Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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-.2-. ^ F y _ V ^ijc f nvi\inTnm nicDATrH WESTERN ^SOUTlHiAROUNA J j"| C LCAHMU 1 U IS O i 5 F A ! t H, rates reasonable. ing to advertise for three, six and thelv? ~ ~ ~ moctlis. O < Notices in the local ociuam 5 cents per subscription $1 per annum & Bepresentatiue Eeurspaper. Bouers Bexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Bounties Line a Blanket* ^ob^riSTh^odforattherate 1 n cent a irord, when they exceed 100 word*6 V ??? ?? ?? " Marriage notices inserted free JOB PRINTING A SPECIALTY, vol. xxxi. lexisgtox, s. c, Wednesday, February is. looi. ivo. uftJ?h?BUH> Edit0, Md Pnblisher - I I I We've Got I the best $1.25 I I Brogans ^ for ! | Farm Wear In this part of the country and we are sell-1 inglots of them 1 I r SEETHEM. " i LEVEE, The Shoe Man, 16-./3 COLUMBIA, S. C. Feb. 6 - ly. That Crow and Bear Fniit. I j Write for our 60 pase ilwfcirldW lustrated Catalogus^and 40 pace pamphlet, now 10 ~ r" Piant and Cultivate an Orchard," Gives you that information you have so lone fcfc wanted; tells you all about those big red apples, lucious peaches, and Japan plums with their oriental sweetness, r| ^ all of which vou have often __A\. wondered wnere the troes ^me *rom ^at Pr0(lticed ?| EVERYTHING GOOD IN WA FRUITS. ^,'y Unusal floe stock of SILVER MAPLES.young, thrifty trees W * smooth and straivht, the kind ujristhat live and grow off well, old, rough trees. This is jiggflthe most rapid growing maEg* pie and one of the mostbeauIf&p tiful shade trees. Write for prices and give |gp list of wants. J@m J. Van LiudJey Nursery Co., Pomona, N. C. When writing mention the Dispatch. OF SOUTH CAROLINA State, City & County Depository COLUMBIA, S. C. Canital Paid in Full 5150.000.0 | 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 departm eat. TRUST DEPARTMENT ** This Bank under special provision of its charter exercises the office of Executor, Administrator, Trustee or Guardian of Estates. SAFETY DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Fire and Burglar prool safety deposit for rent from $4 (X) to $12 00 per year. EDWBT W. BOBEBTSON, Presideat, A. 0. HASKELL, Vice President J. CALDWELL BOBEBTSON, 2d Vice President. G. M. BEBBY, Cashier. February 12?ly. When writing mention the Dispatch. Fire, Life and Accident Insurance. Only First Class Companies Beprescnted, See my List of Giants: Assets AETNA FIRE, of Hartford, Conn : $13,357,293 CONTINENTAL (FIRE), of New York 9,809,660 PHILADELPHIA UNDERWRITERS, PMla., Pa-. 15,511,066 /ETNA LIFE, of Hartford, Conn 47,584,967 FIDELITY AND CASUALTY, 1 of New York 3,482,862 , My Companies, are Popular, Strong and .Reliable. No one can give your busi- 1 ness better attention; no one can give yon better protection; no one can give you Letter 1 rates. * ^BEFORE INSURING SEE^ Rice B. Harm an, General Insurance Agent, LEXINGTON S. C. , When writing mention the Dispatch. I THE cirui mum nil, COLUMBIA, S. C. CAPITAL $100.000 00 ' 8URPLU8 30,000 00 < ESTABLISHED 1*71. JAMES WOODROW, President. JULIUS WALKER, Yice President. < JEROME H. SAWYER, Cashier. DIRECTORS?James Woodrow, John A. < Crawford, Julius H. Walker, C. Fitzsim- \ mons, W. C. Wright, W. H. Gibbes, John T. Sloan, T. T. Moore, J. L. Mimnaugh, E. S. Joyneo. rpHIS BANK SOLICIT A siiAtti!., ir JL not all, of your business, and will grant every favor consistent with safe and sound banking. January SJ9. 1897?ly. When writing mention tho Dispatch. DR. I J. ETHEBEDGE, 8UKGEON DENTISJT, LEESVILLE, S. C. Office next door below post office. Always onhand. February 12. I i F! 2 ' ~ 7 f ' % I L-> ^?;v r-.i (''. <> --.->-\v- /-' *^r Hit I/' > Z.s '. 7'hu vV ^ Xfi i' y w -.' Ft ^stV,# f fe^Ni ift r VBU(j p3rif iKr^ 1 V&> J3 IT TO THE PEOPLE north { J The like was never before. The grea No Matter 1 You coi 25 pieces Bleached and Uubleached Shee 150 pieces "White Honey Comb, large piz<\ 160 Ltdies' Tafeta Silk Waisls, worth $3 ' 250 dozen Cotton Towels will be sold at 2 1000 yards Bleached HomespuD, no starch 190 pairs Lace Curtains, they are beauties 84 pairs Sample Lace Curtains, 1 and 2 p per pair. 180 dozen Ladies' Silk Finished Stockings 120 Children's Hose, all sizes, the 10c. kirn 26 pieces Oil Table Cloth, estra marble e< Catarrh has become such a common ^'0I disease that a person entirely free from ?1, this disgusting complaint is seldom met with. It is customary to speak of Catarrh as nothing more serious than a bad cold. I a simple inflammation of the nose and throat. It is, in fact, a complicated and ? ? very dangerous disease ; if not at first, it fun very soon becomes so. c The blood is quickly contaminated by ^ the foul secretions, and the poison througli fun the general circulation iscerried to all parts of the system. - & e P Salves, washes and sprays are unsatis- 1 factory and disappointing, because they dc not reach the seat of the trouble. S. S. S. JaDI does. It cleanses the blood of the poison moi and eliminates from the system all catarrhal secretions, and thus cures thoroughly "re and permanently the worst cases. m0l Mr. T. A. Williams, a leading dry-goods mer- ! ?20 chant of Spartanburg, S. C., writes: " For yean ! v I had a severe case of g nasal Catarrh, with all the disagreeable effects w Jyp which belong to that ?g disease, ana which B - -tBtfei ! T,iC make life painful and 188 unendurable. I used KV ?21 medicines prescribed by I j v WJ > j v 5 leading physicians and V^figSfcL fy rpn suggested by numbers BBsEBk. jj . ofiriends, but without S(J_ getting any better. I sEv ' then began to take S. S. Jsr&m&zt k S. It had the desired 000 effect, and cured nie rrofi after taking eighteen ^?s&Si?hi~ JJl'1 bottles. In my opinion S. S. S. is the only medi- ir cine now in use that will effect a permanent curt 1 ofc?*,rh-" d is the only purely veg- , ???> etable blood purifier s*ei ^MAwtn rrrof?f _ TH "VMEEL ^Sf\ XUVMU, dliVk Uit J? k. a L Ek IL a est of all blood medi<S!?i5gP cines and tonics. Pur If you have Catarrh don't wait until it $2,S becomes deep-seated and chronic, but begin at once the use of S. S. S., and send ^I0E or our book on Blood and Skin Diseases j?Q, and write our physicians about your case. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, CA. ^32 boa State House Expenses. s i 500 The following appropriations have ?2,^ been made by the house committee en appropriations for the State i gTA officers: Salary of governor, $3,000; private j ^ secretary, $1,350; messenger, $400; | contingent fund, $5,000; stationery, i DeS! $300; stenographer, $400. 1 aod Salary of secretary of state, $1,900; ^rir clerk, $1,350; contingent fund, $150; stationery, $500; extra clerk hire j 1400; for books, blanks, etc, $300. Comptroller general's salary, $1,- I S E)00; three clerks, $1,400 eacb; con- ; j? fin/vnnf fnrtrl 4000* nrintlncr ' lij^cuu iuuu) v"vvj | _ stationery, $300; traveling expense* j g] $500. | | J State treasurer, $1,900; chief clerk, JlL d I $1,500; two book keepers, $1,350 each najj contingent fund, $200; printing of and bonds and stocks, $2,000; stationery Sen $200. I Superintendent of education, $1,900; clerk, $9J0; contingent fund, | $200; printing, books, etc, $1,319. State board expenses, $300; station- ft ery, $300; stenographer, $400; travel- big ing expenses, $300. ; Wb Adjutant general, $1,500; assist- I ant adjutant general, $1,200; State dol armor, ?350; traveling expenses, $550; contingent fund, ?500; sta- S tionery, ?150; repairing arsenal at wb 7 GLOB *! w. si. sj \ lOSO MAIN STREET, % Solicits a Share of "5 3 OF LEXINGTON: A: ind east has been gleane t crowds that filled our store last week went wil making this tlx Where Price is ild well afford to come 5 iting, 2? yards wide, will be sold at I2|c pe;* yard. Bed Spreads, sold as ail advertisement at 4:8c. each. 75, to be sold at $1 75, lovely shades and colorings. |c. each. i, splendid cloth, price, 4c. per yard. , 90 inch, in the opening sale, at 43c. per pair. >air8 of a kind only, worth from $2 to $4 a pair, your , worth 20c. per pair, price 5c. per pair, d, all go at 5c. per pair. Hged, every imaginable pattern, 20c. per yard the regul mfort, $300; for the militia, Ob 000* Annis M. Suit, attorney general, $1,900; assistant, and daughter of 350; contingent fund, $150; sta- Hallman, was bo iery, $100; litigation expenses, S. C., September 500; for emergency, $500, if neces- 33ath S C Jj Hers had been Railroad commissioners' salaries, Umeg mofit painf 700; secretary, $1,200; contingent months when . d' Sl<200- She died in the ( Itate librarian, $800; contingent hef rema;38 wer d, $175; stationery, $300; other o , . , enses, $100. | ? ... , , ?wo watchmen State house, $900; i eW18 Q e' 0 W iter, $160; engineer $75 for seven | *emberfc'r farJ atbs and $25 for five months; two i 1?D' 61 ?r' I her funeral, men at $35 per month for five m, , , I The deceased ^ nthe; keeper's contingent fund, , ... ; 10 children, two . , t nt ceded her to the iupreme court, Chief Justice Mc* , , , , <&.iocn t i' o leaves a fond hug r, $2,850; Justice Gary, $2,850; tice Jones, $2,850; Justice Pope, at er n* 350; clerk, $800; librarian, $800; ! ** h 8 hoSl .... .. , . AAAA i friends to mourn orter, $900; attendent, $200; mes- _ ... . . .nnn ' . . , , .CAA Death is but a na ger, $200; contingent fund, $500; Across life's res ks for library, $500; 100 copies of Where Annie weg h and 60th reports, $1,200. And reigns wit 'or each of the eight circuit ges, $3,000; solicitors, $11,050; lographers, $10,000. It Dazzles oard of Health?For quarantine _ poses, $15,000; for State'board, i No Discovery i 500; Charleston quarantine sta- j create(^ one qua i, $2,650; St. Helena's, $950; Port ment that bas b( ral, $1,275; Georgetown, $675; j KiDR'8 N?w Disc ;aretto, $300; clerk hire for State j ^on* s 6evere rd, $300. | on hopeless vic.'ii ialaries of county auditors, $25,- j bneumoDia> Her ; printing for county auditors, ! anc^ bronchitis, t 5qq it has restored ! For Coughs, Cole te of Oeio, City of Toledo, ) I bever, Hoar Lucas County j* ss ing Cough it; is I 'rank J. Cheney makes oath that cure in the world is the senior partner of the firm KaufmanD; wl r. J. Cheney & Co., doing busi- ... .' , 3 io the City of Toledo, County Action or refund S'-ate aforesaid and that said ^es SOu and $1 i will pay the sum of One Hun- free. 1 Dollars for each and every case j ^ )itarrh that cannot be cored by use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Soldiers Killed ir FRANK J. CHENEY. ! worn to before me and subscribed Washington, E my presence, this Gth day of Adjutant General lumber, A. D. 188G. , . ' a telegram saying ZkL ) A. W. Gleason, ) Notary Public. on the Erie raili Pa., this morning l's Citarrh Cure is taken inter- ; ed, including the y and ads directly on the blood , , mncoos surfaces of the system, j ? p(lua ' an( d for testimonials, free. jured. fall's Family Pills are the best. The departmer ^ take charge of tuin the remains The Fight Would Be Worth It. . .,. 3 their families. Ir. Suburb?My neighbor has a new recruits on dog that wo aro all afraid 0f. , i'rancisco. iat do you advise? jawyer?Get a bigger one. Five iJo Qure a q( lars-Please- 1 Take Laxativ, Tablets. All dr >ome cooks manage to get fat ! money if it fail ile wasting away. Grove's signatur< i IE DRY GOODS iozstchtoilt, Tie. rour Valued Patronage. fter weeks of diligen sd that we might pla (1 over the Bargains. Remember this is 3 Great and Only Bargain House in Coli Quoted We 0 miles to see the Ba Bla i All the new aDd bea | I I pick of tho lot at $1 y Our ( will be a revelation to ar price., our price 15c. a BU\t 0f clothes. Coi # ituary. | Dots and D< wife of W. J. Suit, | Qnc wny (o b ?e D. J. and Ellen ; pjenjy 0f pq?are meal rn near Lewiedale, ! on iom j j* j Persons who can no 22,1860, and died . no ioai pills find it a pleasure inuary 28, 1901. *1. , m , ... , , Witts Little Early a lingering, and at , - , alc cur ucai iittic uuj ul illness for several j j> KaufmaaD. leatb released her. n n,, . .. . .m o Ability is the art o christian faith, and 1 what we are capable o e deposited in the Baptist cbnrch at It takes a good arti lich she had been a actor to draw a good 1 i. Rev. W. B. Hor- Bike bad dollars, a of Bath, preached of E>e Wilt's Witch Hi worthless. The or: *as the mother of cure? pHes, sores and of whom have pre- eases. J. E. Kaufmai spirit laDd. She j The man who owes iband and children, cannot call his sole his ir, brothers and sis- jf a man jg able to i k of relatives and j8 ab]e to stand prcspi herlos.3. Millions of people jHpm r?vprD Be Witt's Little 3tless river, irs the golden crown, and those who use th h Christ the Saviour. ; to be famous little C. B. A. gripe. J. E Kaufmai Marrying a man to i 5 The World. like drinking whiskey ! Cents and nickles at n medicine has ever j u3e(J tQ a muoh gre&te rter of the excite- j e7er before. een cau;3ed by Dr. , _ I Silence may bs g overy for Cousump- , A, , , , , , won t pay the expense st tests have been ; : mer. us of Consumption, norrhage, Pleurisy Mu Vionnarirlii of wVtom 13 CURES WHERE ALL Eli uu?l""'u" v* "?v? | |=jj Best Cough SjTup. TasK to perfect health. j Is, Asthma, Croup, | senes3 and Whoop- ! The most unselfish ' :he quickest, sures | world lio a woman is . It is sold by J. up nights and sewing 10 guarantee satis- j gjQj. machines have money. Large bot- j police of Cbarlestc 00. Trial bottles ; gambling machines. When you want a p] mild and gentle, easy l a Railroad Wreck, j pleasant in effect use ? j Stomach and Liver T >. 0, February 7. ; 25 cents. Samples fre I Corbin has received ; guaranteed. For se ?that nice soldiers j Kaufmann. try were in a wreck The Southern raili 'oad at (jreenville, j3ag Becure(j control mi 1-:11 rt. inree were *m- i , . ... i and Ohio road, sergeant in charge I 1 one was badly in- J ^Qdiana towns are :tr ! negro vagrants, and ii< it lias arranged to I DeSro citiz! tho survivors and j There is always dai of the dead over to | counterfeits of De1 The soldiers were i Hazel Salve. The ori/ their way to San i aQd certain cure for j | soothing and healing e ? I aod all skin diseases. ^ ; mann. >id in One Day rp^e Tennessee le 9 Bromc Quinine j passed a bill to prohib uggists refund tbe cation o{ the race0 ,s to cure. t,. W. 3 is on each box. 25c. Pay your dues to th - COMPANY, - - - COLUMBIA Polite and Prompt Attention, t search by our buyers ce before the purchasin the people's store. Your wishes are ours. ^ imbia. Will fee Undei irgain Feast we have fc ck and Colored E utiful spring styles are before you and we will be ; save you money. Clothing and Hat you. The prices are shaved close. We can fit yo ne to see us when you are in Columbia, whether { People's Store. 2 1711 Ha g i CQLUM] ishes. Pneumonia Can be Prevented round is to act ! This disease always results fr< s. ; cold or an attack of the grip it take ordinary may be prevented by the timely i to take De- Chamberlain's Cough Rem Risers. They That remedy was extensively i s ever made, during the epidemics of La Gr of the past few yearp, and not a f doing only g^e case has ever been reported f doing. | not recover or that resultec - ! nnftnrnonia. whiah shows it to 1: ist or a goo certain preventive of that dan louse* ^ oug djsease# Chamberlain's Cc Jl counterfeits Reme(jy bag gained a world 1 izel Salve^ are repUtatjon for its cures of colds iginal quickly grjp For gale by j e. Kaufma all skin die- j in. Tbe Governor of Maryland his shoemaker appointed a strong commission t< i own. present the State at the Charle stand abuse he exposition. Jr^y* The City Council, of Omaha, ^ are familiar ba8 offered a reward of $5,000 Early Eisers pat Crowe, the kidnapper, dead em find them alive, making the price on Cro1 pills. Never hea(j B0W $18,000. 1D' . | Buckshoal, N. C , May 16,189 reform him is Gentlemen:?Four years ago I to deatrov it. I kolnloea rwitVi o rnicoriT in mrr h " UCiyiVOO n iVU (* LUAWUI. J ?U fcUJ K/ e now beiDg | I could not return myself in bed. r extent than ' was treafced bJ physiciaD, bu did me no good. I took one b( I of Dr. Baker's Female Regulator olden, but it it cured me. I thiDk there is e of the drum- medicine on earth like it. Mrs. Emma E. Myer ; For sale at the Bazaar. 3BS3B9I ^ ffaackise has been granted aGooi usegj the city council of Union, S. C., QJgQBQH T. C. Duncan and associates to b an electric railway in that < husband in the J YTork is to commence by July worth sitting aQCj he finished in a year, buttons on for. There are two ways of get been seized by rich; One by addiDg to cur pos in, S. C, as aionS; the other by diminishing desires. The latter is much the hyaic that is ier and readier p, a, J. *U, Reports show a greatly inerer a.m eramS death rate from throat and 1 ablets. Price, ?e. Every box i troubles> due to the prevalence lie by J E ^ croup, pneumonia and grippe. ; advise the use of Oue Minute Co , Cure in all of these difficulties, road company of the Mobile ' *S 0D^ harmless remedy I gives immediate results. Chile i like it. J. E. Kaufmann. taking war on j Wbj doeg (he ,eUer R ho]J >t encouraging [ enTia^i0 position? Because il ! never found in sin, but always ager in using temperance, industry, virtue Witt's Witch prosperity. It is the beginning *inal i9 a safe religion and the end of war. )iles. It is a j E KaufmaI1Ii? the druggist, lalve for sores rejund you your money if you J. E. Kauf- not satisfie(i after using Chaml Iain's Stomach and Liver Tabl gie-lature has ?pfcey cure disorders of the stom it the co-edu- kiiiougDe88, constipation and h< j ache. Price, '2."> cent3. Sara] ,e Dispatch. ! free. i , s. c., M.1 * October I3tf every market in tlie g public )Yo arc here to please you. We propose ? That Price. >r you in iress Goods. pleased to show them to you. Yes, and Department a and just save you from $2 00 to $4 00 on mrcbaser or visitor your are welcome at the in Street, BIA, S. C. | A San Francisco millionaire Las the credit of paying the largest sur- ! a geon's fee on record for a successful 1 1 a i operation for appendicitis. Thirty use thousand dollars was this tidy sum, 1 e<^' j representing one man's gratitude to ? ^8ec* j bis physician. * !PPe por weakneS8 and prostration that ^ follo 2 S"PPe there nothing so * j f : prompt and effective as Oae Minute J 1D ! Cough Cure. This preparation is 1 >e 6 highly endorsea as an unfailing rem- * ^er" I edy for all throat and luDg troubles * 1 , and its early use prevents consump- 1 iV^6 tion. It was made to cure quickly. * aD(^ J. E. Kaufmann. on There are doors in some old houses r ~~~ ! of Holland which were in former f days never used except for funerals j ) T6^ ^ ; and weddings. After the bride and t groom had passed out, the door was t nailed up to await the next occasion. c e'?> Four hundred textile mills were f?r established in this country last year. ( or J This is more than double the annual ^ a average for the past eight years, and ] I is 46 per cent, above the record of i 8. I 1892. i wa8 i Columbia, S. C, is to have a new i act , . j ten-story, steel frame office building, c t he like unto the sky.scrapers of New J )ttle York and Chicago. This is only one t an(^ of the many evidences of the rapid i D0 growth of the capitol city. ^ '8. | ? hv I WI&iubis'C: d t'0 1 v?vsnuai <3 |j it si u,c I i ; is hard enough as A ] it is. It is to her that / U j we owe our world, / \\ I "E? and everything \ JS(f5 should be made as \ easy as possible for m/^ ST\ \ 2 our her at the time of W " /\ \ r eag. childbirth. This \ \ is just what 1 ,sed MOTHER'S T\ <?) UDg 5 ? / J^V V-U t ^ Friend 4-^ |? ugh will do. It will make jt baby's coming easy c and painless, and that without tak- t that i"g dangerous drugs into the sys , tem. It is simply to be applied"to lren musc]es 0f the abdomen. It penetrates through the skin carrying strength and elasticity with ft. It strengthens the whole system and is prevents all of the discomforts of ^ j pregnancy. 1 1D The mother of a plumb babe in c and Panama, Mo., says: " I have used . Mother's Friend and can praise it 1 : 0f highly." E will ! Get Mother's Friend at the t are Drug Store, $1 per bottle. ber- | ets The Bradfield Regulator Co., S acb, | ATLANTA, GA. Write for our free illustrated book, :>le8 ' " Before Baby is Born." c I It Gridles The Globe. The fame of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, as the best in the world, extends round the earth. It's the olo perfect healer of Cuts, Corns, Burns, Bruises, Sores, Scalds, Boils, Ulcers, Felons, Aches, Pains and all Skin Eruptions. Only infallible Pile cure. 25c a box at J. E. Kaufmann. Rural Mail Delivery, Congressman Stokes has been assigned the duty by the government of investigating the results of the free delivery system in the State. Fifteen more routes have been allowed the State. Ia this way a delivery every day will be possible, instead of me every other day as heretofore. Lucky the Boss Was Out. "Is the bo83 in?" asked the stranger, entering the drug etore. "No," replied the absent minded cleik, "but we have something prst as good." . i Blown To Atoms. The old idea that the body sometimes needs a powerful, drastic, purgative pill has been exploded; for Dr. King's New Life Pills, which are perfectly harmless, gently stimulate liver and bowels to expel poisonous matter, cleanse the system and absolutely cure Constipation and Sick Headache. Only 25c at J. E. Kaufmann's drug store. 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. If the stomach cannot digest enough food to keep the body strong, such a preparation as Kodol Dyspepsia Cure should be used. It digests what you eat and it simply can't help but do you good. J. E. Kaufmanu. Because an engineer Mas asleep five persons were killed, one fatally injured, and thousands of dollars worth of property destroyed in a wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Cigarette smoking is a sufficient ground for divorce in Wisconein. In Milwaukee the other day a wo man demanded a divorce on the plea that her husband was an excessive smoker cf cigarettes and the court % ranted the decree. The re-union of Confederate Vetjrcns and Sons of Veterans, will be ield in Columbia S. C, May 8. On yiay 27, the S. C., monument at Dhickamauga will be unveiled, and a 'all attendance is deeired. On May 18, the great Confederate re-union vill be held at Memphis. The local board of trustees of the ^ ecently burned Alumni Hall at Woford college have decided to rebuild it once. The $5,000 insurance gives hem a fund to start with and it is bought the friends of the college all IL. DI.I :ii 3 i:! 11_ jvur me Qiuitt win ieepuuu iiuertuiy. Recent experiments show that all classes of foods may be completely ligested by a preparation called iodol Dyspepsia Cure, which absoutely digests what you eat. As t is the only combination of all the latural digestant3 ever devised the lemand for it has become enormous, [t has never failed to cure the very vorst cases of indigestion and it ilways give3 instant relief. J. E. iaufmann. The New York World claims to iavo secured an interview withAguilaldo in which he says he will not rust the American people any more, since Dewey, Otis and other American Generals have violated their solemn promises to the Filipinos. 3e says the war will last till his peojle win their independence. The farmers of Woodstock, Ga., ire battling with an army of crows, mmberiDg thousands, and the battle s going on day and night. It takes hem only a short time to devour i field Gf wheat, ana the farmers say hey will have ro be destroyed before pring or there will be no corn raised n that section. A car load of telephones, made by he Sumter Telephone Manufactur ng Co , has been shipped to Cuba. m Stockholders Meeting. The stockholders of the Lexingon County Fair Association will aeet in the court house at Lexingon on February 16th, at 11 o'clock a. q. A full attendance is desired as auch important business is to be ransacted. By order of J. H. Counts, Pres. Steps the Ccugh and Works eff the Cold. Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets ure a cold in one day. No Cure, No >ay. Price 25 cents.