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BT JAYNKS, BHKL.OU, SM.10.'tt & STECK. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA. JAN. 80, 1901, NKW S?5RIIS8, NO. 148.-VOLUMK MI.-NO, 8. PART On January ls in my business, and BAUKNIGHT. TO OUR FRI our partnership un cessors to 0. W. 1 friends a continuar for all increased pr Phone 47. NATIONAL FOREST RESERVE. Bill that Will be Urged Upon Congross and tbo Legislature of this Stato. Below* is tho text of a bill that has boen introduced in tho United States Sonato by Senator Pritchard j and in the Lower Houso by Con gressman Richmond Pearson. Fol lowing it is a message from Presi dent McKinley : For tho purchase of a national forest reserve in tlio Southern Appa lachian mountains. ' Bo it enacted, otc. Section \. The Scorctary of Agri culture is hereby empowered and direoted to purchase land, suitable to the purposes of a national forest reserve, in tho Appalachain moun tains within tho States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee, in total extent not to oxcoed 2,000,000 acres, and to care for, protect, uso and mnko accessible the said forest reservo or any part of it when pur chased. Seo. 2. Th4 Secretary of Agri culture is hcroby empowered and direoted to make such rulen and regulations and establish such service as ho may deem necessary for tho oare, protection and uso of such for est reserve and to sell such wood and timber as may bo removed with out injury to tho forest; Provided, That no wood or timber shall be sold otherwise than by publio auction, except to actual settlors, and in , case at less than tho appraised valu thereof, and Provided further, that tho proceeds of such sales shall be converted into tho Treasury of tho United States. Sec. 3. The sum of ?5,000,000, o? as much thereof as may be required, is hereby appropriated for tho pur chase of lands for a national forest reserve, as heroin before specified, said reserve to bo known as the Southern Appalachain Forest Re 80rvo ; and said $5,000,000 shall bo available until the expiration of tho tho fiscal year 1910-1911 unless sooner expended. " T11K PRESIDENT*S LETTER, To tho Senate and Ilousoof Repre sentatives: I transmit herewith, for tho information of thc Congress, a lotter from the Secretary of Agri culture, in which he presents a pre liminary report of investigations upon the forests of tho Southern Appalachain mountain region. Upon tho basis of tho facts established by this investiga'*>n, tho Secretary of Agriculture recommends tho pur chase of land for a national forest reserve in Western North Carol inn, Eastern Tennessee and adjacent States. I recommend to tho favorable consideration of thc Congicb. the reasons upon which this recom mendation rests. William McKinley. PASS THIS DILL ! Tho following is a bill that will como before tho Legislature : An act to givo consent hy the Stato of South Carolina to the acquisition hy tho United States of such lands ns may bo needed for tho establishment of a national forest reserve in said State. Whoreas, it is proposed that tho Federal government establish in tho high mountain region of South Caro lina and adjacent States a national forest resorvo which will perpetu ate those forests and forcvor pre servo tho headwaters of many im portant- streams, and which will thus provo of great and permanent benefit to tho people of ibis State ; and, whereas, a hill lins been intro duced in tho Federal Congress pro viding for tho purchase of such hinds for said purpose ; thorefore, Be it enacted hy thc General Assembly of tho State of South Carolina : Section 1. That tho consent of the Stato of South Carolina bo and is horeby given to tho acquisition by tho United-States by purchase, gift, or condemnation according to law of N E RS ti 11 admitted my bro I. the firm name, beg ENDS, GREETING der the firm name c lauknight, beginning Lee of the liberal pat osperity this new c Ruoh lauds iu this State as.in tho opinion of tho Fedoral government may bo needed for the establishment of such a notional forest resorve in that region t Provided, that the State shall retain a concurrent juris diction with the United States in and ovor such lands so far that civil process in nil cases, and such crimi nal process as may issue undor the authority of the State against any person chargod with the commission of any orimo without or within said jurisdiction, moy he exeouted thereon in like manner as if this not had not bnon passed. Seq. 2. That powor'is hereby con ferred upon Congress to pass suoh laws as it may deom necessary to tho acquisition ns horoinbofore provided for incorporating in said national for est resorve such forest-covored lands lying in tho State ns in tho opinion of tho Federal government may be needed for this purpose. Sec. 3. Power is hereby conferred upon Congress to pass suoh laws and to mako or provide for tho making of such rules and regulations of both civil and criminal nature, and pro vide punishment for violation thereof, os in its judgment may bo necessary for the management, control and protection of such lands as moy be from time to time acquired by the United Stoics under tho provisions of this not. Seo. 4. That this oot shall be iu force from and after its approval. Quality and not quantity makes Do t's Little Early Kinora such va'uablo iittlo livor pills. J. W. ?oil. .--rt?? Sensible Suggestion. Circumstances frequently alter cases. While, as a genorol rulo, prohibition of child labor, not only in cotton mills, hut in other indus tries, hos much to commend it, there are numerous families so situated that tho proceeds from the labor of their children is necessory to their support. That being tho case, a general prohibition of child labor may work much hardship in many instances, unless tho State bo will ing and able to contributo to the support of families in a measure dependent upon the earnings of chil dren' It see in ?J that Col. D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, ono of the most prominent cotton manufactur ers of the South, has suggested a pion which will rooch tho rcol evil sought to be suppressed better than a general sweeping prohibition of child labor. ITo favors tho enact ment of a labor low containing the following section : "Any parent putting any of his children in the mill and living on tho proceeds himsolf, or doing less work than is adequate to his own support, shall bo punished as a va grant, and for ono year ofter his con viction the earnings of tho children moy bo poid to the mother, or, if she be not living, to the children them selves." Such a low would reach tho sore spot and do good. Tho Record commends tho idea to tho General Assembly of this Stnto os eminently practical, tho suggestion of a level headed and big-hearted mon thor oughly familiar with all phases of lifo and work in cotton mills. Columbi* ltccord. A TEXAS WONDER. Hall's (?reut Discovery for Kidney and liluddor Trouble Ono small bottlo of Hall's Groat Dis covery euros all kidney and bladdor trou bloa, removes gravol, ouros diobotoB, SIMM in:il omissions, wook and lamo backs, rhoumatism and all irregularities of tho kidneys and bladdor in both mon and women? Rouill?tes bladder troubles in children. If not sold by your druggist, will bo sont by mail on receipt of ?1.00. Ono small bottlo is two months' troot ment, mid will euro any COHO nhovo mon linnell. Dr. E. VV. Hall, solo manufac turer, P. O. Box 020, St. Louis, Mo. Send for testimonials. Sold by all druggists. _ St. Louis, Mo., February 20, 1000. This is to certify that I h ovo Suffered for HO years with kidney and bladdor tron idos and havo hoon troatod by ovor a dozen difforont physicians and havo usod many so-called suro euros, with only temporary roliof. Ono bottlo of tho Toxns Wonder, Hall's Groat Disoovory, has given mo moro roliof, than all tho remedios I havo used in tho 80 years, and I think tho socond bottlo will mako a pormanont o uro. Respectfully. Honry Joffords, 1,405 Markot St, >ther, John E. Bauk inning January 1st, : It is with plea* * O. W. & J. E. I 5 January 1st, 190! ;ronage heretofore ? entury. CW OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. What Congressman Latlmer Is Doing for the People Whom he Represents. Washington, D. C., January 26. Editors Courier : Your newsy .paper of eaoh week is looked for and read with the greatest interest, especially so, as I hail from the mountainous section of our dear old State-Oco nee county-and it is quite probable the citizens of this District would be glad to know something of the do ings of their friends in the nation's oapital. My attention bas more than onoe been oalled to the work of our Representative in Congress, the Hon. A. C. Latimer, and it is in reference to his work I wish to make a few remarks, I had the pleasure of oalling on the distinguished gentleman repre senting tho Third Congressional Dis trict of South Carolina one evening last week, and found him "head over ears" transacting the daily routine of business which falls to tho lot of each and every publie official con nected with tho halls of Congress answering letters, petitions, etc., aud keeping up with the goneral news of the State, afforded him through the medium of tho press. Mr. Latimer was just recovering from a severe attaok of. ia grippe, and though feel ing somewhat debilitated from the effects of it, he nevertheless took great pleasure in enlightening us on the important questions of the day and their probable outcome as they, aro presented before tho national body of law-makers. It is a welbknown faot in Wash ington that Mr. Latimer is a hard fighter for any bill he may wish to become a law, and in a "dead open and shut game" (especially to bis brother members) he will not lay down until every vestige of hope is gone. With this determination of spirit he has secured the passage of any number of bills which would otherwise have been lost to the people of his Con gressional Distriot. Only tho other day ho wes petitioned from a mem ber of the Republican side of the House to withdraw an amendment he had offered to his bill in regard to post offices, when Mr. Latimer immediately replied : "I have a bill now before your committee, and if you will do me tho kindness to make a favorable report thereon I will withdraw my amendment to your bill." When told that the members of the committee wero not in favor of his bill Mr. Latimer forthwith informed tho Republican member that his amendment would still hang fire until his committee roported fa vorably on his (Latimer's) bill. Mr. Latimer numbers his friends by tho score, not only in the House of Representatives and the Sonate, but among tho hoads of the di (feront departments throughout tho oity, and especially so by Seoretary of Agriculture Wilson, who not long sinco was heard to remark that "Mr. Latimer was ono of tho most wide awako Congressman in tho House of Representatives, and while ho repre sented tho minority sido of the House ho far surpassed many of those on the majority side as to busi ness capabilities and tho wants of the people in gcnoral, and while he remained Secretary of Agriculture and it wos in his power to grant Mr. Latimor a favor, ho would most wil lingly do so." Our "ever-ready and always-there" Hon. B. R. Tillman is often seen in and around tho oapital building, as is also tho polished personage of the junior Senator from South Carolina, tho Hon. John L. MoLaurin. Other members from our State aro also boro and no doubt aro doing thoir best to further tho interests of thoir sections of tho State. There has boon some talk of an extra session of Congress, but we hardly expect it, as tho members will begin to got tired out by tho 4th of M areli and will want to get home. Tho inauguration of President McKinley promises to bo a big affair, and I would advise thone who can, lo lake in this great occasion. night, as a partner is G. W, & J. E. mre^we announce ?AUKNIGHT, sue* L We ask of our lestow?d* and wish . BAUKNIGHT. BAUKNIGHT. The weather here so far is ex tremely warm for this season of the year, we only having had two real cold days this winter. SOUTH CARQT.IJ??AN. SuoU little pills as Dewitt's Little Early Risers aro very easily taken, and they aro wonderfully effootivo in cleans ing tho liver and bowels. J.. W. Bell. Roosevelt Up a Tree. Meeker, Col., January 18.-If Col. Roosevelt had an idea he had esoaped from the "strenuous life," tho wild game of Colorado is rapidly taking that conceit out of him. Flrt carno his exciting adventure with a moun tain lion, then a grizzly cunio near getting him, and now a pack of hun gry wolves has kept tho Rough Rider "up a tree" until help oame to his rescue. The woathor turned oolder about the Keystone ranoh on Wednesday, which led the guide to prophesy the appearanoo of wolves among' tho stook that night. On Thursday Col. Roosevelt wandered out alone in the hope of shooting something before supper. Ho espied a small lion, and in attempting to oreep upon it lost his bearings in the fast-falling dark ness. Ho attempted vainly to retrace his steps. Finally his peril beoame apparent to him, as he hoard the long, melancholy howl of a wolf behind him, followed by others. He soon discovered, it is alleged, that a pack of fully ono hundred wero at his heels. Several times the Colonel fired at the approaohing horde, but a temporary stay was all he gained, and his shots attraotcd no attention from his friends. Shooting again, tho Colonel seized tho opportunity of "shinning" up a tall pine, while tho pack devoured its dead comrade. But in doing so the New Yorker's oartridg belt was torn from his waist by the stub of a bough and dropped to tho ground, his gun being lost also in the attempt to regain tho bolt. There was not timo to descend, as the pack now was surrounding tho tree in large numbers, thoir eyes gleaming fierooly in tho darkness. His six-shooter yet remained and Roosevelt enjoyed a melancholy amusement in killing a few of his foes in safety. Fortunately he was beyond the leaps of tho more daring wolves, who sprang snapping at him. Tho hours woro on, and still aid did not arrive. Ho yelled until he was hoarse, but thero was no reply, and the cold soon began to benumb him, while hungor made itself felt. His watch had just showed him that four hours had been passed in the tree, when shouts were heard, and his comrades, with guns and torchos, appeared and soon dispersed the pack and assisted tho half-frozen statesman to descend from his peril ous position an 1 return to the ranoh for supper and sleep.-Now York Press. On Guard Thewarningcough Is the faithful senti nel. It tells of the approach of con sumption, which has killed more people than war and pesti lence combined. It tells of painful chests, sore lungs, weak throats, bron chitis, and pneu monia'. Do not suf fer another day. It's use ? less, for there's a prompt and safe euro. It is pectoral which cures fresh colds and coughs in a single night and masters chronic coughs and bronchitis in a short time. Consumption is sure ly and certainly prevented, and cured, too, K tsken in time. A 25c. bottle for s fresh cold ; 60c. size for older colds; $1 size for chronic coughs and consumption. onoo." JAMKO O. DUQUOB, Oct. 19, 1896. Kl Faso, Texas. I Turnpikes for Two Hundred Dalian. The Columbia Stale tells a Btory of road improvement in Richland county which is of very general in terest, and which serves, among other things, to nh ow that no county or othor community in the State is at all dependent on road laws for good roads. We give only the-salient points of its very instructive edito rial article in review of the offioial report of Mr. S. H. Qwens, the very oflioiont 8 up or visor of Riohl and, who appears to have literally lifted the county out of the mud and the sand that clogged its traffic for generations and sent it rejoiolhg on the highway of comfort and progress. And that at a very small cost for its redemp tion. Less than three years ago, we aro told, the roads of Richland "were as poor aB those of any county in the middle country," and The State, which is peculiarly gifted in the use of strong language, could not well put their oase any stronger than that. The old system had beeti tried for generations, failure had attended every effort to keep them in . good condition, and their last state was no hcttcr-than their first. In 1808 Mr. Owens was eleoted County Supervi sor and began to rebuild the ronde with a composite (or layers) of sand and clay, employing tho county con victs for the purpose, and, to mako a long story short, he has thus con verted leagues and leagues of them from tho condition of nook lucos ol mud holes linked by strands of miro, or sand beds rosembling sections o) ploughed fields, into turnpikes Siuoe 1898, or about thirty mouthi only, 200 miles of the 600 miles ir the county have been rebuilt "ii first-class manner," and the goot work is still going steadily and rap idly forward. In 1000 alone th< ohain gangs "built" 91 milos of road "repaired" 80 milos, and built 61 bridges, including four large one over as many creekp, besides effeotiv drainage work. Hired labor wa also employed on other like goo? work, including tho "construction of fifteen miles of new road, repai and bridge building. Tho force o oonviots employed averaged sixty five during tho year, and its.equip ment was seventeen mules, thre wagons, eighteen carts, three ploughs two road machines, one forgo am outfit, and six- hundred picks, axei shovels .and mattocks. Tho totf expenses of this chain gang, inclue1 ing feeding, olothing and medical al tendance-and they were "well fe and eared for"-was $14,610, a avorago of 19 A cents a day, in add tion to whioh $12,412 was expende for the hired labor, ordinary roa and bridge work, lumber, tools, et< The net result was that on roads an bridges the county spent last yea $27,092, for whioh it has ta^show 10 miles of roads "built" and 80 mik "repaired," 418 bridges, large an small, seven of them being of "in portant" character, and other goo work. Charging tho whole expense 1 tho "construction" of thorough] good roads alone, and so taking n account of tho 80 miles of repair the 400 bridges, etc., it appears thi 106 miles of pormanent, good, hat and level roads, whioh supplante tho samo length of miro or* sand i 1900, cost $27,092, or at tho rate ? $226 a milo. Making proper dedu tiona, however, for the.cost of tl sido work, it is probable that the no turnpikes have cost tho county le than $200 a mile. And as to that, is sufficient to say that every coum or community in the State can oasi afford to pay as much-or as littlo for tho same improvement. The policy of tho Richland Supe visor, Tho State explains, has bei to begin at the limits of Columb and rebuild the principal roads lea ing into tho country, oxter ling tl work outward at the rate of five fifteen milos a year, the result boil that "now nearly every importa road loading from Columbia is p( mnnontly reconstructed, either to tl county lino," or nearly to it. "It safe to say that, with tho maint nanoo of tho present oonviot for and system, Riohland county thr years henoo will havo all of its ron construotod of durable material a maintained in excellent condition i traffic" A point of special inton and significance is that whioh i lateB to tho offcots of tho good wo in tho county and in the oity. T State says : " This has, year by yoar, afford greater encouragement to tho fan ors in adjoining counties to ma Columbia their market and tho p: cession of carts and wagons whi may bo aeon overy day coming ii and going ont of tho oity on titi - -, , . I ^ v -* roads testify to the greatly inoreasod use mado.of them. It is obvious that tlie trafilo over these roads has gaiqed muoh more rapidly than the population of Columbia has done, and the extension of the neighbor hood market by reason -i these new and good roads ace ts in a large measure for the bm ! m prosperity .this oity has lately ^ujoyed." The lesson of the story may be applied in The State's own words : "What Utohland bas done, and is doing, other counties can" do. But they must take the same course this oounty has pursued. Whatever is worth having is worth paying for ; and good roads are not to be had without cost." No amount of legis lation can dispense With that one oonditiou.-Nows and Courier. N-' Tho most soothing, bealing and anti aoptlo application ever dovised ls Do Wltt's Witeh Hazel Salvo. It relieves at once and oures piles, sores, eor.oma and skin diaoases. Beware of imitations. J. W. Bell. Be Fair lp All. There is a multiplicity of pro posed legislation affecting the cotton milts of this State. The reason oi all this is plain enough. There arc many thousand voters employed in the cotton mills of this State and a legislator with the least taint oi demagogy in his composition finds il hard to resist the temptation tb pro pose or advocate speoial legislatior in behalf of mill operatives, with thc idea that by suoh a oourse he wil solidify for himself the support o: the mill operative voters. Suot men are not as careful as the] should be. If a measure is said t< be in behalf of mill operatives, the] support it without stopping to con sider whether its real effect will bi beneficial to that class or not. Rea effect and theoretical effect are no always the same. Sometimes thor is a wide difference. This faot shouh not be lost sight of. There ar measures proposed for whioh thor is no demand whatever from factor operatives. They should know thoi own needs best and oan be dependei upon to demand what their interest require. They do not ask to b killed with kindness. They do no need mollycoddling. There is n roason why they should bo separate as a class and made wards of th State. Such legislation must h obnoxious to self-respecting mi operatives. They only ask the sam treatment accorded to other classe of citizens. They do not expeot c demand speoial favors. If a doman for legislation comes from the open tives it will be time enough to ac on it then and pass such mensures t will bo equitable to all the interosl involved. But, all sides should 1 oarof illly looked at.-Columbia Dail Rooord. Salt the New Elixir of Life. As a result of a protracted seri? of experiments with salt solution tho eilioacy of whioh in prolongir life was recently announced I Prof. Loeb, of tho University i Chicago, two prominent physiciai here olaim to havo demonstrate that in oases of great loss of bloc by disease or injury, normal Ba solution, u eld as a restorative, w save life even when 90 per cont the blood has boen lost. The oxpei monts, whioh have extended over period of six months, have, aooor ing to the physicians, made praotio bio a new system of bleeding ai substitution of salt solutions for pc sons suffering from pnoumoni typhoid malarial fevers, pori ton it acuto and ohronic Bright's disoat and all heart affections rosultii from tho last named complait Much success has been had with ? their oxperiments, particularly tho made with pnoumonia and Brigit disease.-Chioago Dispatch. In lus annual message to the Lc islaturo, Governor Sayors, of Tex recommends tho passage of an aot proteot noWLpapers against civil lil for printing the truth* without m ace. Newspapers, no doubt, ha many sins to account for, and 1 whioh they should be hold respon bio; but they aro often prevent from publishing truths that wot bo of great benefit to tho pul genorally, booauso tho people w would bo hurt by these truths i able to seourc damages in the com Many people have an idoa that nowspaper has a right to print ai thing it pleases, provided the pul cation bo true ; but in this mr people aro mistaken. Tho old ada "tho greator tho truth, the gron tho libel," is not without considc bio force. Laws that, would prot tho newspapers in publishing i truth without mala?o and pun them, for publishing untruths wo ho wholesome^-Yorkvillc Encjui AN INTERESTING LETTER. Representative ?Brown Write? About What the Legislature ls Doing. Columbia, 6. C., January 28, 1901. -Editors Keowee Courier ; J will fl?.. ?nrl ^-" -. ?. ?? .? m.l\AAM*).AMM l'1 I > v?j nriU jjiig jv?i iiuumjiiuuiij nviili) account of what is going on at Co lumbia, and I might start out by say ing very little has. been dono yet that ls Worth very muoh to the com mon people. A number of bills have been intro duced and but a small portion of them of very muoh importance tp our people and cor lain ly not to the Ooonee people. "* The eleotions are all over now and I hope some good, earnest work will bo gotten in from now to the end of the session. There are some things that ought to be done .that will be hard to get. through ; therefore we will have to watoh very dose and keep things from being done that we do not want done. I think from the work done this morning that the axe is laid at the. root of manyoi the measures off ered ready to out them down and oast them into outer darkness whore many of them ought to be. - < i The cotton mill men are interested in the ohild labor bill before the House. I look for a big fight over tb at matter when it oomes up. 1 shall oppose tho bill. I will not vote for any measure that tonds to ham per and hedge the people in. We might just as well say to the people you shall not work your ohildren on the farm under twelve years of ago as to say to'them you shall not put them in the mills. The dog tax bill failed in the Houso this morning. I am not cer tain that the law if ; passed would have stood ; the courts holding dogs to be personal property, it would be held unoonatitutional. Since thc Supreme Court rendered its decision in tho oaso of Dean against Spartan burg county we have to koop a look out or we will run our heads against the wall. Speoial legislation is a' thing of the past, and I think per haps it will be bettor for us all. > The bill to make compensation to victims of theft was lost in the House yestorday after considerable disoussion. There are several bills in tho hands of the Committee on Highways and Roads. This oommittee consists of ono member from each delegation. We hope to be able to get something forOconee when the bill comes be fore the House. Mr. Herndon wants to make the commutation tax three dollars or six days work. I have some doubts as to that. I hold that two dollars or four days labor properly managed will be sufficient. Some one of us will try to give.you what is going on as wo make progress. The Ooonee delegation are all well and at their post all tho time. lt is raining here this morning. Tho weather has hoon fine most of the time since we havo boon hore. Trusting things are going right in Oconeo, I am your servant, W. M. BROWN. TST cu?tWHil? XIFFSTTAIIS. "(M" tS? Hoot Cough ?rrup. Ta*t?? Good. VnaW? Quite a Raise. An old man of Statesboro, Ala,, by the name of Wright, who was sent to the poor house of that county last July beoauso ho was siok and had no money and no relatives to oare for him, had a stroke of good luok recently. He had boen a sol dier in the Union army, and had a claim for a pension that had boen hanging fire for several years. He had about abandoned all hope of ever getting anything when he re ceived notification that his pension had been allowed with $4,000 back pay and $72 per month for the re mainder of his life, llb immedi ately walked out of the poor house to a comfortable home. Considering the faot that tho average man only has use for five or six hundred words, thoro seems to be already an over-supply. ABut thoro is groat aotivity in tho diotion ary-making industry. Tho new Webstor will contain 26,000 words not found in tho most recent editions of that work, and an oven greater number of verbal novelties will soe the light of print in the massivo Ox. ford Dictionary, whioh has long been under way. haut week during the night some party or parties, in ordor to give vent to their beastliness, broke nearly all the street lamps of the town of Belton, S. C., and out down ?ho tent of a traveling artist, s Marriage Lld^ue. Many people who havo considered the matter, will bo gratified at the nows of the intention of Representa tive Boamguard to introduoe a mar riage Hoon BO bill, and^ will hopo that ho wiil-be suooessful }n scouring its passage. The neoesBity . for s??h a law is beoonlng moro ' hppc?ent every day, ee_eoiaUy in the ootton? mill sootions. Young people who havo not yet reaohed the age of proper discretion form attaohmonto and seek out ministers, magistrates or other offioials who have authority to administer oaths and get marriod, often in spite of the wiso opposition of patents. The bill should provide reasonable age limit for marriage and a special age under whioh a marriage will bo illegal without the consent of parents. It has been suggested that a marriage license law will, necessarily, be followed by divorc? law ; but we aro unable to soe why this should be the case. Yorkville Enquiror. .-'-?t4j?i-I-^ Big Cotton ?ste. Athens, Qa1., January 24.-Colonel Chas. S. Webb, representing Inman & Co., purchased to-day of Hon. Jas. M. Smith his crop of cotton amounting to .2,000 bales fol* $100, 000. This is one of the 'largest single cotton transactions made in . tho Stato. Mr. Smith, is Georgia's largest farmer. The cotton is his own raising. The Modern Patriot. The moro liquor one drinks the more money he contributes to the support of the Stato government. To contribute to tho support of tho government is one of tho highest duties of citizenship' and is an evi dence of patriotism. Patriotism is the highest glory of ' an Amerioan oitizen. All this being true, it is only in South Carolina that one oan truly be said over to be "gloriously drunk." Greenville News. -.?j??. Tho merited reputation for ouring piles, sores and skin diseases acquired by Dewitt's Wi to h Hazel Salvo, has lod to tho making of worthless counterfeits. Bensure to got only Dewitt's Salvo. J. W. Bell. Tax Returns. Tho suggestion of the Comptroller Genoral in his report that real estate should bo assessed for taxation annually instead of quadrennially seems to us worthy of accoptanco by tho Legislature. As the caso stands now under tho quad- ?> ronnial system, building- iuiprovornonta made immediately after the assessment may pass without attention or taxation for four years at least.-Columbia State. Under the present arragement of quad rennial assessment of lands, it is one's duty to make return of any ohanges in real os ta to. It is probable that this is always'dono in cases of transfers of real estate, tho purchaser being required to pay taxes after his purohaso. This is a matter that will regulato itself. But in tho case of improvements, whoro new real .estate is brought into existence, it can only get upon the Audi tor's books by the owner's returning it. It is dearly his duty to do so; and we boliovo if it woro ascertained that one had failod to make the proper return in such caso and had in that way escaped taxes that ho ought to have paid, he could bo made to pay tho baok taxes and tho penalty also. 'lt might bo better to require annual roturns of real estate as well as of per sonal property. It ought certainly to be thoroughly understood and impressed upon tho public mind that any improve ments to real estate should bo promptly returned. What is noeded most, though, is not a yoarly return so much as some method of getting at a fair and full return of not only real estate but of all kinds of property. Tho law as it stands is not very striot, but as administered is one of tho loosest, things imaginable. Tho common practice wo boliovo is for the . auditor to sign up a big batch of blank roturns,using a logotype generally, and then handing these to porsons who wish to make returns. Tho idea that returns are raado under oath is somewhat of a fiction.-Greenville News. Tho Spartanburg Journal romarks upon tho ora of good fooling that has como about and contrasts tho present with conditions ton yoars ago. Tho con trast is very marked. Ono seldom hear? of "Reform" thoso days, and as for "Ro tronohmont," why that is hot in tho po litical vocabulary of South Carolina. Greonvillo Nows. .- -???? ' North Carolina has inoroased tito salary of hor Govornor to $4,000.. lt will not bc long before South Caro lina legislators will be wanting to do tho same for tho Govornor of this State. All that prevents it now is that there is such a multitude of bills al ready on docket for spending money that the timo is not regarded as op portune for advocating raising snhries.-Greonvillo News. -.? <i . Gen. Jas. W. Moore has been elected Senator from Hampton coun ty to fill tho vaoanoy caused by the . doath of Major Mauldin,