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I __ "I ADVERTISING RATES. iECT?m*TOHttDiw|np|_| | nvi'MlTTAM SllCn ATri-l -srrrirrir: WE.TB. MmMSGUNA. | | [] C LCAllMl I UiN UIOKA 1 tU. SsSSTI rates reasonable. for throe' 8x1 and a " " Nonces in the looal column 5 cents per cTrRsntTPTioN 81 FEB ANNUM ? Bepresentatiue newspaper. Boners Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Bounties hihe a Blanhet. "obTnh^^a,0,.tth.?u^?. bUi>Sv-' - A *?>rd, wLen they 6xceed 100 vorda. O ? Marriage noticee insei ted free. JOB PRINTING A SPECIALTI? ^01^ XXXI. LEXIINGTOX, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1901. XO. IS g m BARMAN, Editor and Publisher. 1??1 iBrr??if?Sf WII' fl ITIfiff?1i?? ggggg I ] ? Now czgk boys f^JI I there are (j| Sfioes and Shoes m Bat if you want I The Best $1.50 Shoes for yourself, wife or daughter, for dress you get them from Lever. Tht j 1 Shoe Man, 1603 Main Street, Colam hi?, thev are one fifty for one pai? \ i or a hundred. Compare them with ; I other people's two dollar shoes. * I \ I Feb. 6 -1*. 'L That Grow and Bear Frnil. j1 Write for our 60 page il- I tfefM lust rated Catalogue and 40 I page pamphlet, "How to i Plant and Cultivate an Or- j ohard," Gives you that in- | formation you have so long wanted; tells you all about I m&Wf those big red apples, lueious peaches, and Japan plums I with their oriental sweetness, fall of which you have often . wondered where the trees I J came from that produced I EVERYTHING GOOD IN > FRUITS. Unusal fine stock of SILYER MAPLES.youDg, thrifty trees I i smooth and strai.bt, the kind | 3 that live and grow ofT well, | |No old, rough trees. This is | it he most rapid growing ma- | 1 pie and one of the mostbeau- j jjtiful shade trees. V Write for prices and give J of wants. |S|m J. Van Lindley Nursery Co., When writing mention the Dispatch. LOAMIXGHANGE BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA State, City & County Depository COLUMBIA. S. C. Capital Paid in Full $150.000.OC Surplus 60,000.00 Liabilities of Stockholders 150,000.00 $360,000.00 SAVINGS DEBASEMENT. Interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum paid on deposits m this department TRXJST JDEPAR1MENT. This Bank under special provision of its charter exercises the office of Executor, Administrator, Trustee or Guardian of Es tates. SAFETY DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Fire and Burglar proof safety deposit for rent from $4 00 to $12 00 per year. EDWIN W. ROBERTSON, President, A. C. HASKELL, Vice President J. CALDWELL ROBERTSON, 2d Vice President. G. M. BERRY, Cashier. February 12?ly. When writing mention the Dispatch. Fire, Life and Accident Insurance. Only First Class Companies Represented, See my List of Giants: Agggfg ?TNA FIRE, of Hartford, Conn $13,357,293 CONTINENTAL (FIRE), of ' New York 10,638,271 PHILADELPHIA UNDERWRITERS, Pliila., Pa.. 15.511,066 ATNA LIFE, of Hartford, Conn 47,-534,967 FIDELITY AND CASUALTY, of New York 3,482.882 My Companies, are Popular, Strong and Reliable. No one can give vonr business better attention; no one can give yoa better protection; no one can give yoa better rates. ^BEFORE INSURING SEE-?^ Rice B. Harman, General Insurance Aeeat, LEXINGTON S. C. When writing mention the Dispatch. THE mm siiiom mi COLUMBIA, S. C. CAPITAL SIGOOOOOO SU&PLUS 30,000 Go ESTABLISHED lb71. JAMES WGOD fctO'V, President. JULIUS WALKER. Vice President. - EROME H. SAWYER, Cashier. DIRECTORS?James Woodrow, John A. Crawiord, Julius H. Walker, C, Fitzsimmons, W. C. Wright, W. H. Gibbes. John T. Sloan, T. T. Moore, J. L. Mimnangh, E. S. Joynes. t pHlS BANK SOLICITS A SHARE, IF JL not all, of yoar business, and will grant every favor consistent with safe and sound banking. January 29. 1897?ly. When writing mention the Dispatch. ?v M V 1 FTHFRFPifJ. Ullt Ut 01 Lit iUlllJL/U JUJ 8UKGKON I>EISXl!5iX, LEJSSVILLE, S. C. Office next door below post office. Always on hand. February 12. fis RAH RIAAft vftir BAD COMPLEXION. The skin is the seat of an almost end less variety of diseases. They are kncwi by various names, but are all due to th< same cause, acid and other poisons ii the blood that irritate and interfere witl the proper action of the skin. To have a smooth, soft skin, free fron all eruptions, the blood must be kept pur< and healthy. The many preparations o: arsenic and potash and the large numbei of face powders and lotions generallj used in this class of diseases cover uj for a short time, but cannot remove per manently the ugly blotches and the red disfiguring pimples. Eternal vigilance Is the price of a beautiful complexion when such remedies are relied on. Mr. H. T. Shobe, 2704 Lucas Avenue, St. Louis Mo., say3: " My daughter was afflicted for year; with a disfiguring eruption on her face, whici resisted all treatment. She was taken to twc celebrated health springs, but received no bene fit. Many medicines were prescribed, but with' out result, until we decided to try S. S. S., and by the time the first bottle was finished the eruption began to disappear. A dozen bottles curea hei completely ana left her skin perfectly smooth, She is now seventeen years old, and not a sign oi IUC CiUvoiiaiWiu^ uwv?>. ? ?--v. .w. ? S. S. S. is a positive, unfailing cure fo: the worst forms of skin troubles. It is the greatest of all blood purifiers, and the only one guaranteed purely vegetable. Bad blood makes bad complexions, dBfrk purifies and invigoSlN tfflL ^ rates the old and m makes new, rich blood that nourishes the body and keeps the ftVin active and healthy and in proper condition to perform its part towards carrying off the impurities from the body. If you have I reina, Tetter, Acne, Salt Rheum, Psorias*., or your skin is rough and pimply, send for our book on Blood and Skin Diseases and write our physicians about your case. No charge whatever for this service. SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY. ATLANTA, 6A. Visits His Boyhood's Home. To the Editor of the Dispatch: A recent visit to the domicile of my boyhood days, the venerable spot where I first saw the light of day and where the blue skies bent over me in my childhood iD the southern portion of Lexington county, furn ished food for thought on the strik ing contrast of the maDy changes of the present from that of the recent past, some of which I shall proceed to briefly menticD. The great Southern Railway now courses its main line from the North to the "Land of Flowers''?Florida ?through this section. Where but recently large areas cf woodland, and where a sacred silence seemed to pervade a pure and congenial atmosphere, is now to be heard the sound of the woodman's axe and the crack of the teemster's whip, mingled with the thundering roar of the ponderous locomotive. The wholesale destructions of the beautiful pine forests in a great many places in that section, wrought by the recent productive industry of the turpentine distillery, the saw mills and the cross tie maker, is the most striking phe nomenon that the casual observer witnesses in so so far as physical matamorpho8es are concerned. Especially is this the case Dear Pelioc Station and just east of Cedar creek, on the Estate formerly owned bj the Messrs. Sawyers, but mere re cently by Mr. James C. Fort, ther divers others. Here was once to be seen, and recently, immense forests of beautifully timbered land; vasl stretches of magnificent Southerr pines in all their original grandeui and loveliness, suggestive of the primitive ages, of the loDg ago, the "eternal past," that had stood like sentinels, perchance nigh on to nine teen hundred years ago when the stars of glory shone down upon the watching shepherds proclaiming peace on 6arth and good will to men What is to be seen there now? It h indeed somewhat with sadness tka one beholds the change. Those beau tiful, giant-like forest pices, witl their undulating boughs of green, fanned by the evening breeze, ii which resound the hum of the sun down or twilight locust in June time have nearly all been destroyed. 1 barren spectacle not unlike that oi J r, n n ? f lfl nriTTT U1 HULLie 1UUS1> ucsctu 10 nun wucmui mirriored there. Where once wer beauty and flourishing vegetation i now to be eeen decay, oblivion an< forestry desolation "and extinctionhence one is made to realize the tru sentiments of that old school decls ma'.ion verse, nameh: "Woodman spare that tree, Touch not a single bongh; In youth it sheltered me. And I'll nrnteet it now." I am glad to note, however, tha oil the homestead of this write: owned by Mr. Calvin R Stuikic, als on a few other tracts of realty c thit vicinity?notably one adjacer to Cross Roads church possessed b the Hon. S. P. Wingard of yoi town, are still to be seen beautifi and valuable timbered forests. Bt fa, w. siy. I8SO MAIN 8T Solicits a ~n ' ; ~ 7 I suppose that as population ana productive industry advances in the wake of irresistable changes icci? dent to business affairs wrought by . capital and labor; when this genera1 tion shall have passed away, there ] will then be seen, preserved by the 1 privilege few of the wealthiest class, 68, only very small and circumscribed | areas of the original long leaf Southr em pines. 1 But there are other changes of " . sadder nature which have occurred ? in that vicinity within the last decade ( ?changes wrought by the omnipo, tent hand of God. The graveyards ?cities of the dead?at New Hope, I Cross Roads, Antioch and other I places of that section, show that a ' large number of my associates, kin i dred and friends have passed beyond , this mnndane sphere. The unceasing and ever present mutations of | time, time the ruthless destroyer of > all terrestrial beings and habitations, is sad indeed to contemplate. "Time with such a silent motion, Floats along on wings of air: To eternity's dark ocean, Bnrrying all its treasures there." Miss Lizzie Seay, of your town, is successfully teaching the public Bcbool at New Hope, while Mr. Henry Rish is training plastic minds for life's , battles at Cross Roads?old Boynton Academy. I am always glad to learn of the success of the school at these spots of my boyhood days: "When bounding boyhood knew no grief;, Bat gamboled in the breeze ' That tossed about his silken curls." With best wishes for your future success and happiness, I ask to re' main, Yours fraternally. L. K. Sturkie, M. D. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 25th, 1901. > Catarrh, Cannot ha Cured. With Local Applications, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. I Catarrh is a blood or constitutional ! disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's ! Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and |! acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not 1 a quack medicine. It was prescrilied I by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting di. rectly on the mucous surfaces. The .; perfect combination of the two ingre, dients is what produces such won, derful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. [ Perhaps So. i * ., - , i i By tne way, wnue we are cogitating about the failure of the Charles ton exposition appropriation, where i was the junior senator and his alleged , powerful influence! I9 it Dot to be I used for his own State??Columbia 5 State. ^ This is characteristic. The State 11 knows full well that McLaurin's 1 "powerful influence" was not solic' ited. Ic has become quite evident J! that the managers of the appropria ' tion on the part of the exposition not only ignored their own Congressman ? Elliot, but also Senator McLaurin; > ! '; and it has been quite clear all along 1; that if the appropriation had suc'' ceeded Senator Tillman and Congress5 ; man Latimer were to get the credit, | no matter who may have done the " j work. If The State were net E.ware 1! of the facts, it would be justified in ' ! trjing to teach its readers otherwise. 1; But neither The State nor the ex" | position people have any right to ; i blame Senator McLaurin now. As ^ to whether the senator could have : j gotten the appropriation had he uny \ dertaken the management of it, is, so s , far as we are concerned, only a mat8 ter of speculation: but whether he ^ succeeded or not, we feel pretty sure " that he would never have been bune coed as Senator Tillman and Con1-1 T _ X _ i ? U?.rrrt ! gressmau ojauiuer bueuie iu uaro i been?Yorkville Euquirer. * Stepped Into Live Coals. ^ "When a child I burned my foot frightfully," writes W. H. Euds, of o Jonesville, Ya., "which caused horrijf ble leg sores for 30 yearp, but Buckit len's Arnica Stive wholly cured me ,y | after everything else failed." Infalliir ble for Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Sores, al Bruises and Piles. Sold by J. E. jt Kaufmann. 25c. I GLOBE DRY EC. 2v?0?TC2?: REET, Share of Your Yalue Remarkable Cures of Rheumatism. From the Vindicator, Kutherfordton, N. C ! The editor of the Vindicator ha had occosion to test the efficacy o Chamberlain's Pain Balm twice witi , the most remarkable results in eact case. First, with rheumatism in th< shoulder from which he suffered ex cruciating pain for ten days, whicl was relieved with two applications o Pe.in Balm, rubbiog the parts &Blicte< and realizing instant benefit and en tire relief in a ve. short time Second, in rheumatism in thigh joint almost prostrating him with seven pain, which was relieved by two ap plications, with the liniment on retir I iDg at night, and getting up fre< from pain. For sale by J. E. Kauf mann. A Word for Congressman Latimer. To the Editor of the Dispatcl: The gathering of the clans for th< glory of ''William's" second icaugu ration shows a noticeable absence ol South Carolinians, and very properly so, since the Administration has man ifested so little disposition to recog nize the South and her claims for 8 just distribution of the Government positions. The fir3t determination i to have all visiting militia in the urti! forma of the regulars, though it has . been revoked, will doubtless deter some of the National Guard from participating in the parade, but the inaugural ceremonic-s wili be a regal success nevertheless, and the absence of the Southerner will not be noticed; for the costly and elaborate preparations that will rival the forum of Imperial Rome in her loftiest days will attract the faithful in abundance. These preparations, are gorgeous, but like everything Republican, are shame, a cheap imitation of the real and pass muster only under the glare of the arc light and flare of trumpets. Imagine the peristyle, in front of the White House of stately marble columns, made of rough boards covered with sheeting; the Court ot Eono-, extending from the Treasury to the State Department, of the same taudry imitation. It is characteristic of the party in power and a fitting emblem of their pretentions. About the only real and undisguised appendage will be "Hark" and bis pavilion full of henchmen the earmarks there are beyond the reach of art. Probably the most prominent South Carolinian here is the Hon. A. C. Latimer. Mr. Latimer has obtained much successfully legislation which benefits our section peculiarly. As you. probably, have not followed his career as closely as I have, I will give you a synopsis of his successful political work here, which compares favorably with the results or efforts of any Representative and eclipses the work of many of our Southern Senators. For instance he has obtained free rural delivery in two counties in his district, employing about fifty carriers at $500 apiece par annum; and has endeavored to prevent the sub letting of star route contracts except to residents along the route where the mail is carried, and in this he will probably yet be successful. He gained an amendment to the Agricultural bill last year, doubling the appropriation for seed diatribu tion and bulletins and had thai doubled in this year; and has obtained the Newberry College clainc of $1,500; passed a bill requiring cor porations in the hands of receivers to pay taxes as any other resident thus putting $208,000 of taxes fronc the South Corolina railroad into th< State Treasury, all of which repre sents a large benefit to our people. Mr. Latimer's stand before th< Secretary of the Navy in regard U the youDg cadet at Annapolis of last year has won for him the gratitud< of the Southern people and the pro found respect of hi3 political antag onists. This, of course, to you ma; not appear to be much of an under takiDg as to those of us nearer th< seat of government, but knowing a we do the immense power of th Cabinet Ministers and how much in jury they can do a man, personall, and politically, who has antagonize; them, though in line of duty, i marKS uniuier uuusiuciiiuaijr as very feailess man and one who woul protect the interests of his constiti ep^j. Had this position been take GOODS COM? rO?T, TIE3., d Patronage. Polite am o by our Senators it would have been much to their credit. , There seem to a good many South Carolinians here, looking for vancan9 cies under the government, which * places, credited to South Carolina, 1 are, by those 011 the outside, known 1 to be filled by Ohio and Indiana e though there are thirty odd places filled by South Carolinians, all of 3 whom are indebted to Mr. Latimer's * efforts in their behalf for preferment. ^ In selecting our next Senator it would be well to consider his fitness '* for the position, not one who would ' endorse "the Subsidy Steal." M. a A Raging, Roaming Flood a Washing down a telegraph line - which Chas. C. Ellis, of LieboD, la , had to repair. ' Standing waist deep in icy water," he writes, "gave me a terrible cold and cough. It grew wnreft rtnilv 'PinalIv the best doc tors in Oakland, Neb., Sioux City and Omaha said I had consumption 3 and could not live. Then I began - using Dr. King's New Discovery f and was whclly cured by six bottles.'' ' Positively guaranteed for Coughs, - Colds and all Throat and Lung trou bles by J. E. E'.aufmann. Price 50c. i \ * Dots frnm Steadman. To the E3itor cf the Dispatch: i The fcealth of this community is , very good at th: s writing. The Kerney Branch Academy closed Friday, March 1st, with a cake waik. Master Christie Barr let , the large boys lcok while he led out the school teacher, Miss Mary Henry. ( iU a on/1 frtnrf Vi JL UVJ yytKjLi 4 tic; uiou iuhu uuu aw cake; Mr. James Hftliman wen the second. Among those present your correspondent mentions Messrs. Boston and Cyru3 Gintt and their sister. Mr. Clarence Willis was the time i keeper. Hurrah for Clarence, be knows where to start. The time was pleasantly passed in plays, songs and cracking jokes. Miss Daisy Barr, of the 1000 class at Leesville College, graced the occa. sion with her presence. Sometime ago, while out hunting, Master Christie Earr, shot into some i bushes, but instead of bagging a jack rabbit he killed a fine dog valued at $25. I eympathise with the owners in their loss. , Master Qaincy attended an entertainment near Seivern recently and reports haviDg had 8. fine time. Mr. Editor, I did not attend or you should have had a piece of cake. Mr. Julian Quattlebaum and cousin, Jim Abie, visited Col. D. T. Barr's on Sunday evening March, 3rd. With much success to the DisI patch. Magnolia and Brown Eyes. j Our Southland. Kansas City, Mo., March ?.?Geo. J. Gould, on bis trip of inspection of his railroad properties, left today ' with his praty foi: Cuffeeville, Kas. 1 Talking to a newspaper man of his trip through Texas, Mr. Gould said: j ^ "I was amazed at the many changes j ' which have taken place in the South' west since my visit to that part of the country nearly three years ago. ! The prosperity of the southwest is marvelous and I believe that the same statement will apply to the west ' generally. On every hand I saw the material proofs of prosperity that D lasts. The banks in even the small towns in Texas and other southwest1 em States are filled with money. Cotton at teD cents, and high price 3 for cotton seed, the other good crops ' and the great values cf ail products, 1 tell the story. 3 ? The Wreck of the Scillin. 3 OraD, Algeria, March j ?The 3 Italian bark Scillin, from P6nsacola, December 18, for Genoa yesterday 3 reported wrecked near Oran, and six " of the crew lo3t, was abandoned be" fore she foundered. Part of the ? crew have reached Oran. 4 A Poor Millionaire 8 ' ! Lately starved iD London because | be could cot digest his food. Eaily y ; use of Dr. King's New Life Pills j i would have saved him. They i ; strengthen the stomach, aid digesI a j tioc, promote aseimilatioD, improve (j ' appetite. Pi ice 2oc. Money back if not satisfied. Sold by J. E. Kaufu macn, druggist. ANY, u^.a-Ei3, COLUMBIA, f 1 Prompt Attention. C STATE NEWS. What Our Neighbors Are Saying and Doing Condensed for Busy Readers. Rumors of small pox still continue to alarm the timid throughout the State. The recent cold snap has proba bly done great damage to the garden truck interest of the State. The new main prison building at the South Carolina penitentiary is rapidly approaching completion. The debris in the burnt district of Columbia is being removed preparatory to the erection of modern buildings. N. R Bayly has been added to the editorial staff of tho Batesburg Advocate, cccupjiDg the chair of Associate Editor. Model dairy farm is to be established in Columbia. It is said that it will be the most complete plant south of Washington. U. S. Cannon and Joe Powers, pugilists of established reputations, are soon to have a prize fight in Charleston. Several of the historic old Southern mansions at Camden have passed into the hands of wealthy Northerners. A large distillery will be established in Columbia under an act recently passed allowing such in cities of over 20,000 people. H. Bayer & Son of Charleston have established a line of steamers to Cuba. This is a good chance for stock raisers to find an open market for their gOOd8. Governor MeSweeney'a, name has been mentioned for United States Senator. If he should enter a great ? AM/v /N ? f 1"Y nniniAn ? f Ul&liy JJCUyiC ttiO Ui L1JU U^liUlUU tunu he would be a strong candidate.'1 Don CameroD, former United States Senator from Pennsylvania, and secretary of war under Grant's administration, is spending the winter at St. Helena, near Beaufort. Messrs. W. C. Whitney and Thos. Kithcock, Jr., of New York, have bought within the past month real estate in the vicinity of Aiken to the value of $20,000. Extensive preparations are being made by the citizens cf Columbia for the entertainment of the State Division of the Confederate Veterans, which is to meet in that city in May. Down in Orangeburg county a quarrel was started about a dividing line and three men were shot and wounded. One negro who owns no land and was not concerned about lines was involved. Former Congressman James Norton, whose term of office expired on the 4.h cf March last, has returned to his home in Marion county, where he will devote his time to his farming interest near Mullins. Moses Johnson, a negro convicted in Berkeley county in 1899 of arson on the testimony of a detective, has been pardoned. Judge Gage said i that the testimony was unworthy of belief. The State Fair Association has increased the amount of premiums to be given at the fair this year by 81,500. This year the list will carry $8,000. The association is in a prosperous condition. On tVifi Aiithnritv of Dr. Pone. the physician who has the smallpox cases in Columbia in charge, there is now only one case of that loathsome disease in the city. There remains a few cases at the Hospital for the Insane. A little boy of six years of age in Charleston recently found letters containing about $5,000 on an ash heap. It turned out that through carelessness these letters were swept out of tho post-office and carted off by the scavenger carts. President J. C. Wilborn, of the Cotton Growers' Association, has called the attention of the farmers of the State to the proposition of the American Agriculturalist as to a prize contest for iho "sugar beet," and urges them to enter the contest for the $10,000 prize which is equally divided into two classes. Mr. Thomas Sprowls, an aged and respected citizen of Columbia, died there last Friday. He was about 14 years of age and was a member ol the firm of Boyne & Sprowl, marble cutters, whose place of business was opposite the post office. ?. O., V )ctober I3tf Governor McSween ey has written a letter to Director General of the ' Charleston Exposition in which he tells that gentleman to fear no evil by reason of the failure of the ' National government to make an appropriation to the exposition and assures him that South Carolinians j will prove equal to the emergency. J. C Wiiborr, as president of the South C troliua Cotton Growers' association, wishes it announced that he stands ready at any time when called upon to go to any point in the State and assist in the organization of branches of the association. D. S. Salter says that the nineteen seed of African limbless cotton increases to 100 bushels instead of 200, and that instead of making two bales to the acre he made a little over four. He says also that the cotton is not harder to be picked and that it opens faster than the ordinary cotton grown here. The noted Governor Bob Taylor, it . 1 !1f . . 1 1 i __ 1_ /? 1 II . .1 me ornjiant lecturer, wno uaaiea his way to tho gubernatorial chair of Tennessee, has been engaged by the daughters of the Confederacy of Rock Hill to deliver one of his lectures in that city on March 16th. It is probable that he will be induced to make a tour of the State. James Townsend, a negro, was recently standing on the bridge over Wateree river at Camden with a loaded gun in his hand. He let tho gun drop to the floor. The butt went through a crack in tho bridge, the hammer was struck down on the cap and the weapon exploded. A part of Townsend's skull was found thirty yards from his body. It ha3 been reported to Governor McSweeney that glanders has appeared near Elloree and that several animals have been effected with the disease. Governor McSweeney reported the matter to the veterinary department of Uiemson Uuiiege wun request to 6end an expert to the scene of the trouble and Lave a thorough examination made. There is considerable excitement in York county, thia State, over the reported discovery of oil. The Rev P. R Flam, who owns the mineral rights, or .has opticus on probably 10,000 acres of land in York county and the adjourning counties of Cleveland and Gaston, in North Carolina, is said to have slri".k oil. The find is said to be near King's mountain battle ground. The special term of court set by Judge Benet for Anderson county, to receive the report of the special committee of the Grand Jury appointed to inquire into the labor contract system of that county, met on March 7, and the committee submitted its findings. The result of the investigation was not sensational, but a plain recital of the facts. Not over a score of the citizens are implicated in the practice of using tbe illegal contracts and the Grand Jury does not try to conceal anything. The report exonerates those who might unjustly have been under suspicion and prefers direct charges against those who were guilty cf false imprisonment and of barbarity. Seven Years In Bed. "Will wonders C7er cease?" inquired the friends of Mis. L. Pease, of Lawrence, Kan. They knew she Lad been unable to leave her bed in seven years on account of kidney and liver trouble, nervous prostration and general debility: but, "Three bottles of Electric Bitters enabled me to walk," ' - - i ? iU? T I she writes, "ana in mree mumus j. felt like a new person." Women suffering from Headache, Backache, Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Melancholy, Fainting and Dizzy Spells will hud it a priceless blessing. Try it. Satisfaction is guaranteed J. E Kaufmann. Only 50c. Little Fannie Campbell a sis-yearold child, while plajing around some burning brush in Kershaw county, last week, had her clothing to catch on fire and was so horribly burned that she died a short time afterwards. Little Nellie, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. U. Smith, of Orangei burg, died last week as a result of [ vaccination, iockj?w uaving set in. Mrs. Sarah Frederick, a widow of : sixty years, commuted suicide at the > home of her bou-iu-iu*, utar Seneca, j last week. A feeble uiiud is the i cruse assigned. An Honest Medicine for La Grippe. George W. Waitt, of South Gardiner, Me., says: ''I have had the worst cough, cold, chills and grip and have taken lota of trash of no account but profit to the vendor, Chamberlain'a Cough Remedy is the only thing that has done any good whatever. I have used one bottle of it and the chills, cold aDd grip have all left me. I congratulate the manufacture is of an honest medicine." For sale by J. E Kaufmann. "Uncle Joe" Shealy Dead. Coluabia State, >I?rcii6. White Rock, March 5 ?Yesterday "Uncle Joe" Sbealv died at his home, ! near Little Mountain, aged 91 years. He was the oldest citizen of Dutch Fork. What is more remarkable still is the fact that he and his wife, who still survives, were married 62 years the 19ih of last August. He is the last of the old generation of that name, and connected with about all the Shealy's in these parts. His own family of children, grand-children and great grand children numbers about 125. A few weeks prior to his death, hecculd talk intelligently and interestingly on the history of i u i 3 ?.?_ uur country ay it nas come unuer ms personal observation. He was a man of sterling worth. He will be buried today in the old family burying ground by his pastor, Rev. A. R. Bsck of the Lutheran church. . No Reasoning Required. President PattoD, of Princeton University, recently preached at the Fifth Avenue Collegiate church, his subject beiDg "Faith." Dr. Patton spoke of the blind faith of the client who puts himself at the mercy of the lawyer in preparing an action for trial, and of the confidence of the sick in intrusting themselves to the physician. "A case of blind faith," said the clergyman, "The doctor writes out a prescription. Oftener than not you cannot read it; you don't know what it ip. He tells you to take it. 'Yours not to reason, yours but to do and die" Whether or net Dr. Patton meant it, there was a distinct ripplet throughout the congregation. The Best Prescription for Malaria, Cfailla and Fever is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply ron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure?no pay. Price 50 cents. The Cuban Tariff Unchanged. Washington, March 8 ?It was announced at the war department that the Secretary of War baa decided that all provisions of the present Cuban tariff, unless amended by proper authority, shall remain in effect until the proposed revision by the Havana commission becomes operative. This also applies to paragraph 218, which admits railroad material to roads actually buildiDg and for planters' use at a duty of ten per cent. This specially low rate was to have ceased at the end of the present month. It is now continued indefinitely. The tariff as a whole was to continue in force until June 15ih next. It is likewise to continue indefinitely. A Good Cat Story. I once had a cat which always sat up at the dinner table with me, and he had bis napkin round his neck, and his plate, and some fish. He used bis paw, of course, but he was very particular and bebaved with extraordinary decorum. When he had finished his fish I sometimes gave him a piece of mine. One day he was not to be found when the dinner beil rang, so we began without him. Just as the plates were being put around for the entree, puss came rushing up stairs and sp.ang into his chair, with two mice in his mouth. Before he could be stopped he dropped a mouse on to his own plate and then one cn mine. He divided his dinner with me as I divided mine with him. ? ? Sales of the Chapin Dispensary. Carolina News. For the quarter ending February 28,1801, showing tbe gross sales, expenses and net profits to the countyand town: Consumers, ?1,212.45. Invoice, ?955 78. Gross profits, $286 67. Expenses, ?126 75. Net profits, ?159 92. Town's profit, ?79 86. County's profit, $79 ?6. Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold. ^ Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure a cMd in one day. No Cure, No Pay. Piice 25 cents. 1