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TO THINK OWN SBLF BE TRUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THK NI?HT THE DAY, THOU OANS'T NOT THEN BB FALSE TO ANY MAN. BY JA YNES, 8 H 1*3 LOK, SMITH & STECK. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL ?, 1002. NKW SERIES, NO. 200.-YOI TONIS LIU.-NO. 10 C. W. & J MAJESTIC FLO UH, PIEDMONT FLO UR, - SILVER STAR FLOUR, TWO LARGE SIZE We also call sj 25c. per pound ; alf If you try either ol State Mutual Lil 1* O IVt I The Parent Annuity AS? Assets, ..... Surplus, over nil liabilities, Jul IT IS WITH PLEASURE AND PARIX ATTENTION OP OUR FRIENDS ru contract for Lifo Insurance now boing olio Annuity Association, of Koine, C It is not an assessment company, but MIUM CONTRACT. The plan is tho An teed annual income to tho member in old his widow, and tn tho event of her death, IL I X JE ST-A-T: issues tlie strongest, tho safest and most 1 now on tho market. They number among financiers of tho States of Georgia, South 1 Alabama, North Carolina and Virginia, one accord they unhesitatingly prououuc THOMPSON HILES, President ELBERT T. McGHEE, Secretary. Office and Consulting Rooms: 16 First-class Agents wanted. Adi Or T. Ii. FRANCIS, :?SO Whitehall SI Atlanta, Georgia. wi ii: rs Ye FERTII HE SUI*. 13 TO i T. E. Alexandr You will find me tt3^JTwo doors above B Legal Advertisements. T)RII)GE TO REBUILD.-The County JD Commissioners will lot, to tho low est responsible bidder, at tho bridge site, on Thursday, April 17, 1002, at 'A p. m., tho contract to rebuild tho ll i-li Illidge, over Conneross Creek. Board reserves the right to reject any and all buln. S. M. POOL, Supervisor. April 2, 11)02. 14-18 T) lil ?GE TO REBUILD.-Tho County 1) Commissioners will let, to the low eat responsible bidder, .it tho bridge site, on Thursday, April 17, 1!M)2, at ll a. m., tho contract to rebuild tho Livingston Bridge, over Connoross creek, on road leading from Seneca to Townvillo. Board reserves tho ri^ht to reject an j' and all bids. S. M. POOL, Supervisor. April 2, 1002. 14-15 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.-Bids will bo received on April lit, 1002, at tho bridge site, for tho stone work re quired for completion of bridge over Little River, (at MeCary's Burnt Tan yard), not specified in last letting. Spool* ({cations will be read on grounds on day of hitting. The Hoard of Commissioners reserves tho right to reject any and all bids. S. M. POOL, Supervisor. April 2, 1002. 14-18 I'JRIDGE TO REPAIR.-The County .1) Commissioners will let, to the low est responsible bidder, at the bridge site, on Monday, April 2lst, 1002, at liar tho contract to repair tho Lawrence Bridge, over Koowoo river. Tho Hoard reserves tho right to reject any and all bids. S. M. POOL, Supervisor. April 2, 1002. 14-18 TpOR SALE.-Ideal Summer Home in JD Mountains.-Situated at Horse Cove. Macon county, N. C., consisting of 181 acres and improvements. Price $400.00{ cash. Address MKS. (JUA ll AM IL THOMPSON. R5I7 Baronne St., New Orleans, La. April 2, )' 02. 11-17 m BES PA S NOTICE.-All persons aro 1. hereby forbidden to trespass upon our lands, located in Whitewater Town ship, Ocoueo County, South Carolina, by cutting trees, hunting, fishing, setting lire in tho woods, digging 'ginseng, star Ki ass, snake root, May apple and all ??thor medicinal roots or h orbs. Those found trespassing will be prosecuted to tho fullest extent of the law. Milton Nicholson, Sr., V. E. ('orbin, Jas. Hunter A Co., W. B. F. Corbin, April 2, 1002. 11-17 Notice of Final Settlement and Discharge. NOTICE is hereby g-von that tho un dersigned will make application to 1). A. Smith, Esq., Judge of Probate for Oconco county, in the Stato of South Carolina, on Saturday, tho 2(>th day of April, 1002, at ll o'clock in tho foro noon, or as soon thereafter ns said appli cation can bo hoard, for loavo to make Anni Boltlomoiit of the enlate of M. S. Stribling, deceased, and dual 'discharge as Executors of said ostate. L. ?. STRIBLING, s v STRIBLING, Qualified Executors of tho Estate of M. 8. Stribling, deccn8cd. March 20, 1002. 13-1? E. Bauk - $J/..90 per Barrel. - $4'60 per Barrel. - $4.00 per Barrel. NICKEL PACKAGE >ecial attention to o 30 a special Green C \ these it will make ^"IT PAYS TO Bl e . Annuity Go. sociation of the South. $128,505.04 ly 1st, 1001, . $ (10,258.87 JNARLE HJRIDE THAT WE CALL THE id tho public generally to tho excellent red by Tho State Mutual Life and in. ii GUARANTEED STIPULATED PRE nuity System, which provides a guaran ago. In "case of his death it provides for for bis minor children. E MUTUAL >cncflcial contract for a dependent family ; their policy-holders soino of tho loading Carolina, The Best. and with ',0 it ?QT J. W. ROUNSAVILLE, Vico-Pres. W. P. SIMPSON, Treasuror. 00 Main Street, Columbia, S. C. iress: Lock Hox No. 127, Columbia, S. C. FRANCIS & HAILEY, Stato Agents. :reet, 20* .IZERS CAT^I^ orv MZIS. ?Tj Walhalla, <J, on Main Street, auknight's Store^^p) ALL PERSONS indebted to tho estate of L. E. FINCANNON, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to tbe undersigned, and all persons having Claims against said estato will present tho same, duly attested, within tho time prescribed by law, or bo barred. C. E. FINCANNON, Administrator of tho Estato of L. E. Fin cannon, deceased. March 26, 1002. 13-10 VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE. rniIE UNDERSIGNED is authorized to I niako salo of tho Connors land, near Walhalla, S. C., to-wit: One tract or lot of ten sores, fronting weston tbe pub lic road from Walhalla out by Col. R. A. Thompson's to Oconco Station ; adjoins Wm. F. Ervin, Mrs. Henry Hiomann and others. Also ono tract of 107 acres on Cano Creek ; adjoins Wm. P. Ervin, W. A. Strother, .1. \V. Holleman and others. Price and terms reasonable. S. P. DENDY, Attorney, 18-26 Walhalla, S. C. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. ALL persons Indebted to tho estato of M. S. Stiibling, deceased, aro hereby notified to mak' payment to tho undersigned, and aP persons having! claims against said estato will present the same, duly attested, within tho timo prescribed by law, or bo barred. h. D. STRIPLING, S. P. STR1HL1NG, Qualified Executors of the Estato of M. S. Strihling, deceased. March 26, 1002. 13-10 Attemion, Stock Raisers. ? HAVE a South Carolina raised Jack, L sired by a 10 hand Kentucky Jack. This Jack is now six years old; very largo; woll shaped: largs flat bone; good foot. He will mako tho season at my stables, three milos north of Soneca, ono mile cast of llibb place. Insurance fee, $8.00. For further particulars call at my home or address mo at Seneca, S. C. Y. C. LANGSTON. April 2, 1002. 14-17 Orr's Rifles to Moot at Due West. Thc annual reunion of Orr's Hilles, one of tho most noted regiments in thc Confederate army, will bo held Ail Due Wi st this year. Citizens of Duo West some time ago extended nn invitation to hnvo thc reunion held there and the executive oommitteo has decided to accept tho invitation. Tiie date for tho reunion has not been fixed, lint it will be held about tiie first of August. PIS( UUHtS WHIH?. Alt USt JAILS. Beet V-myM Syrup. Tantes i'w?, V"* In timo. Sold by druiralaU. CONSUMPTION y> night are 3 PLUGS EARLY BIRD, 3 PLUGS SCHNAPPS, g DOUBLE THICK, (Eithi S ARM AND HAMM ur Hihgland Blend toffee we are selling us good friends. OY FOR CASH.". NEGRO MM PEOPLE. MRS. FURBUSH AND TWO DAUGHTERS MURDERED BY NEGRO BUTLER. Iii. ROBBED lill: HOUSE ID FLED. Kills Mother and Oldest Daughter Instantly and Mortally Wounds Youngest Child. Philadelphia. April 1.-Fearing that ho would be arrested for theft, William II. Lane, a colored butler, shot and killed ins employer, Mrs. Ella J. Furbush, her twelve-year-old daughter, Madeline, and probably mortally wounded another daughter, Eloise, aged 7 years, at their home, No. 652 North Fifteenth street, 1 shortly before noon to-day. Lane, who is 25 years of nge, escaped from tho house and four hours later was captured hy Philadelphia detectives while waiting in Camden, N. J., to board a train for Bridgeton, N. J. Ho was immediately brought to this city, wns identified by little Eloise, and confessed his crime. Mrs. Furbush lived with her two daughters in a fine four-story house, which was furnished with all tho comfort that un ample purse could provide. Lane had been her butler since Christmas, and besides him she had another colored servant, n woman named Agnes. Recently Mrs. Furbush had been missing small amounts of money and finally she informed the police, who began an investigation, which was still in pro gress when todny's tragedy was en acted. Suspicion fell on Lane and a warrant was sworn out for his arrest. According to Lane's confession, he saw Mrs. Furbush on Monday night counting a large roll of bills. Know ing whero she kept th's money, ho bided his time and at un opportune moment lato in the evening he stole $70. This morning Mrs. Furbush missed tho money und questioned tho colored man, hut he denied all knowledge of having it. Ex pecting that tho theft would bo placed on him and that Mrs. Furbush would have him arrested, Lane planned to murder tho mother and her children, rob the house and dis appear. At ll o'clock ho went to the third lloor and found Mrs. Furbush in ono of the middle rooms. Ile shot her twice, once in the breast and then through the heart. She died in stantly. Eloiso, who was in another room, hearing tho noise, ran in to seo what was tho matter and as she entered Lano shot hor in tho abdo men. Sho fell and ho thought ho had also killed her. Without even attracting the attention of tho other servant, who was ironing in the kitchen, Lano went to the front door and cnlWl in Madeline, who was skating on roller skates on tho side walk. Ile told her that her mother wanted her on the third floor and without tho slightest suspicion of the tragedy that was being enacted and that she was going to her death, Madeline climbed the stairs without removing her skates. She went into a room adjoining that in which her mother lay dead. Lane followed her and as she cheerily called her mother, the negro shot her through thc heart, killing her instantly. Lane, in his confession, says ho then proceeded to rob tho house. Ho only found $tl!K), two watches and a pocketbook, and while ho was Searching for tho jewelry he war interrupted by tho arrival of two special policemen, who had n warrant for his arrest on the charge of lar ceny. They i nked to see Mrs. Fur bush, and Lan? showed them to tho receiving room on the second lloor and said ho would call his mistress. Recognizing ono of tho men ns an officer, Lane hastily donned his over coat and escaped by tho rear of tho house. A,' was quiet in tho house, and the policemen hearing a moan, Btaried mi Investigation, ami on tho third floor hnllway found little Eloiso. To tho pol icemen she said: "William shot my mother and my sister and tried to kill mo." Offering .x mc. - ... - - 25c. ir Kind), - - - 25c. ER SODA FOR 5C. Roasted Coffee at ; at 15c. per pound. She was immediately sent to a hospital and tho police dragnet was put in motion. Lane was traced to tho Pennsylvania Railroad station at Camden, whore ho was recognized by ono of tho policemen who had been admitted to the houso. Tho officers hustled him on a forry boat and out of jurisdiction of tho State of New Jersey and took him to thc city hall. At the police Btation Lane said ho was sorry for what he had c .ne. Ho was surprised to hear that Eloise was alive, and said ho always liked her and he bated to kill her, but "it was necessary to do so." "Now that I have been caught," ho added, "I hope she will recover. I nm also sorry for Mrs. Furbush and Madeline, but poverty tempted mo to do it, and I must now suffer." Later Lane was taken to tho hos pital, where Eloise identified him, saying : "Ile is William Lane, who killed my mother and sister and tried to kill me. You know you did, Wil liam." In his presence ber statoment was taken, and Lane put tho seal of iccurracy to it by saying, "Every thing the child has said is true." Lane is the son of a preacher who ives in Bridgeton, and has served a .erm in the Mount Holly, N. J., jail "or larceny, and bas been confined in ibo Huntington, Pa., reformatory. There seems to bo a mystery re garding tho domestic lifo of Mrs. furbush. In the neighborhood where die lived she was variously known ts Mrs. Furbush and Mrs. Fisher. The woman, who was 42 years of ige, was well supplied with money, )Wned thc line house she lived in, ?ad her own horses and carriages and lived a lite of ease. As a result of tn investigation, Coroner Dugan is endeavoring to secure tho attendance it the inquest of Charles A. Furbush, i wealthy manufacturer of milling machinery, of this city. Mr. Fur bush was out of the city to-day on business. A Puzzle That Puzzles. Take the number of your living brothers. Double this amount. Add to it three. Multiply the result by live. Add to it the number of living sis ters. Multiply the result by 10. Add number of deaths of brothers and sisters. Subtract 150 from the result. The right-hand figure will bo num ber of deaths ; the middle figure will bo number of living sisters, and the left figure will show tho number of living brothers. Try this in your own case. "SavciiicciiMr That Is the heartfelt cry of many a motlier who sees her beloved child wast ing and fading; day by day. Sometimes it's too late for medical aid to help itu child. It ls so weak, so lacking in stamina that there is no vantage ground of help. One of the results of the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription p i e - ceeding maternity is a fitroiior, healthy child. Thousands of mothers testify to this. Frequently mothers write, "I was never able to raise a child before using"l'avorite Pre scription," or "All my other children are sickly except this one, mid I took your 'Favorite Prescription ' this time."' All the child's strength comes from thc mother. " Pr.vorite Prescription " gives the mother strength to give lier child. There is no alcohol in "l'avorite Pre scription ; " it contains neither opium, co caine, nor any other narcotic. It is a purely vegetable and perfectly harmless medicine in any condition of the female system. Accept no substitute for "Favorite Pre scription." There is nothing "Just as goodr for woman'H ills. Sick women are invited to consult Dr. Pierce, by letter, free. Correspondence confidential. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buf falo, N. Y. "I am so thankful for what Dr. Pierce's Fa vorite Prescription has done for me," writes Mrs. John T. Smith, of Slocnn, note.li Columbia (llox ,y>). ?It helped me UHOUK?I the long months of pregnancy and I have a big, strong bal.y girl, thc most healthy of nil my three, and lt cured me of a disease wnlch w?s taking away .ll my strength." Free. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Med ical Adviser is sent free on leccipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send x\ one-cent stamps for the book in cloth binding, or 21 one-cent stamps for ?aper covered. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, uffalo, N. Y. PRIMARY ELECTIONS. They Are Much More Satisfactory Than Party Caucuses. ? Daniel Webster said in his day and generation : "il is time to do away with oaueuses. Thoy make great men little and little men great. The true source of power is the peo ple." Perhaps we have made some advancement in our political methods since then, bat it is still a far ory into the future to the political mil lennium. The State of Minnesota proceed ing upon the theory of Webster that "the true source of power is the people," has taken a decided step in this direction, the effects of which other commonwealths may do well to thoughtfully consider. The Min nesota plan embraces two ideas com bined in one procedure cnlled "a pri mary election." Idea No. 1 is that the people shall do their own nomi nating instead of dolegating that duty to conventions. Idea No. 2 is that they shall do their nominating almost exactly as they do their elect ing, with all tho conveniences and safeguards now found on the gene ral election day and with all parties doing tho work at the same time and in the same place. Wo have this idea well developed in our primary system in South Carolina as to tho Democratic party. In carrying out tho second idea a ballot is provided for each party, and as tho voter comes to the rail he must name which party ballot ho wants. If required ho must take oath that in general ho supported the ticket of that party at tho last election ond means to support it at tho coming election. A convert, then, must abstain from caucuses for a year, a sort of political penanco of a season for prayerful meditation that any neophyte ought to expect. The more practical phase of it is that this lessens the chance of pack ing a primary with voters of another party. This plan of primary elections is no longer un experiment, bul hut*, proved entirely satisfactory in prac tical operation. Speaking of it, a writer in Tho National Magazine says : "The Minnesota plan lets any man be a candidate who will paya small fee for having his name put on the ballot. Parlor caucuses can not dictate nominations. Thc machine candidate stands no better chance than any other candidate. No aspi rant need put himself under obliga tions to ring or boss or corporation before ho will have a ghost of a show. Nominees will go to tho polls unhampered by promises. Those elected will fill their offices with obligations only to tho electors, the people. Political debts will no longer clog and hamper and em barrass." Manifestly in a Republican form of government tho political methods which give tho peoplo the largest opportunity to express their will and have it carried into effect is most in harmony with the spirit of our institutions. Frequently under tho caucus system which prevails in othor States, it is not tho will of the people, but tho will of a faction or individual, a ring or a boss which is registered in tho nomination of can didates for office. Tho Minnesota plan is worthy of emulation.-Spar tanburg Journal. ^ ? ?? Biggest Chain Ever Made. Pittsburg, Apiti 2.-The Standard Chain company, with headquarters in Pittsburg has just completed at its works in Lebanon, Pa., tho long est and most powerful chain ever produced. A duplicata is to bo made, thc two for the Eastern Ship building company of New London, Conn. They will be used on two great vessels to ply between San Francisco and ports of Japan. The completed chain is of 350 fathoms and an export of tho British Lloyds Register Association has witnessed the test. When tho order was placed it was generally con tended that the chain would have to be secured abroad ; that tho makers herc could not supply n chain of the character required. Tho chain was subjected to the strain of a now 000,000 pound test ing machino at tho works by the Philadelphia Machino Tool company, Philadelphia. The tests wore made in tho pres ence of W. 9ordon Minchin, of Lon don, Surveyor of the British Lloyds Register. Exports throughout the country and Europe wore awaiting for tho result of the test. It had been expected that the big chnins would havo to be seoured from a British producer. Tho big chain is what is known as a cable ohain of 8 8-10 stud-link. NEGRO HANGED AND RIDDLED. IN Hl'ART OF ROME, GA., NEGRO WALTER ALLEN PAY8 THE DEATH PENALTY FOR ASSAULT UPON YOUNG HIE GIRL County Jail Stormed by Enraged Citizen?-Four Thousand Took Part in Lynching. Rome, Ga., April 1.-Walter Allen was hanged to a telegraph pole in the middle of Broad street to-night at 8.20 o'clock. The lynohing was in the very glare of an immense eleotrio light, corner Broad nt reel and Fifth avenue. Four thousand people took part in the deod without masks. The body was perforated with a thousand bullets. The crowd battered down the jail door with a sledge hammer and broke thc steel oage of the negro's ooll. Ile was quiokly rushed a blook and a half from the jail and allowed to make a statement. Ho swore he was not guilty and prayed that the right party might be caught and hanged. Tho orime for whioh Allen was lynched-attempted criminal assault -was committed late Monday after noon. Tho young lady whom he selected for his victim was Miss Blossom Adamson, ono of Rome's most prominent young girls. She was choked into insensibility and would have sufforcd an outrage had not the negro taken fright. Tho affair was kept seoret until this afternoon, when tho story came out after tho negro's oapture. Allen was takon from the Floyd county jail at 8 o'olook to-night and lynched from a telegraph polo in front of tho Central Hotel and not less than a thousand bullots pierced his body from pistols in tho hands of infuriated citizens. Capt. A. B. S. Moseley, au uncle of M?6S Adamson, shot at the negro threo times at police headquarters this afternoon, ono of the balls wounding the negro, but not seri ously. Miss Adamson is a young girl not moro than 16 years old, a daughter of J. N. Adamson and a niece of Hon. Seaborn and Moses Wright. Homo is wild with indignation and excitement to-night. There seems to be no doubt of his guilt, as he was identified. Yesterday afternoon Miss Adam son was returning to her home shortly before dark, and when passing tho house of Mrs. Brchon, a well known dressmaker, who lives on East First street, between Fourth and Fifth avenues, a negro man, said to be Walter Allen, stopped her and told her that Mrs. Brehen wanted to see her. Miss Adamson, who is well ac quainted with tho dressmaker, un hesitatingly walked in the house, not noticing that the negro was follow ing her. After she passed into the front room tho negro suddenly ran up behind her, aud fastening his fingers around her throat, ohokod her almost into insensibility before she could scream for aid. At this mo ment Allon, hearing Mrs. Brohen, whom ho had evidently previously seon leave her home, returning, snatched tho young lady's pocket book and tied without accomplishing his purpose. As soon as she was able Miss Adamson went to the home of her uncle, Capt. A. B. S. Moseley, whioh is only threo doors from where tho assault occurred, and told her uncle her fearful exporionoe. Capt. Mose ley and a few trusted friends decided to say nothing to the public until the negro could be located. This afternoon the negro was located by an officer, who was taken into the confidence of tho captain, and taken to polico headquarters. As soon as Capt. Moseley hoard of this he went to headquarters, and upon coming into the negro's presence pulled out his pistol and fired at the negro three times, one of the balls wounding him slightly in the right arm. In the excitement caused by this tho negro got away from the officors and mado a desperate dash down the Oostanaula river bank for his liberty. Ho was recaptured after an exciting chase and waa hurried to jail. By this time the story had become public, property, and several hundred people soon surrounded the jail. There is no doubt that the negro would have been lynched before he ever reached tho jail had not the original story beon kept BO quiet ponding his capture. Mrs. Brehen, the dressmaker, into whose house Miss Adamson was en ticed, had seen the negro Allen and Bays ho is the man seen talking to M ?HS Adamson just boforo the assault was made and who followed her into tho house. Soaroely had the negro been lodged in jail before a quiet word went round for the assembling of the citi zens just after dark. Every avail a - ble gun and pistol in Rome Was secured, and the crowd was com posed of citizens of high and low. degree, without regard to friendship, politics, or social standing. There were no masks worn and the negro was lynched under the glare of an elec tric light on the prinoipal street of the oity. Quietly and in an orderly mannor they went to the jail, and upon tho refusal of the officers to -give up Allen, the citizens broke down the door of the jail and scoured their prey. He was led from the jail to the plaoe where the lynohing occurred, and without any delay was strung up to a telegraph pole and bullets pieroed his swinging body, where it wiil remain all night. Allen protested his innocence to the last. Later.-Allen's body was not out down until 9 o'clock Wednesday morning. An inquest was held by the corner. The jury rendered a verdict that the negro had met death at tho hands of a mob to them un known. $100 REWARD $100. The readers of this paper will ho pleased to learn that thoro is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is cat ai rh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is tho only positive ouro known to the medical fra ternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treat ment. Hall's Catarrh is Cure taken inter nally, acting direotly upon the blood and mucuous surfaces of tho system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disoase, and giving tho patient strength by build up tho constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have have so muoh faith in its curative pow ers, that they offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to oure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, P. J. CHENKY A CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggist, 76o. Hall's Family Pills are tho best. Senator Tillman on Pap. Washington, March 27.-Senator Till man is not content with the workings of tho civil service system as it is now man aged. According to tho Senator many States are getting a larger slice of pio from tho appointment cupboard than they aro entitled to under the oivil ser vice law. In ordor to get at the meat of tho question and have it brought to the Senate's attention Senator Tillman has rocently introduced in the Sonate a reso lution inBtructiug tho oivil service com mission to transmit to the Senate a list of persons now holding plaoes in the employ of the Government in the classi fied service that are charged to tho State of South Carolina, giving names, present addresses, legal residences, when ap pointed and the amount of salary in each case. It is the Senator's purpose to try and have matters equalized, so that South Carolina may obtain the proportion of offices in tho classified service that she is entitled to under the law. According to an estimate made a short while ago South Carolina bas only 70 per cont of the offices that should como to her. Other States, as Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania, are found to bavo from 50 to 100 per cont more than their share. All of whioh goes to show that oivil service, as at present adminis tered, is but a slight barrier to that powerful factor termed "political pull." In this connection attention may bo called to the small number of applicants from South Carolina for offices in the classified service. With few exceptions tho offices in the various departments here are open only to applicants who have passed the necessary oivil service examination. Passing this examination is but a part of the game; but to get any assistance from the Senators ana Con gressmen it is. in most cases, necessary that those seeking employment in the Government service here shall have suc cessfully stood tho examination pre scribed. Several of the members of tho House from South Carolina have boon urging their constituents to pay more attention to the civil service examina tions, which are held at stated times throughout the year. And, as Senator Tillman is making an effort to have more South Carolinians awarded plaoes in tho Government service, those hoping for places had best arrange to get the track clear by passing the oivil service test. Nobility Recommends Nervine. The above portrait is that of Countess Mogelstud, of Chica go, 111., whose gratitude for the benefit received from the use of Dr. Miles' Nervine prompted her to make this statement: "It afford? roe great pleasure to add my testimony to the very excellent merits of Dr. Miles' Nervine. Although I am pact 8o years of age I find lt soothes the fired brain, quiets the irri tated nerves and Insures restful sleep. I never feel contented without a bottle of U In the house." Gratefully yours, ClIZISTIANA MAPt?, Countess Mogrhtud. MU**' Nervine i& ? nerve tcnic and strength builder that starts storing health immed? ?*ld !?t? All Dr Dr. Miles Medical Co. and strength- . rta right in re- I urned i at ely. Dru* ?Ut*. Co., Elkhart, Ind. I Baking Powder Makes the tread more healthful? Safeguards the food against alum? Alum bating powders a rc. thc greatest menace? to health ol the present day? , WOY?l BAKIHO POWOtW CO., MW VOWK._ FROLIC OF PAGES. An Imitation Session of the National House of Representatives. Tho last concerted frolic of the pages of the House of Representa tives took plaoe yesterday morning between 9.80 and 10 o'clook, says the Washington Star. "The House will bo in order." Page J. H. Hollingsworth, of New York, uttered these words with grav ity and precision, at the same time bringing into play on Speaker Hen derson's desk an improvised gavel. Some fifteen pages respectfully roBO from the seats of the members of that body whom they desired to im personate, while Cyrus Kelly, of Wyoming, as chaplain went through the form of prayer. Clerk Dannie MoCleaver, of the District of Columbia, road the min utes of the session of the preceding day, which were heartily approved. Silas C. Herring, of Pittsburg, who was occupying the seat of Represen tative Dalzell of that State, was rec ognized in accordance with a pre arranged sohedule on the speaker's desk to offer a priveleged resolution from the committee on rules. The resolution, first, that the pages of the House should be put on the annual roll in stead of being merely session employees and that incidentally they should hereafter receive $350 a month instead of $75, and be allowed two month's extra pay eaoh year. The resolution was received with hearty applause and was about to be panned by acclamation when Jhoob Beder, of Ohio, demanded;a vote by "tellers." Speaker Hollingsworth gazed at the obstructionist a second and then ruled in stentorian tones that the motion was "dilatory" and declared the resolution adopted at once. A. L. Woodcock, of Massachusetts, as sergeant-at-arms and Maroh Fisher, of Ohio, as major presented themselves in the middle aisle and after a profuse bow Woodcock an- % nounced : "Mr. Speaker, a message from tho President. Then Fisher, in imitation of Major Pruden, ran his hand down the black cord of his eyeglasses, and after solemnly pre tending to place them on his nose he said with gravity * "I am directed by the President of the United States to deliver to the House a mes sage in writing." This clever bit of imitation was hugely enjoyed by a large party of school mistresses who ' bad been interested spectators in the gallery and a general handolapping broke forth. The gavel of the speaker thumped noisily. "The speaker is compelled to announce," he declared, "that any further demon stration in the galleries will result in an order to olear them." Just at this instant Jerry Con stantien, the House telegraph opera tor, pushed open the lobby door at the speaker's left and flourishing a one dollar bill in his hand he asked leave "to introduce this bill." \ "1 move that tho bill be received and laid on the table," was the quick response of Herring, of Pennsylvania. Constantine begged leave to recen sider this offer, but at the sight of the greenback the pages made a football rush for it and the session of the House was over. Murder In Edgefleld. Augusta, Qa., April 2.-W. L. Col lins, a farmer, of Edgefiold county, South Carolina, was assassinated by negro highwaymen, five miles from Augusta, in Carolina, this afternoon. George Woods was driving with Collins and resisted a hold-up, when the negroes fired upon the men, kill ing Collins and slightly wounding Woods. The negroes escaped. - <?? 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