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TO THINK OWN SELF BF. TRUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS TUE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BK FALSK TO ^NiT MAN. HY JAYNE8, Sil 12 LO lt, SMITH ?V STUCK. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 1, IOOO. NEW SERIES, NO. 100.-VOLUME LI.-NO. D. Best Standard In Short Lengths. If your Shoes don't *-Tm We carry the Most Come to see us, for FAIR PLAY FACTS. Dad Hoads and Bridges-Woodmen ol thc World Elocl Now Olficcrs. KA in PLAY, S. C., February 21. (Delayed in transmission.)-The weather has been very lunch in the majority for thc past day or two, bul not without its advantage to thc small boy. Little liol) sat close up to the lire as he talked to his brother lilllie about thc big bait of eggs they j were expecting for breakfast. "We haven't had a bait since Christmas, ; have we, Hill?" Hillie looks out from under his Hopped over hat with a smile that reaches from car to car, j ami all thc way down to his appe tite, and says : "Hob, them eggs will sho' freeze to-night !" Thc following pupils are attend- 1 ing the Fair Piny High School from a distance : Miss Katie Longue, Clear Spring, S. C.; Mr. Judson Baiton, Anderson county, ?md .Al i s s Kita Giles, Townville. The school has enrolled, up to the present, l'2f> pupils. 'IMie friends of .Mrs. Stephen Marett will be glad to know that she is recovering from her recent sickness. Messrs. 11rs. York ami Faulkner, of Cornelia, (Ja., and Mr. Reynold, of the Southern Hallway, were the guests of Dr. .1. ll. Moore ami family lust week. Thc gentlemen had some j linc sport gunning while herc. Mr. Hud (irani, who is clerking: for Sloan it Co., at Clemson College, : paid us a living visit on Sunday. Mr. .1. A. Sheriff is tho champion muskrat killer of this section, having caught forty during the winter months. Tile heavy rains have left us some ? bad bridges, roads, &c, uotwilh- | standing thc gab of Morgun, Cook Co., sandwiched with Lcmmon(sj juice. Mrs. A. H. Mandl is quite sick at the present writing. We beg leave to differ with Tun Cor Kl KU about Christ having noth ing to do with the management of a newspaper. We believe if Christ were to come lo the earth now that he would with as much righteous in dignation set about to cleanse and purify tho press as he did to drive j tli(! money changers from the lem- i plc at Jerusalem. All hail to thc Christian daily of Topeka, Kansas! I, Mr. and Mrs. Cl ayton Davis, of h northern Texas, have been <>n un ex- ' tended visit to Mr. K. M. Davis since ' | the holidays. Wc trust Mr. Davis, | 1 with his estimable wife, will decide \ 1 to remain in our midst and make ; 1 this their future home. Mrs. Kllen Knox, of Lavonia, (ia., * M was visiting the family of Mr. D. V. Wright last week. Our friend, October Day, has ob served thal the best thing Spain has - lett in America is "Spanish goobers." ' The following is a list of tho o Hi cers of Hickory Camp, Woodmen of ' the World, of Fair Hay : M. C. ' Harton, consul commander; IL W. Nelson, advisor lieutenant ; IL ll. Marett, banker; D. V. Wright, (derk; W. .1. Compton, escort ; \Y . .1. Knox, watchniMii ; .1 I. Cromer, sentry ; Dis. J. II. .Moore and I .1. Hu rr ?SS physicians; K. ('. Mareil, .1. D. Sheldon, L. L. Wooten, mana gers; Kev. A. I*. .Marett, chaplain. Hi ..i l . How's This .' Wo oller One Hundred Dollars Reward ! for any case of catarrh that cannot, he cured hy Hall's Catarrh Cure. K. .1. Cheney St Co., Props., Toledo,!). We, Ibo undersigned, have known K. .1. ('heney for the last l."> years, and be lieve, him perfectly honorable in all busi ness transactions ami linaucially able lo cai ry oui any obligations made by I heir iii in. West. St Triiax, Wholesale Druggists, '' Toledo, ( >. Wabling, Kilman Si Marvin, Whole sale Druggists, Toledo, <>. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intel nally, acting directly upon Hie blood ami - mucous surfaces of tho system. Price,! 7?C. per hollie. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Kills arc the best. TllO more modest a < ;rl is and thc more she blushes, the more some mon admire her cheek. HOW IS Calico at 4? C wear as long' as you wai f BATTLE Reliable and Popular Brai we arc going to sell the _ Respectfully, I For ( 'our i o i". | Roberts Now and Britain's Onllnnl* Of late Hool Hullor has ho?un, To try lo light as well as run, "And ho who lights and runs away May live to tight another day." lint Kritain docs not trust, him nundi, Sonds Roberts down to light the Dutch, ' And fondly hopes, with purpose stout. That III: will early wear thuin out. Kxporiencu proves there's ott a slip Itutwoon the goblet and th * lip, And he who lifts to sip once more May let it fall to splash the Hour. We learn from Hard of Scotland's pen. "Tin? best laid schemes of mice and moil," i That look so safe and strong throughout, 1 Oft end in unexpected rout. Of late a SAINT, HUMMUS by name, Hy Mormon votes to Congress came; Hut lie was bounced and forced tu tramp, , Hecause he had three wives-(the scamp!) A gibbet, Hf ty cubits high, Proud Haman built for Mordecai, Hut Moidccai arose in state, While 1 tainan's rope sealed Hainan's fate. Ambitious pride, in great or small, To ruin tends, and has its fall. And it is show ii by ages past That what blasts men will Km pi ros blast. Chaldea's pride, groat Itahylon, Of ancient powers the greatest sun. Hike Lucifer, fruin heaven foll, Uer site a waste w here reptiles dwell. Ohl Kgypt, once so proud and strung. Still famcil in story and in song, Now, thrungli her length, shows scarce a t race, Of her ambitious primal race. lim- pyramids and ruins great, Hut magnify her dreadful fate, And strangers now make their abode, Where Joseph once with Pharaoh rude, j Ka mod Modo-Persia, ( i reece and Hume, In turu, tu power and Kmpiro cunio, On weaker States, groat armies hurled. With aim tu conquer all thc world. Hut each, in turn, as Kmpiro spread. Pursued Hie path tu Km pi res dead. And their vast ruins left behind. Are beacon lighis to warn mankind. Poor Spain! Knur hundred years agu, The widest Kmpiro earth could show, Has lost her prestige, power and fame Wo pity when we speak her name ! Just two and twenty years ago, strong Hussia fought weak Turkey low And would have1 slain thc monster foul. Hut for the llritish lion's growl. She told her gunners bat tlc scarred, : 'oiistaiitinoidc lo bombard, When linton's Hit, with shot and shells, I steamed np the angry Dardanelles. A ucl signalled Hussia, "-'ease tho si rife," Pu Tm key, "Take new lease ol life." Six years agu Armenia's bl.1 iVa? shed by Turks, abhorred of Coil, \nd Hritaiu saw thc grewsome sight, Dut did nut ulcrpusc her might, )r lift a voici', ur feeble hand, l'u save the ancient Christian land. 'ur savage bends, unlit lo live, 1er sympathy she's prompt logive; .'ur humble saints she's no regard, int gives them up to lire and sword! inch conduct in a ruling power dust hasten fast, bur coming hour, Vhen she must sink to lower plain, Vnd take her place along with Spain. iront iii Ruin's power may so decay, \nd lose, by greed, her world-wide sway, That w here now sits her Parliament, I'he Arab yet may pitch his tent! V nation's sins are punished here, I'huu this no truth shines oui more clear, \nd w hen her judgment day is come, Nicies naught thai can avert, her doom. Ve n ?sh her well in all thai s i ?ghi, Vlul when for lilith she makes her light, Vith peaceful weapons named by Paul, ?he'll have esteem and praise from all. in! w hen she's cruel, like Ibo Tin k. Slid pushes on ber bloody work, l'u mush the free, and rub and spoil, \ freeman's blood is made to boil. Ac love tin- llritish, lo our mind I'hey'vc done tin- most lo bless mankind ; their government must bear Hie blame If all that brings the blush of shame. DUR?S v/nmt All Etsi DdlS. it < 'mitfli Syrup. Taste? doini. II In limn. Solil liv ilruifKlsl*. father Sells His Datiijlitor. I'm: i .II-:I:VIS, \. \ ., I'Vbruary "7. I lessie Tilswurl li, who is only six roars nhl, thc only daughter of Si non Tilsworth, of Milford, I'ike ?oiinty, Da., Hv :i second wife, was old liy her father for *l lo Dov. \V. ,'. Ncl?, pastor of tho .Methodist episcopal church, last Wed nest lay. l'Ile Hither rclinquislieil nil rights iud claim to the child. Au instru neut in writing was drawn up ami ??riled hy thc coiilraclinjr parties, iud the custody of l?essie was trans erred to Mr. N'ei?. THIS? Dents, , it Standard Pri U them to -AXE SHO lids of Footwear sold fror goods. 1 am overstocked y__C. V DISPENSARY PR0FI1F Tlic New Law Will Give Iowas and Coun ties More Money. Tho now dispensary law weat into practical operation last week. So far ns tho operation ol' it is concerned, lhere is no visible difference between tho old and the new law. Assuming that tho business will ho equal this year to what it was last, the counties and cities will derive much moro pecuniary benefit from its operations. It is now provided : that Kl per cent of the profits shall 1 go to tho State ?un? the remainder! to the counties and cities. Ninety per cent will be divided between thc j cities and the county. Dispensary oflioials look for even' a bigger business this year. The publie schools will not get as much as formerly. This fund was so di vided that counties which bad no dispensaries gol tho benefit of thc fund. There was always objection lo this, as it was contended that I these counties which bad the trou ble and expense of providing police where dispensaries were established, should have ?ill the profits. The actual amount of money to ho received, however, depends upon the pri?e of liquor and in the calcu lations it is presumed that tho prices will be the saine ns now prevail. Eight Hundred British Killed. A dispatch from London says:! [.ord Roberts' list of li? killed ?indi wounded officers, including two generals, in the engagements up to Sunday evening, february I Xiii, causes anxiety, especially as in the tflicers' list. Neither the losses of Lhc Welsh and risse x regiments, nor those ol' the mounted infantry are included. This is about the number that fell ?it Colenso, where the non commissioned ollieers mid men brought the total to 800. It is considered strange that when tending his casualties, I.ord linnells gives no information as to thc result d' the lighting. If he bas sent ruell i report the war oflice is withhold ing if. lt is estimated that the o 111 .ers ?iud men killed ?nu) wounded will number ?it least SOO. That Fin-do-sioclc Query. That much mooted question whe ller :i new century began willi .lanu u v I, this year or .lanunry I, 1001, j ?till sticks unsolved in the craw ol ! nany people. A solution of thc pro ?lem can bc found in Webster's In-j crnational dictionary which gives j his explicit definition of the word "iiturv : "Century is the reckoning of time, iltliougli often used in a general vay of any scries of a hundred oon leculivc years (as a century of lem icrancc work), usually signifies a livision of the Christ ia ii era, con listing of a period of hui years ond ng with the hundredth year from vliieh it is named ; ?is, thu first cou ll ry (A. I). 1-00, inclusive); the sev .nth < tnt my (A. I >. OtM-700) ; thc lighteenlli century (A. 1). 1701 HOti)." The authority of such a personage is l'io?. W. II. M. Christie, the ils ronomer I ?oyal of langland, is con ?doled by the Chicago Tribune as milicien! iii settle the question. That oumul wrote the prosessor whose inswcr was substantially the same as jiven 1 Webster's. So we aro not s yet living in the twentieth cen II rv. free of Charge. Any ad ult sn Hering from a cold set I led m Hie lucas), bronchitis, throat or !nng roubles of any nat nie who will call ai .1. I. Darby's will be presented with a ?imple hollie ol' I loschen's (?crinan iv rup, free ?if charge. Only one bottle iveii lo one person, ?uni none toehildren vithoul order from parents. No throat or lung remedy over had Heb a sab- as IJoschec's (?crinan Svmp ii all pails nf Hie civilized world. Twenty years ?go millions of hollies reit- given away, and your druggist, will ell you its success was mai vidons, lt is cally Hie only Throat and laing Remedy generally endorsed by physicians. One ."? cent bot Ile will cure or prove its value, nih) by dealers in all civilized countries A crank pin is the big diamond vorn in the negligee shirl front. Ils at 5 Cents n any market. and must unload. V. BAUKNICHT. i i National Populist Convention. TIH> next National Convention of tho Populist party will bo held in Sioux Fulls, S. 1)., on May il. Pop rosontation is baaed on the vote for (Jen. J, Ii. Weaver for President in 1802, or if any candidate for State ofliocs has since polled a larger vote that vote shall ho the basis. Two delegates at large are given each Slate. This was thc d?cision reached in a somewhat extended hut harmonious meeting of tho fusion wing of the National Committee, which con cluded last Tuesday. The feature of the meeting was tho unanimity with which the members accepted and endorsed tho declaration of Senator Allen, of Nebraska, that W. J. Brynn would bc thc candidate of both the Populist and D?mocratie parties, and the coupling with his name that of Judge Henry Caldwell, of Arkansas, as the logical and most promising Vice Presidential possi bility. The bolting Populists have issued ntl address to the Populist and lude- j pendent voters of the Putted States, i (.ailing a convention in Cincinnati in thc second week of .May. Japanese, at Vancouver, 1>. C., j have organized a corps which has j offered its services to thc liritish j government to fight against, the New ( . . . al The Niel* I have sold my i] of goods and busin ducted by me at the In the future I can be Stand, two doors where I will have a ing, Shoes, Hats, ( Goods, etc. TH KSK HOODS WI I.I. UK KltKSII A Old) STOCK i: Call and sec inc and I will treat you r you want to huy or not, ItoHpec CASH BARG. LOUIS BLOOr "llloom Kidls lt Tor Loss." Big Lumber Corni) ic. s An associai iou of banking houses I n New York and London is said lo ' KI interested in n new combination . i i lesigned to control thc entire lum- L >er business ol' North Carolina, lt i s proposed io unite seven different ' ' ?oinpanies, who own about four bill- j on feet of lumber and control about lix hundred miles ol' railroad. Their mw mill capacity is one million, live, mildred thousand feel a day, and hey have large phning mills and lo.v factories. Together they sell about SI) ncl ient of all the Noi l li Carolina pine lisl i dulled, Ihe total out put hoing ibout six hundred million feet ni .car. The tangible assets of these! even laree companies are estimated ; d $'.?1,000,000, and it is proposed lo .apituli/e them at $'28,000,000, upon vhich il is expected that dividends .an Le earned through thc economics j ?f consol ida! ion. The Mormons have been holding I i Convention in South Carolina, .'ort y elders met in the Capital of he State. They arc ceaseless in heir activity, bul us yet have made ml little progress except among thc noni ignorant. IMPERIALIST IO THE CORE. W. H. C." STANDS FIRMLY FOR EXPAN SION AND IMPERIALISM. luo mm nu mum. ?UUI?I Ihoir Islands than tho American Indians Had to this Country -An Able Paper. CllAUl.KHTON, February 2(1.-Kditors Courior; I was pleased to read, io tbo papers of lato dato, tho broad, cnlight onod and statesman like views of Senator McLaurin, in regard to our Asinti? posses sions, and little influence as 1 may have, it is willingly given to encourage and sup port bim in Hu- position be bas taken. Ile is not disposed to regiert nor fail to take Advantage of "om grand opportunity of extending our commerce, inlluenco and civilization," ami 1 believe tho people will sustain bim when they are properly informed, lt may be an attempt will be made to read him out of tho D?mocratie party, but. in regard to expansion or annexation of territory, ho stands ex actly where that party has always stood and where they have been opposed by the Republicans. Tho acquisition of ter ritory in tho Weat was bitlorly opposed by the Republicans, v. ho denounced it as dangerous and worthless. Daniel Web ster, in ins opposition, declared that Cali fornia was not worth a dollar. Heginning with the purchase of Louis iana tho Democrats have been expansion ?is and have added immensely to tho wealth and pewer of the republic. What has caused the same policy when adopted by Republicans to be fraught with dan gin' and unconstitutional? If unconsti tutional, it would seem that tho Demo crats are barred from that plea. Hut there is nothing whatever in the Consti tution of tho t'nite?! Slates to prc vont them from acquiring and holding terri tory which they have ol) tai nod hy pur chase or conquest. How holding and governing n w terri tory is inconsistent with republican in stitutions and runs into imperialism is not readily percoive?l and has never heforo been pretended. We belong to a liberty-loving people, a race which has built up in (treat Britain the noblest institutions and freest government on the face of the cart li; and her people are better protected in life, liberty and pro pel t,y than any others, in spite of her imperialism. We are their kinsmen and will preservo our riglils ami liberties. .Inst what is meant hy "imperialism," vs now used in this country, 1 am at doods i Stand ! iterest in the stock ess formerly con Ritter store room. ) found at tho Nield east of Postoi?ice, , full line of Cloth jrents' Furnishing ND NKW NOT AN AHTICI.K ul-' S' TI IK LOT. i>;ht. Will he glad t?> see you whether (fully, AJN STORE, 1, Proprietor. onie loss to know. It is a common trick if demagogues to apply ugly names to irnjudico tho unthinking ami ignorant. Ve all know whnl an inlluence words lave. Caricature a handsome face and t appears ludicrous, and call a man by mino absurd nanto and it holds him up o ridicule. Deceptive words blind the ninds of even fair-minded men, and so, take il, this word "imperialism" is ised to deceive, excite prejudice and mike odious a thing against which ren ou ami argument are waining. ?Expansion has proved of incalculable 'allie heretofore, and why should il not in still for tho best interests of the vindo country? Wido dominion ex pan iou, the heirdom of the world, pushing he people til the ends .' tho earth was great blessing promised Israel, and thal dossing is ours. Wo have come into lossession of islands which, under tho onfroi of our government, will develop ufo Hie gardon spots of Hie (suth and dil enormously to om greatnoss and lory, ami more (han compensate tor tho reasures expended in acquiring Hiern, rho South is particularly in torea tod, for hey will open a splendid market for all hat wc produce. Cuba and Porto Itico re al our door ready to pour (heir riches iilo our lap, ami when controlled hy vii ito pooplo will be in sympathy with ml have common interests willi th?; louth. To abandon Hiern would he oolishness. Our commerce with Asia must grow to .asl. proportions. Wo are nearer that .outillent than HM? other groat commor .ial nations; ami with the great I'aciih ocean, wlioro wo uro without a rivai, at on:- command, there ?8 no estimating tho proportions our commerce may reaoh, and this greatly cullane s tho valu? of tho Philippine Inland? to tho United States. It would ho unwise and ruinous to admit tho negroes and mongrels of theirn islands to tho rights and privileges of American citizenship, and tho oxporiouco of the Southern States would suroly pro vont our government from such a wickod course. It is absurd to BUppoSO tho inferior races of thcHO islands capablo of civilized govornmont, and for tho United States to loavo tho whito inhabitants to bo governed by tho black and yollow masses would bo unmitigated barbarity. Theso races havo no moro right to tho lands they occupy than tho American Indians had to this great continent, dod never intended these rich and beautiful islands to bo undeveloped and unculti vated in possession of the present major ity. Ile made them to ho useful and ii blessing to the world, and that thoy can not bo until controlled by the Caucasian. Tho objection that a largo army and navy woe.ld ho needed to preservo thoso possessions is a mere assumption, and if true would bc without force. Tho United States aro a great people and should bo proparod to oxerciso a controlling influ ence in tho al?airs of nations. There is au altruism of nations as well ns of indi viduals, and they aro alike hound to do good according to ability and opportu nity. Tho United States have tho wealth and powor and should uso them wherever civilization, civil and religious liberty and the general welfare of tho world can he promoted. A nation cannot exist for self any more than an individual. 1 havo always been a Democrat, but if Hie Democratic party abandon their for mer polioy of annexation ami go beforo tho country on the issue they call anti expansion and anti-imperialism, thoy will bo overwhelmingly defeated, and might to be. w. If, c. Since writing thc abovo I havo soon something of the speeches before tho New York Hoard of Trade, and mako tho following extract from ono hy Sena tor Perkins, of California-tho Stato which Mr. Webster said was worthless: "For fifty years California has looked eastward over tho mountains and deserts of the interior of the continent, for east ward ran the linos of trade. In futuro sho will also look westward over tho broad Pacific, for westward will thc fu ture lines of trade bo run. Tho United States havo been made known to 500, (HK),(MK? of Asiatics through Dewey's Runs, and the American Hag han been planted almost within sight of tho Asiatic coast. Through Manila wo havo been put in touch with half a billion nf people, for a share of WIIORO trade tho great nations of the earth aro striving. Steam and electricity have broken down the barriers between nations and havo made the world very small. Tho United States can no longer isolate itself unless it desires lo enter upon a period of decay. iVe are in Hie midst of a world-struggle ill which the littest will survive, for chat great rule applies as well to nations as o thc individuals of whom they aro ;om posed. "Hut California is not tho only Stato oohing ilium the Pacific which hails .villi joy tho new ora. Oregon and Wash ngton, and Ibo great Torritoiy of \laska, parts of territory once under orcigtl rule, aro ready for the new life. Iiiin varied resources, whoso ellar ictcr and extent are hardly real zed, they have before thom a future of gio* h and prosperity .vhich will surprise the world. The vast riches of the mines, of the for ints and of tho soil will bc developed and i nade to contribute to tho common ivoalth. The harbors will bo lilied with ?hipping and tho products of tho Orient A'ill bo brought to their doors. "Tho same enterprise and cnorgy .vhich made California what it is will bo diown throughout Hm vast region which sweeps up toward tho North Pole, and Westward towards tho shores of Asia. That coast, lino of thousands of miles .viii exhibit evidences of a new growth >f commerce. The wheat grown in tho groat valleys, thc. timber cut from the Forests, and Um gold washed from tho ianda on the shores of tho sea and rivers, ?Ivo hut a faint, idea of the wealth of his vast region." Such speeches as this ami that of Sena or Beveridge in the United Stato Son ito ought to he scattered broad cast. iver the land. w, ll, is. fis Your nair Turning Gray? Just romemhor timi gray hair will nover bocomo darker without help. Ayer's Hair Vigor fi will bring hack to your hair tho color U? of youth. It novor fails. ? It cloanaon tho nridp niuo, nnd I prevents tho formation of dandruff, jj lt foods and nouriahen tho bulbil of I tho hair, making thom produco a I luxuriant growth. It stops tho hair I from falling out, and gives it a fino, I soft finish. il.00 a bottle. At all .1riig?nu. H rf you dei not obtain nil Um tionnfltn fl yon cii.nor.l from tim mo of tho Vigor, ? wrlto tho doctor about lt. / AddroM, lm.J.e. AVKII, i Lowell, MAIS. Master-"White, this is an exam? ?dc in subtraction. Soven hoys went town to a pond lo bathe, but two of .hem had been told not to go into thc water. Now, can you tell mo low many went in?" All the Class -??Vos, sir. Seven." BRIEF BUT IMPORTANT. A Fowol tho Short Acts Passod by ?ho Recont Session of tho General Assombly. An Act making it unlawful for any municipal officer to make a con tract for work for tho muncipal corporation of which he in an offi cer, and to provide a penalty for violation? of thin Act. Section 1. He it enacted hy Ute General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That from and after the passage of tins Act no municipal officer shall take a contract to per form work or furnish material for the municipal corporation of winch he is an officer, and no such officer shall receive any compensation on any contract for said purpose : Provided, that in cities of over .'{0,000 inhabi tants sueli contracts may bo allowed by the unamious vote of city council upon eacli specific contract, such vote to lie taken by yeas and nays, ind entered upon council's journal. Section 2. That any person viola ting thc provisions of this act shall ie guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished jy linc or imprisonment, in tho dis iretion of the Court before whom inch conviction is had. Approved February 17, 1000. \n Act to regulate thc granting of hail by magistrates. Section 1. 15c it enacted by the jJoneral Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That from and after lie approval of this Act, when any nagistrate commits a party to jnil "or a bailable offence, such magis trate shall state on commitment tho imount of recognizance required, ipon entering into which the party ihall be released from custody, and ipon entering unto snell recognizance jefore any magistrate, or the Clerk of .he Court of the County, such party shall bo released from custody. Section '2. Any magistrate, or thc Jlerk of Court of the county ip which ,hc party is imprisoned, when de manded by such party, shall take the .ecoi?ni/.ance without extra compon lation. Appro veil February 17, 1900. \n Act to prevent the spread of for est fires. Section 1. He it enacted by the ?enmal Assembly of tho State of ?^outli Carolina, That in ease of for >st fires occurring in any county it shall be the duty of every member >f the township boards of assessors, n whose township the fire occurs, ,o immediately call out, through a vainer appointed by him, as many lersons as they may deem necessary, lubject to road duty, for the purpose jf extinguishing such fires. Section ii. That any person rofus ng to obey such call immediately ipon notice shall lie subject to the tame penalties as now provided in iases of refusals to work upon the midie roads. Section 1'crsons so wai ned and vorking as provided in Section 2 of .his Act shall have the time ho has io labored deducted from the time ie is required by law to labor on inblic roads. Approved February 0, 1000. An Act to regulate the expenses of examining lunatics and conveying them to the State Hospital for the Insane. Section I. lie it enacted by the General Assembly of the State o? South Carolina, That the county man?s of commissioners for thc seve ral counties in this Stale bo, and .hey are hereby, authorized and ein lowerod to fix the compensation, marges and expenses to bo paid and ncurred in the examination of luna ,ics, and in conveying them to the Hate Hospital for tho Insano, and to unlit and pay claims therefor : Provided, that the same shall not be greater than now allowed by law, md that no claim for conveying unatics to tho State Hospital for .he Insane, in excess of tho actual md necessary expenses incurred in Icing so, shall be audited and paid. Approved February 0, 1000. Twelve pounds is the weight of ho new automatic, machino gun uuler experiment in the H juted Hates army. It fires 450 shots , ninute, and can bo carried hy one nan. lirious and wholesome MR CO., MEW YORK._ Stony Point Paragraphs. STONY POINT, february 21. (Delayed in transmission.)-Kev. G. F. Fuller is touching at this place. Ho lias a good school. Tlie infant of Mr. and M's. J. J. Cox died last week. Mr, J. F. Lyles is repairing Iiis dwelling. Mr. Jim Hutt lias moved to Dr. Walker's plantation. Mr. John Whitfield, of Georgia, lias been on a visit to f-iends in tho Hrasslown section. Ile says Unit thc people in UHR section need more religion. Mr. S. M. Hutt lost Iiis turkeys last week. At night he was raising Cain about and tho bedstead fell with him. Mr. J. M. Moore has the lumber ready to build himself a new house. Mr. John Phillips is building a new residence. Mr. W. M. Roach lias been very sick. Mr. Chapman is sawing shingles on Grier's creek for Mr. (). I. Wal ker. Mr. S. ..I. Hutt recently traded for a line mare. Mr. M. F. Holmes recently moved on S. M. Butt's place. Ile will farm with Mr. Hutt this year. The water courses lia ve been very high in this section. Much damage was done to roads and bridges. Mr. Moore arrested Turner Smith and carried him lo Walhalla last Monday. Thc hickory willis in this section are prepared for the Mormons. A. M. ACORN. Federation of Woman's Chilis. Fd i tors Courier: Nono of us, I fear, fully appreciate, the work dono in our Slate hy the Federation of Woman's Clubs. Mrs. M. W. Colonial!, of .Seneca, at tends to the sonding out of libraries in Oconco county. She has th roo or moro at work already. Who can estimate, i ho results of this noble work'.' No greater power for good can bo put into any community than a library of sound hooks. How quickly wo distinguish botwoou a well-read por son and one who is not. Mrs. Coleman has recently sent a library to the Pino (Hove community, in caro of Miss Lizzie Hruee. We Hunk she could not have made a botter (dioico. Miss Hrucc has a lino education and ia altogether a brilliant young lady. No one eau come in touch with her and not realize that sho lias a wonderful intel lect. She finished school at (J reen ville Female College last spring, which is no mean thine;; and 1 have il from a rcspon Bible source that she is one of the brightest girls Hint ever attended school there, Hosnies this Miss Hrueo has au exceptionally pretty face and very amia ble manners, which make her a favorite in any circle, capable ol' what true cul ture means. Her community may well he proud of he?' and feel grateful for tho valuable time ? .c is gratuitously giving them. *?* Fobruary UT, llKMl. Loans lo Counties. For thc information of the various counties desiring to make loans, State Treasurer \V. II. Timmorman, who is also Secretary of tho Com missioners of tho Sinking Fund, au thorizes the statement that any county in thc State may at once ap ply for and obtain loans from the Corni lissioners of the Sinking Fund to tin extent of one-half of thc esti mated proceeds of said (.(.tully's fax levy for "ordinary county purposes." These loans, under tho law, aro being now made upon joint otlicial note of the County Treasurer and County Supervisor, bearing h per cent interest, payable one year from date, and giving a fust lien mi the whole of the ordinary county levy. Skull Crushed With an Axe. LaF? 'cite I lorkins, living in tho eastern part of Kabuli county, (?a., was fatally wounded hy Thomas Hleekley last .Monday night a week ago. The wounds wore inflicted with the poll nf an axe in the back of the head and it is said Dockins cannot recover. The cause of the difficulty cannot bo fully ascertained. There is a woman in the case, "Charlie Youngpop's baby is be ginning to talk now." "Has Charlie been boring you with stories about it?" "No, but I sat near him at tho lunch counter to-day, and I heard him say absentmindedly to the wai ter girl : "1 Minino a ?inky watter, please.' "