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'I ".Wi TELEPHONE CALL : 1 LOB?t ? o???*i .'; aud 1 LOOK. ALL JOH wornt EXECUTED, WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCH. ?IYE US A TRIAL ! TO THINK OWN SKLF BK TRUK AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE. DAT, THOU OANS'T NOT THEN BK FALSK TO ANT MAN. JBY JAYNHS, SU IS LOK, SMITH & STEOK. CALL Ort THE COURU? FOR JOB WORK | ... OF ... EVERY DESCRIPTION. LOWEST PRICES, REST WORK ? Note, Rill aud Lcttov Hendlufrs. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, OOTOISER 12, 1899. NEW SERIES, NO, 70.-VOLUMH Ii-NO. 41. CHEAP LIQUORS MARKED ANO SOLO AS MORE EXPENSIVE GRADES, DOUTHIT Iii lilil? M CEILING Certain Mukus of Whiskoy Systematically Boonrod-Tho Qroatost Scandal. COLUMBIA, S. C., October 3.-Ano thor disponsary sensation was sprung to-day, aflor having boon a browing eorao timo. It was tho usunl somi nnnunl revolutions with some extra frills. Commissioner Douthit wnw "removed for cause." It was a tierce game while it lasted and finally Robinson, Miles and Ha soldon voted to romove Douthit, while Roykin and Williams voted to givo him a further show and to go moro fully into tho case. Then Ilasoldou moved to make the sus pension of Ont?, permanent, but be fore action wns taken au adjourn ment was had. There was a committee appointed to look into the contraband room, consisting of Ilasoldou and Robin son. They wont right into things. Their summary mado niuo pages and thoro were scvornl hundred pager', of atlidavite bearing out tho summary of tho committee. The meat of tho report against Douthit is, it sooms from tho testimony, that under instructions from Comissioncr Douthit one firm's labels were or dered to bo placed on another linn's whiskoy, and that high grade labels havo been placed on lower brands of goods. In this connection Superintendent Bryant testilies : "Yes, I put up whiskey in bottles with ono linn's whiskoy with another linn's labels, but it was under instructions from Commissioner Douthit." Ho further testilies that Lanahan's labels wore placed on tho ?roods of tho Wilson Distilling Company. Gantt says : "Yes ; whiskey is bot tled with ono firm's labol and with another firm's whiskey. 1 have never known bim to put a label on whiskey where the liquor called for by tho label was cheaper than tho whiskey actually in tho bottles. We put out ono X corn whiskey with labels of XXX." King testifies that whiskey was I put up last Saturday and tho XXX label was used, but thc firm name, "Wilson Distilling Co.," was struck off. Karnhnrt, Assistant Superintend ent, testified : "I hate never known him to put a label on whiskey where tho labol was cheaper than the whis key. Have known him to put on as high as a XXX label on Grover whiskoy-which, 1 have heard, is X goods. I have never kept a record of these changes. This lins been a practico during Mr, Doutbit's ad ministration. They put up Grover's whiskey Saturday morning with Wilson labels, but the name "Wil son" was struck off. C. II. Charles, assistant book keeper, says : "Grover's whiskey is classed as X corn whiskey and the difference in tho price of X and XXX corn to consumers is $1 per gallon." The report of the committee says : "Wc conceivo it to bo our duty to report tho facts to the board as they really appear, but in our finding tho conclusion cannot bo escaped that this sch'omc of changing tho labels on whiskey shipped out could have been devised for no other purpose than to create a way for collecting moro money for goods sent out to tho local dispensers than the same were invoiced for to the commission ers ; and, further, to cr?alo tho im pression on tho members of the board that certain brands arc becom ing moro popular, they hoing hard to koop in stock. "We find that this practico of changing labels is not only wrong for the reasons stated, hut it is abso lutely indefensible from any stand point and contravenes the spirit and lotter of tho law ; and candor com pola us to add, it has unquestionably worked a fraud upon tho people of South Carolina. "We further lind that tho practice of substitution of orders has been in voguo under Mr. Doutbit's adminis tration. Orders havo boon substi tuted when received from tho city of Charleston and elsewhere in the Stato." It was reported that Mr. Douthit gave tho printing of the labels to the Record. Rids were called on a lot of ten thousand, and instead of the 10,000 lot tho Record printed i>0,000, and Mr. Bryant states that on that si/,0 order tho prioo should have been twelve por cent loss. After that no bids woro culled for on printing and thoy all went to tho Record. Tho report shows a disoropanoy of $1,155.82 in tho contraband room. Commissioner .Boykin mado a fight against tho committoo going boyond its authority. To-morrow tho ohnnccs aro OutzV susponsion will bo mado pormanont. II. II. dum, Chairman of tho Ways and Moans Committoo, is suggested ns his probable successor. Mr. Douthit was gi von a li oaring and explained tho matter. Ho said that tho liquor was in vats and thoro were no labels on hand, and that tho labels used woro of goods of tho same val no and that Grover's corn was tho finest ho evor saw. Ile was charged with pushing Mercantile Club liquor and said that ho sug gested this liquor as a cheap screw top. Ho gavo explanations of all thc charges, but they wore not satis factory to thc commissioners. C'A Ul? KltOM Mil. DOUTHIT. Mr. Douthit lins issued the follow ing card : I ask that tho public suspend judgment ns to mo until my side of thc caso is presented to it, as it will bc vory soon. For three weoks two members of thc State Board of Con trol, assisted by two. oxport account ants and a stenographer, havo boen at work preparing tho caso against mc. Their charges and tho ovidence in support of them wore rc d whon I was not present. An attumpt was made to pass judgment on the roport of Messrs. Ilasolduii and Robinson without opportunity being given mo to say a singlo word in my own de fense. Tho injustico of such a pro ceeding was so strongly pointed out that finally I was accorded tho mock ery of a scmblanco of a hearing. I was called before thc board and a brief verbal summary ol the charges against mo was made and I was ex pected in a few minutes to reply to charges which had been prepared after throe weeks' work. I cnn cither disprove or satisfactorily ox plain cvory charge made against mc. J. B. DouTniT. October 8, 1899. Thoro is moro catarrh in this section of tho country than all othor diseases put together, and until tho last few years it was supposed to bo incurable. For a groat many years doctors pronounced ?t a local disease, and proscribed local rem edies, and by constantly failing to euro with local trcatmont, pronounced it in curable. Scionco has proven catarrh to bo a constitutional disoaso, and it there fore, requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Curo, manufactured byF. J. Cheney it (Jo., Toledo, Ohio, is tho only constitutional euro on tho market, ft is taken internally in doses from ton drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on tho blood and mucous surfaces of tho system. Thoy offer ono hundred dollars for any caso it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Addrosn P. J. CHUNKY A Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, 76 couts. Hall's Family Pills aro tho host. Chcolico Chips. ?IIKOURK, >S. C., October 10. Work still continues on tho now church. Choohco church has called Rev. L. M. Lidy, of North Carolina, for pastor next year. Tho people all like to hear him preach. Mr. A. W. Singleton has resumed his school at this place. Corn is so largo the whipporwills novcr konw when daylight comes. Corn gathering will soon bo the order of tho day. Oh ! what nico times at corn shuckings wo children will have. 'Possum hunting and syrup mak ing aro thc order of tho day. MOUNTAIN SCHOOL GIRI.. Tho health-restorer and health-main taino-, Dr. M. A. Simmons' Livor Medi cino, strengthens tho norves, makes you plump and comely, and enriches tho complexion with naturo's choicest col ors. Sold by Dr. .1. W. Holl, Walhalla. No man bas ever received tho welcome Dewey did in New York on Saturday of last week. Ho de served it all, too. If. was a sponta neous outburst from all classes. Ono of the best things about Dowey is that ho has kept Iiis head through it all. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Boars tho , Signature of The rich bottom lauds along tho Saluda river, belonging to tho Hagood ostato, aro sot in Bermuda grass and ovory year two crops of about '2,000 tons onch aro out and sold, tho hay easily bringing from r>0 lo (((1 cents por bundi ed. Dr. M. A. Simmons' Livor Medicino lias greatly bonofltcd othors and Is rea sonably certain to do yon good. Try it I Sold by Dr. J, W. Hell, Walhalla. Nows In and Around Return. IIKTUKN, .Ootobor ?.-Wo aro glad to noto that Mr. E. T. Prloo's littlo daughter is convalescing uudor tho skillful treat ment of Dr. Joo Strlbllng, of Seneca. There aro no now onset) of fovor in thlB section. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Tannery aro visit ing relatives and friends In the South Union neighborhood this weok. Wo aro having aomo cool wonthox at prosont. Light frosts for tho past wook. It hu i boon a good while since wo had SO much frost in September. Tho oarly fall will not bo of much dis advantage, as tho cotton crop is about all opon. It is injuring tho Into poa crop and forngo, which wore about a fniluro nnyway. Thoro is something very singular about tho turnips this year. They aro about a completo failure on old land. Those who woro fortunato enough to sow their seed on frosh land have fino turnips. Thoro is a crop of young grnsshoppors j which nro destroying tho turnip crop in many localities. Tho cotton markot in Seneca luis bcon lively for tho past fow days, which has enthused now oiiorgy, both in merchants and farmers. Tho freo ginning, which opened in Seneca some timo ago, has thoroughly aroused tho people and a groat many rushed their cotton thoro to have it ginned. Now thoy aro ginning at about half toll. Thoro ia a puzzle in ginning and in making oil out of cotton seed that I can't solvo. Last year seed sold for $7 and $8 por ton. Moal sold at $20 por ton; hulls $4 per ton. Seed now soil for $12 por ton, and you can buy meal for $18 por ton, and hulls at $.'1.50 por ton. If thoy can do that now, what ought thoy to havo sold meal and hulls at whoa thoy bought sood at $7 por ton? Now this uon't include $1.50 worth of freo ginning, which makes tho socd $4.50 more than tho usual price this year, and $5.50 por ton moro than last year's prico. I). J. M. Il FOR E THE C For . Men's Suits, worth $3.50 Men's All-Wool Suits, \v< Men's Su i ls-up-to-date would he n bargain a price only. We also Carry a Full 7Mon's Shoes from 75 con Ladies' Sunday and Rvoi Hats from 15c. to $2.50 an lion. Full line of Trunk LAY ASIDE THE PISTOL. Examplo and Precopt Against Carrying Deadly Weapons. Dr. James II. Carlisle, the hon ored President of Wofford College, contributes tho following articlo to Tho Spartan : Many years ago a young man of good family and personal obaraotor, (who afterwards adorned tho Hench in our State), wns a student in Un- j ion. An ollicer carno ono day to ar rest him for a trivial offence The young man playfully pulled out his pistol and said ho would not be ar rested, thinking tho ofticcr would understand it. Bilt tho officer leaped from his horse declaring ho would carry out his purpose at the risk of his lifo. Tho yoting man afterwards said, at that moment, bis whole na ture became suddenly changed, and ho believed that 1?" would have ?bot tho officer if ho 1. i rushed on him. Ho cvor aftewauiS saw tho great folly and danger of going armed. In anothor county two mon, repre senting excellent families, had some difficulty that strained their friendly relations. In an excited interview one used words which seemed to cm body tho two terrible words so in sulting to an ordinary man, "You I Lie" A pistol was instantly drawn by the other and presented with words amounting to "Take that back or take this." Tho pistol was discharged with fatal eifect. Tho unfortunate man who had been pas sionately charged by a former friend with untruthfulness was now charged with murder by the court. Yoars of imprisonment- were assigned him. I At'lhat timo an accused person could Earle's Mills Budget. BAULK'S MU.T.S, Ootobor 2.-At last lt has turned somo cooler, i Thoro has boon a good donl of frost in low-lands/ but it hasn't daningod damagod Into ootton bolls yot. It looks Uko turnips are going to bo a failure '.this timo, but our good old far mor, Mr. C. li. GUOB, novor falls to got a good stand. Ho has tho 'finest turnip patch mat wo have soon this soasou. Prof. L. M. Mahaffoy, of Nowoll, ti. O., was la this community last weok on businuS3. Lowls ls ono of our old homo boys and wo aro always glad to soo bim. Mr. Samuel Hnnvoy, Bon of Mr. Josh Ilanvoy, of Tertia, and Miss Loila Doau, of Tokeona, woro happily married on Sunday, Septombor 24th, by J. J?; San dors, Esq., athis residence, noar Oakway. Mr. Ilanvoy is ono of our most industri ous young farmers, and MIBB Doau is ono of our fairest daughters, possessing many noblo traita of heart and miud. Tho young couplo havo tho best wisbos of a largo olrolo of rolatlvoa and Monds for a long lifo of bappinoss and pros perity. Miss Katio Crompton lins roturuod to her homo at Fair, Play, aftor spondiug 8ovoral days with her grandparents, Mr: and Mrs. J. A. Grant. Hov. 1). W. Hiott proaohod an interest. ing sormon at Townvillo Sunday morn ing and in tho afternoon at Cross Hoads. Mr. Elins Bario, candidato for immer sion from Townvillo, was bapti/.ed in tho pool, noar Cross Hoads, aftor sorvico Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Morgan, < f Barnes, S. C., is spondiug sovoral wooka with hor daugh ter, Mrs. C. D. Giles. Wo havo boon requested to announce, that Children's Day will bo obsorvod at Townvillo on tho third Sunday In Ooto bor. WALKING-STICK. To stimulate a sluggish livor, banish biliousness, disperse dyspopsia, piOVOIlt sick and nervous headache, uso Dr. M. A. Simmons' Livor Medicino. Sold by Dr. J. W. Boll, Walhalla. ?VERY FARMER U ASH BA we Sell you Goods Bought the , our price.$ 1 85 >rth $5, going at. 2 50 -any stylo you want, t $10, our underselling . 5 00 Line of Men's, Ladies' arie In which we will give y< Is to $3.50. ~~ jj y-day Shoos from 00c. to $2.50. JJ ul ovorything else in propor- /" 8 and Valises. Givo us a call. Vi not give his testimony. But be told his lawyer that he did not intend to liro tho pistol, but to hold it so that oxplnnntions might follow, but in the exoitement of tho moment ho pulled tbo trigger. Tho Governor remitted a portion of tho sontenco. Hut through life tho mnnslayor must havo bitterly rued tho momont whon he put tho pistol in his pookot that day. Tho man who habitually goes armed now, habitually goes prepared, in a sudden gust of passion, to take tho life of a human being for a roal or) supposed offense. Instead of begin ning the day with tho bumble peti tion, "Lead mo not into temptation," bo goes deliberately into temptation. Thc custom of carrying deadly wea pons does not encourage tho feeling and spirit of a truly bravo man. Sovoral years boforo tbo civil war, there was a timo of angry discussion in tbo Senate of tho United States. Our Senator, Jamos ll. (lammond, was advisod to keep a loaded pistol in bis desk, as tim roign of violeueo might bo suddenly ushorod in. Ho wroto to a friend afterwards, "I. kept it in my desk for a fow days, until I found it was making a coward of mo, and I got rid of it." Witni-ssos could be summoned from penitenti aries, jails and from common lifo to day who will sity with sobs and tears, "I low I wish T had never formed tho habit of carrying a pistol." --4?? All tho star routo mail contracts ito to he given out anow this fall, and all bids must bo Hied by Novombor 80th next. Tho postal regulations will contain a now paragraph in tin ppooiiloations for bids which is of much importance to tho rural districts. Tho now regulations requiro that bidders for mail contracts in this Stato shall Include in their bida tho de livery of mail free along thoir routes J whenever suitable boxes nro provided j and other formalities complied with. American Politics. Tho political conditions in tho United 8tatoB oro vory muoh mlxod at tho pros out timo. Neither ono of tho two gront partios in ready to givo unanimous and hearty support to woll-deiluod polloica. It is truo that tho Republicans loan moro toward tho unequivocal ondorsomont of tho gold staudard, and that the Domo ends, on tho whole, still Insist ou tho double standard, though with loss and less emphasis upon a fixed ratio betweon tho twp mot?is. Rut in regard to other mattoir tho dividing linos oro by no monos so distinct. Roth parties aro loud in denouncing trusts, and both aro equally at sea as to tho most olivet ?ve methods of suppressing thom. Kven on the issue of expansion or imperialism tho same confusion is noticeable On tho ono hand, a largo and iulluontial sect ion of Rep?blica na, including such mon ns Sonntors Hoar and Halo, ex-Senator Edmunds and ox-Spoakor Rood, aro bit torly opposod to Prcsidont McKinley's method of dealing with tho Filipinos; and on tho other hand such Dem?crata aa Senators Morgan and Lindsay, baokod up by loading nowspapors all ovor tho South, aro giving tho President thoir most cordial and hearty endorsement. What tho outoomo of thia Btato of affairs will bo no man can toll. After tho Presi dential conventions have boon hold tho ntmosphoro will porhaps bo clearer. It now seems cortaln that Mr. McKinley and Mr. Rrynn will again bo pitted against each other. Boars tho Ito Kind You Hayo Always Bou?hl Uroonvillo Dontist Honored. Dr. R. T. Weldon, of this city, baa boon olectod honorary president of tho Cincinnati Collogo of Dental Surgery. Dr? Weldon is ono of Greenville's oldest and most reliable and proficient deni isl s and tho honor is llttiugly bestowed. Greonvillo News. T Ti!! SI SOUTH CAROLI RGAIN I Cheaper than you e >m Before. Tho Best Suits in tho country, special price. A Suit wo guarantee for two yo stylo and host quality, wortli 11101103', OU1' bargain price,.. Tho Best Suits ovor brought io worth $20, our price. 1 Children's Shoes,' m hotter bargains than you over [ Children's Shoos from 25 couts Boys' Shoos front 00 couts to $1 ASH BARGA! MACON'S ANNUAL CARNIVAL. I j ______ , Macon, Ga., will Hold hor Third Annual I nival Octobor 10, 11, 12 and 13, 1899. I For thia occasion tho Southorn Railway will sell round trip Mokota to Macon, Ga., at vory low rates. Tickets to bo sohl Octobor 0th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 18th, with final limit Octobor 15th, 1800. Still lowor rates bo used in tho salo of ticket? from point? within a radius of iKo milos of Macon-Mokota to ho sold Octo ber 10th, llth and 12th, with final limit Ootobor 14th. Especially reduced ratos from all points in Georgia for uniformed bodies of 15 or moro on ono tiokot, to bo sold Ooto bor 0th, 10th, llth, 12th and tilth, with final limit Octobor 15th, 1800. For full information call on or address any agont of tho Southorn Railway Com pany. ril'hi. -Rofore buying soo our buggies, wagons, harness, lnprobos. Wo carry a complete line, th A .1. S. Garter, West* 1 minster, 8. O.X What Presidents Cost. Presidents .'como high," but we have got to havo thom." It costs UB $114,800 a yoar for a ohietexooutlvo. Ills salary is $50,000 and "found," as our western neighbors say. Tho Presi dent's finding is rnthor comprehensive, covoriug about ovory possible -require ment of a family. His private secretary, the dorks, doorkeepers, mosg^ngers and Btoward and th roo othor sorvauts cost us $88,805 a yoar. Thou thoro is a contin gout fund of $8,000 a year, whioh tho President may two according to his dis cretion. lu i'm nil ure nud repair to tho Whito I House'tho sum of $10,000 moro, to bo | usad by tho dircotion bf tho Prosldont, is pfovided by tho nation nnd ?B always | oxpondod. For fuel alono $2,000 ie allowed, and for nocossnry ropatrs to tho greenhouse thoro is $4,000. Al togo thor tho Presidential "finding" annually amounts to tho snug sum of $04,805, noary $15,000 a yoar moro than his salary. Tho two aggregato $114,805. -Boston Journal. OJA.0TOBLIA. Boara tho TB Kind YOU H?B nlwafl Bought Lnst Thursday (says tho Anderson Advocate) was somewhat of a Bold day for Audorson in tho cotton need businoss. Over 8,000 busbelB woro bought l>y tho two mills at 22 couts a bushol. Mr. Al bort Bowie, of Cornor towiiBltip, drovo in with 20 wagon loads, aggregating about | 1,500 buNhols. It was quito a sight as his wagons formed a loop around tho court house. ' - A 450 pound halo of cotton, nt 5 couts, is $22.50. At 7 cents it is $:ii.50. Eleven million halos at 5 couts is $247,000,000. Niuo million halos nt 7 cents ls $283,000, 000. Tho South is thirty-six million dol lars ahead by having a poor orop. Tho farinera would not learn sonso onouch to roduco tho ncrcago, but a kindly Provi dence Bhortoned tho yiold for then! and helped thom against their will.-Groen- j villo Nows. Jl NA IS ?TORE, iver worth $15, our .$ 7 50 ?irs' wo ar, latest i $ IV) of anybody's . 9 00 12 50 Oconoo County, had boforo in ymir lifo : to $1.50. .50. ^ V IN STORE. TUE CHURCHES. Tho appointments for tho Walhalla Circuit aro as follows: " First Sunday, at Whitmlro's at ll a. m. : Jocassco at 8 p. m. Second Sunday, at Doublo Springs at | ll a. m.; Lanrol Springs at 3 p. m. Third Sunday, at Oconco at ll a. m.: Zion nt 3 p. m. Fourth Sunday, at Fairviowatll a. m.: at Nowry at 7 p. m. A. A. MERRITT, P. C. Tho following aro tho appointments | of tl)o Westminster Circuit for tho yoar 1800: First Sunday-Hopowoll, ll a. Nazareth, ii.30 p. m. Second Sunday-Westminster, 11 n. m. : Book Springs, ?1.30 p. m. Third Sunday-Contor, 11 a. m. Fourth Sunday-Rock Springs, ll a. m. ; Westminster, 8.30 p. m. lt. It. DAONAI.T., P. C. Wost Union Baptist Church. Preaching ovory fourth Sunday at ll o'clock by tho pastor, hov. P. J. Vermil lion. Sunday school at 10 o'olock a. m.-C. H. 1). Burns, Suporiutondont. Prayer mooting ovory Sunday at eight | o'clock p. m. The following aro tho appointments of tho St. John's Evangelical Luthornn Ch II l eh ! Sunday School at 10 n. m., Mr. J. J. A n.sel, Superintendent. Divino Sorvioos in English on tho 2d and 4th Sundays at ll n. m., and on caoh I Thursday at 5 p. m. Got man on tho 1st and 3d Sundays at j ll a. m Hov. lt J. Vinson ?B tho pastor of tho following Baptist ohurch'; in Oconoo county and his preaching appointments at I tho samo: Doublo Springs, on first Sun day in each month; hooky Pork, socond Sunday; Mount Zion, third Sunday, nnd Brnss Town, fourth Sunday, ltocontly tho membership at hooky Fork ohurch bavo orcoted a neat ann comfortable honso of worship. Si zo, SO v: 30. Tho colored family of Bakor bas on countered two oxtromes. It wnB burned out in Lako City, S. C, and Booms to bavo found a froez?, out in Bonton, Mas sachusetts. Makes tho food more de in? MWii ? vntmitst?mmammm?msmamimam Weight ot Mall Matter In tho United States. Strnngo as it seems, tho United States Government has not taken a complote aooount?ng of tho notual total weights of tho mail matter oar ried by it for over twonty yoars. During tho timo sinoo tho Inst gene ral weighing of mails handled by tho railroads and othor common oarriors tho volume of our postal business has increased enormously, and in re? cont years tho tran (mort ?it iou woights charged by those oarriors havo boon largely taken on faith, as tho Post Ofiico Dopartmont could only esti mato, but not accuratoly know, who thor it was being overcharged in tho enormous sums that it annually pays for mail transportation. Momo idea of tho wonderful in crease of this branch of govern mental business is bad from tho faot that an expenditure of $80,303,209.53 for oarrying tho mails in 1888 bad swelled to $52,204,882.23 in 1808, an increase to nearly double in ton yoars. In 1870 tho total length of our postal routes was 70,901 milos ; tho last ro port shows it to bo now ^174,777. The annual transportation ovor these routes in 1870 was 00,407,463 miles, tho last report showing a milcago of 281,605,012. In othor words, ICBS than twonty yoars bas scon an in crease of HG por cont in tho total miles of route, and of 101 por cent in tho gross of annual mileage. A partial idea of what this wholo system of tho transportation in bulk of our mail matter has grown to un der enlightened management, and owing to tho great incronso in gone ral Htoraoy, is derived from tho fol lowing statomonts taken from tho figures in tho Inst annual roport of tho Postmaster Qonoral : Of t;avol ing post oflioos, on railway, steam boat, electric and cabio tramways, wo havo u,2G8 linos, covering 107,755 miles, with a grand total mileage of 285,505,848. Ovor tbeso and thro ughout tho sorvico woro handle! 6,340,002,320 pieces of first-class mattor, 5,876,043,000 pieces of infe rior olassilication, and 501,402,400 pieces of purely city handling, a grand total of 12,817,108,710 pieces. Those, if only avoraging tho length of a medium-sized envelope, would strotoh 1,218,750 miles, or a littlo ovor forty-oight and one-half times around tho oarth. It is scarcely to bc wondered at, when wo consider that an aconrato weight tally of this enormous bulk of mail has not boon takon within a limo during which' it bas moro than doubled in size, that thoro has boon considorablo Congressional and nows-' paper criticism of former Posmastor Generals for paying tho immonso and rapidly growing bills for this trans portation without question ; nor is it to bo wondored at that almost ovory session of Congress for tho past de oado lias seen tho introduction of ?orno bill looking to tue curtailment of theso oxponscs. Tho country is now to be con gratulated on tho fact that Postmas ter General Smith bas sot in motion an inquiry into this wholo matter, from which will grow a oloaror and moro comprohonsive report to Con gress on this subjcot than lins bcon possible since tho days of tho Grant administration. Three experts from Now York city, aided by othors al roady in Washington, havo been for some days porfecting plans and pre paring circulars, blanks, tables, etc., whoroby on Ootobor 3 next ovory poBt office in tho country will bogin woighing all matter passing through it. Thoro ore nearly 80,000 offices, and in each of theso this woighing will bo kept up for thirty-fivo con liooutivo days. At tho ond of this timo oach ofl?oo will forward to Washington its comploto roport and from this enormous mass of statis tics will bo compiled, by a spocial staff, yot to bo seleoted, a wealth of information that cannot fail to benefit tho sorvioo greatly. It is likely that this gcnoral stock taking, if so it may bo called, will roveal many opportunities for econo my and kindrod improvements in tho railway postal sorvico. It will as suredly sot at rest tho moot question as to whothor bulk mail is hoing hauled baok and forth, oh?rgod> for both ways, by cortirin railways, lt will also, we bollovo, show that both lottor and nowspapor postage, und or pvopor restrictions, can be st:U fur thor ohoaponed, and tbat manuscript, designed for publication, proofs, and authors' revises aud notes eau all bo treated moro leniently in the interest, :J ' of tho wider dissemination of infor mation and ?ducation by tho press. Tho, country is, also, to bo congratu lated that it now has at tho head of this department a man of affairs, a nowspapor man of long training, whoso comprehension of tho needs of tho sorvice under his charge is unusually broad and thorough.-? Scientific Amorican. B. B. B. FOR BAD BLOOD. A Trial Motilo Will Bo Sont Freo to tho Headers of Tho Com ?er. Had blood cansos blood and skin dis eases, eruptions, pimples, scrofula, eat ing sores, ulcors, cancor, eczema, skin scabs, eruptions and aurea on children, rheumatism, catarrh, itohiug humors, otc For thoso troubles a positivo spooiflo euro is found in li. H. B. (Botanto Blood Balm), tho most wondorful blood puriflor of tho ago. It has boon thoroughly tested for tho past thirty yours and has always cured ovon tho most doop-soatod, persistent cases, after doctors and pat ent medicines had all failed. B. B. B. cures by driving out of tho blood tho poisons and humors which causo all thoso troubles, and a euro is thus mado that is permanent. Contagious blood poison, producing eruptions, swollen glnuds, ulcoratod throat atid mouth, oto., ourod hy B. B. B., tho only remedy that can actually euro this trouble At drug gists, il por largo bottlo; six largo bot tles (full treatment) $5. So ovory roador of TJIK COURIER may tost B. B. B. wo will send free and prepaid a trial bottlo. Writo to-day. Modical advice freo. Ad dress Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Last weok a delinquent subscriber said ho would pay up if bo lived. Ho died. Another said. "I'll BOO you to morrow." Ho's blind. Still anothor* said: "I'll pay you this wook or go to tho dovil." Ho's gono. Thoro aro hun dreds who ought to tako warning from thoso procrastinators and pay up now. Exchange O A. J5* X'S.X.?lu. Boara tho ^ Kind You Have Always Bought Dividends Declared. Tho Victor Manufacturing company at Greers havo doclarod a divinond of 4 per cont, on tho preferred and 8 por cont, on tho common stoc for tho six months ending yesterday, The mill has had re markable prosperity slnco Lewis W. Parker, of this city, took cbargo os ' President. Ho has brought tho common stock up from BO per cent, bolow par to par, and tho plant is now making good money for tho ownors. Chocks were cent out yostorday to tho stockholders of thoPooplo's bankin pay ment of tho regular 2 pur cont, quarterly dividend.-Orconvillo Nows, Oetobor 1st. W. A. Dyohos, Wha?ey, S. C., writes? "Havo used Dr. M. A. Simmons* Livor Medicino 10 yoars for indigestion, bad colds and tired feelings. Ono donlor cold mo Zoilin's, saying it was tho samo, but I will not bo foolod again." Sold by Dr. J. W. Boll, Walhalla. - - A Gruesome Heirloom. Tho readers of tho Indox will romom bor tho killing of M. C. Hunt at Har mony Grovo, Ga., aboutoigliteen months ago by two white mon, Brooks and Roy nolds.. Tho object of tho killing was robbory and Brooks and Reynolds after wards confossod to tho orlmo and vere hanged. Hunt at ono time lived in this county and waa a brothor-in-law of T. T. Cro mor, of tho Whito Hall section. Mr. Cromor now has in his possession tho gun with which Hunt was strlokon down. Hunt and brooks and Reynolds woro out bird hunting ono aftornoon, whon ono of tho men asked him to loan him tho gun to shoot a*? a bird. As he passed tho gun ovor the man took lt by tho barrel and doalt bim a crashing blow on tho hoad. Tho b'o > vna fatal and tho gun was broken at, tho stock and ono of tho hammers bout. Tho gun was buried in a creek by thc murderers, but wns afterwards rocovorcd. Mr. Cromor now has it in his possession and will koon it ns a hind of a family heirloom, but the momorios associated with it aro such that ho will never bo able to dorlvo any plcasuro from exhibiting it.-Green wood Indox. Tho Nowborry Horald and Nows says: ^ We havo what wo consider good nows for our roadorn and, while lt ia not ofll- ' oial, wo cnn say it in straight. Tho idoa of putting doublo daily trains on tho Southern road has novov boon abandoned and will within a short time bo put into effect. Tho oxtra train, with tho im proved schedules, will bo tho host over operated on this road, and tho patrons along tho lino will npprcolnto this enter prise, which will glvo Nowborry tho best railroad service abo bas over had. Tho Southern car! bc counted on to do the right thing.