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? nv flELOR, SfVHTH & 3T?0K.. ?KtPTION;,$1.gO PF.n ANNUM. " tovcrtrieiNQ RATEO BEA?ONABI.? jtoUploatioiiB of o personal ' ?lrged for nfl advertisements. Tty noilcos and tributos of KOyorono h ?md rod words, I froo of ohargo. All ovor bust brypotd for at tho roto ftfcrd; Oasb to accompany Uv, ?f AN.. 8, ?OO?. ~T^'~.-'- ~ rfc MISLEADING. ?opartm?nt Mlsropros?nted by a Publisher's Bureau of Chicago. [Charleston Nows and Condor.] I'os.tmaBtor Cunningham has roooivod tho following, wblob was iasuod by Ed [win C. Maddon, third assl?taut poatina* ter general : 1 "A oortaiit publishers' bureau lu Chi igo, Ilk, 1B distributing to publishers in kuoral throughout tho oountry tho fol lowing statement: " 'The post olflco officials vat Washing ton,'!), C.,. have just ruled that a sub rlptlon to any publication, ontorod as ?cond-class mattor, must bo diecon inwawnon tao timoT?rwmoint \w yix* in advance has oxpirod. '.This is Such a radical ruling and di Jtly opposito to> all law and provious 'rulings, that it moans a completo ohn?go and revolution lu tho pu.blisblug biisl iuOBs. This ruling will groatly reduce tho circulation of nearly all papers and omise tho withdrawal of many advertisements until a lower rato ia nut into effect. This Vitally affects you, flor it prohibits ox tonding orodit to your subscribers aud reduces your oiroiUation?.oud valuo to advertisers. Auy violation of this will deprive the publisher of bis p.Ol?lld ralo.' "Ppstmasyofs will immediately uotlfy all pubWshors in thoir rospoctivo . olties tlnxt^lio at a to mon ts made iu tho above quotation aro untrue and misrepresent tho attitude and purposo of the dopart-. mont, aud that there bas boon no such bange in tho rulos or practice with ro to subscriptions/to logit?mate soo r.SB publierttlorifi un 1? r.oprooor?to<l. "Tho report' gK^WB out of a ruling in au individual caso of a Now York publi cation which was oaWying au enormous list or expired subscriptions, which woro largely first induced as premiums, and wboro duo notice had boon glvon to tho^ subscriber, who bad, failed to ronow or to ordor continuance with a promise to pay, expressed or implied. "When general rulings aro inado tlioy aro published iu this Bullet in for tho in formation of tho public and all postmas ters. A ruling such as is represented to have boon made would bo unwarranted nuder tho law. "Postmasters will take immediate aotlon undor these Instructions." Witling to Help tho Boors. . Chicago, January 4.-Tho Eov. Hiram "W. Thomas, rooontly pastor of tho Poo ple's Church, of Chicago, lias announced in a lotter to Peter Van Vissingon, treas urer of the Chicago Branch of tho A men can Transvaal league, tho willingness of bimsolf and his wife to go to South Afrloa lu tho interest of non-combatants gathorod at tho reconcentrado camps Dr. Thomas writes from Do Fuuink Springs, Fla., saying: "In tho namo of God aud humanity wo aro ready to go to that fai--off land. Gladly will wo bo tho bearers of tho generous offerings and sympathies of tho peoplo of our oountry of tho freo to tho non-combatants, tho agod, tho mothers and'ohildron, tho sick and dying, whoso husbands and fathers aro lighting for home and oountry, for tho rights of mau." ?? ? ??-- .. .'War ls Hell," In Africa. To tho Editor of tho Nows and Courier: Whilo tho bolls of old St. Miohaol's woro chiming thoir Christmas carol of poaco on earth and good will towards mon, ?came to our hearts, tn splto of ourselves, 'the wall of dying children and stricken ! mothers from tho British ext er m i nut inn pons in South Africa, whore tboy have been horded-aftor burning tbolr homos, ?toros and standing orops-for tho dis tinct purposo of blotting out a noble people of our own race and?rollgion. Among tho children tho percent age of murders thus perpetrated is admitted to amount to 40 per cont per annum. These aro the "bags"-to quote Kitchener's brutal official phraseology-of which wo road in tho newspapers- women and babes and dooropit old mon-tho "killed" largely consisting of unarmed farmers shot down in oold blood. Tho COnscionco of all Christendom, in eluding tho true English pooplo, our own kith and kin, not "braggart Jingoes, is Bhookod by this shameless brutality. But almost in sight of our own homos -In the .Bermudas-a similar process of extermination is practiced upon tho Boor prisoners of war horded there, unhoused, Insufficiently supplied with old, con demned army tents, which havo long since boen blown into tatters by tho floreo ocean winds; exposed to ovory unsanitary influence which cruelty and neglect can produce; thoir nakedness only partially covorod by tho rags to winch their clotho? havo boon roduood ; with foot] of a"n unhealthy kind and in Buffioiont in quantity to sustain lifo; with baro foot blooding from contact with tho rooks and prickly dwarf caotus with whloh thoir inforno ls infostod hero are hoing deliberately put to death by torturo tho remnant of tho hoi'oos of Cronje, who for long sustained tho fight with odds of thirty to ono against thom If it became Intolorablo for us to hoar unheeded tho cries for help from an infe rior race in Cuba, how eau wo continuo doaf to tho groans of agony from strong men of our own kin, coming to our shores from tho lier mudas, noaror to our hoarthetonos than Cuba? It is a na tional disgrace that these enormities should be longor permitted to exist, almost tn contact with cur own homos. But meantime tho heart-sickening dis tress existing oalls for prompt contribu tions to alleviate aa far as mRy bo tko SUlTorijDgs, and charitable associations for this purpose aro being formed at tho North. Should not tho samo thing bo dono at tho South? American. Oli arl cs ton, January 8. TO OI'BIC A COI,? IN ONE DAV Tako Laxativo Bromo Qulnlno Tablets. All druggist? refund tho money if it falls to euro. E. W. Grove's signature ls pa eaoli box. 25 cent?. YHE WALLA WALLA HORROR. lt fa Tlioiinhl that tho Lost''will Number | For'.y.Two- A Sad Experlenoo. San Francisco, Cab, January ,?.-*-The.| French bark Wax, ryhioh collided WHb tho sicamor Walla Wr.lla carly Thursday morning, ls being towed to this city in a badly disabled condition. Thy steamer Qoorgo W. Eitler, from Portland, roports that eho passed tho Max this morning in tow of the steamer Acme and tho United" States rovonuo outtor Mcculloch, about | olghtoeu miles north wost of Poluto Keyes. Tho Mast's.bowsprit was carried away and hor bow was stovo in, both abovo and below tho wntor lino, hoi'water-tight compartments alono kooplng hor nlloat. Ninety-two survivors of tho Wulla Walla arrived boro to-day from Euroka, ou tho sicamor Pomona. Tbo.vo is ?till somo disoropanoy In tho list of doa'd and missing. This dlsoropauoy is duo to tho fact that sovoral passengers boarded tho | vessel just as sho was loavlug port. Others, who woro traveling second-class, gayo assumed names In ordor to hldo thoir idontlty. By striking out what aro possible duplicates tho mitabor of l?st stands at forty-two, classed as fol lows: Known dead, 0; missing passon gors, 18; o?ow, SiO. ,Ono lifo raft is unac counted for and it ls feared that all the missing aro lost. Bov. Uonry Erickson, .who was.among tho six survivors brought to this city by tho stoamor Nomo City lust night, is at a hospital a. physical and almost a mental wreck. Ills wlfo and throo ohlldrou aro among tho doad and missing. Tho Erick son family, excepting tho mother, wore I second-olnss passpngovs.' When-tho orash j ?ttmo .lhey woro uwukonoil und nil got [ on tho upper dook together. Mrs. Erick son and tho two youngor children wero | separated from thoir father and oidor brother. What thoir fato was is not I known, but lt is presumed thoy wore J drowned whou tho vessel wont down. Erickson and his son clung togothor and wofo pltohod into tho water olo?r of tho sinking st einnor. They floated around for Boino timo and woro finally picked Up by tho Ufo raft, on wbioh woro a number of officers of tho Walla walla. It was almost daybreak wbon they wore found and thoy- woro hi an oxhaustod condi tion. Eather mid son woro pulled on tho light.structure, but tho boy was too woak to stand tho oxposuro. A fow hours lator ho diod in* his father's arms', and aftor tho hoart-brokou man had bowod his hoad in Bilont prayer tho body was con signed to tho wavoB. ""Tho Boa was run ning high mid dashing over'tho raft, but nit wluug to tb through th? long hours of tho day and night. Thoy hoped against hopo until tho Nonio Ol ty piokod thom up. Mr. Eriokson was the first to bo lifted aboard. It is thought ho will ro oovor from tho torrlblo effects of tho oxposjiiro. ?rv?-r; "Somo timo ago my daughter caught a j Bovoro cold. Sho complained of pains In [ hor chest and had a bad cough. I gavo hor. Chamberlain's Cough Bomody ac cording to directions and in two days BIIO was woll and ablo to go to school. I havo used this romody in my family for tho past seven years and havo never known it to fail," says .James Prondor gast, merchant, Annato Bay, Jamaica, Wost ludia Islands. Tho pains in tho chest ind ?eated nu approaching nttaok of pneumonia, willoh in this instance was undoubtedly warded off by Chamber lain's Cough ltomody. lt counteracts any teudonoy of a cold toward pneumo nia. Sold by J. W. Boll. Good Roads Convention In Augusta. From January 20 to 25 inclusivo, a Good Boads Congress will bo bold in I Augusta, Qa., and earnest efforts aro hoing made to iulluonoo tho attendance Oil masse of tho people in tho numerous counties surrounding Augusta. ? Tho railroads will put on special ratos, and speakers of nation al reputation will ,in struot tho pooplo upon tho economic value of good roads, tho roads of tho world, best methods of construction, tho lognl necessities of this section, otc Addrossos will bo mado by Hon. Martin Dodgo, director of tho road division of | tho United States Department of Agri-, culturo; by M. ?. Eldridge, assistant director of' tho division; W. n. Mooro, president of tho National Good ltoads | Socioty; Suporintondont Mach?n, of tho United Statos Froo Bural Dollvory Sys-1 tom; by Governors Caudlor, of Georgia, and McSwooney, of South Carolina, and tho Stato geologists of Georgia, South Carolina and North? Carolina. Sovoral of these lectures by oxports will bc Illus trated. Socrotary of Agrloulttiro Wilson has wrltton froih Wellington that ho will also ondoavor to bo prosont. Efforts aro bolllg mado to secure tho attendance of tho South Carolina Legislature, which will bo Bitting at that timo. An invita tion lias boon extended to Admiral Sohloy, who will bo in Goorgia at that timo, to bo present, and his attondnnco j will bo. secured if possible. Admiral Dowoy has also boon luvitod. It Is do sirod to got a groat outpouring of tho people to consular tho important matter of public road improvement. A train of ton to twolvo cars ol' tho I lab .it road maohlnory will bo on hand, in charge of tho National Good Boads Sooloty, and road maklng^and working will bo oarrlod on for tho flvo days under tho direction of that society for tho instruction of tho public. With this machinery tho most rapid, economical and modern methods of road Improvo mont will bo shown. Tho publio xixor oiscs and addrossos will ooour on tho 23d and 21th. Tho greatest nood of this sootion of tho South is good publio roads. In this particular wo aro far behind tho ago. To illustrate: On most of tho ordinary roads of this sootion only two and thron bale? of cotton can bo drawn by two horses; In tho mOBfc improved road sec tions of tho United Statos from ton to twolvo halo? of cotton, or their nnnlva iont, aro regularly drawn by two horses, It costs tho pooplo in muoh of tho terri tory surrounding Augusta from throo to flvo limes what it should to haul thoir products; from throo to flvo timos tho investment in ,stock is required ill thin torrltory as In good road sootlons to do, tho samo amount of hauling, It Is imposslhlo to oxpoot proper profits or muoh development under such conditions, tt ls a question of trans portation; transportation being at tho USBI? of modern davolopment. fePooplo will not einigt ate to tho section having poor transportation facilities; nor can tho youth reared in such a logion bo I rotniuod. Under tho poor condition of | our publio roads, land? havo dotorioratod in value in competition with tho suporior facilities of transportation of othor ooo tlons. Tho only way to roolalm thoso VnltlCS and bring permanent development Is to pr?vido publio highways equal to tho host lu tho country. Tho awakonlng of tho publie, conspfbnoa upon this gravo m ut Un I,dins tho uos'u oiforts of tho most patriotic mon of tho section, Notabler family He tfilpr?. i .?offorsdn, Texas, December ?Oth, 1001. -Editors Onurlor; lt n?iy bo of Interest to aomo of your ref dor? to learn.through the coluuius.of yo?>,\pfl,y?r that tho hoinh pf M. ij. Davis, ?jr., formerly'.of Oconeo county, South Carolina, but now of Jef ferson, Texas, was thescouo of a happy reunion of tho members' of his family ned other relatives oh Christmas day, 25th instant. Mr. Davis romovod from Westminster to Texas lu tho fall of 1886 and Bottled thou on tho farm four miles north of Jofforson whoro ho now rosldos, but bis oldldron have r.ll grown up and some of thom removod to other portions of thoStato> Whoo he canto to Toras' ho had nine living children, but in Juno, 161K), his oldest daughtor, Dora,, only a fow snort months nftor her happy mar rlhg? to Mr. No.vrls Mavltt, departed this lifo to join tho groat host of thoredoomed in that brighter world abovo. Tho ro matning night aro living and sov?n of thom woro. present on tho occasion mou tloucd to gladden tho hoarts of their aged pnrouts, to wit: B?v. M. h. Davis/ Judgo W. II. Davis ard Nat. L. Davis, who rosldo ih tho thriving city of Waco; Warren II. DSVIB. Porter rt. Davin, Mrs. Koto Davis. Alford and Mrs. Etta Davis Storrott, who rosldo lu "and noar Jofferson. Mrs. Bort Davis Gray, who roBldos in Dallas, Texas, was tho only absout ehild, being unablo to visit tho parental roof at this timo. Othors pros out, whoso names might bo montlonod boro, woro Mr. Charles B." Jaynos, pf MoLonnan county, Toxas, and Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Y. Jaynos, of Cass oounty, Texas. Tho lattor aro well romomborcd by many of your readers aa form or resi dents of your oounty. Tho total number who partlotpatod lu and-' onjoyod tho hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Davis on this occasion woro thirty-three, and it was a timo of groat joy for all. Ono of the pleasant features of tho day waa the oxoollout muslo rendered by Messrs. diarios B. and T. A. Y. Jaynos, and lt was an ngrooablo sight to soo thoso two brothers, ' who aro nearing thoir throe Booro years and. ton together, rondoriug as sweet violin music- as over greeted tho oars of any ono. Mr. Charles .Jaynos porfoi'inod tho font of playing two instru menta at tho samo timo-tho violin and tho organ-whloh ho did to tho delight Of tho most fastldCOUS. Tho dinner pre pared by Mrs. Davis and hpr daughtor, Mrs. Alford, whoso family llvo with bor parents, dosorvos special mention. Some Idoa of it may be obtained from a. mon tion of tho meats alono, which consisted in part of oin eic en, bolled ham, sausages, back-bo no and ribs, squirrolfl) stewed and fried, quail ,on' toast, opossum, oto. Tho load ed dining table . presented a striking picture, figuratively spoaking, of tho broad and fortilo State which mado such a dinnor pOsslblo-groat in size, inviting to tho oyo and satisfying to all who onjoyod tho privileges lt afforded. . A not her f eaturo of tho vory delight ' ni day was tho remembrance of Buckner's Orphan Home. Tho two little daughters of M. L. Davis, Jr., Dora Bello and Ar ti o May, aged - niuo and si:: respectively, who carno with thoir father to visit their grand-parents, brought with them a little rod stocking mado for tho purpose of taking a collection for tho Homo. Whoo Its mission was mado known it rocoivod a hearty response and tho not sum of if'5.00 deposited thorolu. This is in keeping with tho custom prevalent among tho Baptists lu Toxas of taking collections during tho Christmas holi days for tho Homo. This institution is looatod in Dallas, Toxas, and has within tts walls an average of about four hun dred orphan children who aro provldod for ontlroly by f roe-will offerings. No doubt tho many friends of Mr. Davis In bis nativo Stato will bo glad to know that ho, although in tho 81st year of his ago, is onjoying vory good health, and no ono can ovor know tho groat ploasuro ho and his noble wife, Mary L. Davis, who is nearing hor throo Booro years and ton, though much younger in appearance, experienced on this occa sion, and lt is to bo.hoped that they may yet bo .spured for many soars to como. A Friond. Child Wort lt Millions. .*My child is worth millions to mo," Bays Mrs. Mary Bird, of Harrisburg,' Pa., .'yot I would havo lest hor by croup bad I Hot purchased n bottle of One Minute Cough Curo." Ono Minute Cough Curo is sure eu re for coughs, croup and throat and lung (roubles. An absolutely' safo cough Curo whloh aots immediately. Tho youngest child can take it with entire safety. Tho little ones Uko tho tasto and remember how often lt helped thom. Evory family should havo a bot tlo of Ono Minuto Cough Curo handy. At this season especially it may bo needed s?ddonly. J*. W. Boll. Liberty Boll Spooding to Southland. Philadelphia, January 0.-Tho old llborty boll, accompanied by Mayor Ash bridgo and an ofholal oscort of city coun cilmen and oity department bonds, started on its jouruoy to tho Charleston Exposition nt 8 o'olook . this morning. As tho special train loft tho Pennsylvania railroad station a salute of 21 guns was fired at tho Loaguo Island navy yard. Tho boll is scheduled to arrive at Char leston at 10 o'olook uoxt Thursday morn ing.. PUPILS SINO IN BELL'S HONOB. Harrisburg, JPa., January 0.-Tho pas sage of tho llborty boll through Harris burg to-day was not markod by any formal groeting on tho part of tho olty officiais P.'od organizations. Union -sta tion, howovor, tho ot her points of van t ago from willoh tho precious rollo could ho viowod, woro .orowdod. Tho train reached hero ut 10:00 and loft ton min utes lator ovor tho Cuuiborland Valley railroad. A doligation of citizens from Carlisle and oilier points in tho Cumberland Valley mot t ho train boro as an oscort through th ot region. This ls tho first timo tho boll has ovor gono through that historio valloy, and preparations havo boon mad? In ovory town and luwniot, along tho rout e. to ncoord it a fitting re ception. At. Sootland, Franklin county, tho pupils of tho industrial training sohool will sing patriot ic songs during tho Ovo minutes' walt. Thoy will also prosont Mayor Ashbrldgo with a largo floral omblora. OIVKN A BOYAL WKLGOMK. .Ilagorstown, Md., January 0.-Tho llborty boll was alvon a royal woloomo by tho mayor, city officials and noarly tho ont ire population this afternoon. A conspicuous and Inspiring feature of tho rocoptlon accorded the old rollo was tho presence of 2,000 sohool ohtldron, who sang .. America" and othor patrlotlo songo as tho train rolled into the Cumberland Valloy dopot. Two Freights Collide. Atlanta, January 5.-As tho rosult of a head-end collision between two freight trains of tho Southern Ballway early this morning near Box, Ga., fourtoon miles from this placo, throo of tho train's orow wero killoe and a number of frolghtoars dcstroynd'by/Iro. Tho two trains mot on a Sharp curve, the derailed ears catch ing Ari, Thc (vmsion, \- is ,-,as oaiiBod by a disregarding of signals by tho orow of ono Of tho two trains, A Word to ino Farmers. ->......" ' ' . Wo would noii presumo to ad viso a f ar mor or any othor man about his owu i businosu, but thoro aro f.Ctno oonsldora' *.f.t,M that wo. want to ?ot before tho for mers tor tho slmplo roason that in ooai-| mon with all tho other uon-agrloultural population wo are dopondent upon them, and the prosperity of the country ls 'de pendent upon their suocoss or failure. To a largo oxtout the wolfaro of tho country is in thoir koop.lng and if thoy ?ink or swim the country sinks or swims with thom. Thoro is no botter ovldonoo of tbf.t than tho oondltlon of tho country at thia time, oausod by tho failuro of tlio crops, abd more oapoolally tho cotton orop. What wo want to ask ls this/ IB tho system of farming that obtains boro tho host for tho farmers Jthorasolvoa and for tho ?oiiutry gonorally? True, ootteh is tho only money orop. But is it wiso' to devote so muoh of tho land and tho consequent expenditure of time, onorgy and mouoy upon it to tho oxol?sion Cf other oropa, whloh aro absolutely essen tial on tho farm, and whloh, If not pro duood thoro, must bo bought and brought thoro. In what respect ls a mau bene fited who raises cotton to tho oxolusion of almost ovorythlng olso, or oleo makos those othor'things moro sooondary mat ters? Instead of hoing bonofitotl, is ho trot oripplod? Why should tho ootton money bo sont out of the oountry for nooossary supplies that oan he raisod at home? It la a falso and vicious argu ment that a man oan buy moro prod nco with an aoro of ootton than he oan grow on tho Same land lu grain. It looks plausible, but thoro is a fallacy in it. It don't work out that way, and it takes only ono or two . crop failures Uko this and last yoar to provo it. Why should a farmer lu this oouutry buy oom or oats or forego for his stock or broad and moat for his family? Is it good or successful farming that compels af armor to do that? Thoro is but ono auBWor to that. If per sisted in it will eventually bankrupt the mau that docs it. Is it not true that tho first thing a man must got out of his business is a living? And If a farmer falls to got that ho ia in a pitiable plight. Thoro. aro abqut_20,000 people, in this county who do not farm. *Thoy have got to bo fod, and tboro ts' money in it for Bomobody who will do it. TliOBO thoughts have boon'thrown out at random In tho hope that it will induco tho ? farmers to doter mino to rai BO more, food supplies this yoar.??-Audorflon Mall. I A Good Recommendation. dil di "I bavo uotiood that tho salo on Champ j borlalu's Stomach and Livor Tablets ts] almost invariably, to thoso who 1 have | ouco used thom,'' says Mr. Jv H./Wobor01' a prominent druggist of Cascade, Iowa. What better recommendation could any medicine bavo than for people to call for lt when again lu need of suoh a remedy? Try thom when you fool dull after oat-' lng, when you have a bad tasto in your mouth, fool bilious, have no appetite or when troubled* with constipation, and you aro oortaiu to bo delighted with tho prompt relief whioh thoy afford. For salo by J. W. Bell. - -:-. . ' Too Much Smoko in the Cars. To His Ex?ollouoy the ^Governor of South Carolina: TWO years ago the Leg islature of South Carolina enacted a law roquiring tho railroads of the Stato to abolish "second-class" coaches on thoir trains nnd to furnish all passengers with first-olass coaches. I do not question tho wisdom of this remarkable law, but I wish to oall your attention to tho faot that this law is not oarriod out, and'I do this booaUBO I and other? aro unpleas antly affected by that faot. Slr, tho BOC ond-olasB coaches aro not abolished, uol tbor are tho first-olass ooaohos furnished to all .passengers. The coaches aro satis factory enough in their appointments Bavo ono, but that ono mars all tho rest. A part of each oar is separated from tho rest by a partition, iu tho middlo of whloh is a door. This portion of tho oar is appointed and used as a smoker. Many passengers, either through ignor ance or for oonvenlonoo, beoauao near lt, pass through this smoker on entering or leaving tho oar. This is not agreeable to many, but lt ls a ?mali matter compared with another annoyance: constantly, whilo tho train is in motion or at rest, couduotors and brakesmen aro Cbligqd to pass to and fro through tho smoker. Passengers do tho same. This constant opening of tho partition door allows tho smoko and fum?s of tho "aooond.objss'v part to fill tho untended '^first-olass" body of tho oar, and so converts tho Othorwlso "first-class" into an actual "second-class oar, to tho discomfort, an noyance and not in frequent sickness of tho non-smoking travolora, who, on tho wholo, aro in tho majority-somo mon, most women and ni no-tenths of the chil dren. 1 appeal to youl Excellency, Is it right to foroo BO largo a part of tho trav eling public to travel for milos and hours, of ton tho length and broad th of the Stato, in a second-class, unpleasant atmosphere, falsely called a first-olass oar ? . ' If the smoker is a necessary appoint ment of n ll ist-el ass raliway oar will it bo a hardship or injury to tho corpora tion to so arrange it that thoso who do not uso it shall bavo to pass through lt otthor entering or loaving the oar, and Ito smoko and smell sh all not outer tho first olass oar, to tho annoyance and detriment of thoso who aro not smokors. I earnestly and most respect fully oall tho attention of your Excollonoy to this matter. . r. F, Stovons. This will Interest Many. . Botanio Blood Balm (B. B. H.), tho j famous Southern blood purifier, quickly ) onces oanoor, blood poison, pimplos, boils, carbuncles, ulcers, eating sores, scrofula, eczema, aching bone?, joints or baok, rheumatism, eararrh, and skin troubles. B. B. B. boals every ?oro and ??koB the blood puro and rioh. B. B. , tho finost blood purifier made. Drug f[tsts, $1. Trial treatment freo by writ ng Blood Balm Co., Atlanta Ga. For Bato by J. II. Darby, druggist. Gen. Joe Wheeler's Opinion on tho Solid 8oulh. Cleveland, Ohio, Jnnuary 2.-Gonoral Joseph Wheeler was in this city to-day In tho intcrost of a pow army rille. In a newspapor lntervlow ho said In roply to a question on tho possibility of n political break in tho South : "Tboro ls no question that tho supori orlty uf tho white rnoo in the South must bo maintained, Any ono who bas soon tho South uuder tho*rulo of tho othor oolor as lt was after tho war, can understand why this must bo so. For ono roason white supremacy alono can insure financial stability. Thoro will be no political break in tho solid South by any party whioh trios to interfere from tho North through tho medium of poli ticians with* the solving of tho oolor problem by the South." There )i> ono good thing about Miss Steno's press agent : IIo (lonies to-mor row what ho sonds out to-day. Small crops, unsalable vcgr etablcs, result from want of Vegetables are especially fond of Potash. Write for our free pamphlets. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., Nsw York. Tho Chlquola Ball.. Anderson, S. C., January 1.-Tho hall at the Hotel Chlquola on Tuesday night waa a brilliant SUCCORS, exoolling, lt is said, any of those- gi von heretofore at tho Chlquola Gorman Club; though it has in tho past scored many BUCOOBSOS. Thoro woro moro than sixty couples j danoiug. Thoy danced until 4 o'clock this morning. Exoolleut music was fur nished by. Board?n's Orchestra, of Au gusta. Among tho visiting young ladles woro tho following: Miss Lizzio MoBoo, Miss Anulo Marshall, Miss Es tollo Earle, Miss Suo Harris, Miss Brownie Hoary, and; Miss Stone, of Groonvillo; Miss Anido Vornor, M?BB Emma Merrick,' Miss Carry Perry, Miss julia Maxwell, and Mrs. A, 0. Merrick of . Walhalla; | Miss Latimor, of Bolton; Miss Johnson, of Savannah ; Miss Fenn, of Charlottes ville, Vu. ; Miss Broodon, of Bonnotts-1 villo; Miss Caro Mlllor, of Birmingham; Miss Ch an di or, of Atlanta; Mrs. Stophon Provost, of Columbia; Miss Doutbit, of j Aututa ; Miss Arralnus Wright, of At lanta, and Mrs. J. N. Watkins, of.Groon . ville. . -?-???. Hols not Pinched. i Joel R. Ahnoy is ono farmer in Green wood county that will not suffor from I the hard timos we hear aro coming. Ho I saved 1,400 pounds ot pork last week, has corp. enough in his barns to do him two years and fodder live years old and plonty of it. It should also bo romum 'borod? that (Mr. Abney 1B ono of tho mon ? who did not want ton oonta for his oot t?h last [year, but stored it and took loss. Why should any iarraor ip Greenwood' ?'rj?nty st?ryo? Mr. Abney is a cotton man, it is truo, but ho grows tho bread j produots, with which bo makes cotton, J ?nd has some' to spare.-Groonwobd Journal. _ ^_*? REMARKABLE CURE FOR CROUP. . A Little Bby'8 Life Saved. I have a few words to say regarding Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It saved my li.ttlo boy's life and I fool that I can not prai so it enough. I bought a bpttlo of it from A. E. Stooro, of Goodwin, S. D., and whon I got homo with it tho poor baby could hardly broatho. I gavo tho medicino as directed every ton min utos until ho "throw up" and then I thought s ur o ho was going to choke to death. Wo had to pull tho ph leg m out Of his mouth in groat long strings. .1 am positivo that if I had not got that bottle of cough medicino, my boy would not bo on earth to-day.-Joel Demont, Iuwoo.d, Iowa. Por salo by J. W. Boll. .- - Canal Company Fixes Prtco. Paris, January 4.-Tho Dlrootors of tho Panama Canal Company, with Pr?si dant Bo in tho ohair, mot at tho'com pany's ofilcos to-day and aftor a brief session came to a doflnito decision to off or to soil tho oanal proporty to tho United Statos for $10,000,000. This prioe inducios tho excavations, oaual, railroad, maohlnory and all tho othor items Bpooifled in tho isthmian commission's roport. Tho company's repr?sentative at Washington, M. Bovy, rocoivod a cable mossago to-day instruct ing him formally to submit this offer to the Proflldent. Thin Dlgn&turo ia on overy box of tho gonulue Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets tho remedy that ?oros n cold In ono day A Masonic library. Charleston Nows' aud Courlor, January 8: "Landmark Lodgo, No. 70, A. P. M. S. C., was presented Wednesday night at regular monthly communication with ; library of woll solootod Masonic books tho gift of Past Mastor . William A I Courtenay, bf Nowry, Ooonoo oottnty. 18. C. Tho library, whioh is onolosou in a handsome oablnot of birds oyo' maplo, is a vory valuoblo ono am will bo groatly prlzocl by tho lodgo. Thc presentation was made by Past Master Alexander W. Marshall in behalf of tho donor, and W. M. Jamos G. Morris ao ooptoa it on behalf of tho lodge in a fow woW chosen remarks. ? -?.?? Tallulah Falls., Railroad. Tho material is ordered for tho long trestle at Tallulah Palls an '. contracts aro to bo lot in January on tho first ilvo tuiles of tho extension towards Franklin, N; C.-Mt. Airy Protootionist. DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAMB BACK? Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. V Almost everybody who roads the news papers ts sure to know of tho wonderful ?ciL 11 r>"**-* rr.adc ty Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, tho great kidney, liver and madder romedy. It ts the great medi cal triumph of tho nine teenth century; db* covered after years of luUll sofontlflo research by .. H&M!Dr' Kilmer, tho omi <U '-.4?>??~ " ncnt kidney and bl?u ??.?..?W5^ . ?er speolallst, and lt wondarfulfy successful in promptly curing lame back, kidney, bladder, urlo acid trou bles and Bright's Disease, which ls the worst form of kidney trouble. pr. Kilmers Swamp-Root is not rec ommended for everything but If you have kid ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found just the remedy you need. It has boon tested tn se many t 'sys, tn hospital work, In private practico, among tho helpless too poor to pur chase relief and has proved so successful In every case that a special arrangement has been made by which all readers of this paper who have not already tried lt, may liavo a sample bottle sent free by mall, also a book telling more about Swamp-Root and how to find out If you have kidney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading thia generous offer in this paper and send your address to i Dr. Kilmer St Co., Bing-1 harnten, N. Y. The regular fifty cent and ncsaotswunp-uoo*, dollar sixes aro sold by ?ll good druggists, .Next Confederate Reunion. Now Orleans, La., J.muar'y (J. -Tho follow!.Sportier osUulishing tho dato of tho next reunion of tito Confederate Voterait?, whloh 1H to bo bold In Dallas, Toxns, was issued to-day by Coo. Cor don, commnndpr-in-ohlof of tho United j Confederate Votorans: Headquarters United Confederate Vot orans, Now Qrloans, La., Jnuunry 4,1002. Oonorul Ordor No. '?OT. Tho general couimandor announces that .under, tho custom OBtabllshod-by tho association, leaving tho dates of tho rouutons to tho I gouornl commanding and tho depart ment commanders, by unanimous agroo mont and at tho. desire of and acquicB coiiBe by "our host" tho nqxt Po?uiou will bo held lu Dallas, Toxns, on April 22, 28, 21 and 25, 1002, Tuesday, Wed nesday, .Thursday and Friday rospoo-| tively. N 2. On aocouat of tho rapid growth of j tho association and tho i inmenso accumu lation of business wbioh demands urgont attention at tho oomming sCsslou, four 4ays will bo given for this important session, unless tho buBinoss 1? ?ooner disposed of by tho cfolngatos. 3. With prldo the general command ing also announces that &80O camps havo now joiuod tho assooiation, and- applica tions received nt thoso hoad quarters for many moro. Ho urges Vetorans ovory wboro'to send to thoso headquarters for organization papors, from oamps nt onoo I and join this association, so os to assist in oavryipg out its boco voient, praise worthy and patrlotlo objoots. . By ordor of J. B. Gordon, Gonornl Commanding. George Moorman, Adjutant Gonoral and Chlof Of Staff._ Juni Harness Ton caa make y o J r har? nena as oort M a glove aijd M to Un M wiro by using BtlKBKA Unr nonrj Oil. YOD can long-then r-i lifo-make lt hist twice aa long as lt ordinarily woola. EUREKA Harness Oil mnken a poor looking har nees Uko now. Madu of pure, heavy bodied oil, es pecially prepared, to with-, stand tho weather. Sold everywhere lu cans-au air co. Made bi STANDARD OIL GO. A Lucky Widow Wins $7,000,000. New York, january 0.-Tho widow ot Houry B. Plaut lins won sovon millions by a doolslon of tho Supromo Court Justice Levontrlt hold' that tho will of tho railroad magnnto should bo estab lished in this jurisdiction on tho ground that although ho died in Connect ?out be was a rosidont of Now York. Under tho I Now York laws, the widow gots proportyj valued at seven millions. ?-'--*.? Hobson for Congress. Birmingham,-Ala., January 5.-A Bpo oial from Montgouiory, Ala., says: Capt. H i oh m end P. Hobson will soon resign I from tho havy and enter politics. It is | said ho w'll oppose ' tho Hon. John H. lhmkhead as Congressman from tho 6th i distriot. . $13,000 for a Colt. .? Nashvlllo,x Tenn., January 6,-Pooch Wlshard arrived hero to-day from Mem phis and concluded arrangements with I T. H. Hays for the purchase of tho* thrbo yoar-old colt BUUIICIB, by Chavado, dam Z?ngara il. Tho price is $18,000 and tho | colt will raco next season in tho colore Of John A. Drake, of Chicago. One Minute Late. It makes no difforonco whether you woro ono minuto or ono hour lato, if you missed tho train. Bottor got thoro on timo. Colds load to, coughs, coughs to pneumonia and consumption ; tberoforo, lt is nil important to'chook a cold before lt reaches tho lungs. Perry Davis's Pain Killer Will positively break a cold inside of twenty-four hours. Thoro is but ono Pain-Killor, Porry Davis's. To Christen Kaiser's Yacht. Washington, January 8.-Mlss-Alico Koosovolt, tho oldest daughter of Presi dent Itoosovolt, will eli risien ;tho Gorman Kaiser's now yacht, now being built. at j Staton Island, N. Y. This onnounoo mont was. made at tho Whito Houso to. day on tho Itfaisor's invitation to Miss Roosovolt, which was ext ended through Dr. Von 1 foleben, Gorman ambassador. Killing Horses and Cows. San Antonio, Texas, January G.-On account of tho almost total failuro of grass and tho high prico of foodstuffs in this section, over. 100 hoad of horses and miloh cows havo boon killed iu San An tonio during tho past sixty days to pro vont thom from dying from starvation, , thoir Owhors who aro of tho pooror class, being unable to buy food for tho animais. Thorohas boon drought in this section I for twelve months or ni5ro and thoro isl no present, prospect, for an improvomont. .-,--? . m Gon. Wado Hampton III. Columbia, S. C., January 0.-Tho rela tivos and many friends of .Gon. Wado Hampton woro porloimly alarmed yester day aftorno?n over his sudden and vory serious. illness. (Jon, Hampton's groat heart was suddonly affootod and for a timo tho gravest of fears woro ontor talnod. This Uv tho llrst attack of the kind ho lins ovor .experienced. Gon. Hampton rallied several hours later and last night his condition is reported as hoing groatly improved. Counting tho Dead. London, January 0.-Tho total reduc tion of Groat Britain's military forces In South A frica from tho boglnding of tho war to December, including doaths from dlsonso, morning reported, missing, etc., amour** to 24,200 mon. Of this number 10,430 woro actually klllod or died. A total of 04,830mon wore invalided n t.home, tho majority of whom rooovored nod re joined tho!:' commands. ' Will Georgia Drop Now. Atlanta, January 4.-Tho Howoll reso lution, dovotlng $32^,880 of the public property fund to tho payment of Intorest on tho bondod debt of tho Stato, waa to day declared constitutional by tho SUpromo Court of Goorgla. Tho princi pal question at issuo was whotbor tho interest, on tho bonded debt waa a part of tho debt itoolf and tho court doeldod that it was, DEAFNESS OR > HARD ARE NOW CL by our new invention. Ouly those bom deaf are incurable. HEAD NOISES CEASE IMMEDIATELY. F* A. WRRMAN, OF BAkTCftlORB, SAYS: wd., March SP, io?. if at, I will now give you i getting wore?, until I lost ' . . Gtntltmtn Relnjr entirely cured of deafness, thank? to your trcatmt f?ll history cif my casts to be used at your discretion. About fiy?,year8 ago my right car began to slog, ami this kept ou get myrl rely. Cw Yor meru. After I had used U only a few day* according to your dlrechouB, the-tioUes ceased, and to-day. arter five weeks, my bearing in ?he dtteastd e^r han b*?tt etttlnjly restored. 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OUR 8PE0IAL HOLIDAY PRICES ARE AS LOW AS THE LOWEST. Our stook of Harness, Saddles, Whips, otc, is without hu equal in this sect ion. S^p-Wo aro posltivoly closing out our Livery Business and ohor Groat. Bargains In UOOD HORSES AND MULES, Buggies, Wagons and Ilaoks. This is no Toko, but a genuino salo, Soo us before you buy. ? Wo oarry ovorythlng in tho Gonoral Morohandlso Uno-Grocorlos, Hardwaro, Crookory. Tinware, Glassware, and a largo asBortmont of Stoves. JUST RECEIVED-Soveral oar loads of tho celebrated Roxane, BakoiB1 Choleo and Southoru Bello Flour-GOING AT THE OLD PRICE. Hulls, Meal, Bran, Etc., Always on Hand. A COMPLETE LINE OF FURNITURE, COFFINS AND CASKETS. fev'/: -DON'T FORGET THE PLACE CARTER & COMPANY, New Store - Main St. - New Block, |: : Walhalla, So. Qa, \ To Our Patrons: This is you ; soo, a Christ mas troo. . Ono of tho best typo', too, and whilo, friends kind, 'tis not a pine, yot. it was mado for you. 'Tis truo you soo upon this troo ho prosonts rich aud raro; yot please bo kind, and boar in mind, in . wish tho .gifts aro thoro. Wo now wish all, tho short and tali, young, middle-aged and groy, tho poor, tho rich, . whlto, blaok Os pi lob, "A Happy Now Yoar'e Day." May we not also "wish" that wo may soo you oftouor in our beautiful storo during this year? And wo assure you that it will bo our onrnost dosiro to sorvo you moro satisfactorily than in tho past. Eomombor wo are "tko pcoplo" In Dry Goods, Shoes. nats, Notions, Clothing and Fanoy Goods.. Again wishing you and yours a bright "Happy Now Yoar" In tho fullest scnao of tho torm,: wo aro, s Yours truly, V. L. N O R M A N . This World Bolongs to tho Enorgotlo. State Mutual Life R O M E, Ash A. The Parent Annuity Association of the South. Assots, . .. ft1??,505.?i Surpins, over all liabilities, July 1st, 1001, ; $ 00,258.87 IT IS WITH PLEASURE AND PARDONABLE PRIDE THAT WE CALL ATTENTION OF OUR FRIENDS and tho publlo gonorally to tho oxc?l oontract for Lifo Insuranoo now bolng oiTorod by Tho Stato Mutual Liifo Annuity Association, of Kamo, On. It is not an ossossmont company, but a GUARANTEED STIPULATED MIUM.CONTRACT. Tho plan is tho Annuity Systom, whioh provides a gil tcod annual Income to tho mombor In old age. In oaso of his death lt provid| his widow, and in the ovont of hor doatli, for his minor ohlldron. 1? JU* JES ST ATK M. TT HT Tj A: T? issues tho gfrongost, tho safest and most beneficial oontraot for a dopondent j now on tho markot, Thoy numbor among thoir polloy-holdors somo of" tho finanoiorB of ibo Statos of Georgia, Scuth Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina and Virginia, and with 'TI^'? JEfci ono accord thoy unhesitatingly pronounoo lt S?tT* III". E#( THOMPSON HILES, Prosldont. ELBERT T. McGHEE, Soorotary. J. W, ROUVSAVILLE, W. P. SIMPSON, Treasure Ofiloo and Consulting Rocms: l??? Main Stroot, Columbia, S. C First-class Agonts wanted. Addross: Look Box No. 127, Cohn FRANCIS A BAILEY,J >. State Agent?, Or T. H. FRANCIS, 380 Whitehall Sheet,