked ever since. She has now taken about Dine boxes of the pills and her pale and pinched face has been growing rosy, and her limbs gained strength day by day. She sleeps all night long now, while before taking the pills she could rest but a few hours at a time." Dr. Williams'Pink Pills for Pale People are sold by all druggists. Prohibition Pure and Simple. To the Editor of the Dispatch: In defining your position duriog the election campaign, you place yourself on high prohibition ground, where I hope you will plant your standard firmly, and allow nothing to ! drive you from your position. You say you opposed the late movement because "it did not propose to prohibit the sale of intoxicat ing liquors; tbat it only proposed to restrict tbeir sale to three purposes, to wit: mechanical, scientific and medicinal, and place their sale in drug stores." You doubtless think enough thirsty Timothys will need something for their stomach sake and their often infirmities to make quite a lively drug business. You are not opposed to prohibition, meaning of course prohibition that prohibits?pure and simple?all sale of intoxicatirg diinks anywhere in the State. Now, you are right. Whenever Prohibitionists reach that point, and put up a ticket on that platform, of course you will give all your influence to the cause. There is no earthly use for whisky slops in mei chanicp, arts or medicine either. It has been demonstrated time and again by the best of authority that intoxicants as a medicine are not only i unnecessary, but injurious. Careful observations in hospitals with and | without, aie in favor of the disuse of | alcoholic stimulation. How many | poor deluded victims have imagined j that they are getting fat and healthy from the use of intoxicants when they were simply getting diseased and bloated from the torpidity of the excretory organs produced by the use of beer or whisky thus loading 30DS T, J2S., lv?^-2ST^ iage. Prompt and ] the system with waste material, pois- | onous and deadly. The sick who are carefully nursed and treated without artificial stimulation stand much the best chance of recuperating promptly from disease or accident, and more quickly and surely yielding to the healing influence of the life force within when not hindered by the paralizing effect of poisonous stimulants and narcotics. All the requirements of the arts and sciences are best and only supplied by the use of fourth proof alcohol. Who ever heard of rum, gin, I brandy or whisky being used in me chanics? All that is necessary is for one druggist to keep alcohol, labeled and marked with "okull and cross bonee," on the same shelf with arsenic, antimony and prussic acid to be - I sold only for the purpose specified and so recorded. As for the Church needing intoxicating drinks for sacremental purposes that was so obviously absurd that I suppose it was not included in the list of uses to be controlled. Being the most deluding of all ex cuses it is high time to give it the go ; by and to raise the standard of th^ j Church higher also. "Am I my brother's keepei?" How fitly asked I when those who seem nearest the' kingdom of heaven are so often the first to fall before the temptation!" "So good, so generous, so companion- , ab!:e and social. Such classic brain*-! j The pride of doting mother's hearts.'' ; When will the black billows of sleep , less agony that overwhelms and j crushes the heart be stayed, and the ; ocean of tears be dried that the deaih ; of 45,000 victims involves every year in our own countrj? Our war with Spain is nothing in comparison. How quickly a little energy and determination in behalf of suffering humanity in a neighboring island caused us to vanquish the cruel foe. O! for an equally energetic campaign against the monster foe in our own country. The accursed spirit of greed and avarice that sees nothing sacred that ' stands between it and money, must j be stopped by legal enactment, and ! a spirit of love and universal broth- j erhood must be cultivated and sub- j stituted before we can fitly maintain ; the high standing we occupy among : the nations of the earth. Tc govern others wisely, we must leatn to govern ourselves justly and soberly. To our greatness aau our wisuuuj, uui bravery and our love of liberty we , must add loviogkindness and the true j moral courage to banish the foe of ! intemperance from our beloved coun- i try e'er the day star will arise that ; will enter in millennial glory. "0 make Thou ns. through centuries long, ! In peace secure, in justice strong; Around oar trill of lretdom draw The safeguards ot Thy righteous law; And. cast in some diviner mould, Let the new c)cle shame the old." Very respectfully, Mrs. M. A. Oorley. Lexington, S. C, Sept. 29th, 1898. UMMER CATARRHI Catarrh of the bowels, bei use it is most prevalent in h summer months, is called ummer catarrh. 11 su rprisos many tlia t iowel trouble is catarhal. Dr. Hartrnan's ?ooks make this plain. .Vrite to tlie Pe-ru-na Medicine Co., Columbus, O., for them. They tell all about catarrh and how Pe-ru-na cures it wherever located. "I hadchroniediarrhoea for fifteen years," writes Mr. T. E. Miller. Grand L* Prairie, Tex. "I tried many medicines ana i;;, a vm doctors in vain. At last Pe-ru-na was pecommended, and it relieved and cured me at once." ^r> ^?'in Harting, G.13 / ji Main St., Cincinnati, 0., I j? a writes: "My wife and * ^ ^ invself took your Pc- j ffin1 Jhd. It'*! ru*na f?r chronic diar[(Hf^frTA[(.'|rhoea and it cured us. ^ doctor or medicine we tried before helped Mr. Edward Wormack, Ledbetter, Tex., writes: // 44 Pe-ru-na for bowel /*=^i troubles is unequalled ('A *** by anything1 in my experience. I owe my j| life to Pe-ru-na, and i-j; shall always re<.<>:n- wJfel mend it to those suffer- ym f \ ing as I was." u/ I **? Mr. John Edgarton. 1020 Tliird Ave., Alt<x>na, Pa., sai*s: "I suffered from dvsenterv for three vears I took Pe -_s ? ?.Ln ' ru-ua ana diu It is estimated that 1.000 houses j and stores have been destroytd in j Brunswick, Gi, and that the loss j will foot up half a million dollars j ' from the recent storm on the coast. a??????? ? < Polite Attention, The "Way to Havo Them. To the Editor of the Dispatch: l I appreciate the kind words of my friend, J. L. S, and thinking over this free ferry matter I can't see why the County Supervisor has not the right to put these ferries iu opera- ] ; tion. He can open a new road and j pot up a bridge were there ha3 been ! nine heretofore. Also he can improve in length and width any old ; bridge, and I can't see why he has | not the right to improve the manner 1 of crossing Suluda river if such improvements redounds to the welfare of any considerable number of the citizens of this county. If he can establish a ferry or ferries that can be crossed when these private ferries .ire impassible, I am sure he will be blameless, except in the eyes of persons now operating ferries who might object from a pecuniary point of view. These are my sentiments as well as my opinion, and are given for what they are worth. J. F. Lyles. North Edisto, S. C. The Royal is the highest grade bakiag powder fcaown. Actual tests show it goes one* iL.. ?L.. USiru luruicr vwh anj vuiar vrwrai If^AkiK" POWDER Absolutely Pure ROYAL BAKINO POWDER CO., NEW YORK. She Had Outlived Her Usefulness. Not long since a gocxl-lcokiDg man in middle life came to our door asking for the "minister.'' "When informed that be was out of town, be seemed disappointed aDd anxious. Oa being questioned as to bis business, be replied: 1 i "I bave lost my mother, and as this place used to be her bomc, and as my father lies here, we have como to lay her beside him.'' Our heart rose in sympathy, and we said, "You have met with a great loss." "Well?ves," replied the atroDg maD, with hesitancy, "a mother is a great loss, in general; but our mother had outlived her usefulness. She was in her second childhood, and her mind had grown as weak as her body, so that she was no comfort to herself and was a burden to every body. There were seven of us sons and daughters; and as we could not find any one who would board her, we agreed to keep her amoDg us a ye8r about. But I have had more than my share of her, for she was too feeble to be moved when my time was out, and that was more j than three monts before her death. But then she was a good mother in her day and toiled very hard to bring us up.'' ! Without looking at the face of the ! heartless man, we directed him to the house of a neighboring pastor aud returned to our nursery. We gazed on the merry little faces ' which smiled or grew in imitation of ! ours, those little cues to whose ear : uo word iu our language is half so | sweet as '-mother," and we wonderc-d if that day could ever come when ! they would say of us, "she has outlived her usefulness?she is no comfort to herself and a burden to every body else!" and we hoped that before J I such a day would dawn we might be [ j taken to our rest. God forbid that we should outlive j ! the love of our children! Rather let j us die while our hearts are a part of j their owd, that uur grave may be ! watered with their fears and our love linked with their hopes of heaven. When the bell tolled for the mother's burial we went to the sane- j tuary to pay our only token of re- j spect to the aged stranger: for we j felt that wc could give her memory ; a tear, even though her own children i 7 r-> had none to shed. "She was a good mother in her j day, and toiled bard to brie# us all ! up?she was uo comfort to herself j i and a burdeu to every body else!" ' These cruel, heartless words rung COLUMBIA, S. C.t October 13?tf. in our ears as we saw the coffin borne up the aisle. The bell tolled loDg and lound, until its tongue had chronicled eighty-nine?the years of the toil-worn-mother. There she lies now in the coffin, cold and still?she makes no trouble now, demands no love, no soft words, no tender little offices. A look of patient endurance, we fancied also an expression of grief for unrequited love, sat on her marble features. Her children were there, clad in weeds of woe, and in an irony we remembered the strong man' s words, ''She was a good mother in her day."' When the bell ceased tolling the strange minister rose in the pulpit. His form was very erect, and his voice strong, but his hair was silvery white. tj? 1 ? 1 1 AJLO ii'ttu acvciai ui *JCI i utare expressive of God's compassion to feeble man, and especially of His tenderness when gray hairs are on him, and strength faileth. Ho then made some touching remarks on human frailty, and on dependence upon God, urging all present to make their peace with their Master while in health, that they might claim His promises when heart and fieeh failed them. "TheD, be said, "the eternal God shall be thyrtfuge, and beneath thee shall be the everlasting arms." Leaning over the desk, and gazing intently on the coffined form before him, he then said, revently, "From a little child I have honored the aged; but never till grry hair3 covered my own head, did I know truly how much love and sympathy this class have a right to demand of their fellow creatures. Now I feel it." "Our mother," he added, most tenderly, "who now lies in death be fore us, was a stranger to me, as are all of these, her descendants. All I know of her is what her sou has tc'd me to-day?that she was brought to this town from afar, sixty-nine years ago, a happy bride?that here she passed the most of her life, toiling, as only mothers ever have strength to toil, until she had reared a large family of sons aud daughters, that she left her home here, clad in the weeds of widowhood, to dwell among her children; and that till health and strength left her. ' God forbid that conscience should accuse any cf you of ingratitude or murmurirgs on account of the care she has been to you of late. When you go back to your homes be careful of your example before your own children; for the fruit of your own doing you will surely reap from them when you yourselves totter on the brink of the grave. "I entreat you as a friend, as one who has himself entered the evening of life, that you may never say in the p e M ^ _ ? presence ox jour ianmies nor oi Heaven: 'Our mother had outlived her usefulness?she was a burden to U8.' "Never, never, a mother cannot live so long as thai! No, when she can no longer labor for her children, nor jet care for herself, she can fall like a precious weight on their bosoms, and call forth by her helplessness all the noble, generous feelings of their natures. Amen, theD, poor toil-worn mother there are no more dajs of pain for thee. Undjing vigor and eveilasting usefulness are part of the inheritance of the redeemed. A Narrow Escape. ? Thankful words written by Mrs. I Ada E. Hart, cf Gorton, S. D. "Was taken with a bad cold which settled on my lungs; cough set in and finally terminated in Coinsumtion. Four Doctors gave me up, saying I could live but a short tirnp. I gave myself up to my Savior, de termined if I could not stay with my friends on earth, I would meet my absent ones above. My husband fno n oicof] i n nrcf Dr WIAO w O - Discovery, for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has cured me, and thank God I am saved and now a well and healthy woman." Trial j bottles free at J. E. Ivaufmann's j t drug store, Regular size HOc and j ?1 00. Guaranteed or price refunded. The contract for furnishing the music for the State Fair has been awarded to the First Regiment Band. A Flattering Opening. | To tbe E litor of tbe Dispatch: Newberry College opened with a fall attendance of pupils Monday morning, October 3d. The number present tbe first day was above the average and the Faculty and friends of the College feel much encourged. All tbe members of the Faculty, including the new Professor of English, Prof. E. B. Setzler, were present. Prof. S. J. Derrick, Principal of the Preparatory Department, who | bis been sick all summer, was on hand and thoroughly organized the work in his department. He was then granted leave of absence for several weeks in order more fully and rapidly to regain his health. He will spend most of his time 4<rusticating" ou his farm, near Little Mountain. Prof. It M. Monts will supply his place in his absence. Messrs. C. II. Drafts H. F. Wheeler, W. B. Shealy, J. M. Epting and D. A Kleckley, recent graduates from Lexington county, were on hand to witness the opening exercises. D. ? You iuvite disappointment when you experiment. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are pleasant, easy, thorough little pills. They cure constipation and sick headache just a? sure as you take them. J.'E. Kaufman n. It may be news to some, and interesting to all, to know that every county officer elected in Lexington county, S. C., in the last primary election are Lutheran?, with not a single exception. This condition has probably no paralled in any political division of the United States.?Lutheran Visitor. Mr. A. Gamewell LaMotte of Columbia, has been appointed Treasurer of the State Fair Association vice Mr. George H. Huggins, resigned. A stubborn cough or tickling in tho throat yields to One Minute Cough Cure. Harmless in effect, touches the right spot, reliable and just what is wanted. It acts at once. J. E. Kaufmang, The brigade which is to encamp at Cjlumbia, is expected to arrive about the first of November. A jury of six men decided last Thursday, in Columbia, that that municipality had no jurisdiction in cases charged with violating the dispensary law. The Seventh Corps has been ordered to prepare at once to go to Savannah for embarkation for Cuba. More than twenty million free samples of Do Witt's Witch Hazel Salve have been distributed by the manufacturers. What better proof of their confidence in its merits do you want? It cures piles, burns, scalds, sores, in the shortest space of time. J. E Kaufmann. The Cubans are said to be stil suffering for the lack of food. Report says that it has been virtually decided upon that Charleston will be named as one of the places for embarkation of troops for Cuba. After doing a great work in having camps established in this State, Senator McLiurin has gone West to visit the Omaha Exposition. He will be gone about a month. When you call for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, the great pile cure, don't accept anything else. Don't be talked into accepting a substitute, for piles, for sores, for burns. J. E. Kaufmann. h is now stated the Summerville too would be given a brigade encampment. Col. Norton Brooker of the sinking fund commission has announced his candidacy for the position of Superintendent of the penitentiary. He has prepared a circular letter and is distributing it in his behalf. One Minute Cough Cure surprises people by its quick cures and children mav take it in large quantities without the least danger: It has won for itself the best reputation of any preparation used to-day for colds, croup, tickling in the throat or obstinate coughs. J. E. Kaufmann. The Illinois launched on the 4th, at Newport News, Va., is the biggest, most powerful and probably the most generally effective battleship in the United States navy. Senator Bc-l j imin R. Tillman has accepted the invitation of the Old Dominion club to make an address in Richmond, on October 19th. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve has the largest sale of any Salve in the world. This fact and its merit has led dishonest people to attempt to counterfeit it. Lock out for the man who attempts tj deceive you when you call for De Witt's Witch Hazel, the great pile cure. J. E. Kaufmann. i