Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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GBMBBHmHBnBBBMnM BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM ?IK? Western South Carolina. 0 RATES REASONABLE. 0 SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER ANNUM 10B PRINTING A SPECIALTY, A Narrow Escape. Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E Hart, of Gorton, S. I). "Was taken with a bad cold which settled on my lungs; cough set in and finally terminated in Consumption. Four Doctors gave me up, saying I could live but a short time. I gave myself up to my Savior, determined if I could not stay with my friends on 1 1 1 - 1 L ~ The Lexington Dispatch. * ? Beprescntatiue newspaper. Couers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Counties Like a Blanket. VOL. XXIX. LEXIXGTOX, S. ., WEDXESDAY, JULY 12, 1899. XO. :? ??IB ? Ifg ??1II IIII^B BIM^?M || Hill ^ ?11? 111?11 111 III lll?l?l? I IIMIWII? I II !! II I llll"""' ?B?m tap?& CLOSE SKY GOOSS COHFANY, "W. n. MOITCKTOIT, TIB., " V J plr|/ 1?20 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C., fljj} WlEfy] Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. W pf \ " October 13?tf 1 - - .. .. .. [ ^ A.-A. TT..J eartn, i wouia meet my aoseuii uuts above. My husband was advised to get Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has cured mr, and thank God, I am saved and now a well and healthy woman/' Trial bottles free at J. E. Kaufmann s Drug Store. Regulstf'size 50c. and 81 00. Guaranteed or price refunded. Slaep7 Han's Spsecfc. It Had an EiectrifjiDg Effect on the Jury and Brought a Verdict For the Plaintiff. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. "When newspaper writers in Washington are "sby" of good stories they , have only to look into the career .of Hon. George Vest, senator from the great State of Missouri. There the fund of good matezial is apparently in-exhaustible. Walter Wellman has been takiDg a turn at Vest, and finds a new stoiy that is worth repeating. The scene is located in Missouri, of course, and the preliminaries tell how Vest was employed by a man whose dog had been shot by a neighbor. O.her eminent counsel attended to all the preliminaries of the fight, while Vest was there, his head sunk down between his shoulders, and apparently asleep. Finally hi3 associate nudged him and told him that be must make the concluding speech. He demurred, but seeing he must do something to earn the fee which had been paid him, rose laid away in the cold ground, r.o matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between bis paw?, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful | and true even in death/' What followed the veracious Well- | man describes in this way: "Then Test sat down. This remarkable speech he had dtlivered in a low voice, without a gesture. No reference had he made to the merits of the case in hand. Not a word had he uttered about the evidence. When he finished jodge and jury were seen to have tears in their eyes. The jury filed out and in a minute or two returned to the court room. auu aiici coiiiuouj au c.u^ jury for Borne minutes, began a speech of which this is a stenographic copj: ' Gentlemen of the jury?The best friend a man has in tbi3 world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man man has he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill consider ed action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do U3 honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its clouds upon our heads. The one absolutely un selfish friend that man can have in the selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. "Gentlemen of the jury," the senator continued, "a man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will , _ lL . .-7 1 .1 1 1 7 Sleep on we com grouuu, wnere ilic ^ _ wintry winds blow and tho snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near ^his master's side. He will kiss the band that has no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the rough ness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all ether i friends desert him he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces he is as constant in his love 8S the sun in its journey through the heavens. If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog ask3 no higher privilege than that of accompanying him, to guard j against danger, to fight against his j enemies, and when the last scene of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace and his body is j The plaintiff had asked for S'200 j [ damages. The verdict gave him ; $500, and several of the jurymen i j wanted to haDg the defendant." Ladies Can Wear Sinoes One size smaller after using Allen's i Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken < into the shoes. It makes tight or ] new shoesfeel easy; gives instant re- ] lief to corns and bunions. It's the c greatest comfort discovery. Allen's i Foot-Ease is a certain cure for in- f growing nails, sweating, hot, aching J feet. Trial package free. Sold by c druggists, grocers, shoe stores and \ general storekeepers everywhere. 1 By mail for 25 cts. in stamps. Ad- t dress Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, i New York. ( The lawyer wants only fee-sible cases. A man naturally looks pale after s kicking the bucket. j Sour Stomach is one of the first s symptoms of a coming Bilious at- ( tack. Cure it with a few doses of 1 Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. It is no snap to make time exposure f with a camera. e An all round writer ought to be j c able to get up a good circular. * The silent watches of the night jj hang in front of jewelry stores. The Dangers of a Malarial Atmosphere may be averted by occasionally taking Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. 1 9 C Hunger is a terrible thiDg, but some men consider thirst more so. The dragon fly should not be killed. * Its business is to kill mosquitoes. s Only a strong minded woman can 8 keep her calandar torn off up to date, j A Bolivar, Mo, boy of 18 killed c himself last week rather than go to 1 work. t To arouse a Dormant Liver and i secure permanent regularity of the f Bowels, use Dr. M. A. Simmons c Liver Medicine. i The good may die young, but the bad nearly always outlive their use- * fulness. \ The crooked horse race is the result ? of a lack of straightness in the hu- i man race. t A woman teacher in Philadelphia t retired recently after a service of 53 years. Cooling and soothing in its effects ^ you will find Dr. Sawyer's Arnica ? and Witch Hazel Salve for eczema, 1 piles, hives, burns and cuts. J. E. Kaufmann. i An umbrella offers a good opening ^ for people who have laid away money for a rainy day. ? If an orator is a word painter a t lecturer in a deaf and dumb institute must be a sign painter. I Mr. and Mrs. B. Lackamp, Elston, ] Mo., writes: '*Oae Minute Cough \ Cure saved the life of our little boy < when nearly dead with croup." J. E. Kaufmann. , The fool killer and the town killer < should get together. 1 Results Fatally in Nine Cases Out of Ten?A Cure Found at Last, dlcw operation, poison in the blood, circulating throi the sore or ulcer?known as the < poison remains in the blood, and p renewed violence. / The wonderful success of S. R. S. blood diseases which were conside: spairing sufferers 1o try it for Cane* the physicians without a cure. Muc equal to the disease and promptly spread rapidly, and it was soon d( beyond doubt that a cure had a found for deadly Cancer. Evidene mulated which is incontrovertible the following is a sj>ecimen : "Cancer is hereditary in our family, sister and an aunt having died from ! disease. My feelings may be imagined v I rible disease made its appearance on my a malignant Cancer, eating inwardly in : to cause great alarm. The disease seeme skill of the doctors, for their treatment i whatever, the Cancer growing worse a Numerous remedies were used for it bi grew steadily worse, until it seemed that to follow the others of the family, for I when inherited. I was advised to try Swi first day, forced out the poison. I contim bottles, when I was cured sound and wt dreadful affliction, though many years li for Cancer.?Mrs. S. M. Idol, Winston. N ' Our book on Cancer, containing information, will bo sent freo to ai Company, Atlanta, Georgia. aiany Perish in the Texas Flcod. Heartrending Stories of Great Destruction Comes from the Brazos, j St. Louis, July 7 ?A special to J ;he Post-Dispatch from AustiD, Texas, says: Governor Sayers received to3ay a message-from Sealey over the ong distance telephone saying that 1,000 persons who had taken refuge >n a mound three miles below there ire slowly perishing for the want of bod. To add to the horror, the un- \ 'ortunates c.re surrounded by poison)us reptiles. Huddling together vith the human beings are several rundred of live stock. A number of ; -hose on the mound have received rites from the reptiles and are in a | lying condition. RISING AT DUKE. Duke, Texas, July 7.?The flood j lituation is more grave today. The ! iver rose two feet during the night ind is still risiDg. The life savers of jralveston started out soon after dayight and are doing splendid work. The Galveston crews brought in 18 refugees last night from the high imbankment at the Sante Fe bridge >ver the Brazos, where the peoplj iad taken refuge. Refugees are locking in on all sides of the river* ?our deaths by drowning are reported lere in the last 24 hours. DROWNINGS AND DISASTERS. Richmond, Texas, July 7.?Never n the history of Richmond were' luch scenes witnessed as are depicted oday. Business is pracli'ally sus* )ended. Many plantations are under wafer. All trains, save those on the Southern Pacific west, have been abandoned. Provisions are running ow, and unless something is done quickly there will be great suffering iere in a few days. It is believed ,hat there will be at the very least rom 3,000 to 5,000 persons to feed rom this place within a week. Stories )f drownings and disaster are comng in constantly, but they cannot be ! verified, although it is probable that nany of them are correct. The vater has reached the river bridge tnd is dashing between the iron guy *ods under it, and for the first time the railroad company has stopped all raffic over it. 4T have used Chamberlain'd Cough Remedy in my family for years and ilways with good results," says Mr. W. B. Cooper of El Rio, Cal 'For small children we find it especally effective. ' For sale by J. E. [vaufmann. During 1898 the number of persons who made Alpine tours necessitating guides in the Tyrol was 13,000. A tired, sleepy, bilious ill is cured oy Dr. Sawyer's Little Wide Awake Pills. Little Wide Awake Pills reg-ilofo Vio efnmaMi anrl livpr anrl fill I iiaw l UV owuauvu MUV* I V? ;he bill. J. E Kaufmsnn. A Maryland law prohibits Baltimore policemen from doing mechanical work for the department, or for aire. earful disease often first appears ;re scratch, a pimple. or lump in ist. too small to attract any mtil, in many cases, the deadly s fully developed, r can not be cured by a surgical because the disease is a virulent ighout the system, and although Dancer?may be cut away, tlie romptlv breaks out afresh, with in curing obstinate, deep-neated red incurable, induced a few de2r, after exhausting the skill of ?h to their delight S. S. S. proved effected a cure. The glaa news cmonstrated my father, a this dreadful 5?\ &/ rhen the horill the while. it the Cancer mrs. s. m. idol. I was doomed know how deadly Cancer is. especially ft's Specific (S. S. S ), which, from the ted its use until I had taken eighteen dl. and have had no symptoms of the iave elapsed. S. S. S. is the onlv cure .c. o other testimonials and valuable ry address by the Swift Specific The tandem cycle is all right in its j way, but it will never see the day when it can supplant the hammock | built for two. Capital and labor are getting along j well enough together, but the trouble j is too many are trying to get capital J i without labor. | It might be well for the conceited i man to remember that the smallest onion i9 stronger than the largest ! pumpkin. You can't cure dyspepsia by dieting. Eat good, wholesome food, and j plenty of it.?Kodol Dyspepsia Cure I digests food without aid from the J v __J T -p | BlOUliiOll, UUU is mauc LU mit. 'j j?Kaufmann. The proposed public warehouse to be operated by the Toledo baDks seems j to be a go, as a majority of the banks favor the project. The average duration of life in Chicago ha9 been greatly increased j in the last thirty years, resulting in j the saving of 42,050 lives. A "Watertown (N. Y ) peddlar has , been sent to jail for four months be. 1 cause he kissed a child without per- j mission being first obtained. Thomas Rboads, Centerfield, 0 , j writes: "I suffered from piles seven j or eight years. No remedy gave me j relief until DeWitt's "Witch Hazel ! Salve, less than a box of which per- j manently cured me." Soothing, ! healiBg, perfectly harmless. Beware j of counterfeits. J. E. Kaufmann. It is believed that the most ancient i i rliMi'rmftrv in the world is the Chinese 1 lexicon compiled by Pacut-she, a j thousand years before Christ. The Street Railway Journal estimates the life of iron poles for overhead wires at thirty three years, and of wooden poles at eleven years. Two Chinamen, driving recklessly through Vancouver in an endeavor to overtake a funeral and drive away the evil spirits, ran over and kilied a child. The popularity of Dr. Sawyer's Ukatine as a Kidney cure is far reaching, as it permanently cures all Kidney disorders and brings you back to the realm of perfect health that insures true happiness. J. E. Kaufmann. A young woman at Muncie, Ind , was married in a costume of fleshcolored tights. She was a ballet dancer and the wedding occurred between the.acts. There are parts of Spain where the hat is unknown exceptin pictures. The men, when they need a covering, tie up their heads, and the women use flowers. The world would be gloomy indeed were there no light in the dark picture of ill health. Get rid of your kidney trouble by using Dr. Sawyer's L'katine. J. E Kaufmann. A marriage license was issued recently in Kentucky to "William Bird, aged 70, and Mary Chaff, aged 22. Remarks about catching birds with chaff are now in order. The report of the Russian Department of Prisons shows that in the j past two years the total number of ! persons banished to Siberia has been | 20,05G, cf whom S9-A were women. E. F. Ivenemur, . Pickens, S. C , write*: Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine has for 10 years greatly benefited me and many others. I think it a better medicine than Black i i Draught: use it in preference as it is ! milder, yet more efficient. The output of sardines on the i Maine coast is likely to be increased j from 900,000 cans in 189S to 2,000,- j 000 this year in consequence cf the j introduction of the new canning ma- j chine. J With all the gold we are sending j abroad just now we are sending people ! i who know how to distribute it. , i Gun-shot wounds and powder- j burns, cuts, bruises, sprains, wounds ! ' from rusty nails, insect stings and ! i ivy poisoning,?quickly healed by j I noWitl'a WifMl Sfilvp. Pofii i ! ; lively prevents blood poisoning. j | Beware of ecunteifeits. '\Da\YittV ! 1 is safe and sure. J. E. Kaufmanu. j j The salary of the State Treasurer 1 | of Colorado is 80,000 a year, and he j j enjoys the distinction, which Treas- ! j urers do not u-ually get, of having a j j higher salary than the Governor, the < i Governor's salary iu Colorado being j I 85,000. i Men and Officers for the New Army. Order for Enlistment of Volunteers Issued Yesterday. Plan For Thirteen Regiments? Where the Ten to Organize in U. S. Will Rendezvous?The States Expected to Fill Certain Regiments. Washington, July 6.?The order for the enlistment of volunteers for service in the Philippines was published today and seven more colonels to command the regiments were appointed. There are yet two colonels to be designated. Eight majors also were named. The recruiting will not begin until some time next week, the exact date not having been fixed yet. Recruiting stations will be opened in every State and territory, and as fast as the men are enlisted they will be sent to the regiments to be assigned to companies. State lines are obliterated, and the men first enlisting will be first to be mustered in. The assignment to companies will be by the officer commanding and he will be at liberty to organize a company composed of men from one State if he finds it convenient and practicable. The organization of the ten regimeuts in this country will not make any difference to the or j ganization of regiments in the Philpines by Gen. Otis. His regiments will be addition to those hereafter to be known as the Twenty-sixth to Thirty-fifth, inclusive, and will be numbered Thirty sixth upward. It is expected that three regiments will be organized in the Philippines. The regiments organized in the United States and the Philippines j will increase the army by 650 officers and 17,GG7 men, if there should be three full regiments formed by Gen. Otis. The colonels appointed today are under orders to proceed at once with the organization of the regiments. Some of the officers are now in the city and have been consulting the different bureau officers with regard to equipment and supplies for the men as they join the regiments. War Department, Washington, July 6tb, 1899. ' By direction of the President, the following general rules are prescribed for recruiting from the country at large, United States volunteers as provided by the act of congress approved March 2, 1899, published in general orders No. 36 of 1899, headquarters of the army, adjutant general's office, and for organizing the same into regiments: mL _ -i a -r : xne sireugiu oi icgiixieiuis, uuiueio and enlisted men will be as provided for by sections 4 and 12 of the act of congress approved March 2, 1899. The regiments to be organized in the United States will be designated, 26tb, 27: h, 28tb, 29:b, 30:b, 31st, 32J, 33d, 34th and 35th regiments of infantry United States volunteers. "Of the commissioned officers to be appointed for each of these regiments the field and staff officers, including medical officers and captains of companies, will be assembled at regimental rendezvous, as hereafter designated, for the purpose of theoretical and practical instruction in organization, military administration, drill regulations, discipline, hygiene, camp sanitation, etc. Daily instruction in the nomenclature, care and assembly of parts of the rifle and target practice will be a special feature of instruction of both officers and men. "Applicants for commissions, except officers of the regular army, will be r< quired to pass a satisfactory examination as to aye, moral, mental and physical fitness, and capacity to command troops, and must have had service during the Spanish-American war. ' The recruiting service of the regular army will be charged with recruiting from the country at large men for service in these volunteer regiments, whoso enlistments will be made for the peiiod ending June 30, 1001, unless sooner discharged and without restrictions as to citizenship or educational qualifications, but in all other respects under the same rules and regulations as are prescribed for recruiting the regular service, i Except in special cases only uDmar i ried men will be enlisted tor tu:",e l ^ regiments. In view of the probable severe service of these regiments aDcl , the climate conditions to which thev j may be sul j-cted the physical qualifications of both officers and enlisted , men is of first importance. Only j those fully qualified will be appointed or enlisted. "The lieutenants and two of the j medical officers of each regiment will i ? : as far as practicable, be assigned to I duty as assistants to recruiting offij cers of the regular army. "Upon arrival of the recruit9#t the regimental rendezvous, thecommandi ing officers of regiments will assign j them to companies and the appointment and reduction of regimental | and battalion non-commissioned staff ; and company, non-commissioned offi! cers and other enlisted grades will j be governed by the law and army | regulations. "Each regiment so organized, for | purposes of discipline and supply, j will be subject to the orders of the j commanding general of the depart| ment in which the rendezvous is ! located, and the regimental com| mander will report by telegraph to | adjutant general of the department J on his arrival at the regimental rendezvous. "Ten regiments of infantry, United States volunteers, will be organized as follows: "Twenty-sixth at Plattsbqrg barracks, New York. "Twenty seventh at Camp Meade, Pa. "Twenty-eighth at Camp Meade? pa. "Twenty-ninth at Fort McPheri son, Ga. "Thirteenth at Fort Sheridan, III. "Thirty-first at Fort Thomas, Ky. "Thirty-second at Fort Leavenworth, Kas. "Thirty-third at Fort Sam Housj ton, Tex. "Thirty-fourth at Fort Logan, Col. | "Thirty-fifth at Vancouver bar! racks, Washington. | (Signed) "11. A. Alger.5' "Secretary of War.'5 The regiments will be organized according to the provisions of the act i of March, 1899, and will consist of j 50 officers and 1,309 enlisted men 1 each. The. secretary of war gives the following instructions to govern the recruiting: The enlistment of men for the ten regiments of infantry, United States volunteers, will be made by the regular recruiting officers :it all city recruiting stations and military posts within the United States. JL/iaix ivjio iui icv/i uiuu^ ucoiguuicu j regiments are announced as follows, ! and recruiting officers will be govj erned accordingly: For the Twenty-sixth regiment, j Plattsburg barracks, N. Y; the New j England States, excepting Connettii cut and the portion of the State of | New York north of the 42 dpgrees of | latitude. For the Twenty-seventh regiment, j Camp Meade, Pa.; the State of Con: necticut, the portion of the State of j New York south of the 42d degree of i latitude, the States of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and the District of Columbia. For the Twenty-eighth regiment, ! Camp Meade, Pa; The States of j New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. For the Twenty-ninth regiment, Fort McPherson, Ga ; The States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, I Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. For the Thirtieth regiment, Fort ! Sheridan, 111; The States of Illinois, i Michigan and Wisconsin. For the Thirty-first regiment, Fort I Thomas, Ky ; The States of Ohio, Ini diana, Kentucky and Tennessee. For the Thirty-second regiment, Fort Leavenworth, Ivas ; The States i of Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas and the territories of Oklahoma and Indian. For the Thirty third regiment, , Fort Sam Houston, Tex ; The State | of Texas. For the Thirty-fourth regiment, Fort Logan, Colo; The States of | Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Minneso| ta, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana and the territories of Arizona and New Mexico. For the Thirty-fifth regiment, Vancouver barrack?, Washington: The States of California, Nevada, Oregon, : Washington and Idaho and theterrii ? j tory of Alaska. opaia s wreawsfc ATW&U, I ( | Mr. Iv P. Olivia, of Barcelona, j SpaiD, spends his winters at Aiken, 1 S. C. Weak Drives bad caused i severe pains in the back of the head. On using Electric Bitters, America's ; greatest Blood and Nervo Remedy, j all paiD 6oon left him. Ho says this < j grand mediciue is what his country I needs. All America knows that it , | cures liver and kidney trouble, purifies the blood, tones up the stomach, . strengthens the nerves, puts vim, vigor and new life into every muscle, nerve and organ of the body. If ' weak, tired or ailing you need it. ' Every bottle guaranteed, only 50 ^ | cents. Sold by J. E. Kaufmann, Druggist. Dangers of Patrimony. Baltimore Sun. From the time since the world began there have been male scoffers at matrimony, but, as a general rule, they have consisted of wretched old bachelors who could get nobody to have them. Whatever married men may think on the subject, they are usually too well disciplined to give expression to rebellious sentiments. The Divorced Men's Club, of Alameda, Cal., a suburb of San Franciso, eDjoys the distinction of glorifying in the escape of its members from the marital state and devotes itself to the work of warning deluded youDg men of the dangers of matrimony. "We have been there ourselves," they say in effect, "and we know whereof we speak. Those bent on wrecking their lives should profit by our sad aDd harrowing experiences. If you want to be happy* remain single. Adam had no trouble until Eve joined him in the Garden of Eden.'* The club is regarded by its members as a benevolent association, a sort of life saving service, and it has already done effective work in rescuing a number of men who were in imminent danger. In the words of the Secretary: ''Our club is doing a great deai of good in preventing men from allowing their love to get the better of their judgment. Several men who thought of getting qjarried have been saved by the Aissionaries, and we intend to push the good work along." The women who have been divorced from the members of the^lub could probably say something of their side about "sad and harrowing experiences/1 They were doubtless as glad to be freed from the bonds of matrimony as their husbands, aud many have had ever better cause for wishing their freedom. But they do not appear to have formed a club to denounce marriage or to proclaim the evils of wedlock. They no doubt ' realize their experience has been ex A A ^ r>/\f it* of i Vl OT7 ( cepuuuai, auu viu uuv nw fcuwv should attempt to prevent other pec- i pie being happy because they have i missed happiness themselves. ' A Frightfal Blunder Will often cause a horrible Bum, Scald, Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the best in the world, will kill the pain and promptly heal I it. Cures Old Sores, Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons, Corns, all Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. Only 25 cts. a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by J. E Kaufmann, Druggist. Served Him Bight. A tragedy occurred ten miles southeast of Greenville on Friday night of last week, in which Lum Watson, a prominent young farmer, was shot and mortally wounded by J. F.Sloan, a neighbor, also a farmer. Watson had been paying attention to Sloan's daughter, a bright handsome girl. Watson has made a dyiDg declara- ; tioD, stating that Miss Sloan bai ' made an engagement with him to j meet her Friday night. He was to hang about the house and when htr ' father had retired she would put out the light. He was to go to a win < dow and tap three times to notify ' her of his presence. At midnight the light was extinguished, he went to the window and tapped and icceived a load of buck-hot in his j breast. Our war in the Philippines is only costing us a cool million a day. ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate ol 71 cents per square of one inch sj'ace for first insertion, and 50 cents per inch for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made with thoee wishing to advertise for three, six and twelve months. Notices in the local column 6 cents per line each insertion. Obituaries charged for at the rate of one cent a word, wten they exceed 100 words. Marriage notices inserted free. Address G. M. HARMAN, Editor and Publisher. A Trade Getter. We have lost trade by being out of Ramon's Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets. We can seldom ever induce a customer to take any other as a substitute for them when they have once tried Ramon's.?Justice & Fletcher, Crossville Ala. For sale by G. M. Harman and J. E. Kaufmaun. ? ? Ground has been broken for the erection of a cotton compress at Sumter. The organ for the new Presbyterian church at Spartanburg will cost *2,800. Col. Tillman wants to organize a regiment in South Carolina for enlistment in the Philippine War. Recent rains have saved the rice planters of the lower part of the State from serious disaster by drought Sick Headache, Wind on the Stomach, Biliousness, Nausea, are juiokly cured by a few doses of Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. Some men can make a little money 50 a long way. A mechanic recently , drew a copper cent out into 5,700 feet of wire. "Do you know," said the man who was going to have a tooth pulled, "I don't think 'dental parlor' is a good phrase." "Nu?" "'Drawing room' would be better." DeWitt's Littlo Early Risers benefit permanently. They lend gentle assistance to nature, causing no pains or weakness, permanently - luring constipation and liver ailments. J. E. Kaufmann. The latest political gossip is that Hon. Joe McCulloueh, of Greenville, s going to sbie his castor into the urena and conteqd with Hon. StanFame Wilson for Congressional hon)rs. J. M. SwearigaD, who graduated at Uedar Spring Institute a few years igo, took a course in the South Caroina College and graduated therefrom it the head of his class. He is the 5rat blind man ever to have gradated at this college. DeWitt's Little Early Risers expel ,'rom the system all poisonous accu nulations, regulate the stomach, towels and liver, and purify the Dlood. They drive away disease, lissipate melancholy, and give wealth and vigor for the daily rou:ine. Do not grippe or sicken. J. E. Kaufmann. A correspondent thinks that there s something in the American air :hat inclines people to chew. Men jhew tobacco and women chew gum; [t is probably because America is a free country, where people do pretty much as they chews. A hole in his right heel enabled a aegro workman in the diamond field }f South Africa to secrete and steal ^ems to the value of $273,00. These tie expressed io small parcels of fruits to a cousin in Kings William's Town, in the extreme south of Africa, from svhich place both recently departed for England. "What might have been"?if that little cough hadn't been neglected? is the sad reflection of thousands of consumptives. One Minute Cough Cure cures coughs and colds. J. E* Ktiufmann. The Augusta Chronicle, like many others, is mistified: It says; "The more we read of the Philippine operations which Uncle Sam is now pursuing, the more we wonder what CTccle Sam paid the twenty million dollars for." Di-RU-NA'S ' VICTORY. r?? Z)r. 5. Z>. Hart man, ^ yS^^' ^\ ^EAR ^IR: ~*feel BrW *% ,\\ likeanewwoman ,|| since using your Your medicine ^as helped me so $M\ ^y' much that 1 can *?iil 1F_ work and never feci tired out. When I first began to use your medicine I couldn't sweep my own room, run the sewing machine or lift anything, noteven achair. Iteven hurt mc to ride or walk any distance. Now I can do all this, and I believe more, and never feel the effects of it. I feel so proud of the way it has brought me out that I tell it far and near I can heartily recommend your medicine to any woman suffering from female disease 1 know from experience that your medicine will do just what you say it will I thank you. Doctor, a thousand times for your treatment. I shall recommend your medicine wherever I <ro I know what it lias done for me and 1 know it. will do tlie same for others I feel that, there are thousands r>f other women who would, after usinfj your treatment, as I did, be thankful. I ain so plad 1 pot your treatment. This month is the lirst time in my life that I can remember of having my menses without pain. Why, I can't do anything but recommend Pe-ru-na.? Miss Kmina D Uoldcn. Wilberforec, O. The IV ru-na Medicine Co., Columbus. O . will mail Dr. Hartman'sspecial book for women, fiec on application, to women only. Alldruggistssell Pe-ru-na. /