Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IgSP^-- __ : ~o? K SESTAOVERTpr MEDIUM ^ ^ ~~~ C J^j[ _ ^ ^ ^ 1 AS7E?-TISm^fATES-e BATES SEASONABLE. ' ^ - - tt".'1""'""" fc* *" nnd ""iv* O Notj^es in the ?coa! colnnc 5 cents per .rr^nRTVTiON Si PEB ANNUM & Bepresentatiee newspaper. Bowers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Bounties Lihe a Blanket. .to,.*** ?. ?> - cent a we d. wi oil they eroewl 300 worda. Q ?? Marries notioes inserted (rc^ k JOB P8OT8 A SPECIALTY, l. xxxi. lexixgtox, s. c., Wednesday, march ?. iooi. so. n j ***, r^. i r i ' ! \ \Wv \z*) ilVfT i j j bors l| | I there are (Jfi Bat if you want The Best $1.50 Shoes! for yourself, wife or daughter, for dress yon get them from Lever, The Shoe Man, JG93 Main Street, Colam I bia, they are one fifty for one pah . or a hundred. Ccrupare then> with 1 other p?op!o's two dollar shoes. j ' I 1 ! i *. J j Feb. 6 ly. That Grow and Bear Frnil. ji Write for our 60 pane il- I jlttstrated Catalogue and 40 I I page pamphlet, "How to I ^ (Plant and Cultivate an Or- J #enarn," uives juu mci. information you have so long wanted; tells you all nbout those big red apples, iucious peaches, and Japan plums with theiroriental sweetness, f-. all of which you have often /?\ wondered where the trees eanfe from that produced JfeJ EVERYTHING GOOD IN FRUITS. Unusal flne stock of SILVER MAPLES,young. thrifty trees smooth and strai ht, the kind that live and grow off well. No old, rough trees. This is the most rapid growing maple and one of the mostDeautiful shade trees. Write for prices and give list of wants. J. Van Lindley Nursery Co., Pomona, N. C. | When writing mention the Dispatch. LOAPEXiASIBAI OF SOUTH CAROLINA State, City & County Depository COLUMBIA. S. C. Capita! Paid in Full $150.000.00 Surplus fiO.GOO.Ot Liabililtes of Stockholders 150,000.00 $330,000.00 SAVINGS DSPAES&EITT. ( Interest at the rate of 4 per cent-am per annum paid on deposits in this department : TRUST REPARIMEXT This Bank under special provision of its i eTPfcisoa the office of Fxecutor, i Administrator, Trustee or Guardian of Ea tates. - ] SAFETY DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Fire and Burglar proot safety deposit for rent from $4 00 to $ 12 CO per year. EDWIN W. ROBERTSON, President, A. C. HASKELL, Vice President J. CALDWELL ROBERTSON, , 2d Vice President. , G. M. BERRY.Cashier. February J "A?ly. , When writing mention the Dispatch. Fire, Life and Accident ; Insurance. Only First Class Companies Represented, ( See ruy List of Giants: ASS61S /ETNA FIRE, cf Hartford, Conn 813,357,293 CONTINENTAL (FIRE), of New York 10.633,271 PHILADELPHIA UNDERWRITERS, Pliik., Pa.. 15 511,066 AFNA LIFE, of Hartford, Conn 47,584,967 FIDELITY AND CASUALTY, of New York 3,482,882 Aly Companies, are P<ujplar, Strong-and 1 .Reliable. No one ca give your business better attention no one can give you better protection; no one can give you better rates. /^BEFORE INSURING SEE-fc^ ^ R i e e 15 . II a i- m a n , General Insurance Acent, LEXINGTON S. C. When writing mention the Dispatch. THE mnn fifiaiiL Bin MS. ??= COLUMBIA, S. C. CAPITAI $100 000 00 ^ SURPLUS 30.000 00 ESTABLISHED lb71. JAMES WOOD HOW, President. JULIUS WALKER. Vice President. JEROME H. SAWYER, Cashier. DIRECTORS?James Woodrow, John A Crawlord, Julius H. Walker, C. Fitzsim moos, W. C. Wright. W. H. Gibbes John T. Sloan. T. 1. Moore, J. L. Mirnnaugh. E. S Joynes. t pHIS BASK SOLICITS A SHARE, IF I ??f ail vonr business, and will grant every favor consistent with safe and sound banking. -fannarv 29. 1897?1v. When writing mention the Dispatch. ^ DR. I J. ETilEREDGE, SUKGEON DENTlsll LEESVILLE, S. C. Office next door below post office. W Always onhani. February 12. J[|jg\![ mR of Bichland an "S3 iJS5 Is t'ae PeopVs Store. We want imrvn ViMlf m 1 iUU04ii/4J U|y\yu j ww* ?< DRY 2 cases Bleached Homespun, i3 5 cents the yard. 225 pieces Percales for Ladies cents tbe yard. 5 bales full yard wide Sea Isla 5 bales of heavy Checked Hon mill price. 25 pieces of Bleached and Unl wide, price 15 cents the yard, wo 1000 yards Mattress Ticking, g 900 yards Feather Ticking, the Whit We are displaying some of tl appreciate. Every piece in this < 50 pieces of white checked Mu 85 pieces high grade imported prices that will move them. 1000 yards White Lawn in sho See the immense line cf Ernbn worth seeing. They range in pri more Embroideries than any two ' Items from Black Creek. To the Editor of the Dispatch: The health of our community the best that I have ever seen we are very thankful to our gi preserver for such health. Rev. M J. Kyzer has closed school at Wateree. The Oak Grove congregation worshipping iD their new house v Rev. Evans Hall as pastor. As we looked out on the morn of February the 23rd we saw mother earth covered with a wl mantle. The farmera nrfi hphind with tl Farm work. The sound of gee 1 hasr been few and far between, look out in a few days. The Sunday school at Oak Gr is to open on the first Sunday March. It is reported that Mr. Glo Aoles will plant about 80 acres oew ground in cotton this y< Mr. Abies is a good farmer as v its a successful saw mill man. Some men will do more harm church work in one day than tl can ever rectify in a life time. If it was not for the chain g* our public roads would be hard find in some sections. We wish our editor and Dispa a long happy life and its readers m prosperous year. lraveiei v? o * Catarrh Cannot bs Cured. "With Local Applications, as t cannot reach the seat of the dise; Catarrh is a blood or constitute disease, and in order to cure it must take internal remedies. Hi Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acts directly on the blood and muc surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is a quack medicine. It was prescri by one of the best physicians in country for years, and is a reg prescription. It is composed of X. X best tonics known, combined ^ the best blood purifiers, acting rectlv on the mucous surfaces, perfect combination of the two in dients is what produces such \ derful results in curing Cata Send for testimonials, free. Hall's Family Pills are the b6S Spring Hill Sparks. To the Editor of the Dispatch: We have been having some 1 fine weather and we clodhcp Ur.TT? Koon niatinn ornnrl IKP nf it, Ua ? C 1/ttU uiumupj ^ turDiDg our stubble land. Our small grain is looking ' nice since the rains have ceased. The wedding bells have mac few more peals. On February 1901, at the bride's home near ft ?/.yKi $$2$ lg~y)j ICSO MAIN ST] &15jpj Solicits a S d Lexington Countie A.TES & " 1711 Post Offi . to meet personally every buyer in the surro *" GREAT I GOODS tis a good one, full 3G inch wide, the price ' waists, lovely patterns, to be run at 4 ! nd will be sold at 5 cents the yard, lespun, will be sold at cents, less than Reached Sheeting, full two and a half yards rfK OK Aianffl tKo vorrt tvw ~ J jood and heavy, price for this sale, 4 Jc yard j 19 cents kind, you can buy at 10c. per yard. e Goods. be many beautiful things that you will deparment is a bargain, slio, the 8 cents kind, price 4c. the yard. White Goods, all on two big counters, at rt and heavy weights, price 4c. the yard, oideries we have on display, 'tis a sight j ice from 2c. to 10c. the yard. We have 1 places in Columbia. ' To the Merchant or Buyer in large 4 I f Rock, by the Rev. S. C. Balientine, Mr. R. Bachman Shealy and Miss Eunice Shealy were married. They ! 18 left Monday for St. George, where and jj,. Shealy is working in the saw reat mju business. We wish the loviDg couple mi ih joy and happiness, his ]y?r. Benson Whites, one of our old friends, made a short stay with are his old friends last week. Mr. EvaDS Eargle and Miss Annette Fulmer were married by Rev. ; S. C Balientine Sunday, the 17tb, of i | February, 1*901.' nte pMf A p Rifag ifl nnr I ^re school and is giving perfect safciefac- ! tion. law ^ We were pleased to have two of ; our best friends, Messrs. Ocka Der- i rick and Bub Roberts, with us last ! ove . Saturday and Sunday. Little Peal and William Ballen- i ver tine were visiting Mrs. Levina Qj Eleazer's family last week. 5ar Let ?Em Roll. pell February 23, 1901. . H/htfin fhA accompanied kj | hey VVllCII I1IC rc^,Frl,chS,S J the rnoutb, eruptions on the skin, -g iwir rails x~?cphS;! to ! Agflf swollen glands, aching muscles i 18111 and bones, the disease is making : ! rapid headway, and far worse i tcb [ symptoms will follow unless the blood is ; promptly and effectually cleaused of this i violent destructive poison, r. i S. S. S. is the only safe and infallible cure for this disease, the only antidote for this specific poison. It cures the i worst cases thoroughly and permanently. hpv Hg Condition could I contracted BIocmI j Poison. I tried ase Gave Beei No Worse. ?.?? doctors b? aoc- their treatment mal d5d me no good; I was pettinjr worse^all the i | time ; my imir miiac uui, mwts o^^.a?w .... j throat and mouth, my body was almost covered Jou j with copper colored splotches and offensive ; 1*? i sores. I suffered severely from rheumatic pains j ail S jn my shoulders and arms. My condition could j have been no worse ; onlv those afflicted as I was ?iiU can understand my sufferings. I had about lost all hope of ever being well again when ,0U8 j decided to try S. S. a but must confess I had uoc little faith left in any i j medicine. After taking |y ^ l>ea the third bottle I noticed 1 jw&TBb a a change in my condi- I; fO'S J tiojx. This was truly en- ^~W j i couraging, aud I deter- ? ill"! mined to give S. S. S. a ^ Ijjkaf II ! thorough trial. From me that time on theimprovevith seemed to have the disdi | control; the sores atid The 1 soon free from all signs of the disorder; I have '' & ' ?re- been strong and healthy ever since. ^ L. W. Smitk, Lock Box 611, Noblesville, Ind. rrh. hlood puriU'er t. ^1^ it contains a particle of mercury, potash or other mineral poison. Send for our free book on Blood Poison; it contains valuable information al>out this disease, with full directions for self treatment.' We charge nothing for medi* cal advice ; cure yourself at home. v THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. i pers * by | Chicago's great builders' strike has involved, in fifteen months, a pery loss of $30,000,000 in wages and $75,000,000 in contractors' profite, le a while 18,000 men and their families 19, have left the city to seek work else'hite where. ??????WBB? TO? yuaw GLOBE DRY 13:. ^?niTCIZT' BEET, hare of Your Valued FOR s. We handled ir in the pasi WALKI ice Block, Ma unding country. We don't handle trasl BARGAIN H< , CLOT ! Table Line: Don't miss this. 10 peices Bleache price 23 ctn's the yard. 18 pieces Tuikey Red Darnatk 15 c< LACE CURTAINS ANi! 180 pieces Lace Curtains. We bou; the pair. 98 dozen lineu Holland Wiudow Sba 62 pieces CurtaiD Drapery, price 4?< 500 Ladies' Percale "Waists, they rej special price for your pick of the lot a 2 cases White Honey Comb Bed Sp: will be sold at 48c. each. Shoes! She Remember every shoe we offer jou is j 500 pairs men's whole stock, white c you at 98 cents a pair. 300 pairs ladies' button and lace she $139 and $1 48, all to be closed out at to miss. ^antities, a visit to our store will _____ Dotes and Dashes. Persia has a navy of just one ves- , sel. Mexico i3 four times larger than ! France. T J.n Un/. OflQ main and lironpll JUUJUUUU U?3 UU'J UID1U uuu k/iu?vu post-offices. No Deed for you to have the grippe, ADd other ills will let you slip, If you will use L. L. and K Which cures and keeps disease away. Bottles 25c, 50c and Si 00. Over 3,000,000 needles are used ; every day. Smallpox prevails in nearly every j county of Mississippi. See that you get the original DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve when you ask for it. The genuine is a certain cure for piles, sores and skin die- j eases. J. E. Kaufnann. All negroes have been ordered to j leave Hillsboro, Pa., because they ; endeavored to conceal a fugative and ! criminal. Their promptness and their pleas- ; ant effects make DeWiti's Little Early Risers most popular little pills wherever tbey are known. They are simply perfect for liver and bowel ; troubles. J. E. Kaofmann. The Philippine peace commission has organized a provincial government for the province of Bulucan, \ Philippine Islands. The death of a cow in Massachu- j setts revealed the fact that she had : swallowed a clock. As soon as he found it out her owner knew her time had come. I CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. 23 Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use pj All Georgia towns are having a I spasm over the Sunday laws. There j have been arrests of butchers, bakers and candlestick makers, and mostly ' of liquor sellers. The Massachusetts Frog Company has just been incorporated in o /?ar\ifal r>f SknODD ifft ax 11 Li u n itu C4 vu^iv-ti \j*. ^vwv} , object being declared in Ibe applicatian to be "to buy, sell, breed end j import frogs and like animals. When you are bilious, use those famous little pills known as De- j Witt's Little Early Risers to cleanse ; the liver and bowels. They never j gripe. J. E. Kaufmann. At Winsted, Conn., J. T. Hayes fol- j lowed Miss Winifred Cooke into the j i tanilrlinrr unr? fthrvt'. hpr Shf> ; = ? 1-> - , died instantly. They had been en- j gaged, and about a month before the shooting the teacher broke it cff. O 2S7, 3*25., 2s/?^.2>' T>,-?f va-n r? r?>a T> /\1 If a on/1 JL atiuiicu^i;. j. t/iinj ujliii J nmense crowds of t; two weeks. in Street, Cell 3 or questionable merchandise junketed i IP Tbs foliowin^ is bl HT I X G A a Bargains. d and Unbleached, 4Sc. Table Linen, ?nts the yard, 25 cents value. ) WINDOW SHADES. ght them cheap, you can get thc-m 47e. < des to be sold at 24c. the piir. 3. the yard. aresent style and fit. We have m>ide t 24c. each. read?, full size, as an advertisement Ct >es! Slices! i i solid leather shoe. iak tan, regular $1.45 price, we S' 11 >es, plain and patent tip?, worth $1.25, i 98j., ;tis a bargain you cannot aftbid i 8 < prove a saving in the future and : There was a big firs in Atlanta the other day. The Markham house j block was burned, valued at ?600, : 000. | r" w Like Oliver Twist, children ask ai for more when given One Minute a( Cough Cure. Mothers endorse it q highly for croup. It quickly cures 0, all coughs and colds and every throat w and lung trouble. It is a specific , for grippe and asthma and has long aj been a well known remedy for whoop- uj cough. J. E. Kiaufmann. j. Gen. J. B. Gordon was robbed in Chicago. He left his overcoat and grip in a hotel office for a few min- in utes. When he returned they were fr missing and checks and other valua- it bles worth adout $4,000 in all were j rf gone. w Dr. J. L. M. Curry has prepared " ' with much care From personal recol- ^ lections and available documents a ^ civil history of the Confederate government, which will soon be publish ed. The work in the outcome of a J B resolution passed at the Louisville 1 p< Confederate reunion. j oi The lingering cough following tL grippe calls for One Minute Cough Cure. For all throat and lung trcu- ^ bles thi3 is the only harmless remedy that gives immediate results. Pre vents consumption. J. E. Kauf- a mann. fr Editor Bradford of the Fort Mill ^ t s Times i9 the defendant in a homicide case. He tried to make some noisy negroes hush as they were disturb- i ing his sick mother. One of the Le- t -> i- ?r_t_i groes orew lus pisiui uuu luc cuavi 8hot him. T In McDowell, N. C, EJwin Dover ^ while sitting by the fire smoking p. | cigarette and laughing and talking with the family, suddenly sprang for- * ward into the fire and was burned to yi death. He was a fine speciman of ^ youDg manhood and was never sick a day in his life. ^ - ? s! He Kept His Leg. !i Twelve years ago J. W. Sullivan, Ci of Hartford, Conn , scratched his leg with a rusty wire. Iofhmmation 11 and blood poisoning set in. For two ^ years he suffered intensely. Then u the best doctors urged amputation, D "but," he writes, "I used one bottle ^ \ of Electric Bitters and H boxes, of Bucklen's Arnica Salve and my kg $ was sound and well as ever." For Eruptions, Eczema, Tetter, Suit 0 Rheum, Sores acd all blood dia- a orders Electric 13.ttcrs has no rival cj ; on earth. Try tuem J. E. Ivuuf- a j naann will guarantee satisfaction or J I refund money. Only 50 cents. $ !Y ?- c* 3 ^1' r-A-O-ESK, COLUMI5IA, fS. Prompt Attention. Octol Columbia's discr umbia, S? 0.? 'rom the villages of the State. A it a partial ii^t of the vast array of B; l N D S P Clothing a 1 case Man's Pant?, oil wool, hair lie 150 paiis Men's Dies9 Pant?, will b 150 pairs Boy's Heavy Pants to be i Vvo d-fy competition in Men's Cloth; Counter No. 1 ?GO suits, special to i Counter No. 2?45 suits, some splen ?7 and $0.00, will be sold at $5 00. Men's Hats! 50 dozen Broad Biimtaed Farmers1 ] 50 dc zen Handkerchiefs, price 1 cent Ck /^tt f n "I _ i , !i Z cases ^iocus, o uay embers, warm !3 inches high, in o.tk and mahogcny, ] 130 Handsome Large Parlor Limps ess than cost of manufacture). 20 pieces Table Oil Cloth, price 15 c< Towels aud Napkins will ba sold at j 120 dozen large heavy Towels at 5 ci 0-1 dozen extra size Linen Towels to 'JO ucz-3D, a big bargain lot of Napki .stoLish. show you the mistakes of the pa i * * m :iwmwimn ?? n iij?w?m? An Honest Medicine for La Grippe, i George W. Waitt, of South Gardi?r, Ale., say.?: 'T have had the oret cough, cold, chills and grip :d have taken lo*s of trash of no iccunt but profit to the vendor, hamberlain's Cough Remedy is the ily thing that has done aDy good hatever. I have used ODe bottle of and the chills, cold and grip have 1 left me. I congratulate the man- ! .... 1 facture is of an honest medicine." or sate by J. E Kaufmann. According to a letter from Dawsor, i Yukon Territory, the temperature om January 8 to January 18 was ;e lowest known even in that frigid gion. The lowest temprature that j as recorded prior to that time was ") degrees bc-low z^ro, and the tberometer dropped day by day and j aally broke all records. On the 15 it. it was 82 below zero. Counterfeits of DeWitt's Witch ."aztl Salve are liable to cause blood Disoning. Leave them ftlone. The iginal has the name DeWitt's upon le box and wrapper. It is a harmcc ar>rl hpfdinf* salve for skin dis- 1 _ ? __ I ises. Urn q ial!cd for piles. J. E /iufmsnn. i Sometime ago a jcung widow and student of pharmacy was missed cm Atlanta. Their bodies have ern found in the woods some disicce from the car line. The young an shot the lady, set the woods on t re around her and himself and shot 1 imself. Both bodies were badly 1 jrned. 1 The stomach controls the situation. 1 hose who are hearty and strong arc jose who can eat and digest plenty ' r food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure di- ' Ests what you eat aud allows you to 1 it all the good food you want. If au suffer from indigestion, hearturn, belching or any ether stomach ouble, this preparation can't help ut do you good. The most sensitive . 2 <^rsn fobv. ? ( ,T "R. TCftuf sanu. Mr. Winks?Great Sect;! There | omfs Jinks. He has a bill against ( le. Tell him I am out, Mrs. Winks. Wl', I'll tell him you have just gone own to pay the bill. Mr. Winks , o, no. He'll know you are lying. 1 'ell him something he can believe. Irs. Winks?Weil, I'll tell him i cu're on another spre*\ dear. Headache often results from a disrdercd condition of the stomach nd cods'ipation of the bowels. A ose or two of Cbamberlaia's Stomnd Liver Tablets will correct these lisorders arid cure the headache, bid by J. E. Kaufmann. ''' LJt*r i-ill ? iminating buyers RE ? visit to our live place will stamp irgains arranged for ycu in -i O E S: md Shoes. le stripe, to be sold at 07 cents a pair. > sold at r,0 cents a pair, sold at 15 cents per pair, irg. nake friends with, piice $2 9S. did suite on this counter, worth $5, Men's Hats! Hats, worth 89c., price 48c. each, i each. Dted for 5 year?, handsomely carved, Drice $1 05. will be offered to our customers at ents per yard. jrices unheard of before. ?nts each. be closed out at 10 cents each, ns and Doylies at prices that will *t. Every woman loves io think of the time when a soft little body, all her own, will nestle in her bosom, fully satisfying the yearning which lies in the heart of every good woman. But yet there is a black cloud hovering about the pretty picture in her mind which fills her with terror. The dread of childbirth takes away much of the joy of motherhood. And yet it need not be so. For sometime there has been upon the market, well-known and recommended by physicians, a liniment called iMer's Friend which makes childbirth as simple ar.d easy as nature intended it. It is a strengthening, penetrating liniment, J wiT.cn the sKin reaauy aosoros. it gives the muscles elasticity and vigor, prevents sore breasts, morning sickness and the loss of the girlish figure. An intelligent mother in Butler, Pa., says: " Were I to need Mother's Friend again, I would obtain 0 bottles if I had to pay $5 per bottle for it." Get Mother's Friend at the drug store. $1 per bottle. THE BRADFJELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. Write for our free illustrated book, " Before liaby is Bora." American peanut crops average ibout 5,000,000 bushels a year, and iwenty two pounds of nuts make a Dusbel. About $19,000,000 worth of Deanuts yearly are consumed, either * * 1 * ' tiv n toe naiurai wilu uj. iu ^Tast quanities of peanuts are shipped each year to Great Britain and ;he continent from both Afiica and isia, where they are converted into 'pure Lucca olive oil." A bushel of peanut shelled will eftbrd about agal,on of oil and the meal is used for feeding horses, and is also baked nto a variety of bread which has a largo sale in Germany and France. Mrs. C. E. VanDeusen, cf Kilburn, Wis., was afflicted with stomach trouble and constipation for a long time. She says, 'T have tried many preparations but none have done me the good that Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets have." These ? - - - *r *i"i t ^ ? Tablets are lor sale at d. n iviuimann's new drug store. Price, '25 cents. Samples free. ? ? ?? Charleston Left Out Washington, Feb. 28?The conferees on the Louis:aua exposition bill met today. They agreed upon the amendment to close the gates on Sunday and disagreed to the appropriation for the Charleston, S. C, exposition. STATE MEWS. What Our Neighbors Are Saying and Doing Condensed for Busy Readers. There p.re 33 pauper3 in the alma house of Greenville county. C. J. Lyon his been elected sheriff cf Abbeville county to succeed J. II Kennedy, who was killed. A strong effort is being made to b.OVA fbo Tilfir.rvol o/l n/?a f 1 ?<.=?/? ation meet in Columbia next ye3r. President G. B. Cromer, of the Newberry College, bas been selected to deliver the addres3 before the literary societies cf Wcflbrd College in June. Many of the physicians of Charleston have entered a i?rote3t against a n the enactment of the South Carolina Medical College bill, which they claim is dangerous to the safety of the health of the State. The Secretary of State is returning to public officers commissioned flio for-a conf- ,n hia r.fT5r?o cfnrr\f ir? ^ *v^ ^ V< VAWfV *4-fc the case of notaries public. The legislature has abolished fees for the issuing of commissions to public officers. Comptroller Dai ham says he cannot pay out the $50,000 extra for pensions, for it is Dot included in the appropriation bill this year. Attorney Bellinger d;fn-rs from that decision and says that the State should pay it. A negro was carried before Judge It. C. Watte, charged with the usual crime, at Florence last week, plead gu.ity and was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary in less than twenty minutes. This was a recordbreaker in such cases. M: 8. FoKy E. Epting, of Peruana, has been granted a pension cn account of the service of her sod, Jacob A. Epting, as a soldier in the Span ish-American war, and wbc died cf disease in Cuba in Ffb:uary, 1899. The pension dates from May 9,1899. There is a family living in Pickers county that has a record most remarkable and cne seldom acquired by any family. The mother was married when 11 jcars old. She is now 26 and has 14 living children. The oldest one of the family has married and has one child. Therefore she is a grandmother at 26 years of age. The Spartanburg City Council has ordered that all persons within the incorporate limits of the town who have not been successfully vaccinated in the last seven years must be vaccinated at once. Those refusing shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor aDd subject to a fine not exceeding 8100 or imprisonment not exceeding thirty days. 1 Don'; Lei Them Suffer. - .. Often children are tortured with itching and burning eczema and other skin diseases but Bucklen's Arnica Salve heals the raw sores, ' expels iLflimmation, leaves the skin without a scar. Ciean, fragrant, cheap, there's no salvo on earth as good. Try it. Cure guaranteed. Only 25c. at J. E. Kaufmann's. The loss of hftf by the sinking of the City Rio Jan?ir.=, which recently went down in the Pacific Ocean, is appalling. The latest account places the number of persons drowned one hundred and thirty, of whom eighty were Chinese, among them being consul General Wildmar, wife, two children and nurse. The blame for the castropbe is placed by the manager of the Pacific Mail Steam ship company upon captain Ward, as ti-io have been warned many time3 not to run vessels into the harbor in a fog. Prof. Ivison, of Lonaconing, Md., suffered terribly from neuralgia of the stomach and indigestion for thirteen years and after the doctors failed to cure him they fed him on morphine. A friend advistd the use of Kcdol Dyspepsia Cure and after taking a few bottles of it he says "It has cured me entirely. I can't say too much for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. "It digests what you eat. J. E Kaufmano. One hundred and sixty miles an hour is the speed aimed at by a new electric railway company Id Germany, under the direct patronage of the Emperor. Cars with accommodations for hfly persons each are now being built and will be tried on a thirty kilometre track. It is intended to use electricity only for the express passenger service, as for freight and tocal traffic steam is ex pected to remaia the power for a long time. . Lemons, Bananas and Apples, at the Bazaar.