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* & ;-V' , -??THE ***- 'Ml ,,. ! ADVERTISING RATES. m?mritM?Mi rpu w-^ I nvi\inTAM Slfcn ATrH ~5rtzr-.^r_:~ WESTERN JOUTRMROUHA. | f| JUCA I IN IJ I UiM UlOrA I VU. RATES SEASONABLE. - - months* 1*66 f?r three' 8U and thelve 0 Notices in the looal column 6 cent* per SUBSCRIPTION $1 PES ANNUM & Bepresentatiue Newspaper. Goners Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Bounties hihe a Blanhet. "XS^ed for .t the rat. ot oa. cent a word, when they exceed 100 words. O Marriage notices inserted tree JOB PRINTING A SPECIALTY. xxxi. Lexington, s. c? Wednesday, may i. 1901. no. 25 G.^'hIkman, Ed?or .ad pabush?. I? I?n?????? *! . $1.50 Come with your own idea of the sort of Oxford I T? xies you warn, We'll have no difficulty I in suiting you. We've a swarm of styles 1 to show you from 50c. up. LEVER, THE SHOE MAN, ! 1603 Main Stieet, | COLUMBIA, - S. C. . Feb. 6?ly. LOANSBAIIBAI OF SOUTH CAROLINA State, City & County Depositor! COLUMBIA. S. C. - - - ? * ^ ?icn AAA Ai Capital Jfaia in - an jiuu.wu.m Surplus 60,000. (X Liabilities of Stockholders 150,000. (X $360,000.0( SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum paid on deposits in this department TRUST DEPARTMENT. This Bank under special provision of iti charter exercises the office of Executor, Administrator, Trustee or Guardian of Estates. SAFETY DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Fire and Burglar proof safety deposit for rent from $4 00 to $12 00 per year. EDWIN W. BOBEBTSON, President, A. C. HASKELL, Vice President J. CALDWELL BOBEBTSON, 2d Vice President G. M. BEBBY, Cashier. February 12?ly. When writing mention the Dispatch. IN CONFIDENCE, Don't fnvs me away, And I'll tell you the. remedy oi the day, Listen! it is L. L. and Z. It makes the system clean and pure, Will health and strength to you secure. Strictly a vegetable preparation, Mild and nleasant in its operation No need far nostrums just made to sell, Its Life for the Liver that makes you well HILTON'S LIFE FOB THE LIVES AND SIDNEYS. Wholesale by the MURRAY DKl G CO., Columbia. S. C. For Sale at THE BAZAAR. Mav 15?lv. When writing mention the Dispatch, MM) Mills lllllfi, FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. PREPARES FOR TEACHING COLLEGE OR BUSINESS. High School, Intermediate and Primarj Courses. English, German. French, Greek and Latin Taught. $35" Very Healthiest Location. Board verj cheap. $4 to $7 per month. Tuition exeedingly low, $1 to $2.50 per month. Expenses per year $50 to $75. Had 126 students last session. Next session begins Monday, September 1ft IQftO Pnr fnl! narticalars. Address 0. D. seat, Principal, Lexington, & 0. September 14 - tf. PARLOR RESTAURANT, 1336 MAIN STREET. COLUMBIA, - S. C., The only up-to-date eating Home ol its kind in the City of Columbia. It is well kept?clean linen, prompt and polite service and get it quickly. Qaiet and order always prevail. You get what you order and pay only for what you get. Within easy reach of desirable sleeping apartments. OPEN ALL NIGHT. B. DAVID, Proprietor. February 20. - GEORGE BRUITS MAIN st., COLUMBIA, s. C., JEWELER "4 REPAIRER Has a splendid stock of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks and Silverware. A fine line oi Spectacles and Eyeglasses to fit every one, all for sale at lowest prices. Bepairs on Watches first class quickly done and guaranteed, at moderate prices. 50?tf. When writing mention the Dispatch. DR. E, J. ETHEREDGE, L SUKGKON DENTIST, lig? . LEESVILLE, S. C. Office next door below post office. Always onhand. February I?. ENGINES BOILERS. Tanks, Stacks, Stand Pipes and Sheet-Iron Work; Shafting. Pulleys, Gearing, Boxes, Bayers, etc. Mill Castings. every aay; wors aa^- . LOMBARD IMPS WORKS & SUPPLY CO ^GUSTA, GEORGIA. J?an\Tj27-f ?< - I P j /|T31 ? 1 r< J [/' jU&p \| | s (ill lb j iM ftTO JP ECZEMA'S I ITCH iS TORTURE. Eczema is caused by an acid humor in j the blood coming in contact with the skin and producing great redness and inflammation ; little pustular eruptions form and discharge a thin, sticky fluid, which dries and scales off; sometimes the skin is hard, dry and fissured. Eczema in any form is "a tormenting, stubborn disease, and the itching and burning at times are almost unbearable; the acid burning humor seems to ooze out and set the skin on fire. Salves, washes nor other external applications do any real good, for as long as the poison remains in the blood . it will keep the skin irritated. BAD FORM OF TETTER "For three years I had Tetter on my hands, which caused them to swell to twice Kfflggwm their natural size. Part of the time the d sease was in the form cf run- ? g ning sores, very pain- ft fnl, and causing me .J> C" V much discomfort. Four tfr doctors said the Tetter age, and I have never ' Since seen any sign of ray old trouble." ? Mrs. I,. B. Jack:50X, 14x4 McGee St., Kansas City, Mo. ; S. S. S. neutralizes this acid poison, cools the blood and restores it to a healthy, natural state, and the rough, unhealthy \ skin becomes soft, smooth and clear, itffo ijQfa cures Tetter, Erysipelas, Psoriasis, Salt Rheum and all skin ^j| Lj diseases due to a t>ois> oned condition of the blood. Send for our book and write us j about your case. Our physicians tiave . made these diseases a life study, and can ) help you by their advice; we make no charge for this service. All correspondence > is conducted in strictest confidence. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, CA. _? + ? Shoud Preachers be Admitted to Sick , Room? The Rev Dr. Richard Harcourt, pastor of the People's Methodist Episcopal church of Reading, Pa, has created a sensation both in that city and Baltimore by contending that miiirstarB of the gospel should be excluded from the ?ick room. He took bbat position in a recent address to ;he graduating class of the Baltimore University of Medicine. Last Sunday night, in a sermon delivered in his own church, he said: ; "Yes, I was correctly reported as j saying: 'Young doctors, the pres- j ence of a happy, cheerful man or woman in a sick room may prove a benediction, while that of a longfaced, sepulchral- voiced Christian is almost certain death." , "The very presence of the minister in the sick room is?cause for alarm." Dr. Hartcourt said Sunday night. His solemn countenance, his tone of voice, his tiptoeing around the sick bed, is a grave cause for slarm, but when be approaches the patient, and, with sad countenance, looks into his face, feels his pulse and then heaves a deep sigh and says, 'Let us have a few words o? prayer,' such a dose of ministerial ministration is enough to 1 11 *1 1 .. !l _ 4 mane a weu man sicx, ana no aocior can overcoma its effects/' ' Id another part cf his sermon the doctor remarked: "I fully believe thst many deaths have been hastened by the unwise visitation of the ministers at a critical time. The sick room is not a place to prepare for death. Not one reform in a hundred brought about in a sick | room is genuine. Our methods as ministers in dealing with criminals who are to be haDged or electrocuted ( are enough to bring the Christian re'igion into contempt." In conclusion he said. 'TT aV_ * i ? iL - I f. J j\eep me minister, me long-iactu | sepulchral voiced minister out of the ; sick room. Let him grapple with j men in life. This will try his grit ard grace, but keep him frcm takiDg advantage of a man in the hour of his weakness when unable to defend 1 himself." t m t , The United States "Navy Department will exhibit at Buffalo an S 20 foot map of the world, on which will be placed 307 miniature lead modelp, j ' representing the war fleets of all j nations and their location from day i to day. Biliousuess is a condition characterized by a disturbance of the digee- : mi i t _ 3_L!l: I I live organs. ?ne stomscn is ueDiutated, the liver torpid, the bowels constipated. There is a loathing of food, pains in the bowels, dizziness, coated tongue and vomiting, first of the undigested or partly digested food and then of bile. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets j allay the disturbances of the stom- | ach and create a healthy appetite. They also tone up the liver to a healthy action and regulate the bowels. Try them and you are certain to be much pleased with the result For sale by J. E. Kauf- ! mann. ! s, rv'.. *w. :H- 1620 MAIN BT JuV. jfa Solicits a fc i' Doctors report scores of cases o appendicitis at the hospitals of Chi cago. Ooe of the producing cause of this diseases is said tobethequie! lnnch counter. People do not tak time to eat properly. When diseas comep, however, it takes its own tim and exacts strict penalty for violate< bygenio laws. "It is with a good deal of pleasur and satisfaction that I recommenc Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera an< Diarrhoea Remedy," says Druggis A. W. Sawtelle, of Hartford, Cone "A lady customer, seeing the rem edy exposed for sale on my showcas said to me: "I really believe tba medicine saved my life the past sum mer while at the shore,' ftDd she be came so enthusiastic over its merit that at once I made up my mine to recommend it in the future. He cently a gentleman came into m; store so overcome with colic pain that he sank at once on the floor. ! gave him a dose of this remedy whid helped him, I repeated the dose anc in fifteen minutes he left my stori smiliDgly informing me that he fel a9 well as ever." Sold by J. E. Kauf mann. A mammoth black walnut tree 01 the farm of E P. Gaus in Williami county, Ohio, has just been sold foi $4,000. Seveial lumber dealers hav< examined chips from this tree, anc all have declared it to be the fines; specimen of that kind of wood the] ever saw. The tree was eight feel in diameter forty feet above tb< stump and extended seventy-tbre< feet from the butt to the first limb. It Dazzles The World. No Discovery in medicine lias evei created one quarter of the excite ment that has been caused by Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption. It's severest tests have beer on hopeless victims of Consumption Pneumonia, Hemorrhage, Pleurisy. and Bronchitis, thousands of whom it has restored to perfect health. Foi Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Crou p, Haj Fever, Hoarseness and Whooping Cough it is the quickest, sure3t cure in the world. It is Bold by J. E Kaufmann who guarantee satii-factior or refund money. Large bottles 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free ? Reduced Rates. The Southern Hail way announces reduced rates as follows: To Columbia, S. C, and return from all points in the State of South Carolina, also from Charlotte anc intermediate points in North Carolina; Savannah, Macon, Atlanta anc intermediate points in Georgia, ac count Annual Re-union United Con federate Veterans of South Carolina May Sth to 11th, 1901. Round trip tickets will be sold at specially re duced rates from South Carolins points on May 8th and 9th and from North Carolina and Georgia point* May 8;h, good to return until Maj 13th, 1901. Following total rounc trip rates will be in effect from points Darned and correspondingly low rates from other points: Abbeville, S. C, $2 10 ADdersoD S. C, $2 55; Atlanta, Ga, $4 90 Augusta, Ga., $1.70; Charleston, S C., $2 50; Savannah, Ga, $2.85 Charlotte, N. C., $2 10; Cbester, S C, $1 25; Greenville, S. C., 82 25 Greenwood, S. C., $170; OraDge burg, S. C., $1.00; Spartanburg, S C., $185. For detailed information as t< rates, schedules, etc., call on or ad dress aDy agent cf the Southen Railway or connections. W. H. Tayloe, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. Beware of a Cough. A cough is not a disease but a symptom. Consumption and bron chitis, which are the most daDgerou: and fatal diseases, have for their firs indication a persistent cough, and i properly treated as sood as this cougl appears are easily cured. Chamber Iain's Cough Remedy has provei wonderfully successful, and gaine( its wide reputation and exteDsivi orkl/i kr ito cnnonoo in nnrinor tho dis oa,c "J lla to ? ? eases which cause coughiDg. If it i Dot beneficial it will not cost you j cent. For sale by J. E. Kaufmann The finest line of easy flowing inl in all colors, mucilage, pens, pencils pads, and writing materials of al kinds, at the Bazaar. GLOBE DRY I s. iviEonsrc^:T< BEET, Share of Your Valued f Dots and Dashes. i g There are 13.000,000 families in the United States. k Laziness begins with cobwebs and ends with chains. e A 70,000 barrel oil property in the ^ new Texas field sold for $1,250,000. Pyny-Balsam Relieves Right Away and mak<* a speedy end of coughs and colds. e It's a wise plan to try on your 1 good resolutions before passing them 3 A wise man occasionally makes fc mistakes but he doesn't repeat them. ' "When a girl's heart collides with her idea, there is a terrible explo6 sion. * Those famous little pills, DeWitt's Little Early Risers will remove all impurities from your system, cleanse 8 , your bowels, make them regular. ^ J. E Kaafmann. P A fool knows other people's busi ness uetier tuuii a wito uiblj auuwd 9 his own. A man should not be blamed for i j his ignorance if he doesn't know enough to find it out. t Skin troubles, cuts, burns, scalds . and chafing quickly heal by the use of DeWitt's Witch Hazel ^ve. It is imitated. Be sure you get DeWitt's. J E Kaufmann. * f Students at Harvard ' University j are not opposed to hafcing by the i secret societies. t An Akron, Ohio, girl wore an Eas7 ter hat trimmed with twenty-five one t dollar bills. It cost $15. * No need for you to have the grippe, > And other ills will let you slip, If you will use L. L. and K. I Which cures and keeps disease away. Bottles 25c, 50c and Si 00. More factories were closed down in Maseacbuetts leaving about 23,000 " operatives without work. The light of other days may be all right, but it is the light of other 1 nights that makes an obese gas bill ][ KnoTV One Sure Remedy , for an obstinate cold. Its name is Pyny-Balsam. i Charleston is to have a new union station for its railways, the Southern r Plant System and Coast Line. \ President McKinley and his cabii net will start on their Pacific tour . the 29th instant over the Southern. 1 Spring coughs are especially dan gerous and unless cured at once, serious results often follow. One Minute Cough Cure acts like magic. It is not a common mixture but is a high grade remedy. J. E Kaufmann. It costs; this government about a thousand dollars a day to talk to its ( representatives in the Philippines. I After beiDg pardoned, Frank - Colee, a burglar in jail at Richmond, 1 Va., declared he would be a mission. ary. Balsams from the Northern Wood are in Pyny-Balsam, the certain cure for coughs. > ) There will be between 50,000 and . 100,000 additional acres of laDd de{ voted to rice culture in the South , this year.' 3 In the past fifteen months 514 ves7 sels have cleared from the port of i New Orleans loaded with 40,404,800 i bushels of grain. 7 You car not enjoy perfect health, rosy cheeks and sparkliDg eyes if , your liver is sluggish and your ; bowels clogged. DeWitt's Little . Early Risers cleanse the whole sysT>i _ T P ; tem. j ney never gripe. o. ?j. . Kaufmann. ' The Easter church collections in New York city amounted to over $1,' 000,000, and Grace church headed the list with $107,000. In the last six months of 1900 seventeen American imigrated to Cuba while 12,091 Spaniards "took residence" on the island. 1*1 CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. ?&? Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use B| t &Taj. General George W. Gordon, 3 j has been appointed Chief Marshal of t the parade at the Memphis re union f of the Confederate Veterans, i During the month of March 2.000 - j young Greeks left their country for 3 j the United States. For some time 1 i the number of emigrants from Greece 3 j has been increasing. "I had piles so bad I could get no s rest nor find a cure until I tried Dei Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. After . using it once, I forgot I ever had j anything like Pilep."?E. C. Boice, ? Somers Point, N. Y. Look out for J imitations. Be sure you ask for 1 DeWitt's. J. E. Kaufmann. * / ^ GOODS COMPj dist, JE., Patronage. Polite and I The United States Government j has just established a coaling station j at Pichalinqui on the West of Mexico, I the first American naval station on foreign soil. Pyny-Baisam Stops the Tickling, and quickly allays inflammation in the throat. Later information shows that the northern lady who left $10,000 for the care of her dog also left ?140,000 for the benefit of her relations. She was kind and considerate for both man and beast. Try the new remedy for costiveness, Chamberlain's Stomach and t m i i T? juiver xaoieis. i^very uua. guaiauteed. Price, 25 cents. For sale by J. E. Kaufmann. It has been shown that Shakes pare's name has been spelled by responsible writers in 1906 different ways. In his own name his contemporaries spelled bra name in thirty two different ways. Miss Florence Newman, who has been a great sufferer from muscular rheumatism, says Chamberlain's Pain Balm is the only remedy that affords her relief. Miss Newman is a much respected resident of the village of Gray, N. Y, and makes this statement for the benefit of others similarv afflicted. This liniment is for sale by J. E. Kaufmann. A hugh mass of snow and rock swept down from the mountain near Adelaide, Col, burying a work-train and killing three men and seriously injuring four others. The men were clearing the debris of an earlier elide. President McKinley will open the Buffalo exposition on the 1st of May from Yicksburg, where he will be on his way to the Pacific coast. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon he will press ? .i 3 ?111 1.? iU? a DUiion a Liu iubi win uiaa.c iuc wucei go round. "LaBt winter I was confined to my bed with a very bad cold on the lungs. Nothing gave me relief. Finally my wife bought a bottle of One Minute Cough Cure that effected a speedy cure. I cannot speak too highly of that excellent remedy."? Mr. T. K Houseman, Manatawney, Pa. J. E. Kaufmann. The Zionist movement is gaining strength. A meeting of 1,500 Jews was held in Milwaukee recently in the interest of the movement, which is to buy Palestine from the Turkish government, that it may be settled again by the Jewish people. As vaccination prevents smallpox, and quinine chills and fever, so Teetbina prevents and counteracts the effects of the summer's heat, much dreaded by mothers with small children. TeethiDa relieves the many troubles incident to teething and the hot summers, and no mother is excusable for not giving it, for it costs only 25 cents at druggists; or mail 25 cents to C. J. Mcffett, M. D, St. Louis, Mo. Hereafter by order of the Prussian government, the eight hours day is to be strictly enforced on all State railroads; also the provision that labor hours shall not exceed ten a day, whatever case of emergency. Both the President and Vice President of the First National Bank of Vancouver, Wash., committed suicide on the 21st inst. by shootiDg themselves with the same revolver. They were both defaulters in large sums. "I have been troubled with indigestion for ten years, have tried many things and spent much money to no purpose until I tried Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. I have taken two bottles and gotten more relief from them than all other medicines taken. I feel more like a boy than I have felt in twenty years " Anderson Riggs, of Sunny Lane, Tex. Thousands have testified as did Mr. Riggs. J. E. Kaufmann. The mother asked little Dot to go into the next room and see if the clock was running, for she had not ' " ' i -1 _ .11 ii. . _ tL 4 neara 11 striae an me aueruuuu. asvl came running back, put her curly head into the door and exclaimed. "Why, no mamma, de clock ain't a runnin." It is des standing still and a-waggin its tail." Drug Clerk?"I've been docked a j week's salary for making a mistake ! and killing a man. Lend me So won't | you? Friendly Policeman?"Could | not possibly. I've just been suspendj ed for a week for killing another I one.'' j Spy, fisherman, you can get a nice j pcfe now at the Bazaar. in, I^T^-GrlEjES, C OLUMBIA, 8 Prompt Attention. Oct Strikes A Rich Find. I "I was troubled for several years ! with cbroDic indigestion and nervous debility," writes J. F. Gieen, of Lan; caster, N H. "No remedy helped i me until I began using Electric Bit i ters, vhich did me more good than ; all the medicines I ever used. They I have also kept my wife in excellent I health for tears. She savs Electric Bitters are just splendid for female ! troubles; that they are a grand Ionic ! and navigator for week run down woman. No medicine can take its place in our family." Try them. Only 50c. Satisfaction guaianteed by J. E. Kaufmann. State Items. Dr. J. B 0. Landrum, of Spaitanburg, the author of seveial local histories of repute is dead. Dr. W. P. Gibbes, health officer at B^aufoit, was assaulted by a negro man and woman in that city and severely beaten. The dispensary at Sumter has been robbed. It seems as if a small child was let through the transom to open the door on the inside. A large Cuban exhibit has been secured for the Charleston Exposi tion. Gen. Leonard "Wood, Governor-General, has ordered it rent from Buffalo there. A State summer school for negro teachers will be held in Columbia beginning in June and continuing a month. The teachers for it will be white. Gnvprnnr AToSwopnpv has issued a requisition on the Governor North Carolina for the swindlers who "did up"' Mr. "Wheeler, of Newberry, for $7,000. An eight-year-old negro boy went fo sleep on the railroad track near Dawkins, on the Southern hetween Columbia and Spartanburg and a train ran over him cutting off his I head end his arms. Governor McSweeney has received a paper in a novel case. The people of Saluda held a primary election I to name a dispenser. The count} , board ignored the primary nominee, ; and appointed a man of their choice | for dispenser. The people asked the j Governor to withhold his signature | from the commission. The liquor constabulary of this j State is divided into seven squads, j which are so disposed as to best repel j the invasions of the "blind tiger.'" | Each squad has a chief, who makes j weekly reports of seizures with the j names of those persons from whom ; liquor is seized. No attempt is made I f/\ rvrncflnnfc itnlcco tlio hlind t.iorpr ift j l/V |y* vctv \A iv wuivtrw t fc?v ?>^v. .r , caught in the act of selling. The ' liquor captured is forwarded to the dia, pt near y and partly offsets the expense j of the constables. Last Wednesday a week ago, two ; mules beloDgiDg to December GadsI den, a well to do colored man living in Walhalla, were killed by a siDgu hr accident. He employed a man to cut and haul wood from a place about two miles from town. The mules | were bitched in the woods a short ; distance from where a large tree was | being cut down. Just as the tree was about to fall a heavy wind began i blowino from the direction in which it was intended the tree should fall aDd blew it down, the tree falling across the back of one mule and the neck of the other. The neck of one was broken and it died immediately and i the other lived only a short time, j The team cost Gadsden $100 a short while back. It Girdles The Globe. The fame of Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best in the world, extends around the earth. It's the one perfect healer of cuts, corns, burns, bruises, ofvco hnilp. ulcers. fellone. j aches, pains and all skin eruptions. | Only infallible pile cure. 25c. a box, ! at J. E. Kaufmaun's New Drug j Store. Gen. Ludlow to Return. Manila, April 2G?Gen. Ludlow is suffering from a dangerous type of I consumption, brought on by an afc! tact of the grippe and localized con| gestions. His appointment as milij tary governor of the department of j Visayas has been revoked, and he will return to the United States on the first steamer. n i ii M. Oi f ?ber istf Northern Indiana farmers are ex perimenting in the domestication of quail and the results are reported as highly gratifying. Nearly every farmer in that section has from one to three coveys on his farm and is giving them kind and careful attention. During the snow season the birds are fed regularly and on some of the farms they have become fo tame that they roost with the barnyard fowls. You will waste time if you try to cure indigestion or dyspepsia by starving yourself. That only makes it worse when you do eat heartily. You always need plenty of good t vod properly digested. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is the result of years of scientific research for something that would digest not only some elements of food but every kind. And it is the one remedy that will do it. J. E Kaufmann. A youth lately leaving his aunt's house after a visit, when finding it began to rain, caught up an umbrella that was snugly placed in a corner, and was proceeding to open it, when the old lady, who for the first time observed his movements, sprang toward him, exclaiming: "No, no, that 1 11 f I 1 il.L you cever buaii: x ve uau ium uuj- | i brella 23 yearn, and it baa never been wet yet, and I am sure it shan't be wet now!" IMcLAURIN APPEALS TO CABINET __ And President's Advisers Agree to Send 1 Exhibit to Charleston. i Washington, April 23.? By request 1 of Senator McLaurin the cabinet today discussed the question of loaning 1 to the Charleston Exposition the ex- 1 bibits to be made by the government ( at Buffalo. All the cabinet officers 1 desired to permit this loan and it : was agreed that the loan should be ( made if there is no provisions of law 1 against it. The Charleston exposi- 1 tion will pay the expenses of the ex ' hibit and the government will do nothing but make the loan. The president and cabinet were glad to do this much for Charleston, which failed of any provision for its exposition during the closing hours of Con- \ gress. Blown To Atoms. The old idea that the body somea i e i lit. times neeas a poweriui, arasiic, purgative pill has beeD exploded; for Dr. KiDg's New Life Pills, which are perfectly harmless, gently stimulate liver and bowels to expel poisonous matter, cleans the system and absolutely cure Consumption aDd Sick Headache. Oaly 25c., at J. E Kaufmann's New Drug Store. GRAND LODGE OFFICERS. Chosen by the Odd Fellows at the . Greenville Meeting. Colombia Evening Record. Columbia received high honors at the meeting of the Grand Lodge I. 0. 0. F. at Greenville. The following is the list of the officers elected: Grand Master?J. K. P. Neatbery, of Columbia. Deputy Grand Master?J. M. Da vis, oi iNewoerry. Grand Warden?James F. Mackey, of Greenville. Grand Secretary?W. S. Brown, of Columbia. * j i Grand Treasurer?H. Endel, of i Greenville. Grand Chaplain?C. G. Leslie, of Greenville. Representatives to the Sovereign : Grand Lodge?J. J. Eargle, of Gran- ( iteville and B. K. H. Kreps, of Langley. , Trifling With Mrs. Nation's Zeal. W. L. Higgins perpetrated a practical joke on Cariie Nation, while the smasher was here. A well-known f 1 local dentist, who dresses well and is ^ I rather adipose, was standing at the i corner of Pennsylvania and Washington streets, when Mrs. Nation got , through her baranging of the crowd ( there. i "Look at that maD,"' said Mr. Hig- i gins, pointing to his friend, the doc- i | tor. "He is well cff, and makes his < I money out of the tears of orphans, \ | the waila of widows aod the groans j of atroDg men." ' He keepa a rum shop, does he?"' said the smasher, darting a piercing glance in his direction. "No," said Mr. Higgins, "he i3 a dentist."?Indianapolis Press. , ( ' Send us anything you want printed. ] * PENSION REDUCTION. About Six Hundred Less Names Than Last Year. The pension boird completed its work today aod the total number en the rolls is G,417, against 7,106 last year. The board has given each application foil consideration aod it has weeded out those not entitled to penoiAno no r-? 11?1 4? oiv/uo uo iai as SO ID&l idg list this year is about as near just and equitable as it can be made. Following are the numbers for each county: Abbeville, 138; Aiken, 190; Andersod, 370; Bitnberg, 50; Barnwell, 108: Beaufcrt, 27; Berkeley, 88; Charleston, 84; Cherokep, 158; Chester, 93; Chesterfield, 135; Clarendon, 122; CjlletoD, 289; D-irliogton, 190; Dorchester, 69; Edgefield, 97; Fairfield, 111: Florence, 131; Georgetown, 38; Greenville, 336; Greenwood, 120; Hampton, 114; Horry, 151; Kershaw, 111? Lancaster, 222; Laurent 218; LexiogtoD, 140; Marion, 190; Marlboro, 111; Newberry, 142; Oconee, 165; Orangeburg, 126; Pickens, 238; Richland, 162; Saluda, 146; Spartanburg, 530; Sumter, 165; Union, 140; Williamsburg, 113;York, 289. His Offenses. Washington Post. Mr. McLaurin's offense consists of having voted for the ratification of the Pari* treaty, and in speaking in favor of the ship subsidy bill. Sapport of the treaty was an act of the highest patriotism, and if the American merchant marine is ever re-established and fulfills its mission, no section of the Union will profit more than the South, no State of the South more than Sou'h Carolina. What, then, is all tbia pother about? Why should not McLaurin?a young man and powerful one?vote and speak in accoidanca with his opinions? Because such a course brought him in touch with the Republicans on those two propositions? Mr. Lamar once offended the Democrats of Missippi by refusing to vote in the senate for cheap money. But his is one of the proudest names today in the history cf that State. He had, as"Mr. McLaurin has, the courage of his convictions. Oa large questions hA Wfifi a Iflroro man tov, Interesting to You. We desire to call our reader's attention to the Franklin Company's advertisement in another column of this issue. The firm which is one of the most reliable, are offering to give free watches. Jewelry, Silverware, dishes, cameras, and many other valuable premiums for doing a little work for them. Hundreds of people through the country are securing household goods, silk skirts, and even furniture, from these people free. We would say to our readers that it is becoming quite popular to secure goods this way We suggest that you read the advertisement and send them your name and address. One On The Old Man. "Do you know what my father would have done if I had been caught doing such a thing," asked an irate Memphis father of his little son. The latter did not consider the situation at all alarming and said in a rather jocular manner. ' You must have had a pretty bad daddy." This cool, sarcastic manner nettled the old gentleman all the more and in his less of temper he exclaimed. ' Well, sir; I want you to distinctly understand that I had a better daddy than you'll ever see the day to have." Beats His Father. New York, April 24?Wall street repott3 6ay that George Gould has doubled bis father's $70,000,000 since Jay Gould's death. He has been making 82,000,000 monthly since President McKinley's last lecetion. No Negro Pensioners. The State Pension Board, at its session last week, adopted the following vith reference to negro applicants "or pensions: ' An examination of the rolls in the Adjutant and Inspector General's )3ice of the respective companies of which they claim to be members rereals the fact that these names are 2ot among the regular enrolled 6olliers of these companies and for ;his reason the State Board disaporoves them." nuu i icc riaiiiniy in ucuiyid. The State entGioologiet of Georgia has aocouuced that 2,000,000 frait trees have been planted in Georgia ?ince last October. Judge George Gober of Marietta, has alone planted more than 1,000,000 trees. .v. -