Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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>".7* T - 4 nmmr ^ ^ : * -A* ' . i * r ;. '' . I ADVERTISING RATES. .. best *0verti8i^kg medium >|^| | ? PVI\I/TTAM Hicn A TV* W MJS.._ I nt LrDAllMJ I U1S UlorA1 vll. RATES REASONABLE. - 1__ moA?h8dVertiie for ttrec' siI {nd theIve Q ; ? ? ~ " Notices ia tne local column 5 cents per - SUBSCRIPTION $1 PEE annum A Representative newspaper. Boners Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Bounties. Like a Blanket. liobTn^B?fo,?tthe?t.of?. j? cent a word, wLen they exceed 100 words. O ? ?? ?? k Marriage notices inserted free. ?#fishffltim a specialty., VOL. xxxi. Lexingtons, c., Wednesday, febrcari c. 1901. no. n That Grow ami Bear Fruit. Write for our 60 page illustrated Catalogue and 40 page pamphlet "How to ^ Plant and Cultivate an Orehard," Gives you that intoyuation you have so lout; wanted; tells you ail about v ^ j&3 those big red apples, lucious JnAaehes. And Japan plums tafith theirorienfH! sweetness, f* a. all of which you have often - "igVs wondered where the trees ' ^me *rom -,kat Droduced m&k EVERnHINQ^GOOD IN Unusal flne stock of SILVER MAPLES.young, thrifty trees smooth and strai. ht, the kind that live and grow off well, So old. rough trees. This is rhe most rapid growing matile and one of the mostheau-, iful shade trees. Write for prices and give ist of wants. J. Van Liodley Nursery Co.* Pomona, N. C. " . fl When writing mention the Dispatch. EmmaEmI OF SOUTH CAROLINA. State, City & County Depository COLUMBIA. S. C. Capital Paid in Fall$150,000 00 Surplus 35,000.00 Liabilities of Stockholders 150,000.00 $335,000.00 SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum paid on deposits in this department TRUST JDEPARlMENT. , This Bank under special provision of it* charter exercises the office of Executor, Administrator, Trustee or Guardian of Es tates. SAFETY DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Fire and Burglar proot safety deposit for rent from $4 00 to $12 00 per year. EDWIN W. ROBERTSON, President, A. C. HASKELL, Vice President T PiT.YWTTT.T. RfYRRRTSON. 2d Vice President. G. M. BERBY, Cashier. February 12?lyv When writing mention the Dispatch. W. A. RECKLING, wfLKTIST, COLUMBIA, S. C. IS NOW MAKING THE BEST Pictures that can be bad in this country, and all who have never had a real fine picture, should now try some of his latest styles. Specimens can be seen at his Gallery. up stairs, next to the Hub. When writing mention the Dispatch, Fire, Life and Accident Insurance. Only First Class Companies JReprescnted, See mv List of Giants: } Assets I JilHK FIRE, of Hartford, ; Conn $13,019,411 CONTINENTAL (FIRE), of ! New York 9,809,660 : PHILADELPHIA UNDERWRITERS, Hula., Pa.. 16,528,773 j k - /CTNA LIFE, of Hartford^ > Conn i FIDELITY AND CASUALTY, ~y jj; , of New York 3>48?882: My Companies, . are Popular, Strong -and " Reliable. No one can,give yourl>usi> . ? ness better attention; no one can;- j give you better protection; no one can give you better rates. i ^BEFORE INSURING SEE-^ - 1 xfciee 13. Harman, General Insurance Agent, LEXINGTON...? S. C. < When writing mention the Dispatch. awaaw. Tmrrws ! MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C? JEWELER REPAIRER Has a splendid stock of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks and Silverware. A fine line of Spectacles.and Eyeglasses to fit every one, - nil for sale at lowest prices. Bepairs on Watches firat class quickly done and guaranteed, at moderate price*. ~ 50?t.f When writing mention the Dispatch. HIGH GRADE iSS IN REACH OF ALL. TTTE will sell high GRADE DO- j VV mestic Sewing Machines at close Ay^r.x.0 nivinn tirn rirfo tn nftV f<iT thflll. ilguico, jji'.UR -- C-J ? One-third cash; balance in one and two ] >ears. Twe reliable men wanted to sell them, one to work ou south side of Saluda 1 and one on north side ol Saluda river. Ap- < oly tx V . .T. L. SHULL. 1710 Main Street, Col\xrrx"ci;a, S, O. 1 October 11?tf. _ _____________________ ] THE eiiim iiiieiii COLUMBIA, S. C. CAPITAL $100.000 00 SURPLUS ' 30,000 00 . ESTABLISHED 1871. JAMES WOODROW, President. JULIUS WALKER. Vice President. JEROME H. SAWYER, Cashier. DIRECTORS?James Woodrow, John A. ; Crawford, Julias H. Walker. C. Fitzsimmons, W. C. Wright, W. H. Gibbes, 1 John T. Sloan, T. T. Moore, J. L. Mimnangh. E. S. Jovnes. r pHIS BANK SOLICITS A SHARE, IF 1 not all, of your business, and will crant every favor consistent with safe and j sound banking. January 29, 1897?ly. When writing mention the Dispatch. BEESWAX WANTED IN LARGE OK SMALL QUANTITIES I WILL PAY THE HIGHEST 11ARket price tor clean an1 pure Beeswax. Price governed by color and condition. BICE B. HABMAN, At the Bazaar. Lexington, S. C. Smoke Sweet Violets. They can be bad at the Bazaar. jpf J A Baby's [f is very much like the blossom- \ II ino- of a flower. Its beautv and / ?o - - . perfection depends entirely 1 upon the jcare bestowed upon 1 its parent. Expectant mothers ( should have the tenderest care. 1 They should be spared all worry and anxiety. They should eat , plenty of good nourishing food 1 , and take gentle exercises. This ; , will go a long way toward preserv- , 1 ing their health and their beauty j as well as that of The little one to (1 i come. But to be absolutely sure \ 1 of a short and painless labor they 1 1 ( should use 1! Mother's Friend , regularly daring the months of gesta, tion. This is a simple liniment, which ! is to be applied externally. It gives | , strength and vigor to the muscles and , ( prevents all of the discomforts of preg- ( ( nancy* which women used to think , ( were absolutely necessary. When ( Mother's Friend is used there is no ( danger whatever. i Get Mother's Friend at the drug (' store, 81 per bottle. THE BRADFIELD REGl'LATOR CO. \ ATLANTA, OA. < Writ# for oar free book," Before Baby I? Bora." Good Roads for Farmers. Bad roads constitute the greatest drawbacks to rural life, and for the lack of good roads the farmers suffer more than any other class. It is obviously unnecessary, therefore, to discuss here the benefits to be derived by them from improved roads. Suffice it to say, that those localities where good roads have been built are becoming richer, more prosperous, and more thickly settled, while those which do not possess those advantages in transportation are either at a staodstili or are becoming poorer and i more sparsely settled. If these conditions continue, fruitful farms may be abandoned and rich lands go to waste. Life on a farm often becomes, is a rescU of "bottomless roads," isolated and barren of social enjoyments and pleasures, and country people in some communities suffer mch ereat disadvantage that ambi-, kion is checked, energy, weaked, and \ industry paralyzed. Good roads, like good streets, make 1 habitation along them most desirable; ' they economize time and force in transportation of products, reduce wear and tear on horses, harness and vehicles, and enhance the market ; value of real estate. They raise the value of farm lands and farm products and tend to beautify the country through which they pass; they facilitate rural mail delivery and are a potent aid to education, religion sociability. Charles Sumner once 3aid, "The road and the schoolmaster are the two most important agents in advancing civilization." The difference between good and bad roads is often equivalent to the difference between profit and loss. Good roads have a money value to farmers as well as a political and so 2iaJ value, ana leaving out conveaience, comfort, social and refined influences which good roads always enhance, and looking at them only From the '^mighty dollarside, they are bound to pay handsome dividends each yt ar. People generally are beginning to realize that road making is a public matter, and that the best interests of American agriculture and the American people as a whole demand the construction of good roads, and that money wisely expended for this purpose is sure to return. Road making making is perfected by practice, experience and labor. Soils and clays, sand and ores, gravels and rocks, are transformed into beautiful roads, streets and boulevards, by methods which conform with their great varieties of characters and with nature's laws. The art of road building depends largely for its success upon its being carried on in conformity to certain general principles. . It is necessary that reads should i be bard smooth, comparatively levei, i and fit for use all seasoDS of the! year; they should be properly located, i or laid out on the ground, so that their grades may be such that animate or inanimate power may be applied upon them to the best advanage : Pri ? S, J 16SO MAIN ST ~ ^ Solicits a J and without great loss of energy; that they should be properly constructed, the ground well drained, the roadbed graded, shaped and rolled, and that they should be surfaced with the best material procurable; that they should be properly maintained or kept constantly in good repair. All the important *roads in the United States can be and doubtless will ba macadamized or otherwise improved in the not distant future. This expectation should govern their present location and treatment everywhere. Unless changes are made in the locatios of the roads in many parts of the country it would be worse than folly to macadamize them. "Any costly resurfacing of the existing roads will fasten them where they are for generations," says General Stone. The chief difficulty in this country is not with the surface, but with the steep grades, many of which are too long to be reduced by cutting and filling on the'present lines, and if this could be done it would cost more in many localities than by relocating them. Many of our roads were originally laid out without any attention to general topography, and in most cases followed the settler's path from cabin to cabin, the pig trail ,or ran along the boundary lines of the farms regardless of grades or direction. Most of them remain today where they were located years ago, and where untold labor, expense and energy have baen wasted in trying to haul over them and in endeavors to improve their deplorable condition. The great error is made in continuing to follow these primitive paths with our public highways. The right course is to call in an engineer and throw the road around the end or along the side of steep bills instead of continuing to go over tbern; or to pull tbe road up on dry solid ground instead of splashing through the mud and water of the creek or swamp. Far more time and money have been wasted in trying to keep up a siDgle mile of these "pig track" surveys than it would to build and keep in repair two miles of good road. Another and perhaps greater error is made by some persons in the West who continue to lay out their roads on "section lines " These sections j are all square, with sides running J north, south, east and west. A person wishing to cross the country in any other than these direction must necessarily do so in rectuagular zigzags. It also necessitates very often the crossing and recrossing of hills and valleys, which might be avoided if the roads had been constructed on scientific principles. In the prairie State of Iowa, for example, where roads are no worse than in many other States, there is a great number of roads having much j steeper grades than are found in the mountainous Republic of Switzerland In Maryland the old stage coach road or turnpike running from Washington to Baltimore makes almost a "bee line," regardless of hills and valleys, and the grade at places are aB steep as 10 or 12 per cent., where by making little detours the road might have been made perfectly level, or by running it up tbe hills less abruptly the grade might have been reduced to 3 or 4 per cent., aBis done in the hilly regions of many parts of this and other countries. Straight roads are the proper kind to have, but in hilly countries their straightness should always be sacrificed to obtain a level surface so as to better accommodate the people who use them. Graceful and natural curves conforming to the lay of the land add State of Ohio, City of Toledo, ) Lucas County ) ss Frank J. CbeDey makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Chepey & Co , doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforeeaid and that said firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars for each and every case of Catarrh that caoDot be cored by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Svorn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this Gth day of December, A. D. 188G. * C s ) A. W. Gleason, \ ) Notary Public. Hall's Catanb Care is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mncon9 sarfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, fr^e. Hall's Family Fills are the best. GLOBE DRY E:. ^LOisrcirT REET, Share of Your Valued I ! i Forewarned, Forearmedr. The liability to disease is greatly lessened when the blood is in good con! dition, and the circulation healthy and j vigorous. For then all refuse matter j is promptly carried out of the system ; i otherwise it would rapidl}' accumulate j ?fermentation would take place, the ! blood become polluted and the constitution so weakened that a simple malady might result seriously. A healthy, active,circulation mean9 good digestion and strong, healthy nerves. As a blood purifier and tonic S. S. S. has no equal. It is the safest and best remedy for old people and children j because it contains no minerals, but is | made exclusively of roots and herbs. No other remedy so thoroughly and effectually cleanses the blood of impurities. At the same time it builds hilitated, and renovates the entire system. It cures permanently all man net of blood and skin troubles. Mr. E. E. Kelly, of Urbana, O.. writes: "I had Eczema on my hands and face for five years, it would break out in little white pustules, crusts would form and drop off, leaving the skin red and inflamed. The doctors did me no good. I used all the medicated soaps and salves without j benefit. S. S. S. cured me, and my skin is as clear arid smooth as any one's." Mrs. Henry Siegfried, of Cape May, N. J., says that twenty-one bottles of S. S. S. cured her of Cancer of the breast. Doctors and friends thought her case hopeless. Bichard T. Gardner* Florence, S. C., suffered for years with Boils. Two bottles of S. S. S. put his blood in good condition and tho Boils disappeared. Send for our free book, and write our physicians about your case. Medical advice free. THE SWiFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, 6A. beauty to the landscape, besides en hancing the value of property. Not only do level curved roads add beauty to the landscape and make lands along them more valuable, bu<; the horse is able fo utilize his full strength over them; furthermore a horse cart pull only four-fifths as much 011 a grade of 2 feet in 100 feet, and this gradually lessens until with a gride of 10 feet in 100 feat he can draw but one-fourth as much as he can on a level road. All roads should therefore wind around hills or be cut through instead of running over them, and in many cases the former can be done without greatly increasing the distance. To Illustrate, if an apple or pear be cut in half and one of the halves placed on a flat surface, it will be seeD that the horizontal distance around frcm stem to blossom is no greater than the distance over -between the same points. The willfulness of one or two private individuals sometimes becomes a barrier to traffic and commerce. The great drawback to the laying out of roads or. the principle referred to is that of the necessity, in some cases, of building them through the bsst lands, the choicest pastures and archards, instead, as I hey now do, of cutting around the farm line or passing through old worn out fields or over rocky knolls. But if farmers wish people to know that they have good farms, good cattle, sheep or horses, good grain, fruit or vegetables, they should let the roads go through the best portions of the farms. The difference in length between a straight road and one which is slightly curved is less than one would imagine. Says Sganzin: "If a road between two places 10 miles apart were made to curve so that the eye could see no farther than a quarter of a mile of it at once, its length would exceed that of a perfectly straight road between the same points by only 150 yards." Even if the distance around a hill be much greater, it is often more economical to construct it that way than to go over and necessitate the expenditure of large amounts of money in reducing the grade, or a waste of much valuable J time and energy in transporting ! frcods that wav. Gillespie says, i O - - - . "that, as a general rule, the horizontal length of a road may be ndvantagiously increased to avoid an ascent by at least twenty times the perpendicular height which is thus to be avoided | ?that is, to escape a hill 100 feet : high, it would be proper for the road I to make such a circuit as would in! crease its length 2,000 feet." The '* -j*- i ?-? ii.i _ t,4. mainemaucai axiom iuat a euiiigui i line is the shortest distance between | I two points" is not, therefore, the best | } rule to follow in laying out a load: j | better is the proverb that "the loDg- \ j est way round is the shortest way j I heme." i I mm A full and new supply of ; Garden Seed, just received I at the Bazaar. GOODS COMP oisr, je., Patronage. Polite an* Dots and Dashes. There is always something back of a shadow Lost wealth may be recovered, but lost time never. A fire eDgine is merely a water piitcher. Like bad dollars, all counterfeits of DeWitt's "Witch Hazel Salve are worthless. The original quickly cures piles, sores and all ekin diseases. J. E. Kaufmann. Some society ladies are works of art. The five great powers?Love, money, revenge, ambition and a good dinner. A man'may be able to agrue with a woman, but it never ' does aDy gcod. Millions of people are familiar with DeWitt s Little Early Risers and those who use them find them to be famous little pills. Never gripe. J. E Kaufmann. Nine times out of ten when the unexpected happens we bring it on ourselves. Some people Have been on me stage all their lives and still long to be actors. CURES WHERE ALL ELSFTAILS. * IM mi Beet Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use ^ r..o in time. Sold by druggists. ef The inventor of a salt cellar that will always have salt in it will supply a longfelt want. Never attempt to bully a judge or a jury unless you have previouly bribed them. Persons who can not take ordinary pills find it a pleasure to take DeWitt's Little Early Risers. They are the best little pills ever made. J. E Kaufmann. A west side phrenologist claims he can tell what a barrel contains by examining its head. Let your character be as firm as granite and the shafts of your enemies cannot harm it. There is always danger in usiDg counterfeits of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. The original is a safe I and certain cure for piles. It is a soothing and hesliDg salve for sores i and all skin diseases. J. E. Raufmann. There can be no objection to family broils so long as they are confined to the kitchen. It's is easy to get wool from a hydraulic ram as it is to get information from a bank teller. J. E Kaufmann, the druggist, will refund you your money if you are' not satisfied after using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They cure disorders of the stomach, biliousness, constipation and headache. Price, 25 cents. Samples free. When bia satanic majesty exhibits sympathy for piety it is time to stand from under. Eight thousands tons of gold have been mined throughout the world during the last century. Ramon's Tonic Liver Pills, a Dleas ant remedy for all diseases arising from a disordered or torpid liver. They are the modern cure for constipation, biliousness, &ick headaches, specks before the eyes, etc. They do not sicken or gripe, mild in actioD, thorough in effect. Only one a dose, sugar coated and pleEisant to take. Price, 25 cents a box, at the Bazaar. The consumption of water in New York city is very large?averaging 100 gallons a day for each person. Wooden shoes are worn by about 70,000,000 people in Europe. Most of them are made of basswood. For the weakness and prostration following grippe there is nothing so prompt and effective as One Minute Cough Cure. This preparation is highly endorsed as an unfailing rem edy for all throat and lung troubles and its early use prevents consumption. It was made tb cure quickly. J. E. Kaufmann. An inexhaustible quarry of the finest marble has been found at Cross Key, Laurens county, S. C. Buckshoal, N. C , May 16, 1898. Gentlemen:?Four years ago I ws9 helpless with a misery in my back. 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. ANY, .zsr, COLUMBIA, 8 J Prompt Attention. n~i UCI Owing to the good financial condij tion of the State Fair Association, a ! State appropriation will not bo nced| ed this year. The Excelsior Knitting Mill, of Union, S. C , will shortly double its size. It will then be the largeet mill of its kind in the South. "When you want a physic that is mild and gentle, easy to take and pleasant in effect use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price, 25 cents. Samples free. Every box J guaranteed. For sale by J. E. j Kaufmann. The value of the Christmas turl keys eaten by the American people during the late holidays is estimated at $5,000,000. When trouble comes wabbling along a woman gives way to a flood 1 r . i 1 j i* i or tears, ana a man prcceeas to tint the atmosphere blue. Reports show a greatly increased i death rate from throat and lung troubles, due to the prevalence of croup, pneumonia and grippe. We advise the use of One Minute Cough Cure in all of these difficulties. It is the only harmless remedy that gives immediate results. Children like it. -J. E. Kaufmann. A.n Ohio man aged 112 years is ; threatened with nervous prostration. His physician attributes it to the excessive use of tobacco for the last ninety-seven years. The Vesta mills, of Charleston, S. C, will be moved to Gainesville, Ga. This wa3 a mill that experimented with negro labor and found it unsatisfactory in the cotton mill. Recent experiments show that all j i classes of foods mav be comnletelv ! J g. - w j digested by a preparation called Kodoi Dyspepsia Cure, which abso- j lutely digests what you eat. As it is the only combination of all the natural digestants ever devised the demand for it has become enormous. It has never failed to cure the very worst cases of indigestion and it always gives instant relief. J. E. Kaufmann. For many year9 there has been an , inter-denominational church on Sullivan's island, all using it. Recently the government has bought the prop- j erty and the island has no church. J The Governor ha9 received reports : of smallpox in the counties of Dar- I lington, Beaufort and Newberry, all I new. He has followed the usual i course and referred the reports to j Dr. James Evans of the State Board : of Health, with the request that he j look after them. A powerful engine cannot be run with a weak boiler, and we can't keep up the strain of an active life with a weak stomach; neither can we stop ' the human machine to make repairs. I If the stomach cannot digest enough ; food to keep the body strong, such a ' preparation as Kodol Dyspepsia Cure j should be used. It digests what I you eat and it simply can't help but do you good. J. E. Kaufmrnn. It is known that wasp nests often I take fire, supposed to be caused by the chemical action of the wax upon the material of the nest itself. This i may account for many mysterious fires in barns and outbuildings. Cuba will send a representative delegation to Washington and ask Congress for a redaction in the i D duties on Cuban products, but they j will probably get nothing except the ; trip for their pains, as the Republican leaders will not consent to a re- I ductioD. ^ ^ Frevented a Tragedy. Timely information given Mrs George Long, of New Straitsvilla, Ohio, prevented a dreadful tragedy ! and saved two lives. A frightful i ? j cough had long kept her awake every night. She had tried many remedies and doctors but steadily j grew worse until urged to try Dr. | - . I I King's New Discovery. One bottle j wholly cured her, aud she writes this j marvelous medicine also cured Mr. I Long of a severe attack of PneuI monia. Such cures are positive 1 j proof of the matchless merit of this ! ! grand remedy for curing all throat, I I chest and luug troubles. Oaly oOc and 8100. Every bottle guaranteed. | Trial bottles free at J. E. KaufmaDn's Drug Store. O Two vessels sailed recently from ! Georgetown, S. C., with over a milj lion feet of Carolina lumtxr conI signed to Boston. . C., ' ^ tober istf La Grippe Quickly Cured. "In the winter of 1898 and 1899 I was taken down with a severe attack of what is called La Grippe" says F. L. Hewett, a prominent druggist of Winfield, 111. "The ODly medicine I used was two bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It broke up the cold and stopped the coughing like magic, and I have never since been troubled with Grippe." Chamberlain's Cough Remedy can always be depended upon to break up a severe cold and ward off any threatened attack of pneumonia. It is pleasant to take, too, which makes it the most desirable and one of the most popular preparations in use for these ailments. For eale by J. E. Kaufmann. He Wouldn't Quite Do. "I would like," she said, marchiDg up to the counter with a swing that was calculated both to attract attention and inspire awe, "to see the manager of thi3 department." Tbe clerk, seeing that she was beautifully, smiled at her in his blandest way, felt that he ought to avail himself of any opportunity there might ba to explain himself to her, and sweetly replied: "I don't see him anywhere around just now. Won't I dc?" She look up and down him a few times, permitted an expression that he didn't quite understand to overspread he features, and then replied: "No, I don't think you will. I'm his wife, and But the clerk had gone to hunt for him. The Result of His Plea. "And do you think," asked . his friend, "that your remonstrances will have any effect'" "Well," said tbe Chinese statesman, "the European generals have promised that, in future, their troops will be more moderate in their atrocities." Pneumonia Can be Prevented. This disease always results from a cold or an attack of the grip and may be prevented by the timely use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. That remedy was extensively used during the epidemics of La Grippe of the past few years, and not a single case has ever been reported that did not recover or that resulted in pneumonia, whiah shows it to be a certain preventive ,of that dangerous disease. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has gained a world wide reputation for its cures of colds and grip. For sale by J. E. Kaufmann. When to Select Diamonds. "It may appear strange to you," said a diamond expert, "but damp, murky weather practically kills tbe diamond business. No dealer dare buj* for fear of cheating himself. The purest white diamond will on one of these dark, foggy days take on a straw shade and to all appearances is off color. Always pick out a diamond on a clear day, but see to it that you have a good light on the gem, for piany dealers tint their ceilings and walls a delicate hue, 'which gives the stone a bluish tint which it does not or should not possess in a clear light.' Washington Star. The Prayer He Didn'i Make. In a certain parish near Dumfries, Scotland, a newly made elder was summoned to the sickbed of a parishioner. Being naturally a bashful man, he was in great anxiety as to the "prayer he wad ha'e to pit up:' and wished to avoid going altogether. At length he was persuaded by his wife and started on his errand. On his return his wife greeted him with the query: "And how did ye get on, William?'' "Oh, grand! He was deid." Hotei i^iie. Jackson?What time do you wake up in the morning usually? Jirason?Four o'clock. "Great snakes! Why sp early?" "I board at a hotel, and that's the hour the man in the next room goes to bed."?New York Weekly. In every home there Is trouble Sunday morning in Gnding the man's clean underwear.?Atchison Globe. The life of an Australian native rarely exceeds 50 years. 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. Chocolate for cakes, powdered sugar for iceiDg cakes, candy trimmings for cakes, fine extracts and essences, all at the Bazaar. * Lemons, Bananas and Apples, at the Bazaar. General Assembly. The house last Wednesday went to woik wifh a vim and kept it up with a steady lick until the hcur of adjournment. During the day a pint assembly was held for the purpose of ratifying acts, passed during the session. When the house assembled there' were 101 second reading bills on the calendar, seven of these passed a second reading and six others were killed. _ .. 4 There were seven third reading bills and each passed. Three of these were senate bills. Thc-se were the Charleston Exposition bill and the two bills to ratify the vote of the v * . people in the general election of 1900 upon ^ the proposed amendments to the constitution, ? The other third reading bills are to prevent hiring convicts to individuals; relating to the drawing of juries, an amendment to the act creating Spartanburg school district and Mr. Lever's bill to validate the of Pnolr vit?/i/ivji-i 41u x ^aa. When the house was called to order by Mr. Hamer, the clerk, it was made known that the speaker wao absent on important personal business and Mr. George E. Ptince, of Anderson, was elected speaker pro tern. The educational department was again hit in the eye when the house refused by a large majority to raise the rank of the clerk to Assistant Superintendent of Education and increase his salary from 8900 to $1200. The bill to limit the compensation of the members of the general assembly to thiity days was killed. There was no opposition to the bill to provide that telegraph companies may be held liable for damages for mental anguish caused by delayed telegrams. Another important bill which passed was that to require the railroad commission to fix rates for storeage to be charged by railroad companies. There was an unfavorable report on Mr. Lever's bill to prevent forest fires from sparks from locomotives and Mr. Lever withdrew his bill. A number of members wanted to have a night sessioD, but as the house committee on fish industry, consisting of -40 members, had a meeting scheduled for S o'clock, the night eassion could not be held. There were several important measures before the senate Wednesday, among them being the child labor bill, the wide tire bill and the bill to prevent railroad employees from delivering alcoholic liquors in . dry counties. On the tale end of Senator Bivios' bill to abolish the county commissioners of York county Senator Sharpe tacked on an amendment fixing the salary of the Supervisor of Lexington county at $250 per annum. Among the bills ratified was one extending the the time for the collection of taxes without the penalty ' until March 1. . Thursday was another, busy day in the house. The bill to appropriate $2,000 to complete the Winthrop domitory z u? ^ ..? A; ? pdfc&eu ita stuoau icauiLp. Tbe marziege license bill was tilled. The child labor bill came up for consideration, the discussion of which consumed the greater portion of the time of tbe house. The bill was killed. Messrs. Efird and Lever votiDg in favor of the bill. This leaves one ether child labor bill before the house?that of Mr. Levers. The author will let it come up for action. I: is more moderate than the other bills, which have been killed. Tae senite met &t the usual hour and proceeded to business. A great many measures received their first and second readings and were disposed of. A number cf new bills were introduced and the senate adjourned. The Governor has signed the bill ext-nding the time for the payment of taxes until March 1st. The Legislature is disposed to help the people to build good roads. Every measure looking to this end is receiving favorable consideration. A bill to hire convicts to the several nrvtin1 io.a tins ruivr.nco /\( rriQ r? V,VjUUCiC,0 XVi tuv yj * 4VMV4 building has passed the house and it will pass the senate. The compensation fixed by the biil is Sd per month per convict including keep. The house Ftidiy passed a concurrent resolution to provide for a legislative commission to investigate the conditions existing in cotton mills. - The bill to provide for the sale of the S:ate farai3 was killed. Contiuucd on Second Page. Nfl