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TO THINE OWN SELF BS TRUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU OANS'T NOT THEN BB FALSE TO ANY ETAN. BT J A YNES, 3HEL?R, SMITH & STECK. WALHALLA, SOUTH OABOL-INA, MARCH 18, 1902. MW 8EKIKS, KO. 20?.-VOLUME MU.-Ko. ll. NO SHOE MORE QUEENLY. NO PRICE MORE RIGHT. To THE LADIES - AKin vi Wo want you to seo and know high grade Foot valuo Comfort, prec?ate oconomy bo convincod. $3.00 Saos** ^^ONE PRK C/WT&J.E.E Sole Agents for OUR OX IS BEINQ GORED. Mr. Latimer's Efforts in Aid of the Experiment Stations. Washington, Maroh 6.-When the bill making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture comes beforo tho House of Representatives an effort is goiug to be made to our tail the appropriation. Several members of the House from States that have no agricultural industry of importance are leading tho fight for the reduction. They contend that too rauob money is being expended for experimental work by the de partment, and, in a word, that the work being done is of no practical value, and gives no roturn to the people for the money used. During the past five years the department has gradually extended its work nioner tho line of tho dovolnnmont. of new industries and experiments with new crops as well as the introduction of new and improved methods of agriculture, good roads, etc. The object hoped to bo realized is a greater divorsity of crops through out the farming section of the coun try along up to dato lines. A groat deal of labor and money is being ex pended in practical experiments, get ting up and sending out literature, seeds, plants, trees, and in making surveys of the soil conditions of the country, and the estimates of the secretary for tho next fiscal year con templates a still greater extension along theso lines, hence the opposi tw^r that has sprung up in the House. A strong fight is going to bo made to koop the appropriations in tho bill on the basis of tho estimates of tho secretary. The members from the farming States are thoroughly aroused to the necessity of the ap propriations, and are lining np for the fight. Among the prominent leaders in Congress who bolievo trrat the department, nf agriculture should have plenty of money is Representa tive Latimer, of South Carolina. While ho is of the opinion that bet ter results might be obtained by working through tho State experi mental stations, he knows that such a plan is impossible at this time, and therefore is supporting tho depart ment of agriculture in a dotcrminod way. The Secretary of Agriculture, recognizing Mr. Latimer's influence . in the House, has consulted him on the subject of the opposition, and given him a full statement of his position in the matter to bo used on the floor of the House when tho de bate comes on. Mr. Latimer said, in speaking of the matter : "I have watched carefully and con tinually the work of tho department of agriculture since I have been in Congress and my support of and admiration for tho work that is done by tho department grows stronger ovory day. It is tho one department of tho government that gives baok to the people diroctly tho bonefit of tho money expended, and ought to be the one to receive tho individual support of all members of Congress interested in the welfare and pros perity of the farmer. The groat wm W that tho donartmont yo\\\ Ar* 1..... hardly begun, and yet I know that the farmers of my State have been greatly benefited already. My inter est is assured in any movement that will aid the agricultural classes, and JUSTLY FAMED FOR PERFECTION IN MATERIAL AND FITTING QUALITIES. OF WALHALLA CINITY.^-L. which is indoed Queen of all wear. If you love beauty, ap /Try a pair and All stylos. $3.00 }E, $3.00. ?AUKNIGHT, Walhalla, S. C. it will aid my people to have tbo benefit of the experiments, tho litera ture, soil surveys, seed, trees and other good work done by the depart ment, and I am therefore a strong supporter of the bill carrying tho desired appropriations." In this connection it will prove interesting to the people of South Carolina to read a letter from the Secretary of Agriculture to Mr. Latiraer : "Hon. A. C. Latimer, M. C. House of Representatives. "Sir : Tn connection with the work of the bureau of plant industry it is proposed to undertake next year a study of tho conditions governing the growth of alfalfa in various parts of the country. There is urgent need for moro information on the growing of forage crops, and it seems desirablo to securo facts that can bo turned to practical account. We have in mind a plan whereby farmers in certain selected districts would be supplied with sufficient seod to grow an aero or more of this crop under directions issued by tho department. Tho question of soil and climate, time of seeding and other things will be fully considered so that the results would really serve as objcot lessons for each particular commun ity. I shall bo greatly obliged if you will interest yourself, as I feel sure you will, in the co-operative work. It is of course important to have men wbo will feel interested in the matter, and who will aid the department. Trusting to hoar from you on this I subject at an early date, I am, "Yours vory respectfully, "James Wilson, "Secretary of Agriculture." Mr. Latimer has replied to this] letter assuring the Secretary of his interest and willingness to aid in every way. Those interested in this matter should communicate with Mr. Latimer at once, as the work will depend on tho intorost the people manifest. It is to bo hoped that the people will support the department in tnis fight for larger advantages to the farmers and a broader extension of I its work. Young dins Are often engaged In doing the work of a home under the most trying condi tions. Nature erie? out against the stooping and lifting, the running up and down stairs at times when labor should be as light as possi ble. It is owing to overstrain or self neglect under these conditions that the foundation is laid for ?ci ii;un woman ly disease. Irregu larity is the first step to impaired womanly health. Perfect regularity may be established by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It will heal inflamma tion and ulceration and cure female weakness. It makes weak wom en strong and sick women well. ?It gives nie much pleasure," writes Miss Kiln Sepp, of Inmes town, Guilford Gsunty. N. C., "to thank Dr. Pierce for the. great good received from the use of his * Favorite Prescrip tion' and 'Oolden Medical Discovery.' I had suffered for three years or mort at monthly pe riods. It seemed as though J would die with pains In my back and stomach. I could not stand at all without fainting- Hlid given up all hope of ever being cured, when ont of my friends In.'stcd upon my trying Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. With bul little faith I tried lt. and before I had taken hall n bottle I felt better. Mow I have taken two bottles of Pavorlte Prescription' and one of 'Oolden Medical Discovery,' and I am entirely cured, and in two months' time when all other medicine? had railed." Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, paper covers, sent free on re ceipt of ai one-cent stamps, to pay ex pense of malling only. Address Dr TL V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. AWFUL TAX ON BAD HOADS. Prof. Massey Shows Why lt ls Cheaper to \ ;e Good Roads than Bad Ones. The following artiole, showing tho awful tax imposed on farmers by bad roads, was written by Prof. W. F. Massey of the A. and M. College, for the good roads edition of the Charlotte News and Observer : It would seem that no argument would be necessary to oonvince any one of the great benefit to be secured to the whole community, and espe cially to the farmers from tho con struction of good roads. And yet. there is no class of the community that more quickly opposes any special tax for the making of such roads than the farmers. The faot is that the farmers of the wholo country are paying more tax for keeping tho roads bad than would be required to make the best macadam roads every where. The taxes that are worked out in mending the roads and gene rally making them worso, are but a small part of the tax. The great tax that the bad roads impose on tho farmer are the wrecking of wagons, the wearing out of teams before their time, the awful waste of time in hauling half or fourth of a load when a full load could be hauled more easily on a good road. Add to this the loss of value on the farm be cause of the often impassable state of the roads. A farm on a good smooth road may not bo worth a oent more for the production of orops than the ono on a bad road. But the one on the good road will bring several dollars more per aore if sold, and is really worth more by reason of the less tax on it hs shown above. Wagons break down, teams are worn out, time and temper aro lost and the money value of these is hard to estimate. Wo onco drove from Raleigh to Durham across Cab tree east of Morrisville. For miles the road was a broad trench of red clay, and the road mendors had just boon along as usual throwing more red mud in the middle of tho road until it finally got so heavy that our team pulled tho doubletree in two, and we had to cut a sapling to mond it. On both sides of this red mud trench the fields wero macadamized with brokon rocks ready for a road, and in somo places the small rook wore piled up along tho roadside. And yet the road menders throw clay tn the middle of the road while there woro rock enough to fill tho wholo road two feet deep and to bave made it good for a life time. The mending was a tax simply thrown away, for it made tho road worso and increased tho taxes tho users were paying in wagons and Leam and time. There is another matter connected with good roads, and this is the get ting free mail delivery. One of tho greatest obstacles to the develop ment of the free mail delivery is tho sondition of most of our country roads during a larger part of the year. The free delivery of the mail daily would put the farmer in touch with tho world, would enable him to bave his daily paper and'to mail let ters more frequently. But he lives on such a miserable trail called a road that the route cannot bo estab lished, sinco no ono would undertake it for tho small pay allowed for such routes. Then, too, there are plenty :>t' business men in all our towns who would Uko to have homes in the country to which they could drive in tho evening, but the roads in most places are so bad that they stay in town and the lands remain unsold and unimproved as tho town mer chant would improve his home. Far mors from off the improved roads of Haleigh township come into Raleigh with a quarter or half a cord of wood on a wagon, when on the hard roads they could easily haul a cord, and I have often wondored if tho timo of these men is worth anything to them. In tho city wc see the draymen trotting about with . four bales of cotton on a one horse wagon, and the horse pulls thom easily. Then we see the farmer coming in With a sin gle bale on a ono horse wagon or two bales on a two horse wagon. It takes the time of one man to haul a bale whore the city drayman hauls four, and tho farmer could haul four if the roads were good. All this tax of wear and tear of team and waste of time has to bo paid for out of the cotton, and though he may not scorn to feel it at tho time, in tho long run tho farmers pay a heavier tax for having bad roads than it would cost him to have them made good. Down in Mississippi the other day a farmer hauled forty bales of cotton on ono wagon. The load weighed 10,218 pounds and was r>ulled by eight yoko of oxen, On tWroads of Mecklen burg a pair of horses hauls tea bales which is one-fourth the number as the oxen in Mississippi. Around Raleigh the farmers off the bard roads would take forty days to haul that forty bales of cotton with one horse or power equal to forty horses on the big Mississippi wagon. The ability to get a big load to market when the price is good would often pay the farmer's taxes for good roads for years while he is hauling his lit tle one bale to town on a falling mar ket. There is no one thing for which the farmers of the country pay a heavier tax than for bad roads, and yet they are the last people to realize it. They are in the ruts badly in most of their farming, and we will never have the development we should have in farming itself until wo have good roads to the farms and got business men to make homes in the country and oarry with them their business habits to make the farms more productive. Good farm ing and profitable farming depend on good roads more than any other feature, for if we cannot get our crops to market economically there is a great deal of tho profit of farm ing taken off in the tax of bad roads. How's This I Wo offer Ono Hundred Dollars Reward for any caso of catarrh that oannot bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Curo. P. J. Choney A Co., Props., Toledo, O. Wv the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be lieve him perfectly honorable in all busi ness transactions and financially able to oarry out any obligations mado by their firm. Wost <& Truax, Wholosalo Druggists, Toledo, O. Walding, Kilman & Marvin, Whole sale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and rouoous surfaces of tho system. Price, 75o. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills aro tho 'nest. How the Boers Fight. London, March O.-r-Telograms re oeived hero from Klerksdrop de scribing tho attack upon tho capturo' by the Boors, on February 24, at a point southwest of Klerksdrop, of 467 British soldiers, who wore aot ing as convoy to an empty, wagon train, show that Gen. DeLaroy laid his plans with consummate caro and preciso knowledge of the ground. Tho third Boer attack upen thc convoy was delivered from various points and was most determined. By sheer recklessness they sought to rido down and overwhelm the British defonso. Tho British guns shelled tho charging Boo rs, but noth ing stoppod their onslaught, which was delivered with unusual impetus. The convoy mules wore subjected to a heavy fire, and, deserted by the native drivors, tho mulos stampeded, putting many of the defenders tem porary out of action and causing the wildest confusion. For two hours the British held out. Then thoy divided and were overwhelmed. A few minutes of incautious fighting and all was over. Tho Boors galloped along the lino, firing at evory man who showed the slightest tot ; doney to resist, until they reached and captured the guns. In the excitement tho Northumber land Fusiliors, who had been out off, succeeding in fighting their way for some distance. When their amma nition became exhausted they charged with bayonets, but were speedily overpowered. By 7 o'olock in tho morning all resistance was at an end. The dead and wounded were soattered all over the field. Broken wagons and panic-striken horses and mules made a scone of indescribable confusion. Not until Gen. DoLarey_ came in person was anything like order re stored. He stopped the Boera en gaged in stripping tho British wounded by the freo use of the sjambok, but thoy continned the work of despoiling whon his back j was turned. OKN. DB WET SAID TO BB WOUNDED. London, Maroh 4.--A dispatch from Harrismith, Orango River Colony, says that Boer prisoners report that Gen. De Wet was shot in tho arm during tho recent attempt to break through tho block house line, held by the Now Zealanders, in the vicinity of Harrismith and Van Roenerf. United States Neutral. Washington, Maroh 6.-The Boer delegates called on President Roose velt to-day and appealed to him to in terfere in thoir behalf in the war with England. The President de clined to do so. Tho President also declined to prevent the shipment of mules and other supplies from New Orleans by Groat Britain, stating t hat the only thing the United States oould do would bo to prevent the starting of armed forces from Anieri oan ports. list rall _J Best bown ffrmp IWwOood. Un? I In timo. Hold bf druggist*. WU i' J) 'Jff A HISTORY OF MOUNT VERNON. Facts About Washington's Home Compiled by Judge James B. 7ener. The roport of the Virginia Board of visitors to Mount Vernon for 1901, as compiled by Judge James B. Senor, a member of the board, pre sents in oompaot form the entire his tory of the beautiful estate on the Potomac which came into George Washington's possession before he was 21 and remained his home until he died there, just 102 years ago on December 14, last. , The chain of title to the estate from the time of the original grant to its passing into the possession of the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association of tho Union, is presented in an extract from the writings of tho late Dr. J. M. Toner, of Washington, who at the time of his death was one of tho associa tion's advisory members. The estate, until taken over by the association was always in the hands of the Washington family from the date of the grant of Lord Culpoper in 1670, to John Washington, tho great-grandfather of President Washington. The original grant was of 5,000 acres to John Wash ington and Nicholas Spencer. Soon after there was a division of the estate into two parcels of 2,500 aeren each, the part between Dogue Run and Little Hunting Creek fall ing to John Washington. It in cluded the site of the present Mount Vernon mansion and was known as the Hunting Creek plantation. Upon the death of John Washing ton the estate passed by devise to John's son, Lawrence. This was in January,. 1677. On the death of Lawrenoe tho estato passed to Law rence's son Augustine, the father oi tho great George. Augustine left the estate by will to his oldest son, Major Lawrence Washington, wbc was half brother to George and 14 years bis senior. Notwithstanding the faot that the} were only half brothers and notwith standing the disparity in their ages there was between Lawrence ape George the warmest brotherly affec tion. Lawrenoe was a progressiv? far-seeing man, active in businesi and in publio life. He was inter cst cd in the m a mi fae turo of iron both in Virginia and Maryland, am at tho time of his death was presi dent of the Ohio company, of whici ho was one of tho originators. He served several terms in th House of Burgesses and was Adju tant-Gonoral, with the rank of majoi of the Northern District of Virginii It was he who named the est?t Mount Vernon in honor of the Eng tish admiral, Edward Vernon, unde whom he had served in the wa against 3pain. Lawrence died in 1752 and his rt mains rest in the Mount Verno vault near those of George Washing ton. His will provided that in th event of the death* of his child Sara without issue, to whom the est?t was beqnested, it was to go to hi "beloved brother George." Sara died soon after ber father and thus was that Mount Vernon became foi ever associated with the illustriot name of George Washington. George Washington bequeathe the estate to his nephew, Judg Busbrod Washington, to take effec on thc death of Martha, Georg Washington's wife, who died Ma 21, 1802, in the room immediate] over the one in which her husban had passed away less than tim years before. Bushrod Washington in turn b quoathod the estate to his nephew John A. Washington, who died 1832, leaving Mount Vernon to h third ohild, John A. Washingto who beoame of age in 1881 and live at Mount Vernon until April 1858, when 200 aores of the esta! including the mansion, the tomb an tho wharf passed to the Iiadie Association on payment of $200,00 Speculators had repeatedly tried get hold of the estate prior to Un offering much larger sums for it. In 1887 the late Jay Gould boug 83? aores that bad belonged to t original Mount Vernon estate payii $2,500 for it and transferring it ? the sum of $1 that day to tho Mon Vernon association. Judge Senor's exhaustive repo whioh is highly commended by Gc eruor Tylor, of Virginia, in his lt annual message, givos, in addition the minute history of the estate, t entire legislative history of t Ladies' Association, its oonstituti and by-laws, the opinion-conourr in by Attorney General Montague of J. Randolph Tuoker as to t logal status of the association, sketch of tho life of tin. first assoc tion regent? ^ntt Pamela Cunii ham, and tho ^westing incida connected with the formation of the association and Mrs. Coningham'* lonely residence of many years at Mount Vernon-in ? word about everything that laborious research ooutd get together concerning the Washington family, Mount Vernon and the patriotic association that has Mount Vernon in charge, the whole being illustrated with portraits and raspe of rauch historical value. ?ow MJf Tmmt? KUuyi f l>r. llobb?' 6p?r*jrus Pill?oar? all ktdner Ula. (tem* ' S4?fr*c. Add.Bt?rUnu Uome<?yCo.,Chlo??oorH.Y. Welcome for Roosevelt Columbia, March. 6.-Gen. Wade) Hampton has been quite ill recently. Yesterday he took a drive for the first time in a month. He exerted himself to speak about the recent incidents in connection with President Roosevelt's visit to Charleston. Gen. Hampton at first talked of incidents that led up to the trouble, which may have given the impression that the President would not be welcome in South Carolina,] and then said : "All of that, however, has nothing to do with the direot inquiry. You oan say that I have no doubt what ever from what I know of my people that Charleston and all of Carolina I will give the President a royal wel come. The reception that tho Presi dent will receive in Charleston will be handsome, cordial and sincero. There is no oity in the whole coun try that would give the President a | better welcome. "I sincerely trust that the Presi dent will not allow any of these side issues to influence him in any way in oonneotion with his proposed trip to Charleston." When asked what he thought of I the Tillman sword incident he said that he has not been able to read muoh about the matter, but declared he had no doubt that the respectable people deeply deplored u is incident. Buy and Try a Box Tonight While you think of it, go buy and try a box of Cascareis Candy Ca thartic, ideal laxative, tonight You'll never regret it Genuine tablets stamped C. C. C. Never sold in bulk. All druggists, ioc. Populist? to Reorganize. Memphis, Tenn., Maroh 6.-It is now practically "ssureu that the National Populist annual convention will be held in this oity. J. A. Par ker, of Louisville, chairman of the national committee, spent the day in Memphis to-day conferring with business men. He said before leav ing that he would recommend the transfer of the meeting from Louis ville to Memphis. : ? The meeting iasoheduled for April 2, and will last three or four days. The attendance will be about 1,000. Tho meeting, according to Chairman Parker, will not be a nominating one, but will be held for the purpose of reorganizing the party. "It is the purpose of the promo ters of the convention to bring to gether all the faetions into which the party has been split tbe last few years and to present an unbroken; front to tbe two leading parties. "There will be no more fusion be tween the Democrats and Populists. The Demooratio party is getting fur ther and further away from its first tjvo platforms, and if we get what we want we must get it as Populists, without the aid of any other party." Practical ly Starving. "After using a few bottles of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure my wife reoeivod perfect and permanent relief from a severe and chronic case of stomach trouble," says J. H. Holly, real estate, insurance and loan agent! of Maoomb, III. "Before using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure she oould not eat an ordinary meal without intense suffering. Sho is now entirely' cured. Several physicians any many remedies had failed to give relief." You don't have to diet. Eat any good food you want, but don't overload: the stomach. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will always digest it for you. J. W. Bell. ? ?? Senator Tillman's characterization of Senator Beveridge as a "grass hopper" reminds The Boston Herald j of Edmund Burke's eloquent observ ation upon that insect. Said Burke: "Beoause half a dozen grasshop pers under a forn make the field ring with their important chink, while thousands of great oattle repose be neath the shade of the oak, ohew the oud and are silent, pray do not im agine that those who make the noise re the only inhabitants of the field, r that, after all, they are other than the little shriveled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome inseots of the hour." VI : The largest bank president's salary paid in the West has just been voted to John J. Mitohell, of the Illinois Trust and Savings bank, of Chicago. It amounts to 940,000, which ctill compares badly with tho. 975,000 ri cer, fly given a New York qank pr?si dent. . , iv < . 4*w -' iv AftSftumiarl Makes the food more ci? NEW MOUNTAIN RAILWAY. Ths Contract has Been Let for Building a Part ot th? Tallulah Falls Raliway Extension. The muoh-talked-of extension of the Tallulah Falls railway to Frank lin, N. C., ia now an assured faot,, and with the announcement comos the report that the Illinois Central is back of the operation. This means, in all probability, a | new road into Atlanta. The exten sion alone would give Atlantians who go to Tallulah easy transportation into a new section, whioh has long been without railroad facilities and within twelve miles of Highlands, a | popular resort, where hundreds are | in the habit of going every year. This route, however, assumes a| greater aspect when it is known the Illinois Central ia back of the enter prise. It is not many miles from Franklin, N. C., to Knoxville, Tenn, where connection? would be made with the Tennessee ' Central, which bas rails into Nashville, where it is thought the Illinois Central will eventually build and gain control of the Tennessee Central. The work of extending the Tallu lah Falls railway from Tallulah Falls to Franklin, N. C., a distance of 48 miles, will begin in ten days and is to be completed, by September 1st. A. R. Gilchrist, ohief engineer of the road, was in Atlanta Saturday for the purp of letting contracts for tho work and has already olosed a contract for the building of five and one-half miles of the road with Fred. Wagener, an A tb. uta contractor. Mr. Wagoner is represented by Attorneys Brown & Randolph, with whom he was in consultation this morning. He stated that he wonld leave in ? few days to begin his con tract. Other contracts for the work will probably be lot during the next | few days. Mr. Wagener was the contractor | for the Tallulah L*sd??- the elegant hostelry at Tallulah Falls, whioh is owned by George L. Prentiss, a New York capitalist, who is the president of the Tallulah Falls railway. The building of five and one-half miles of traok will put tho road on the right of way of the old Blue Ridge and Atlantio railroad, v hich will be used its entire length of ten miles. It is understood that Mr. Prentiss has recently purchased 40,000 aores of land in the section of North Caro lina, into whioh the road is to be extended. The people of Franklin, whioh is to be the present terminus of the road, will contribute $75,000 to the building of the new road, whioh they raised by an issue of bonds. The extension will oost, it is said, nearly a half million dollars. The . i. ute of the extension will be due north. It will cross the Tallu lah river a mile from Tallulah Falls, and run through Rabun county to Clayton, and then into Franklin Macon county. North Carolina. Atlanta Journal, February 26/ L ALL WOMEN Wine ol Cardo* is the guardian of a woman's health and happi ness from youth to old aga. It holps her safely into womanhood. It sustains her during tho trials of pregnancy, ohlldbirth and motherhood, making labor easy 1 ?nd preventing flooding and mis carriage. It gently leads ber through the dangerous period known as the ohange of life. WINE'CARDUI ouros leuoorrhooa, falling of the womb, and menstrua) Irregularity In ?very form. It ls valuable in ?very trying period of a woman's UH. It reinforces the nervous system, acts directly on th? goni I tal organs and is the finest tonio for women known. Ask your druggist for a 91.00 bottle of Wine ol Cardal. m i W PcnVDEB PUR? Vicious and wholesome mt co.', ?tw vown* _ THEY'RE ON TO BOONE. Tho Mayor of Knoxville Says They Know Him $40,000 Worth-One of Hi? New Plan?. [Dover (Ky.) Nows.] Col. Albert E. Booro, of Blaok Diamodd fame, has been endeavor ing to get people of Madison, Ind., interested in a scheme to oonstruot an eleetrio railroad. The people of Madison did not take to his plans and turned down his proposition. Mayor McGuire, of Madison, wrote to the Mayor of Knoxville, Tenn., asking what kind of a man Mr. Boone was, and this is tho reply : Knoxville, Tenn., November 17. Dear Sir : Tea sir-ee, we know - the versatile and tireless colonel. We know him like a book. Wo have been privileged to gaze upon him in all the splendor of a railroad builder, whose lines extend from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Madison, Indiana, and from there to the isles of the sea and ends of the earth, and thenoe in an air line, as the bird flies straight into the pearly gates of the New Jerusa lem. Not to know the colonel is to have lived P void and empty life, to be a tree without fruit, a bush with out the rose, Ma stunned and stolid thing, a brother to an oz." "All the way up, all the way down, AU tho way through, all the way round, From head to heels, from heels to crown." Do we know the Colonel 1 He got from our local suckers $40,000 as a promoting fund to promote "the Blaok Diamond," and like John Brown's soul our forty thousand 'still goes marohing on ;" and as for the Blaok Diamond, it has already been constructed over a oirole of territory of which Knoxville is the center and infinity the circumference and it keeps on a going. On this beautiful Sunday morning away down here in the Southland, I take off my hat to you and congratulate you on knowing the Col. Albert ?. Boone. Respectfully, S. G. Heiskell, Mayor. Could Not Breathe. Coughs, oolds, croup, grip, brouohitis and other throat and lung troubles are quickly oured by One Minute Cough Cure. Ono Minute Cough Cure is not a mere. expectorant,- whioh gives only temporary relief. It softens and liquflos the muoouB, draws out the inflammation and removes the cause of the disease. Absolutely safe. Aots .at onoe. "One Minute Com*h Cure will do all that is claimed for it," says Justice of the Poaoc J. O. Hood, Crosby, Miss. "My wlfo could not get her breath and was relieved by the first dose. It has been a benefit to all my family. J. W. Bell. Soulh Carolina Day at the Exposition. The Exposition at Charleston seems to be attracting a great deal of attention from tho people of thc country at large. Cincinnati and Chioago have sent largo delegations there to inspect the show. The Governors of Georgia, West Virginia and Indiana have been there with their staffs and others and all seem to unite on one verdict, that it is as creditable an Exposition as any held in this country. . Tho Legislature of South Carolina and the Governor of the State have given their endorsement of the Expo sition and urged that the people of the State visit the Exposition at least onoe, and have named March 20th as South Carolina Day, with the idea that there should be a grand rally of South Carolinians on the Exposi tion grounds on that day. It is South Carolina's first attempt to show to the country at large tho industries, resources and possibilities of the State. They have been well displayed. Let as all go, and by oar presence show an appreciation and interest in what has been done. Rural Carriers Get 9600 Per Annum. Anderson Daily Mail, March Gth : Postmaster Cochran last night re ceived the following from Washing ton : "The Postmaster General has this day ordered tb'at on and after March 1, 1902, the letter oarriers of the rural free delivery service heretofore appointed and whose names appear on the roll of the department at the oloso of business February 28,1002, ; receiving salary at the rato of 9500 per annum, and those who may be appointed after that date shall be paid at the rate of 9600 per annum until otherwise ordered ; and that the salaries of oarriers now receiv ing !?*!.B than $600 per annum shall bo increased twonty pei cont."