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TO THINK OW? biSLF BK TRUK AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THK NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THBN BK FALSE TO ANY MAN. BY JAYNE?, SUELO lt, SMITH & STECK. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, SEPT. 25, 1001. NEW SERIES, NO. 181.-VOLUME MI.-NO. 80. lt Pays to Since We Coi Increased SO WK WERE COMPELLED T( STRONGER LINE GROI 1 ? OCTAGON SOAP FOR DIETARY ON THE ALPHABET. An Invention of Husband Altor a Quarrol A Day of Dossorts. "Got anything boro beginning with a *K' that's good to cat?" inquired a new customer in a Sixth avenue gro cory store and mont market tho other day. "How would pickled kidneys an swer?" replied tho clerk, after a mo ment's thought, "or, maybe, a mess of kale-" "Say no moro," interrupted the strango patron enthusiastically, as he fervidly wiped tho band of his hat with his handkerchief. "Give mo a dozen cans of pickled kidneys and a basketful of kale. Tho kitten's life is saved. I told my wife when I left homo this morning that if I failed to send homo a kangaroo dead or alive, before 2 o'clock, I should expeot to find tho kitten served for dinner in tho latest Chinese stylo. Rut your happy thought has saved her." "In reply to the pitying glances of the grocer's assistant, tho peculiar customer went on to explain himself. "You see wa all got tired eating the same things day after day," he said, "and I got into one of those fool arguments with my wife about the domestic and culinary arrangements, and it led up to the alleged difficulty experienced by housewives in think ing up what to have for dinner. My wife took tho ground that the moro matter of deciding from day to day what to put on the tahlo was a down right wear and tear on a woman's system. Tho statement made me tired, and I said so, at the same time calling attention to the fact that in this city there aro vasts hordes of people whoso p.incipai daily cause for anxiety is whether they will have anything at all to cat. I took such high moral grounds and went on at such a rate that my wife threatened to cry about it, and said she just wished I would do the marketing for about a month, and I'd soon change my tune. "Well, the upshot of it all was that I agreed to do thc marketing myself for a few weeks. I became reckless and went further. 1 agreed, just to show how easy thc thing was, that we would begin and cat up (or rather down) the alphabet, taking one lettor a day, with bread, potatoes, tea and coffee thrown in ns staples. Further more, I agreed that if I didn't succeed I'd buy a new piano for the front parlor. "And say," continued tho customer confidentially, as he settled himself on a barrel of cabbages and took a pinch of saurkraut out of an open cask, "between you and I I'm rather glad 1 left that staple ol au 80 in tho ngreemont." TIIK N1CW 1)1 KT A KY SVSTKM. "Well, I inaugurated tho dietary system with a bill of fan;, which, al though bountiful, was to a certain ex tent vegetarian. Wo had apples in many forms, apricots, pickled aspara gus, artichokes, almonds and thc sta pluM. '?'"nc next day's menu was con siderably more substantial, consisting of beef, beans, black bass, bacon, bis cuits, bluefish, buttermilk, beets, bon hons, butter and batter cakes. My wife and family protested that the dinner lacked homogeneity so to speak, and bordered on the nrratic, but this was just what I was striving for. Originality, I declared, was my watch word. "The next day was even better. Wc fairly rioted on chicken, cucum bers, codfish balls, COllory curry, clams, cheese, caulillower, crabs, cab bage, cake, carrots, caviar, corn, canned cherries, consomme, catsup, calf's head and candy. It looked like a cinch for mo. My w ife hinted at dyspepsia and indigestion, but I retorted that she was envious. "We calmed down a little the next day, partaking of roast duck, dough nuts and dumplings. Wo made Easter of tho next day with eggs in ovory conceivable form. I added vari oty with a dish of egg plant and a liberal allowance of fried eels, so that aftor all it was really a variegated menu. Buy For( nmenced Our Cash Very Much. ) PUT IN A OP STAPLE AND FANCY DERIES TO MEET THE DEMAN1 OUR PATRONS. W1IE? ANYTHING IN ' COME 25 CENTS. Best Oil 15 ce] _C. W, "On tho following day I wanted to make a regular fish day of it, but my wife aroso to a point of order. She pointed to tho fact that wo lind al ready exhausted a portion of tho fish family in tho way of codfish balls, blufish, cols, crabs and tho like, and that under tho rules I couldn't go ahead and spring the whole piscato rial connection on bor during ono day and then bo coming along with scat tered tribes afterward. So I got along with baked Hounder, frogs'legs, fritters, finnan haddio and Frankfur ters. It was a weird and lonely sort of day. I was beginning to feel tho need of vegetables, and I had tried on this day to sneak in with a fow mushrooms under the hoad of 'fungi,' but my wife sprung tho rules on me again. She was afraid that under tho letter *M' I might want to send around tho entire contents of a butcher's shop under the head of 'meats.' "Next day brought tho scurvy nearer to our door. But as for meats wo were well supplied. There was roast goose, broiled grouse and baked guinea hen with gooseberry sauce and grape fruit. "The succeeding day began to toll on me, owing to tho vegetable famine. Our meals wero provocative of ex treme thirst, consisting of ham, hom iny, hoecakes, herrings and many dif ferent kinds of hash. "I realized, however, that any troubles were just beginning when I tackled the 'I'menu. I thought over thc lV >blem for two days before hand, and offered a prize of $3 in four groceries and meat markets in tho neighborhood foran edible dish under this head, but all in vain. One man told me that in South America the natives roasted tho succulent flesh of the Iguana and devoured it with rel ish, but I could not procure an Iguana in time fordinner. A learned friend of mino told me that 'inconnu' was Lut, another name for thc fish of tho salmon family. Oh, with what a light heart I told ruy wife that we would have a nice salmon for dinner, but that aggravating woman wouldn't hoar of it. A salmon was simply a salmon, sho said, and certainly came under the letter 'S' or not at all, so on that day we breakfasted, dined mid supped on icc cream and the ever faithful staples. A DAY Ol' DKSSKUTS. "And yesterday was also a day of desserts. Wo had jellies of every conceivable flavor, color and consis tency, and as an offset to this we had jam. It was tho best 1 could rio, and I was about to lose heart. It was a gay day indeed. "But to-day your happy kidney mid kale suggestion saves us from starvation, and to-moirow-ah ! to morrow we will make a feast of it indeed. We will luxuriate on liver, lamb, lobster, lettuce, lentils and leeks and anything else you can think up in the eating lino that be gins with 'Ii,' just you send it around. "And, oh, please help mc to look nh cad to tho 'X' and '/' menus. I'll Lry tied get hold of a zebra by that lime, but as for 'X' Pm afraid I'm np against it there. "A queer tiling about my now food loparturo is tho number of tilings it lins led us to put into our mouths that wo have never thought of bef?te. But say, don't you ever adviso any body to tackle this problem. I'm going to take a vacation after I get [.brough tho alphabet. A TEXAS WONDER, HALL'S GREAT DISCOVERY. Ono small bottlo of Hall's Croat Dis lOVOry euros all kidney and htaddor trou bles, removes gravel, cures diahotes, lominal omissions, weak and lamo hacks, I'houmatism and all irregularities of tho kidneys and bladder in both mon and, women. Herniates bladder troubles in -bildroii. If not sold by your druggist, will bo sent by mail on receipt of $1,00. ')no small bottlo is two months' treat ment, and will euro any caso abovo nien lioned. Dr. K. W. Hal), solo manufac turer, T. (). Box ?20. St. Louis, Mo. Send for testimonials. Sold by ali Iruggists. Martin, Tonn., Juno f>, 1001.-Dr. K. W. Hall; St, Louis, Mo.-My Dear Sir: I lake pleasure in saying that I havo *.iscd your Groat Discovery with much bonollt, liavina sn ff or od for years with kidnoy trouble, nod most henrtily recommond it Lo all sufferers from kidnoy diseases. Respectfully, J. W. Lowranco, Mombor of tho Memphis Annual Conference, M. E. Church, South. --? i i ' i-. -- -Watch tho label on your paper if you want to know how your suhs'-ri^tion no count stands with Tine CoUMKIt. J System, Our Gro ll POUNDS ( DS OF ? YOU WANT ITIE GROCERY UNK TO SEK US, OR CALL US Ul' OVER TUE PHONE J PRICKS. SERVE ats per Gallon. ; & J. E. BAUKN1GH1 Niagara of To-Day. It cannot flatter American pride to hear how much better Canada has dono its part in thc protection of Niagara Falls than tho United States, but the plain truth needs to bo told in ordor to avert further harm. It is with this purpose that Mary B, Harli points out in the Out look how utilitarianism is destroying the grand beauty of tho falls, not only by disfiguring the scenery, but by depleting thc water supply of tho Great Lakes. Our slowness to preserve the natural wonders of our country docs not necessarily bespeak indifference to their value. There is always a largo body of watchful individuals who resent tho encroachments of trade, but they are without organiza tion or political strength. It requires open acts of vandalism to give effect to their plea for State or federal aid in tho preservation of localities that should be hold sacred by reason of their natural beauties or historical associations. The movement to pro tect tho Palisades dragged hopelessly until the quarrymen showed how little commerce cared for public sentiment, and had actually blasted into tho face of tho magnificent uliffs. Nor was Niagara rescued from the bazaars and tintype galleries tn 1885 until they had provoked a general protest by making the place unspeakably ugly and offensive by their presence. Hut although thc State of New York has expended $2,500,000 on the reservation nineo it set things to rights, it baa undone much of its ^ood work hy granting franchises :o corporations to divert the waters if thc upper river. Canada has kept Linder official protection all tho terri tory as far down ns Queenstown, >ut less than '2,000 feet from the American fall and almost nt tho boundary of tho State reservation ,he factories and flouring mills and breweries are in full possession. On die American side of tho gorge tho :liffs havo been denuded of their forests, and a trolley lino makes an msecmly gash across the face of the deep descent from summit to water's ?dgo. As if in reproach to our com ncreial energy, the Canadians have >bservcd their obligations in this jreat international partnership in tature by leaving the forests in all .heir luxuriant growth along tho >anks of the river gorge. Rut apart from tho desecration of ho scenery, Miss Ilartt sees danger ihead in tho decrease of Water from he river above thc cataract. At ho present time two companies aro 1 rawing off about 6 per cent of tho otal flow over the falls, and bo foro ong they will in?rense, their supply inti! 9 per cent of the river's water viii be turned aside before it reaches ho cascade. In spite of tho thoo etica) estimates of experts, who loclaro that the depth of tho crest >f the fall 1MS not been appreciably educed to the oyo, the flow over the Vmcrican fall has decreased, as has >00n shown by actual observation of ho stages of the water in tho river ind in the rapids. Tho harm, however, is not nil icing done nt Niagara. Chicago is I rawing from bake Michigan 8,000 cot of water per minute through ter drainage, canal, and is planning o extend the artificial stream lo tho ninnis river. And ('nuada, in fur* .Iterance of her sob?me to divert the tom moree of tho Groat Lakes to tho it. Lawrence, has proposed to horten the lake route by digging a voter way from Georgian Ray to tho )ttawa river. Half a dozen other ilans have been suggested for tap ling the lakes for the bonotll ol bl and navigation, all without regard o the effect on Niagara Falls. It is inly tho possibility that the level ol' ho lakes might bc lowered that con iorns the engineers, and that they vould avoid by damming Niagara ivor at the hoad of the rapids or at in ff alo, or both. No surer way of training Niagara could bo invented. It is to bo hoped that .Miss Haiti eery Business Has iRWTED SU6RR FOR $1.00. \ND GET OUR WE KEEL SURE WE CAN VOU TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. [\ Cash Merchants. is right in expecting that an interna tional protest will call a halt and tho falls from tho "catehmillion capi talists" who havo succeeded tho "catchpenny sharpers." So fnr American interests have been left to tho Oltro of the State of New York, but federal control of a navigable stream cannot bc denied. In effect the United States and Canada aro joint trustees for the world of Ni agara Falls, and thoy arc under more bonds to prevent private indi viduals or States from undoing ono of nature's greatest works. Thoro is more catarrh in iii is section of Hie country than all other diseases put togothor, and until tho last few years it was supposed to bo incurable For a great many icair. doctors pronounced it a local disenso, ami proscribed local rem edies, and by constantly failing to euro with local treatment, pronounced it in curable. .Science has proven catarrh to bo a constitutional disease, and it thcio foro requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Curo, manufactured byF. J, (.'heney S: Co., Toledo, Ohio, is tho only constitutional cure on tho market. lt is taken internally in doses from ten drops to a teaspoonful, lt acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of tho system. Thoy offer ono hundred dollars for any ease it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address F. J, CuKNKY ?fe Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, 75cents. Hall's Family Pills aro tho best. Tho President and Cablnot. Washington, September 20.-It was stated on excellent authority to day that ?ill members of the Cabinet have ncceptod tho re-appointment tendered by President Roosevelt. The milliner in which tho President tn nd o tho tender rendered it impossi ble for tho members of the Cabinet to take any other course, as they al ready are in the positions and cannot decline, but must resign their pl noes if they desire to leave tho Cabinet. Anolher feature of the relations Qf the new President with tho last Ad ministration become known to-day, to the effect that .Mr. Roosevelt lins been fully advised and has approved of tho negotiations in progress rela tive to the proposed Isthmian Canal treaty with langland. Don't wait until you become chroni cal ly constipated, but tako Dewitt's Little Karly Itisors now and then. They will heep your liver and bowels in good order. Kasy to take. Safe pills. A movement has boon started to erect a monument on tho State capi tal grounds in Columbia commemo rating tho life of .John Rutledge, the first President of tho Republic of South Carolin? and thc first Qov?r nor of tho State under tho Federal Constitution. It is proposed to make tho monument correspond to that of Washington, which occu pies a prominent place in the capitol grounds. Sewing as a business is an exacting and exhausting occupation, Long hours, fine work, poor light, unhealthy atmosphere -these are only some of the tilings which fret the nerves and burt the gen eral health. Often there is a diseased condition of thc womanly organism which causes backache or headache and ?bo working of the sowing machine under such conditions is akin to torture. Thousands of women who work hove written grate ful letters to Dr. R.V. Pierce, whose " Favorite Prescrlp. tion " luis cured their womanly ills and established their gener a 1 health. "Favorite Prescription'' es tablishes regular ity, dries un healthy and offen sive drains, heals inflammation and ulceration, and cures female Weak* n O s s. I t makes weak women strong and sick women well. Sick women are Invited to consult Dr. Pierce by lotter //vr, ?ind so avoid the indelicate questionings, Offensive ex aminations and obnoxious local treat ments deemed necessary by some physi cians. All correspondence private. Ad dress Dr. U. V. Pierce, buffalo, N. Y. ..i luke great pleasure In recommending Dr. Plofec'd favorito Prescription fur female weak ness." writes Mrs. Susannah rcrmciittr. ?>f r.mis stoic, Shelby Co.. Texas. I was troubled with bcarhig-down palm hi my back ami Mp? fm -.i* year*, and wrote io Dr. Pierce (or advice, I tried iii>i 1 favorite Prescription1 and ?ix bottled cured me, i feel Ilk? .< new permit mid j thank Dr. Pierce for my health, I,ito lt a burden to any one without health. I have told a great matty of my friends admit the great medicine 1 took." Dr. Pierce's Common S?-use Medical Adviser, in paper covers, is sent /ree on receipt of ii one-cent stamps to pay expense of malling only. A dd iv.?.-. Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. What tho South Noods. A speech of Mr. John li. Cleve land, of Spartanburg, S. C., as to tho needs of the South contain some wholesome information for Soulhorn rendors. Mr. Cleveland is a South ern Domoorat, but liko MoLaurin, ho is not ono of the Bourbons who learn nothing and forget nothing. Cotton manufacturing offors a great future for tho South. The groat trouble ts to find mnrkols in which to sell the manufactured goods. Tho raw material is grown in tho South, and Mr. Cleveland says that it can be manufactured as cheaply thoro as anywhero else. But now markets are not available, principally for lack of direct steamship lines. Argentina buys $16,000,000 worth of cotton goods in a year of the kind manufac tured in tho South, but the United States supplies only $500,000 worth to that country. The raw material is transported from tho South to Europe, thoro manufactured into cot ton goods and then sent to Argentina. If a Southern manufacturer wants to send his goods to Argentina he has to ship them by way of Europe. There are several direct lines of steam ships from Europe to Argentina, but not ono from the United States. Hundreds of thousands of tons of coal aro sent from England to Argen tina every year which could bc ship ped just as cheaply from tho United States, excepting for lack of ocean transportation. If the government would givo the necessary aid Ameri can steamship lines would be estab lished to South America, and tho United States could supply both thc coal and cotton goods now sent there from Europe. Some of those vessels could sail with cargoes from South America to Europe, and then bring cargoes from Europe to tho United Stoles, though coffee, rubber and other South American products would supply cargoes to a large extent for vessels returning direct to thc United States. But without steamships wc cnn never get that trade. Europe will contine to supply tho cotton manufac tures and tho coal to Argentina, Brazil and other South American countries which could better bo sup plied by this country.-Philadelphia Press. Chronic Constipation Cured. The most important discovery of recent years is the positive remedy for constipation. Cascarcts Candy Cathartic. Cure guaranteed. Genu ine tablets stamped C. C. C. Never sold in bulk. Druggists, icc. .-. - . - -4 * ?.-. A Closo Guesser Wins $2,000. ft?roonville Nows, Soptomhor ll.J Col. J, Thomas Austin, of this oity, s thc winner of the first prize ?i'2,000-in the Atlanta Constitution ;otton ero]) contest. The guess was m ado upon the total lotion crop for the season of 1000 1901. Secretary Hester's annual ro )ort, which was issued in full Sop? .ember 4th, puts tho cotton crop at 10,888,422, while Mr. Austin guessed I0,o*8?,410 a difference of only six jales. Mr. Austin's guess was ntim )cr 91,698 and was ii led on May 80th, .ogelher with $1 for a subscription ,o The Weekly Constitution which gave him tho privilege of making a guess. Tlic last issue of The Weekly Con ititution prints Col. Austin's picture .ogethor with a fac-simil? of the let ,er containing his guess. Mr. Aus tin was in a specially good humor yesterday and bis friends were con gratulating him on all sides for his good fortune. Col. Austin is probably one of the inst known men in this county, hav ng been born and reared in (?rcen dllo county. Ile has lived in Green Mlle city for tho past eight or ten fears. Shortly after coining to irecnvillo ho was elected to tho [louse of Representatives in 1874, vhich position he held until 1880. n 1886 ho was elected to tho State SotiatO. In 189'2 Col. Austin's friends tlcclcd him to tho position of Register if Meson Conveyance and ho held ,his position creditably for four years. While holding this oflice he was (looted to represent Greenville ooun y in tho Constitutional Convention n 1895. Ile was again elected to the louse of Reperesentatives in 1900, laving polled tho largest vote of five .undulates. Ito is chairman of tho bounty Democratic Executive Com miten and lias been for three years. Sid Darling, 1012 Howard Street, Port luron, Mich., writes: "i havo tried nany pills and laxatives, hut DeWitt's titilo Karly Risers aro far tho best pills have over used." They never gripe. J. W. ?Oil. -- -?t*fc Tlie premiums offered this year at he State Kftir have been greatly in ironsod and competition will be sharp, io sure to get a premium list at once. Doalh of Collector Wobstor. Columbia, S. C., Soptombor 17. Two ovonts havo orowdod on oaoh other which moan a great deal so far | as South Carolina politics aro con- ! corned. First came tho tragio death j of President McKinley, who natu rally held tho koy to tho Republican patronage situation in this State, and to-day Internal Kovonuo Collector K. Alonzo Wobstor, of Columbia, died. Mr. Webster has for yoars been tho member of tho Republican National Committee from this State, and ho was tho personal friend of I Senator lianna, and for yoars and years whatever ho Baid "went" in his party in this State. All local Fedo ra 1 appointments, until very recently, wore referred to him, and ho was tho greatest factor in Republican politics | in South Carolina. Recently there has been a chango' in the situation. United States Se nator MeLaurin was sought and asked to help in tho selections of | public oflicers. Ile says that the in vitation came to him voluntarily, and coining to him in the manner that it did, from President McKinloy, he felt constrained to get tho best ofli cors he could for positions, and that his solo purpose was to got tho best possible material. Then came thc death of President McKinley and people bogan to won der how the situation would affect tho Federal patronngo. They won dered if President Roosevelt was going to work for delegates or for the upbuilding of a white Republi can parly ; they wondered if tho glory of E. A. Webster was to ro turo, and now comes the announce ment of his death. How this will affect thc political situation remains to be seen, but it is being discussed, and now that tho crisis has been reached President Roosevelt will have to face tho South Carolina situation at once in tho ap pointment of a successor to Collector Webster. It was my pleasure to know Mr. Webster since childhood, he having lived in Orangeburg and roared his family there. Mr. Webster was a good, conservative, law-abiding and well-liked citizen. Ile differed with his fellow citizens on national poli tics, but there were none in Or nngoburg who did not think woll of Mr. Webster, and who did not re gard him as a good citizen. Ile co operated in everything that looked to thc development of Orangeburg, and his hand and heart were with his people. Ho leaves two children, one Mr. Allie Webster, who is tho efficient postmaster nt Orangeburg, and Miss | Josephine Webster. Mr. Webster had a severe attack of typhoid fever. Several days ago, being worried about not being ablo to get to his office, ho came to Co lumbia for a day, and on returning to Ornngeburg had a relapso and died to-day at 12.35 at bin home, near the city of Orangeburg. -? ? Henry Braydon, Harris, N. C., says: "I took medicine 20 years for asthma, hut ono bottlo of Ono Minuto Cough CJuro did mo moro good than anything ] 3lsc during that time. Host cough cure." J. W. Hell. -?i*? Joseph A, Wildman, a United Broth ron minister, was tarred and feathered at Huntington, Indiana, yn September 17th, by a crowd of) ano hundred, for saying that Prodi* lent McKinley was a demagogue. i A ronlly healthy womat) lins llt tlo pain or discomfort nt tho menstrual period; No woman needs to liavo any. Wino of Cardui will quickly relievo thoso Smarting menstrual pains nnd ho dragging hoad, back and' sido aches caused hy falling of 'tho womb and irregular mensos. OF has brought pormanout relief to j 1,000,000 women who suffered ovcry month, It makes tho men? Strt.nl organs strong and healthy. lit is tho provision made by Na fturc to give women roliof from tho torrlblo adios and pains which I blight so many homos . OBKKNWOOU .I.A., Oct. li, 1000. I havo hoon very Bick for nomo timo. I waa taken with a novoro pain In my nido and eouhl not izot any roliof until i I trlo.l n bottle of Wino of Oardul, lio foro I brui taken all of lt I was rellovod I fool it my iluty to nay that you havo a wonderful medicino. Mn*. M. A. Yo o KT. J Kor ftiWIrnnn.l lldr.uire,niMrcu?,KITIHC if rap. I loin?. "Tho U.II..R' A.WjM.ry pi.).arimiml.'fTni> CliaUaiiooun .Mr.iicino Cu., ChAUnnooga.Tonn. h< G ol m ci di m IM S G hi w o? cc di Ci d< Ix al Ol in T Ol bi li. le McKinley Was a Mason. Prosident MoKinley is said to have bcoome a Mason undor rather unusual 3iroumstanoos. His outrance into Lho Ordor was an inoident of the war between tho States. It catno near Lho oloso of tho memorable oivil strifo, whilo ho was still in tho F?deral army -vith tho rank of major. Tho young officer from Ohio was itationed at Winchester, Va., whore .vas located a hospital for Confederate vouuded prisoners. In making tho 'ounds ono afternoon with tho regi nental surgeon Major McKinley noticed that tho dootor was on very xiendly terms with several of tho Southerners, not infrequently giving .hom money. Tho interest of the tature President was aroused, and vhon tho opportunity presented itself ie asked the reason for this rather inusual cordiality. The surgeon old him that they were brother tlaBons and tho major met this infor uatiou with tho wish to become a nomber of a fraternity on whioh loithor prison bars nor rank of ?frico iad the slightest effect. Tho desire of young McKinley pas made known to tho oflicors of Iiram Lodge, No. 21, of Winchester, nd on the night of May 1, 1865, at .30 o'olook, he presented himself for nitiatiop. J,B.T. Rocd,aConfederate haplain, was Muster of tho lodge nd conferred the degreo of Entered Apprentice upon the candidate. On bo following evening tho degreo of fellow Craft was given, while at tho i anio lodge, on tho afternoon of i lay 3, at 8 o'clock, ho received the laster Mason degree. But threo i iasons aro now living who witnessed < lie initiation. They are Geo. E. ] nd C. S. Jenkins, of Winchester, nd W. R. Denny, of Nashville, Tenn. After tho war Major MoKinley ffiliated with Canton Lodge, No. 60, n August 21,1867, and later became charter mombor of Eagle Lodge, To. 43, at Canton. On December 28, 883, ho was exalted in Canton Chap ar, No. 84, Royal Arch Masons, lajor MoKinley has maintained his onncction with all the bodies of lasonry to whioh ho belongs, but ublic lifo has precluded any aotivo 'Ork on his part. Mdt I NI.KY A KNIGHT OK PYTHIAS. Nashville, Tenn., Soptombor 17. DI official circular relative to tho oath of President MoKinley has just eon issued by Supremo Chancellor 'ethers, of the Knights of Pythias, 'he assassin's shot, which has de rived tho nation of its Chief Magis rate and carried unmitgablogriof to mny American hearts and hoarth tones, inflicts peculiar and profound arrow upon tho members of our ?rder. William McKinley was a lcmbor in good standing, and his evotion to and admiration of tho mots that we cherish was faithful nd unfaltering. Tho record of his fo was such that of him tho briefest ruthful thought must be, ho livod to less mankind."-American Tyler. MoLaurln and McKinley. Baltimore, Md., September 20. m a lotter to tho Manufacturers' Ro ord, of this city, United Statos Se ator John L. McLaurin, of South ?arolina, tells of an interview ho had 'ith President MoKinloy during the arly days of tho Spanish war : "Tho President," says Senator [oLaurin, "spoke beautifully and mdcrly of tho Southern people and f how ho intended to uso tho power rid influonco of his groat offico to ninito our country. "I can recall tho words, but who m paint tho earnestness and elo ucnoo as, raising ono hand on high, Q said : 'Sonator, by tho holp of od I propose to bo tho President F the whole country, the South as inch as tho North, and boforo tho id of my term tho South will un arstand this.' "No wonder, as a true Soulhorn an, 1 loved and trusted President [cKinloy. I stood by him in tho onate and elsowhoro, and I thank od that I did. "Patriotio in purpose and puro in sart, hin noble soul is now with Him hom tho bato of man nailed to tho oss. Like Lincoln, who saved tho mntry, McKinley, who rounitod it, cs a martyr to onvy and hato." Norris Silvor, North Stratford, N. IL: [ purchased a bottle of Ono Minute }ugh Curo when suffering with a cough )Ctors told mo was Incurable. Ono it tie relieved ino; tho second and third most cured. To-day I am a well man." J. W. Boll. Alabama courts sentenced for lifo io man and two to ton years each i coal minos for lynohing a negro, he prisoners aro white mon. lt is /idont that somo peoplo in Ala nna aro law-abiding citizons and bo Bvo in onforoing the lows rogard 8H of color. NEW8 IN ANO AROUND WESTMINSTER. Westminster, S. C., September 17. .-Luoius and Coolia MoConnoll, young sons of Dr. F. C. MoConnell, of Lynchburg, Va., are spending awhile, with thoir uncle, Mr. W. L. England. They aro on their way to Atlanta, thoir future home. Dr. T. M. Meriwether has returned to oar town after an absonoo of HOVO ral months. His many friends are pleased to soe him. Mr. Hafod Williams, of Atlanta, Ga., is visiting his sister, Mrs. T. N. Cartor. Miss Payne, of Toocoa, visited the MissoB MoClanahan Saturday. Wo aro pleased to know that Dr. C. M. Walker, who has been quite Hick, has rooovercd sufficiently to re pair to his father's, near Fort Madi son. Miss Louise Breazeale has returned from a vory pleasant visit to Ander son and Belton, aocompaniod by her cousin, Miss Lois Brown. A large orowd boarded the Smith excursi?n at this place. J. & M. - <?? Many physicians aro now prescribing Kodol Dyspepsia Curo regularly, having found that it is tho bost proscription thoy oan write, booauso it is the ono preparation which contains tho ?l?ments necessary to digost not only sumo kinds of food, out all ki luis, and it, therefore, o u ros indigestion and dyspepsia, no mat* tor what its cause. J. W. Bell. -<?? Senator MoLaurin and the Anarchists. Souator MoLaurin had tho follow ing to say, a fow days ago, to the Washington correspondent of tho Charleston News and Courier with reforonce to anarohy : "We have a great country and wo should not only drive every anar chist out, but wo should croate a healthful publio sentiment whioh will rendor it impossible for any speaker or writer to disseminate these dangerous doctrines. We should go further and seouro some international co-operation. The welfare of civilized society is so nearly identified now that it will no longor do to seek to rid ourselves of the most heinous class by dumping them upon some one else. "Tho great nations of tho world should establish a penal colony, tin ier joint oontrol, and then segre gate all these criminals whore they jan do no harm. Wo do this for those who have that droad disease leprosy. Does not tho good of so siety moro demand that these moral lepers be so treated ? I suppose that \ bill will be introduced at tho next session of Congress defining anarohy \nd providing an adequate punish Mont." Blue Ridge Railroad Will be Built. Another railroad projoct is on foot vith tho prospect heading towards Greenwood. This is tho Carolina md Northern, which will have ita ?orthwcstorn torminus at Knoxville, ronne88eo, and its southern at Foot l'oint, South Carolina. Tho projectors say that this road s now almost assured and but for be death of Prosidont McKinley trran?oments would have boon com peted to go to work on this lino early ?ext year. This road is not to bp hampered by iny of tho schomes whioh were tho itock in trado of the Black Diamond nibble, and there is assurance that ho photograph of "Gyastikutus" loone, nor any of his kind, will not ravol ahead of tho survey as a por uasivo introduction to investors. Mr. lt. C. Strothor, of Walhalla, voa in Groonwood a fow days ago md gavo out several significant lointors regarding tho Carolina and .iorthorii. Mr. Strothor ig ? presc ient railroad contractor and is author ty on all matters relating to prospoo ivo railway lines and thoir probable onstruotion. Mr. Strothor says that his road may bo oxpeoted without ny flourish of trumpets and that tho oute will bo from Knoxville through iabun Gap and on to tho soa, touch ng Groonwood, in all probability, as Jreonwood is on tho ridge betwocn ho two rivors where construotioi is ess oxponHivc, and tho railroad con lections at this point are so admir bio that to miss tho oity would bo gainst the interest of such a great ailway lino as this is oxpeotod to bo. -Greonv/ood Journal, Soptombor 18. -*, . r Work on the oapitol building at Columbia is progressing satisfaoto ily. Tho grounds pi osent a scono of .rick, granite and building material. [Mic dome is now taking shapo and ;ivos somo idoa of what it will bo i/hon finished. Citizens of Wostmoroland county, 'cnnsylvanio, have forcod twonty ivo families of Anarchists to leave.