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TO THINK OWN SELF UK TKTJB AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BB F ALS S TO ANY MAN. BY JAYNE?, HI11CLO.U, SMITH & STECK. WALHALLA, 80UTH CAROLINA, DEO. 8, 190S5. NKW 8KRIKH. NO. 241.-VOLUME LUI_NO. 49. Do You Wear Pants ? , we have just rec <U>MM_HMMMMW_MMMI>IMMMHM_. les? than their re Smith (EL CO.'S Pants Factory. * * We are g which are strictly first-class in every way as 1 the following price? \ J?? J& J?? J& J& $5.90 and $4.50 Pants for.$3.50 8.50 ind 3.00 Pants for. 2.50 y $2.50 and $2.00 I I 1.75 and 1.50 I j 1.25 and 1.00 i A nice lot of Corduroy Pants in this lot? ' suits of Children's Clothing that we will sell C. W. (SI J. E. BAURN?GHT, Look Out for f Coughs ! I you k?eVlunn?y e t l know Itrthe veincdy _ 1 ancA 50 cent? ILilTNNBY> TPMK DRUGGIST, $500,000 Fire in Wisconsin. Ashland, Wis., November 22.-Tho Wisconsin Central Railroad oro dock was dost roved by Uro this afternoon, tho loss involved being about $525.000. Ill fall in}; the dook carried with it a number of firemen and dock men, and several lives were lost, just how many probably will not bo known for several days. Seveial badly injured firemen were removed from the burning ruins, one of them with both lei's broken. In tho next House of Representatives, there will bo 208 Republicans and 178 Democrats. It is understood that all minor political distinctions havo now disappoared from tho House, every mem ber arraying himself squaroly with ono or the other of tho dominant parties. The Populist party lins passed out of uxistenco as any considerable factor in the polities of the country. Tho Savan nah Nows notes the fact that not a single ouo was elected to Congress, and after March 4th there will not bo a Senator who has been a member of that party. $20,000.00 GASH OF THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION UPON TOTAL PORT RECEIPTS Ist^SEPT., 1902, TO lOth JA OOINIT DE^G>B: IVIES MAGNIFICENT TWENTY THOUSAND To the one Making the exact, or the nearest to the ext the receipts of cotton AT ALL UNITED STATES POR I902, to January IO, I0O3. To the next nearest estimate.~. To the second next nearest. To the five next nearest.$300eaoh*? To the ten next nearest. SOO oaoh - To the fifteen next nearest.- lOOoaoh To the twenty next nearest. 50 each** To the fifty next nearest. IO each Tot he one hundred nearest. Beach-. For distribution among those estimates (net taking any ef the ?bc lng within I,OOO bales either way oftheexaot figures . Should the exact figures have been given during the contest prior there was ottered to the successful estimate, If made bsfors then. Grand total. Conditions of Sending Estimates In This H/lammt fl] Sand ft 1 .ta for WRRKI.Y CONSTITUTION ?nd SUNNY SOUTH, both on* rta*, ?ad i on. estimate for th* SUNNY SOUTH ?nd another entlraate for TUM CONSTITUTION. [*] Sand . 1.00 for WRRKI.Y CONSTITUTION on* y*ar ?sd with lt ea? climat, la ta? [I] S*nd AOo for SUNNY MOUTH on* year and with lt one *s t lmn.1? la th? oauteiL (4) Send OOo for oneostlmate alone In the contest If you don't wish to maka a number of estimates on this baslsyou may send THHI LAR forwarded at the same time estlmatos are sent. If as many as same time, without subscription, the sender may forward them with dal discount being ofTsrod only to estimates of ten. A postal oar estimate so recolvod. Where subscriptions are sent tho arrival of tho mont that your estimate has boon received and carefully recorded. (5) Th* money and the subscription and th* estimate mint oom* tn tb* .ut* envelope *v*ry U tlon gotof*thnr. Thia mle I* punitive. (6] No ev lu?ate muat be trialled later than Deoeraber Slit, 1003. [7] In caeo of a tl* upon any prize estimate, th* money will b* .quell/ rtlWAtd. BLANK FOR $1.00 AND THREE ESTIMATES, WITHOUT SUBSCRIPTION. (To be *hanf*dir*ubaorlptlon* and estimate, beth are ?eat.) PUBLISH RRH CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Om. Rater TM KKK eetlmatei for me, (or fl.uO enclosed, In your currant contest aa foll.wet Upon Total Port Receipts September 1, 1902, to January 10. 1903. 1st 2d 3d Name. Fofl to in oe..... Stato N OTK-If you wish only ONR estimate In th* contest, ?end FIFTY CBN TS ?ad flit ?nt Oaty .?. bleaks. If you wish TRN estimates In tn* contest send VII URK DOLLARS ?nd write your ?wa l rlalnly fyou wish to subscribe to Til K WIS. lt LY CONSTITUTION or MUNN Y SOUTH, or botb. a? ebor* o make r*mltt?nc< indicated and sand estimates fRKR-on* estimate tor each y ?arly subscription, ort th. combination, changing thia coupon accordingly and enoloa* with remittance. THE CONST?TU1 :eived A large stocK of I al value in the closinj oing to cause some tal to wear? style, fit and ft ?antH for ... $1.50 ?ants for. 1.25 'anta (or. 80 90c. an worth $3, to go at $2. . at the same reduction < J&J&J&W Pays to Btiy for j The Presidential bear hunt at Smedes, j Miss., came to an end last Tuesday with out thu Presfdent ever not lim: a shoot. There aro said to be moro timi eight million cocoanut* nt Mobile, Ala., and tho markot has been so glutted as to briug about a material reduction in tho pri?e. In Cass county, Texas, tho cow-pea crop tills yoar is reported to bo so Rrcr.t that many /armors will not gather the crop, boliovi.' g that thoro will bo no demand for thom. Miss Ida. M. Snyder, Trensinrer of ilio llroottl> II Kant Eui! Art On?. " If women would pay more attention to their health we would have more happy wives, mothers and daughters, and if they would observe results they would find _ that the doctors' prescriptions do not I perform the many cures they are given credit for. " In consulting with my druggist he ad vised MclElree's Wine of Cardui and Thed. ford's Black-Draught, and so I took it and have every reason to thank him for a new life opened up to me with restored health, and U only took three months to cure me." Wine of Cardui is a regulator of the menstrual functions ami is a most as tonishing tonic for women, lt cures scanty, suppressed, too frequent, irreg ular and painful menstruation, falling of the womb, whites and flooding, lt is helpful when approaching woman hood, during pregnancy, after child birth and in change of life, lt fro auently. brings a dear baby to homes lat have been barren for years. All druggists h*ve $1.00 bottles of Wine of Cardui. '1 CONTEST OF COTTON N., 1903. DOLLAR OFFER. lot, estimate of TS from Sept. I, .SB,OOO . 2,OOO . I,OOO . I,BOO ....^,000 . I .BOO . I,OOO . 600 . goo 910,000 $2,000 fl 7,OOO _a,BOO .$20,006 9th $20,000 Contest. MBA two .?t?mate? In thia oontest--th?t ls ?ve 203 prize?) oom to Sept. let i ooatast. want a subscription, or If you EE estimator) for ewry ONE DOL TEN estimates ar* sont at the only THREE dollars--thls spo ol receipt will be sent for each paper Itself ls an acknowledge sae. Tba cellmate, th, most; ?ad tba subsorlp STATISTICH OF LAST SBVRIf CROPS. THU PORT RECEIPTS for th? paat f<w yen,i, from Sep tember I through the first ten flays of January, ar? given to ?ia you In making an Intolll cent ?atlinata la this contrat, It ls not necessary to Itemize your estimate, give lt In on? ptain lum expressed In figures only; let thom moan just what you moan to say. Total Port Receipt? from Cotton Year- Sent. I to January IO. 1895 ?. 3,662,198 1896- 7. 6,139,272 1897- 98. 6.961,253 1898 9. 6,166,283 1899-1900. 4.207.865 I90O0I. 4.804.614 1001-02. 6.137,810 Secretary Hester, of the New Orloana Cotton Exchange, will furnish the official figures to decida this contest. Don't forget, ?vary subscrip tion for yourself or your friends will entitle you to an estima*. In th? gre st 120.000 contest. ION, ATLANTA OA. ?ants, bought at much g out ?ale ?/' Inman, K about these Pants, nish. * * We mame ul 75c. Pants for .50c. 50o. Pants for.40c. <* * Also, about fifty as the Pants. Cash. The Oldest and Best Newspaper PUBLISH -'.D IN THE 8TATE. IT rm NTS FROM :*o TO so PRU OK JIT H?O ll 10 MATTBH . IT COVERS A LARGER. AND MORE VARIED FIRM) IT CONTAINS FVM.BR MARKRT RE PORTS THAN ANY OT;ll,Lt PAPER PRINTED IN SOUTH GAROMNA IT STANDS FOR THE} INDUSTRIAL. AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS OF THE STATE. rr nioMEVBs IN THE FULLEST DIS CUSSION OF FUDLIC QUESTIONS. IT DOES NOT TR Y TO DRIVE, BUT SEEKS TO CONVINCE PUDMC M) SENTIMENT. < IT CULTIVATES THE SPIRIT OF HARMONY AMONG ALL THE PEO PLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. IN NO OTHER STATE OF THE UNION DOES ANY ONE PAPER SO COM PLETELY COVER THE ENTIRE FIELD OF NEWS AND INDUSTRY AND ART. .WITH AN UNRIVALLED TELE GRAPHIC SERVICE, EVERY EVENT OF ANY IMPORTANCE IS CHRONICLED IN THE NEWS AND COURIER. A NEWSPAPER FOR THE FARMER, THE DANKER, THE MINISTER, THE LAWYER, THE MANUFAC TURER, THE MECHANIC, THE WORKINGMAN AND THE CAPI TA LI ST. Now is the Time to Subscribe. DAILY, One Year- ------ Bio IS li ND AY, On? Year- . .... fl (DAILY AND SUNDAY, One Year- - XX TWICE A WEEK ------- * Address ff?bt Neto* mid (H?u?tr. ' <. CHARLESTON, S. C. m CHE/Y.5 FU"??$ TO TEXAS, ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, OKLAHOMA, INDIAN TERRITORY, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, UTAH, WYOMING, OREGON, MONTANA, WASHINGTON, and Other Points Wost, Northwest and Southwest, Writ? or call on J. 0. IIOM.KNnECK. District Passongor A gone, Louisville and Nashville R. R?, No. 1 Brown Mug, Opposite Union Depot, Atlanta, Ga. Now Union Station in Atlanta. Advices from Atlantn, Ga., report that plan H nrc under way to build a now union passenger station at the intersection of Mitchell stroot and Madison avenue, on ground owned hy the Central of Georgia and the Southern railways. Mr. II. M. Steele, Chief Engineer of tho Cen tral of Georgin, in to make tho pre liminary survey, assisted by tho en gullera of other railroads interested. The proposed depot will have a train shed 7f)0 feet long by 250 foot wide, with ten tracks, and it will bo open at each end for trains to arrive or depart in either direction. The depot building, 200x400 feet, is to be five or moro stories in height, and romain the waiting rooms, ticket offices, etc., besides offices for rail road officials. Tho Atlanta Union Station Com pany is to be formed by tho various railroads entering Atlnnta for the purposo of constructing tho now tor minal. It is expected that worH will begin about February 1, and that tho new station will bo completed within fifteen months thereafter. Cures COLDS. LA GRIPPE and all HEADACHES, etc. Sold at all Drug Stores. John Kolloy, tho negro who killed Sam Willimon Saturday near his home on the Anderson road, near Greenville, was oapturcd Tuosday night about 8 o'clock near Santuo, ton miles from Union, hy two men whose surnames are Johns and Jeter. The negro has con fessed, leming no doubt ns to his iden tity. . IN SHADOW OF THE BLUE RIDQE. ? \. Walhalla it Nettled at the Very Feet ol Nature's Everlasting Mon ..monts. [J. T, E., in Charleston Sunday News.] A little time may be profitably spent by every man in "looking baokward" and recalling the joyous days of youth, and to the traveller, or wander, if you please, there is nothing more conduoive to serious thought, nothing more wholesome and inspiring, than to return to the borne of childhood and look with the eyes of maturer ago upon the scenes wbioh have long since become but a recollection. After an absence of Borne fifteen years from tho now prosperous and bustling little town of Walhalla, it is my privilege and good fortuno to re turn for a briet visit and note the changes that have taken place in the last decade and a half. I note ohangC8 everywhere, and it is with a feeling of satisfaction and a sense of pride that I find theso changes aro all in the direction of progress. A long stroll this afternoon gave me ample opportunity to observe some of the changes time has been work ing-changes in people, manners, customs, buildings, and ovon in the country itself-everything different from what it was when, as a boy, I "lived, moved, and had my being" in this section, blessed and favored to an " unusual degree by tho Creator, Yes, changes everywhere-except in the grand scenery presented by these deep-blue and everl?sting hills, in whose inviting shadows I spent an hour communing with nature, recall ing the past and tasting the bitter sweets of a varied reminiscence. I remember the old town of fifteen years ago-busy in its way-but still little more than a sleepy village With its one long, straight street running almost directly east and west, its buildings scattered and built of' wood, it did not present ai; appearance inviting to the oapitalisl or to the laborer. Time and fire have made great changes in this re spect. The growth of the village tc a town of 1,400 inhabitants hat caused a spreading out for three 01 four blocks north and south of Mair street, giving a good proportion tc the town. Then, too, brick nnd mor tar have taken the place of wood ir the construction of business houses and where, in my boyhood days, th? business of the place was corni uclet in an indifferent manner aud il rather shaky framo bouses, to-day i is carried on in handsome and sub Ht ant ?al brick structures by practica business men, who use approved auf advanced methods in every depart ment. There are, I believe, twenty nine brick stores and buildings in itu town, with a good prospect for othon in the near futuro. Tho citizens of fifteen yours agi we>e just as good-doubtless bette in some respecta-as those ot to-day they wore, of that sturdy Germai mould, industrious, hard-worktn] and economic, but not progressive In their descendants aro apparent t a marked degree theso samo quali ties, and addud to them is a spirit c progressiveness that promises we! for the future of tho placo. MODERN ?OTK!. NKRDKD. Tho old Riemann Hotel buildinj known all over the United States, among a few of tho old landmarl that have served thoir day and sev< ral generations and ought to mu their epitaphs writton. Mr. Bean tho manager of tho house, now we known as tho Walhalla Hotel, rui an excellent hostelry ; tho rooms a neat and olean, the tablo abundant! supplied with tho best of everything the host, his family ami guests a congenial, but ho is hampered by J antiquated building that ought to I replaced by a modern hotel. The citii. ns, I judge from remar made by some, are becoming alive the great advantages to accrue tho town from a now and mode hotel, managed as well as the preso one is, and will not delay mn longer in the matter of scouring The town owes it to herself to ha a hotel thar will be a standing adv( tisomcnt, not alono by it? oxoellen as regards the table, but as to ot ward appearance and modern co venioncos as well. M?n with lar and generous hearts are often m judged on account of 'a rough f. unpolished appoaranoo. Hotels and men are quite dost associated, and, while those t quainted with the qualities of t "heart" of the Walhalla Hotol t easily overlook . tho rough appe anoe of the building, thero is no ing in its outward aspeot to attn tho stranger. In this connection may be.of interest to note that portion of the present hotel buihli (a part of the dining room,) though apparently not different from the main body of the structure, ie one of the log houses erected by the first settlers of the town over fifty years ago. Stripped of its weather board ing and paint, with its large and olosely-fitting log?, this littl' pieoe of rough oarpentry would oall forth from the few remaining aged Ger man citizens many interesting remi niscences of the hardships act* cease less toil of those whose pluck and energy laid the foundation for one of the most prosperous towns of South Carolina. THE OLD ORUBB OHANOBTU. Tourists passing through this sec tion of the Carolina mountains have seldom lost an opportunity to give graphic descriptions of the quaint little German town at the foot of the mountains. But the day for this soi t. of diversion is fast passing away, if indeed it is not already gone Here and there one can find sped mens of antiquity in architecture or meet and talk with one of the cit! zens of tho town in its babyhood, but both are passing away-tho ono at the hands of the progressive young citizen, who has caught the spirit of tho times and must push forward ; the other under the gentle and mel lowing influenoo of time. The pages of the book of tho present are slowly being loosed from their binding and filed away among the records of the past--sacred records that will live through tho years to como in the memories of those whose privilege it has been to read even but a fow of their inspiring pages. But enough of this I I will let "tho dead past bury its dead" and note somo of tho things of the living present. A MOOKI. SCHOOL BUILDING. Ono of the marked steps forward is the recent erection and equipment of a handsome brick public school building at a cost of something ovor $8,000. This building is really a model and. a fitting memorial of tho ago of progress. The plans must have boen drawn by a master archi tect and oarried out to tho letter by the contractor. The result is one of the handsomest and most substantial sohool buildings in tho State. It is situated on a spot that has been for years reserved as the site for an in stitution . of learning. Newberry College stood on tho same Bite during and for a short time after the war ; later Adger College was founded and lived, tlourished for a season and died in the same frame building used by Newberry College ; still later the Walhalla High School had tts day within thu same walls and was kept going, with various degrees of suc cess, until, in October, 1888, the building was destroyed by fire. Since then other schools have been taught in a smaller building on the same ground. Tho site is a grant to tho town from tho late D. Biemann so long as the property is UBed for educational purposes. The erection of the present substantial and almost fire-proof building seoures the site to the town in perpetuity. Under the excellent management of a thor oughly earnest and progressive su perintendent and an able corps of teachers tho sohool gives great prom ise for tho futuro. MODBBK rUDLIC IIUILDING8. In public, buildings also thc town is quito fortunate. The new county jail is a oredit to the town and every citizen of the county can well point with pride to their two modern publio buildings, the court houso and jail. Their new and clean appearance suggests to tho stranger prosperity, and the air of prosperity inspires confidence. With all the improve ments that have taken place within the last few years, and the constant work going on that direction at pres ent, there is much to inspiro conti dence and attract attention to this ideal spot for health and happiness this beautiful town of Walhalla, with her glorious past, her prosperous present, her bright and promising future. Long may she flourish, grow and oxtend nor borders. Walhalla, S. C., November 15 Delinquents Brought to Time. A paper in Golden, Colorado, raked in many delinquents on the ground of .this eloquent appeal : "You may approximate the stars in a nail keg, hang tho ocean on a grapevine to dry, wipe the nose of a oyolone with a towel, out off the tail end of a tornado for a keepsake, put the sky in the ground to soak, un buckle the bellyband of eternity and open up tho sun and moon as a health resort, but never be deluded with tho idea that you can esoape the other side of purgatory if you don't pay for your paper." W PfSO'S CURE FOR \> CUKtS WHIKt AU tlSl JAH.8. UoM Couch Syrup. TMMa Giood. In tlraa Hold hy druggists. In time. Bold by druggist*._Kl Whit? Girls as Waiters. The Hotel Sumter now employe white help only. The negro cook, waitera and oh a rn her ru aid H were dis charged to-day and at dinner the white help took oharge of the seve ral departments,. Josapb G. Freoli, a French chef, has oharge of the kitchen. He oomes from Now York, where ho has been connected with the oulinary departments of several of the largest and best known of the hotels ci that Mrs. May Young, aa head waitress, Naa oharge of the dining room and she is as sisted by sis young ladies who have had experience as waitresses in ho tels. Two chambermaids complete the hotel force, all of whom were en gaged in Now York by Mr. Purnim this week while he was in that city, and when he returned last night they accompanied him. The employment of white help exclusively is a de cided innovation in the South, ex cept in ibo oase of the winter tour ists hotels, and it will be watched with great interest by all commercial hotel managers in this and adjaoent Staten. If the experiment is satis factory and successful at tho Hotel Sumter it will not he long before a number of other hotels in this State will get rid of negro help and em ploy white girls as waiters.-Sumter Watohman, November 6. How's This ? We offer Ono Ilundred Dollars lie wu ni for any case of catarrh that cannot bo oured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O. Wo, the undersigned, .have known F. J. Cheney for tho last l? years, and be lieve him perfectly honorable in Ml busi ness transactions and financially ablo to oarry out any obligations made by thoir firm. West <fe Truax, Wholosalo Druggists, Toledo, O. Walding, Rinnan ?fe Marvin, Wholo Balo Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catan-h Cure is takon inter nally, acting diroctly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of tho system. Price, 75o. por bottle. Hold by all druggists. Testimonials freo. Hall's Family Pills aro tho best. A Good Story Never Dies. Twenty years ago Eli Perkins used to make his audienoes scream with this Irish story-but other and better stories have taken its place : Michael Donan walked into the Bick room of Patrick Kolloy. Pat rick lay there very pale, with eyes closed and we heard Michael ex claim : "Howly Moses, Pat, its murthorin' ill yo'ro look m' 1 Fwat in tho name av th' kraken's tho matter ?" "Mioha*el Donan ! an' is it your self ?" "Yis." "Well, ye/, knows that blatherin' spalpoon av Widdy Costignn'n second husband ?" "That I do." "He bet mo a dollar to a pint I I couldn't schwally an igg widout brakin' th' sholl-th' sholl av it." "Naw !" "Yis." "Did ye do it ?" "I did." "Then fawt's ailin'- yo ?" "It's doon there," laying his hand on his stomach. "If I joomp about PU br'ak it and out -mo stummick wid th' shell. If I kapo quiet th' dom thing'll hatch oot an' I'll havo a Shanghai rooster a-olawiu' mo in sides.-(Laughter.) The South Carolina Mormons have been holdiug their annual convention in Charleston. The News and Courior says there are 1,200 converts to that faith in this State. --Waioh the label on your paper if you want to know how your subscription ao nount stands with TIIK COURIKR. Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys. Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood AU the blood in your body passes through your kidneys once every three minutes. The kidneys are your blood purifiers, they fil ter out the waste or Impurities In the blood If they are sick or out of order, they fall to do their wotk. Pains, aches and rheu m at ism come from ex cess of urlo acid In the blood, due to neglected kidney trouble. Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady heart beats, and makes one feel as though they had heart trouble, because the heart over-working in pumping thick, kidney poisoned blood through veins and arteries. lt used to be considered that only urinary troubles were to be traced to the kidney but now modern science proves that nearly all constitutions] diseases have their begin nine In kidney trouble. If you are sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild snd the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy soon reallied. It stands the highest for Ita wonderful cures of the most distressing cases and ls sold on Its merits by all druggists In fifty cent and one-dollar slz-| es. You may have a sample bottle by mall norn? ot Swm.p-Root. free, also pamphlet telling you how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble Mention this paper when writing Dr, Kilmer ?St Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Twin? at tho Age of Fifty Year?. . The happiest man in Anderson oounty at the present writing is Mr. W. W. Mooro, a well known ol ti zo a of the Piedmont section. Mr. Moor* was married in 1876, just 26 years ago. He and his wife have lived happily together ever sinoe, but no children had ever como to bless their home. Mr. Moore ?B on the shady side of the half oentury mark and his wife is in her fiftieth year. Mr. Moore had about made up his mind that the fatea would be unkind to him and that he would remain child less ; but it is a long lane that has no turning and last Thursday night Mrs. Moore presented her husband with twins, a boy and a girl. Both the mother and little ones are doing nioely and Mr. Moore himself is in good shape. These fact s are given by people of vhat community and Mr. Moore himself was in the oity yesterday. Ile is a brother-in-law of Mr. J. F. Clardy. Mr. Moore is naturally overjoyed on account of bis great good fortune. "Anderson people are going ahead building cot ton mills and trolley lines," he said while boro yesterday, "but the Pied mont section of this county is not to be sneezed at. I wouldn't swap my fortunes for all the cotton milln and trolley linos in the country."-An derson Mail, November 6. -1--^mm Equal to a Bull Fight. At tho recent State Fair in Colum bia one of the principal attractions was a football game between the Clemson Collego and the South Ca rolina College teams. The price of a scat to witness the game was fifty cents. After tho game had gone on for some time a young lady on the stand asked her uncle, an elderly gentleman, if he was ready to go, and ho said he was not quite ready. She then said if he was in terested she would wait on him. He rejoined that it would save him a trip to Cuba or Mexico to seo a bull fight. The game was enough like it to save the time and expenso of the trip.-Abbeville Medium. locassee Observations. Jocassce, S. C., November 27. Mr. W. M. Brown is having lumber dressed now to build his new store house. Lookout, Salem, he has al ready got best of the trade and when he gets his new storehouse built ho will got it all. Tho school at Jocassce is still un der the control of Miss Annie Free man. The patrons all like hor for a Behool teacher, for shu is making a good success of it. Misses Rosa and Anna Crow and Messrs. R. A. Talley and Andrew Cash visited friends in Pickons county last Sunday. Mr. J. T. Cash raised a pumpkin this year that weighs sixty pounds. Boat that, Mr. Corbin, if you can for the old time pumpkin. Mr. U.M. Whitmire, of Piedmont, and his nephew, Dickson Whitmire, of Newry, were in our borg a few days ago visiting friends and rela tives. Mr. S. L. Crow went hunting tho other night and caught three opos sums and two coons. Hurrah for Mr. Crow and his little spotted fice. Mr. W. M. Brown is off now on a trip hunting the man that has horses for sale. There will bo a Christmas tree nt Mt. Carmel church, near Jooasseo Eost oOioe, on Christmas eve day. ?verybody is invited to como with thoir presents ready. Tho managors will begin their work at 1 o'olook. The doors will bo open at 6.30 p. m. Santa ClauB. Salom Items. Salem, S. C., November 27.--Far mers aro pretty well through gather ing crops. Corn is turning out well. Mr. R. T. Whitmire, who has been sick so long, is still confined to his room. Mrs. Mary E. Holden is very sick at the home of Wm. Burgess, of .lo cassee. Mr. J. B. Alexander and wife have been sick. They are improving. Mr. I). T. Madden's face is wreath ed wilh smiles. Its a ten-pound boy. Mr. J. S. Cannon is smiling, too. Another girl at his house. Mr. J. Barker has done a fine busi ness with bis gin in Salem this sea son. Messrs. J. S., John and Elisha Holden passed here with a nice drove of 64 turkeys last week. They found ready sale for them at Newry. Mr. Stiles Alexander, who accept ed a situation on the Southern Rail road ns llagmnn, has made his for tune and como home. He did not like it. His friends welcome him back. Mr. J. L. Talley ia on the sick list. Mr. R. A. Hudson and family have moved to Walhalla. Messrs. James and Luther Crow, of North Carolina, expect soon to begin selling goods at Salem. Three cheers for our little town ! May all who aro moving improve thoir condition. A merry Thanksgiving to The Courier and all of its readers. liai (I Times,