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TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE AND XT MUST, FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAT, THOU OANS'T NOT THEN BB FALSE TO ANY MAN l u ? - MI , I Tl' "Jim_ * ' i - ? ? itt BY JAYNE?, SHEJLOR, SMITH ?5 ST130K. WALHALLA, SOUTH OAItOJ.ilNA, JANUARY ff, 1800. ????4? ?.Hil ?I?M. NEW 8EHIE8, NO. 40.-rV??fU?tlB? Ii.---NO. 1. I THE OLD STONE CHURCH. ? When tho Chorokeo Indians ocou piod tho territory of the old Pendle ton District, of this Stato, which re presents Andorson, Oconco and Pickons counties, that stalwart and patriotic citizen, Androw Piokous, with great religious fervor, gathored stones, cleared an opening in tho prirnoval forest, and orooted a placo of worship. Ho was a dioiplo of John Calvin, and "builded bettor that he know"-for tho Presbyterian ohuroll in tho Northwestern part of South Carolina can bo traced to this beginning. Tho ohuroh records show that Dr. Recs was buried in tho churchyard in 1770. Tradition says that patriots mot thero for worship during thc first groat struggle for independence ; and in tho early years of this contury, a goodly congrega tion filled tho small ohuroh on the Sabbath day. The ovolution of things, lins brought groat clianges. ^ Old Pondloton villagors could not conveniently go three miles to ohuroh, and new worship nearer home. Clemson College lias created a now village, tb uo milcB away on tho other Bide, ard so to-day, tho old stono church has no rogular worshippers-? quite a number of tho old families still uso tho churchyard for burials. Tho "Pickons," "Sloans," "Max wells," "Livingstones" and others have their dead boro, and Charleston names also appear on the Records : "Ogior," "Huger," "MoElhaneys," "Bird," "Stonoy" and others. A visit to tho placo reveals a quaint old structure, without Hashes, but shutters at the window openings, and tho roof is quite curious in do sign. Tho roads leading to tho place havo been neglected for yoars and aro washed into deep gulleys, and thc cemetery, until within a fow years, has not received much attention, but somo of tho good folks of thc neigh? borhood are doing somothing to res ouo this sacred spot from uttor obli vion and havo already contributed soveral hundred dollars for tho praiseworthy purposo they havo in view. Tho following notice was re cently published in thc Anderson pa pers : "Hy authority of the Old S'onc Church Association, the Rev. H. P. Reid, O. R. Doylo and J. C. Strib ling were appointed as a fence com mittee to 0110I080 the cemetery in thc grounds of thc sacred and historical Old Stono Church, near tho corner of Anderson, Pickons and Oconee counties. This committco has de cided to erect an all iron fonce of modern style and finish, and aro now ready to receive contributions from tlie subscribers to this fund as well as all others who fen' interested in preserving those grounds. The com mittco think they will need about $200 in addition to subscriptions al ready made to completo this work in good and substantial style, and so licit tho aid of all friends to this en terprise to send in contributions af early as possiblo to tho Rov. B. P Reid, Chairman of Committee, Pen dleton, S. C." We aro a strange people. Hero if one of tho historic spots of Soutl Carolina, the spot where the Presby terian church in one-fourth of the State was established. It can bardi) bo approached becauso of tho horri ble condition of tho roads, and as ti place of worship it lins been "laid by,' because of tho growth of population and towns on oitber side. Why no1 make it a church memorial? Whj not improve the cemetery, after fenc ing it in, rearrange the grounds, im prove the church building, transform it into a memorial chapel, in whicl mural tablets could bo erected, com memorating tho early patriots nw later worthies of our State ? Thc final resting place of Cen. Pickcns'i remains, should be within tho walli of this proposed memorial chapel and an enduring bron/.o tablet shotilc record his services to Stato an< church. Thero ought to bo onougl public spirit left among our people to preserve this holy placo.-Ncwi and Courier. Tho Nows and Courier of lani Tuesday in its notice of "tho Oh Stono church" at Pendleton fall? into some historical inaccuracies ir its statement that Cen. Andrey Pickons "with great religious fervoi gathered stones, cleared an opening in tho primeval forest and erected 11 placo of worship." Dr. I??WO in hit "history of tho Presbyterian ohurol in South Carolina" says tho iirsi house of worship was built of logs ir 1701, and that tho present stone building was oreoted in 1 H0'2. Thore foro it cr.nnot bo true that Gon. An drew Pickons "gathered stoncB yle&tvd an *T ..;".; in ?bo prmiova ? foreBt," oto. Neitbrr is it truo that Dr. Thomas Reose was buried thoro in 1770, for Dr. IIowo says tho church was not organized until 1789, and ho quotes from a manuscript ot Dr. Reeso written Soptonibor 16th, 1708, so that ho was nlivo nearly 20 years later than 1776. Noithor ona "tho Presbyterian oLuroh in tho North western part of South Carolina bo tracod to this beginning," for Carmel, Roberts and Coed Hopo antedato this ohuroh, according to Dr. IIowo, somothing liko two or throo yoars, and Joan Louis Gilbort had foundod his Huguenot settlement in Abbe ville boforo this and Upper Long Cano liad boon organized boforo. "Tho Old Stono Meeting Rouse" is a historical spot and wo do not wish to detract ono iota from its interest, for our ancestors wore among ita found ers, as they were also of Carmel, and their bodies rest iu the old Stono church cemotory, but wo want to keep tho record straight. Wo aro inclined to doubt thc tradition "that tho patriots met thoro for worship during the first great struggle for ind?pendance," for om" life has been spent iu tho bounds of Carmel and tho Stone church and wo novor hoard it before Besides, white emigration, traders and hunters, did not sot in this direction until aftor tho eloso of that struggle. Tho country was a wilderness during tho Revolution and WPS occupied by tho Indians. Anderson Advocate Your Danger Now Is from tho overworked condition of tho livor ami kidneys which aro unable to oxpol impurities from tho blood. Thia causes rheumatism. Hood's Sarsaparilla baa boon wonderfully succoasful in cur ing this disease. It neutralizes tho acid in tho blood and permanently cures thc ache's and paine:; which other medicines fail to roliovo. Hood's Sarsaparilla if tho best winter medicino because il purifies, onriclica and vitalizes tho blood. It givcB help just whoro help is needed, It tones tho Btomach, stimulates thc liver, and arouses and sustaiucs tho kid noys. It wards ol? pneumonia, fevers bronchitis, cold*', coughs and tho grip. "It is Mr. Robson's gonoral mis fortune," says tho San Francis?e Chronicle, "that ho has not hy tbii time allied himself to a sensible American girl and settled down at far as a naval officer may in domestic privacy. Then sappy women and feeble-minded debutantes would lei him alone, in public at least ; and, what is moro to tho purpose, he would have an incentive, which hh self-respect and common sense dc not seem strong enough to supply, to let them alono." Robson's recent kissing performances has stirred tin national heart as nothing else since he sank the Merrimac at Santiago But tho nation is laughing at tin hero, and his enemies aro knifing him whenever they have a chance Tho proposition to transfer him t< thc line will be resisted by those win aro interested in not losing their owi chances of promotion. One of th line officers is reported to have sate the other day that "we don't wan an ass for an Admiral ?-ilobsoi would reach tho rank of vicc-admirn at 39 if ho should be placed in th linc- and the navy oflicors would al probably agreo to the proposition Robson ought to marry. A goo< able-bodied American girl wouli control his kissing propensities, am if he shouldn't have as much fun h would at least bo moro dignified am loss likoly to get into trouble W. Ii. Nisbet, Cash's Depot, S. C writes: "I bad dyspepsia; usod '/odin' Liver Regulator, but it did no good, thou tried Dr. M. A. Simmons' Livo Modioino; tho first packago did mogood I continued its uso, and was cured." ?-'---^ . - Landslide in Switzerland? LONDON, DI ?ember 28.-l'art c Red Kock Mountain, according to dispatch from Air?lo, a village o Switzerland, canton of Ticino, ha fallen into Air?lo, destroying a hot? and several houses. Thc scone c the disaster presents a terrible spec tacle, the debris of tho avalaneh covering a square mile. Tho boto with eight houses and twelve otho buildings, was swept into a gren heap of matchwood. A new torro was added hy tho outbreak of fir amid tho ruins. Throe dead bodic have boen recovered. It is estimate that tho damage will renell iMO,00( CASTOR i A * For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Ir'j. ?ignaturo of ^^^^?1^^ CHICAGO, December 29.-Th grand jury investigation of briber in the Ci ?y Council is at an on< After a day and a half of oarnet effort tho grand jury was unable t develop any ovidenco upon which t baso indictments. Solicitor Ansel's Work. Solioitor M. F. Ansol a foy days ago sont his annual report of the number and disposition of CrlulSB tried in the Eighth Circuit, consist ing of Abbovillo, Anderson, Ooonee, Piokens and Groonville Counties, to tho Attornoy General, to bo incorpo rated along with tho reports of tho othor Solicitors of tho State in tho Attornoy Gonoral'a aunual report to tho Legislature. Mr. Ansol's roport shows tho totul number of criminal casos in the oirouit for the year to bo 884. Of this numbor there woro 178 verdicts of guilty, 57 vordiots of not guilty, and in 1)9 oases thoro woro uo bills or discontinuances. Tho murder oases in tho circuit footed up a total of forty-two, of which there wero twonty-threo con victions, sovontoon acquittals aud two discontiuancoB or no bills. Thoro waB only ono doath Bontenco passed during tho year-that upon James ll. Wilson, of this city, for tho murder of Charlie Potts. In murder oases, Greonvillo hoads tho list with soventcon, of which thcro were ton convictions and sovon ac quittals. Of tho ten convictions there were five Bontcncos to tho peni tentiary for a torin, four sentences for lifo and ono death sontonce. Abbovillo's murder record tor tho year is ono no bill, four not guilty, two guilty, two to. thc penitentiary for a term ; Anderson, ono no bill, four not guilty, live guilty, three to tho penitentiary for a term and two for life; Oooneo, ono not guilty, two guilty, ono to tho ponitontinry for a torin and ono for lifo ; Piokons, ono not guilty, four guilty, four for a term. It will be observed that thcro was not a Bingle mistrial in a murder caso for any of thc counties during tho cntiro year-which is a matter for congratulation. In fact tho mistrial column in all tho counties is ex tremely clean. Abbovillo bad only ono mistrial, for soiling liquor; in Anderson thoro woro no mistrials in any case ; in Oconeo .lone ; in Pick ens, one, in a liquor caso ; in Greon villo nono. Two mistrials out of a total of ?134 caseB is conaidorcd a re cord smasher, not only for tliie county, but thc State at largo. Tho Greonvillo News bas folt it to be necessary to criticizo Solioitoi Ansel, of this judicial circuit, rathol scvorcly on several occasions. There fore wo' have special pleasure in di recting attention to tho record he has made in the past year. Ho hat done a great deal of bard work and has evidently dono it well. Somo ol his speeches wo bear spoken of ai among tho best ever delivered or this circuit, which bas beon notable for strong lawyers and great solioit ors.-Greenville Nows. Morning sickness, or nausea iron pregnancy, hs dispelled by Simmons' Squaw Vino Wino or Toblots. (Jon. Lawton's Promotion. WASHINGTON, December 81.-The war department bas issued orders as signing Major Gcnoral Lawton te sorvico in tho Philippines. Thc ns sign mont is considered ono of ex ceptionnl importance, as Gen. Law ton, who was one of tho mest con BpieuoiiB officers in tho campaigi about Santiago, will bo second ii command to Gen. Otis, and in tin event of Gen. Otis's appointment ai Governor Gcnoral of tho Philippine will assume military command of tin forces lhere. Iii? new duties wil require a combination of nervo ane tact. Gen. Lawton bas recently beet in command of tho camp at Hunts ville. Gen. Prank, as ranking oflicor will assume command on tho dopar turo of Gen. Lawton. Tho latter'i selection for duty in tho Philippine was owing largely to tho charaoto of bis service during thc war am later at, Havana. -.-^mt> ? ? To relievo montai worry, cure despond ency and givo refreshing nloop, uso Him moni)' .Squaw Vine Wino or Tablets. Clemson's Finance. Col. M. L, Donaldson, who has rc turned from a mooting of tho (inane committee of tho board of trustees n Clemson College, says thc report o that committee this year is going t make an encouraging showing Among othor things it will show tha tho per capiti expense will bo $'2 below the avorago per capita cxpons c' the other sixty-four agriculture nd mechanical colleges of tho conn try. Thc avorago is $177, wliil Clemson's is only #165. Colone Donaldson says that all of tho sixtj two graduates from Clemson in th last two years have good paying pt sitions, and that twenty-oight c these bavo secured technical position! Kvcry ?ludent of the college ia member of tho literary sooioty, wbie is a condition no other collogo in th land can show.-Greenville Newi Dcoornbor 24th, 1808. .? i. The Coming- (Jotton. ' SKNEOA, S. O., January 2.-A now cotton bought at this plaoo tho pani fall was tho Jaokson Limbless. It was sold by Mr. J. F. ' Hunnioutt, of High Falls, to Mr. G. W. Gignilllat n-ad brought 6? cents per pound. This cotton grows about ton feet in height and has from 76 to il5 bolls to tho sn%1k. Mr. Hunnioutt made 772 pounds ot seed cotton on ono-sixth of an aoro. According to that it will mako from iivo tc six bales to an nore. Mr. Hunnioutt has a few sood for salo, and anyone dosiring to buy should address him at High Falk. Should wo call this a sin oi a blessing, it will run tho cotton price up. If all cotton growers will oulti vnto this kind of cotton timos will bo botter. j. c. s. [Wo would Uko for ?J. C. S." to tell us how ho can mako "from fivo to six bales to au aoro." If ono sixth of au aoro producos 772 pounds of scod cotton, thon ono aoro (ac cording to our arithmotio) would produce 4,682 pounds. It generally takes from 1,100 to 1,800 pounds of seed cotton to mako a bale. Now divido your 4,082 by 1,100 (which is a low estimate) and you will have four bales and 282 pounds of seed cotton. Pienso spooify.-EDITOHH Co um KU.] STATK OF OHIO, CITY OK TOMCDO, 1 "" LUCAS COUNTY, J * Frank J. Chonoy makes oath that ho if tlijj senior partner of tho firm of F. J, Chonoy A Co., doing business in tho Citj of Toledo, County and Stato aforesaid, and that said firm will pay tho sum ol Ono Hundred Dollars for each and every caso of Catarrh that cannot bc cured by tho usn of Hall's Catarrh Cure FltANK J. ClIKNKY. Sworn to boforo mo and suhsoribod ii my proaonco, this Otb day of Docomhor A. D. 1880. . . A. W. GLEASON, i BK AI. > 1-' Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intornnllj and acte directly on tho blood and mu cous surfaces of tho system. Send fo; testimonials, froo. F. J. CHUNKY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75o. Hall's Family Fills oro tho hoBt. From the report of tho nntiona department of agriculture for 180' and 1898 wo loam a point or tw< about cotton production that tin farmers might tako a hint from i thoy feol so disposed, especially ii view of tho faot that the time wil soon bo hero to pitcli another oro}] Tho first is that South Carolina i the fifth Stato in cotton production showing 1,030,085 bales, whioh wer produced on 2,074,788 aores of lane Tho average yiold was a half bale t tho acre. But tho most importan point, and tho one that contains th most valuable lesson for us is, tim in 1889 wo oxportod 4,709,033 bale of 500 pounds from thc entire cotto belt for which wc received $237,775 OOO, while in 1898 wo exporto 7,700,000 bales for whioh wo receive $280,442,000, or 3,000,000 moro bait oxported last year and $7,000,00 lens received upon it. That tolls th talc. It shows conclusively that w could got as muon monoy for a 5,000 OOO bale crop as fora 10,000,000 bal crop and would save tho labor an expenso of making the other 5,000 000 bales. A w^rd to tho wiso I miiliciont.-Anderson Advocate ? - i . - ? Grip is opidomio in New Yorl and tho Now York hoard of healtl on tho theory that tho diseaso is a coi tagiotiH one, has takon stops to pr< vent its sproad. Tho board of boah rccontly issued tho following itnpo tant bullotin in regard to tho natui of tho disenso : "Influenza is an it feotona and contagious disease duo 1 tho influenza bacillus. In case < influenza or grip this organism is pr ?ont in all tho secretions of tho nos throat and bronohial tubes. Tho dil easo is transmitted from person I porson through thc taking in of thet organises, either f rom direct couta? or after the secretions havo bot dried and pul vor i Ked and inhaled i form of dust. Tho disonso ennin ho produced by any other canso thu tho influenza bacillus. There ai immy oatarrhal affections of tho re juratory tract which arc improper' called grip, and tho distinction b tween theso and truo grip is o trcmoly difficult and often imposait) in tho milder formp. Grip, liowcvc isa much moro serious affection, pr ducos much greater ?joprer'-oh, ai is followed by much more ted loi convnlesr once." O .A. 161 VCJt 3LTL X J%. ? BB?H tb? jp tN Kind You Haw Always Boug ----4??. That was a thoughtful preach who, when taking up a missions; collection, told his congregation i didn't want any of thom who ow/ for their county nowspnper to ci) ii ib???ti anything to tho heathens. J I Thc Yadklu Yalloy Boad Sold. ?iALKiau, N. C., December 81. Tho Capo Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad waa Bold at auction yester day in Fayettovillo, uuder foreclosure proceedings, by Commissioners Mar tin and Manly, appointed by tho Court for tho purpose. Tho road wno bought by tho Atlantio Coast Lino for $3,110,000. Tho bidders woro Prosidont Samuel Spencer, for tho Southern Railway ; William H. Blackford, for tho Baltimoro bond holders, or tho Seaboard Air Line, and Harry Waltora, for tho Atlantio Coast Lino. Mastor Commissioner Martin was auctioneer, and he- started tho bid ding at noon. Tho first bid was $2,100,000, then it was raised by $50,000, $25,000, $10,000, $6,000 and thou $1,000 jumps for nu hour and a quartor, whoo thc road was knooked down to tho Coast Lino. Blackford retired at a bid of $8,103,000, and Spencer Btoppod at a bid of $8,100,000. Tho property was, therefore) knocked down to Walters at $3,110,000. Tho outcome of tito salo ?H a sur prise, both as to tho prico paid and tho successful competitor. Avoiding* Coughing. A physician who is connootcd with an institution in whloh thoro aro many children says : "There is noth ing more irritable to a cough than coughing. For somo timo I had been so fully assured of this that determined for ono minuto at loast to lessen tho number of coughs hoard in a certain ward in a hospital of tho institution. By tho promiso of re wards and punishments I succeoded in inducing them simply to hold thoir ] breath when tempted to cough, and in a littlo while I was mysolf sur prised to seo how somo of tho chil dren entirely recovered from tho dis onse. Constant coughing isprcoisoly liko scratching a wound on tho out side oi tho body. So long as it is dono, thc wound will not hoal. Lot a person when tempted to cough draw a long breath, and hold it until it warms and soothes evory air coll, and some benefit will Boon bo received from this process. Tho nitrogen which is tims confined aots ns an an odyne to tho mucous membrane, al laying tho desire to cough, and giv ing the throat and lungs a chanco to heal."-Scientific American. &ssr& Cure for Colds When tho children get thoir foot wot and tako cold givo thom o hot foot bath, a, bowl of hot drink, a doHO of Ayers Cherry Pectoral, and put thom to hod. They will bo nil right in thu morning. Chorry Pectoral will euro old coughs also ; wo moan tho coughs of bron chitis, weah throats, and irritablo 1 lungs. Even tho hard coughs of consumption sro always mado easy and frequently cured by using Two ilzcs! f 1.00; 60o. Thc liest Medical Advice Pree! Wi Ito frooly nil theparUcul?M In your rMO. Tho doctor will ronly promptly. at, Lowell, Man. Senator Butler, of North Carolina, recently gavo notice of an nmond mont ho will introduce to tho pension appropriation bill, pensioning ox Confcderatc soldiers. Tho amend ment ia as follows : "That from and after tho passage of this bill ovory pension law now on tho statuto booka shall apply to ovory invalid soldier, widow, minor child, dependent rela tive, tho army nurses and all othor pensioners who may bo ablo to provo their claim under tho present pen sion laws, without regard to whether said soldier was onlistcd in tho Fede ral or Confederate aorvico of tho Civil war of 1801-05, provided that] those onlistcd in thc Confederate sor vico shall not draw any back pensions prior to tho passago of this bill ; but their claim nuder existing laws shall begin and become operativo with tho passage of thia bill." A boy had boon up for an exami nation in Scripture, had failed ut terly, and tho relations bot.woon him and the examiner had become somo what strained. Tho lattor asked him if thoro was any toxt in tho whole Bilde ho could quote. Ho pondered, and r coated : "And Judas | went ont and k.ngcd himself." "ia there any othor verso you know in tho Biblo ?" tho oxnminor asked. "YOB; 'Go and do thou likewise'" There was a solemn pause and tho proceedings terminated.-Sunday Sohooi Oom. . . i.oolc Out for These Ullin, A new one dollar counterfeit silvor certificate has been found by tho So oret Servioe agents of thc treasury de partment. . Tho following official de scription of tho counterfeit, as givoo by Chief Wiokil, of the Seorot Servioe bureau, will bo waining to money handlers throughout the country : "Series of 1896, oheok letter O, plate number 84, B. K. Bruoo regis ter; Ellis H. Roberts, treasurer; small rod seal, No. 41,222,803. This counterfeit is apparently printed from photo-otohed platOB on heavy bond paper. No attempt bas boon made to imitate tho silk fibre. Tho tronsury number has boen traced over with bluo writing fluid and readily blurs when dampened, as docB tho rod coloring applied to tho seal. Tho note is badly printod, blotchy, with ink of poor quality, the faco of the noto being coal black instead of gray black, as in tho gonuino, and tho back light-faded green. All of the fino linoB aro lost in tho printing of tho counterfeit. It is calculated to deceivo only tho most careless hand lers of money.** 1_ In timo. Bott by drogglgto. MoLaurln tn Charleston. According to tho correspondence of tho Columbia Stato, Senator Me Laurin ni ado tho priuoipal spceoh at tho Now England society banquet in Charleston rooontly. Tho Seuator ta quoted as follows : "Tho war botwoon tho States is ovor. That tragic chapter in our country's history is forever olosed. Tho memory of its pain and sorrow yot lingors with us ; but standing to night upon tho birth-placo and very oradlo of secession, with sincero hearts, wo can all thank 'lod that out of its supremo agony has como a union, ono and indivisible. I thank God for a President, whoso groat soul and Christian spirit has dono so muob to rounito this nation. lu tho namo of tho South, I thank him for tho laurel wreath laid upon tho graves of our dead. Tho timo will como when tho groat hoart of this nation will caro for tho living as well as for tho dead ; when tho poverty stricken and feoblo old Confederate veterans will not havo to die in or der to win a placo in tho national re gard. "Tho race and suffrage question, by roason of tho sudden oxigonoy forced upon tho South, has sdourod a partial solution, as evidenced by tho constitutions and election laws of tho various States. Somo of thoso who havo criticised us may find thc justi fication of our methods in providing a scheme forthogovornmontof these colonial possessions. "I will novor voto to givo tho igno rant, degraded and sorvilo of tho foreign lands a voico in tho affairs of our country. They aro not fit to havo muoh voico in their own; Uni versal suffrage has been tried in the South, and it has proved a universal failure and disappointment. It is still a question whether tho inferior and Latin racos aro anywhere oapa blo of self-government." T. Thomas Fortuno, a mulatto nogro of Now York, delivered a speech in Now York last weok in which ho denounced President Mc Kinley ar.d tho Republican party and demand dd "mixed schools, mixed oburohdS and mixod marriages." If ho will como down hero and make his demand for "mixed marriages" wo will guarantoo that ho will got moro fun out of it to tho square inch than anything ho ovor did before in his lifo. Ho is a graceless scamp whon ho has BO much disrespect for his linoago UB to stand up before an audience and toll them ho is "tho grandson of ono of thoso whito vil lains." It looks Uko tho villainy had descended from wiro to Hon.-Ander son Advocate. If irritable, out of sorts, depressed in spirits, havo a dull bondacbo, tako a fow doses of Dr. M. A. Simmons' Livor Medicino for quiok roliof. Some timo ago tho Liverpool Tram way Company posted tho following notico in its oars : "Passengers aro requested to pay no moro ponniea than tho conductor in thoir prosonco punohos holes in thoir tiokota for." This remarkable rjontenco oxoitod public notice, not to say derision. Accordingly, tho directors tried again with this result : "Passengers aro roqucsted to pay no moro pennies than for which tho conduotor in thoir prcBonco punches holcB in their tiokots." Again tho company was chaffed, and the second notification waa withdrawn. After a third attempt, litorary assistance having, no doubt, been obtained, criticism -was dolied. ' ,'. ." Jl.m" i "I.jjjg^jesjssar; |, i .m ni H m i? ii 11 ir "nil lilh'i -im jaw lBBBh iffiffth'^ffl^'^ A\i S Wtekm the ffwxf tiwp* d?l ? Talk With Tillman. Senator Tillman, after spending a few days at Trenton, looking aftor his homo affairs, passed through Co lumbia rooontly on his way back to Washington. Ho Boomed to bo in tho boat of spirits and talked inter estingly of th? Philippino sud other questions whioh aro to ongage tho at tention of Congress. He is bittorly opposed to the ponce commission's recommendation to pay Spain $20,000,000 for tho Philippino Islands, ?nd remarked that "it would never reooivo his voto." Ho regarded two dollars per hoad an enormous price for the United States Govornmont to pay for ne groes (in a wild and uncivilized state) when v/s have so many already "that it gives ono the eolio at times to think of tho trouble yot ahead boforo thoy aro assimilated." Ho oxprossed the opinion that the Republican party has an elephant on its hands in tho matter of tho Fili pinos, and was now in tho position of tho follow who had tho bear, afraid to hold on and yet dare not lot loose. Tho Senator thinks a bill of some sort touohing i!>?i Nicaragua Canal will bo passed. In his opinion thero will bo no ex tra session of CongroBS. Montion hoing made of Mr. Mc Kinley's generous roforonoos in hit reoont spoeohes to tho Confederate dead, tho Senator said : "Nought that tho President or onj ono oise says of the Confederate dead oan holp or hurt thom ; wha1 wo want is to hoar of somothinf concerning tho Confederate living thoBO poor old, ono-armed and ono loggod follows who aro on tho vorgi of starvation. Lot tho money tba is to bo spont in roaring monumonti to the Confcdoroto dead be put inti tho pockets of tho Confederate liv ing, CBpooially suoh as I have rofor red to and thousands of hearts wil rcjoico and thousands of homes wil bo blessed." Coming down to State matters th Sonator was of tho opinion that th county government quostion, wino is now receiving BO muoh attontio just prior to tho mooting of tho Lop ?Blaturo, would be unconstitutional i a bill providing for county court was passed. He stated be was not positivo, bu thought tho constitution prohibito tho establishment of county court such as aro contemplated. Ono thin ho was cortain of v/ns that ho lod tl fight in tho constitutional convontio against county courts and if tho pr< vision was now in that instrument was slippod in or crept in without h knowlodgo. When nBkod his obje tion to county courts ho replied : "Instoad of lessoning taxeB thc will ho inorcasod 80 por cent, ar anothor thing, pcoplo living at a di tanco from tho court houses will 1 forcod to undorgo oxtra oxponso i thoir litigation by roason of tho i convenience and trouble in gottii to tho judgo of tho county court, is presumed, of course, that tl functionary will resido at tho eoun soat." -? If gloomy and nervous, and looking tho dark sido of things, tako a fow do* of Dr. M. A. Simmons' Livor Modioli and tho gloom will disappoar. Secession Tablet. A tablet commomorativo of t adoption of tho ordinanco of soot sion was unveiled in Columbia l eontly. Qonoral M. L. Bonham c livorod tho address of the oooash Of thoBO who signed tho ordinan originally ninoaro still living. Thc aro Henry Molver, Chiof Justico tho Supremo Court of South Cai lina ; James H. Carlisle, LL. 3 President of Wofford Collogo ; C Joseph' Danie) Pope, Dean of t Law Faculty of tho South Caroli Collogo ; William I). Johnson, Marion, who ranked with Wardh Ingli? and Carroll as Chancellor tho ante bellum days of Chan" Court ; Leonidas W. Spratt, Jacksonville, Fla.; Itov.W. H. Can bell, 1). D.; Wm. Porohor Mik", v is nowa resident of Louisiana , "Jfl John H. Kindler, of Riohland,< Col. Hobt. A. Thompson, of Ooo county. \ .. i For ovorworkod girls and feeble won .Simmons' Squaw Vino Wino or Tab aro naturo's greatest boon. A kisn ls a simultaneous conti tion of tho lips and an enlargcm I o? ibu jiuav'iM * POWDER ?deus ??? wholesoaie ^ill 'li l~IMI 'll. I UV.' A Sad Wedding. Columbia Record, December 80: "Christmas day Was to have "wit nessed tho marriage of Miks Lillio ' Qrubor to Mr. Folsom, of Sumter, but tho brido WUB confined to bor borne with What her friends fear may prove a fatal injury. On. Christmas eve, while standing on tho porch of her homo, oorner bf Taylor and Winn stroots, eho readied for a bunbh of mistletdo whioh she had pla^d in thobranohes of a trco near tho poroh. Sho lost hor balance and foll to tho ground, a distance of fifteon feot, and sus tained Bovoto injuries. Her physi cian thought her condition oxtroraoly oritioal for a day or two. Yester day morning tho marriage was con summated and tho brido immedi ately afterwards sank into a coma toso state from whioh sho was with diffloulty rovivod by throe physi cians." Worn on's complexions dopond for boauty upon digestion. Dr. M. A. Sim mon's Livor Medicino rogulatos tho stomnoh, livor and kidneys and scouros tho blessings of good digestion. Unfounded Fears of Appendicitis. Dr. H. It. Lomon, of Alton, 111., says : C,I ofton moot people who have suoh a wholesome foar of appendi citis that they do not oat grapes, to matoes, figs or fruit containing little seeds, booa?BO of a fear that these seeds will lodgo in tho appendix and oauso appendicitis. Whonovor I hoar a person say ho denies himself fruit booauso of this fear, I take oc oasion to assure him that it is useless to take any such precautions. If you Uko fruit, eat it, for appondioitis, seven in tou instances, is duo to other things than se^ds. 'Little particles of food of any kind can lodge in the appendix and produce appondioitis, evon a orumb hoing oapable of it. In addition, a groat many oases are s causod by something entiroly outside tho appendix, something causing in flammation. To all I will say : 'Qo ahead and oat anything you like, for all precautions you may tako aro not going to savo you from appendicitis, if you aro going to havo it.' Tho inexplicable thing to whioh tho ma jority of oases aro attributed ounnot bo guarded against, and it is useless to fight tho minority."-St. Louis Post-Di sp atoh. lieft to Her Own Itcsourcos. A Boston rn.', i IM lu? w?>5 iustru?tiug hor little daughter how to behave when sho wont to lunohcon at tho Bishop's houso. i "Now, dear, when tho butler j hands you something tho first timo take a little on your plato. Whon ho comos tho second time you may help yoursolf to a little moro ; but thc third tiree you must say : 'No, thank you,' just as you always do at homo." So the little Boston child wont to tho Bishop's house to lunch, and carno homo much .delighted with hor visit. "Bid you do just as I told you, darling?" inquired mamma anx iously. "Yes, I did," was tho reply. "I took something vory nico when it was handed to mo tho first timo, and then, whon tho butlor oamo again I took a little moro ; but the third tinto I said : 'No, thank you.' But whon ho carno tho fourth timo you hadn't told mo what to do, so I just thought of papa, and said : 'No, damn you V "-Boston Herald. To subdue nervous irritability, neu ralgia, hystoria, St. Vitus' danoo, uso Simmons' Squaw Vino Wino or Tablets. Freddy's Blessing. Freddy, tho small son of a well known ministor, had misbehaved, and to punish him ho was not allowod to ont at tho family table. A small tablo was sot for him in tho corner of tho dining room. Whon his din nor was placed before him Freddy said very solomnly ; "Lord, I thank thoo that thou hast spread .<? tablo, boforo mo in tho presence of mine enemies." JIls Information 1 limited. A countryman who had lost his wife asked an editor to write her obituary. "Gent?o and lovable, y/ns sho ?" asked tho oditor. "Woll, tor able-Y.optin* when BIIO was riled." ??What washer age?" "She novor did tell it. All i know is, BIIO, waa I ptirifjr uvuijr AVJI nut Ugv-s