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To the Editor of the Dispatch:
It will be remembered that there was
an intimation in a former article that
smh legislation was believed to be
p >ssible in this State as would result
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our people, aud ultimately effect a
saving of very large amounts of
m mey.
The "School Book Law" of the
State of Indiana, now lung on my
desk, ha3 been operative for ten
yearf; aDd has been modified and perfected
until the people of that Stste
are being wonderfully benefited by
its provisions.
It is too lengthy for publication in
" your paper, but a brief reference to
its salient points will be interesting
aDd instructive. The State Board of
Education is constituted a Board of
School Book Commissioners who are
required to select or procure a series
of text books for the use of the common
schools.
They must advertise for sealed
proposals for furnishing text books
to the Trustees, frcm publishers or
authors or persons who are willing to
compile certain specified books. Tfie
Board is empowered to contract with
the lowest bidder who furnishes the
required bond?but the cost of the
books must not exceed certain prices
which are specified iu the Act. The
contractor is to be paid from the sale
e>f the books only; th9 State not in
anywise becoming liable. School
Trustees are required to apply to the
County Superintendents for such
books as are needed in the respective
schools. The County Superintendents
apply in turn to the State
Superintendent who orders from the
contractor. The books are shipped
to the County Superintendents and
delivered by them to the School
Trustees, by whom they are sold to
the patrons. The prices are fixed by
law and printed plainly on the cover
~ - of each book; and to sell for higher figures
is made a misdemeanor for
which the punishment is provided.
Quarterly reports must be rendered
and the money from the sales forwarded
through the proper channels
- to the contractor. Trustees who do
not properly account for the books,
or their equivalent in money are held
to be guilty of embezzlement and
punished accordingly. This removes
the necessity for requiring a bond
which might prove embarrassing, as
the Trustees are not salried officers.
Tne above is a very brief synopsis
of the original law. The perfected
statute, with its amendments, fills a
pamphlet of some twenty-five pages.
Some of the results will next be
considered, and we cannot do this
better than by furnishing a compative
statement of the cost of text
bocks in the two States of Indiana
and South Carolina. The prices are
taken from the "School Book Law'
of the first named State, and from the
price lists of two of the leading book
houses of this State.
This table gives the comparative
prices of a list of books in common
use.
Indiana. S. C.
$ $
First Reader 10 .18
Second Reader 15 .30
Third Reader 25 .38
Fourth Reader 30 .50
Fifth Reader 40 .90
Arithmetic (complete).. .45 .65
Elementary Georgraphy .30 .55
Complete Geography.. .75 125
Spelling Books 10 .25
English Grammar. 40 .75
United States History.. .60 1.50
Physiology 60 1.10
Ccpy Books, Nos. 1 to 12 .5 .10
Now, let it not be forgotten that
the books furnished the State of Indiana
are by requirement equal to
the best books on the market in
quality and character.
Bv taking the above table as a |
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basis and striking an average it is
found that the text books used in the
public schools of this State are costing
the patrons about ninety percent,
more than the same books are sold
tor in Indiana?the cost being nearly
double as much.
It is proper to state that very many
of the prominent publishing houses
in the country are willing to furnish
the books to the schools of Indiana
at the prices provided for by the
statute, and that there is never any
difficulty in procuring the needed
supply.
A little figuiing here will furnish
an object lesson which may be helpful.
Let it be supposed that there
ere 300,000 pupils in the public
in i he State. This is proba
OVUVV*v ?
bly much under the correct number
but figures are not at hand. Ii will
not be thought unfair to assume that
the average annual cost per pupil for
school books is fifty cents. (This es
timate is probably much too low.)
Then the aggregateamountexpended
for books would amount to ($150,000)
one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars. If, as has been shown, the people
here are paying ninety per cent, more
for books than the same books are
being bought for elsewhere, then
there is a clear annual loss of nearly
$70,000 which may be saved by the
proper legislation. Fifteen hundred
to two thousand dollars would thus
be saved to each county in the State.
If there are those who would urge
that an opportunity once enjoyed to
effect these beneficent results was net
properly improved, the answer would
be that tbcugbtful mfn at that
time feared that a combine on the
part of the booksellers might deprive
the schools of the needed supply of
books, and for this reason such legislation
was regarded as dangerous. It
| is an interesting coincidence that the
same hesitancy existed in Indiana ten
years since. The Governor of the
! State was so dubious as to the possible
consequences that he declined to
j approve the Act, but being equally
unwilling to veto it, the law became
operative by default. It is now no
longer an experiment, but a sucessful
and of course a popular statute.
It was not intended in the beginning
to have this paper appear thus early,
but asthe writer is entirely unwilling
to be charged with springing this, or
any thing else, in the closing days of
the campaign for political effect, he
has decided to submit the subject to
the consideration of the public now, in
order that there may be abundant
time for investigation.
Believing that the case has been
clearly made out, if I should be placed
at any time in a position when the
proper opportunity will be given me,
I here and now commit myself to an
earnest and persistent effort to afford
the relief indicated in this article.
Seeking truth only and desiring to
be corrected if in error, criticism is
cheerfully invited
W. T. Brooker.
Swansea, S. C, May 1st, 1999.
Discovered by a Woman.
Another great discovery has been
made, and that too, by a lady in this
country. "Disease fastened its
clutches upon her and for seven
years she withstood its severest tests
but her vital organs were undermined
and death seemed imminent. For
three months she coughed incessantly,
and could not sleep. She finally
discovered a way to recovery, by
purchasing of us a bottle of Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consumption,
and was so much relieved on
taking first dose, that she slept all
night; and with two bottles, hss been
absolutely cured. Her came is Mrs.
Luther Lutz.' Thus writes W. C.
Ilammick & Co, of Shelby, N. C.
Trial bottles free at J E Kaufmann's
Drug Store. Regular size 5Qc and
$1 00. Every bottle guaranteed.
Wantsd to to on Hand.
There are some droll Irishmen in
Congressman O'Neill's district according
to the stories he relates. An
amusing one was told by the Congressman
at the Capitol Dot loDg since,
says the Washington Post. An old
fellow who had scraped together
825,000 or $30,000 wanted lawyer
O'Neill to draw up his will. When
| the document was appirentij finished
the lawyer asked if there was anything
else he wanted put down.
' Ob, yes,*' said the Irishman, "Fifteen
dollars to be spent on the bo}S
when I*m taken to the cemetery on
the day of my funeral.'*
Calvary cemetery, in which all the
Catholics of St. Louis are buried,
is several miles beyond the outskirts
of the city, and there are numerous
road houses at which "the
boys" are in tb8 habit of stopping
on their way back -from a funeral.
Mr. O'Neill said to his client: "I pre
<Jj"H ervonfr. nn fhfi
bumf juu waui iuc vw * v? -?
way back from Calvary?''
"Be jabers, no!*' exclaimed the
client. "Spind it going out. I'll be
wid 'em, then."
J. T. Reese, Modoc, S. C, writes:
Have U3ed Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver
Medicine 12 years. Cured me of
i Indigestion and my wife of Sick
Headache. Think it worth fcur
times as much as either Zeilin's or
Black Draught I used.
i
Zffiles Severely Criticised.
Tbe Wade Court of Ioquiry concluded
its work on April 29, in connection
with the allegations of Gen.
Miles concerning the beef supplied
to the army during the war with
Spain. The report was signed at
at 2:30 p. m. by every member of the
board and soon afterward the members
of the court left the Lemon
buildings, where all the meetings in
Washington had been held. Colonel
Davis, the recorder of the court,
carried the official copy of the findings
to the War Department and in
! f Via oKonnno of Sporofftrv Alcrpr. rip
I livered it to Acting Secretary Meikle!
john. Mr. Meiklejohn immediately
i sealed the document in an envelope
and forwarded it to the White House,
whence it was dispatched forthwith
to the Paesident in New York.
The report is about 30,000 words
and goes fully into the questions
which have been raised in connection
with the army beef. The text has
not been made public and will not be
until after the President shall have
read it. It will then rest with him to
say when the report shall be given to
the public. The verdict, however,
is known to be that the allegations
which Gen. Miles made before the
war commission are not sustained
with reference to the refrigerated
beef, although his contention that the
canned roast beef was not a suitable
continuous ration is admitted. There
is direct criticism of Gen. Milles for
ill* At. - _ i.i
tailing to promptly DriDg me attention
of the War Department to reports
made to him concerning bad
beer, "and several individuals are
censured for failing to observe the
proprieties of their positions as commanding
officers in this and other
respects." *
?
Glorious News
Comas from Dr. D. B. Cirgile, of
Washita, I. T. He writes: "Four
bottles of Electric Bitters has cured
Mrs. Brewer of scrofula, which had
caused her great suffering for years.
Terrible sores would break out on
her head and face, and the be3t doctors
could give no help; but her cure
is complete and her health is excellent."
This shows what thousands
have proved,?that Electric Bitters
i3 the best blood purifier known. It's
the supreme remedy for eczema,
tetter, salt rheum, nlcer9, boils, ex
pels poisons, helps digestion builds
up the strength. Only 59 cents.
Sold by J. E. Kaufmann Druggist.
Guaranteed.
Ajuinaldo Uamovsd.
Repudiates Gen. Luna's Advances
for Peace.
London, May 2.?Representatives
4 ^ - Dk.l.i*?MnA 1 nrvirt OAT? lLof 4" /~VTT
OX llitJ X IlilippiUC JUUL3 OCkJ liiCli; tlUCJ
have received a telegram from Aguinaldo
dated April 30, in which he
states that his government has nothing
to do with the present peace negotiations
which, he asserts, are beHOME
CUR
FOR BLOI
Beware of the Doctors' doctors
Con tag
Patchwork; You Can "
selves i
Cure Yourself at Home,
The this
vile poison, and only attempt to 1
disease?the sores and eruptions. This
system, and endeavor to keep it shut
and mercury. The mouth and throat i
into sores, and the fight is continued i
more damage than the disease itself.
Mr. H. L. Myers, 100 Mulberry St.,
hundred dollars with the doctors, whe
they could do me no good. I had large
b:dy, and these soon broke out into ru
endured all the suffering which this
duces. I decided to try S. S. S. as a li
soon greatly improved. I followed cl<
I tions for Self-Treatment,' ana me iar$
chest began to grow paler and smalle
i disappeared entirely. I was soon cure
j skin has been as clear as glass ever si
j self at home, after the doctors had f:
J It is valuable time thrown away to i
{ to cure Contagious Blood Poison, for
| yond their skill. Swifts Specific?
S. S. S. FOR
1 ?acts in an entirely different way fi
poison out of the system and gets ri
disease, while other remedies only shi
constantly undermining the constit'itii
ment placeB a cure within the reach of
vice, free of charge, and save the pat
1 Write for full information to Swift Hpt
ing conducted by a group of half
castes and Creoles, who are anxious
for peace in the expectation of getting
high offices under a new govern
ment. Several of these men, Aguinaldo
says, are members of the Filipino
congress, where they are en
deavoring to out vote him. Aguinaldo
added that he had no direct negotiations
with the Americans since
the fall of Malolos, when certain proposals
passed between Mr. D. C.
Worcester, of the American Philippine
commission and a representative
of Aguinaldo, loukiDg to a peace
based upon independence with an
American alliance. Aguinaldo disa
avows the present negotiations, and
- ^ nnilor nn pirpn ms tflDPPS
auuo iLiai uuuci uv v.*w,.?
will he accept an American protectorate.
The dispatch concludes with a
contemptuous reference to Mijor
Arguellas as a Spanish officer who
has no more authority to act on behalf
of Aguinaldo than has Luna
himself.
The Appetite of a Goat
Is envied by ail poor dyspeptics
whose Stomach and Liver are out of
order. All such should kuow that
Dr. King's New Life Pills, the wonderful
Stomach and Liver Remedy,
gives a splendid appetite, souod dij
gestion and a regular bodily habit
j that insures perfect health and great
j energy. Only 2oc. at J. E Kaufmann's
drug store.
Stokes' Free Mail Delivery.
Soathern Cultivator.
We are pleased to call attention to
the efforts of Representative J. Wm.
Stokes to have free mail delivery
along "Star Routes."
rT11-" O'TV/I rvonnlo cVwMll rl Q q.
JL UC picao auu uuuu>v> Mv
sist Mr. Stokes in this effort in every
way possible. Bring to bear upon
your immediate representative in
Congress such influence as you may
have, so as to secure his support for
this well-timed measure.
The rapid delivery of mails is demanded
by the progress of this
active age in which we live.
The people demand and desire to
keep posted on public affairs.
We must not forget that the voters
are the rulers of this country. Hence
their rights should be respected and
their demands granted.
This Stokes' bill is a step forward.
Congress should give it a trial.
Trusts Can't Wear Corporation
Cloak.
St. Louis, May 2.?In the circuit
court of appeals today, with Judges
Bland, Biggs and Bond on the
bench, a unanimous decision was
made in an appealed case in which
the National Lead company was
plaintiff in error, to the effect that a
trust cannot cloak its object under
the form of a corporation and evade
the penalties provided for violations
of the Missouri anti-trust law of
1S01. Under this decision accounts
with trusts operating as corporations
in Missouri are not collectable.
IE '' .!
)D POISON.
3 is not the slightest doubt that the
t do more harm than good in treating
ious Blood Poison; many victims of j
ithsome disease would be much better
lay if they had never allowed them- j
to be dosed on mercury and potash, the j
medies which the doctors ever give for ;
loison.
doctors are wholly unable to get rid of
txeal up the outward appearance of the
} they do by driving the poison into the
in with their constant doses of potash I
md other delicate parts then break out
ndefinitely, the drugs doing the system j
Newark. S". J., says: "I had spent a j
T voalWcH thflt,
i spots all over my
nning sores, and I it w
3 vile disease proist
resort, and was w
osely your 'Direc- 9J/
*e splotches on my *T.
r, and before long
d perfectly and my fjt
nee. I cured my- ^
ailed completely." - /? V
expect the doctors -J' '
the disease is be- ^
THE BLOOD
com potash and mercury?it forces the
id of it entirely. Hence it cures the
it the poison in where it lurks forever,
on. Our system of private home treatall.
We give all necessary medical ad- j
,ient the embarrassment of publicity.
>ciflc Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Week's Development in the
Great South.
Millions in New Investments Havt
Been Undertaken?Cotton Mills
and Railroads.
: Special to the Slate.
1 Baltimore, May 4.?At the recent
meeting of the New England Cotton
Manufacturers' association a southern
I man, Mr. W. B. Smith AYhaley, ci
, Columbia, S. C, successful as a mill
| engineer and as a leader in the textile
industry, read a paper upon the
advantages to be gained by electrical
j transmission of power. Simultaneously
with the presentation of this
paper is the announcement that
: $50(),000 are to be expended in build
ing aud (quipping in North Carolina
i a strictly modern cotton mill to be
j operated entirety by electrical power.
The proposed mill, according to a
i report in The Manufacturers' Record,
| is part of the plan of the develop!
ment of the great water power at the
! falls or narrows of the Yadkin river,
j where the water is forced from a
; width of 1,000 feet through a gorge
I one-quarter of a mile long and 75
i feet across at its wildest part, and
where there is a fall of from 2G to 40
j feet. The company has ?5,000,000
{ capital behind it, and expects to disj
tribute electrical power from the
| falls to divers industries within a
i radius of 50 miles. The water power
i of the southern piedmont region is
I perhaps, with the exception of Niagj
ara, the most reliable in the country,
j Its utilization for cotton mills and
i other industries will undoubtedly add
j largely to the industrial potentiality
i of the south.
In the meantime cotton mills are
! being built or improved upon the
older lines, and in the list for the
week the Manufacturers' Record re
] ports the plan of the Eanett cotton
| mills at West Point, Ga., to have
| been changed so as to increase the
j equipment to 35,000 spindles and
1,000 looms. The mill will be four
i stories high and 150 by 500 feet in
| dimensions and will employ 1,000
persons, for whom 240 cottages will
b9 built. The Eufaula Cotton mills,
! of Eufaula, Ala., will increase its
; equipment by 12,500 spindles and
j 379 looms, making a total of 23,000
spindles and 700 looms. Contracts
i are being completed for the erection
by the Trion Manufacturing company
of Trion Factory, Ga., of a mill with
a capacity of 25,000 spindles and 750
i looms. The Louisiana Cotton Mill
Co., of New Orleans has been incor-|
porated with a capital stock of
j $l,000,0o0 for the manufacture and
sale of cotton goods, and a company
will be organized at Chattanooga to
erect a 10,000 spindle mill, while it
is probable that under the efforts of
! New York and Georgia capitalists
the water power at Gilchrist Ferry,
about 50 miles above Augusta, will
| be developed for the transmission of
; the power electrical to cotton mills
and other industries.
The North Carolina enterprise
mentioned contains a promise of railroad
development as its consequence.
The mutual strengthening of the
railroad and industrial interests is a
marked characteristic of present j
southern development. At the meet- |
ing of the Alabama Commercial and
Industrial association at Mobile, a
notable illustration of that fact was
given. Of the 12 reports made by
different cities in the State nearly
every one indicated that increase in
the number cf industries bad been
followed or preceded by increased |
railroad facilities.
Among the new undertakings
noted in this connection is the Doth- j
an, Hartford and Florida railway, J
which is to traverse a portion of j
Southern Alabama and Northern j
Florida, which is heavily timbered, j
The length of the road will be GO J
mile?, with Chipley, Fla., as its
southern terminus. Naval stores are j
expected to be an important item in i
its trafic. The Farmvillo and Fow- j
hat an railroad, which extends from j
Bermuda to Farmville, Va, is to be j
extended to Manchester across the j
river from Itichmond in the near j
future. Mr. James Jtt. worto, gen- i
. i
eral manager of the company, in a j
letter to The Manufacturers5 Record, I
says that the right of way is cow being |
acquired for the 13 miles extension.
The question of extending the line j
from Farmville to Roanoke is also
under consideration, individuals
along the route having offered in
R?1M
^ Absolutely X
Makes the food more de
ROYAL BAKIHO POW
I - ? - I
' ducements to the company to cover j
this distance about 113 miles By j
their narrow guage line. Another I
i Florida line contemplated is the j
Jacksonville and St. John's River j
railroad, to extend 13G miles from
Jacksonville by way of Sanford to '
DeSand. Mr. H. B. Plant is the j
president.
The numerous new industries re !
ported during the week included the j
following most important ones:
A $2'),000 oil mill, 5,000-spindle ;
cotton mill, addition of 12,509 spindles
and 379 looms, 56 ton guano
factory in Alabama.
A $250,000 cotton mill improvement,
35,000 spindle and 1,000 loom
mill, $150,000 lumber mill and two
j round bale compresses in Georgia.
A $150,000 tcbacco factory, $10,j
000 telephone company and 40,000!
bushel grain elevator in Kentucky.
A $1,000,000 cotton mill company j
| in Louisiana. J
A $70,000 oil cloth factory and
j $250,000 automobile company in
i Maryland.
A $75,000 lumber company, two
j round bale compresses and a $50,000
J knitting mill company in Mississippi.
A $L0,0C0 telephone company, a
$20,000 telephone company, $500,000
gold mining company, $12,000
cotton mill company, $50,000 compress,
40-ton fertilizer factory, 20 ton
oil mill in South Carolina.
A $2,000,000 car and foundry company,
10,000-spindle cotton mill, $25,000
saw mill, $50,000 water supply
company and $10,000 cooperage in
Tennessee.
A $100,000 construction company,
two round bale presses and a ?10,000
telephone company in Texas.
A $200,000 marble works, $25,000
woodworking factory, $50,000 knitting
mill and 25-ton ice factory in
Virginia.
Try Alloa's Foot-Ease.
A powder to be shaken into the
shoes. At this season your feet feel
swollen, nervous, hot, and get tired
easily. If you have smartling feet
' or tight shoes, try Allen's Foot-Ease.
It cools the feet and makes walking
easy. Relieves corns and bunions of
all pain and gives rest and comfort.
Try it today. Sold by all druggists,
grocers, shoe stores and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price 25c.
Trial packages free. Address, Allen
S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Schools
in Cn'oa and Elsewhere.
Prof. J. F. Draughon, who recently
visited Cuba with a view of investigating
the outlook for establishino
n sphnnl in Havana. Cuba, next 1 1
fall, on his return visited Savannah,
Georgia, where he arranged to open !
a well equipped Business College
June loth. ]
Prof. Draughon now has flourish- !
ing business colleges located in ]
Nashville, Tenn., Galveston and Tex- i
arkana, Texas. These colleges have <
superior courses of instructions, and 2
special facilities for securing posi- y
tions. See Prof. Draughon's ad. t
elsewhere in this issue.?Special
rates will be given all who enter
either of his colleges soon.
Whooping Cough. ;1
I V
I had a little boy who was nearly | ^
dead from an attack of whooping ! ^
cough. My neighbors recommended ! ^
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I
did not thiuk that any medicine
r
would help him, but after giving
him a few doses of that remedy I '
l n
noticed an improvement, and one
bottle cured him entirely. It is the ^
Diarrhoea Remedy.?P. E. Grisham,
Gaars Mills, La. For sale by J. E. a
Ivaufmann.
^ ???
? i ! ^
Kamon s American srocK rowaers, *
one of tbe best preparations on the nmarket
for cattle, hogs aud poultry ^
15 and 25 ceuts packages, at the a
Bazaar. Use this powder once and ?
you will have no other. u
Raking
^ Powder
Hire
licious and wholesome
0 R CO.i HEW YORK.
Homestead of Bankrupts.
Judge Speer Decides an Important
Point in New Law.
Savannah, Ga, May 4?Judge
Speer of the Federal district court
for the southern district of Georgia
has made an important decision under
the new national bankruptcy
law. It is to the effcet that United
States courts have 'no jurisdiction
over a homestead taken by a bank
1 i 1- - A 11 I I - - J V - 1 i_
rupi; mat tue uumesieuu ueiuugs tu
the State courts and cannot be considered
in the United States couit as
an asset of the bankrupt; and as regards
the homestead the trustee of
the bankrupt must look elsewhere
than to the United States court, i
The effect of this decision will be
far reaching and will no doubt be
the cause of many parties goiDg into
bankruptcy who have heretofore held
out. In the case in which Judge
Speer has just rendered this decision
the bankrupt had waived his homestead
by giving notes and the creditors
of the bankrupt instituted proceedings
to have the homestead administered
by the trustee as assets.
The judge held that the trustee must
set aside the homestead regardless of
the waived and that the courts are
the proper place to attack the waiver. 1
When the bankrupt receives his dis- 1
charge from the United States court
all his debt are wiped out and there
is some doubt as to whether the
creditors can then proceed in the 1
State courts to have tbeir claim and j
waiver sustained and their debts sat- '
isfied out of the homestead set aside '
by the bankrupt court.
? . <
Many old soldiers now feel the ;
effects of the hard service they en- 1
dured during the war. Mr. Geo. S.
Anderson, of Rossville, York county.
Penn., who saw the hardest kind of ,
service at the front, is now frequent- |
ly troubled with rheumatism. "I ]
had a severe attack lately," he says, ]
"and procured- a bottle of Chamber- (
Iain's Pain Balm. It cid so much
good that I would like to know what
you would charge me for one dozen
bottles." Mr. Anderson wanted it
both for his own use and to supply j
it to his friends and neighbors, as 1
every family should have a bottle of
it in their home, not only for rheumatism,
but lame back, sprains,
swellings, cuts, bruises and burns, 1
for which it is uuequalled. For
sale by J. E Kaufmann.
Puerto Pico's Condition. {
1,200 Men Employed by Govern- i
ment and Many Fed. c
Washington, May 1 ?Acting Secre- *
tary Meikeljohn has received "the fol- *
lowing:
San Juan de .Puerto Jttico, :uay o.
Secretary War, Washington: j
Reported conditions on island cf
people starving exaggerated; over .
3100,09 a month is spent on roads;
L2,00J men employed; imre money
8 distributed direct to people now c
jvery month than they have had for
pears. Large number who cannot 1
vork are fed, and no suffering. Xa,uie
is too bountiful for that. ^
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Roosevelt May Stand Pat.
Detroit, Mich., May 2.?Senator
Oepew said in the course of an interiew
today that he did not believe
Jovernor Roosevelt will be looking
or a presidential nomination next
ear.
Asked as to what the Senate is
ikely to do with Senator Q lay, he
eplied that it was hard to say. "If I C
eel when I take my seat as I do
ow," said he, "I shall vote first for
rule governing the case, applicable v
d Republicans and Democrats alike, c
nd then vote to seat Quay." 1
A Cure for Neuralgia.
I was for some time a sufferer lroin Neuilgia.
I trinl nearly ever)thing I couid n
ear of, bill nothing did rue Hnv good un- g
I I purchased a box of Ramon's Liver A* ^
'ouic Pellets aDd began to use them
hey relieved me at once That was over ~
year ago. and I have had no return of it
ince. Mrs. Millie Reed, Guiley, Ala. S1
or sale by G. M Ilarman and J. E. Kauf- a
lann. g
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Address
G. M. HARMAN, Editor and Publisher.
At Converse College, in Spartanburg,
461 students are enrolled.
Superintendent of Education McMahan
has arranged for a fine summer
school at Winthrop College.
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson will stop
over in Columbia on her way to tho
Veteran's re-union in Charleston.
Pimples, Boils and other Hnmors
appear when the blood gets impure.
The best remedy is Dr. M. A. Simmons
Liver Medicine.
In E Jgefield county an old white
man of 70 recently married a young ?
lady of 20. December and May are
happily blended.
Mormon missionaries are making
such headway in Hampton county
that a backwoods church is likely to
be built soon.
T? /iA _ L _f 11 A 1 n._
ir "uui ox aoris, v>ross ana ireevish,
lake Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver
Medicine. Cheerfulness will return
and life acquires new zest.
Train No. 22 on the Columbia, New*
berry and Laurens Railroad was
wrecked about two miles above Capin
on May 2nd, says the Carolina News.
Dr. A. Coke Smith will preach the
commencement sermon before the
South Carolina College and Judge J.
H. Hudson will deliver the address.
It makes no difference bow bad
the wound if you use DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve; it will quickly heal and
leave no scar. J. E Kaufmann.
On Lieutenant Governor McSwee- :
:;ev has fallen the pleasant duty of
delivering the address of welcome at
the Confederate Re union in Charleston.
Mrs. John Sutherlin, who lives in
the upper portion of Greenville
county, presented her husband recently
with three vigorous and hearty
boys.
Health, Strength and Nerve Force
follow the use of Dr. M. A. Simmons
Liver Medicine, which insures good
Digestion and Assimilation.
The Governor has offered a reward
of *150 for the capture and conviction
of the ne^ro fiend who com
mitted rape on Mrs. Williams of
Greenville.
The condition of Governor Ellerbe
ot improving as fast as was anticipated
he was moved from Summerville
to Columbia and from thence to
bis home in Marion.
You cannot accomplish any work
or business unless you feel well. If
you feel "Used Up?Tired Out,"
take Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver
Medicine.
While a Magistrate was hearing a
oase in Greenwood county a few days ^
ago, Constable Book's pistol fell from
bis pocket and was discharged, the
ball going dangerously near the head ,
of one of the witnesses.
A class of sixteen disciples of
Blackstone stood a successful examination
before the Supreme Court
Friday, and they are now "young jj
limbs of the law." In the class there
were two colored youths.
Pneumonia, la grippe, coughs,
oolds, croup and whooping cough
readily yield to One Minute Cough
3ure. Use this remedy in time and
save a doctor's bill?or the under:aker's.
J. E. Kanfmann.
Martin Welborn recently shot and
'atally wounded Bow land Ch&stain
n Pickens county. The shooting
>ccurred in the yard of Mr. Wei \r\wr\
TrrV?A iiv?m "PiaIt
JKJLU, n U\J ilUUiCUltCiJ TTUUU bu JL 1WA*
ins and gave himself up to Sheriff
dcDaniel.
Meekison of Ohio
1as Been Greatly Benefited by
Pe-ru-na.
'ongressman D. Meekison of Ohio, write*
the following letter to Or. Hartmaa. .
Dr. S, D. Hartman, Columbus, 0.
Dear Sir:?I have used several botles
of Pe-ru-na and feel greatly bene*
ited thereby. 1 have been afflicted
Ron. D. Meekiso*.
rith catarrh of the head and feel enouraged
to believe that continued
se of Pe-ru-na will fully eradicate a
isease of thirty years' standing.
Yours sincerelv,
I).* MEEKISOy
The continued receipt of endoraelents
like this for Dr. Hartman's
reat catarrli remedy, prove its value
evond question. Men of prominence
very where are recognizing the merit of
'e-ru-na and are willing to giveexpresion
totheir judgment becausea certain,
bsolute cure for catarrh is a public
ood. All druggists sell Pe-ru-n?
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