Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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- '- 644 AISM'DY IN STILL LIFE, ' THE DOINGS O() ONE CLASS OF LAW. DEFYINC CITIZENS. WMbinoe who Hold an Armed CamP Cn the Virginia-North Carolina poraer.. INw York World.) More than two hundred moonshin Ga have established a fortified camp &) Franklin county, Virginia, and openly defy the authorities of the United States. They have over one hundred illicit stills in operation and are producing thousands of barrels Of wn' key on whichno duty to Uncle Sam is paid. The manufacture of illicit whiskey has been carried on more or less ex tensively throughout the South for a good Manyyears, but the contraband stills have been conducted on a small scale in the hidden recesses of the mountains. It has always been a comparatively easy matter for the revenue officers to capture and break up these stills whenever they could locate them. The camp in Franklin county is an exception, however. Several attempts have been made within the last two years by the rev enue officers to capture this moon-| shine stroughold, but without .sucess. On each occasion the officers have been driven off. Success has made the gang bold. They have gathered recruits from the criminal class all over the country, and it is believed thatit would require a force of two hun dred men to dislodge and break up their stills. The gang is compose(d of ex-convicts, desp1radoes, and the most daring and (desperate of cut throats ever collected together. They are a menace to the community and have committed numerous outrages in addition to the ruiing of illicit stills. The place selected for their opera tions is well suited for their purpose. Franklin county is on the border be tween Virginia and North Carolina. It is sparsely settled and mnountain ous. Encircling one of the lesser mountains near the North Carolina line are two streams boasting of the poetical names of "Shooting Creek" and "Runnit Bag." The waterm of these two creeks supply one hu1(red odd illicit stills of the gang. .FroIm the top of the mountain one can com Inand a view of the surrounldiIg coun try in every direction. Guards are stationed all around the camp, and it is Impossible for any one to approaclh within a half a mile of the pllace with out being seen. The miomenltI an alarm is given the outlaws repair to the top of the mountain and prepare for a fight. They aire well equipped for defensive operations. They are armed with the latest improved breech loadingrifles, shot guns and revolvers. They have built a small fort and are In a position to stand a long siege. It is stated on good authority that they have recently mounted two or three cannon in the fort. Every per son travelling through that part of the State, no matter what his busi ness may be, is escorted by an arnud guard across this district. He is inet at the border and is not l, "i A to go anywhere alone I me the moonshineriqs' terr144 il(h leaves tention is shown jeh. "'y'. This at k4&nown g. ' ' o every' visitor not --. e c amember of the gang. The World correspond(enlt is ecredi bly informed that two-thirds of the regular distillers in Virginia anid North Carolina are seriously enibar rassedl in their business by reason of the production of so much illicit whiskey. Their sales have fallen off' more than fifty per cent. and they are calling loudly on the government for protection. As t'he government officers are well aware of the existence of the, moonshiners' stronghold in Franklin county thme question might be asked, "'Why don't they take step)s to break it up?" The revenue force isn't suflicient to enforce the law, and red tape and a scarcity .of money pr'event any deci sive action by the department at Washington. Although there is pre sumably a large surplus in the treas ury,.the appropriation for the revenue service has nearly run out for the fiscal year ending June 30, and there is no money available to employ a large enough force to break up the Franklin county camp. The revenue officers know by experience that it is practically useless to send( at posse of fifteen or twenty men out there, as the.y could accomplish nothinig but their own destruction. "If the commissioner had any funds left at his disposal," said a revenue officer to The World correspondlent, "he wvould authorize us to engage a sufficient force to break up tile camp; but he hasn't, and unless Congress comes to our rescue we will be pow" erless to do anything before the 1st of July, when the alpropriation~ for the next fiscal year will be available. For the past three or four years Con gress.has cut down our app)rop)riation so low that we have been compelled ~ to reduce our force of men about one half. At no time since the war has thero- been so much illicit whiskey ~ made as at the present time, andl it is ~ largely due to the crippling of tile in-t ternal revenue service by Congress. Aa-long as the internal revenue laws ( -are. on the statute books Congi'ess F should make sufficient prlovisions to enforce. them. All effort is being C made in Washington now to induce ~ Congress t0 pass a special appropiai- a tion; to meet the Franklin countyc case'. If the, present state of affairs ~ eflould. continue six monthls longer, miost of the l.awfully registered dlis tilleriea in this part of the country E would be compelled to suspendl. "Frankhin county to-day is com plately unider the control of thecu throat gang of moonshiners On la illinit distillery has a moro demoraliz. 1, in,:effect on a locality than a hundred a licensed saloons. In the one case the men meet after dark in secret and drink the raw whiskey until they are hopelessly drunk. It is cheap, and hi they drink a great ueal more than if 'M they went to a regular saloon. We b< will not be able to capture the Frank- B3 11in county camp, however unless w Congress comes to our aid. ]ft is hard C enough to getimen to go with us on W i~iiiipa es5 when we have miney ti tpay tem, as the government makes c< io Pr'ovision for a man's family~ if he fr bap en toget killed or' eoliay in 4 eeteinducemen~t to io~ athe gov. I FUN EVEN IN A CNSUS. An Appeal to colored rarsons in the South PrOduces Antaing Results. "Thefunniest thingthat has tlmned up in connection with preparation for the tenth census," said Mr. King, of the census bureau, to a Washington Star reporter, "has come about through the sending of what might be called miniature registers of birtih and deaths to colored clergymen all over the South, with requests that the little schedule blank books should be filled in with memoranda concern ing all the blacks in their parishet who chanced to be born or to dic durimg the census year. You see, from that part of the country it i very difficult to obtain accurate con tributions to our vital statistics re. garding the n(egroes-inforialltin, -i that is to say, as to thei" ages at whiell they die, the diseases to which they succumb, and ill such things from which we derive valuible knowledgL as to the relations betwevn diseast anldrace , lonigevity anid occupation and so on. Down there many color ed infants are born without any suc attendant formalitiej as registration and maiy colored people die withou me(lical atteiidaice, or legal cogni zance of the fact. So we thought i a good idea to ask these parsons, wIh areI ahVays, men of large influele, amiong their )eople, to put down il the blank books we sent thiem Inenm orandak upon such matters in thei own parishcs." "A novel idea." "Quite so. Also we thought good one. But theinunediate reilt of its application have been ia trill Siu-prisimg. We told the clergyme: whom we addressed that we wer mIerely asking a service which voul, be entirely voluntary (n their piu1 and that we should be very glad i they would assist, us in our efforts t make the census as accurate ats poss: ble. About three weeks ago answer )egan to pour into the office hert and some of tliem are remarkabi comic. As ia rule the reply set us I iml soiletiim'g like this forim: "'DFA:. Sin: I acept your it)oiit ieit and would like to know whel the approl)riatioln for Imy work will b sent lue. Also inform me as to lio% many assistants I hiad better (n1gagt Yours respxectfully,' etc. "But the quailtest answer of all, said Mr. King in conclusion, "wi one that we got from a reverend geii tlemanl whose postotlice address i Skunk Hollow, Mississippi, andi(I wi retarked that the chief <illestion ii his region was what should be don, with the white folks, andl not at all t< the existenle alld propagation of thl, negroes. Taking the Cenui. The taking of the census of 1891 will begin the first of June and miIfus be coml)leted by the first of July The comIuesation to he paid to eni merators is fixed by section 2 of the census Act of March 1, 1889,and pro vi(les a imimmum rate of two cents foi each livimg imihabitant, twt) cents fol ch death, fifteen cents for eael farm, ty cents for 0ac esti hshmient of productive mdust,rv, it hive cents tor each surviving soldier sailor, or mnarinie, t'lenmeated1 ai returned, for1 all subdivisions whier< such aillowanice shall be deemed sufli cient. In all other subd(ivisions wher-e higher rates are to be p)aid, ac ctordmg to the difficulty of enumera tion, the ma1lximnum rates shall not ho !nore thaniu three cents for each living milabitant, t wenty cenits for eaci fairm., and1( thirty cents for each estab lishmiient of p)rodluctive inidustrv; noi s~hall they be less thani three not imore than six dlollars per day of teni hours actual field-work each, in aaseC a Per d.ieim complenlsationk is es.. Lablished. Excep)t in1 extreme cases, io claim for mileage or traveling ex penses will be allowed to any' enu nerator, ando thenm only when author ty' has been granted by the Superin - ~endent of the Census. The lawv rovides that the number of inhabi ~ants imeluded in an enumeration iistrict shall not in any cause exceed our thousand,and in only very excep bionail cases shiould this limit be reach'led. A Magnificent H otl for Mexico. Mr. Isaac Taylor, aL leading St Lomsi areliitect, le'ft that city' on F"ri lay last for tho city of Mexico to uperitend the construction of a ho el at that lpoint to cost $2,000,000. dIr. Taylor was the builder of tihe southern Hotel andio Hotel Beers in t. Louis, the Crescent at Eureka prmngs, Ark., the Oriental at Dal as, and other fine structures. The iotel mn tihe city of Mexico is to be a ugniticent aflair, with 460 guests' 00oms. It is to be built of native tone ando will be ab)solutely firep)roof. P'he main dining room will lhe 60x300 cet, 40 feet in the clear, and will be het b)anqjuet hail of the city. The roof f all the halls will be of open trust fork in carved woods, and on one endl here wvill be a gallery for spectator's t balls antd bianqjuets, andl( anothier r the orchestra, wich will p)lay at mnner each evcninlg. The~ walls will e wamnscotedl ten feet high in Mexi ni onyx, and the floor will be aL tosaic of Mexican marble. The walIuls .e to be futher dlecoratedl with fres >Os in oil and mosaic l)anels. The ibjocts illustrated will be taken from exican history, and( artists wvill Sexpressly emp)loyedI (for the pur.. >nse by3 the government. The two laller dmmig rooms will b)e finished onyx and marble, w'th a general ush of glass, white and gohld. The rge (linig roomi will accomnmodate >00 people at a sitting.-New Orle is Timse-Democrat., -The Virginia Western surveys vye been completed as far wvest as ashington county, Va. The road gmns at a point near Biuchianan, otetourt county and runs parallel ith the Norfolk and Western nd linch Valle,y division from New river ost. It saintended to connect with to Tennessee Midland,~ now under >nstruction at or near B3risitol, and om a through line via the Richmond Ld Alleghany, division of the Chesar lake .and Ohio between Richmond. ynehburg and Memphis. Colonel 0. Buoid,-of Richmond, is at the ad 8fthe enterprise. COUNTING THE PEOPLE. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WHICH THEY WILL BE ASKED. The Kind of Men who are Vanted for Eau meratorm--when they are to Start and Fin ilh Their Work. Everything is now ready at the census department to begin counting the people of the United States. The manner of getting at the num ber of people will be very simple. A supervisor hias charge of ektch dis trict. He appoints the enumerators, subdivides the districts, and is re sponsible for their zeal and accuracy. No enumerator is to look after a sub division of more than 4,000, and he must be a resident of the sub division and personally familiar with a great number of the people. The enumerators are to start out on Monday, June 2. Those in cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants must finish in two weeks, while those in the country are given a month. These men will make from $50 to $100 each. 1 THE QUE4TIONs To IE ASKED. r Here is the list of questions to be asked. With these the enumerators must go to each family and get an swers to all the quostions: 1. .Give christian name in full, a and initial of middle name, surname. 2. Whether at soldier, sailor or 1 marine during the civil war (United States or Confederate) or widow of f Such person. 3. Relationship to head of family. 4. Whether white or black, mulat H to, (1ua1droonl, octoroon,Chinese, Jap iese or Lidian, 5. Sex. 6. Age at nearest birthday. If uider one year give age in months. 7. Whether single, married, wid owed or divorced. 8. Whether married( during the census year (June 1, 1889, to May 31, 1590.) 9. Mother.of how Iany children, and unber of these children liv 10. Place of birth. 11. Place of birth of father. 12. Place of birth of mother 13. Number of years in the United States. 14. Whether naturalized. 15. Whether naturalization papers hnive been taken out. 10'. Profession, trade or occupa tion. 17. Months unemployed during the cenisus year (Juine 1, 1889, to May )31,1890.) 18. Attendance at school (in .nionths) diring the census year (Jume - 1, 1889, to May 311, 1890.) 11). Able to read. 20. Able to write. 21. Able to speak English. If not the language or dialect spoken. 22. 11llthe. Irito au 01' with name of dis I ase and lengtL of tinie aflicted. .23. Whether' defective in mind, sight, hlearing 01r speech, or wvhether , crippledl, mimiied or de'formied, with name of defect. 24. Whether a prisoner, convict, 25 and 26. Is the hionme you live in hired, or' is it owned'( by thme head or a memiber of the famnily? 27. .If owned by3 head or member of family, is the home frce from mor'tgage incuamrance? 28. If the head of the family is a far'mer',.is the farm which lhe culti vaLtes luried, 01' is it owned by him 0or by a member of his family? 29. If owned by head or member of family, is the farm firee tr'om mort gage incumbrance? 30. If the home 01' farm is owned1 by head oir menmber of family, and mortgaged, give the postoflice addr'ess of owner. If any one refuses to answer these questions, except, peCrhaps, as to age m case of females, they ar'e liable to a fine of $100. Superitendent~ Porter' expects to have a fairly correct estimate of the pop)ulation. of the States and Territo ries ready in August. He will com plete the tables necessary for the re apportionment of Representatives in Congress in tinme for use in the short sessioni. Okeefenokee Swamp. Colonel Frank Coxe and General P. M. 13. Young,p two of the syndicate who reently were the successful bid dlers for the Okeefenokee swamp in Georgia, arr'ived in the city yester (day3. Colonel Coxe will r'emnain a few days before leaving his home, and General Young will be here some tine and will busy himself looking after' his paving contr'act with the city. .Their' purchase consists of a half nulhion acr'es of land, at present in a (dense swamp eOver'ed with cypress timbe)r. "Insidle of ten (lays," said( Colonel CJoxe last evening, "we will have suir veyor's on the gr'ound to find out the exact number of acres in the tract and the p)robable cost of clearing it. There is $500,000 in cypress in the swamp, and we will per'haps clear it for that. Then it is thought that beds of p)hlosphate underlie it and we wdll p)ut exper'ts on to find if there is. If wve do decidle to do thme work, after I we have finished it will be made into i sugar plantations and sold." The swamp lies at the southern boundary of Georgia and part of it lies in Florida. The same price as we paid to the former State will be )fhered1 the latter for that portion ly- ~ mng in it, and it is probable that the off'er will be accepted. At p resent it is absolutely worthless and it will take an immense amount of money j to clean it out. Directly after the State had sold the property the pres mit owners had an opportunity to :hsposeoof itto an1English syndicate rad also to a party of Americans. rhecy wifl, however, hold it until they r know more of its resources, and their ~ opinon is that they have struck a bo nanza.-.Asheville Citizen. -Within .the last three months ~ there have boon from eight to ten wil tul homicides aton thene groes in,a Laurens county, 8&~ r GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. Facts of interest vathered from Various Quarters. -Vice-President Morton has re turned from his trip through the South with the kindliest feelings for its people and the brightesthopes for its future. - -A syndicate of New York and Augusta capitalists has purchased several thousand acres of land in South Carolina on the hills opposite Augusta. The purchasers will de velop the property and make it easily accessible to Augusta. --Wi. E. Christian, late associate editor and owner of the Charlotte N. C., Democrat, has disposed of his interest in that paper and accepted a position on the staff of a Philadelphia paper. Mr. Christian married the daughter of General Stonewall Jack son. This lady died a few months ago, leaving two children. -The Midway hotel and several business houses at Kearney, Neb., were burned Moiday morning. A terrible wind from the northwest prevailed. The loss will probably exceed $150,000. One man was killed by jumping fromt a fourth-story win dow. -A sensational tragedy occurred itt Redlands, Cal., early Monday morning. D. C. Gresham, connected with The Citograph, a weekly paper, was shot and killed by C. C. McCon key, proprietor of the Windsor hotel. McConkey then committed suicide. Both men stood high in society, and the affair has created great excite ment. -Aleek Copeland, colored,was shot and fatally wounded at his own house in the vicinity of Clinton, S. C., on last Saturday night. On opening the door of his cabin in response to a knock he received two loads of bird shot in his face and body. Suspicion fell on Fearow Leak between whom and Copeland there was an old grudge. Leak has been arrested and there is strong proof of his guilt. The Rate or Interest. Byan Act of the lastLegislature the law in regard to rates of interest was so amended that no higher rate thian 8 per cent. per annum may be charg ed for the hiring of money, the legal rate remaimig seven per cent. except upon special agreement. Thelaw did not take effect until the first of March, 1890. The following is a copy of the law in question: "No greater rate than seven per centum per annum shall be charged, taken, agreed upon or allowed upon any contract arising in this State, for the hiring, lending or use of money or other commodity,except upon writtei, contracts wherein, by express agree ment, a rate of interest not exceeding eight per cent. may be charged. No person or corporation lending or ad vancing money or other commimodity upon a greater rate of interest shall be allowed to recover in any court of thi State any portion of the interest so unlawfully charged; and the prin cipal sum, amount or value so lent or 4&,iAned, without aiy, i be deeme<(ii&ia en by the courts of the State t.o be the true legal debt or measur'e of damage to all intents andl purp)oses wvhatsoev'er, to be re covered without costs: Provided, that the provisions of this Act shall not ap)ply to contracts and agreements entered mito, or discounts or ar rangements made, prior to the first of March, 1890." Mrs. Jackson's Pesion The Washington correspondlenIt the New York Herald, referring to the application of Stonewall Jackson's widow for a pension for her husband's services in the Mexican wyar, says: "I called on Commissioner Raum today and asked whether Mrs. Jack son's ap)plication for penision would be favorably consideredl. He replied: -"I have not taken it up yet, but I can see no reason why it should not be granted. Section 4,716, Revised Statutes, says:--'No money on ac count of pensions shall be granted to any person, or to the widow, children or heirs of any deceased person, who in an.y manner voluntarily engaged in or aided, or abetted the late rebellion against the authority of the United States. But section 5 of that Act granting pensions to the soldiers and sailors of the Mexican War, approved January 29, 1887, says that 'section 4716 of the Revised Statutes is here >ly repealed so far as the same relates to. this Act or to pensioners tunder tis Act.' This latter clause gives aMrs. Jackson a clear title to hiea pen sion in my opinion." The Mexico Cathedral. ,The interior of the grand cathedral in the City of Mexico ins, even at the present day, after having been succes sively plundered, most magnificent. It contains five naves, six altars, and fourteen chapels, which contain the bones of some of the vicerovs and de parted great men of Mexico. A balustrade surrounds the choir, of a metal so rich that an offer to replace it wvith one of equal weight in solid :ilver was refused. This weighs twen y-six tons, and came fromt China in I the ol days of Spanish dominuion,wheni the richly freighted gal'cons of Spain r ent their cargoes overland from A ca-i pulco to Vera Cruz. on the way to the1 nother country. T,he high altar was formerly the rich st in the world, and yet retains much if its original glory. I otie andleticksof god soheavy thata ingle one was more than a man could it, chalices, cruets, and pyxes of gold ncrustedl with precious metal, studided ~ 'ith emerald, amnethysts, rubles, and The statue of the Assnuption (now 5 slssing4 was of gold, ornamented with p iamonds, and is said1 to have cost $1, 0000. There was a gla lamp, aued at *70,000, which itcost at one me $1,000 to oleatn, but cer'ding to Tren5,h writer-and the joa h is --- i me liberal troops cleaned it for noth ig, and it has not been seen sinw. Flowers as Politleal Emblem. One result of the election has had a trange effect on the flower market in ~ 'arls. Since the election the p rice of ed carnations has gone down like the af hares of a bubble company. While d he white carnatlon is quoted in the farche aux Fleurs at the respectable n~ gare of 1 franc a dozen, the red Is n~ Yfer.d frsely at no more than 7 sons. 1either in P'er* 4or ywhore else does nbody oeretq .e ehtisDp Sv JfJmhe VlDbJ Qt e feilgg~. h SOUTHERN NEWS. -The tailors of Knoxville have or dered a strike. They demand higher wages. -The late extra session of the Tennessee Legislature vost about $21,000. --Steps have- been taken by the authorities to suppress gambling in Mempbis. -It is now said that only about twenty of the Pan-American delegates will visit the South. -The Charlotte Democrat says twelve hundred disabled Confederate soldiers drew pensions in North Carolina, and 2,800 widows. --George Gardner iand Sherman Hays, two negro hands on a Ten nessee steamer, had a difficulty, which resulted in Hays being killed. -Rev. Var-dry McBee, of Mont gomery, will deliver the commence ment sermon of the Greensboro Female college on the 1st of June. -Dennis Ballard, of Johnson City, Tenn., was killed by lightning on Tuesday last. His underclothing was burned to a crisp, and his left foot torn to pieces. -Ensign Thomas Washington, son of Colonel J. A. Washington, of Goldsboro, N. C., sailed Saturday from Norfolk,. Va., on a three years' cruise in Asiatic waters. -A reign of terror exists in Wayne county, V. Va., caused by the intro duction into that section by the Nor folk and Western railroad of a tough lot of citizens. Floatingriversaloons are in order, and two murders a day the average. -The report has gone forth that Anniston expects to secure the invest ment of five million dollars this year. She has already secured over one-fifth of it, and is now getting herself well -Last Friday while one of the at torneys was speaking on a case at Lexington,N.C., Judge Shipp, looking out of the window, discovered that it was snowing. He innnediately aid unceremoniously announced that court was adjouirned for the day. -Henry Dixon, a crazy old colored man, who has wandered about Jack sonville, Fla., for many years, (lied at his house in Hansontown Monday morning. He started off last Friday night, and nothing more wns seen of him until Sunday, when he returned nearly dead froimi cold and exposuree, froml) the effects of which he died that might. -An electric wire running into the store of Hass, Hodge & Co., at John son City, Tenn., communicated its electricity to the iron posts and door step of the front, Tuesday last. Sev eral customners in entering the door were thrown down. Leon Rogers, the 1111n Adho has charge of the plant, was sent for. He step)ed on the iron front and was also knocked down. A negri-o stepped in the same place and received a shock that i most paralyzed him. When .ho re covered, he took.-up tt stret as if a IVion bf d&Vilk 'were after himi. "Don't Give up t ho4 Ship." Don't sur-render-, although the fight be( long and bitteri, and1( re(sullts thus far but (dismial failures. 01ld Bad Blood may yet 1)e conquered and dis ealse driv-en fr-om the citadel of life. You haIve not used1 the p)roper r-eme dy, or long ago you would have felt a change. You have tried this and that, a hiundr-ed bottles of thisspecific and( fifty bottles of that sar-sapar-illa, and feel you might as well have used so mnuchl rain watei- for- all tile goodl effect they had. Why have you niot tried B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) ma,de in Augusta, Ga? Becauwse it isn t adver-tisedl so consp)icuously as other mnedicines?P Well, that's a poor reason. The greatest hlumb)ugs can affor-d thi largest advertisemuents. As for- B. B. B. tsy it, and if six bottles don't (do you more good than all the othei- blood miedicine y'ou have ever taken, call it a humbug, a name tha't hais never yet boeun applied to it by any one.. WXalter- Bridlges, Athens, Tenn., writes: "For- six year-s I had been rifilicted with runnling soi-es and an enhairgement of the hone1 ill my leg. [ tried eveirything I heard of without rny per-manent benefit until Botanic Blood Balm was reconmmended to me. After using six b)ottles the sores heal 2d, and1 I am now in beOtter health than I have ever been. I send( this estimonial unsolicited, because I wvant other-s to be benefitted." --Tle Anniston Evening News is nrepal-ing a tirade edition which will e issuedl Apr-il 1st. It will contain ~he story of A1miston; 11er railroadIs, ~hur-ches, mcr-ease in growth, sur -ounldling towns, futur-e pr1ospects, and L lam-ge mass of valuable information. .Diseases P~ecu,liar to women, espe uially monthly dlisorder1s, are (cured by he imely use of Br-adfield's Female Regulator-. Pianos am( Orgas. N. W. TnRUM, 134 Main Streoet, Co. umubia, S. C., sells Pianos and 0Organs lirect from factory. No agents' com mssions5. The celebrated Chlicker ng Piano. Mathusek Piano, cehe 'i-ated foi- its clear-ness of tonje, light Less of toulcil amnd lasting qualities. Mason & Hamlin Upright Piano. Storhlng Upr-ight Piano, from $22 p. .Arion Piano, fr-om $200) up. Masonl & Hamlin Organs, surpasse y none. Sterlhing Orgeans, $50 up. Ever-y Instrument guaranteed for Lx year-s. F!fteen days' trial, ex onses both ways, if not satisfactoro. Sold on enstallmnents. DEPOSIT OUR SURPLUS MONEY IN THE y COMMERCIAL, BANK, f COLUMBIA, 8, C, One dollar- and upwardcs received. itorestat, the r-ate of 4 per cent, prjI anum,f Fi quarterly, on thers ay fFuary, May, Auguwt and ovember. Married women and imors can keep account in their own ame. Higher rates of interest al wed by special arrangement. b 0. J. IhanELr, President. IN~o. S. ILEAPHART, JAMES IREDEIL, Vioe-President. Can.. FACTS WORTH When: "-ldifiud to iosure in THE - MUTUAL .. LIFE, - Q4.31 V% a entitled to your first conideratiou, the Life losurance lostitutions of ti in all the features of business, togethe -1. I-s the Oldest active Life Insulanc< 2 It is the Largest Life Insurance Coto 3. It is thv Strongest flnancial Iostitutit wore thaN One Hundred and Twent 4 It iq the 8afest Compauy in which to I. It i? the Cheapest Company in whict ducing t e final cost of imlura,nce be 6. This GP -AT CORPORAI ION has. in Cas1 durplue, in twirnty-oue yo:ui is nea y eleveIj mjilliuj dl,i1ari mort the F At TWO leading compaits. FINE S E &-Ask for catalogue. TERRY M'F'G 00.. NASHVILLE. TEh JERSEY FLATS Qb. and -Fe vej, Cure. L , ~ocure . TER DARRETT DltG 0 o. (ILER'S LVER PILL lAmove the bile fom the system. curo billoa tmables, and prevent malarial dist,-.. leor sal by all d'miggista and merchanta .mt conti a box. or maild on receipt t- i-rice b. TNB BARRETT DRUG oo AUGUSTA. . TARSILDNa'8 PILIA. B A yu~~t A K HC! E R.RY LNA-,SHVj,LLE TE.NN. CUSHION1. %hsj--er 'I. Corn Mtbl. A ;hjswrre,.all liene.dloofall. sIot.by, I. III R?4 oals, ON nr'du&a, hew Tork. Write for book of pro*% t HINDERCORNS. Te r .rcorn tni irm r ONS8U M PTI. Iave nakuCt.o ;r)nChiti Anstlorn. n est-ont n drom etUve nta Tabo In and SA. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM C ansee mid lwalIfM 8 tho lair. E~rootes airrat, growth Nevar Faits to Reatoro Gray Hair to its Yivhriul Color. curescap, Imiurfalina I ioand 81 or awit-t. CHiCHES'a'E W 0: .i: ied Cross isiat-.owd n..d. rTbe only rnlable 1 -111 f- , A-. Ptnr sure. Ladiea, ask b~rurl- i..r i, 1,. itnh bluerin. Ti oenre Qt her. I':t:b%v te. Agents wanted to 1nIt is a perfect sell Pinless Clothes '?inter line. Samn Line; noe more pie tine sent by clothon pins needed. t alil f or 5cit., also Ithoids the hteavest P aNft.1. line by and finest fabrics mail SI.r> pre w i t hi 0 u t pius, l.nid For circu Clothes do r.,t, freeze to lara, price list, termts it and cannot blow off. ad drese < h PINL1MSi CLOTtIlS LINIC CO., 17 Hermon 'At., WVorcester, Mass. MADE WITH BOILING WATER. E P PS' S GRATEFUL-OOMFORTING. OQOQA MADE WITH BOIL|N 'MIt,. How Los I WiRogain - 0 am 09 THE SCIENCE OF L IFE a A Scientifie and Standard Popular Medical TIren on the Errors of Youth,Preature lcceu ac Ne 8tn and Phbyslcal Beblity, Impurities of th Ieo Restulting from F'oily, Vice, Ignorance, PS Overmaxatlon, Enervating and unlittin0A for Work, euiness, the Married or Mn, Avoid unskIllful pretenders. Po.~ Wili binding, embossed, ful ice~ mt. at La mail, postpaid, conceajel pa n W e umbi <distin ulaeis atthore if o etr cevEteOJLD AA D JEWE,Lp L __ from thte National Medical Ass -- this PRIZE BRNAY on NEIt' Going We o tMatIPBnuTa P rakg No. 52. dentiay muail or in erson at'- 7 30 a No. 4 Bulanch st., flouton, Ma. 10 33 orers for books or letters for'adi) 115 ,2 24 p.n I 5 00 Talbott &s2U RICileMOND, V a 'a. N anuf ao tu u Will furnish lowest eat. T. inds of MACHINERY, ap) baite Solid tr DNGINES AND BOILER day ltumlbla, S AW MILLS AND GRlIS isu ~OTTON QIigs, pIIS, * C VATOIII, RICK AND TTLING~ r..L MACHINERY, v M'e W"' Write to me for pri cabofo, i uying, ' V. 0. !3ADHIAM, Geo'I Agent, Oolumhlna n -. REMEMBERING -o0--........, ther (onile remenber thut INSURAICE -COMPANY, iuce it holds the foremost place among t! world, and offere superior advantagvs r with unequalled floaucial security. Company in thie Country. puny in tho World. ,n In the World-its asetn awnouitihg to V.-ix Millions of Dollurs. insure. to lusut., its large divi4aftl getuf -,. ow that ut arny other (AP11mpantv. arued hor and paid tut to it@ loolwe% ILb,-er'l the ele)rIOUS .ui of $73.000,000, -A hiel I'a the Cotubitied Returom iii,,,mie< ty EDWARD L GERINAN). GRNERAL AoENT, Coluusblia, 8 (, Tbh Tozer Eliit WorP A ..siia:orewvr to I)k .Lirtrjt WYorks.a OHN A. WILLIS PROPRIE 117 WtSk GERVAF STREi -MANtJFACTURER8 OF TH Tozer Steam Engtna A NF A Li.if VW~tj1 IrL LU OAV k AND) ETVJ -~IUl.A -HOLLN et i iI -- ROEA -.d . - R P L A N T1C1 W A',14 a a As a PIN O P 's Pullmemaee on 1ima TEAM BA W MI e* A1g. Harvesting 64d oh Ma chin'ery write to the uadersi# , x bo will guarantee tbe goods the ay 6ffor in -all respect4, and make rs ltrestang both to consuzia and We will also furaah eve thing seeded in the line .of 4ugpli: Bilt ing, Oils, Pipiug, FittlO V_ e", In, spiratork Injectors, Prni4 ,O-, &o. W. H. GIBBES. k3, & 00. o WnbRA= . T . -. 1.P. <3NArANU-ro tsteilhlla.acho and 0onutipationt in a 1ah time. Prevost,, all Malarial trouble.. f.M centa. For cato by druggLsts and an acnt.. Menunaoturad b:, Laugloy Brothers, 1-4 K1ING hBT.. UAltLJSON, N. Ala.IATU Ebb OF LA%BS. AN3 .1 ii T' I' UrndLerwearr. fIn,e D)ress Shtiro~ ~ * de. . tailiy. Ihr<tion, for nFeaauring .g n gIgL'EtI'PtjhDs iiT Maaenar hu, . ,.*C. W.A. CLARX, Pres. 2% b. toDzarson, 5% ..Aloi' Ir. 4, inl 3(l da 'LIN .ARTMEN ngton, N. C., Jan. 18th, '1 ite between Charlestona ad upper South Caaro)l 'forth I arolinia. CONDECN8ID SCHEDfULE. 9t- Goih g No. ..Lv Chmarleston Ar.. 9 .........Lane2....... 7 5 ........ume'....... 6 *. ..Ar Columbia Ly. .. 5 ..Winnsbalorro..S ........hester... .......Yorkvi le .. -......Lamt aster ...11 .......Rock Hill... 1 ..Charlotte. N. C... I .c.enwood....12 ........I-aure 3... ........reenvile..... .........alhlla ... ...Abbeville . . .. .1 ....patahug . .1 Hentldersonville, N C ..Asheville. N. I'... inu betweegn 'harleston Gen. Paiss. A TER, O en'J Mainger. FITZGE R 'hotographor GREE~NVIL Westmoreland ilto dioneb3 b'h hi'y Iell.nake ef an UOEALIBR 4 3maeto