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TO THINK OWN SKI J? BB TBTJB A NI) IT MUST FOLLOW AS TBB NIGHT THB DAY, THOU 0AN8>T NOT THBN BB FALSB TO ANY MAN. BY JAYNB8, 8 H K LO ll, SMITH & STECK. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLIN A? FEB. 25, 190?. NEW SERIBS. NO. 250.-VOLUME Lill.-NO. 8. V, c. w White & ANDERS? Dealers in Mart WK DO ALL KINDS OF MON TING, Etc., Marble and Gran and Clear Lettering. Our wo: every respect, and tho material used ii If you desire to place a handsome the gravo of a relative, write or phone with a complete litio of designs, and Wo will take pleasure in serving you and material. WHIT] Flio?i? 244. - High Grade Fi -and At prices ns low as tho lowest on th< A largo assortment of Embroider lengths. These aro brand uow patterns, ii price. Wo aro offering special bargains in I next thirty days. A largo lot of Dry Ooo order to mako room for our spring stock. Do not fail to seo our pricos and whs W. P. NI SENECA Le^al Advertisements. N OTIOE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. - NOTICE is boroby given that the undersigned will make application to I). A. Smith, Esq., Judgo of Probate for Oconco county, In tho Stale of South Carolina, on Saturday, 28th day of February, MK):!, at ll o'clock in tho forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said application can be heard, for leave to make final settlement of the estato of M' j-y MoBlvcne, deceased, and Anal dis charge as Executor of said estato. O. W. PITCHFORD, Qualified Executor of the last Will and Testament of Mary MoElveno, deceased. January '20, HMM. 4 8 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE.-NOTICE IS hereby given that the undersigned will make application to D. A. Smith, Esq., Judgo of Probato for Oconco county, in Tho State of South Carolina, at his ellice at Walhalla Court House, on Friday, tho 27th day of February, 1003, at ll o'clock in tho forenoon, or ns soon thoroafter as said application can be beard, for leave to mako llnal settle ment and discharge of tho estato of J. li. Sanders, deceased. S. PETER SANDERS, HANDY O. MARETT, QoaH?od Executors of tho last Will and Testament of tho Estate of J. B. Sanders, docnased. January 20, 1W3: 4-8 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI TORS. -All persons indebted to tho estate of William II. Shel' n, deceased, aro horeby notified to mrlAu payment to tho undersigned, and all persons having claims against said estato will present the same, duly attc: led, within tho time prescribed by law or be harrod. J. D. SHELDON, Attorney in Fact for IIoirs-at-Le -A Wi'iinm H. Sheldon, decease'' Fair Play, S. C., February 4, lfto.,. I 5-3 Linds for Sale. IOFFER THE FOLLOWING LANDS at privato salo: Tract No. 1, containing 151 acres, moro or less, lying on head waters of Oeonoo oreok, joining lands of Mrs C. Jones, Mrs. S. V. Massey and B. F. Sloan, with 20 acres of good bottomlands; 40 acres of upland in cultivation; a fine orchard of apples and peaches; ono two-room dwelling and out-huildings. Will soil tho same at $2.00 per aero. Also, Tract No. 2, containing 288 acres, more or less, joining lands of B. F. Sloan, Mr. Duffle, Jessie Lay and othors, with 20 aoros of hottom land, 50 aoros of good upland and fino timber and a vast quantity of black locus 'imber, with throe rent houses on the s. JO. Will sell tho same for $2.50 per acre. For furthor particulars call on or write to II H. I J O' NEAL, Walhalla, S. C. Jannary 14, 1008. 2-tf Notice to Administrators? Executors, Guardians And Trustees, ALL Administrators, Executors,Guar diana and Trustees aro heroby not! ned to mako their Annual Returns to this office during tho months of Janunry and Fobruary, as required by law. I). A. SMITH, Judge of Probate for Oconeo County, South Carolina. January 20, 1003. The very first requisito of a Sh absolute accuraoy-olosely, but not ti] no pressure. "Queen Quality" is the one sh< it fits tho foot just as a Paris-made gi Have you ever noticed that bu Thoy talk about "style" and "r that mean nothing. But they say litt "Queen Quality" fits because il which, by the way, adds roany dollars But the ?Shoes fit perfectly 1 & J. E. Bau ki Company, 3IV, S. C., de and Granite. rUMKNTAL DESIGNING, CUT lite Decorative Designing, handsome rk is guaranteed to be first-class in ) THE BEST, a monument or a neat head-stone at ; us and we will send a representative he will quoto you reasonable prices, with the best both in workmanship E & COMPANY, Anderson. srtilizers, Meal Acid 9 samo grado of goods, ios aud 111 sn t i o ii s to match, in short 0 mill cuds, aud aro going at about half )ry floods, Shoes and Clothing for tho ds and Clothing that must bo sold in ?t wo havo to offor. M M O N S, ia S. C. NOTICE OP PETITION FOR EX EMPTION.-Notice is hereby givon that a pctitiou has boen filed in my oftlco by Ella S. Waito, widow of A. Gibson Waito, deceased, in behalf of horsolf and her minor child, for an exemption to bo sot off in tho personal ostate of said deceased; that said petition will be hoard by mo on Friday, tho 20th day of March, 1003, at ll o'clock a. m., in my oflico at Walhalla Court House. W. O. WHITE, Master Oconeo Couuty, S. C. February 10, 1003. 7-10 Notice to Debtors and Creditors. ALL PERSONS indebted to the estate of A. Gibson Waite, deceased, aro hereby notified to make payment to tho undersigned, and all persons having claims against said cstato will presont the ?ame, duly attested, within the timo prescribed by law, or bo barred. ELLA S. WAITE, Administratrix of tho Estato of A. Gib son Waito, deceased. February 18, 1003. 7-11 MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTn CAROLINA, COUNTY OK OCONKK. In tho Court of Common Pleas. Nettio Hosso, ot al., Plaintiffs, against Thomas Smith, ot al., Defendants. BY virtuo of Decretal Ordor in the abovo entitled action, signed by his Honor R. O. Purdy, Presiding Judge, I will sell, at public auction, in front of tho Court House door in Walhalla, South N?-dina, on salosday in March, 1003. be tween tho legal hours of salo, the follow ing described voal estate, to-wit: AU that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and hoing in tho town of Walhalla, in tho County of Oco neo, South Carolina, and bounded on the East by tho public road loading from Walhalla to Jarrett's Bridge, on tho South and West by lands formerly bo longing to James T. Wilson, and on tho North hy South Broad stroot, containing two acros, moro or less, and being the same whereon Ary Smith rosided nt the time of her death. ALSO? All that certain pioco, parcol or lot of land, in the town of Walhalla, Oconeo county, State of South Carolina, boundod on tho North by Maiu street, on tho WoBt hy lands formorly belonging to John J. Smith, on tho South by South Broad stroot and on the East by- street, containing four acres, moro or loss. ALSO, All that certain pioco, parcol or tract of land, situato, lying and being in the County of Oconeo, Stato of South Caro lin?, on thu North side of Cane Creek, bounded on tho East by lands formorly belonging to Carson Wondelkin, on tho North by lands formerly bolonging to Honckon, and on the South by Cane Creek, and cornering at tho West with lands, pm chased by Theodore Moinhardt from W. J. Neville, and being a portion of tho hundred and sixty-eight acros Convoyed to J. E. Neville by Fredoriok Schalken, and known as Lot No. 43 of tho lands of the German Colonization Association of Charleston, containing fifty acros, moro or less. TERMS : One-half cash on day of salo, and bataneo on a oredit of one year, orodit portion to boar interest from day of salo and ho scoured by a bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the promises, with leave to purchaser to anticipate payment. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. O. WHITE, Master Ooonoe County, S. C, February 4, 1003. ' 6-8 ' tCmi ll loe is that it shall fit the foot with ghtly-with no waste space, yet with >e for women which is made so that ove fits the hand. t few other Shoes talk muoh about fit? >eauty" and "form" and other things lo about "fit." ; is an entirely different construction, to the weekly pay roll. I?? night Have Sole Right of j Sale. GRAND AND PETIT JURORS. Names ol the Gentlemen who will Deal Justice at the Approaching Term of Court The following grand jurors have boen drawn to servo Oconee county for 1903 : B. P. Moore, J. P. Beatty, Jeff B. Shirley, W. W. Odell, H. Blackwell, J. D. Isbell, C. E. O. Mitchell, J. S. Hyde, Geo. W. Eaton, L. H. V. Hobson, J. M. Hull, G. B. Gunthrop. The following petit jurors have been drawn to serve at tho March term of Court : E. A. Perry, J. T. Barney, Chas. Finkenstadt, W. J. Cowan, G. M. McKee, JonaB E. Phil lips, Perry Bottoms, A. L. Galbreath, A. P. Hunt, E. C. Marett, James S. King, John Miller, Lee Polfry, J. B. S. Dendy, J. W. Eller, J. A. Kelley, E. M. Uamby, W. E. Cheswell, J. W. Reeder, E. A. Barron, Don T. Craine, Geo. B. Watson, Bouben Leo, Jr., T. A. Spencer, S. W. Cox, J. M. Wigiugtou, R. T. Scurry, T. E. Kilburn, W. M. Perry, Lewis F. Harden, S. Byrd Wyly, Jos. Kerr, W. C. Owens, J. C. Neville, E. A. Mulkey, G. B. Sears. Catarrh Cannot be Cured with local applications, as they cannot I reach tho seat of tho disease Catarrh is I a blood or constitutional diseaso, and in order to ouro it you must tako intornal romedios. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and raucous surfacos. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicino. It was proscribed by one of the host physicians iu this country for yoars, and is a regu lar proscription. It is composed of tho best tonics known, combined with tho best blood purifiers, acting directly on tho mucous surfacos. Tho porfect com bination of tho two ingredients is what ftraduces such wonderful results in cui ng catarrh. Sond for testimonials, froo. F. J. ('heney <fc Co., Props., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, prico 75c. Hall's Family Pills aro tho best. Southern Extension ls Projected. Knoxville, Tenn., February 19 The Southern Railway has rented offices in one of tho large office buildings hero and has installed a corps of engineers who are said to be at work on the drawings, esti mates, surveys, etc., for the Rabun Gap extension. This is a line of road which is projectod by the Southern to make a short route from East Tennessee through the Carolina mountains into South Carolina and then to connect direct for the coast It is the old John C. Calho The line will, as now prop\ -, oe built south from Maryville, Tenn., to which point the Southern already has a line from this city to tho Little Tennessee River, thenco up the river to Bushnell, N. C., thenco on through Rabun Gap in tho mountains to Anderson, S. C. Bushnell is a sta tion on the Murphy branch of the Southern, which runs from Ashe ville to Murphy, N. C. A New Great Seal. A new "great seal" is being made for the United States government at a cost of $1,250, to replace one made Itt 1885. A writer in the Now York " imes says that the seal now in uso has during the past seventeen years done moro work than tho previous "great seal" in the forty four yoars in which it did duty. The first "great seal" of the United States was made in 1782 in Philadelphia, from a design carefully worked out under the direction of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, ami it was used until 1841. Tho "great seal" that is now being out will be the fourth mado, its three predecessors having done duty for a total ot 120 years. Silberman Bros. Largest Fur House In Amor?os. Branoties All Over Barops. Highett cash price paid for all Undi ot raw fur*. Hold your shipment until you ?el our pries list. Writ* /cr it lo day. We mal ( <t free. SILRERMAtf OHOS., laato las Michigan 8... Ohlosffo.lll. uoain o? a. J. jon?*. In the death of A. Jack Jones,! whioh occurred early yesterday morning after a few days' illness, our community loses one of her pap-1 ular business men. Mr. .Jones was a native of New berry county, but has been a resident of this oity for several years, during almost all of whioh time he was aotively engaged in business. He was considered a splendid dry goods man, and was popujar as a salesman. He married MUd Susie Garrison, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. j D. Garrison, of this oity, who, with three small ohildren are left to mourn the death of a devoted husband and father, and to whom the sympathy of their host of friends hero and elsewhere are extended. He leaves two brothers and a sister, Miss lula Jone?-, of Walhalla; A. C. Jones, of Newberry, and W. T. Jones, of Atlanta. Mr. Jones was a member of the Second Presbyterian church of this city and was also a member] of Recovery Lodge A. F. M. The funeral services will bo conduoted at j the residence at 2 o'olook, Rev. G. G. Mayes and Rev. Z. T. Cody offi ciating. The services at tho grave in Springwood cemetery will be conduoted by tho Masons. The following gentlemen will act | as pallbearers: W. C. Allen, Thomas Pope, Henry Briggs, J. T. Blassingame, Wm. Wilkens, J. M. Dickson, Percy Long, Brandon Patton.-Greenville News, February 18th. A Tragedy in New Orleans. New Orleans, February 19.-Ella Atkins is dead and Folger Green is in the hospital with three wounds, as the result, of a compact they entered into to end their lives. Tho woman died of morphine poisoning. The man stabbed himself twice in the neok and then slashed his wrists. Tho tragedy occurred in a room in tho Victor hotel. The couple Imssed as man and wife and had stopped at tho hotel at different times during the past three years. An effort to awaken the couple this morning failed, and the door of tho room was forced. The place was found covered with blood, the wo man dead and the man bleeding freely. Green said they took morphine together night before last. When he awoke yesterday morning the woman was dead. Ho made no report of the fact and the body lay in the room all day and night, while Green devoted himself to drinking cocktails. This note was found : "Goodby to all and forgive. Am my own worst enemy, and go hence to thc grout beyond through force of circumstances. Notify Miss Atkins, Box 83, Hawesville, Ky., that her sister has at last gone home. Signed : Folger Green, Ella Atkins." CURES WHERE AU . t Cough Syrup. Tastes _. In timo. Sold by dniKKlBt?. SO'S c CONSUMPTION A Cup Race. "What are these cups for?" asked a well-dressed man of a jeweler,] pointing to some lovely silver cups on the counter. "These aro race cups, to be given - - ' tes." fiat's so, suppose you and I .-uo IOI one?" And the stranger, with the cup in hand, started, the] jeweler after him. Tho stranger won the cup. Sick ness steals more savings than the burglar. Slowly, coln by coln, the money that has been so hardly earned is paid out for drugs and doctors. Sickness is th? worst enemy of the work hag man, and tito common cause of the working man's sickness ls disease of the stomach often involving the heart, lungs, liver, or kidneys. The use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discovery will stop the stealing of the savings by sickness, ft cures dis eases of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition. It cures dis eases of heart, liver, lungs, kidneys, etc., when thee? diseases are caused by th? diseased condition of the stomach and its allied organs. "About Un years ago I began to have trouble with my stomach," willen Walnut Street. Loratu. Ohio, "It got SO bad I had to lay ?fr quite often two and three dava lu a week, my stomach would bloat, and I would >egan to have travels win. Connolly, of do, ?It got io badi belch u& faa, and waa lu awful distress et such in f whatever. By some way or other I happened tb time?. ^ ??ve employed and been treated by the best doctors in tue city but got uo help 8et hold of? vial of vor. ' Pellets,' and I thought bey helped ms. was tuen I wrote to you for advice, You told me that by ray symptoms yon thought I had liver complaint, and advised the use or you ; 1 Oolden Medical Discovery ' and 'Pleasant Pelleta' In connection. These medi cines I have taken ss directed, and ara very happy to state that I commenced to get better fri.m the atart and have not lost a day thia 'ummer on account of my stomach I feel tip top, and better than I haw for tea y.-.ars." Accept no substitute for " Golden Med ical Discovery." Nothing else 1? "just aa good." Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate the bowels. U/ye Educatif People.-^ of South i Crafts, OD Mr. Speaker : I cannot refrain from expressing my surprieo and sorrow at the proposition, whioh I m nat regard as barbarous, to oiose j the recently opened avenues of edu cation and to perpetuate ignoranoo and to extinguish light and learning. And, considering with how much pride, 1 reour to. the small share I whioh I fortunately had in the crea tion of tho schools now attempted to be au dished, I feel it my duty, and it is my delight, especially to vindioate them.. Sir, in my opinion, all tho sins of the last Legislature were redeemed by that noble act of wisdom and munificence. T think, sir, that I now hoar tho anthem of praise and the grateful soug of our remote pos terity. I soe light penetrating the recesses of the forest, revealing its treasures, its beauties, its stores of moral, mental and physical wealth. I see happiness diffused with informa tion, merit drawn from obsourity, and patriotism gathering fruit from the | desert. This hall in whioh we legislate is appropriately placod on a lofty and solitary eminence, and our prospeot | is as extensive as the powers of vision. Is it not afflicting that we should behold nothing but a wilderness? That the eye rests once only on a village and scarcely once on a j cultivated plain'f Yet, sir, dark and deep as is the natural scenery around us, deeper and darker are tho human pictures it contains. Who that has seen man in a high state of improvement-in the midst of the arts and soiences-actuated by the desire, and blest with the mean?./of usefulness-full of noble ambitions, and gaining in their turn all its honorable rewards-who, I say, oan appreciate tho immense disparity between Buoh au individual and the unhappy being born and living and dying in penury and igno rance ? Sir, my compassion is always pain fully excited by the condition of | many of the country people whom I seo on my journey here. Without j education themselves, or the ?a can s of imparting it to their children, how many sourced of happiness and utility to them are forever closed How much of intellect is there run ning wild and waste ? How muoh of manly ardor and sensibility, without] an objeot to elioit them? How much helplessness against the mis fortunes of life ! How much of vice and misery, which aro the lot of j ignorance I In several of their lowly cottages I have seen signs of those mental fires that are doomed to struggle in vain for exercise and display, have seen beauty buriod in obscurity, as in a premature grave, and genius, unconscious of its aim or its powers, indolent and useless. As I pited their situation I was delighted with their relief. When we addressed theso humble inhabi tants of tho woods, and proffered the means of instruction, on behalf of the State we wero as wise as wo wore liberal ; we consulted their happiness not moro than the State's. We unveiled to them their duties .?nd their rights. We extended tho horizon of their hopes and their views. We opened to them a new world, hitherto occupied by the rich almost exclusively, and rescuing them from their obscuro destiny, we bade them aspire after nil the meeds of emulation. We raised an infant corps of fu ture patriots and that year was fruit ful in children for the State. Learn ing never produced ingratitude and from those infants thus adopted patriotism may look for ornaments and sacrifices. In the course of two years six thousand poor ohildron have been partially instructed, nd the State expends thirty thou nd dol lars-in several instances returning to the districts, for the education of j their poor, a larger amount than it I receives from them in taxes. Now,' sir, if only ono of those six thousand should in thc day of peril defend thia nation, and, like, Perry, covor j this country with tho mantle of his | own glory-if only one of them in the holy offices cf religion should illumine the path of virtue-if only one should ably ad.orate in tho Senate tho liberties of the country and the Hghts of the people-for one snob individual thirty thousand dol lars rvonld be a cheap equivalent, to' I cm of tHe J& h b Delivered lo tho T/ORiilaturo of the H tate r*J Carolina In Hecoiuber, 1813, by Hon. Wm. Mt i tbe Repeal of tho Free Behool Act. \J. t "A SLA JO- "A Ul A ULM Sa. "A lb. "A ATTfct say nothing of that more numerous, but not less important olass, who would hereby fitted for the useful offices of private life. But it appears all suoh pleasing hopes are to terminate. The children of the poor are to be torn from the fountains of learning, as soon as they have tasted them, and the reign of ignoranoc is to be revived. It grieves me, sir, that a solitary individual on this floor should advo oate the abolition of the free schools, but that the venerable member from Edgefleld, one of their former friends, should, at the olose of his long and patriotic oarcer,' exert his influence to destroy them, seeing the good they have done, and the greater which they promise, is equally sur prising and painful. If I could analyze the feelings of that gentle man I might discover much manly exultation at the reflec'!on that hie vote had contributed to establish this noble asylum of unfortunate inno cents. I did not think he oould find it in his heart, to turn the little oner out so MOOD, when they had soarce loamed to read his name among their benefactors. And dream not that they ever will find it among their foes. Lot him look back and rejoice that thin institution so flourisher even in the bud. Let him look for ward, and anticipating the fruit whioh it will bear, and the bountioi it will dispense, let him recoil fron the meditated blow and throw awaj the axe with which he assails itt roots. What will be his feelings when it is prostrate-leafless anc desolate? It is urged that owing to th< sparse population of one or two dis triots, the free schools there an comparatively useless-and therefor the whole system ought to be abol ishod. This evil timo will of itsol remove, and what kind of inferenc is that whioh would abolish agorera good to get rid of a partial ill There is a oloud, Mr. Speaker, whiol the sun cannot penetrate-why doe it shine at all ? There aro rocks impenetrable t the dews of Heaven, why are no showars withheld altogether? Thor aro barren places that produce noth ing, why is not agriculture abai: doned ? No, sir, let us rejoice in th good wo have done and regret nc that wo cannot do everything ; once. It is contended that the ohildre should bo boarded, as well as edi cat cd, at the public expenso, bsoaut their school rooms are remote froi their homes. Tho evil may be remi died by their occasional removal and it is obvious that the measui proposed would be costly and ruii ous. One gontleman has said that fa constituents disdain to be enligfa ened at the public expense. Prid sir, is no friend to wisdom, and let be remembered that many, ve many, of his constituents have n tho means of private instruction, am sorry if he has correotly said these that they disdain our asBii ance, or, in other word3, disdain be enlightened at all ; in that ovoi unfortunately, thoy are not singul The barbarians who overran .Ron breaking up the trophies of 1 genius and arms, like the gent man's constituents, disdained to enlightened. The aborigines this country hug themselves in their native sensuality, s like the gentleman's constituents c dain to be enlightened. The mc who bides himself in a oavern fr the rays of the sun, like tho geni man's constituents, disdain to be lightened. Nothing is said, sir, abolishing the oolloge ; we oan 83 pathize with the rioh ; why abo! the free schools ? Havo we no sj pathies for the poor? If you 1 do one you will accomplish the ott Those are blind who wage war lettors I Sir, I an astonished at opposition of the upper districts tba free schools. They beat us 1 low in population, and when pop? tim: shall be thoroughly enlighte our influence in the low country gone forever. But, sir, I contend not for State in our characters as leg] tors-the name of our people rank in the Union, and with wiso and good ali over the wc will be affected by our deoia Let us do nothing to tarnish thor. If we do abolish free sohools the eagle be romoved from over j hoad, MY. Speaker. It is the In of a hird that lives upon light, cannot ondure darkness. Ki shroiul it in mourning or ?en* NOT APPLICABLE TO TILLMAN CASE. Th? Cain, Moses and David Homicide Cases j Entirely Dissimilar. Editors Keowoe Courier: Your correspondent, "C.," in bis artiole j under the headline "A Voioe from Old Piokens," closes his racy com munication with this paragraph : "The taking of haman life is a j most solemn thing, hat Cain mur dered Abel and waa not hanged for it. Moses killed an Egyptian and was not punished, and old David murdered Uriah for his beautiful wife, but repented after he got her. I hope he was forgiven, but I don't know. The tneroy of Heaven is wonderful, and that of man should not be less." Col. J. H. Titan's killing of Edi tor Gonzales was the subject under j consideration, and the writer, from these Bible examples, draws the conclusion that Col. Tillman, whe tber guilty of wilful murder or not, should go unpunished. This writer condemns newt paper prosecution of men accused of orime, and then in the same artiole uces a newspaper to influenoe publie opiuion hi favor of acquittal 1 The true position, how eyer, ie not to take sides, pro or con, and let the courts manage the oase and mete out jnstice according to the lights before them. It is just as improper for newspaper correspond ents to advooate acquittal before trial as to advooate oonviotion in advance. Mr. C. therefore places himself in' just as untenable a posi tion as those whom he condemns Paul said to the Remans : uHappy is he that condemned) not himself in the thing which he allowotb." Con demning ip others the liberty he as sumes for himself, he is not happy in what his pen makes him say. The reference to Cain is altogether non-apropos. Only a few people were then living, and there were no written laws, and there were no human Courts. Cain slew Abel and Qod did not allow an avenger of blood to slay Cain, for that would have been lynoh law in advance ot all human laws and courts. But God punished him by sending him away from his presence a vagabond on the earth. His punishment, whatever its nature may have been, was as great as death itself, if not greater, for poor, guilty, wretohod Cain said : "My punishment is greater than I can bear." Tho writer refers to the killing of an Egyptiau by Moses. Some com mentators think that Moses slew the Egyptian for smiting the Israelite to death, and the aot of Moses was jus tified by tho Noaohian law, "Whoso sheddeth man's blood by mau Bhall his blood bo shed." When Pharaoh heard of the homioide he Bought Moses to kill him. But he bad fled to the land of Midian, which proved to him a oity of refuge, like those he afterwards appointed for the land of Canaan for manslayers who Blew at unawares. Tho case of Moses is just as irrelevant for an example as that of Cain. The writer roferred to David in the killing of Uriah. This example is just as irrelevant aa the others David was king and no man in pri vate, or as a public officer, had- the right to take his lifo, although he had committed murder. He himself might have slain Saul, the king, years before, but he would not do it beoatiBe Saul was "the Lord's an nointed." But though David could not, under the laws of Israel, bo put to death for the killing of Uriah, it is an egregious mistake to suppose be was not punished at all. The Israelit ich government was a theoc racy. God was the Supreme Ruler. David was sub-ordinate. God pun ished him, though men could not. The Lord said to David, "Where fore hast thou despised the com mandment of the Lord to do evil in his sight? Thou hast killed Uriah, the Hittite, with the sword, and bast taken his wife to be thy wife, and slain him with tho sword of the chil dren of Ammon. Now, therefore, the sword shall never depart from thy house, beoauso thou hast de spised me, and taken the wife of Uriah, the Hittite, to be thy wife." Oh, the suffering of poor sinning David after his double orime in the matter of Uriah. No wonder when Absalom was alain that he cried in the agony of an inconsolable grief, "Oh, Absalom, Absalom, would God I bad died for thee." ^ Although David was not killed, he suffered more than a hnndred deaths in the death, and ruin of BO many of his offspring. The Bible is the book of books. But it must bo read all <>?rer and not in spots. It should be studied and not quoted flippantly or in the spirit of levity. j. JJ THE OLD REUAMJE Absolutely PurO WIRE IS NO SUBSTITUTE Railroad Report. Tho Railroad Commission has the statistical part of its report about finished, and the figures ni ak o a very fair showing. The gross earnings are about 9750,000 moro than last year, but the expenses were greater, and although tho volume of business was much larger, the net earnings will not show "up proportionately greater. Nevertheless those earn ings are encouraging. There has been no great aotivity in railroad building during the past year ; but three small lines were re oeived and opened up. for business. TheBe were the Aloolu road, twenty eight miles ; the Carolina and West ern, from Feohtig, in Hampton county, to Coosahatobie swamp, five miles ; the Aiken and Augusta elec trio line. There was some doubt whether the latter would come under the jurisdiction of the Railroad Com mission, but as it is a froight-oarry ing line the Commission fixed the rates beyond whioh ol argea could * not be made. One feature about the report is that the Georgetown and Western returns Bixty milcs^of new railroad which oTfc-x Sra km is not ofli oially aware is in existence. The Georgetown and Western is owned by tho Atlantio Coast Lumber Com pany, and it is likely that the new road reported as built are lines on the property of tho company and used ohiefly in the lumber industry. One road, the Carolina Northern, bas gone into the hands of a receiver. The road runs from Marion into Noil h Carolina, only a small part of it being in this State. HEADACHES Cured While You Wait, By OAPITDINII NO EFFECT ON THE HEART. Sold at all I>rufr Stores. First Divison Union Meeting. Tho union meeting of tho first division of the Boavordam Association will con vouo with tho Fort Madison ohuroh on Saturday boforo the flftli Sunday in Milich, 1003. Following is tho pro gramme: 1st. Introductory sermon, by Rev. J. lt. Mooro, at ll a. in. 2d. An exegesis of tho atonoraent of Christ, by J. M. McGuire and others. Sd. Which has tho strongest olaims upon us, Stato missions, homo missiouB, or foreign missions? By E. P. Wood, C. R. D. Burns, F. M. Cary. 4th. Why should wo support Connie Maxwell Orphanago? By John Hyde, J? i ). Carter, W. II. Mongold. Sunday school address, Sunday morn ing at 10 o'clook, by J. C. Shockley. Missionary sermon at ll a. m., by Rev. A. P. Marott. J. M. Sandors, for Committee. At the age of sixteen a girl begins to mr.?*e a specialty of discovering affinities. Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys* Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. All the blood In your body passes through your kidneys once every three minutes. Tho kidneys are your blood purifiers, they fil ter out the waste or impurities In the blood. If they are nick or out of order, they fall to do their work. Pains, aches and rheu matism ccrr.i fror? ** cess of uric 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 is 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 kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all constitutional diseases have their begin ning in kidney trouble. If you are siok you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy ls soon realized. It stands the highest for Its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases and ls sold on its merits by all druggists In fifty cent and one-dollar siz es. You may have a sample bottle by mall nome ot 8w?mj>-R?o%. free, also pamphlet telling you how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when wining Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Don't make any miatako, but remem ber the name-Swamp-Root-Dr. Kil mer's Swamp-Root, and the address Binghamton, N. Y. cn every bottle,