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KILLING AS Novel and Death-Dei Coming News and WASHINGTON, Aprii 6.-"The war between Spain and the United States will be decided not by courage or . valor, but the manipulation of ma chinery. It will be in the main a na val conflict, of course, and machinery does the fighting on shipboard nowa days. Three years ago Mr. Maxim, the famous gun maker and inventor, said that the men who understood ma chinery best would win in a modern sea fight, and incidentally he remark ed that the Spaniards, if ever they should be opposed to the Americans on the ocean, would have no chance at all, because of their vast inferiority to the Yankees in respect to the me chanical instinct." This statement was made yesterday by a naval officer of the highest rank, who then went on to speak of the en tirely novel character of the weapons which are to be used on both sides in the conflict with Spain. They are so new, he said, and as yet untried in ^warfare, that all the world will look on in wonderment to see how they will work and what damage they will do. In point of destructiveness they arc as far ahead of the instruments of killing employed twenty-five years ago as the latter were superior to the pikes and battle axes of the Middle Ages. And this is one reason for believing that the Hispano-American struggle will be a short one. a great number of lives and an enormous amount of prop erty being wiped out in a brief pe riod. Probably it may be said that the rapid-fire guns is the most wonderful achievement of military science up to date, so far as ordnance is concerned. This type of weapon is destined to play ? very conspicuous part in the coming war, being capable of destroy ing life and property at an enormously greater rate than any instrument hitherto invented. Adapted to a great variety of calibres, so as to be able to throw projectiles weighing from I pound to 100 pounds, the contrivance ? is specially adapted to the purposes of ; naval warfare. It throws - explosive j shells, which will pierce anything ex cept heavy armor, and these missiles are discharged in a continuous stream, a 6-pound delivering ten shells a min ute with the utmost precision. The largest kind of rapid-fire gun, of 6 inch calibre, throws six 100-pound shells a minute, with a range of over 6 miles ; the 3-inch gun throws a 36- ? pound projectile every 8 seconds, with . a range of 4 miles. When it is con- . sidered that a first-class battle ship carries at least thirty rapid-fire guns j it wiH be realized what a storm of ? bursting missiles can be hurled upon ; .an adversary. The rapid-fire guns carried by our ? wwr ships will be their ehief reliance j against the formidable Spanish torpedo j boats and torpedo boat destroyers. 1 Wholly unprotected as these danger- ', ons little vessels are, not one of them ' could stand up against a well-directed ? volley from the quick-firing rifles car- I ried by a battle ship or a cruiser. For -weapons of this type, as well as for machine gum?, fixed ammunition is employed. This means that projectile j and powder are made up together into ? a cartridge, like a revolver cartridge, j to facilitate loading. The elongated j conical shell, which forms the front ' part of the cartridge, is of brass and j is so constructed as to explode upon , impact-i. e., when it strikes the ship j aimed -at. The shock of striking < drives forward a small plunger, which sets off a nitro-gelatine cap. The ; havoc made by rapid-fire guns was ? sufficiently well illustrated in the war ! between China and Japan, when the ! ships of the opposing fleets, particu- ? larly in the light oil' the mouth of the j Yalu River, were literally cut to j pieces, the bursting projectiles killing every exposed man and setting fire to j the vessels in a dozen places at once. When it comes to rapidity of fire, however, the so-called rapid-fire guns j do not -by any means approach the ; machine guns. Of these latter there J are several kinds, bu; the improved ! Gatling may'be taken as representing the type. It is a bundle of riflc-bar rels, into which cartridges are fed ; through a hopper, the bullets being ? discharged at the rate of 700 a minute. A war ship commonly carries three or four machine guns, but this type of weapon is not intended to bc used on shipboard save under exceptional cir- [ enmstances. It is designed rather for employment by landing parties, and is meant to kill mon rather than t?? de stroy property. Instead of explosive shells it fires ordinary rifle bullets, utilizing the same sort of cartridges. There is another kind of machine gun, newly adopted by thc navy, which may be expected to do a good deal of execution in ('nba when tlx: tug of war arrives. It likewise is in- . tended for uso by landing parties. The weapon is known as thc Colt auto matic gun, and is able to throw IUD rifle bullets a minute with a precision that is described as marvellous. The trigger being pulled once, it goes on i A SCIENCE. ding Weapons of the y War. Courier. firiog itself so long as cartridges are fed to it, the gases generated by its discharge throwing out the empty shells, and feeding in the fresh car tridges without interference by human hands. The cartridges are arranged ona long belt, and when one belt of them is exhausted another is attach ed. The gun weighs only 40 pounds, and, together with the tripod on which it is mounted, can easibly be carried by a man on foot or on horseback. THE GREAT GUNS FOR THE NAVY are made at the Washington navy yard, where the ordnance shops have been in a hum of activity night and day for several weeks past. It takes a year under ordinary circumstances to make one of these huge weapons, the beginning of which is a solid cylin der of cast steel about twice as long as the gun is to be and quite twice the diameter. After this ingot has been cast, one-third of it is cut off one end also a small piece off the other. In this way the best part of the casting is secured, without any of the unde sirable matter that collects at the top of the mold and finds its way to the bottom. The cylinder thus made is taken and forged with great steel ham mers, which strike blows of 25 tons' weight, until it is reduced to one-half of its original diameter. In this shape, a suitable lump of wonderfully fine steel, it is delivered to the Gov ernment. It has been found more economical to buy such ingots from private concerns. The rest of the work is done by Uncle Sam's gun smiths. The principal gun shop at the navy yard is an enormous building, from one end to the other of which runs a steam crane that is able to pick up a weight of 100 tons, carry it whither soever may be desired, and lay it down as lightly as if it were, a feather. The interior of the establishment, as one finds it these busy days, presents a wonderful spectacle. Here a cannon is being bored, while there another is receiving its rifling, and in another place a great steel tube is having shrunk upon it a jacket of thc same metal to make it strong. Gare rather than quickness is aimed at in the work, for no instrument of mathemati cal precision needs to be more exact in all respects than one of these guns. The cylindrical ingot of steel al ready described has first to be bored by means of a huge lathe which, be ginning: at one end, cuts out a hole right through its heart. The making of this hole takes ten days maybe, but il would not do to have the boring quite full-size at first, because the slightest error of over-size would spoil the job, even though it were but a little gouge of one or two thousandths of an inch out of the interior surface of thc tube. So thc cylinder is bored and rebored until finally it is a perfect basis for a cannon, its calibre being precisely the same throughout and the thickness of the tube unvarying. The uext thing is to put on the great jacket of steel that covers the breech of the gun and strengthens it over the pow der chamber. A number of supple mentary jackets are added, each being put on white-hot and gripping the tube as it contracts in cooling. Finally the gun is rifled by cutting on thc inside of it thc spiral grooves which give to the projectile a rotary motion. The very last thing is to adjust the plug which closes the breech and to affix thc trunnions on which the cannon rests when equipped with its carriage. The trunnions are placed so accurately near thc centre of gravity of thc gun that a child can raise or depress thc muzzle of thc mighty wcapou, which weighs 00 or 70 tons, by the effort of one hand. A 13-inch breech-loading rifle of this kind costs $50,000. and the ex pense of firing it is about $838 a shot. It can be fired once iii live minutes, requiring 550 pounds ol' powder for each load. A 12 inch gun weighs 57 tons, requires 520 pounds of powder for each discharge, and throws a 1,000-pound projectile thirteen miles. The projectile leaves the muzzle with a velocity of 2,100 feet per second. A 10-inch gun weighs 80 tous, re quires 250 pounds of powder, and throws a 575-pound projectile twelve miles. An S-inch gun weighs 14 12 tons, uses 125 pounds nf powder per load, and throws a MOO-pou nd projec tile nine miles. Batteries ot' short guns of large ealibre, fur throwing ex plosive shells, have been mounted for defence of New York and other ports along the Atlantic seaboard. These are called mortars : they are 15! feet long, have a calibre of 12 inches and ! require a powder charge of 105 pounds, j throwing au 800-pound projectile nv ci' live miles. . THE MSA I'i'KAKl.NU i "Aft Kl AUK is among thc most wonderful of new inventions for war purposes, render ing it practicable to roncea] a battery behind an embankment and to expose the guns to the enemy's lire only for a brief moment while they are being discharged : then immediately I hey are lowered out of sight. The guns at Sandy Hook and else along the coast have been pr with these carriages. Some nol the wonderful perfection of tl chanism employed may be ob from the statement of a milita pert, who said that the operat lifting and lowering a 60-ton g one of these carriages involve solution of a mechanical pr equivalent to stopping a locon running at twenty miles an within ?8 feet, or half its lengtl so easily as not to occasion the s est jar. THE MODERN WAR PROJECTIt is a very different thing from th fashioned cast iron cannon ball, conical, and pointed with steel so that a file will not cut it. Aroun sides, however, its steel envele softer, for the reason that if the bullet were of very hard steel all it would be too brittle and v smash up on striking such a ma steel armor. The ordinary she hollow and is loaded with pov which is exploded either on impa the manner already described, or by a fuse set to burn a certain t The armor-piercing shell, on the c hand, contains no powder, bein, tended to penetrate. Some of shells are loaded with little balls ed shrapnel, which are scatterec structively by the bursting of projectile. Shells contai oing h igt plosives are not yet in general though much talked of ; the Frc alone have them in service, difficulty is to devise a safe metho setting them off. There is no dc that wet gun cotton will be genei employed before long for loac shells. The French "melinite," wi is as explosive much more powe than gunpowder, is poured into sh into a liquid state. THE AERIAL TORPEDO THROWER otherwise known as the dynamite g has as yet by no means completed process of its evolution. It thn large masses of high explosives, fi 100 to 500 pounds, with accuracy ; safety to a distance of three and a 1 miles. Fired at a ship, it does need to hit the target actually, ic much as it is capable of demolish any vessel, or of rendering it hors-i combat at all events, if it succeeds dropping a shell near it in the wat If the vessel were struck above t water-line, the concussion would 1 every living thing in the barbettes a superstructure, incidentally tearing enormous hole in the hull and prol bly exploding the boilers. The wa surface within range of 'one of the guos is laid off in imaginary recta gles; and any ship coming witt three and a half miles is obliged traverse one or more of these recta gles. By a position-finder the exa location of thc vessel is known, an the gun being trained upon her expectation of her coming, she h hardly entered the fatal rectane when three messengers of death are < their way toward her. At two and half miles five successive 10-in< shells, each carrying 200 pounds gun cotton, have been dropped in rectangle 7 yards long by five and half miles wide. TIIK NEW INFANTRY GUN. The army that operates against tl Spaniards on land will be provide with rifles of the new type, whic shoot as fast as a man can pull tl: trigger. The bullets are of lead, cia in a steel coat, and leave the muzzle < the weapon with a velocity of half mile a second. The soldier is able t fire five shots as quick as ho can wini and in an instant he substitutes ar. other set of fives for the empty shells Thc cartridges arc fastened togcthc in sets of five with paper strings, an each man carries 17.") of them. Th little projectiles have a range of tw miles, and will go through (?0 inchc of pine without injuring their jackets They will pass through seven mci placed in linc, and will pierce a tre trunk three feet thick. Up to 40* yards, owing to thc rapidity witl which they revolve, they have an ex plosive effect, smashing bones to splin ters ami tearing the flesh to pieces UKNK BACIIK. m . f - .Miss Jessie Jv Parker, who ha? just been elected mayor of Ken dricks. Idaho, is said to be botl young and pretty. Blood Poison Cured. There is no doubt, according ti? thc many remarkable cures performed by Botanic Blood Balm ("JJ. B. li.") thal it isfar the best Tonic and Blood Puri fier ever manufactured. All other* pale into insignificance when compar ed with it. lt cures pimples, ulcers, skin diseases, and all manner of blood and skin ailments. Buy thc best, and don't throw your money away on sub stitutes. Try thc long tested and old reliable Ii. li. Ii. $1.00 per large bot tle. For sale by Druggists. I A HAT? TASK (M'UKI). Three years ago I contracted a blood j poison. I applied to a physician at I once, and his treatment came near ! killing inc. I employed au old phy-i J ciao and then went to Kentucky. I j then went to Hot Springs and reniai M - j cd two months. Nothing seemed to ! cure me permanently, although tem j pora ry relief was ? i ven mc. I return I ed home a ruined man physically, with ' but little prospect of ever getting well I was persuaded to try Botanic Blood j lialm (H. Ii. Ii., I and to my utter as tonishment, it quickly healed every ulcer. X. T. Il A I.I.KItTit.V, For sale by druggists. Macon, (Ja. The Political Pot After First Simmer. The Prohibition convention has been held. As was generally expected a full State ticket was nominated. The advocates of total prohibition have cast the die and shown that they be lieve that the time to carry the fight against liquor into Africa has arrived. As a matter of course there was no end of discussion as to the action of the convention and the personnel of the ticket in political circles yester day. On every side the opinion was given that the movement meant more than many thought, and that the fight in the coming campaign was going to be a warm one from start to finish. This was the opinion given after an examination of the personnel of the ticket and with allowances for possi ble withdrawals. As to the strength of the ticket, opinions were varied. Some who are interested say that the candidate for Governor is stronger than some other man who had been identified with State politics. They say also thal Mr. Brunson is thoroughly posted on all matters relating to the liquor ques tion and is a strong stump speaker, fully able to cope with any of his prospective antagonists. There was the most marked una nimity about thc convention's pro I ceedings. The convention listened ! patiently to the few who counselled caution and then proceeded to disre gard any suggestion that was not made in exact accord with the general plan that had been outlined. There were some notable figures in the con vention, men whose influence at home could not be doubted; men whose sin cerity of purpose could not be ques tioned. One of these was Col. B. F. Crayton, the veteran citizen of Ander son. Of course no one can foretell what is going to happen in South Carolina politics, but, as a politician expressed it yesterday, "the Prohibition ticket has more prospective sources of sup port at this stage, it seems tome, than any ticket presented in recent years. The strong prohibition sentiment, the people who are opposed to the dispen sary, the people who wish to see the prohibition plan given a test, and many other elements will likely com bine at the ballot box.'* The May convention is the next political move in sight. Some seem to think that it may take some action in regard to the Prohibition ticket, but others think that the convention will "be judicious enough" to leave the Prohibitionists alone. Another complicating question is the uncertainty about the decision of thp United States Supreme Court in the Vandercook case. Some say that this will have considerable effect on the situation, no matter which way the decision goes. There was much speculation yester day as to whether Secretary of State Tompkins, Treasurer Timmerman and ex-Comptroller Epton would permit their names to remain on the ticket. Mr. Tompkins is away from the city and of course nothing can authorita tively be said as to what he will do. The sam?is true as to Mr. Epton. When Dr. Timmerman was seen by representatives of the morning press yesterday, he stated that he had not been officially notified of his nomina tion and until that time he could not say anything for publication. The evening Record of yesterday, however, contained the following: "It can be stated positively and withont equivocation that Dr. Tim merman will not allow his name to bc tied to the ticket. He made this statement to a Record reporter this morning: " 'No, sir,' said he in respose to a J question, 'I cannot and shall not ac cept the nomination. I do not pro pose to tie myself to a forlorn hope in the first place, and then I do not think their platform is practical, although I am myself a Prohibitionist. They never consulted me or got my consent to use my name for nomination. I cannot accept and thus bind myself to support their nominees and platform, for that is what I consider acceptance would mean.' "-The Stair.. A Nore! Point. Thc attorney general's office has just decided that a party can raffle proper ty or anythingelse without interference on the part of the State. It appears that there is no statute on thc ques tion of raffling, unless a raffle be a lot tery, and thc attorney general's office is of the opinion that the old statute against a lottery will not hold against a raffle. Thc statute is quite old and does not appear to have been enforced. A lady several days ago addressed a communication to the attorney gen eral s office to know whether she might legally raffle her house and lot. Thc proposition was novel to the legal department of the State, but excited sufficient interest for the old laws to be searched. There was nothing spe cilically prohibiting a raffle, and so the lady was advised that she might g?? on with thc raffle.- The Statt:. ? mm* .mmm - (?arber: "What doo your son do for living?" Nabber: "lie's a seien-! tifie boxer." "A pugilist?" "No. undertaker." - "My ole man." said Aunt Chloe, "is thc wost man fer chickens you ever sec. If he ran't get a chicken any other way he'll go an buy one." ''Why is it that women always lay so much more stress than men do upon the value of a pedigree?' "They inherit it from Kve. 1 guess." "From Kve? I don't, sec what .-he had to boast of in that linc.' *'It wasn't much, but she wasn't made out id' clay, while Adam was. and I'll bet she never 'jot through reminding him of her superior origin." - The liest Liniment.- "Chamber lain's Tain lia lin is thc finest on earth." write Iv! wa rds A. I'urkcr, of Plains. "?a. This is the verdict of .-ill who n>e it. Kur rheumatism, lame back, sprains, swellings, and the numerous .-liL'ht ailments and accidents common lu every household, this Liniment has no equal. With it in thc house, a rreat deal ul' pain and suffering may he avoided. Kor sale bj' Hil] Orr I ?rug Co. Prohibitionists Put Ont Their Platform and Ticket. COLUMBIA, S. C., April 15.-The political campaign of 1898 has now virtually opened. The State Prohi bition Convention has been held and the full State ticket has been nomi nated as was predicted. The politi cians have been very much surprised at the personnel of the ticket, and the wisdom displayed in making the plat form so brief and pithy. The prohi bition movement is now no longer re garded by any one as a matter of lit tle importance. All realize fully that it means a1 "livelyilfight all the way through and its possible sources of strength are many. The next move on the political checkerboard now is the holding of the ward and precinct meetings and coun ty conventions throughout the State preliminary to the May convention of the Democratic party. That conven tion is expected to be an unusually in teresting and eventful one. The prohibition convention was made up of a representative and intel ligent body of men and everything moved along harmoniously. There was but little useless talk. The con vention was very particular to let the world understand thai its fight was to be made inside the Democratic party. There was marked unanimity of ac tion; nothing shows this better than the brief and emphatic platform adopted, as follows: The prohibitionists of the State of South Carolina, in convention assem bled, on the 14th day of April, 1898, hereby adopt the following platform. First. We declare our allegiance to the regular Democratic party and our suggested nominees stand pledged to abide the result of the Democratic primary election. Second. We declare that we are un alterably opposed to the manufacture and sale of alcoholic or malt liquors, except for mechanical, medicinal, sci entific or sacramental purposes. The following is the full ticket nominated: Governor-Joel E. Brun son, Williamsburg; Lieutenant Gov ernor-L. D. Childs, Richland; At torney General-Geo. S. Mower, New berry; Secretary of State-D. H. Tompkins, Greenwood; Treasurer W. H. Timmerman, Edgefield; Comp troller General-L. P. Epton, Spar tanburg; Superintendent of Educa tion-E. D. Smith, Sumter; Adjutant and Inspector General-Henry T. Thompson, Darlington; Railroad Com missioner-Thos. W. Berry, Chester. A State Executive Committee of one member from each county was chosen, as follows: A'ken, J. L. Quinby; Anderson. J. A. Hall; Chero kee, T. M. Littlejohn; Charleston, H. T. Williams; Chester, J. S. Moffatt; Clarendon, J. 0. Gough; Colleton, J. D. Ackerman; Darlington, J. S. White; Dorchester, R. W. Minus; Edgefield, T. W. Carwile; Fairfield, C. E. McDonald; Greenville, J. M. Whitmire; Florence, F. P. Covington; Greenwood, J. R. Leavell; Horry, B. L. Beaty; Kershaw, J. N. Jones; Lancaster, Waddy C. Thompson; Laurens, C. C. Featherstone; Lexing ton. L. B. Haynes; Marlboro. Melton McLaurin; Marion. W. S. Foxworth; Newberry, A. C. Jones; Oconee, J. Steck; Oraneeburg, J. L. Silly; Pick eos. Julius E. Boggs; Richland, T. J. LaMotte; Spartanburg, J. II. Carlisle, Jr.; Union, S. M. Rice, Jr.; Sumter, H. L. Scarborough: Williamsburg. R. R. Reper. This committee met and chose Mr. A. C. Jones, of Newberry, chairman, and Mr. T. J. LaMotte, of this city, secretary. 'Spring Med ici n It is true wisdom for every body to take a thorough course of Swift's Specific just at this season of the year. Th? blood is sluggish and impoverished, and the syttem is full of impurities which should be eliminate!. In addition to thoroughly cleansing the blood, and toning up the system so as to avoid lews of appetite and a gen eral run-down feeling in the spring, S. S. S. so strengthens aud build? up JW to fortify agai?s-t the many forms of dangerous illness that abound during the hot sum mer season, lt is a very small matter to take this precaution but it insures health and strength ail summer. Swift's Specific SS? Blood is far ahead of all other remedie* for this purpose. It is a real blood remedy which promptly purifies the blood and thorough*' renovates the ent ire system, tonaa and strengt hens tho stomach, and renews the appetite. It is the only sat'?) tonic, he?mr purely vege table, and the only blood, remedy ffuarunU'td to contain no arsenic, sulphur, mercury, potash <?r other mineral substance, w hich is ot* so much importance to all who know tie1 injurious o rt'? ?ci H ot" t hese drugs. Nature should be assisted by na ture's remedy, S. S. S. Take t?. S. S. and he well all summer. - There was never a more tactful answer than that given by a gentle man the other day when asked by a lady of uncertain years, "At what age do you consider a woman most fascinating?" "At your age," he said. *A i^TxmSr battle, are 0$ -YjA gSzT J> men whose ^,TJI arteries pul -r '^??fifllBr^ blood of health. ^?^gSSwi The sanie is true of the /T^siJr u / men who win success SBtFf p\ in the battles of work J???*l/jf? and business. When /!^*&?fs'' a man's liver is slug JF/S' 7Efish, his digestion im *WJL _Jw?^,^^?"rpa'^e<^, an<* *"s stom* ^ctffl*,...*" ach weak, his blood soon gets thin and im pure. The blood is the stream of life. If it is impure every vital organ in the body is improperly nourished and becomes weak and diseased and fails to perform its proper functions in the economy of life. The vic tim suffers from loss of appetite and sleep, wind, pain, f-itness and swelling of the stomach after meals, bad taste in the mouth, foul breath, imaginary lump of food in the ibro;;t, headaches, giddiness, drowsiness, neaw head and costiveness. All of the?'.: cor.-)?tiona and their causes are promptly cu rf.'1, by thc use of Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. _ It brings back thc keen edge of appetite, makes the digestion perfect and the liver active. It makes rich, red, pure blood, filled with the life-giving elements of the food that build healthy tissues, firm flesh, strong muscles and vibrant nerve fibers. It invigorates and vitalizes the whole body, and imparts mental power and elasticity. It cures 98. per cent, of all cases of con sumption, strengthens weak lungs, stops bleeding from lungs, spitting of blood, obstinate lingering coughs and kindred ailments. Costiveness, constipation and torpidity of the liver are surely, speedily and per manently cured by Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They are tiny, sugar-coated gran nies. One little "Pellet" is a gentle laxa tive, and two a mild cathartic. They never gripe. They stimulate and strengthen the jaded otgans until a regular habit is formed and may then be discontinued without a return of the trouble. They stimulate, invigorate and regulate the stomach, liver and bowels. Medicine stores sell them, and have no other pills that "arc just as good." THE BANK OF ANDERSON. We Pay Interest on Time Deposits by Agreement. Capita!.$165,000 Surplus and Profits . . 100,000 Total .... - $265,000 OFFICERS. J. A. BnocK, f resident. Jos. N. BBOWN, Vlcc-Piesldent. B. F. MACLDIN, Cashier. DIRECTORS. J. W. NORRIS. G. W. FANT. N O. V' r.MEK. Jos. N. BROWS. J. A. BROCK. J G. DTJCWORTU J. J. FBKTWELI,. J. M. Sur,LiVA>-. B. F. MACLDIX. Hartog the largest capital and surplus of any Bink ia the State outside of Cnarleston, we offer depositors the strongest security. This applies to our Savings Department, where we pay interest, as well as to active accounts We loan to regular depositor customers at our lowest rates. Private loans arranged without charge between our customers, and other investments secured when desired. Wita twenty-five years experience in bankiop, and with unexcelled facilities at our command, we are prepared to giv? satisfaction in all business transactions, and will, as heretofore, take care of the interests of our regular customers at ntl times. SHERIFFS SALE. Powers, Gibbs A Co, Plaintiff*, against B Berry Aile? and D. K. Cooley, Part uera in tran? under Firm name of Allen A Cooley, Defendants BY virtue of an Execution to me direc ted I will nell to tbe highlit bidder, Ht Anderson C. H , S. C , on Saleeday in May next, during ?be legal boars of sale, the lollo*ing property, to wit : ONE TRACT OF LAND, Situated in Corner Township, Anderson County, S. C" containing one hundred ami i?oventy.four and 9-10 (174 9-10) acres, wore or lees, adjoining lands of the EJ tnte of Thomas Soerard, deceased. James Wanalow, and oihem Levied on and sold HS the property of Ai Jen A Coujey, at the suit of ihe above named Plaint i rta. Terms-Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. NELSON R GREEN, Sherill' Anderson County, S C. April 6, 1898 41 4 A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely cures Rheumatism. A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely cures Scrofula. A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely cures old Sores. A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely cures Syphillis. A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely cures Ex/.cma. A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely cures Constipation. A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely cures Catarrh. A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely CURES all Blood Diseases. t?r For sale by Evans Pharmacy and ll ill-Orr Drug Co. NOTICE. ON the I* h Maj* tho Supervisors of Anderson and Greenville Counties will let to the lowest responsible bidder the building of ? Steel Hndse across S-tluda Uiver Ht Piedmont, S. C. Plans and specitications cnn be teen at tbe lotting i.f ihn Bridge, and at the ollicw of tne re spective Supervisors. At the same lime j ?nd place will be let the necessary tua j Honrv to complet? said l'.ridge Letting i at 12 o'clock, noon. W. P. SSH LG HO VE, J. E. SP KEG LE, Supervisors. April 'Jo. IHM 13 I NOTICE. i . * IN compliance witli tho recommenda tion nf i LIM Grand Jury, nil persons . who damage the public road* by Mir erec tion nf nains on sido ttl'read which ob struct the llow of the water therefrom, or ! otherwise damage tho roads by throwing j io 'ks, brush or other obstruction in the s-idw i!t ches, wit! he prosecuted, unless Midi obstructions ure removed before i be ti'st day of April next. This is given so that guilty parties may have linn* tn com ply with til*? law W. P. SNlXGltOA'E, Co. Sup. Corn responds readily to proper fer tilization. Larger crops, fuller ears and larder grain are sure to result o o from a liberal use of fertilizers containing at least 7% actual Potash Our books are free to farmers. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 03 Narnu St., Nt w York. . LOW RATES WEST, Texas, Mexico, California, ? Alaska, or any otber point, C with FREE MAPS, write FRED. D. BUSH, \ District Passenger Agent, Loisie&lHBIi 36i Wall St^AJlMtej^^^ Drs. Strickland & King, DENTISTS. OFFICE Iff MASONIC TEMPLE. ?sr- Gas and Cocaine used for Extract s'g Teeth._ Cash [Buyers of Shoes, will find it to their advan tage to look into the vat nes offered hy the J. K. OER SHOE GO., Atlanta. A card addressed to W. R. Crook, Box 64, Spartan burg, will Dring our sam ples. NOTICE. All'parties owing me notes? and ? accounts are requested; and urged to pay same as soon as ^possible. Ij need my mon ey and will be compelled to make collections early in the season. ? 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