Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I That Grow and Bear Fruit. j J "Write for our 60 page *11w&iti&m 1 lust rated Catalogue and 40 l"J?a r>arr> nh]pt_ "Ho^V TO Plant and Cultivate an Or, -hard," Gives you that inC&&X&S. onnation you have so long -vanted; tells you all about fflrr hose big red apples, iucious v >j||g5sr peaches, and Jap:*n plums ! vith theirorien'alsweetness, ^ ill of which you have often fcr. wondered where the trees from that produced JflJS -iVtRYTHINQ GOOD IN ^fgPk FRUITS. ^ /V# tfnnsal fine stock of SILVER rj? HAPLES, young. thrifty trees SHE' a sk * ?modti; andstmi .lit, the kind " gSK^/jfr^j that live and grow off well. So old, rough trees. This is he most rapid growing ir.aHD<*one ?*tlie roostbeauQ?$3?gSgp dful shade trees. .Write for prices and give fiof of irantQ. (* ^^||j J. Tan lindlcy Nursery Co., When writinc mention the Dispatch. LOilffiM BANK of south Carolina State, City & County Depository COLUMBIA, S. C. Capital Paid in Fall $150,000 Ot Surplus 35,000.00 Liabilities of Stockholders 150,0u0.ui $335,000.0(: SAYINGS DEPASTME2T2:. Interest at the raie of 4 per centum per an j nnzn paid on deposits in this department j nm>TJonn j JL M.%/ 1/ KJ JL JL/ M JJL. UJCl XV A ? . ? Ljhis Bank under speciaj provision of it* charter exercises the office of Executor,. f Administrator, Trustee or Guardian of Es tates. SAFETY DEPOSIT DEPA8TISEST. Fire and Burglar pro )J safety dopop:' for rent from $4 00 to $12 00 per ys*r. edwin w. ROBERTSON. President A. C. HASKELL, . Yico President x J. CALDWELL ROBERTSON, 2d Vice President. G. M. BERET,Cashier. February 12?ly. When writing mention the Dispatch. ' ?. .4. BKikL(\?, ^ COLUMBIA, S. C. mm ts now making the best r;c fggK' J. tores that can be had in this country, vho have never had a real lino pic $ f now ury some of his lales* seen at his G-?iT ^jFire, Life and Accident \ Insurance. > ; Only First Class Companies Reprew nled. \ See my List of Giants: " i\3Sct?i. ?TNA FIRE, cf Hartford, Conn., $13,019,411 CONTINENTAL (FIRE>t cf Xew York 9.309,660 PHILADELPHIA UNDERWRITERS, Phil.%., Pa.. 16.528,573 , ^TNA LIFE, of Hartford, i Conn 47,584,967 . FIDELITY AND CASUALTY, | of New .York 3,482,882 : My Companies, are Popular, Strong and 1 .Reliable. No one can give yoor busi- \ nesis fetter attention; no one can give yon better protection; no 1 one can give you I- etter , ^BEFORE INSURING SEE *5^ 1 jt?ice B. Hai*man, General Insurance Aeent, < LEXINGTON S. C. When writing mention the Dispatch. ' GEORGE BRUITS MAIN STt, COLUMBIA, S. C., JEWELER * REPAIRER I Has a splendid stock of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks and Silverware. A" fine line of 1 Spectacles and Eyeglasses to fit every one, f all for sale at lowest prices. Be pairs on Watches first class 1 . quickly done and gnaraateea, at moderate prices. 50?tf. { When writing mention the Dispatch. ^ Wlill tlBADE MACHINES i IH REACH OF ALL. WE WILL SELL HIGH GRADE DO- ] mestic Sewing Machines at close figares, giving two yeas to pay for thun. One-third cash; balance in one and two j >ears. Twe reliable men wanted to sell them, one to work on sonth side of Saluda 1 and one on north side oi Saluda river. Ap ( ply t . .X . L. SHULL. 1710 Main Street, Col-aJ3a."bia, - . S, C. * October 11?tf. C < THE < mim ummi < COLUMBIA, S. C. 1 , i sinnnnonti ? X I.aju ~ ~ , SURPLUS 30, COO 00 ESTABLISHED lb71. 1 JAMES WOOD HOW, President. , JULIUS WALKER. Vice President. JEROME H. SAWYER, Cashier. < DIRECTORS?James Woodrow, John A. J Crawlord, Julias H. Walker, C. Fifzsizamons, W. C Wright, W. H. Gibbes, 1 John T. Sloan, T. T. Mooro, J. L. Alim- ] naugh, E. S. Joynes. r pHIS BASK SOLICITS A SHARE, IF < JL not allT of your business, and w;ll grant every favor consistent with sh/e and sound hanking. < January 29. 1897?ly. When writing mention the Dispatch. BEESWAX WANTED ' I IK LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES . I WILL PAY THE HIGHEST MAR- 1 ket price for clean an I pure Eeeswax. Price governed by color &Ld condiiion. RICE B* HARMAN, At the Bazaar. Lexington, S. C. Smoke Sweet Violets. They cuu \ ba had at the -Bazaar. V [jural 2 Si? T|? I W OTTTinWr? Bock=a=Bje Bafcy These are sweet words, but how much pain and suffering they used to mean. It's different now. ?>ir.co Mother's Friend has become known expectant mothers have teen spared much of the anguish of childl^rth. Mother's Mend is a linimer.t to be applied externally. It is rubbed thoroughly into the muscles of the abdomen. It gives elasticity and strength, and when the final great strain comes they revpor.d quickly and easily without pain. Mother's Friend is never taken internally. Internal remedies at this time do more harm than good. If a woman is supplied with this splendid liniment she need never fear rising or swelling breasts, morning sickness, or any of the d'seomforts which usually accompany preg nancy. The proprietor of a large hotel in Tampa, Fla,. writes: "My wife had an awful time with her first child. During her second pregnancy. Mother's Friend was used and the baby was born easily before the doctor arrived. It's certainly great." Get .Mother's Friend at the drugstore. $1 per bottle. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR ' CO., Atlanta, Ga. Write for our free illustrated book." Before Baby is Born." EMILY GEiGER. Scraps of Lexington County. History. BY \V. T CROCKER, M D. A quiet country home between the Broad and Enoree river3 and near their confluence. Midnight. Waning CGiapfires in the grove near by mark the resting p'ace cf an army slec-The siiilneg^ffche quiet erralmer iilgnt~r5 by the gentle foot fail of the wary sentinel as he paces, to and fro in the weird shadows of tbe towering oaks. Suddenly the silence is broken by the Bound of the clattering hoofs a horse approaching rapidly. Quickly are heard the formel "Hal*.! Who'comes the?e?" and tbe usual response "Friend with the countersign." After ftie exchange of a few words iu hurried converse, the lider moves promptly in the dfceetiou of the farm house, and dismounting, enters the chamber rf General Nathaniel G;et>m?the officer in command of the Continental army operating in upper and central Carolina?whose headquarters for the time are here. The courier proves to b6 a trusted scout who brings the intelligence hat Lord Riwdou, before whom Grreene has been retiring, has declined further pursuit and decided to retrace his steps and recapture Fort Grranby, near Fiidays Ferry on the GJongaree. Cruger had been ordered :o abandon the fort at Ninety-Six, md, keeping the North Edisto be:ween his column and the American irmy, to move to Orangeburg and 'orm a junction with Sruart, who had ueen directed to maich there frcm Jklonk's Corner. These two columns vere to move together up tbe Con*aree and j >in Riwdou at Friday's Ferry. The r atural course for Greene to pursue would be to attack the enemy n detail?to attempt the destruction >{ R w.Ion's column whi!e he was sepiratfd from his main arrov. Uafor ;unately bis cwa troops are widely separated, Lee, in command of the ;avalry is near by. Marion is on the Mutee tniug to intercept or harass Stuart, Kuger and the Hamptons are aear Camden. Colonel Win. Washogton is on the Congaree, while Hill md Brattcn are above Winu&boro in ;he direction of Chailotte. Just .vbere Sumter was at this time (the sight of July 1st, 1781) was not :ven known to Greene himself, as be 3ad not been heard from in eome d iys. The week before he was mov'ng to form a junction with Greece who was being pursued by Eltwdun. Subsequently he lisd been ordered to ruove down to ibe Cbngarec?'rem bis position between the Bread and Saluda. To accomplish his purpose, Greene must communicate quickly with bis subordinates, and couriers are dispatched to each of ih<m. The uncertainty of finding Sumter immediately, and the certainty of exposing his messengers to danger and delay in a country infested by bands of Tories, made it important that extreme care and caution should be exercised. Spies ?n?ra gg Sam w^!yj loao main ?t Ejpl Solicits a ' w were constantly near and every movement closely watched. An invalid John Geiger, a wealthy -planter, in whose home Grcr-no was quartered, was a trusted patriot. The blood o\ i the best German families coursed his veins. lie was in the confidence oi the commanding officer and fully acquainted with his environments. His j daughter Emily who was only sixteen ! was his nurse and companion and equally loyal and true. Fully in .formed with-reforence to the General's embarrassment, she eagerly sought the privilege of bearing the message to Sumter, feeling sure that she would rot be suspected. She | had frequently visited her relatives ce the Congaree aDd was familiar with the route. The importance of instant communication with Sumter: ^rwnVif oq frt rhp nnssibilitv of hav luc UUUVI/ ? v - J- J ing tbe message safely delivered by a trooper; and above all tbe eagerness and earnc-.stness of tbe bravs girl, overcame all scruples, and on tbe morniDg of July 2nd, 1781, just as Greene was moving off to Winnsboro. she left bis camp on her perilous mission, bearing instructions to tbe I game partisan to move rapidly tc Friday's Ferry where it was desired to concentrate ttie forces wiih the view of surprising and intercepting Rawdon at that point. There were spies in the camp and the truth was scon known to these watchful' foes. Near by lived a rabid Tory, one Lowry, who was soon informed of the girl's departure and that she carried an important paper. She must be-stopped if possible before Morgan's Range is passed and friendly hands are ready to protect her?A horseman is quickly dispatched but she has been gone more than five hours and has ridden rapidly i and with a steady rein and the dani "gerous poihi UHl'll I and she has not been intercepted. A notorious and merciless tory?Bell Mink?is chosen to continue the pursuit. Weary and almost exhausted by her long and tiresome ride, the child at nightfull reins up at a farm house near her road and inquires the distance to Elwood's, where she hoped to rest until morning. Being informed that she was ten miles from tbe point she wished to reach, she accepted tbe invitation so kindly offered, to remain till morning. There 1 has been no news of Sumter, only that he was thought to have crossed Broad river, and she accordingly indicates that she will make her way n that direction next morniDg. While her host was caring for her hcrse the good woman of the bouse plied her with confusing questions, to which she necessarily gave evasive answers. She told her true name, | however, and that she was making ner way to tne noqse oi- relatives on the Congaree. The husband is quickly informed that their guests is the daughter of "the rebel John Geiger!" but replies that she should have food, and shelter and rest if she were his worst enemy. Emily retires early and sleeps soundly until awakened by the halloo of a belated rider who asks of her host the alarmiDg question, "Have you seen a bit of a girl riding a small bay horse, pass the road during the afternoon." A negative respose is given, and in the short conversation that follows she learns that the ruthless B.ll Mink has traced her to her resting # place. Her host told the rider that he would ''go on a fool's errand" if be proceeded further that night?and easily pursuaded him to stop. The watchful girl caught occasional words How is This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0. We the undersigned have known ! F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, j and believe him perfectly honorable ; in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, : Toledo, O. Walding, Kinnan & Mar I vie, Wolesale Druggists. Toledo, C>. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken interj rally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 7oc. per bottle. Sold bydrugi gists. Testimonials free. Halls Family Pills are the best. A EC. Iv?O:I>tc:EC BEET, Share of Your Yalu< ] A Prominent Chicago Woman Spea . Prof. Rosa, Tyler, of Chica : Vice President Illinois Woman's | liance, in speaking of Chamberlai Cough R'medy, sayf: "I suffer . ! with a severe cold this winter wh ! threatened to rue into pneumoi I tried different remedies but I see | ed to grow'worse and the medic I ! nps6fc my stomach. A friend advh I me to try Chamberlain's Cou | Remedy and I found it was pleasi . ! to take and it relieved mc at on . I am now entirely recovered, savei | doctor's bill, time and suffering, a i I will never be without this splem I medicine again.For sale by J. K ruftnana. i of the low voiced conversation t] ' ensued and learned that they w depending ou a vicious yarddog prevent her from leaving the hoi btfore morning. Some hours after, while all w sleeping, she quietly dressed a opening a window on the pia: ' aroused the formidable brute ** wag resting near. Meeting him w fondling caresses as he approach ' j her fears were changed to joys wt she found that her dreaded ene: was converted into a friend. W thejfaithful dog as an escort f found and btidied her horse, a lightly mounting bade a kind ad to her mut6 companion, and u 1 soon on the highway and beyond 1 ' hearing of her sleeping foes. Quick wilted as well as brave f turned across the country to Kenn lev's (now LoiickV; Ferry on tbo ! ' luda, instead of continuing 1 journey tc> the Broad as she had tended the night before. A kinc 1 shower of rain had removed I foot prints of her ho: when he attempted to follow, was still early in the day when e crossed the Saluda, and after passi Zi.ou church and riding some mi on her way she was ascosted by tin British troopers and learned for t first time that Bawdon had pass down the river on the south side t night before and had retaken ti fort at Friday's Ferry. Young ai i .^experienced and alarmed for t safety of the concealed paper, h replies to the questions of her ca tors were confused and unsatisfacto and she-was conducted to the hea quarters of Rawdon at a house ne Granby, now known as the Cay House, (slill standing) aDd the cjnfined ia the south east room. P alizing that hfr secret was in da ger of being revealed, she tore i the paper and swallowed it piece piece. Near the Bd.nks of Dry Creek, short distance above the point which the creek crosses the old Sts Road, lived a torv leader named He abook; from whom came the name the well known Hogabook Swan This man had the full confidence the Royalists, and to bis wife ai daughter were assigned the task searching the person of the bra and lovely Emiiy Geiger, with t hope of discoveiing the hidden pap and tbus disclosing Greene's plai The proud girl so overcame her el grin and scorn as to aid her ener in hastening the search, as she h been all the while in dread of the a proach of Mink who had passed t day in a fruitless search for the corn geous messenger. Nothing was d covered to incriminate our heroi and IUwdou gallantly offered place her in the care of a femt companion till morning, as it w then near n;gbfcfdl. For reaso known to the reader Eke asktd to permitted to go on to the home her uncle, Muj Jacob Herman G 1 ger, who lived some five miles belo (This home was afterwards burn by the tories and was just below t ' e r\ . .. r\ 1. I j mouia 01 oougurec oyretn:, iu i j lantatiou uow belonging to t Kius'ei'b. The Grave Yard is si ; to be seen, and is near the old hoa I stead.) She was sent under an < ' ; cort to the place designated and i j ter a light repast and a short re I still in dread of her hated pursu | continued her journey under t ; care of a brave young cousin,' do^ | the Cjngaree to McCord's Ftri i Urossiug tiete tne next mormDg a \ riding acd inquiring all the foreuoc : she feucceeded ut three iu the afti noou of Jul} 4-.h, 1781, iu leachi * Sumter'ti eaiup ou the Water TOIST, JTB3., 3MLA.: ? n \ mm mm ed Patronage. Polite and ks. where the road to Camden crosses that stream. In less than one hour ; ?0' after receiving the dispatch the brave officer bad his troops id mctioD, and D 8 though Greece faded in his original :e^ purpose, the movement of his troop3 *ck in consequence of this effort hastened R^wdon's retreat to Orangeburg; arim" rested the march of Stuart, and 1De placed Greene's army in possession 3fl^ of Fort Motte (which was captured 2^ by Marion and Lee,) and on the line iD^ of communication between Charlesce* ton ancl the up country. ^ a ! The troops thus concentrated coulD(^ | tinned to press the Royalists in the ! direction of the sea and soon came k- the decisive battle of Eutaw Springs which practically ended the struggle ~ ia the Carolines. ^ Among the captives at GraDby e*e when the Foi'k fell into the hands of the American forces in May 1781? jse when Greene surprised and captured Msxfie'id with four hundred officers ere and men?were four bravo patriots lI,c* who were then prominent and influZZu ential and whose names are identified rfco with that of our heroine?Randal ^ Geig6i?a couBiD?Wm. Rea who af* terwards married Mrs. Tateman who was originally Annie Geiger, Randal's sister, and John and Llewellen Three^ witts. The last Darned soon learned ' ' to admire the brave young girl of | whom we are writing, who was as 1012 ; beautiful an brave Eight \ ears later | in the summer 1789, at the home of j her uncle, Major Jacob Getger, he led her to the altar a charmiDg young 5^e bride---Her father bad loDg been an ?r~ invalided she his constant attendant an$ ^devoted nurse?and it is Jer probable that he bad passed away 1D~ before |ier marriage. "7 Major Threewitts and his wife Emily lyfegl happily together for more r88 thagjjmy years^*Their hom^for TtfWmMTfBfflHini JJtEalqrai T" j ^" i ten miles below Columbia cn what is ue ! now knpwn as the Patsey Jumper place. When Lafayette visited 'e8 Charleston seventy-five years since a *Cj'0 ball was' given in his honor at which 0 Mrs. Threewitts was an honored guest , j as the most distinguished heroine of , the Revolutionary war. She passed be , r away la 1S25 when she was sixty ^ years old and was laid to rest in the k0 cemetery at the old Threewitts' Homestead (now owned by W. N. Martin) near the Congaree river snd j about ten miles from the city of Coi lumbia. The ancestor of the Geiger ' j family in this county was Herman ce Hans Conrad von Geiger who was 't"0 ! once private secretary to the Eing of * " I Nurtemberg. He came over in the u" j earlier half of the eighteenth century, (probably about 1745) aDd settled in ^ Lexington county on the. CoDgaree river, just south of the mouth a of Cougaree creek. The place ^during the Revolutionary war lte; belonged to Lis son Major Jacob | Herman Ge:ger. Auother bod, Hsds ?^|or Jjhn, was Emily's father. Her lP*! mother was Emily Murph from Switz?* j erland and was a member of the D(* Murph family so long and favorably known as citizens of OraDgeburg. ve Mrs. John Gt-iget's brother, Colonel k? Murnh. was a distinguished officer in I ,er the Amer .can army. A number of I 1S- Swiss Palatines came over together, 6 la" anl some of them settled on the Sa- ^ uy luJa and probably gave the name to e ac* Switzer Neck near the mouth of that lP" river. I b0 ,'ohn Geiger moved after his mar- * ra* riage to that fertile section between f is th) Eooree and the Broad, now e ue knjwn as Maybinton township in J to Newberry county. If Emily was bcrn after the removal it is probable fc as thit she was a native of Newberry e DS as is claimed. Otherwise it is most b? lilely that she was bom at the pater- j of ml homestead in Lexington. At any c ei" rrte all of Emily Geiger that could 0 w* de sleeps beneath the soil of the last c ec* jnimed county, which was for many !y>ars the home of her adoption, k? The honored subject of this sketch, j 8' far as the waiter has been abb to y] larn, left do lineal descendants. ^ a 1 ie~! Tery many of her relatives and their Q 5S" cescendants have been prominent a^~ md influential, while not a few have s*' rom time to time been trusted pub ' . : v er' 4c servants. Major Jacob Geiger, k? lifter the death of his first wife, mar- D 7711 rried Miss Dorothy ("Dolly") Kinsler, rxr _ _I : J t.. .. T> ? 1? t. lj# a cuarimug uauyuiei ui a Aveyuiu4;icDary hero who was killed from am- c )D> bush by a tory while at heme suf- * er_yeriDg from a wouDd received at Fish J ng 1 ee, [Continued on Second Puge.] t! ? ANY, COLUMBIA, S Prompt Attention. 0( Brave Men Fall. Victim3 to stomach, liver and kidney troubles as well as women, and all fed the results in loss of appetite, poisons in the blood, backache, nervousness, headache and tired, listless, run-down feeling. But there's no need to feel like that. Listen to J. W. Gardner, Idaville, lad. He says: 4'Eiectric Bitters are just the thing for a man when he is all run down, and don't care whether he live3 or dies. It did more to give me new strength and good appetite than anything I could take. I can now eat anything and have a new lease on life." Only 50 cents, at J. E. Kaufmann's Drug Store. Every bottle guaranteed. ? Dots and Dashes. A miser of Leeds, England, left more than $5,000,000 to charity. One-half of the population of Minnesota and the Dakota9 is foreign born. Quality and not quantity makes DeWitt'e Little E?rly Risers such valuable little liver pills. J. E. Kauf mann. No man loves his bibv at first; he has to get used to it like a baseball finger. Negroes lynched one of their color in Georgia for assaulting a negro girl. Such little pills a3 DeWitt's Early Risers are very easily takeD, and they are wonderfully effective in cleansing the liver and bowels. J. E. Kaufmann. The American Sugar Refining Co., has reduced the price of all sugars ten points. The aggregate losses by fire in the Lfl lii HUitf, PUIU oy UfU{^iOUW Cg It always makes a girl mad to be scared by a mouse when there aren't any men around. When a woman gets so wise that aer husband can't fool her any more, she is beginning to get old. Cut this out and take it to J. E. Kaufmann's drug store and get a :ree sample of Chamberlain's Stomich and Liver Tablets, the best physic. They also cure disorders of ;he stomach, biliousness and head- ' iche. It is generally easiest to kiss a voman right after you have begged ler to forgive you for something. Any man can get any woman to narry him if he only proposes to ler in enough different ways. If troubled with a weak digestion, >elching, sour stomach, or if you eel dull after eating, try Chamber ctiseptic application ever devised is )eWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. It re- 1 teres. at once and cures piles, 6ores, czema and skin diseases. Beware f imitations. J. E Iiaufmann. An cdd elopement .occurred in ^ lleveland, 0 , recently when av^ung ( roman of that city ran away with a ? aan who had no legs. j Exports of Southern pig iron for 1 he year just past will break the re- 1 ord by upwards of 15,000 toDe, and i rill be 65,000 tons greater than last c ear. e Lemons, Bananas and Apples, at 8 be Bazaar. 1 :tober i3tf Buckshoal, N. C., May 16,1898. GentlemeD:?Four years ago I was ? neipiess wun a misery in my d&cf. I could not return myself in bed. I was treated by my physician, but he did me no good. I took one bottle of Dr. Baker's Female Regulator and it cured me. I think there is no medicine on earth like it. Mrs. Emma E. Myers. For sale at the Bazaar. A negro woman in Cheraw, S. C, was assassinated in her home, a bullet through the window entering her side and caused dangerous wounds. These monopolies continue to grow. Now the newsboy is to be done away with on railroad traios and the hold up business turned over to the Pullman porter entirely. When threatened by pneumonia or any other luog trouble, prompt relief is necessary, as it is dangerous to delay. We would suggest that One Minute Cough Care be taken as soon as indications of having taken cold are noticed. It cures quickly and its early use prevents consumption. J. E. Kaufmann. The Cubans in Convention are pushing their constitution and may have it completed by the 15th of January. It must come to Washington and have the approval of Uncle Samuel. r The ministers of North Carolina are starting a propaganda against courting on Sanday. It they are successful the attendance on their Sunday night services will show a marked falling off. Pepsin preparations often fail to relieve indigestion because they can digest only albumninous foods. There is one preparation that digests all classes of food, and that is Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It cures the worst cases of indigestion and gives instant relief. forW digest riL T^Kaufmann. // . ^B ?JBBft 911 months af_fcer]Blgwiil married af man's heart is soroft it hurts every time his wife sighs. After he's been married a year she couldn't drive a hat pin in ^ with a shoe brush. Perceptable earthquake shocks were felt at Mound City, Kas.; Rich Hill, Mo, and Pleasanton, Kas , last week. At the latter place one or two people were thrown out of bed, while hundreds ran into the streets in terror. Buildings suffered minor damage. Persons who suffer from indigestion cannot expect to live long, because they cannot eat the food required to nourish the body and the products of the undigested foods they do eat poison the blood. It is important to cure indigestion as soon as possible, and the best method of doing this is to use the preparation known as Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It digests what you eat and restores all the digestive organs to perfect health. J. E. Kaufmaon. I The Governor will appoint a sue Isor to the deceased Sheriff of Ablille county, S. C, as soon 8 the [islative delegation from the county ooe8 the man. It is understood it the delegation will leave it to a tt is understood that the inauguion of Gov. McSweeney is to be |d for Janusry 18. The inaugulon will be merely a matter of In, of course. It will take place Ihe hall of the House of RepreItatives at noon on the day named, p Governor will deliver a brief ligural address. rbis season there is a large death b among children from croup and k troubles. Prompt action will ?i the little ones from these terndiseases. We know of nothing ertain to give relief as One MinCough Cure. It can also be fid upon in grippe and all throat luog troubles of adults. Fleasto take. J. E. Kaufmann. Beat Out of an Increase of His Pension. A Mexican war veteran and promilent editor writes: ''Seeing the adrertisement of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, I im reminded that as soldier in M"oTir?n in '47 and '4.8 T rnntractpd Mexican diarrhoea and this remedy ias kept me from getting an increase n my pension for on every renewal a lose of it restores me." It is unqualled as a quick cure for diarrhoea ind is pleasant and safe to take. ?ur sale by J. E. Kaufmann. Red Hot From the Gun H Was the bail that hit G. 5. Steadman, of Newark, Mich., in the Civil / War. It caused horrible Ulcers that ; J no treatment helped for 20 years. a Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured 1 him. Cares Cuts, Bruises, Burns, | Boils, Felons, Corn8, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. 25 cts., a . box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by J. E. Kaufmann, Druggist. What Promprecd^f > ^ | A capital story of Bolf Boldrewood, the distinguished Australian novelist, is told. After T. A. Browne had suddenly leaped into fame as J Rolf Boldrewood, author of "Robbery Under Arms," he continued for some years as stipendiary magistrate of Albany. One morning there was brought before him a rough boshboy of 14, charged with having held up several other boys on a countrz ? road. It wwe proved that be had presented a pistol at them and compelled them to empty all their pockets for bis benefit. "Dear me," said the surprised magistrate to the juvenile culprit, "what could have prompted you to do such a thing?" "Reading 'Robbery Under Arms,'" replied the unabashed boy busb*anger. Camden, S. C., has had a special shooting scrape between Mr. W. D. Goodale and Mr. Allen Deans, in a store. The trouble grew out of a previous difficulty. Both men fired and Deans received a wound in his mouth. Goodale was not bit. There are conflicting reports as to who fired the first shot. Both are gentlemen of high standing in the community. Ramon's Tonic Liver Pills, a pleasant remedy for all diseases arising from a disordered or torpid liver. They are the modern cure for constipation, biliousness, sick headaches, specks before the eyes, etc. They do not sioken or gripe, mild in action, ' d thorough in effect Only one a dose, sugar coated and pleasant take. Price, 25 cents a-box, at the jfczaar. J There ^ will occur no the 18th of May^vi^Hjj^^BCj ble in Australia and South Africa^^^^^^ The other eclipse of the sun will he an annular one on the 11th of November, bat not visible in this country. The eclipse of the moon will be partial. It will be visible in Alaska, ft the Philippine islands, Asia and Eastern Europe. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. STATE NEWS. What Our Neighbors Are Saying and Doing Condensed for Busy Readers. A large number of mercantile concerns were chartered by the State last Friday. Yesterday the Southern Railway began to operate its fast train service between New York and Florida. Several legislators are endeavoring to build up a sentiment iu the house favorable to taxing the yellow dog. The members of the House of Representative are drinking water from G=iger spring served in oil cans. The Columbia State has inaugurated a building boom in that city. There seems to be a dwelling boose famine. * / Grover Cleveland, who has been bunting ducks in the marshes around Georgetown, has returned to bis home in Prfnceton. Senator Hay has withdrawn as a candidate for Judge of Fifth Circuit and Judge Einest Gary will be re-elected without opposition. Reduced railroad rates have been secured for the re union of the South Carolina College, which will occur in Columbia on the J?nd inst. Mr. Wilburn has been elected chairman of the Railroad Commissioners, succeeding Mr. Evans, who was defeated for re-election at the State primary last summer. Senator John C. Sheppard has introduced a bill providing for the creation of a State board of entomology, but considerable opposition has developed against the bill. William L Trenholm, a prominent South Carolinian, who was Comp troller of the Currency during President Cleveland's first term, died at his home in New York last Friday of pneumonia. At the time of bis dejth he was President of the North American Trust Co.