Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, March 09, 1904, Image 1
TO THINK OWN SKLF BE TRUE AND- IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DA?TTHOU CANS'
T NOT THEN BB FALSE TO ANY MAN.
BY J A YNJKH, SHE LO lt, SMITH A STKCK.
WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH O. 1004.
WMW 8RBUS, NO. 310>-VOLJME MV._NO. IO,
FEES STUFFS
We can save you money on all kii
for horses and mules.
No. 1 Timothy Hay $1.10 per hun
Wheat Bran, $1.10 per 80-pound sa<
Oats, 65 cents per bushel; Ear Corn,8
Best Meal, 80 cents per bushel.
We are expecting a car of Shelle
will sell at 80 cents per bushel.
C. W. & J. E. BAUKNICH"
High Grade
Fertilizers and Acid
At Lowest Prices
for Money or Cotton !
Clothing! :. Clothing!
Some of the best values ever offered in MEN'S WINTER SUITS.
We are also receiving one of thc best lines of Spring and Summer Suits
ever brought to this market.
Spring and ?Stimmer Pants.
We have a job lot of Mon's Spring and Summer Pants, bought
from a manufacturer going out of business, at almost HALF PRICE, and
wo expect to give our customers the benefit of tho low price.
Shoes! ^ Shoes!
Wo have Shoes to fit almost every man, woman and child in Oconee
county. Do not fail to see what we have to offer before buying your next
pair. Wc can please you in quality and price.
Dry Goods, Etc.
We havo a fud and complete stock of Ladies' Dress Goods, Dry
Goods, Notions, Etc.
BUILDERS' MATERIAL.
We are builders' headquarters. You can find anything hero that
you may need in the line. Wo havo just received ono car of Doors, Sash
Blinds, Lime, Cement, Glass and Putty, Oils and Paints, tho best manu
factured, in all colors.
MA EDWIRE-BAHB WIRE BY
fHE OAHU .
Our Hardware Department is full up. We have a largo stock of
Stoves, Tinware and general Hardware. Ono solid car load of Barbed
Wire and Wire Nails.
Come and See Us.
W. P. NIM MONS,
_SENECA, S. C._
HOUCHINS'
LIVERY STABLES
- - FURNISH - -
THE BEST TEAMS AND MOST COMFORTABLE VEHICLES
AND IN EVERY RESPECT
Give tie Best Service lo te Had in the Livery Business.
SADDLE HORSES, BUGGY HORSES,) J Drays sent promptly on
-SURREY TEAMS.- \ \ phone or verbal orders.
YOU WILL FIND FRICKS RIGHT -AND WK GUAR/iNTKE TO
GIVE BETTER SKRVICK THAN ANVONK ELSE.
Ring Us Up- HouchinH' Livery stable?.
Phone No. ll. L. 0. Russell, Manager.
The Oconee Steam
Marble and Granite Works,
Westminster, S. <3.
DEALERS IN
Rutland, East Dorset. Manchester,. Pitts?ord,
Italian and Georgia Marbles,
ALL
KINDS OF
MONUMENTAL
DESIGNING.
WE
GUARANTEE
SATISFACTION.
-AND
Barre, Qniocy, Westerley and Ogjesny Granites.
Pneumatic Tools used in tho works, and absoluto
satisfaction guaranteed. Correspondence earn
estly solicited. All orders and inquiries givon
prompt and careful attention.
ES. GRAY, Proprietor,
Send your ordors for Sta
tionery and Advertising Mat- J
tor to The Courier and get
The Bent int Always the Cheapest.
ids of Feed Stuffs
dred pounds ; Pure
3k; Sifted Clipped
5 cents per bushel ;
d Corn, which we
CA8 II
9 MERCHANTS.
The End ol the Boggs-Cook Controversy.
[The following communient ion
was recoivod about threo weeks ago,
but owing to tho crowded condition
of our columns it was impossible for
us to present it to our readers at
that time :]
Fort Madison, February 15.-Edi
tors Courier : Wo see our new
found friend, Mr. Hoggs, has thrown
up tho sponge, and we aro not sorry
of it. Wo wero getting tired wast
ing powder at such small gamy. But
tho beginning of the Cook-Boggs
controversy was a letter published
in Tho Courier headed, l,B. S. Boggs
After J. A. Cook." Therefore, as
he was tho ninn who started the con
troversy, I suppose wo aro entitled
to a reply.
Now, Messrs. Editors, we have
nothing personal against Mr.
Boggs, or any ono else. Of course
he is not tho power behind tho
throne nt Newry any way. Wo havo
no desire to answer his letter in full,
but only a portion of it. The peo
ple all know it bas been the usual
custom of the farming class of peo
ple for many years to just go on
from time to time, submitting to
any and everything, permitting any
and everybody to impose on them,
without a word of sympathy or en
couragement, until finally tho time
has come when, if ono of their num
ber happens to say a word in defense
of their cause, some little literary
juggler will come rushing to the
front Uko a little rat terrier to tell
you that this man is a regular kicker.
His first effort is to side-track tho
truth and spike down the switches.
But the truth will not down. Tho
next thing-we know the same thing
is out on th^ main lino again, run
ning on schedule time.
Now, Messrs. Editors, we think
it's a very fine showing for tho many
thousand farmers of our country if
there is only ono kicker among them ;
and when we look at the matter in
another light, and think of the many
thousands of farmers in our country
who have been pressed down from
time to time by trusts and combina
tions until there is only ono of them
able to kick, this is a fino showing
for the trusts and combinations.
"Tho proof of the pudding is
chewing the bag." We see the cot
ton crop selling for 15 cents now,
but just awhile ago, when the
farmers had the very same cotton to
nell, it was only worth from 8 to 9
cents, and the farmers were told that
if the prices advanced to 10 cents
thc cotton mills would all have to
shut down and suspend) business.
Every man in this country knows by
every-day observation that this is
the truth and they all know tho rea
son for this stato of affairs. They
know tho cotton is no hotter in
quality than it was when tho
fanners had it to soil. Wo also see
cotton seed selling at one dollar per
hundred pounds, but when tho
And many other nches to which women
are peculiarly subject are generally the
result of n diseased condition of the
womanly organism. When this dis
eased condition is cured, sideache, back
ache, headache, etc., are cured also.
Doctor Pierce's Puvorite Prescription
establishes regularity, dries the drains
which weaken women, hcal9 inflamma
tion and ulceration and cures female
weakness. When these diseases are cured
the aches they cause are nlso cured.
"I wilt drop yon a few lines to day to let yo?
know t lint I nm feeling well now," write? Mls?i
Annie Stephens, of Belleville, Wood Co.. Went
Va, "I feet like a new woman. I took severn!
bottles of ' l'nvortte Prescription1 ont! of thc
'Golden Medical Discovery.' I have no hoad
ache now, no backache, and no pain In my side
any more. No hearing-down pain any more. 1
think that there ls no medicine like Dr. Pierce's
medicine. 1 thank you very much for what you
have done for me-your medicine has done me
much good."
The People's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, a book containing 1008 pages,
is given away. Send 21 one-cent stamps
for expense of mailing only, for the
book in paper covers, or 31 stamps for
the volume bound in c'oth. Address Dr,
K. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
farmers had the same seed to aeil
they were only worth 60 cents per
hundred. We all know the reason
for this. What do the honest people
think of it ? This is the truth that
has been tride-traoked, but it is on
the main Hue again. It will not
down, you see.
After our friend Hoggs has boen
all over the whole world defending
the trusts and combinations in every
way possible, we next find him in
the Garden of Edeu frailing around
over tho dry bones* of poor old Adam
and Eve, trying to find out the cause
of their dissatisfaction. But while
he was monkeying around in the
Garden of Eden he did not seem to
know that he was trampling upon
the very ground upon which the
first trust that we read about had its
origin. It seems thai the devil be
guiled Eve and presented to her a
few logical hints and clear-out ques
tions (which of course was un
answerable), and they got up a little
trust and cornered on the fruit crop
of the garden, and tho devil bas been
general manager of all the trusts
and combinations ever since that
time. I suppose wo might givo him
a word of praise just here, as it
seems to be in order to splash over
bis frauds and paint them white.
Wo think he has tho oldest claim to
this office and he has proveu himself
fully competent in every respect, and
it seems that he has given all his
people, including Mr. Bogga, entire
satisfaction in bis business methods,
management, etc, and wo believe he
has a greater influence than any
man in our country. Anyhow, he is
hero to stay ; wo can't discharge
him, nor oan wo retiro him and
place his name on the pension rolls
of our government. The old scoun
drel wont retire worth a cent.
Well, it seems that on the return
of my friend, Boggs, from the Garden
of Eden he m list have had a head-on ,
collision with the truth somewhere
in the laud of Nod. Anyhow, we
find him making a complete confes
sion that those "trusts and combina
tions did not obtain their wealth ac
cording to the rules laid down in
tho Bible." We said they "got it by
dishonest methods." What is tho
difference? It seems that he has
agreed with us at last, after all his
long wrangling.
Next we find Mr. Boggs back at
Newry again, telling us all about
those houses that ho has made men
tion of two or three times before.
This "logical hinter" grows eloquent
in his praise of the cotton mill men,
as ho speaks of thc church at Newry
that wns built, as ho says, at a cost of
two thousand dollars to the Courte
nay Manufacturiug Company. But
we have boen reliably informed that
thc operatives in tho mill paid in
half this money themselves. Now,
is this ono of Mr. Boggs's "logical
hints and clear-cut questions, or is it
a clear-cut misrepresentation ?
In summing up, the poor laborer
should have credit for what he has
done as well as tho employer.
Then again, according to Mr. Boggs's
own statement, in regard to the
rents of those houses, they pay a
better dividend than the mill. Ile
says an "8-room house rents for $96 ,
a year." This is il per month for
each room. Now, any man who has
ever built any houses knows very
well that tho total cost of ono roora
in a. wooden building, like those of
the mill villages, could not exceed
$30 or $35 all told ; and $1 per
month would be $12 a year. This is
88? per cent on the total cost of tho
room. In threo years the tenant,
who lives in tho house, will have
paid tho total cost of it in rents, and
the house still belongs to tho mill
owners
Well, tho next thing we find our
friend fretting about his office. We
did not say anything about its being
a disgrace to hold office in the Re- j
publican party, and every ono who
has been reading Tho Courier knows
we did not. But I suppose this is
another of his "logical hints," or is
it a misrepresentation ? Wo know
that some of tho very best men that
over lived in our State happened to j
belong to that party; but we don't!
remember that any of them over
had the cheek to advise tho Demo
crats about Thomas Jefforson. I
suppose the lawyer that ho speaks
of as holding office in tho Republican
party is probably holding tho oflloo
for tho money there is in \(y and Mr.
Boggs is probably holding his office
because nobody els? would have it.
If tho town of Newry happens to
grow and increase in population un
til tho post offioo will pay a living
Baiary, thon it will be take ? away
from Mr. Boggs and given to some
kinky bead like Dr. Cnim, provided
tho Haine Republican party remains
in power. This is not a "logical
hint," but it is the truth, as has
been proven in our State.
Now, in regard to what wo said
about the farmer stockholders in tho
cotton mills boing bought out at
half price, Mr. Boggs say? : "Please
toll mo ono inatftnoe of this kind in
South Caro <ha." There is a cotton
mill less than a thousand miles from
us in which several of the farmer
stockholders told me that they had
sold their stock at prices anywhere
from 60 to 80 per oeov. There aro
two other mills west of os. The small
stockholders sold ont their stock in
those mills at from 40 to 70 per cent.
There are some good men who
live, I believe, in sight of the office
in whioh Mr. Boggs's communication
was published, who have bought
ootton mill stock at 60 cents on the
dollar. I was in a certain little
town a few years ago and I heard
some little boys talking about
their father's selling out their
cotton mill stock at half price.
But it seems that we have in
oar county a little imaginative
school teacher and postmaster, a
great "logical hinter," and Qarden
of Edon rambler, who seems to be
overflowing with "clear-out ques
tions and unvarnished facts," and
Btill he don't know what tho little
boys know. Tho Newry mills are
not the only ones in the world and
all the others are not being governed
altogether according to Newry
usages.
Now, Messrs. Editors, the "bray
ing that Mr. Beggs speaks of was
only the eoho of his own voioe that
he heard, aud be mistook it for the
braying of an BBS. We aro not sur
prised at his mistake.
There is ono other item in Mr.
Boggs's communication that we
would like to notice before we retire.
He says "that we are all dissatisfied
and none of us bavo quite as much as
wo want." As an excuse for our
bad deeds this certainly takes the
cake. Wo know the people have
been very restless and dissatisfied
ever since Eve failed to answer those
"logical hints and clear-cut ques
tions in tho Garden of Eden ; but
because we are not satisfied it does
not give us a legal or moral right to
defraud our fellowman. Suppose
when our Sheriff brings a oriminal
into court for a misdemeanor, and
after ho has been tried and found
guilty, he stands up in court and
tells the court that bo committed
the crime because ho was dissatisfied.
Would tho court think this any
reason why eentonco should not be
passed upon him?
Wo will now bid Mr. Boggs adieu
until we onn locate tho celebrated
Colonel Boone, who came through
our country a few years ago and
built a double track railroad all
through tho Southern States in
about four- hours (on paper, you
know). If we can find bim and got
him and Colonel Boggs together we
will have a whole team, sure enough.
Yours, J. A. Cook.
.-. ?
How's This !
Wo offor Ono Hundred Dollars Reward
for any caso of catarrh that oannot bo
curod by Hall's Catarrh Curo.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O.
Wo, tho undersigned, havo known F.
J. ( 'heney tor tho last 15 yeai;., aud be
hove him ] ic i Cecily honorable in all busi
ness transactions and financially ablo to
carry out any obligations made by their
firm.
Wost & Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O.
Wabling, Kienan & Marvin, Whole
salo Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Curo ls taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood aud
m neons surfaces of tho system. Price,
75c. por bottle. ?Sold by all druggists.
Testimonials freo.
Hall's Family Pills aro tho best.
A mortgage has been executed by tho
Louisiana Purchaso Exposition Company
to tho United States Government, to
covor a loan of $4,6X10,000 authorized by
Congress. Ono million is to bo paid in a
fow days, $2,000,000 in March, $1,000,000
in April and the romaindorin May. The
mortgago pr?vidos that in the evont of
tho failure of the Exposition to pay
promptly tho amount of tho loan, the
Oovornmont shall take ohargo of tho fair
and run it.
Loss of Flesb
When you can't eat break
fast, take Scott's Emulsion.
When you can't eat bread
and butter, take Scott's
Emulsion. When you have
been living on a milk diet and
want something a little more
nourishing, take Scott's
Emulsion.
To get fat you must eat
fat. Scott's Emulsion is a
great fattener, a great
strength giver.
Those who have lost flesh
want to increase all body
tissues, not only fat. Scott's
Emulsion increases them all,
bone, flesh, blood and
nerve.
For invalids, for con
valescents, for consumptives,
for weak children, for all
who need flesh? Scott's
Emulsion is a rich and com
fortable food, and a natural
tonic.
Scott's Emulsion for bone,
flesh, blood and nerve.
We will send you
a free sample.
Be tint that this picture
In in? form of s label li on
thc wrapper of every bottle
of Emaillen you buy.
SCOTT & BOWNE,
CHEMISTS,
409 Pearl Si, N. Y.
50c and $1 r ?ll dru julita.
ROBERT M. DICKERSON
Again In th? Tolls-Th!? Tims in tbs Oconso
County Jail.
We clip the following interesting
article from The Angola (Indiana)
Magnet, Februry 26th, oonoerning
Riobard M. Dawson :
Tuesday Sheriff Hayward reoeived
from B. R. Moss, Sheriff of Oconeo
county, South Carolina, a letter
stating that a man giving his name
as Richard M. Dawson, was ia jail
there awaiting trial on a charge of
obtaining money by means of false
pretenses. From a description and
other evidenoe furnished, it is appa
rent that the prisoner is Robert M.
Dickerson, of Angola, who was re
leased from the State prison in
Michigan City on parole about one
year ago. Diokerson left Angola
Saturday evening, November 21, ac
companied by bis wife. They went
to Elwood, where Mrs. Diokerson
tarried to visit a sister, and he went
to Indianapolis on insuranoe business,
saying that he would soon be baok,
but he did not return.
Mr. Moss said "Dawson" claimed
to be from New York. When ar
rested he had in his pockets three
unused railroad tiokets, whioh were
sent here to aid in disclosing the
man's identity. Two of them were
the unused parts of Lake Shore
round-trips, Angola to Ft. Wayne
and return, and the Augola station
agent's stamp on the back of them
showed they were issued November
21, the date of Diokerson's departure
from Angola. The third ticket was
the unused part of a round-trip,
Angola to Pleasant Lake and
return, and was dated in August.
The description of "Dawson" sent by
Mr. Moss, reads as follows :
"Age, about thirty-five years ; light
hair ; reddish beard-trimmed to a
point ; 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high ; face
pitted with pook marks, and pits on
nose and center of forehead very
deep ; weight about 140 or 150
pounds ; has several gold teeth ;
smooth talker, and passeB as an
insurance agent ; claims to be from
New York, but speaks a Southern
brogue."
Sheriff Moss writes that "Dawson"
was arrested December 21, (exactly
one month after he left Angola,) and
that he was captured in Columbus,
Georgia. Columbus is situated near
the line between Southern Georgia
and Alabama, and is 280 miles distant
by rail from Walhalla, the county
seat of Oconee county, where "Daw
son" is in jail. It may be inferred
that the offense was committed in
Oconee county, and that he was
followed, arrested and brought back
to answer for it. The amount of bis
swindle and the manner of its per
petration are not stated, but a re
mak in Mr. Moss's letter indicates
that it was nearly or quite $250; and
it may be presumed that the "false
protcnse" involved the selling of a
worthless pieoe of commercial paper,
as "Dawson" is an expert in that
line. Mr. Moss also writes that his
case will oome on for trial at a term
of court to begin Maroh 14.
In a second letter, reoeived by
Sheriff Hayward Wednesday, Sheriff
Moss sends hand bills offering $250
reward for the apprehension and con
viction of three men who, on the
night of December 14, exploded a
manufacturing company t? uafe and
stole $1,600 in money in Newry, a
little town about 18 miles east of
Walhalla. Tho bill contains a de
scription of the burglars, who are
numbered 1, 2 and 8, and that of No.
1 tallies oxaotly with that of "Daw
son," already given. The name of
No. 1 is stated in the bill as "Richard
Dawson ;" and it saya ho left Seneca
-a railroad town 4 miles from Newry
-at 2 a. m., on the night of the bur
glary, on a train going toward At
lanta. Six days later he was arrested
in Columbus, as already stated. It
also says that a woman, who had
beon staying in Seneca with Dawson,
left that town by the noon train the
same day, her trunk being oheoked
to Gainesville, Georgia. The dates
of the transactions narrated indtoate
that "Dawson" got to doing business
soon after leaving Angola; and the
dato of his arrest shows that his tour
of the South was of short duration.
Justboforo leaving Angola Dicker
son perpetrated a series of swindles
upon some of his beet friends-peo
ple who woro willing to lend a help
ing hand, if he was disposed to lead
a correct life-from which he realized
quite a sum of money. He victimized
Dr. C. A. Chadwick to tho- tune of
about $90, F. E. Burt $30, H. E.
Kratz $10, E. D. Leas $10, A. L.
Han sel m an $10, Love's cigar ?to. o
$10, and several others of various
sums. In most oases he asked them
to oash a check on the Angola Bank,
saying he had been wired to go to
Indianapolis ; that he had monoy in
tho bank named, but as 'twas after
banking hours he couldn't get it, and
he needed a few dollars for expenses.
When the oheck wore presented
Monday, tho unfortunate holders
learned that the bank's balance to
i/iokerson's oredit was oxaotly 24
oents.
Unless the South Carolina authori
ties relinquish jurisdiction over Dick
el ?on, ho will bo tried in Walhalla on
Bttclr
Ca
wi
Baking
Are delicious and
cold weather breakfasl
Made in the morn
ting" over night; nev
digestion.
To'make a perfec
a thousand otheT d
"Royal Baker and P
free to any address.
ROYAL BAKING PO Vi
the charge preferred against him,and
will, if oonvioted, be punished as Vhe
court may direot. If the court sees
fit to relinquish its hold upon him,
ho will be turned over to an Indiana
officer, be brought baok and recom
mitted to the Michigan City Prison to
serve remainder of his term, his pa
role being forfeited by violation of his
pledge of good behavior, made when
he was released. Should he be tried
and acquitted in the South Carolina
court, no doubt au Indiana officer
will be there to take him into custody
and return him to his^ old quarters.
He waa convicted of forgery in the
Steuben Cirouit Court February 22,
1901, and sent up for not less than
two, nor more than fourteen years.
As he was released about ono year
ago, ho will have to serve about
twelve years more to complete his
full terra.
Dangers of Pneumonia.
A cold at this time if negleoted is lia
ble to oause pneumonia which is so often
fatal, and even when the patient has
recovered the lungs are woakened, mak
ing them peculiarly susceptible to tho
development of consumption. Foley's
Honey and Tar will stop the cough, heal
and strengthen thc lungs and prevent
Eneumon?a.. Sold by J. W. Bell, Wal
alla, and \V. J. Lunney, Senoca.
Barnwell's County Treasurer Short.
As resnlt of examination by the
Comptroller General and his expert
a shortage of $11,475.42 has been dis
covered in tho books of E. D. Free,
County Treasurer of Barnwell
County, and he has been suspended
by Governor Hey ward pending action
of the grand jury. The shortage
oovers a period of sir years, from
1898 to 1904, and it was only after
the clearest examination that the
report was made. It is a coincidence
that Free is the son of A. F. Free,
the former treasurer of that county,
who died leaving . a considerable
shortage and against whose bond a
suit was entered and about $7,500 re
covered. There is still another suit
pending, brought by the Sinking
Fund Commission. The present
treasurer was appointed to succeed
his father, and for several months
past has not been attending to the
duties of the office. Governor Hoy
ward will ask the delegation to recom
mend a successor.
Pneumonia Follows a Cold.
But never follows the use of Foloy's
Heney and Tar. It stops tho oough,
heals and strengthens the lungs and af
fords porfeot seourity from an attaok of
pneumonia. Refuse substitutos. For
sale by J. W. Boll, Walhalla, and W, J.
Lunney, Seneca.
The State Campaign.
State Chairman Willie Jones bas
oalled a meeting of the Excoutive
Committee of the Domooratic party,
to be held in Columbia on Tuesday
evening, April 5th, in tho office of
the Secretary of State. The State
Committee will tlx the time for the
State Convention, at which delegates
will be elected to the National Demo
oratio Convention. The State Con
vention will bo held on the fourth
Tuesday in May and the only busi
ness now up is the elcotion of dele
gates to the national convention.
Oik.IBTOXI.XA..
BMrathe ^The Kind Voa Have Always Bouffit
Jndge Pope has issued orders
stopping the dispensaries at Scran
ton and Lake City, in Florence
county, until tho final hearing of tho
oases.
Anderson's new high sohool build
ing, with fixtures, valued at $17,000,
was bured reoently. The fire origi
nated from a defeotive fino. Insur
ance $10,000. Arrangements haye
boen made for the sohool to run on
and work will begin at onoe to re
bnild.
wholesome -. a perfect
t food.
ing ; no yeast, no " set
er sour, never cause in
t buckwheat cake, and
lainty dishes, see the
astry Cook." Mailed
'DER CO., NfcW YORK.
Outrage Near Pacolot.
Spartauburg, February 29.-Crip
Anderson, a negro, was lodged in
jail to-day on the serious charge of
oriminal assault. He was brought
hore from Pacolet by a constable,
having been committed by Magis
trate Gossett of that placo. He is
acoused of criminally assaulting
Mary Ann Hill, an aged and respect- ?
able white woman, who lives near
Pacolet with her daughter, Mn?. Mil
lie Low, who swore out the warrant.
The alleged offence is said to have
been committed on last Friday, when
the woman was at the bouse alone.
The reason why it was not made
known sooner, aocordiug to Mrs. Low,
is that her mother, who ?B 78 years
of age, and in her dotase, fearing
the threats of the negro, deoided to
tell no one, but finally imparted it
to her daughter, with the result that
the negro was promptly arrested.
Foley's Kidney Cure makes the kid
neys and bladder right. Contains not h
ingZinjuriouB. Sold by J. W. Bell, Wal
halla, and W. J. Lunney, Seneoa.
-??
Grover Cleveland has written an
article, in which he says the Demo
cratic party can win at the next Pres
idential eleotion if the party will
abandon all vagaries and come back
to 3rst principles.
Thomas Peterson, said to be the
first colored man to vote in the
United States under the amendment
to tho Federal constitution, giving
his race the right of suffrage, died at
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, several
days ago.
La grippe coughs yield quickly to the
wonderful curative qualities of Foley's
Honey and Tar. There is nothing else
"just as good." Sold by J. W. Bell, Wal
halla, and W. J. Lunney, Seneoa.
Fire at Rooky Mount, N. C., on
March 2d destroyed property worth
$86,000 in the business district.
In a collision between freight
trains on tho Seaboard Air Line
Railroad, near Athens, Ga., Engineer
Gus Cox, of Abbeville, was killed.
An engine and several oars were de
molished.
Besides being a leap year, 1904 is
peculiar in several respects. Christ
mas will fall on Sunday for the first
time in six years, and spring will be
ushered in on Sunday, Maroh 20th.
Easter Sunday falls on April Sd, and
Good Friday falls on All Fools' Day,
April 1st.
The voluntary subscriptions to the
Hampton monument fund amount to
$6,779.28. Riohland heads the list
with $1,856; Darlington comes next
with $1,100, and Charleston third
with $1,000. The $20,000 appro
priated by the State waa made avail
able at the recent session of the
General Assembly and the work of
erecting the monument will go for
ward at once.
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.
Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor
' ?MiSci JK *n<* ch?*rhdness soon
i'0 " disappear when the kid
neys are out of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that lt ls not uncommon
for a child to be born
aft! ted with weak kid
neys. If the child urin
ates too often, if the
urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child
reaches an age when lt should be able to
control the passage, it ls yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon it, the cause of
the difficulty ls kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards tho treatment of
these Important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit , as
most people suppose.
Women as well aa men are made mis
erable with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the Immediate effect of
Swamp-Root ls soon realized, lt ls sold
by druggists, in fifty
cent and one doll; ri
sizes. You may have a|
sample bottle by mali
free, also pamphlet tell- HOM ot swamp-no*. J
lng all about lt, Including many of the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer
fit Co., Binghamton, N. Y., bo sure and
mention this paper.
Don t make any mistake, bnt remem
ber the name-Swamp-Root-Dr. Kil
mer's Swamp-Root, and the address-.
Binghamton, N. Y.-on every bottle,