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&\?t ILeotott downer. P U H I-1 8 H E D KVCRY WEDNESDAY MORNING. -?V J A YNES, 8HCLOR, SMITH 4^ STECK B. T. .1 AYN KN, I R . _ j D. A. SMITH J. W. 8HKLOB, f lsu?. 1 r?BS- J J, A. 8TB0K. f uascRimoN, ei.oo PCR ANNUM. ADVERTISING RATES REASONABLE Communications of a personal oharaoter oharged for as advertisements. J?T' Obituary notices and tributes of respect, of not over one hundred words, will be printed free of oharge. All over that number muBt be paid for at the rate of one oent a word. Cash to accompany | mauuaoript. WALHALLA, H. C. : WKDNKRDAV, RIAROII ?, 1006. Brice Act in Supreme Court Again. Columbia, Maroh 1.-The Brioe Act is to go to the Supreme Court again, this time on a writ of certio rari from the finding of the State board of canvassers in the Laurens county case. The State board yesterday after noon threw out all objections to the flection in Laurens being declared against the dispensary and sustained the position of the county board of canvassers. The State board took the position that the alleged irregu larities were not sufficient to vitiate the election, and jn the authority of an opinion from Assistant Attorney <4eneral Youmans, decided that the point tho dispensary attorneys raised as to the Brice Act being abortive to canvass special as well as regular elections was left out of the Code of 1902, was not well taken. Attorney Welsh, representing tho dispensary interests, will move for an order from tho Supremo Court this week to have the record of the oaso as presented to tho Stato board certi fied to the higher court, so aa to give the latter a chance to pass upon the points raised. In thc meantime the Laurens dispensaries will be kept open. They were voted out in De cember. Mr. Youmans' position was that to throw out tho ar?t of 1896 because it bad not boon included in the Code would make the Brice Act abortive, which deoision would be contrary to the former posit ion taken by the Attorney General himself that these dispensary elections are to bo conducted in the same manner as the general elections are conducted. Illiteracy Decreasing. According to a bulletin recently Issued by the Census Bureau, about 106 persons out of 1,000 in the United States over ten year? of age are unable to write. This is equiva lent to about one in ton. Of the na tive white population, only forty six out of every 1,000, or fewer than one in twenty, while of the foreign born 128 out of ovory 1,000, and of the negroes 445 out of every 1,000, are illiterate. In 1890 the number of illiterates for each 1,000 was 138 for the total population, 60 for the native white population, 130 for the foreign born white, and 568 for ne groes, Indians and Mongolians. There is therefore reason for satis faction in tho statistical evidenco that illiteracy is steadily reducing For hoadacho, constipation, otc., Dado's Little Liver Pills aro best. They cleanse and tonic tho liver. Sold by Dr. J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Rawlings Cases in the U. S. Supreme Court. Washington, March 1.-The Su promo Court of the United States has sot the argument in tho cases of J. (-i. Milton, Leonard an.d Jessie Rawlings against tho State of Geor gia for the 2d of April next and granted leave to plead ns paupers. Three of the mon are under sen tence of death and tho fourth to lifo imprisonment on the charge of mur dor committed in Lowndes county, Georgia. They aro charged with killing a boy and a girl in an effort to assassinate an entire family in 1905. Tho caso was brought to the Federal Supreme Court on the ground that the jury by whioh they were tri jd was irregularly drawn. OASTORIA. Bun the _/9 ?M Rind You Hara Always Bough! Signature Sf Tho Kdgefleld Chronicle remarks that a littlo politics now and then is probably good for a community. It stirs things up and gives the pooplo something bo sidos the cotton markot and chrysanthe mums and church entertainments on which to center their intorost. Tho History ol Arlington. In a recent edition of The News I saw a question asked by some one who wished to know whether the Loe family were ever in any way re imbursed for the loss of Arlington, the stately old home of Gen. Robert E. Lee, now used as a national oemotery. The history of Arlington since 18G1 is briefly this: At the begin ning of the Civil war Col. Robert E. Lee resigned his Federal position and went with his family to Rich mond to assume command of the Virginia troops, and later to become commander-in-chief of the Confede rate forceB. His abandoned home was immediately occupied by the Federal army, the mansion being used as headquarters and the sur rounding hills as oamping grounds. The mansion was afterwards turned into a hospital, and at the instance of Gen. Meigs the beautiful grounds carno to be used as a burial place for soldiers who fell around Washington and in Virginia. In 1864 the estate was sold for taxes and bought by the Government for *26,100. In 1877 George Wash ington Curtis Lee established his rightful claim to the property through thc courts and the matter was satis factorily arranged upon the payment to him of *150,000 by the Govern ment. Though now dedicated to the use of the nation, every leaf and twig is redolent of the life and history of our own Gen. Lee, and it is a titting reward and tribute to the greatness of the man that, besides the many Southerners who go for his good sake alone, even those who visit Ar lington with other motives than to learn of him, are visibly taught and reminded at every turn of the death less warrior of the South.-Nellie B. Hamilton in the Atlanta News, Feb ruary 8th. ? Stock Food Swindle-A Warning to Farmers. Tho Raleigh Progressive Farmer sounds-a note of warning to the farm ers of tho South about what it calls the stock food swiudle. It says that one of the most outrageous frauds now being perpetrated upon the American farmer is that of prepared stock foods-common meal, bran, etc, with a little cheap sulphur, salt, Epsom salts, pepper, saltpeter, etc., added to change tho taste, and the mixture (hardly more valuable than ordinary ship stuff) put up in Ham ing packages, advertised in big illus trated ads in farm papers, and sold to gullible farmers at from &>50 to ?'2,500 a ton. The Progressive Far mer says further, that some time ago, the chief Southern contributor of one of the farm papers most largely circulated in North Carolina and ad joining States, wrote an exposure of tho whole miserable fraud and sent it to his paper. The reply carno back : "The Blauk Stock Food Com pany pays us $8,000 a year for ad vertising, and we would lose it if wo were to print your letter. Please don't insist." It is quite proper that while the patent modioine nos trums are getting a drubbing, the stock food humbugs should be ex posed, and this The Progressive Far mer proposes to do. If the frauds are of the nature complained of, wc hope the exposure will be of such a nature as to protect the farmers against them.-Charlotte Chronicle. Pauline Webster Comes Home. Spartanburg, February 28.-Pau lino WobBter, a young South Caro lina woman, who created a sensation by marrying a woman in Kansas City, Mo., and being arrested on a charge of bigamy, but who was re leased, passed through Spartanburg this afternoon on her way to hor old homo at Cowpons, in this county. A largo crowd of people was at tho station to get a glimpse of the young woman. She was joined in Spartanburg by her brother, J. E. Webster, of Gaffney. The South's Greatest System. Unexcelled Dining Car Sorvlco. Through Pullman Sleeping Cars on all Through Trains. Convenient SoheduloB on all Local Trains. Winter Tourist Kates are now in Kffoot to all Florida Points. For full information as to rates, routes, atc., consult nearest Southern Railway Tiokot Agont, or R. W. Hunt, Division Passongor Agent, Charleston, 8. C., Brooks Morgan, Assistant Qeneral Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga. Th? Valut of Eye-Teeth. It is a mighty nioe thing to have your eye-teeth out-to be uon th? ropes"-to be "wise." About a yeai ago the editor of this paper felt in s jocular moori and answered an in investment broker's advertisement in an Eastern magazine. We ex pected some bond or manufacturing propositions, and felt hurt and in dignant upon learning that, we were expected to put money into a gold mine. They had evidently mistaken us for a fresh one. For several weeks lettors continued coming, urg ing us to take a little stock in the Bland Mining Company, "Bound to bc one of ibe beBi. money-making propositions in the United States," eta Circulars with cute showing the ore in huge stacks and millions "in sight" never fazed us. We re member incidentally figuring on the money we oould make by investi .g $1,000 in the 15-oent stock, if it in creased in valuation whioh the pro ducers "knew" was coming material ized-but we only figured. We felt that what monny we had to throw away Bhould be shied at preachers and orphans. And the investment brokers finally caught on that we were "next," and quit sending us their literature, and in the rush of money making, friends and a reputa tion we forgot the whole business. But how strange things do turu out. By some hook or crook gold was struck in the Bland diggins' and the price of stoek advanced from 15 cents to $14 per share, lt is a little painful to think that if we had in vested that $1,000 instead of just figuring it, we would havo been some $90,000 ahead, but, really, what oould a man who is "wise" need with that much money ?-Granite (Okla.) Enterprise. Paying the Parson. There was a wedding party in East Washington the other evening at which tho bridegroom is said to have "queered" himsolf, to tho morti fication of his new wife and her rela tives. The marriage ceremony was performed in the parlors of tho min ister, as the young man declared be was averse to public displays in such ma',tris. After the preacher had pronounced the twaiu husband and wife the bridegroom handed him a $5 bill and then remained in an atti tude of waiting. "Come on, David, said the new wife impatiently, as the young man continued to follow the minister about tho apartment.- "What in the world aro you waiting for?" "Waiting for my change, of course," was the reply. "How much did you hand the preacher?" asked the wife. "Five dollars." Then there will be no chango," replied tho wife. "Five dollars is little enough for a marriage fee." "I don't think so," rejoined the husband. "Five long greens is too muoh of a fee to pay a minister for saying a few words and wishing you a happy life and prosperity. But then, I don't know anything about such things. "jYou see this was the first time I was ever married." Washington Star. -?-m*? King Edward Can't "Stop Lively." London, February 26.-As?tho result of an accident while on a shooting trip last October, King Edward broke hi? tendon achilles and can never walk with his old vigor. It is said that tho king cannot arise from his seat without tho support of a heavy cano, and his gait will always bo halting and uneven, though ho wears a support for his anklo. As King Ed ward is Go y oars of ago, tho rupturod ten iou will novor completely unite again, even with tho medical attendance ac sorded tho monarch. At Fort Worth, Texas, last Tues day, Houston Thomas, a young negro, was given ninety-nine years in tho penitentiary for an attomptcd issault on a young white girl. The negro plonded guilty. THREE PAPERS A WEEK FOR $1.50. Hy a clubbing arrangomont with the [marleston Somi-Wookly Nows and Cou rier wo are offerin." that papor and The Keowee Courior for $1,60 per year. The Koowoo Courier is recognized not only us tho host papor in Oooneo county, but it is rated among the best county papers in South Carolina. The .semi Weekly News and Courior is an excellent jour nal, published on Wednesday? and Satur lays, gives the detailed nows of South Carolina as a speoial foaturo, and carrioa the full Associated Press dispatches from all over tho world. The combina tion of tho two papers at $1.50 gives our present readers, as well as new sub* loribors, an opportunity to secure two of tho best paper? in the state (throepapers i week) for 50 cents moro than the regu lar prioo of either. Let us send you two of the very best papers in South Carolina for almost the prico of one. J TRADE MARK i REGISTERED Fish scrap is used under all crop cor for thc Royster tra Norfolk, Va. f Columbia, 8.C. ? " In 1904, tbc banner cotton year, the county producing the largest quantity of cotton was Ellis county, Texas, which produced 1*25,844 hales. The next largest yield hy any county was 87,991 bales, and that was hy Orangeburg county, South Carolina. Boliver county, Mississippi, came third, with 82,128 bales. lipiWiStlM SOil Impoverished soil, like impov erished blood, needs a proper fertilizer. A chemist by analyz ing the soil can tell you what Fertilizer to use for different products. If your blood is impoverished your doctor will tell you what you need to fertilize it and give it the rich, red corpuscles that ure lacking in it. It may be you need a tonic, but more likely you need a concentrated fat food, .ind fat is the element lacking i.i your system. There is no fat food that is M> easily digested and assimi lated as Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil It will nourish and strengthen i lie body when milk and crenm ia il to do it. Scott's Emulsion is always the same; always palatable and always beneficial where the body is wasting from any cause, either in children or adults. We will send you a sample free. P>o sure that this pic ture in tho form of n label is on tho wrapper of every bottle of Emul sion you buy. SCOTT & BOWNE CHEMISTS 409 Pearl Si. Jew York 50c. nnd $1.00. All Druggists. '?The Calendar Plan" to Build a Church. A scheme has been devised in Ark adelphia, Arkansas, to build a church on what is called "the calondar plan." One man is appointed and called the year. He is to give $500. That man is to find twelve other persons who will give $300 each, and thoy are called the months. These twelve persons are to appoint four other persons eaoh, who are called the weeks, and who aro to give $150 each. These four persons are to ap point seven other persons each, who are called the days, and who are to give $50 each. In this manner it is proposed to raise $12,700. A splen did way to raise money. 1 FARMER T Thc Fer for Big wit Less Ac Fewer acres. lighter lalor, lai :ombination secured with FAR] tilteer proved perfect by twenty From Southern soil. Farmers' food for every stage of plant gi rvesting, and is suited to a gre. > corn, wheat to small truck. Made \A/itH Fish in every ton of Farmers' Bone, inst editions and making; it famous as a < dc mark. WS THE SALES RECC NK OP THE CROP RECG /188S-260 TONS 1890-1,600 TONS 1895-12,OOO TONS 1900-58,4-55 TONS 505-130,091 TONS S, ROYSTER GUANO Ol Prohibition in Greenville. Tho following, taken from tho Green- I villo Daily Herald recently, shows that ' conditions havo greatly improved sinco the dispensaries wore voted ont : i "'I haven't seen a drunk man nor a man half way intoxicated to-day,' said a ? polico oflicor laut night at midnight. 'Yes, I can seo all the difference in tho I world silier tho dispensaries wen' closed,' 1 answered ho in responso to the question j of a Herald man. Other officers on < duty last night expressed a liko opinion. ' There were hut one or two drunk per-j j sons locked up last night, when thoro j wero usually a dozen or more before the ( dispensaries wero closed. The streets < wore thronged yostorday afternoon and J the absence of drunkenness was con spicuously noticeable. "This condition has created wide oom mont. On Monday in municipal oonrts thoro aro seldom more than four or five I oases, when before tho dispensaries were I closed thu t \-live cases wore not at all I unusual. The polico records show those foote. "The police department has been re? ? lieved of muoh unpleasant duty since the v dispensaries wore closed and the abseuce li of drunks has become marked." We call tho attention of our prohibi tion friends in those counties still cursed with dispensaries to the abovo statement, with the hopo that they may be encour aged to tako tho proper steps looking to \\ in election to vote out the dispensaries a md thus decrease drunkenness and law- j, lessness.-Baptist Courior. Money Due Liquor Houses Held Up. Columbia, February 24.-There is a ;reat big bunch of money hoing hold up >y the investigating oommitteo on bills lue to liquor houses for supplies bought n idi- to the passage of the rocont act. The committee wants to examine the moks of houses holding claims .against lie dispensary to soo what sort of prices lie dispensary paid for its liquor and all hat sort of thing. Tho liquor houses have sat still in tho ?cat and waited and tho dispensary com nitteo has hold on to tho money. T. Moultrie Mordecai, of Charleston, who ?(.pr?sents most of the creditors of the lisponsary, has arranged to have a con '(.renee here with tho .sub-commit ten to ind out exactly what the committee vants and how to have his clients corn ily with the wishes of tho committeo, if hey can do so. There is a wholo bunch of monoy bi ol ved in this procedure-more than half i million dollars in tho cold awaiting tho ). K. of tho dispensary committee, and hore aro likely to be some .'.foresting levelopmonts. At all events a preliminary conference viii bo hold hero noxt week between iussrs. Hay, Lyon and Christenson and L\ Moultrie Mordecai, representing nany of the creditors of tho dispensary. OABTORIA. Be*T th? ?A The Kind You Haw Always Bought CLARKE i Cotton Factors and Coi 843 Reynolds St Bagging*, Ties and JBERAL ADVANCES. PERSONAL ATTENTION Special Attention Given to F. 0. tiUzer Crops tit reage ,ger yields-a happy MERS* BONE, thc -one years of great Bone is richest in rowth from planting at diversity of crops, iring nourishment :rop saver. Look ?RD ?RD FOR SAL.I, STRONG HORSE, suitablo for farm or family use; ladies eau drive. Also, ungle wagon, Rabooek buggy, two sets >f barnoBS. A bargaiu. Baptist Parson ?go, Soneea, 8. C. 0-12 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE.-NOTICE IS nu cby given that tho undersigned will nahe application to D. A. Smitb, Esq., ludgo of Probate for Oconoo county, in ho State of South Carolina, at his iflice at Walhalla Court Uouso, on Thursday, the 22d day of tabrch, 1000, vt ll o'clock in tho forenoon, or as soon hereafter as said application can be ioard, for loavo to make dual settlement )f tho estate of Kay Moss, minor, ind obtain final dischargo as Guardian >f said estate. MILES A. MOSS, Guardian of Estato of Kay Moss, minor. February 21, 1000. 8-11 If you want Early cabbage )rdor your plants from me from January 0th to April 1st, and I will furnish you vit li tho best frost proof plants and sure leaded cabbage grown. Varieties : Early Summer, Succession, Charleston Wakefield, .lei se y Wakefield. Price: $2 per one thousand plants de iverod at Walhalla, Seneca, Westminster, nd Madison, and $1.75 por thousand in ?ts of five thousand and over. M8 J. H. BARNETT. List Your Farm? With He. J. H. Darby, Real Estate Dealer, WALHALLA, S. C. Office: People's Bank. 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