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& t ?g?BBCBB^aqaiuB??g?B? ? ii>T ^ ??8EST SDVERTiSiSO MEDIUM ?m? Wes zrn $oulh Carolina. * 0 BATES REASONABLE. O SUBSCRIPTION SI PER ANNUM m PRINTING A SPETIALTY. nmEIiiFll J??J"3MBHrog?M?W?WK?I??aa^^5r?wi*irw-g?' tlfcl, WW?IIWU>.?MBI^BaBaMBMMMBBtiWWBaiMMM3BMaW The Lexington Dispatch.1 |t Bepresentatitfe Newspaper. Bouers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Counties Like a Blanket. VOL. XXX. LEXIXGTOX, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH T, 1900. X0. 17 ^ | ^ l,-,,,.,,,,,...!! M i GLOBE DRY GOODS COMPANY, , Sf -W. 22. MOITCSTOIT, 0*25., i fM\' 1?3Q MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C., ' ^hrl^Ir r^&DSolicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. m 1 J~H ?"toberI3-tt ' j WJtSSfcirassB'ters , - ' ' I ' ! !LADIES' SHOES! , ' ll . | ! ;'X, | We have abou* 350 pair* of Hand Tutd : arid Hand Welt $2 SO #3.0') and $3 5" ' y ; Ladies' Shoes. Most cf them small s>zes j that are odd >ots from one and two s> ai sons tbat we iotend to it'ose out. We i need room tor Spring Sho?s is the reason lor this low price. This is the time j for you to save money. ' t i i ????? V | JONLV 75CTS. A PAIR. | r; i & I _ I ' iLSVEE, THE SHOE MAN, ! 1603 Main Street COLUMBIA, S. C. j September 20 6m -/ v. -'' j Grow and Bear Fruit. mWS Write for our CO page 11tk >i^r Jstinted Catalogue and 40 ige pamphlet. "How to ^ ' ant and Cultivate an Orv hard " Gives you that in>rination you have so long hose big: red <ppies. lueious eaches. and Jap^tn plums vith theirorien'atsweetness. I ill of which you have often vondered where the trees j|mo from that produced .YERYTKte'Q 000D IN FRUITS. Jntml fl?e st-ck of SILYFR iAPLEs. youiiff.thrifty trees * *rno< tb undstrai ht.Thckind hit live and gr <w off well il<? old rough trees This is he most rapid growing maele r.d one 01 the mdsi bcauifnl shad^ trees. Write for prices and give ist of wants. I. Can Lindlcy Sarsery Co., POMOSA, X. C. F-r OF SOOTH CAROLINA Stats,. City & County Depository COLUiLBIA, S. C. Capital Faid in Fall $150,000 0( Surplus.^ 3 ,000.0< Liabilittes of Stockholders 150,000.00 $335.000. Of' SAVINGS PE?AET3rIE2TT. Interest at the rate oi 4 per eeatum per an num paid on deposits in this department TRUST REP A li 2 MEN T. This B*nk under special provision of it* charter exercises the office of Executor v Administrator, Trustee or Guardian of Us tales. SAFETY DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Fire and Barg<ar pro. t safety deposifor rent from $4 u0 to $10 CO per year. EDWIN W. EOBEBTON. y President, a. c. haskell, Vice President J. CALDWELL KOBEBISON, 2d Vice President G. M. BEREY,Cashier. V February la- -ly. TEE ' COLUMBIA, S. C. CAPITAL $100.000 00 SURPLUS 30.000 00 ESTABLISHED 1.-71. JAMES WOODKOW, President. JULIUS WAT KER. Vice Pres-dent. EROME H. SAWYER. C^Mer. DIRECTORS James Woodrow. John A. Crawford. Julias H Walker, C. Fitzsimiaons, W C Wright. W. K. Gibbos. John T. Sloan. T T. Moore. J. L. Mimnangh. E. S Jovat-s. rjlHIS BANK SOLJC rs A SHARE, IF 1 not all. of your business, and will grant every favor consistent with safe and soond banking. January 29. 1S97?ly. I Saw Mills, -v L>?iit hji.'I H-avy, and >uppil?a. ! CHEAPEST AND BEST. , EST~C*-? everv tlav; w>r< ISO hands. Lombard Iron Works and Supply Co., 1 yJ AUG'JS i'A, GLOuGIA. January 27 GEOStGH BBTOS M 4, IN ST.. COL U M P.I A. S. C., JEWELER "a REPAIRER Has a splendid stock of Jewelry, Watcher, Clocks ana Silverware A fine liue of y Spectacles and Eyegkisses to fit every one, ail for sale at lowest prices Cepsir3 on Watches first class qnicklv done and guaranteed. at moderate pricas fiO?tf. - W. A. RECKLIA'G, A?TIST, fs. C? IS NOW MAKING THE BEST PTC tares that can be bad in this country, and all who have never bad a real fine picv tare, sbonld now try some ci nis latest stylos. Specimens c?n bo seen at bis Gai~V Iery; np stairi, next to the Hub. ?a????c?w^np? HOLD THE PHILIPPINES. South Carolina's Junior Senator Favors Retaining Them. In Advocating the Doctrine of Expansion He Declares that It is Not a Political Question?Some Discussion on the Financial Bill. Washington, February 28.?Notwithstanding the agreement made bv the Senate to vote on the Hawaiian %! government bill at today's sessioD, the final vote on the measure was postponed until 4 o'clock tomorrow. Practically no progress was made on the bill today, although it was under consideration nearly four hours. Mr. Aldrich explained the conference work on the financial measure. One of the amendments authorizing the gold reserve to be held in bullion as well as in gold coin was added because the facilities for the coinage of gold would not at present admit of coining the gold in sufficient quantity at all times the reserve in gold coin. The provision prohibiting the use of bond sale proceeds to pay current government expenses was due to the apprehensions of the House confreers that a so called endlesa chain might be established. He said the authority to suspend the issue of certificates where United States notes arid silver certificates in the general fund exceed $60,000,000 was simply another way of protecting the reserve. The issue first of silver certificates of small denominations was to avoid any possible contraction of the currency. The additional coinage $20,000,000 of the subsidiary silver was to meet expected later needs of our island possessions. The authority for banks to issue one-third of their circulating Dotes in denominations of $5 wa3 agreed to because banks in remote parts of the country a.-eded a good deal of currency in small bills to accommodate customers. Concerning the bimetallic amendment Mr. Aidriich said the position taken by the United States was that bimetaiism was now impossible except by international agreement. Mr. McLaurin of South Carolina was then recognized to speak on the Pnilippine question. He said: In the discussion of the question there has been manifested a dieposi tion to ignore the considerations by which we are confronted, and to project the debate upon a line of political eentimentalism. This mode of discussion is not only unpatriotic, but it is an invasion of the true issue. This is not a political question. Mr. McLaurin strongly deprecated the position which the Democratic party had taken in making the Philippine question and expansion a politcal issue. Ee pointed to the past to show that seme of the greatest Democrats that ever lived were expansionists and to prove by their acts and measures that had it not been for them the United States would not have been the nation it is today. Ke took the ground that the Philippines are rightfully and Iegallj ours by the treaty of P<tiis, and that the United States should hold them, affording the Filipinos every eppor tunity to acquire the art of govern ment and giving them all the powers and rights possible iu the circum stances. lie dwelt particularly or the great opportunities afforded bj the islands for trade between Ameii csds and the nations of the Orient He did not agree with some of hi< colleagues on the Democratic sid< that our trade in the Eist wa3a rncr< figment of the imagination. IL I quoted statistics to prove that the ex | perience of the last decade contra dieted those who asserted that oui Eastern trade was not of immens consequences. It is the O.ient, he said, lha we must look for markets. Ther j must be a change in our polic\ | We mast enter into actual com j petetioii for this trade. W ! must recognize changed condi | lions, and I believe that by holdinj i the Philippines our trade in th ' Orient will continue to increase unt; | ail surplus products for years t i come will find remunerative market I in the E ist. 2?lr. ilcLaurin then discussed th special interests of the South in tfc expansion of our trade. I am glad, said he to btlieve thr i 11 ? t IWI1U the Southern people have dttermined lo iDvesiigate and study this question rather than to be led blindly by political anti expansionists. The Southern farmer by the increased j price received for raw cotton last j year has become aroused. Fealty to | party and misleading information, I j fear, has produced among them opposition to territorial expansion. The effort has been made in my own State to suppress all information aDd * 1 4 ? ~ t nnmncf CT. arouse puouc geuiimeuo agaiuov pausion. Tbe frightful ghcst cf "imperialism" has been held up before the people of the South to frighten them, but I believe it is impossible much longer to mislead them. Mr. McLaurin said, in eketchiDg I the progress of the South during j the past twenty years, that the blight of negro suffrage and negro dominition had almost extinguished hope and energy and manly effort, \ but, like a giant bound with fetters, ! she aroused herself at last and again j started upou an era of industrial life. | Capital has flowed into that section, j said he. There is confidence in all Southern enterprise. The bitter memories of the past are being forgotten in the rush of the development cf our resources.' Our people feel that they are again a part of this great country and are It ft free and untrammeled to woik out their own destinj'. Our Southern manufacturers have all reached out to the markets of tbe Orient and discovered their advantages. The Southern ? i_ /? i ;Q farmer neeas suco marketo iui raw cotton to make its production remunerative. By the acquisition of the Philippines we hold the key to the Eastern situation. We need not rely sorely upon the treaty of rights to secure the unopen door, but can demand equal commercial opportunity with | other nations and if necessary, with j vantage ground we have, assert thut demand. Will the United States throw away the golden opportunity by giving up the Philippines? I am in favor of holding them, and I believe that the Southern farmers and ! manufacturers will sustain me in my I position. I believe, further, that the J presence of the United States and of its flag, the emblem of human freedom, progress and civilization, will j carry to millions in the Orient un- j numbered blessings which in the comiDg years will be for their betterment and amelioration and will conduce to the perpetuity and glory cf our free institutions and thecommerrtt.il cttnromcrv nf thf nation. VI OUJ/lVUJUVj Catarrh Cannot to Cured. ! With Local Applications, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's j Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous ; j surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not | a quack medicine. It was prescribed . j by one of the best physicians in this . I country for years, aud is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with I . ! the best blood purifiers, acting di. j rectly on the mucous surfaces. The i i perfect combination of the two ingre. j dieuts is what produces such woni derfui results in curing Catarrh. r Send for testimonials, free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. * Breaks in T^ro. j I The Gate C.ty Becomes a Total Wreck cn Lorn: Icland Ccast. Moriches, L I, March 2 ?The r Savannah lino steamc-r Gate City, e ] which ran ashore three miles west of J here on the night of February 8 t, t, I broke in two early this morning. All e I hope of saving the vessel had been r. ! given up several days ago. The j wreckers who were on board when e j the vessel broke up were safely [. landed by the life saving crew. g Over two-thirds of the cargo, a e greater part of which is said to be ii | not damaged, had been removed a I from the wreck. s i j M. B Smhb, Butternut, Micb., e j says, "Do Wit to Little Eariy Ilisers e 1 are the very best pills I ever used j for costiveness, liver and bowel trou it j bh s.*' J E. Kaufmatin. i Escent Acts. Act to authorize Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina to construct, maintain and operate a railroad between the Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina and Calboun station, on the line of I the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line I railway, and other roads and ways. Act to amend an act entitled "An --l i- jmrkpnneas aDd acif MJ pictcuu v.- ? shooting upon the highways," apI proved 3rd March, 1890, making the same more specific, j To adjn3t certain indebtedness be{ tween the United States and the I State of South Carolina as to certain | bonds and claims due by the one and j the ether. j Act to amend section 1 of an act entitled "An act prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons, pro viding a penalty therefor and incorporating a court for the violation of the same in indictments for murder, ' manslaughter, assault and assault and battery of high and aggravated nature, assault and assault and battery with intent to kill, and in every case where the crime is charged to have been committed with a deadly weapon," approved the 17th day of February, A D. 1897, so as to except peace officers in the actual discharge of their duties as peace effi cers from the provisions thereof. Act to provide for the assessment for taxation of railroad property which has been on the tax books for the years in which tbey have been off the tax books, and to fix the i:?- BIIAJ, fa-vao cViflil hponme tlUiC W UCU CULU UUAUU w ? due and for the collection thereof. Act to regulate the catching, gathering, sale, export or canning of oysters, clams and terrapine, to dej clare the law in reference thereto end to abolish the office of terrapin inspector, as herein provided. To amend an act entitled ' An act to require all railroads and railroad companies operating trains and doing business in this State to provide for seperate apartments in coaches for the accommodation and transportation of white and colored passengers in the State," approved the 19ch day of February, A D. 189S. Act to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate the holding of inquests by coroners and trial justices, approved December 24,1894. To i quirt clerks to satisfy of record certain mortgages of real estate and to prescribe the form. To establish a reformatory in connection with the State penitentiary. To amend section 919 general stat * ' :?J utes, Deing section oiu r6\iseu amiutes, providing for a State board of medical examiners, so as to provide also for a homeopathic board of medical examiners. To amend section 1 of en act entitled "An act in relation to the proof of recorded intruments other than wills," approved 21st February, 1808. Relating to the duties of sheriffs. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution of the State of South Carolina to be known as article I, of amendment tc constitution, to authorize anu empower the general assembly to pro | vide by law for the condemnation j and equitable assessment of lands for drainage purposes. To provide for the incorporation cl religious, educational, social, fraternal, or charitable, churches, lodges societies, associations or companies | and for amending the charter of j those already formed and to b( I xuiui^u* Joint resolution proposing ti amend section 7, article 8 of the constitution relating to municipa j bonded indebtedness. To regulate the burning or buria j of any dead swine whenever deatl | shall result from any natural causi i and to provide a penalty for an] failure so to do. To amend section 699 of the re j vised statutes of South Carolina o | 1893. j To provide a means whereby an; ! purchaser in this State of commer | cial fertilizers or manures may havi the same analyzed by Ciemson Agri > cultural und Mechanical college fre , | of costs, and to provide a penult; | for delivering fertilizers or manure 1 | short in ingredients appearing 01 i sack or vessel holding same. ' Act to regulate the drawing o 1 money from the State treasury ap- j j j propriated to State institutions. | Act to require railroad corporations, where two or more liue3 enter j or pass through the corporate limits I j of sny city or town in this State, to , build connecting tracks for the interi change and delivery of cars aud ! freights. Act to amend section 4 of an act ! entitled "An act to define the lights i of the sinking fuDd commission as to i j unpaid tax claims and forfeited and j ! other lands in the control of said j commission, and for the disposition j | of assets,'' approved lS'.h day of | I February, 1898. : Act relating to State colleges. j O w Joint resolution to provide for the | purchase of 50 copies of each of the j two volumes of the history of the State to wit: "The History of South Carolina under the Proprietary Government 1670-1719," and "The History of South Carolina under the Royal Government 1719-1776," by Edward McCrady, published by tho McMillan company of New York, and 50 copies of the colonial and revolutionary history of upper South Carolina by J. B. 0. Landrum and j authorize and direct the comptroller j general to draw his warrant on the State treasurer to pay for the same. Act to provide for State insurance | for public buildings. Act to afford protection against certain barbed and edged wire fences. Act to define the duties of sheriffs i in cases of escaped convicts. To nnrif-nr? an net, entitled "An act i J to amend an act to provide for the j adoption cf legitimate children and i allowing them to inherit," approved | December 24, 1892, appearing as J section 2204 of the revision of 1893 relating to the adoption of children, i approved Murch 5cb, A. D 1896, so as to make it apply to any child or children under certain circumstances, i Act to amend section 53 of an act | entitled "An act to declare the free ! school law of the State," approved | the 9.h day of March, A D. 1896. Act to make appropriations to | meet the ordinary expenses of the j j State Government for the fiscal year j j commencing January 1,1900. ! To make appropriations for the j | payment of the per diem and mile- j j age and stationery certificates of the j members of the general assembly, j i ond otluriao r, f tVlO Rll tlOTvl I n fit A UUU bdAMt Vft b*JV ik'M . cers and employes thereof and for , other purposes herein named. Act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the county govern ; meut of the various counties of this i State." Relating to fees and salaries of ! county officers of several counties ! of this State. i To amend sections 2230 and 2232 j ! of the general statutes relating t-> the drawing of juries in the circuit i courts of this State and to validate I ! the jury list already prepared. To amend the militia laws of the : State. To amend an act entitled "An act to amend section 8 of an act to pro| vide for the appointment of magisj trate3 and to define their duties and i powers. To amend sections 3 and 4 of an i i .act entitled "An Act to provide a I system of county government for the ! several counties of this Stale, so far i as the same relates to highways." | To raise supplies and make appro1 * .i f . i i priations lor toe nscai year uegnjmu^ I January 1, 1000. i To provide for the cleaning out of ' j streams and the draining of the I | swamp lands of the State. To provide for pensions for certain soldiers and sailors new residents | in this State who were in the service ! of the State during the war between l I o ' the States. To amend an act entitled "An act act to regulate the foreclosure of * mortgages of real estate approved l i January 5, 1895/' j ! Act an amend au act entitled "An f ; act to protect primary elections and ' 1 - m viniJinn ortrl ' COU VtLl UU113 U1 pUiitlCtH pai iico uuv.1 to punish frauds committed thereat." ! f i * ^ *" A Frightful Elunder ! ? F j Will often cause a horrible Burn, " | Scald, Cut or Biuise. Buckiems e j Arnica Salve, the best in the World, - will kill ihe pain and proaiptly heal 0 j it. Cures Old Sores, Fever Sores, 7 ! Ulcers, Boils, Felons, Corns, all Skin s j Eruptions. Best Pile cure ou earth. Q ! Only 25 cts. a box. Cure guaranj teed. Sold by J. E. KaufmanD, f ' Drugg'St. Assclvusy 1 Makes the food more d< ROYAL OAKINQ 90 A Thousand Tongues Could Dot express the repluro of AoDie K Springer, of 1125 Howard Street, Philadelphia, Pa., when she found that Dr. King's New Discovery for Cjnsumption had completely cured her of a hacking cough that for many years had made life a burden. All other remedies and doctors could give her no help, but she says of this Royal Cure?"it soon removed the pain in my chest and I C3n now sleep soundly, something I cau scarcely remember doing before. I feel like sounding its praise3 throughout the Uuiverse." So will every ODe who tries Dr. K'mg's New Discovery for any trouble of the Throat, Chest or Lungs. Price 50c. and Si 00. Trial bottles free at J. E. Kaufmann's Drug Store; Every bottle guaranteed. ? State News. The city of Abbeville is now lighted by electricity. Laurens haa determined to build auotber cotton mill. The Standard Lumber Company of Charleston has been incorporated. There is some prospect of another big cotton mill company being organized in Columbia. The Prosperity Stock Company, of Prosperity, S. C.. has been chartered with a capital of $10,000. It is said that Mr. Stsnsill, Serj geant-at Arms of the House, will be appointed a dispensary constable. The annual State Interdenominational Sundav-scbool convention is to * I be beld in Laurens, S. C , Horch 20 22 The Fair Forest Oil Company of Spartanburg has doubled its capital j stock, having increased it to $20,000. The increased attendance at the | South Carolina College has necessi! tated the emnlovment cf four new A / professors. Wesley Srnilb, colored, wa3 beaten to death by five other negroes ncgg| Winnsboro, last week. He had tried to stop a quarrel among them. Candidates for county officers arc announcing themselves through the papers in Newberry and Edgefield counties. Cur loads of dog wood are being shipped from Central, in Pickens county, for the manufacture of bobbins and spools for cotton mills. The street car lino in Greenville will he six and a hull' miles long and | will be in operation bv July 1st. I Contracts have been iet for six cars. | nHHMKnaBMTTniwmrtTvuv'mrT^KVnMHRMMni Bargains! I MEN'S We Have the I WHOLE THE CUT PR! Js 1700 Main i Mir^h 7 12m o+ ,1 - ??? mm?a i ??B 11 ^ ll i| baking ; Powder i; Pv*? 11 elicious and wholesome i: i - ; ; I . ,.L '-?! 1 The trustees of Wiuthrop bel-.l an important meeting at Rock Hill the 1f r?t- inrl n? 1 L WW lr Tim (t iv. ! ernor ulhI Cel. Vvilie Jones were | among the members present. Tbe Camden (S. C) Press Brick , Company is making extensive Im- , provemenls to their plants. The company recently received an order for 5.000,000 brick. The promoters of new Wjlie mill ( of Chester, S. C, have determined j to increase the capital stock from ; $100,000 to .$200,000, aud this iucrease was done with Chester money. ( Col. Wil.ie Jones has been elected ' Colonel of the Second South Caro- { iina regiment, which is the historical i Palmetto which covered itself and i State wilb glory in tbe Mexican war. Mr. Hubert Truesdale, a recent ; i graduate of Wofford College, will ; soon* leave for Cienfaegoes, Cuba, 1 where bv appointment of Bishop 1 v A A. 4 1 | | Candler, he gce3 to teach and preach 1 i in Eoglish while learning Spanish. The Charleston broom factory is i paying to-day ten cents per pound | for broom straw, and has to get its | eupport from Tennessee, Kansas and I Illinois. Why cot plant broom corn ' for a crop, send the straw to market ; and feed your poultry on the corn? I i Charlie Penden of Liurecs county, while out shooting rabbits wilh a! j ? pistol last week, met with a peculiar ; accident. Ke had wounded a rabbit; ; while kicking, one of its feet struck the trigger exploded the revcver, the bullet striking Mr. Peden. The Governor has pardoned Clement V. Grainger, who was convicted J of murder in Horry county last year. | The petition asking his pardon was numerously signed and recited the i claim that local conditions accounted | for GraingerV conviction. His sen j tence was three years m the pemten- j tiarv. I Leonard It Owens, poat master at j Marion, S. C, ha3 been arrested by ! United States Post Odice authorities * for embezzlement. It is claimed that be is short in his accounts over i i ?1,00). He waived examination and gave bond for his appearance when wanted. He bears an excellent rep utation for honesty. The government will have an cb seivatory in this State, probably at, Little Mountain, near Lexington j county, for the purpose of studying j aud observing the total solar eclipse, J which is scheduled by astronomers! for May 2S;h. An appropriation of! $5,000 has been asked for Ibis pur- j : pose. Bargains.'! IN ALL KINDS OF )ODS, N( AIVI.> FUBNIS IDOIARTEHS Ml) light Goods at tit n races. iSALE AND ] ICE CASH BARGAi Street, Coin ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will be inserted at the ate of 75 cents per sqnare of one inch tvace for first insertion, and 50 cents per nch for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made with those wishng to advertise for three, six and twelve uonilis. Notices in the local column 5 cents per line each insertion. Obituaries charged for at the rate of one ent a word, wi en they exceed 100 words. Marriage notices inserted free. Address >. M. EAItMAN, Editor and Publisher. '.j.gagjr^.xiaaMgjag?w?B???pas HcVbed ths Grave. A startling iucident, of wbich Mr. Jonn uuver, oi ruuaaeipoia, was ice subject, is narrated by him as folows: "I was itj a moat dreadful Jondition. My skin was almost yel,ow, eyes sunkeu, tongue coated, pain jontinually iu back and sides, no appetite?gradually growing weaker Jay by day. Three physicians had tjiven rae up. Fortuuately, a fiiend idvised trying 'Electric Bitters;' and io my great j >y aud surptise, the irst bottle made a decided improvenent. I continued their use for ;bree week3, and am now a well man. L know they saved my life, and obbed the grave of another victim.v S'j one should fail, to try them. Only GO cents, guaranteed, at J. E. tvaufmaun's Drug St-;rc. State News. The Laurens County News pro- ^ poses to issue a daily edition during the State campaign next summer, giving the full particulars of each Jays proceedings. The R?pubiicans of Richland had i pow wow in Columbia last Thursday and endorsed the Republican )flice holders iu the State. The Dlack aud Tin element predominated ind the Lilly Whites were given no showing at all. Delegates to a State convention, to select delegates to ihe National convention, were elected, rnd after a generai love feast of the faithful, there was an adjournment. Through the esertioDs of Senator MeLauiin and Congressman James Norton the post office at Lake City, Williamsburg county, will be reopened as soon as a postmaster is selected. This office has been closed . by the government ever since the murder of Baker, the negro postmaster several years ago. The transportation of the Cuban and South Florida mails has been taken from the Plant System, says the Charleston News and Uourier, and the contract given to the Southern Railway. This change was effected by reason of the failure of the Plant system to make schedule tirce. Great complaints have recently gone up to Washington on account of delayed mails which has seriously interrupted business. Amos Carter, a white man from Fayetteviile, N. C, who was superintending the wort of a force of convicts at BeDnc-tteville, S. C, was killed a few days ago by one of the negro members of the gang, who struck Carter on the head with an axe. Carter had some words with the convict, though not of such a i kirn rtr? V?ia OJIflrd. iittI UI C US tU utuj vw m.v ^ j and as he turned his head the negro dealt him a fearful blow in the head, causing almost immediate death. The negro and other convicts escaped and the Governor has offered a reward of $400 for the capture of the convict who killed guard Carter. That Throbbing Hsadacha. Would quickly leave you, if you used Dr. King's New Life Pills. Thousands of sufferers have proved their matchless merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches. They make pure blood and strong nerves and build up your health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 25 cents. Money back if not cured. Sold by J. E. Kaufmaun, Druggist. Bargains!!! i i i JTIONS ! I i HINCS. SHE MOIIT! | e Very Lowest! i DETAIL. | H MERCHANT , inbia, S. 0. | 1.