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f BE8T ADVERTISING MEDIUM ?IN? Wsttern South Carolina 0 BATES SEASONABLE. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER ANNUM JOB PMC k SPECIM. ' m u?iL The Lexington Dispatch, Jt Representative newspaper. Covers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Counties Like a Blanket. VOL. XXX. LEXIXGTOX, S. C., WEDXESDAY, JAXTARY 17. 1900. AO. It) 6L0BE DRY GOODS COMPANY, Tij~ "W"" 22- ZfcvSOOSrCIECTO^T, TZ3., 4 femteL-] MA1N STREET, COI.UMniA, ?. O.,' In Ufl' J^SSuS Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. wf frYTl^ " October n-tt V inp for Men. p| $350 WILLOW CALF, v; J?L Jg FAT. YICI KID, ^11# P*t FRENCH CALF ALL STYLES. r 'Tis a walk over for them to be Compared with other Shoes. the: shoe: man, 1603 Main Street COLUMBIA, 8. C. September 20 6m. r That Grow and Bear Frnit. j Write for our CO page ilwL'tov ustrated Catalogue and 40 >asr? pamphlet. "How to ^lant and Cultivate an Orhard " Gives you that inormation you have so long Ehwtfil ,vaQ*ed; tells you all about - jw hose big red ?pples. lucious WBgay peaches, and Japan plums with theirorien'al sweetness. ^ ill of which you have ofren wondered where the trees 'sme from that produced jyi EVERYTHING GOQD IN man9TK d roiiiTe rnviidi ^ Unusal fine st^ck of SILVER Jjfc jlIAPLES.younfir.thrift7t?eea ?jL4. ?? ' "*nioot4i andstrai ht.thokind chat li'"e and grow off well. 5jgg|a^ So old. rough trees. This is he most rapid growing maBMgyjjp pie and one of the most beaulo tiful shade trees, v SsjWHiSJI Write for prices and give * p list of wants. J. Van Lindlcy Xnrscry Co., LOANiBXCHANGE BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA State, City & County Depository COLUMBIA, S. C. Capital Plaid in Full $150,000 00 Surplus 3 j, 000.00 Liabilities of Stockholders 150,000.00 $335,000.00 SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Internet at the rate of 4 per centum per an nam paid on deposits in this department. TRUST DEPAR1MENT, This Bank under special provision of its eharter exercises the office of Executor, Administrator, Trustee or Guardian of Es tates. SAFETY DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Fire and Burglar proof safety deposit for rent from $4 00 to $12 00 per year. EDWIN W. ROBERTON, President, A. C. HASKELL, Vice President J. CALDWELL ROBERTSON, 2d Vice President G. M. BERRY,Cashier. February 12? ly. THE cimu nmm bus COLUMBIA, S. C. CAPITAL $100.000 00 SURPLUS 30.000 00 ESTABLISHED 1871. JAMES WOODKOW, President. JULIUS WAIKER. Vice Pres dent. JEROME H. SAWYER, Cashier. DIRECTORS?James Woodrow, John A. Crawford, Julias H. Walker, C. Fitzsimxnons, W. C. Wright, W. h. Gibbes. John T. Sloan. T. T. Moore, J. L. Mimnaugh. E. S. Joynes. This bank solicits a share, if not all, of your business, and will grant every favor consistent with safe and oufcd banking. January 29, 1897?ly. Saw Mills, Light and Heavy, and Supplier. CHEAPEST AND BEST. 0T*Ca?t every day; work 180 hands. Lombard Iron Works and 8upply Co., ; AUGUSTA, QKOttGIA. January 27? GEORGE BRUITS | MAIN ST., COLUMBIA. S. C., JEWELER ~ REPAIRER! j Hm a splendid stock of Jewelry, Watches, ' Clocks and Silverware. A tine line ol Spectacles and Eyeglasses to fit every one, ail for sale at lowest prices. Bep&irs on Watches first class quickly done and guaranteed, at moderate - prices. 60?tf. W. A RECKLING,! iiETIST, | COLUMBIA, S. C., ! 18 NOW MAKING THE BEST PIC tores that can be bad in this country, and all who have never bad a real tine picture, should now try some of his latesl styles Specimens can be seen at his Ga1lery, up stairs, next to ths Hub. Legislative Proceedings. Wednesday?House Twenty-six new bills were introduced in the House of Representatives last Wednesday. Two were killed and ten withdrawn by their authors. A bid to prevent gambling, chicken fighting and illicit seliiDg of whieky within five miles of any church was r\ /Hr-Anocir\n HK1CU ni ICl Ok OUV/1U Uiovuootvyu. The bill relating to damages caused by defective highways was killed. SECOND READING BILLS The following are among the bills which have passed their second reading: A bill which p ovides that in the dissolution of partnership "no acknowledgement, payment, or part payment or renewal, of any debt or obligation of a firm, made after notice of the dissolution of the copartnership, shall have any force or effect to bind any member of the | firm, or continue his liability to paysaid copartnership debt, other than the person by whom such acknowledgement, payment, part payment or renewal, shall be made, or in anywise affect their right to plead the statute of limitation or the presumption of payment from lapse of time." A bill to amend section 334 (227) of Vol. 1 of the revised statutes of lSc>3, so as to allow a mortgagee to I pay any delinquent 'taxes due upon any property owned by a mortgagor, ] i < 1 - < L .11 L 3 I lUgeiuer Willi an ousts auu peuamco which may have accured thereoD, i and to include the same, with interest thereon, in the debt secured by the mortgage. This secures the taxes on property on which there is no mortgage as well as that mortgaged. The-bill introduced by the committee on federal relations requesting representatives in congress to introduce a measure providing for the appointment of graduates of the South Carolina Military academy to lieutenancies in the United States standing army. The joint resolution constituting the secretary of state, attorney general and adjutant and inspector general a commission to provide a State armory in the State house. The bill to further restrain school trustees, etc., from buying, discounting or contracting for teachers' pay certificates. The bill to exempt cities of over 10,000 inhabitants from the provisions of the dispensary law was made the special order for January 23 J. The following are some of the most important ne w bills introduced: i Proposing an amendment to con- 1 stitution relating to municipal bonded indebtedness. < To amend pension laws so as to ] include the maimed, irrespective of 1 age. To provide for the control and ' suppression of tuberculosis among cattle. To limit the number of acres of land which an alien or a corporation controlled by aliens may own in this State. To define the pension law. Relating to the transportation of j dead bodies. To amend law relating to working convicts on private farms. Relating to examination of teachers for certificates. To require one disinterested witness to bills of safe and mortgages. To amend constitution so as to place in State treasury for general purposes the State's pro rata part of dispensary profits. To amend the law relating to building and loan associations. To make rates of railroad transportation 2 12 and '1 cents. To amend an act relating to the "Fourth Brigade." To amend the act relating to ad- j vertising legal notices. To exempt graduates of South ; Carolina Medical college from exam- ; ination for license. Describing the beneficiaries of life insurance policies. To fix the time for the payment of j State and countv taxes. j To amend the code cf ci.ul pro- | ceduieso far as relates to service of j magistrates. To regulate the enactment of ordi- j nances by municipalities. Eczema! The Only Cure. Eczema is more than a skin disease, and no skin remedies can cure it. The doctors are unable to effect a cure, and their mineral mixtures are damaging to the most powerful constitution. The whole trouble is in the blood, and Swift's Specific is the only remedy which can reach such deep-seated blood diseases. Eczema broke oat on my daughter, and continued to spread until her head was entirely covered. She was treated HHar by several good doctors, jgf but grew worse, and the ET dreadful disease spread YL flcj to her fare. She was tfw V ceivedno benefit. Many patent medicine's were taken, but withput result. until we decided to try S. S. S.,and by th# lime the first bottle was finished, her head began to heal. A dosen bottles cured her comJfietely and left her skin perfectly smooth. She s now sixteen years old. and has a magnificent growth of hair. Not a sign of the dreadful disease has ever returned. n. T. Shore. 2701 Lucas Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Don't expect local applications of soaps and salves to cure Eczema. They reach only the surface, while the disease comes from within. Swift's Specific S.S.S.r!LBlood is the only cure and will reach the most obstinate case. It is far ahead of all similar remedies, because it cures cases which are beyond their reach. S. S. S. is purely vegetable, and is the only blood remedy guaranteed to contain no potash, mercury or other mineral. Books mailed free by Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Georgia. To make stenographers' notes formal and conclusive evidence. To amend the code relating to the bearing of motions. To validate the jury list9 in the 3everal counties in the State. Wednesday-Senate. Messages were received from the governor transmitting the report of the phosphate inspector and the memoiial in reference to draining the low lands. The memorial was referred to the committee on agrirulture. The report of penitentiary investigation wa9 received and it was moved :o receive the report as information, to discharge the committee with the thanks of the senate for the faithful Jischarge of their duty, and that reDort be not printed in the journal. Harried. Senator Archer moved to commit to the committee on finance Mr. San 3ers' bill to provide for the inspection of oils or other fluids used as liuminating fluids in this State. Mr. Archer stated that the committee )D commerce and manufactures had | reported unfavorably on a similar rill. Senator Sheppard wanted to recommit the bill to the same committee. There was some discussion is to which committee the bill should oe sent. It was finally sent to committee on commerce and manufactures. The enacting words were stricken out of a house bill to amend an act providing for formation of new counties A bill to amend the Jim Crow car [aw was recommitted to the committee on railroads, which had reported the bill without recommendation at the last session. On motion of Senator Blakeney, the enacting words were stricken out of the house bill to repeal the act passed in 1888 to protect primary elections and conventions. A bill to amend an act entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to amend section 27 of an act to provide a system cf couLty government for the several counties of this State, so far as it relates to the working and maintaining the roads and highways in this State, was referred to judiciary committee. A resolution to investigate the dispensary was referred to the judiciary committee. Thursday -House. The house settled down to work this morning and at the end of the session a great deal of work was accomplished. At a meeting of the j jint assembly Justice Eugene 13. Gary was unanimously elected to succeed himself. This was quite a compliment to the Justice as it is indicative of the esteem in which he is held by buth Reformers aud Conservatives fur his learning, fairness and courtesy. The senate bill providing for water meters iu S.ate institutions was kiiled as was also an amendment to ttie anti usury law. The proposed amendment to the Constitution to make the length of term of representatives four yeais received its death blow by having the enacting words stricken out. On motion of Mr. Efird no action was taken for the present on his joint resolution which provides that the sessions of the General Assembly shall be bi-annual. The next bill killed was one proposing that the appointment of beneficiary scholarships in the State colleges be apportioned among the several townships of the respective counties by rotation among the townships, and that j'd case a township has no applicant then the next township in order shall be awarded the scholarship. There was a fight on the bill to allow suits to be brought to recover damages on policies or contracts of fire insurance for loss occasioned by fire, without first entering into arbitration to ascertain the amount of such loss. It was ordered to a second readiag. The following bills were with- j drawn by their authors: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to extend jurisdiction of j magistrates in criminal cases to a | fine not to exceed $200 or imprison- j ment not to exceed 12 months. Re j lating to penalties for violation of contract was passed to ft third reading after several attempts had been made to kill it. The bill merely i provides that the law relating to | farm labor be extended to all classes of labor?violation of contract being regarded a misdemeanor. NEW BILLS. A bill to prevent trusts, etc, from i being formed and operated in this State. To regulate the giving of bonds by county dispensers, bonds to be fVio omnnnf. nf fifnnb nn hand at any time during the year. To provide for the erection of monuments on the battlefield of Chickamauga to the valor and heroism of South Carolina soldiers. To require persons to go to the nearest magistrate for a warrant. To amend county government act. To require burning of dead swine. To provide for one supervisor of registration in each county. Providing for the collection of certain fees by the secretary of Stale. To confirm title of city of Columbia in the old city hall site. The house then adjourned. Thursday-Senate. The senate's session today was short and uneventful. About an hour was devoted to the introduction of new bills, of which theie were 10, and to the consideration of the cakn dar. After that a recess of a few minutes was taken until the hour of noon when the senate and house met in joint assembly. Senator Graydon's resolution to instruct and require the attorney general to investigate the operation of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company was really the only interesting j measure introduced. As is generally i known this concern has purchased nearly all the phosphate or fertilizer factories in the South and now conj trol8 all of them in South Carolina ; with only a few exceptions. The I purpose of Senator Graydon's resolution is to determine whether this combine has violated the anti-trust j laws of this State and to have the attorney general institute proceedings against the company if ground of action be found. This is the first j measure which might be termed j anti-trust legislation to come before j j the general assembly since the ur- j precedented development of the in- ! dustries of the State within the last I : few years and the rapil multiplica' tion of corporations. BeiDg Limself a well-posted lawyer. Senator Graydon may have good grounds for his action. The resolution went ovtr for consideration. The only debate among the sena- i tors was upon the bill rfquiring returns of banks to be made with the ! comptroller general. The b.ll was | killed hy a decisive vote and it is I ' thus seen that the senate is not dis- j ' posed to be unnecessarily harsh in | its treatment of corporations. NEW BILLS A bill fixing the weight of a j ; bushel of bolted corn meal. ! A bill to make stenographer's nott s | i of testimony and judges' charge a j final and conclusive evidence of what ! was sworn and charged. A bill to validate jury lists. A bill to amend subdivision 4 of | | section 402 of the code of civil pro- j I cedure relating to the hearing of j motions. A bill to regulate the enactment of ordinances by towns and cities. A bill to provide a uniform registry j law. A bill to require the directors of j the penitentiary to erect a plant and j manufacture acid phosphates with convict labor. A bill to amend the law relating ! [ to summonses in magistrates' courts, j A bill to repeal the provision ro j quiriDg foreign notaries public to I furnish certificates as to official char- i acter. The concurrent resolution introduced in the house by the committee ! on federal relations requesting repre- | sentatives in coDgrees to introduce a measure providing for the appointment of graduates of theSauth Carolina Military academy to lieutenancies in the United States army, was read and referred to the committee on military. SECOND READING RILLS. On motion of Senator Mayfield the i unfavorable report on the house bill to amend an "act to regulate the practico.in the trial of issues of fact { in equity cases in the court of com- J mon pleas'' was adopted and the bill I rejected. The house bill to make it a mis- j demeanor to swear falsely or commit fraud in the management of a primary election or voting in same, was passed to its third reading. At Senator Mower's request, his bill to require publications of all [ ] petitions fur pardons before filing with the Governor was recommitted 1 to the judiciary committee. At Senator Conner's request the i ' same disposition was made of his bill ? relating to the privilege tax on fer- ' tilizers. Senator Hay's concurrent resolu- : 1 tion to elect directors of the peni- j 1 tentiary was laid on the table. ] At this point the senate went to ' house of representatives for the joiDt assembly to elect a supreme < court justice. Immediately after re- 1 turning, the senate adjourned until 11 o'clock tomorrow. * A CLEAR HEAD; good digestion; sound sleep; a fine appetite and a ripe old age, are some ofthe results of the use of Tutt's Liver Pills. A single dose will convince you of their wonderful effects and virtue* A Known Fact. An absolute cure for sick headache, dyspepsia, malaria, sour stomach, dizziness, constipation bilious fever, piles, torpid liver and all kindred diseases. Tutt's Liver Pills Ten Thousand Paid. i i Supt. G-riffi:h and the Penitentiary's j Annual Showing. Columbia State. Superintendent Griffith of the < State penitentiary last week com- j pitted the financial portion of his an- ' nual report. During the day he i paid $10,000 into the State treasury j and he announces that he has on ! h md in cash and cotton u asold and bills collectible the sum of $5,450.28. He also states that plenty of com, etc, has been made this year to tupply the State farms for another year. The summary of the institution's financial statement is as follows: Balance on hand Der. 31, '9884,894.44 j Total receipts for 1809... 63,518 23 j $68,322.67 j Total expenditures for'90, $58,436 00 | Cash on hand Jan. 1,1000,$ 0,886 67 i Cash rec'd since Jan. 1, '10, 2,963 61 j 45 bales cotton unsold, at $30 1,350 00 i Amount due and collectible 1,250 00 ! f . i $15,450.28 j Amount paid State treas. 10,000.00 j 13 A on Land and collectible $5,450 28 > J Fdic cocoanuts can be found at i 3 the Baiotar, cheap. 1 I ^ absoiuteiy "i Makes the food more de BOYAt BAKING POWI Madman Command Camp. Story of the Pitiful State of Lieu tenant General Methuen. Ordered the Magersfontein Attack Against Advice of Many Officers. Quarrelled with Leaders?To be Relieved as Soon as Possible. Chicago, January 11.?A special cable to the Chicago Tribune from London, says: Lieutenant General Lord Mathuen, commanding the column advancing to the relief of Kimberlev, is to be relieved of his com- 1 mand wiihin two weeks. Later he will be sent to Cape Town and event- ^ ually ordered home. When he reaches England he will be retired. These facts have been confirmed by an official of the war office. Lord Methuen's case is a sad one. Always , a man of rather frail physique?al- j though a clever boxer and an all round ] sportsman?his constitution began to j show signs of breaking down almost ( immediately after he took cemmand ( of his division. i I Three days after the battle of Bel- ? mont Gen. "Wolseley suggeeted to the ^ war office that Methuen be relieved. His advice was not heeded. The ^ wisdom of the aged but keen com- ? mander-in-chief of the British army j is now realized to the fullest extent , e by the war office who scoffed at his f suggestion. ^ Friends of Lord Methuen insists j that he is in broken health, that the ] 3train of many campaigns has shat- v tered his naturally nervous system. a Those who know the circumstances ^ md situation on Modder river equally g well and who are willing to state facts plainly, says that Methuen's mind is unbalanced. J Constant proof of this has been Homing to the notice of the officials | Df the war office for two weeks past. The commander of the Modder river , forces has bombarded the govern- ( ment with some of the most remark- , able messages ever received from a General in action. One received a j a few days ago, is a fair sample of the rest. It contained just three ' wordr. "Darkness after dawn."' It is stated by those acquainted with the inner workings and campaign adopted by the war office, that * Lord Kitchener, the hero of Oiiu ' durman, who with Lord Huberts ar- 1 rived at Cape Town today, will pro- 1 ceed immediately to Modder river. < He many not take active field com- 1 mand of the troops but will put the 1 column in working order again and 1 then assign some one else, probably Gen. Colville, to take Methuen'splace. 1 Lord Methuen, in addition to his 1 other eccentricities, has quarrelled 1 with a number of officers under him. Three of them, CjI. Arthur Paget, Cjl. Gjugb and Capt. Campbell, he ordered home. They arrived in London today. CjI. Gjugb, who commanded the cavalry detachment in the Magersfontein battle, is seeking 1 vindication by court martial. When Gough attempted to discuss the plan 1 of the Magersfontein attack Methuen 1 ordered him under arrest. TheLon- 1 don Dress is considerately suppress- ^ ~~ i." - ing the true state of affairs so far as Methuens ailment is concerned. But the papers do not hesitate to print 1 the hard facts about the battl6 of Magersfontein, which are just reaching London through the mails, all of which go to show, in the language of an officer that "the attack was thatcf a madman." The death of Lord Wauchope, i commander of the Black Watch, was J one of the many sad results of that j engagement. Lord Wouchope it is j now well known, realized the futility ; of the assault as planned by Methuen. ; He argued strongly and expostulated j bitterly against it. Methuen, how ! ever, persisted, and the two quar- j relied over the matter the night be- , fore the battle which proved so dis- j astrous to the Britihh forces. A j member of the Black Watch in a | letter just received, gives the details of the charge which led Wauchope to hie death. He quotes the Gene Baking Powder Hire licious and wholesome ?ER CO.. HEW YORK. rain dying words?words showing how fully he realized the situation even in the hour of his death. The letter reads: "It was one of the darkest nights we ever saw. The rain fell in torrents, aud we went or\and forward, falling, stumbling and slipping over rocks and ant hills. It was impossible to see where we were going. After we had been taken by surprise our right battalion charged but the men were mown down like grain before the reaper. Gen. Waucbope was shot at the beginning of the charge. When he saw the mistake that had happened, he shouted: Tlally 'round me, Black Watch. Its not my fault.'" "Then he fell, literally riddled with bullets." Letters from men seiving in the Moddor river column tell of the demoralization of the troops since the commander's incapacitation. A Highland brigade man says: 'There s not the slightest doubt that ir .it t_._ i__i a. jren. lueiuueu nas iosi ilie cuuuJence of every man in the Highland brigade. I am not going too far in laying that they are afraid to trust -heir lives with him." "Wauchope, no doubt, went out to < ind death," writes Sergeant Grey, i 'when such a disastrous fire opened. 3e had previously shouted to the Argyll Highlanders: 'Don't blamo me or this. I received my orders and i lad to obey them.' With proper landling we could have cleared the 3oers out in two hours. As it was ve were taken into a butcher's shop ind left there." Djzen of other leters are printed all of them of the lame tone. THE BOERS REPULSED AT LADYsMITII London, January 12?The Djily Mail says: ''We learn that the attack on Ladysmith last Saturday, in which ;be Boers were repulsed, the British losses were 14 officers killed, 3d wounded, and over 800 non-commissioned officers and men killed or wounded. "The Boer losses, we bear, are estimated at between 2,000 to 3,000." Having1 a Great Bun on Chamtorlain's Cou^h Bsmady. Manager Martin, of the Pierson Irug store, informs us that be is having a great run on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He sells five bottles of that medicine to one of any Dther kind, and it gives great satisfaction. In these days of la grippe there is nothing like Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to stop the cough, heal up the sere throat and lungs and give relief within a very short time. The sales are growing, and all who try it are pleased with its prompt action.?South Chicago Daily Calumet. For sale by J. E. Kaufmann. Alb A VI" ACbb. Some years ago, before Mr. Isi lore, the composer, made his name he wa9 abroad, and at a "At Home" a friend took him up to a lady who sonsidered herself musical, and asked permission to introduce him to her. She replied loudly enough for Mr. Isidore to hear: ' Oh, no, thanks. I never make acquaintances on the Continent." Sometimes afterward, at a crowded London party, when Mr. Isidore was the lion of the evening, the same lady rushed up to him, in a most effusive mannei: ' How nice it is to see you again Mr. Isidore; it seems such ages since we met abroad. You must be sure and come to my Tuesdays." The composer bowing, replied: "Thank you; but I never renew an acquaintance made on the Continent." If the Baby is Cutting Teeth Be 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. Twenty-live cents a bottle. It is the best of all. ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate ol 75 cents per square of one inch st-ace for first insertion, and 50 centa per inch for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contraota made with those wishing to advertise for three, six and twelve months. Notices in the local column 5 oenti pet lino each insertion. Obituaries charged for at the rate of one cent a word, when they exceed 100 words. Mfirriago notices inserted free. Address G. M. I1ARMAN, Editor and Publisher. Discovered "by a Woman. A ?, 4.1,.i: l t .-luuiuui gieac uiscwvery uaa uccu made, and that too, by a lady in this country. 'Disraso fastened its clutches upon her and for seven years she withstood its severest tests, but her vital organs were undermined and death siemed 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, has been absolutely cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lu'z.' Thus writes W. C Hamnick & Co, of Shelby, X. C. Trial bottles free at J E. Ivaufmann's Drug Store. Regular size 50c. and $1 00. Every bottle guaranteed. ? ? ? News from Around Ella. To the Editor of the Dispatch: The repairs on Mfc. Pleasant school house have been completed and Miss Essie, the accomplished daughter of Mr. S. S. Lindler, has enrolled 71 pupils, and began January 8 since Christmas. Mr. P. G. Taylor and family visited Mr. J. It. W. Seases a short while since. Mr. Taylor has recenty purchased two fine young mules. The recent freeze bursted pipes sprang valves to steam mills. The millmen have about made their repairs and started cutting lumber. Many new grounds are being cleared and in future years will produce eight cents cotton. The general verdict among farmers is to buy very little, if any, guano this spriog. It is thought that lands planted in cotton last spring and well fertilized will make a good crop as the last year's crop did no exhaust the fertilizers. Superintendent Kyzer was visiting v * .1 l 1 scnoois recently ana gave some Beneficial advice to the pupils and made a lasting impression on the minds cf many of the patrons. There will be communion services at Mt. Pleasant on the fourth Sunday. Preparatory services on Saturday before at 3 p. m. Mr. George Derrick has moved lo the Ella saw mill and now pulls the lever. He looks like he has been at the business all his life. Prof. S. S. Lindler has his pupils at Ridge Road to write letters twice a week and other oiiginal exercises daily. They are improving nicely in the vertical system. Mr. M. C. Shireyof Newberry Cotton Mills bought a tract of land near Eila recently and speaks of making this his home in the future. Somebody appropriated for their own use several of Mr. Samuel L: Shealy's chickens recently. Now such work is very risky as Mr. John W. Crout has two very fine blocd hounds close by and the meddle some parties may be trailed up. Sweet music can be heard at the home of Mr. Wesley Nichols. His wife, like most music loving ladies, bought a grand chapel organ and now in their old days they pass many delightful hours iu singing and playing. The free delivery of mails along the star routes north of Lessville is greatly appreciated. It has b. one so useful that should a change be made it would cause the greatest inconvenience. The succeis of this is due to having placed such an accommodating gentleman as carrier. The fine appearance of Mr. Crosson and his uncomplaining accommodations win for him and his work the admiration of all. Those who have never experienced this convenience of having their mails brought to the door by a trustworthy carrier may justly envy the fortunate. A Reader. . . H9 Fooled Tli? Surgeons, All doctors told Renick Hamiltcn, of West Jeffereon, 0 , after suffering 18 months from Rectal Fistula, he wnnld die unless a costly ODeraticn was performed; but he cured himsilf with five boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the surest Pile cure on Earth, and the best Salve in the World. *5 cents a box. Sold by J. E. Kaufmann, Druggist. At th.3 Hsad of His Class. -I can tell a lie the minute I lear it." "Yoj can beat that, Liaiby. You can tell one the minute you think of it." It member that you can find fine apples, oranges, lemons, cocoanuts, raisins, tigs, nuts, the very best stick and fancy caudies, etc, at the Bazaar