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TO THINK OWN SKLK BK TRUK AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS TUK NIGHT TDK DAY, THOU CANS'T HOT THKN BK PALSK TO ANY MAN. - Y ,1 AYN KS. SHES LO lt, SMITH & STESUK. WALU A Ll J A, SOUTH CAHOLtNA, JUNES 29. 1964. NEJW 8KIUH*. NO. 326.-VOLUME LIV_NO. 26. WESELJ LADIES SHOI TKc standard of merit for ^ over h?Jf ?vcen tury. Beware of Imitation?. 6ee lb*t 'be word"\u\XavoxvcU QYvis clamped oo eaxl) aljoe lo insure genuineneaa. U/ye Crossett Shoe for Whioh is, without a doubt, the Stro the market. Wo have the new thiugs >" Tateut Viol. Patent Colt, Vici Kid, and tl World Renowed Battl Wo also Boll tho World Keuowuod I cannot be equalled at the price, and whet the Shoe you may buy it and know you h Ladies* Shoes^Queer In Ladies* SIIOOB wo soil Queen (jiu Shoo to bo hail at tho price OxfordB, $2 Dittmann's O. K. Oxfo Wo alBo have a largo stock of Dittri Dit t mann's O K. ?1.50 Oxf.od is. ? ii hon made, and more extensively advertised tl sell you a good Simo for *2.00 or fi! Ot), hi made ou tho very newest laut, ami a good to (Iud, but we B?ro have it in Dittmnun'i ?TJp-It i?ayB to buy for cash, C. W. & J. E. BAUKNICH CLOTHING] ra We have just received a large assortment of Medium and Light weight Suits. Crash Suits, Coat and Pants Suits, Serges, Alpacas, - DRESS GOODS. A FULL AND COMPLETE LINE. LINENS, MUSLINS, SWISSES, LAWNS, CRASHES, ORGANDIES. NOTIONS. One thousand dollars' worth of Sample Notions at wholesale cost, in cluding Neckwear, Hosiery, Shirts and Underwear. A few Men's and Children's Suits and about 250 pairs of Pants. These goods have been handled very little and great values at the prices. W. P. NIMMONS, SENECA, S. C. The Oconee Steam Marble and Granite Works, "Westminwter, S- U . DEALERS IV , East Dorset, Manchester, Pittsford, Italian and Georgia Marbles, ALL KINDS OP MONUMENTAL DESIGNING. WE (I UAH ANT RE SATISFACTION. -AND Barre, Quincy, Westerley and Oilesby Granites. Pneumatic Tools used in tho works, and absoluto satisfaction guaranteed. Correspondence earn estly solicited. All orders and inquiries givon prompt and careful attention. C. KL GRAY, Proprietor. Dr. W, F. Austin, DEIVTIST, SENECA, - - - - - S. C. Office Or, , ./. IL. ////rd ?fc Co. I AM NOW /.V MY OFFICE FA'KUY l>A Y. PHONE NO. 51. Dr. G. G. Probst, DENTIST, Walhalla, S. C. Office Over C. W. Pitchford Co.'s ; : : Store, : : : I lon UH : 8.30 A. ii. TO 1 r. u. Aro 2 TO 6 r. M. Mar oh 24. 1898. DR. J. H. BURGESS, Dentist, SENECA, S. C. OPFIOK OvKit NIMMON'S STORK, DOVLM Hun,DINO. Oftice Hours: 0 A. M. to 1 P, M. " " 2 I?, Mi to 0 P, M. April 20, 1004. 16 tf WM. J. STKIIIMNO. y \ E. L. HKIINOON. Attorneys-At- Law, WALHALLA, 8. C. PROMPT ATTKNTION OIVRN TO ALI. RUSI MKSS ENTKUSTKO TO T l KM. January 8. 1808. JOB PRINTING Sond your ordors for Sta tionery and Advertising Mat ter to The Courier and get The Be?t im Always time Cheapest SHOES. Men, n gos t Line of $3 50 ?ucl $4.00 Shoes on tho Crossott Line of Oxfords, Bluchor ie Swellost TAU to be had. e Axe Shoes. tattle Axe Shoo for wonr, style and flt. It J you seo * Hattie Axe" on the bottom of uve got fhn host ono to be had for tho price. iv Quality* dity, whioh, wo also think, is the greatest .50; Shoo?, $3 00. rds. llano's Oxfords at $1 00, $1.50 and $2.00. t a doubt, tho largest soiling $1.50 Shoo mn any oilier $1.50 Shoe. Any one can lt to buy a good, honest, solid Oxford, looker ns well ns a ginni wearer, is hard * O. '.v. $1.50 Oxfoids. CASH rvi JE rc <o ri A is rrm. Reply to Moralist's Dispensary Article. Editors Courier: We have read "Moralist's" article in a recent issue of The Courier, and will try to an swer his questions to the best of our ability. In tlic first pince, lie asks if it is not a fact that "whero prohibition lias been tried it was a failure, and did not prohibit the use and sale of whiskey, and blind tillers and . the illicit salo of it were thc result?-so much so that tho peoplo in many places set aside their so-called pro hibition and went back to thc bar room system, even with all its gam bling, immorality and vices." We aro most decidedly of thc opinion that "Moralist" has been misinformed on this subjeot. We do not doubt for a moment that if n South Carolina brother should go to Maine and look diligently for a blind tiger (as wo are afraid he would be likely to do) he would find ono some where within its borders, for there is nothing perfect in this world-not even a prohibition State ; but we do not believe that the bettor class of the peoplo in Maino consider prohi bition a failure, or that they would be willing to go back to t he bar-room system "with all ?ts gambling, im morality and vices'." Are there no gambling, immorality or vices" in South Carolina, with its dispensary system? It is a matter of little con sequence whether these things are done in the building where the whis key, which causes them, is bought, or in some other house. If there is any difference it would seem that tho mau who sells them the stuff should have to take his share of tho trouble resulting from it. Texas certainly prefers prohibi tion to anything else, id she has tried bar-rooms and o ' liquor sidling devices long onouau to know what sb* is about. She has prohibi tion .ow in one hundred and fifLy out of two hundred and forty counties. In a majority of other counties pro hibition prevails in evory precinct but ono in the county. The Herald j ii anil Presbyter Bays that it is esti- j c mated that over one-third of thc | fl population of the United States is now living under prohibition, either by States or by local option. It. is claimed that over one-half of the country is "dry" territory. In thc State of Ohio the question is being rapidly driven up to the great cities. During the past year l.'iS incorporated cities and villages in Ohio have voted out the Balcons, i hereby closing more than seven hundred of them. Nine count)' scats in Ohio to day are "dry," and three whole counties have no saloons, while three-fourths of the unincor porated townships have driven out tho saloon. This shows that much progress is being made in temper ance reform. Moralist asks.next if we do not believe that when wo abolish tho dispensary, blind tigers will follow, law or no law ? Well, that will de pend entirely on who is selected to enforce the law. If the placo is given to some drunken fellow who does not caro a rap how soon thc country goes to the dogs, just so bc draws his salary when il falls due, of course blind tigers will flourish, but such a man should not be put in office. Ml laws arc powerless in themseh s-even thc Ten Com mandments; but would it bc' well to abolish them because officers fail to do their duty in seeing them obeyed ? Would it not be better to elect thc right sort of men to enforce tho laws ? VVhat is thc good of being able to vote if ono can't do that? We fail to soc where tho dispen sary is superior to the bar-room and blind tigers, except that it docs not sell on Sundays ; but wo imagine that it is an easy matter for a man to got enough on Saturday to last him over Sunday, so that part of it does not do muon good beyond keep ing thc liquor-seller from tho sin of Sabbath-breaking. But, then, "ono might as well bc hung for a sheep ns a lamb," as tho old saying goes. "Thc restrictions as to Sunday traffic," though, wc are informed by sonic writer, "and sales to drunkards and minors, formed part of the license laws of South Carolina for at least a decade before thc dispensary law came into existence, but they havo been disregarded at times by liquor sellers, whether under the license law or tho dispensary." Moralist makes tho assertion that "there arc as many drunkards in Maine under prohibition as thero are in South Carolina with its dispensaries and j blind tigers." (Mark you, he says "dispensaries and blind tigers," class ing them together, and rightly so.) That scorns a funny thing to say. Wo would like to ask in reply if it is reasonable to Htipposo that a man will drink as much whiskey if bo can't get it, ns bu will if ho can? Moralist says farther on that "pro hibition robs the majority of our people of certain rights that honestly belong to them." This seems to us to bo an admission that prohibit ion does prohibit, to a considerable ex tent, at least, and if it does no more than that it is worth trying for. "Tho 'ullinrt have eaten sour grapes and ,he children's teoth aro on edge," ind it wi li be somo timo before the Jiirst for strong drink has worn it lelf out-a thirst whioh many of our young men have inherited ; but mould we not try to help them to overe?me this tendency by removing :he temptation from them, instead of glacing it iu their way? Moralist says that God himself lid not attempt prohibition to his knowloge. The Biblo says, "Woo unto him that giveth his neighbor Irink and makcth him drunken, ?Iso," (llnb. 2.6), and "Woo unto them that aro mighty to drink wine, ind men of strength tr mingle ?trong drink," (Isaiah 6:22), and know thou that for all these things C4od will bring theo into judgment." [ Kcclesinstes 11.10.) "What more cnn he say, Thau to you ho hath Haid." Moralist takes us to task for say ing thai a sober man does not drink whiskey at all. Why, il seems per fectly evident lhat a sober man can no more drink strong drink and re? nain a sober man than a truthful nan can tell lies and remain truthful, >r an honest man steal and remain lonest. Thc thing is an impossi bility, lie says that from thc amount )f whiskey sold in tho county by tho iispcusaries and blind tigers-(ho ?peaks of them as a pair again)-ono if two things is certain : a few men ire drinking au immense quantity of whiskey, or a great many men arc (rinking a limited quantity. We -bink that, judging from tho ac >ounts given, he lias not got it right (.??t. Ile should have said that u ;rcat many people are drinking an mmense quantity, mid he would lave como nearer tho truth. Think if its being measured by thc gallon. !)ne would think that giving slop to logs was being spoken of, (if the jicthren will excuse tho unoomplo ucnlary comparison,) instead of rvhiskey for mon and boys to drink. Moralist asks if selling whiskey is .ight or wrong? Wo answer IIIOBI tmphatioally that it is wrong, terri fy wrong. Ile intimates that if we iay it is wrong, we must admit that he State has a right to restrict or jontrol the salo and usc of il, just ts she does other evils, such ns stoni ng, murdering, etc. Well, lhat lounds funny. How does tho State .estrict such CV?B? Just as tho Ton Jommandments do, with "Thou ?hall nol kill," and "Thou shalt not Heal," which is plain prohibition, .villi no restrictions about it. To re strict means to limit or restrain, as ,vo understand thc word, and wc do lot believe in compromising with jvil. Thc Ten Commandments do lot say, "Thou shalt not kill," ox >opt when it will bc to your interest 0 put a fellow-man out of tho way, lor, "Thou shalt not steal," except rVhcn you want money for your ichool fund, but just plain "Thou lhalt not kill," and "Thou shalt not itcal." Prohibition of tho evils 'very time. Wc must have a cor eel rule to go by if wc hope to do .ight. The Bible says, "If thc light n you lie darkness, how great is that larkness." Moralist asserts that "tho chief inpporters o? the prohibition ticket 1 few years ago were almost without ixoeption thc drunkards, blind tiger md barroom men." That statement s pretty hard on our ministers, oi lers, deacons, and other professing Jbristians in the community. lt ecnis pitiful for a poor drunkard to lave lo light against the dispensary, L State institution. It is his way ol' aying, "Lead us not into tempta ion." As for the blind tigers and >x-bar-room men, it is natural that hey should be opposed to it, ?is it is i rival, ami takes a part of their rude. Coinpetion is said to bc thc ife of trade, and we think that will tceount for all all those gallons being od every month. Moralist says that "it is up to us to ay which wc will take, prohibition villi its blind tigers, or thc dispen ary, which does pay its expenses." Ic speaks as if we have no blind iger , now, which seems inconsistent ifter having spoken, in ollie- t>arts of lis article of the dispensaries and ?lind tigers as if they were insepar able. Ile says that thc dispensary 'does pay its own expenses. How Iocs it do it? Think about that. The Hiblc says that "thc lovo of coney is thc root of all evil," and ve believe that it is the root of tho lispensary, The State is doing what s equivalent to the selling of indul gence by the Romish church in the >ast, and if we are to choose between ho (i?Hpensary and prohibition we viii take prohibition every lime, for ve would have thc law on tho sido .f sobriety and right, and then if it s not obeyed it will bc our own ault. How can South Carolina's sons lonor, love and respect her wbilo she s bar-maid ? A Prohibitionist, A "Contod" Ration at the World's Fair. Ono of the curiosities of tho North karolina exhibit at the St. Louis Ex ?osition will be a piece of meat forty ears old. It is a "ration" of Nas an pork issued to Private H. C. Voodlief, of Franklin county, on thc ld day of May, 1801, near Orange vourt House, Va.-thc day before ho Wilderness light commenced. Vrhaps, owing to its small sizo, it (Ot lost through a hole in his pocket nd was stored away in the lining of I?H coat or thc corner of his knap ack. At any rate Mr. Woodlief ?arried this piece of meat with him tntil tho OIOBO of the war ami ?rough?, it home with him. Twelvo barbecues arc advertised in ho Lexington Dispatch, and thc ?ampaign just opening. CONTINUE Those who aro Minina flesh and stt onKth by regular treat ment with Scott's Emulsion should continue the treatment In hot weathert smaller dono onda little oool milk with lt will do away with any obleotlon whioh Is attnohod to fatty pro duots during the heated aeason. Send for free ?ample. SCOTT ? BOWNK, ChemUU, 409-415 Pearl Street, New Y. rV. Soc. and $t.00 j all druggUli. WMWIWMHWIHilWirillWI I? 1- I ? I Hi? J! FEW CANDIDATES FOR STATE OFFICE8. All the Pledges Have Been Filed -Socrelary t Ol Stale Only Officer who Has Opposition. 11 For the first time since the Demo eratic primary system was inaugu rated, fourteen years ago, a oandi- 1 dato for (Governor appoars in the > campaign without an opponent. < This is not only a tribute to tho sue- < cessful administration- of Governor < Hey ward, but iudioates that the peo- i plo of South Carolina aro not as . eager for political excitement as they | were a deoado ago. It is true of 1 nearly tho entire administration that > tnore is no opposition. When the entries were closed at noon Tuesday, 1 June 21, only ono executive official < was found to have an opponent. This does not include the office of Railroad Commissioner, which is a , collateral branch of tho State gov- < eminent. 1 Capt. R, II. Jennings is the only ' State officer who is offering for a j third term, but no one wus found . who could tako thu stump against < this wise campaigner aud popular j otlicial. , Thc principal incident in State i politics last Tuesday was the filing 1 ot' the pledge of Col. M. P. Tribble j as a candidate for Secretary of State , against the incumbent, Jesse T. f Gantt. There bas been only rumor ' that there would bo opposition to ' any of the present officers in the State House and Col. Tribble did not file his pledge uutil about a half hour before tho time expired. Col. Tribble has beon a member of the Legislature from Anderson for the i last term, and for many years was ( Clerk of the Court for that county, i For tho last year he has beon in i charge of the work of collecting and ' recording the State Confederate i rolls, having compiled them for the i United States War Department. He t says that be intends making a quiet < campaign on his own merits. This 1 and the filing of pledges from J. O. i Patterson for Congress from the i second, I. II. McCalla from the third and W. F. Dargan from the sixth i completed tho list when tho time < expired. 1 Thc final list of candidates for State offices and for Congressmen is as follows : i State Officers-I). C. Heyward, Govornor ; John T. Sloan, Lieuten- I ant Governor; H. II. Jennings, Troa- j surer; J. T. Gantt and M. P. Trib- - hie, Secretary of State ; U. X. Gun- I ter, Jr., Attorney General; A. W. < Jones, Comptroller General; O.B. ! Marlin, Superintendent of Educa- < tien ; John 1). Frost, Adjutant and - Inspector General ; Railroad Com- I missioner, Harry J. Gignilliat, James I Canslor, C. W. Garrie, J. G. Mobley, t W. Boyd Evans and J. H. Earle. Congress-First district, Geo. S. Legare ; second, S. G. Mayfield, J. O. Patterson and L. J. Williams; third, , Wyatt Aiken, I. H. McCalla ; fourth, > JOH. T. Johnsen ; fifth, D. E. Finley ( and T. V. Williams; sixth, J. W. J Kagsdalc, J. E. Ellerbe, W. E. Dar- , gan and James Norton ; seventh, A. < F. Lever. 1 Solicitor-Eighth Judicial Circuit, Julius E. Beggs. A resolution passed by tho State Democratic Executive Committee was to the effect that Stato officers who have no opposition should not \ bc required to make tho whole cir- 1 cuit, but should appear at least ouce 1 in each Congressional district. CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGNS. f 1. H. McCalla, who is a candidato * for Congress in the Third district, 1 has asked the State chairman to take i [ some steps for thu holding of a spe- 1 cial campaign in this district. This ' is not in the hands of tho State * Executive Committee, and in case f thc counties in this and other Con- J gr esst on al districts may want to * know hew to proceed, Gen. Jones, State chairman, directs attention to > Article IX of the constitution of tho ? State Democratic party. Tine para- 1 graph says : "Thc State Democratic Executive e Committee shall appoint and arrange for two campaign meetings to bo held in each county, not lega than i two weeks apart, one of which meet- f bigs shall bc addressed only by can didates for State offices, and the other only by candidates for United States Senator, United States House of Hep- jj resentatives and Circuit Solicitors. In addition to such campaign meet ing? tho county chairmen of the re- ' spectivc Congressional districts and j judicial circuits shall, when there is 1 more than one candidate for either of Haili ?nices, arrange for and ap point separate campaign meetings for their respective districts or judicial circuits, the time and place of such meetings to be published in oach county, at which only the candidates for said offices shall lie invited to ad dress the people : Provided, that in any year in which no candidate for IJ oiled .States Senator is to be votod for, thc State Executive Committee may dispenso with tho second cam paign meeting it is authorized to ap point under this ai tide." Col. Tr?bulo Withdraws Irom the Race. Since thc above was put in type Col. Tribble has withdrawn from tho race for tho office of Secretary of State, leaving all tho candidates for Stato offices without opposition. Col. Tribble issued the fellowing state ment regarding his withdrawal : "1 want tho people of South Caro lina to understand my position fully, both ns to tho announcement of my candidacy for thc office of Secrotary of State, and for my subsequent withdrawal from tho race. This oan be satisfactorily dono without tres passing upon tho timo and patience of any ono. "About 30 days ago I finally do cided to bo a candidate for this office. This decision was reached without consultation with any one, nor did I montion tho matter until after I filed my pledgo with Chair man Jones. Since filing my pledge I have learned that Mr. Gantt has not been well forsomo time, and that his physical condition almost pre cludes the possibility of his making a campaign. "While I know that I have a full right to make a campaign, I have no desire to do so under the circum stances. Should I ever ask for offloe from my fellow-citizons I could only appreciate the honor their considera tion might bestow by feeling that, without taking advantage, of any ?ne, I had won in a race concerning whioh a man might feel proud. "Developments whioh have been known to me only since the pnblio announcement of my oandidaoy, make me feel that it would be unjust and unfair, both to Mr. Gantt and myself, for me to make the raoe, and for these good reasons I have with drawn, in favor of Mr. Gantt, the present inoumbent Immediately upon arriving at this conolusion, I asked roy friend, J. E. Noun nt, to write Mr. Gantt of my withdrawal, before mentic ning the matter to any one else." $100 HEW A HI) $100. Tho readers of this pape? will bo pleased to learn that there is at least ono dreaded diseuse that Hoinnoo has been ?hie to cure in all its stages, and that is ?atarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive ouro known to tho medical fra ternity. Catarrh beiug a constitutional iisoaso, requires a constitutional treat ment. Hairs Catarrh is Curo taken inter nally, acting directly upon tho blood and mucuous BurfaoeB of the system, tboreby destroying the foundation of the disoaso, ?nd giviug the patient strength by build-1 ap tho constitution and assisting uaturo m doing its work. Tho proprietors have Iiave so much faith in ito curativo pow un, that they offer one hundred dollars I Tor any case it fails to ouro. Scud for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. CHUNKY A Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggist, 76c. v Hall's Family PUIB are the best. Light oil the Slocum Tragedy. Up to 8 o'clock last Wednesday morning 850 bodies, victims of tho 'Jenola! Slocum disaster, bad been recovered where it foundered, in Hell Gate, off New York City. The morgue contains 92 of tho 125 unidentified dead. The recovery of | i hundred bodies Tuesday was due Lo the use of explosives whioh ??UI.UK! the corpses to rise to the sur Face after several shots bad been Fired. Sixteen bodies rose almost dmultaneously to the surface. In memory of the Slocum's vic tims tho Alderman ie. chamber was | iraped in mourning Tuesday, and the entire city hall was draped Wednesday. Contributions to tho relief fund now aggregate about $80,000. At Coroner Berry's view into the holocaust which followed the destruc tion of tho Genoral Slocum, Attorney MoManus, representing the Knicker booker Steamboat Company, owners >f tbe Slocum, announced that no now life-preservers had boen pur chased for tho Slocum since 1895. Assistant District Attorney Garvin mid ho was satisfied with this ad mission, although tho contention was ibat none had been bought since 1891. Ten Years in Bod. K. A. Gray, J. P., Oakvillo, Ind.. irrites: "For ton .years I was coniinod to ny bod with disoaso of my kidneys. It .vas BO severn that I could not move part )f tho time. I consulted tho very best ncdical skill available, but could get no 'elief until Foley's Kidney Curo was ('commended to mo. It has bcou a Sod-send to me. Sold by J. W. Boll, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Armies ol the North and South. Oassenove G. Lee, of Washington, i recognized authority on Civil war itatistics, has prepared an interest ng table showing the enormous nu nerical superiority of the Northern ?riny over that of tho South during .ho Civil war. Mr. Lee's figures ihow that the total enlistments in ,he Northern army wore 2,778,304, as igainst 600,000 in tho Confederate irmy. The foreigners and negroes n the Northern army aggregated >50,917, or 50,917 more ' than the ,otal strength of the Confederate truly. There wore 310,424 mon of southern birth in the Northern army. Vir. Lee's figures are ns follows : NORTHERN ARMY. Vllltefl from tho North. 2,279,833 Voltes from tho South . 810,424 | .'egroes. I M;,m , mil., ii ?. 3,530 Total. 2,778,304 loiithorn army. 000,000 North's numerical Superiority .. 2,178,304 In the Northern army there wero : 'm i lc nc i .-i. .404,000 I legr?os.188,011 Total.(?50,1117 Total Of Southern soldiers.(500,000 | ARMIR8 AT THU WAU's KM). Lggregato Federal army May 1, 1805_1,000,BIG j kgKrogato Confederate anny May 1,1805.. 133,433 | Numhcr in Hattie. Confederates. Federals. leven Days' Fight.80,830 115,240 Liitietam. 80,906 87,104 aiancollorsvlllo.57,212 131,661 rrederloksburg.'.'.lin 110,000 lettyshurg.02,000 06,000 'hi. kmc ni;',.i.44,000 05,000 Vllderncss.63,087 141,100 Federal prisoners in Confederate m ons, 270,000. Federals died in Confederate prisons 22,570, or a lit ,le over 8 per cent. Confederate prisonors in Federal irisons, 220,000. Confederates died n Fedoral prisons 20,430, or 12 per sent. Interesting to Asthma Sufferers. Daniel Haute, of Ottorvillo, Iowa, writes: "I havo had asthma for throo or our years and have tried about all tho lough and asthma cures in the market | ind have received treatment from physi cians in Now York and other cities, but I rot very little benefit until I triod Foloy's | lone / and Tar, which gavo mo immedi ate rahel' and I will never he without it n my house. I sincoroly recommend it I x>f J." Sold by J. W. Boll, Walhalla fV J. Lunney, Sonoca. If you are twenty years old whon j our baby is ono year old, then you ne twenty times as old as thc baby. When you aro twenty-five, baby Five ; then you aro five times ns old is thc baby. When you aro forty years old, baby is twenty, and you iro twico as old. When you ?get to be eighty instead of being twico as ?ld as your ohild, you aro only one third older. Now, at this rate, how long would you have to live before your ohild would be as old as you arc? | Free to Readers of The Courier. In rooognition of the morits of tho Dr. Miles Anti-Pain Pills for tho relief of hi --aducho and pain, to whioh nearly ovory one is subject, more or less, arrange ments have beon made whereby the Dr. Miles Medical Co. will furnish a trial Fiackago of these wonderful little tablets ree to the snbsoribors of this paper. Any reader of this paper who is sub ject to aches and pains of any kind may avail themselves ot this free saroplo by Bending a postal card, giving their full address, and mentioning the name of this naper, to the Dr. Miles Medioal Co., Elkhart, Ind, The Colton Stalk Weevil. The "cotton stalk weevil," a new insect which has made its appearance iu Georgia and is almost aB danger ous as the boll weevil, according to the Augusta Chronicle, does not ex ist in this State, so far as Sootion Di rector I Jancr, of Columbia, is in formed cud believes. Mr. Bauer was shown this clipping from the Augusta paper Friday : "A new insect, known as the cot ton stalk weevil, has make its appear* anoe in Geoigia, and is raising havoo with tho young cotton of Terrell county. Niai? Entomologist Will mon Newell has just returned from Dawson, where he made a thorough examination of the weevil and its work, and he is now arranging for a treatment of the cotton plants which have been attacked by thc insect and for a remedy that will completely destroy it. "Thc insect attacks the stem or the Btalk oi tho cotton aud nearly every plant attacked dies very shortly af terwards. Tho farmers in Terrell county are very much alarmed over tho appearance of the new kiud of bug. Entomologist Newell states that he has never seen or hoard of suoh an insect before. "Tho bug is almost as dangerous as thc boll weevil, as it destroys the stalks of thc cotton before tho boll weevil appears. If tho inseot should scatter over the Statu as fast as it is, . scattering in Terrell county it will bo |, a serious thing for tho farmers to contend with this year, aud tho cot ton crop in Georgia will be mate rially shortened. "Entomologist Newell says ho will exert every effort to destroy tho insect before it makes a spread of thc Stato. Mo does not think thc boll weevil has as yet made it ap pearance \n Georgia, but ho regards > the new inseot winch has appeared and which attacks young cotton , stalks as a very dangerous factor c and he is anxious to got rid of it as } soon as possible." Mr. Bauer thought after reading j tho clipping that about, thc only thing that could be calmly reported as hav ing been discovered was an excited J imagination of another Georgia t newspaper reporter. Ile was of tho t opinion that thc Georgia Stato Ento- ? mologist's estimate of tho inipor- J tancc of the subject had been very i materially changed and colored al most beyond identification after pro colating through tho brain of tho newspaper mau. "Never heard of such an insect," i Mr. Bauer said. "There is no such J thing in this State, so far as I have j been informed ; and I don't beliovo i it exists in Georgia. I "It will probably end like my 'now' hickory nut insect ended this week. A correspondent in Charleston re ported tho appearance there of a | i now insect which ho thought would eventually put the hickory nut out of business. I wrote him to hold his base while ho sent mo up sonic specimens of these terrible pests. I forwarded them to Clemson and have just received a formal report from I j that institution to the effect that our | p new insect was a very old and very common insect indeed and to dismiss | | any harassing fear I or my corres pondent might have regarding thc c future of thc hickory nut crop. jj During tho summer, kidney Irregular!- 1 ties aro often caused by excessive drink ing or being overheated. Attend to the kidneys at once by using Foloy's Kidney Cure. Sold by J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Books ot Secretary Gantt. Columbia special to thc Nows and f Courier says : For tho past two j weeks there has been in thc Score- I tary of State's office au examining committee, consisting of Senator |* Butler and lienresentatives Uains ford and Richard. This committee 1 was authorized at thc last session of ? tho Legislature to examine thc books (? of this ollice, this being the first year that included it. Tho committee 11 finished its work and in view of thc | \ fact that there have been various rc ports out as to their finding, made the following statement : "Thc |1 committee has carefully gono over thc vouchers in tho ollice am. has nothing of a startling or sensational nature to report: No final report will bc made until Mr. Gantt, who is Jj now ill, can bo seen and even thon j thc committee will not make thc re port until thc next session of the General Assembly. This is required by law. So far as tho general result of tho examination is concerned wc find that there h qa been no bookkeep ing, and our expert, Mr. Hollis, of Gaffney, has gone over those in tho office and carefully collected all thc J vouchers, so that wo now have u 1 complete record of every thing that 1 has passed through tho hands of the Secretary of State. The books wcro checked up from January 28, 1908, when Mr. Gantt assumed tho ollice, and although wo went back no furthor, it is probable that those fro.n 181)6 to that dato should also bc gone over." Tho statement was made to thc newspaper men by re quest, and as yet no statoi ant has been mado to Mr. Gantt. Ho is now ill at his residence boro and under the treatmont of a physician for kid ney troublo. When seen ho said as ho had not aeon any members of tho eommitteo and know nothing of thc matter officially, bc, of course, could make no statement. Tho committee will probably notify him as soon ns he is able to bo out. No good heall h unless tho kidneys aro Bound. Foloy's Kidney Curo makes tho kidneys right. Sold by J. W. Ked, Wal halla; W. J, Lunney, Seneca. Tho Cateeohee correspondent of tho Bickens Sentinel-Journal says : "Many thanks to Hon. Wyatt Aiken for getting tho mail put back on No. ll. Wyatt, is making bia mark in Washington, and wo aro sincerely glad that South Carolina can boast of him being hor son. If ho con tinues on a? ho has, Hon. B. H. Till man or Hon. A. C. Latimor may as well mako up their minds to abdionte their seats in tho future. Chronic bronchial troublos and sum mer coughs oan be quickly roliovod and cured by Foley's Honey and Tar. Sold by J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca, J. A. Cook's Letter. Fort Madison, June 27.-Editor:. Courier: We noticed in your paper of June 6th an artiole from Taber, signed Steno, and in regard to the dispensary, the school fund, etc., he says: "That sohool fund comes in .handy, and the majority of our people's consciences do not troublo tbeni on account of using it for tho bouotlt of tho publio schools." Steno further says that "Maine is a tdiiuing example of a prohibition State, lint wo wonder what those people do in case of snake bites." Wo wondor if it never occurred to the miud of our friend* Steno, that there are about as many dif ferent varieties of oonsoienoo as there ia if oom, wheat, oats, etc. We have been dautlug tho colobrated Coke's Proliflo Join, which is a bard, flinty variety, the jars small iu size and bard to r* /. , and we Hud somo men's consejen ire aud liuty, small in size, scatter > .ned and lard to shell. The linne jau's con dolence will usually guide nun all right ?Hunch, but when we (hid a scoundrel rho laws of the country v.??o to guide Ibo oonsolonoe, as tba la* hi God have no effeot on bim. Ou? .?? - i's oonsoienoo will, teach mm that it ?B his duty to go to L/'bina as a missionary to civilizo and '.lu ist ??lui zo tho heathen Cbinamau. Then tho Chinaman's oonsoieuoe will teach him to murder the missionary tvhilo ho is playing with bim. We heard of an Amerioan girl whose .iinscienee taught her that it was her luty to go to Afrioa to oivilize and Jhristianizo those heathens in that jountry, aud when she got there she happened to get among a lot of cannibals iud their consciences taught them to till the girl and eat her and after they were through feasting upon tho body of he girl, their queen leaned back from he tabb, wiped her mouth with her landkerchief and said sho wished to Glod she know the parents of this girl so ibo could oorrospoud with them. There are not only a great many lifforont varieties of consoionoeB, but there are some consciences that. seem 0 be made of mineral metallic sub a ance of some kind. It seems that they will expand one day and contract tho loxt day. Sometimos when a man is ull of dispensary boozo his oonsoience viii lead him to murder his fellow man, ind as soon as be gets sober again the .cry same conscience will worry him mi il ho will commit suicide. Wo once heard of a rich man whose ?onscieuco taught bim that it was very '. ron;; for a poor old negro to steal a 10 sent chicken. Ho had tbo negro taken ip aud put' in tho obain gang for it, but u loss than twelve months tho samo ?onscieuco lead this rich mau to go ie' o >aukruptcy, and ho swindlod his oredi 01 s out of thirty thousand dollars. It tooms that whon a man's conscience ex lauds it always stretches iu tho direc tion of tho money, and it seems that hose metallic consiliences always ex imid Wbou tho man's pocketbook is ho ng tilled. But when somo poor old vidow woman comes to him, in her ags, with tears in her eyes, whose hau land bas killed himself drinking at tho >tato dispensary, which was established n front of his door for his convenience, iud whoso cbildrou aro orying for bread, ind ask him to givo her a dollar to get nead for her children, thou his little ninoral coiiBciouoo will begin to contract md draw up as if tho. thermometer vas indicating a temperature 40 degrees lelow zero. Ho will cry out, "Best so ution, best solution of tho whiskey noblem " And bo is then chasing a ainhow that bas a dynamite l?omb mi ler both ends of it. Ho is piobably ising hor doad husband's money to lohool his children, and his children irohably strutting around with their lorby hats and toothpick shoos on and tailing tho widow woman's children loor buckra, nash, A c. Wo don't think a man with a oon oienee of this kind should bo afraid >f tho snake of Maine or any ithor State. If a snako should bite him t would probably como out second best n tho tight. If tho consoienco will ?nido us aright in this dispensary busi icss, wo can soe no roason why it vonldn't guido us aright in all other lusinoss. Suppose we abolish all tho laws of the ountry, both civil and criminal, and lot ho whole business of tho world be Governed according to tho consciences of ho peoplo. What kiud of a timo would ve have? When tho supply raorohant, vho has boon furnishing supplies for ho working peoplo all the year, would tart out in tho fall to collect lils liens md mortgages and just loavo the whole bing to tho conscience of those owing lim, how much of his dues would he iclleot? And what about our tax gath rer whon ho w<uld come around In tho all to collei t st ate and county taxes, ust loavo it to tho people's couscienoe to >ay or not, whichovor thoy pleased, how mich money would ho get. Ho wouldn't ;ot enough monoy to buy ono barrel of lour for tho poor at tho poor house. lu this caso wouldn't you bo sorry for ho rogimont of little majors, colonels, a] a a i ns and cadet;, at Clemson College, ie.tea.l of getting moro than ono hun Ired thousand dollars, as usual, they vould got just about enough to buy heir uniforms; or probably thoy would ?ut on mourning instead of uniforms, aid it would not cost so much. Now, 1 wondor if my friend, Steno, vould not agrco with mo that it ?B bolter o lot roason, common sonso and self cspoot bo our guide in this dispensary natter than have, BO much oonsoienoo n it. J. A. Cook. On tho first indication of kidnoy trou ?lo, stop it by taking Foloy's Kidney Juro. Sold by J. W. Boll, Walhalla; W. f, f.linuoy, Seneca. BUHES WHtRt ATT flSE FAILS. nest Cough. Syrup. Tantos Good. Uno | In timo. Soiil by druggist?. r-w^t x g~aa ? WM -?%. J r?in;?; ira.-*? m.- m-vu IM- l~< fcj Tho platform of platitudes will lot deccivo men who are in earnest n their desiro to bring about needed 't forms. Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis courages and lessens ambition; beaut/ and cheerfulness soon disappear when the kid neys aro out of order or diseased. Kidney trouble has become so prevalent that it ls not uncommon for a child to be born 3? afflicted with weak kid neys. If the child urin ates too often, if the urine scalds the flesh or If, when the child reaches ar. age when it should be able to control the passage, it ls yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon it, the cause of the difficulty ls kidney t-cuble, and tho first step should be towards the 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 as 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 is soon realized. It ls sold by druggists, In fifty cent and one dollar i sizes. You may have a I sample bottle by mall free, also pamphlet tell ing all about it, including many of the thousands of testimonial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., bo sure and mention this paper. Don't make any mistake, but remem ber the name--S<vamp-Koot-Dr. Kil mer's Swamp-Root, and the address-? Binghamton, N, Y.-on eyery bottle, nome ot flwMnp-aooft.