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VOL. XXIX. LEXIXGTOX, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1899. XO. 13.
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Charcoal Sketches of Our Newly
Elected Officers, and Which a
Visit to Columbia Will Verify.
M ide by T. Larry Gai
It is indeed a pleasure for a homely
man to visit our State capitol since
the newly elected officers have gone
into power, for be is made to feel
happy, at home and handsome. To
judge from the faces of the public
servants whom the people have selected
to serve them for the next two
years, a stranger would thiok that
our voters had either gotten them out
of a grab bag or selected tbem in the
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darfc. We are tola inai "Deauiy uuadorned
is most adorned," but it
would be a difficult undertaking to
impair the looks of those officers by
too much adornment. In fact, if you
could encase their heads in a corn
aack it would be a decided improvement.
We have all heard of the
homely fellow whose face would scare
a locomotive off the track. I have
never met that ungainly individual,
but feel assured if he was exhibited
along side of our Governor, Secretary
of State, and last, but far from
least, our State Treasurer, that he
could pass among art critics for the
model from which the statue of Apollo
was carved, and be a thing of beauty
and a joy forever. I do not believe
that the Creator of mankind has any
special grievance against South Carolina,
but when our worthy body of
State officers were being manufactured,
all the good looks material had
been used up and only some ragged
and jagged ends were left over. As
a consolation to we homely mortals
it is said that '-beauty is only skin
deep." But this certainly don't apply
to our friends in the State house,
for you might skin them down into
the boue without reaching the seat
of their ugliness. It is just born in
them, and you might run them
through a bark mill and it couldn't
be ground out. They would just
have to be moulded oyer again.
Not being endowed with angelic
beauty myself, I feel I have a right
to comment on other people's look,
and that I am a critic on homeliness.
But when I do enter our State capitol,
and pay my respect to the officers,
I always return to the hotel with a
smiling face, and spend a delightful
hour in admiring my classic features
in a mirror. It is like gazing upon
some lovely landscape from a mountain
top, after ascending through a
r rough and rugged wilderness. We
have all heard of the pocket knife
- presented to the homely fellow, with
the command that when he found an
uglier man than himself, to turn it
over. Now, did the owner of the
knife chance to visit Columbia, and
call at our State bouse, be would be
mystified as to the rightful ownership,
there would be so many worthy claimants.
Every style of homeliness is
there represented, and it would take
a microscopic investigation to decide
between the different contestants.
Let us first take our friend, his
excellency. Governor Ellerbe has
an open, honest face and a pleasing
countenance. Bat there his attractions
end. The Good Book tells us
that man was created from the dust
of the earth. Of course this is true.
But to gaze into our Governor's face,
one is led to believe that before the
dust got thoroughly dry a dirt dau-'
ber came along and worked it over
in all kinds of fantastic shapes. In
1 fact, a sculptor could take a dull meat
axe and a chunk of wood and in an
hour hew out a most admirable image
of the Chief Executive of the old
Palmetto State. It was said of Joseph
E. Brown, of Georgia, that he
looked like an old rebuilt ten rail
fence, staked and ridered. Well, this
would apply to Governor Ellerbe, if
two rails were taken from that fence
and some of the stakes and riders removed.
But our Governor is by no means
vain of hi9 looks, which is accounted
for from the fact that he always keeps
a looking glass in his office. How it
has escape being shivered into a thousand
pieces is a mystery unexplained.
It must be a piece of polished steel
orm/\r Tf TTncle Sam could have the !
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component parts of the mirror that
hangs in the Governor's office analyzed,
we would have a coating for
our warships that a thunderbolt
couldn't phaze or dent.
Just across the hall we find our
new Secretary of State, M. R Cooper.
L When I attempt to describe Mr.
Cooper's personal appearance, my
* brain refuses to act and my pen to
move. Even Webster's unabridged
fails to supply woids to depict his appearance.
In going to town through
thick, red mud, every day my buggy
wheels are constantly moulding and
picking up what might pass for small,
clay models of my friend Cooper.
His hair is about the color of pure
Peruvian guano, his eyes are cut bias
and fringed with a thick growth of
saffron hued lashee, and when Cooper
emiles it extends from ear to ear, and
you have a panorama of mouth and
good humor. I always hunt up Mr.
Cooper when in Columbia, fori leave
him satisfied that I have been blessed
with more than mv share of good
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looks.
Then comes Col. Floyd, Adjutant
and Inspector General. Colonal Floyd,
I think, labors under the blissful hallucination
that he is a handsome maD;
but never was mortal more sadly mistaken.
In fact, that a critical public
might not judge the Colonel too
harshly, I recommended to him a9
armorer Dave Alley, and besides j
whom an alligator would show to ad- j
vantage. Col. Floyd always reminds I
me of a bald headed owl, and the pe- j
culiar way he has of roosting on the
lower round of his chair as if he was
fixing to push some chicken off the
roost. The Colonel was a gallant
soldier and lost an arm in battle. The
Yankees evidently took Floyd for an
owl and tried to wing him. I do ask
my friend Floyd to take a * good,
square, honest look in the glass, and j
perhaps his mind will undergo a ,
change in regard to his personal ap- <
pearance. , i
And then comes State Treasurer ;
Timmerman. I have always given j
the Doctor my ardent support when j
be was a candidate for office, for two I
good and sufficient reasons. 1st, I f
know him to be a capable and honest
man, and would fill any position with <
credit to himself and honor to the j
State; and, 2nd, when I find a man {
aspiring for office so much uglier than |
myself, I always feel duty bound to i
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vote for him, for 1 never want 10 see \
the issue of looks brought into poli- |
tics. Dr. Tim merman's face is (
shaped after the diagram of a claw ]
hammer; so much so that you could 1
draw a ten penny nail with his coun- t
tenance. If the Doctor ever runs for t
oflace on his looks he wouldn't get 1
outside of his yard gate. i
I have seen homely men, of every
degree and shade of ugliness, but our 1
State Treasurer blends them all. <
When it comes to down right ugliness,
the Doctor is a gem of the
purest water. He is the right man, '
too, for the right place, for no burglar
would dare invade our Stste
Treasurer's office unless he was blindfolded.
In fact, the doctor is not only
an able Treasurer, but a regular time
lock on the cash drawer, for it would
take an old and desperate villian toinvade
his office with Dr. Timmeri
man behind the desk.
Attorney General Bellinger is our
best-looking state officer, but his
beard and head remind us of a chest?
nut burr. But in selecting his assistant,
our friend, U. X. Gunter, Mr.
Bellinger had evidently in view the
idea of keeping his department on a
par of homeliness with the other
State offices. Gunter always looks
to us as if he needed a dose of deadshot
or vermifage, and was afflicted
with a chronic case of colic. But
what Gunter lacks in looks he makes
up in ability and cleverness, and
tViAOA rodcfimintr trait's finVer a multi
kUVOV
tude of ungainliness.
Comptroller Derham will pa68
muster, but you can fire into a crowd
any circus day and kill a balf dozen
or more better-looking men. But
surrounded as he is by such an array
of high grade ugliness, Mr. Derham
shows to much better advantage
than a casual observer would think
who met him on the street. Mr.
McMahan labors under the same advantage.
Lieutenant Governor McSweeney
i9 smother two-legged flower that was
not born to blush unseen. Deep
down in his heart McSweeney believes
himself to be a handsome maD;
but never did mortal labor under a
more delusive mistake. He is more
on the clay-root order of beauty,
with an old red freezled rooster
crowing on top of it. It is worth a j
trip to Columbia to see our lieutenant
governors mustache, and the
artislic way in which he parts his
hair. That mustache reminds one of
a patch of over-ripe wheat left around
an old stump in the field, down in
Hampton county they must use mudpuddles
for looking glasses, or McSweeney
would have invested in a
mask before presiding over the senate.
Tillman's Question Caused More (
Talk.
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The Matter of Citizenship of the ^
Filipinos. ^
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Senate's Executive Session?Body 1
Likely to Vote on Policy Resolu- j
tions at Today's Session. Sulli- <
van's May be Adopted. ]
Washington, Feb. 2 ?The execu- c
ion ooacinn nt t>?A Sflnftt.A IndftV WftS I *
merely a continuation of the legal f
argument which started with Senator
Spoonei's speech in the open *
Senate. It grew out of the question ^
of Senator Tillman concerning the 1
status of the Filipinos with reference 1
to citizenship in case the cession of *
the Philippine islands should be ac- c
cepted. f
Senator Hoar made a set argument v
quoting liberally from authorities in 8
support of the contention that they 1
would become citizens and be en- *
titled to all the rights and privileges c
as such under the constitution. This ^
view was antagonized by Senators e
Piatt of Connecticut, Teller and Nel- ^
son. Senator Nelson referred to the ^
acquisition of territory from France r
and Spain during the history of the
country, and read from many legal *
opinions to show that the Indians in
auch territory were not citizens. Mr. *
Piatt made the point that citizens of ~
territories were not full-fiedged citi- ^
sens and Mr. Teller contended that ^
they were not until they were made y
juch by congressional enactment. c<
Fifty-four brigadier generals $100
sxpressed the opinion after the adjournment
of the Senate tonight, that
i vote would be secured tomorrow on G
;he resolutions pending in the Sen- I
- . .i .i?i
ite, declaratory oi the country s iu- jg
;ure attitude toward the Filipinos in ^
,he case of the ratification of the fc
;reaty. The first vote will be on the gf
Bacon resolutions, which will proba- ^
>ly be voted down. A vote will
ben be taken upon a resolution more a;
icceptable to the majority, probably ^
;hat offered by Mr. Sullivan, which ei
t is expected will be adopted. p
Senator Daniel will speak on the ^
ireaty in open session tomorrow and w
Senator Morgan in executive session. 0j
f^lSEASES
I JBthat KILL I tp,
Certain complica- I ^
Pe-ru-na works harmoniously with ^
nature to eject the tubercles from tho I tl
lungs, and works so successfully that u
if there is a cure for consumption
Pe-ru-na is the remedy. ^
Read this letter from Mrs. H. A. ti
Tyner, of t>our uatcs, ?. u., aooux. ner i ^
daughter, Mrs. L. Keene. She says: I
Pe-ru-na Medicine Co., Coiutnbus,0. 0
DearSibs:?"My daughtef had every a
symptom of consumption?suppression 1
of menses, night sweats and great ema- ^
ci&tion. She was so low that none of
our neighbors thought she could live. 0
In May Mr. C. R. Adams, of this place, t<
who had taken Pe-ru-na, told me if
anything would help her Pe-ru-na
would. I got a bottle of it and some v
rock candy and.began giving it to her. u
During the first few days she was so g
weak she could only take a half teaspoonful
at a time, but I gave it to li
her as often as she conld bear it. In jj
less than a week she could walk two
hundred yards and back without resting;
she kept getting stronger, and in t
twelve months she 6eemed to be as well a
as she ever was in her life. I feel, and so
does every one that knew about her F
sickness, that Pe-ru-na saved her life, a
My daughter's name is Mrs. L. Keene." ^
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Ladies' Delight. a
The February Number of The De- g
Hneator is called the Mid winter Number,
and presents a variety of illustrations
and descriptions of present ^
and prospective styles in every de- n
partment of dress, a number of liter- a
ary features that make the magazine 6
one of the most readable of tbe ^
month, .ogether with discussions of ^
great household interest. In notable
women in English society (second
nancrl Mrs. Fenwick Miller com- 11
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pletes a graphic, attractive sketch of
the personalities of prominent char- i
acters in England to-day. The Commander
of the Gnat, a story by Harriet
Riddle Davis, is a charming '
romance of the recent war. Mrs. ft
Alice Meynell contributes another S
schorlarly child-study in the series
?n the boy anil his development.
Home work and play for February,
n the New Kindergarden Serie9, by
Sara Miller Kirby, outlines instruc
sive lessons based on the commera:ive
days of the month. In the
a
series on The Cultivation of the "
^7oice by Eleanor Georgeu attention
s directed to the full values of the
jonsonants. The papers on Amateur j3
Photograpy, by Sharlot M. Hall, are
included in this number by another
irticle on essential formulas. A
(roup of Suggestions for Church ^
Pairs?A Remembrance Party, A
Calico Carnival and A Mother Goose
- o. r:
?'air-*-and an entertainment xor m.
o
Valentine's Day, provide material for
ively social enj-ryment; and the
Iras hold subjects?Frozen Pud- ^
lings, A Chapter on Soups and Sim- j
)le Entertaining have a paiticular ^
alue in the domestic economy. In ^
addition there are the usual departaents
that have contributed toestab- .
ish the magazine as the leader of its
lass: Club Women and Club Life, ,
h
iy Helen M. Winslow, Girls' Ioter- j
sts and Occupations, by Lafayette
IcLaws, and College News, by
Jarolyn Halstead, covering a wide
ange of timely, themes; Fancy
p T_ at
titches and Embroideries, by Emma ^
laywood, Social Observances, The y
)ressmaker, Millinery, Lace-Making .
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What Is the Compromise?
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reenville Mountaineer.
Wi
Mr. C. C. Featherstone, of Lauren?, th
1 * is v _ p
quoted as iavoring a coamion 01
i"e prohibition and high license re
>rces in order to repeal the dispen- rij
iry law, and after the repeal has
een accomplished, he is satisfied re
lese forcee can come together and tr
*ree upon something satisfactory to
oth sides. This plan of Mr. Feathrstone
might eventuate in the re- n(
eal of the dispensary law, and to
lis extent the legislative action ag
ould be consistent with the wishes ta
I the prohibitionists, but the vague
ossibility of a further agreement p(
etween high license and prohibion
advocates does not seem to be to
lausible, unless it is meant that
ley will unite upon county local
ption, which seems to bo the popu- cj
ir idea just now. With the utmost ai
39pect for Mr. Featherstone's opin- cc
>ns, we do not consider it wise or tb
rudeut for the prohibition members ai
f the Legislature to tie their hands hi
y any compact with those who differ fc
0 radically with these members as j0
d the legal control of the liquor U]
raffic. It would appear to be much U1
lore consistent and even more politic ^
1 preserve an armed neutrality, so ci
o speak, between the advocates of
igh license and the dispensary, both
f whom favor the legal sale of liquor ^
nd differ only as to the mode.
C(
.Vue, the prohibition members will
ave to choose between the two
methods, but it will avoid any enangling
alliances for them to keep ^
CI
loof from compacts of any sort,
oting'as individuals upon the measres
proposed, and allowing the D'
;ght to be made between high
icenso and the dispensary. High p
Icense men are in a position to lead si
he attack upon the dispensary, and *1
heir voluntary action on this line is
logical outcome of the recent cam- M
iaign. Prohibition is in a minority, b'
nd its advotes can only act as a it
alance of power in the Legislature,
hoosiug the least cf evils as they d
re presented for consideration. ti
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itate of OniO, ClTY of ToLEDO, \ .
Lucas County )
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
? is the senior Dartner of the firm i h
f F. J. Cheney & Co., doiDp busi- ^
ess in the City of ToJedo, County
nd State aforesaid aitd that said
rm will p-iy the sum of Ooe Hunred
Dollars for each and every case jj
f Citarrh that cannot be cured by rj
he use of Hail's Catarrh C ire.
FRANK <T. CHENEY. b
S vorn to before me and subscribed tl
i my presence, this Gth day of j a<
)ecember, A D. 188G. 0
(s ) A. W. Gleasox,
[ ) Notary Public. *
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tali's Catarrh Cure is taken inter- ..
ally and acts directly on the blood
nd mucoos surfaces of the system. C(
land for testimonials, free. ir
Hall's Family Pills are the be9t.
The Legislature.
Both branches of the General Asembly
are getting down to business
ow and each house are holding day
nd night sessions.
Mr. Wilson of Sumter, had a bill
o facilitate the transportation of
irisoners by requiring them to be
ransported on fnight trains at
econd class fare.
A amendment was proposed to the ;
elebrated bicycle bill which proides
that no bicycle rider can pass
dthin fifteen feet of any person
iding on a public road on horseback |
r in. a vehicle drawn by a horse or J
ny animal without first obtaining i
ermission from such person.
Mr. Sawyers bill to amend the j
tw as to the protection of boarding j
ouse keepers was given its third j
fading without opposition.
Mr. Sander'* bill relating to the !
ispection of illuminating fluids and J
ilp, and Mr. Meares insurance bills j
ave passed their third reading in i
le House.
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A concurrent resolution to adjourn I
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q February 11 was killed.
Resolutions were unanimously !
lopted in the House extending a
earty welcome to the Confederate j
eterans of the South on the occa- |
on of the re union in Charleston.
By a vote of 24 to 14 the Senate |
as rejected the bill to "aid and en- j
>urage manufactures by remitting j
1 State and county taxes, except!
le school tax, on their investment
r a period of five years.
THIRD READING BILLS.
The third reading bills on the
tlendar were taken up and passed
ithout debate. The following were
ie bills given a final reading:
To amend the revised statutes in
lation to the manner of acquiring
ghts of way.
House bill to declare the law in
lation to termination of rental conacts.
House bill to require cotton buyers
accept bales of cotton weighing i
)t less than 300 pounds.
House bill to amend the law so far
i it relates to the working an J maiuining
the roads and highways.
To amend an act relating to the j
)wers of certain corporations.
Relating to municipal elections in :
iwns of less than 1,000 inhabitants- j
For the protection of gingseng.
To autboiize and require the j
erks of the circuit courts, masters !
id judges of probate of the several |
mnties of this State to turn over to j
le county treasurer of said counties I
ich sum or sums of money as shall i
ave been payable and uncalled for j
>r a period of seven years which being
to heirs or claimants who are |
known and whose whereabouts are j
known, the sum to be returned to
lem when called for by the heirs or
aimants entitled to same.
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Senator Manning has introduced a 1
ill to prevent the spread of- forest j
res by empowering the township j
immissioners to call out alt males j
lbject to road duty.
The House killed Mr. Moss' bill !
roviding for two new Judicial Cir- i
jits. Mr. Efird voted to strike out j
le enacting clause. Mr. Sharpe is ;
ot recorded as having voted. j
The bill to fix tLe term of the free j
ublic schools, to provide for the
ipport of the same and to regulate ,
le aisnurseraeui, 01 money axioiu^ j
om the sale of liquors passed its
lird reading in the House after a j
ot light and several attempts to kill j
The Senate notified the House that '
, had killed four House bills, among j
lem Mr. McCullough's bill relating ;
) false implications as to chasity of j
jmales and the bill providing for j
ae transportation of prisoners.
A large number of our wise solons ;
ave succombed to the grip and it j
as been hard to secure a quorum I
uring the past week.
The annual debate at South Caro- 1
na college took place Friday night. \
'he House received an invitation to j
e present. Speaker Winkler put
ae question hurriedly and the House
ccepfed the invitatiou upou motion
f Mr. Blease.
Mr. Efird arose and said that he !
anted the vote reconsidered. How- 1
ver much he liked the South Caro- j
^ iii ' a I
na college, His nrst duty was io uis
Dnstituents and acceptance of this
ivitation meant no night session.
Mr. Blease replied that as a matter
iRoYA
t 4BS0U)nnr^
Makes the food more del
I of form and of courtesy this invitation
ought to be accepted.
Mr. Efird replied that it would be
discourteous to accept the invitation
and not attend. The House refused
to reconsider its vote.
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The State Frees on Col. Griffith.
Senator D. J. Griffith of Lexington
county was yesterday elected super- ,
intendent of the penitentiary over j
four competitors, by changes made
at the close of the first ballot. Cipt.
Griffith is a man of excellent stand- i
ing, is credited with good business |
capacity, and by his courtesy and his j
broad-minded course in the legisla- j !
ture has made many friends. He j
will doubtless give a successful and :
satisfactory administration of the
penitentiary.?Columbia State. i
The Legislature did a good piece j
of work in electing Senator Griffith,
of Lexington, Superintendent of the
Penitentiary. No better man could 1
have been chosen for the office. He
will fill the office with credit to the 1
State. He is a capable, staunch,
honest man and a high-toned Chris- ?
tian gentleman besides. No citizen
ought have cause to regret the election
of such men to office. Col. Neal ^
Vvoa" morln on rtinrif r\ ffi nnv on/1
uoo lu awe au ^ui^iguu urnowi auu
leaves a good record. No fault can j
be found with his management of
the penitentiary.?Newberry 0b9erv- .
er.
* * * CjI. Neal's successor (Col. ]
Griffith,) is a gentleman well and favorably
known to the citizens of New- (
berry county; the fact i3, Newberry
has some claim on him, as he first <
saw the light of ^day within the
borders of our county, being born, it :
i9 stated, near Helena. His election
gives general satisfaction (defeated ]
politicians and wire pullers excepted). ]
He is not an untried man. In peace
and in war his State has called upon
him to fill responsible positions, and
he has never failed to faithfully and '
ably discharge the duties devolving
upon him. Senator Griffith has been "
tried and not found wanting. We
predict for him a successful career as
Superintendent of the Penitentiary. '
In selecting a Lexiugtonian, the Legislature
has honored a county which
has always stood, even during the I
times of Radical misrule, for white I
supremacy.?Newberry Voice of the
People.
Capt. D. J. Griffith, of Lewiedale,
S. (J, the State Senator irorn .Lex- ingtou
county, is a prominent Lutheran
and a man highly respected.
Last week he was elected Superintendent
of the State penitentiary by
the South 0 iroliDa Legislature. The
office is a most responsible one, nad
it adds to the high character of Capt.
Griffith to record the fact that he
was elected on the first ballot over
several competitors.?Lutheran Visitor.
Capt. D. J Griffith, the new Superintendent
of the penitentiary, is
highly popular in his county, which
he has served as Clerk of Court,
Treasurer, and State Senator. He
was a captain in the Confederate
army, and is said to be a most excellent
business man.?Anderson Intelligencer.
Dangers of the Grip.
The greatest danger from La
Grippe is of its resulting in pneumonia.
If reasonable care is used,
however, and Chamberlains Cough
Remedy taken, all danger will be
avoided. Among the tens of thous- [
ands who have used this remedy for j
la grippe we have yet to learn of a
tingle case haviog resulted in pneumonia
which shows conclusively that
this remedy is a certain preventive of
that dangerous disease. It will cure
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la giippe in less time than any other |
treatment. It is pleasant and safe i
to take. For sale bv J. E. Kaufmann.
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The poor man never troubles himself
about the trouble of a million*
aire. i
L Baking
Powder
URE
icious and wholesome
R CO.. WE<* YORK.
Real Estate Transfers.
The following transfers of real
estate have been recorded in the
Auditor's office during the month of
January, 1809:
Black Creek.
A. Howard Patterson, Master of
Barnwell county to Cha9. M. Drake,
219 acres, (Steadman land) for ?400.
TCnilinor Srvrinrro
^ ?Q?.
Paul P. Clark to Rufus S. K^zer,
50 acres, for $150.
Miss C. E. McCartha to Noah S.
Crout, 50 acres, for $250.
W. N. Lucas and wife to G. M.
Lucap, 151 ^ acres, for $151.25.
The same to John A. Lucap, 116
acres, for $158 40.
The same to Wm. P. Lucas, 146
acres, for $146.
Elijah M. Keisler to Adam D. Steel,
L19 acres, for $405.
Onarias Steel to Adam Steel, 119
rnrep, for $300.
H. A. Spann, Clerk of Court, to J.
L Caughman, 11 acres, for $10.
J. A. Caughman to T. F. Rawl, \\
teres, for $20.
Broad River.
John C. Hope to Benson, John and
leorge Farr, 145 acres, for $400.
John and Benson Farr to George
Farr, 27 acres, for $200.
George and John Farr to Benson
Farr, 27 acres, for $200.
T ri TT 1, I T TT
J. o. namwanger 10 o. nenry
Lindler, 25 acres, for $250.
Robert J. Stuck to J. B. M. Stuck,
>2? acres, for $500.
David Hipp to L. P. Stonderaire,
) acres, for $25.
Lelia W. Derrick to M. E. Stuck,
27 acres, for $312.
George W. Sweetenburg to Simeon
Miller and others, Elders, one lot in
Little Mountain, for $G75.
Bull Swamp.
D. E. Blackwell to D. W. Sturkie,
25 acres, for $250.
Lizzie Lowman and others to
Louisa A. Argoe, 25 acres, for $40.
Henry Dunbar and Mary Jefcoat
io Gerhard P. Lucas, 27 acres for
541.25.
Chinquepin.
Georgia Railroad Bank to M. L.
Grleaton, Batesburg Cotton Mill and
18 acres, for $12,000.
Louvina Spradley to John W.
Rankin and others, 50 acres, for $1.
Dr. J. L. Kneece and wife to Mrs.
Addie D. Plunkett, 149 acres, for
$500. (
Mrs. Addie D. Plunkett to J.Frank
Kneece, 140 acres, for $450.
Estate W. A. Merritt to Lodwick
T. Perry, one lot in town Batesburg,
for $80.
S. S. Perry and others to Lodwick
T. Perry, 9 acres, in town Batesburg,
for $300.
Henry R. Smith to Mrs. M. M.
Smith, 71 acres, for $213.
Congaree.
W. N. Martin to Mrs. Annie E.
Martin, 350 acres, for $10.
Mrs. Louisa T. Duncan to Edward
Joyner and others, one lot and 20?
acres, in the town of Brookland, for
$9,550. He-conveyed.
Fork.
Geo. S. Swygert to Jas. K. Swygert,
39? acres, for $27S. .
Gilbert Hollow.
H. F. Hendrix to D. L. Taylor,
100 acres, for $550.
E. W. Crout and others to It. E.
Shealy, 37 acres, for $60.
E. J. Etheredge to Dora Drafts,
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JLtJU XUi V W.
Dora Drafts to E. J. Eiheredge,
191 acres, for $135 50.
Hollow Creek.
Mary J. Dreher to Simeon F. Leapbait,
15 acres, for $78.
Mrs. Eliza K. Hite to Nathaniel
Oxner, 28 acres, for $105.
Mrs. Mary E. Hall to Henry Steel,
280 acres, for $1,100.
Lexington.
Mrs. Etlilyn 11. Ilendrix to F. A.
Ilegman, 481 acres, for $500.
A. B. Metz to John Q. A. Metz, 52
acres, for $5G4 35. i,
MMIiMiiMiniH
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Marriage notices inserted free, '
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A. B. Metz to J. II. Corley, 3|
acres, for $35.G5.
Levi E. Senn to John C. Hook, 14
acres, for 240.
J. B and P. M. Harraan to A. W.
and V. D. Harman, one-sixth interest
in 180 acers, for $472.50.
Piatt Springs.
J. L. W. and H. M. Fallaw to W. *
B. Fallaw, 350 acres, for $100.
Mrs. Lucy II. Haskell to Onarias
Steel, 1200 acres, for $3,850.
Saluda.
Miry A. Eirgle to J. L. Eargle,
51* acres, for $:)80.
k Sandy Run. *
Frances L. Fuitick to Andrew
Hook acres, for $155. An
Honest Medicine for La
Grippe.
George W. Waitt of South Gardi..
' y/
ner, Me., says: ''I- have had the
worst cough, cold, chills and grip
and have taken lots of trash of no
. ,
account but profit to the vendor,
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the
only thing that has done any good
whatever. I have used one 50 cent
bottle and the chills, cold and grip
have all left me. I congratulate the
manufacturers of an honest medi-'
cine.*' For sale by J. E. Kaufmann
His Watch Was Bight.
#
He was a fierce-looking, yellowbearded
son of the soil, and he drove
up to the little country station in a
dilapidated old wagon behind a still
more dilapidated horse. He had two
passengers for the mail train.
The station agent was on.the platform.
"Guess you're late," he remarked,
cheerfully.
"Train hain't gone, has it1?" anxiously
inquired the rustic.
"Twenty minutes ago, and late at
that"
"Wall, I'll be durned! I sot my
watch by Bill Rogers, and he sot his
by Joe Collins, and Joe said bis was
railroad time. Ain't I right?"' and
he held out an antiquated turnip to
the gaze of his audience. The agent
assured him that he was approximately
correct.
"Now, look here," pursued the excited
granger, "the last time I was
down here you told me that the
train went at a quarter past one, and
here it is past ten and the train's
gone!
The agent tried to persuade him
that be was mistaken; bat be persisted
ami grew more and more
wrathy,
"When did I tell you thai?*' tie
agent ventured, finally.
"Wall, let's see, it was about tie
time my daughter Lucindy got married;
couldn't be longer than three
years ago, I'm dead sure."
The agent tried to explain to him
that railroads sometimes found it
convenient to change their schedule
from time to time; but the agricul- turist
was not pacified, and muttered,
as he gathered up the lines: "I
claim that the railroad hadn't oughter
chaDge its time 'thout letting folks
know. But 'tain t no use to do nothing
agin one of them bloody corporations."'
. .. *
For La Grripps.
Thomas Whitfield & Co, 240
Wabash-av, corner Jackson st., one
of Chicago's oldest and most prominent
druggists, recommends Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for la grippe,
as it not onlv gives a prompt and
complete relief, but also counteracts
any tendency of la grippe to result
ia pneumonia. For sale by J. E.
Kaufmann.
Will Rest at Gettysburg.
Soldiers Who tho During War With
Spain May Be Buried There.
Governor Hastings of PShusylvania,
has received an opinion from
Judge Advocate General Lieber, of
the United States army, in which he
decides that soldiers of the war with
Spain may be buried in the National
cemetery at Gettysburg.
The question was raised by W.
Yates Sedlick, of Philadelphia, and
was referred to the governor, who in
return asked the \^r department for
an opinion. Secretary Alger turned
the matter over to the judge advocate
general, who rendered a decis
ion. >
Several soldiers from Southern and
Western States who died at Camp
Meade last fall were buried in the
Gettysburg cemetery.
If the Baby is Cutting Teeth
I3e sure and use that old and well
tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup for children teething. It
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind colic and
is the best remedy for diarrhoea.
Tweuty-tive cents a bottle.
It is the best of all.
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