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KILLING AS ?? TSTovel and J^eath-De Oomin News am VTASHIISOTON, April ?.-"The war between 8pain and the United Stetes ?ll be decided not by courage or *a!or hut the manipulation of ma chinery It be in tht maiD val conflict, of course, and machinery joe5 thc fighting on shipboard nowa days- Three year8 080 Mr' Maximt (te famous gun maker and inventor, ?d that the men who understood ma chinery bent would win in a modern w fight, and incidentally he remark > that tho Spaniards, if ever they i-hould be opposed to the Americana on the ocean, would have no chance at jj) because of their vast inferiority to thc Yankees in respect to the me chanical instinct." This statement was made yesterday by a naval officer of the. highest rank, who then rent on to speak of the en tirely novel character of the weapons ?hieb are to be used on both sides in the conflict with Spain. They are so new, be said, and as yet untried in warfare, that all the world will look (lD jo wonderment to Bee how they will j wort and what damage they will do. j ?In point of destructiveness they ero ss j ar ahead of the instruments of killing [employed twenty-five years ago as [the latter were superior to the pikes id battle axes of the Middle Ages. tlnd this is one reason for believing bat the Hispano-American struggle rill be a short one, a. great number of ?ives and an enormous amount of prop fly being wiped out in a brief pe iod. Probably it may be ?aid that the apid-firc guns is the most wonderful tchicvemeot of military science up to atc. so far as ordnance is concerned, ile type of weapon is destined to ila; a very conspicuous part in the wining war, being capable of destroy ing life and property at an enormously ?ater rate than any instrument lithcrto invented. Adapted to a great uriety of calibres, so as to be able to Hbrow projectiles weighing from 1 ftoond to 100 pounds, the contrivance [s specially adapted to the purposes of iivai warfare. Tt throws explosive (helle, which will pierce anything ex tpt heavy armor, and these missiles [re discharged in a continuous stream, 6-pound delivering ten shells a min ite with the utmost precision. The largest kind of rapid-fire gun, of 6 ach calibre, throws six 100-pound hells a minute, with a range of over miles ; thc 3-inch gun throws a 36 ?Sound projectile every C seconda, with range of 4 miles. When it ie con fered that a firat-class battle ship ! Unies at least thirty rapid-fire guns j ?t will be realised what a storm of j urstiog missiles can bs hurled upoa ! itdtersary. j The rapid-fire guns oarried by our . ships will be their chief reliance j inst the formidable Spanish torpedo j its aud torpedo boat destroyers. j itally unprotected as these danger- ? i ?hue vessels are, not one of them ?aid stand up against a well-directed j folley from the quiok-firing rifles car 1 by a battle ship or a cruiser. For ?pons of this type, as well as for shine guns, fixed ammunition is ?ployed. This means that projectile 1 powder are made up together into [aartridge, like a revolver cartridge, 'facilitate loading. The elongates ?cal shell, which forms the front rt uf the cartridge, is of brass and |*o constructed as to explode upon ?pact-i. c., when it strikes the ship Md *t. The ?hock of striking ?es forward a small plunger, which I? off a nitro-gelatine cap. The 'toe made by rapid-fire guns was bently well illustrated in the war^l *rsea (Jhi&a and Japan, when the ps of the opposing fleets, particu lar in the fight off the mouth of the 0 Uiver, were literally cut to the bursting projectiles killing *J exposed man and setting fire to 'vessels in a dozen places at once. Wien it comes to rapidity of fire, ever, the so-called rapid-fire guns Dot by any means approach the ?'?o guns. Of these latter there several kinds, but the improved "'ng maybe taken as representing It is a bundle of rifio-bar 1 into which cartridges are'fed ?b a hopper, the bullets being barged at tho rate of 700 a minute. **r ship commonly carries three or 1 machine ^uos, but this type of >s not intended to bo used on ?phoard save under exceptional cir jtances. It ts designed rather for %mcnt by landing parties, and is nt to kill mon rather than to do Property. Instead of explosive ;. il fires ordinary rifle .bullets, ^ng thc *ame sort of cartridges, f^is another kind of machine > newly adopted by thc navy, h may ho oxpcqted to do a |r?od df execution in Cuba when the ?w war arrives. It likowiso is in *d "for usc by landing parties, ^eapon ?sknown as tho Colt auto ? 80n? and is able to throw 400 ullot? a minute with a precision . " described as marvellous. Thc f? being pulled once, it goos on A SCIENCE. aliner Weapons of the g "War. i Courier. firing itself so long as cartridges are fed to it, the gases generated by its discharge throwing oat the empty abolle, and feeding io the fresh car tridges without interference by human hands. The cartridges are arranged ona long, belt, and wheo one belt of them is exhausted another is attach ed. The gnu weighs only 40 pounds, and, together with the tripod on which it is mounted, cen 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 willoh is a solid cylin der of cast steel about twice as long as the gun is to be and quite twice the diametor. After this ingot has been cast, one-third of it is oat 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, whieh strike blows of 25 tons' weight, until it is reduced to one-half of its original diameter. In this shape, a suitablo lamp of wonderfully fine steel, it is delivered to the Gov ernment. It has been found more economical to buy such ingots from private concerne. The rest of the work it* 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, cany 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, s?id io another place a great steel tube is having shrunk upon it a jacket of thc same metai to make it strong. Care 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 whieh, be ginning at one end, cuts out a hole right through its heart. The making of this hole takes ten days maybe, but it would not do to have the boring quite full-size at first, beoause the slightest error of over-size would spoil the job, even though it were but & little gouge of one or two thousandths of an inch. out of the interior surface of tho tube. So the cylinder is bored and rebored.until finally it is a perfect basis for a casses, its Calibre being j j precisely the same throughout and thc j. thiokness of the tube unvarying. The next thing is to put on thc great jacket of steel that covers the breeoh 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 the inside of it tho spiral grooves which give to the projectile a rotary motion. The very last thing is to adjust the plug which closes the breeoh and to affix the trunnions on which the cannon rests when equipped with its carriage. Thu trunnions arc placed se accurately near thc centre of gravity of the gun I that a child can raise or depress the muzzle of the mighty weapon, which weighs GO or 70 tons, by the effort of ono hand. A 13-inch breech-loading rifle of this kind costs $50,000, and the ex pense of firing it is about $833 a shot. It can bo fired once in five minutes, requiring 550 pounds of 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. Thc projectile leaves the muzzle with a velocity of 2,100 feet per second. A 10-inoh gun weighs -30 tons, re quires 250 pouuds of powder, and throws a 575-pound projectile twelve ; miles. An 8-inch gun weighs 14 1-2 tons, uses 125 pounds of powder per load, and throws a 300-pound projec 1 tile nine miles. Batteries of short ! guns of large calibre, for throwing ex plosive sheila, have been mounted for defence of Now York and other ports along thc Atlantic seaboard. These arc called mortars ; they are 13 feet long, have <* calibro of 12 inches and requiro a powder charge of 105 pounds, throwing an 800-pound projectile over five miles. . TUE WHAI'VTKARINH CAtflttAO* is among the most wonderful of new inventions for war purposes, render ing it practicable tu. ronc?ala battery behind an embankment and to expose the gv;is to thc enemy's fire only for a brief moment tvhilo they aro being discharged ; then immediately they are lowered out of sight. The great ' gums at Sandy Hook and elsewhere along the coast have been provided with thene n&rr??g?B; Some ?Ot?OS of j the wonderful perfection of the me- , ohanism employed may be obtained ( from the statement of a military ex- 1 pert, who said that the operation of 1 lifting and lowering a 60-ton gun on j one of these carriages involves tho i Bolution of a mechanical problem 1 equivalent to stopping a looomotive 1 running at twenty miles an hoar j within 18 feet, or half its length, yet j BO easily as not to occasion the slight- i eat jar. THE MODERN WAR PROJECTILE is a very different thing from the old fashioned cast iron cannon ball. It is conical, and pointed with steel BO hard that a file will not out it. Around the j Bides, however, its steel envelope is softer, for tho reason that if the huge bullet were of very hard steel all over it would be too brittle and would smash up on striking such a mark as Bteel armor. The ordinary shell is hollow and is loaded with powder, which is exploded either on impact in thc manner already described, or else by a fuse set to burn a certain time. The armor-piercing shell, on the other hand, contains no powder, being in tended to penetrate. Some of the j 3hella are loaded with little balls call ad shrapnel, which are scattered de structively by the bursting of the i projectile. Shells containing high ex plosives are not yet in general use, though much talked of ; the French ?lone have them in service. The j iifficulty is to demise a safe method of ; setting them off. There is no doubt : that wet gun cotton will be generally \ amployed before long for loading j shells. The French "melinite," which 1 is as explosive much more powerful I than gunpowder, is poured into shells ' into a liquid state. TES AERIAL TI m i?JE liu THROWER, j jthorwiso known as the dynamite gun, has as yet by no means completed the ' process of its evolution. It throws : large masses of high explosives, from 100 to 500 pounds, with accuracy and ' safety to a distance of three and a half ' niles. Fired at a ship, it does not seed to hit the target actually, inas- , much as it is capable of demolishing I my vessel, or of rendering it hora-du- 1 jombat at all events, if it succeeds in ' iropping a shell ..car it in the water, [f the vessel were struck above the < vater-line, the concussion would kill ' ?very living thing in thc barbettes and ' mperstruoture, incidentally tearing an - mormous hole in the hull and proba- j )ly exploding the boilers. The water t lurface within range of 'one of these* guns is laid off in imaginary rectan gles, and any ship coming within , bree and a half miles is obliged to j .reverse one or more of these rectan- I rles. By a position-finder the exact 1 ocation of thc vessel is known, and, i he gun being trained upon her in expectation of her coming, she has \ ?ardly entered the fatal rectangle 1 vhen three messengors of death are on .heir way toward her. At two and a , lalf miles five successive 10-inch ihells, each carrying 200 pounds of < tun cotton, have been dropped in a 1 eotangle 7 yards long by five and a ?aif miies wide. t TUE SEW INFANTRY GUN. 1 Tho army that operates against the 1 Spaniards on land will be provided vi th rifles of thc new type, which ] ihoot as fast as a man can pull the i .rigger. The bullets are of lead, clad ' a a steel coat, and leave the muzzle of .he weapon with a velocity of half a nile a second. The soldier is able to ire five shots as quick as he can wink, ind in an instant he substitutes an- ? ?ther set of fives for the empty shells. ? rho cartridges are fastened together < n sets of five with paper strings, and ' ?ach man carries 175 of them. The : ittle projectiles have a range of two ? niles, and will go through GO inches i >f pico without injuring their jackets. 1 rhey will pass through seven men daced in line, and will pierce a tree , rank three feet thick. Up to 400 .'ards, owing to the rapidity with > vhich they revolve, they have an ex dosivc effect, smashing bones to splin- , ers and tearing the flesh to pieces. RENK BACHE. I - Miss Jessie K. Parker, who has ? lust been elected mayor of K?n incks. Idaho, is said to be both roung and pretty. ^ Blood Poison Cured. I There is no doubt, according to thc 1 nany remarkable eures performed by Botanic Blood Balm ("B. B. H.") that it ?sfar the best Tonic and Blood Pun ier ever manufactured. All others ' pale into insignificance when compar- ? ?d^with it. It cures pimples, ulcers, skin diseases, and all manner of blood j md skin ailments. Buy the best, and lon't throw your money away on Sub stitutes. Try the long tested and old 1 reliable B. B. B. $1.00 per large hot- .. tie.. Por sale by Druggists. j A IT?T) CASE ?tmET>. ? Three years ago I contracted a blood < poison. I applied to a physician at anco, and his treatment came near killing mc. I employed an old physi sian and then went to Kentucky. I then went to Hot Springs and remain sd two months. Nothing seemed to ? sure me permanently, although tem- * porary relief was given me. 1 return- i ad homo a mined man*physically, with i but little prospect of ever getting well. [ was persuaded to. try Botanic Blood t Balm (B. B. B.,) and to my utter as tonishment it quickly healed every , ulcer. 'A. T. HALLERTON, For salo by druggists. M4C011, (ia. ^^Tawaa^iiiMiil^ ' ' rho Political Pet After First Simmer. The Prohibition convention has been held. As was generally expected . full State ticke? was nominated. The advocates of total prohibition have Bast the die and shown that they be lieve that the time to curry the fight against liquor into Africa has arrived. AB a matter of courso 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 ?riven 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 vaned. 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 that 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 the convention's pro ceedings. The convention listened patiently to the few who counselled caution and then proceeded to disre gard any suggestion that was not made io exact aooord with the general pian 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. Cray ton, 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, ''tho Prohibition ticket has more prospective souroes of sup part at this stage, it seems tome, than any ticket presented ia 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 bino at the ballot box.'' The May convention is the next political move in sight. Some seem to think that it may take some action io regard to the Prohibition ticket, but others think that thc convention will "be judicious enough" to leave the Prohibitionists alone. Another complicating question is the uncertainty about the decision of thc United States Supremo Court in the Vandercook case. Some say that this will have considerable effect on the situation, no matter which way the decision goos. There was much speculation yester day an tn whether Secretary of State Tompkins, Treasurer Timmerman and sx-Comptroller Epton would permit their names to remain on the tioket. Mr. Tompkins is away from the city ind of course nothing can authorita tively be said es 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 Dcen officially notified of his nomina tion and until that time he could not tay anything for publication. The evening Becord of yesterday, however, contained the following: "It can be stated positively and pi thoa t equivocation that Dr. Tim mermaa will not allow his name to be tied to the ticket. He made this itatement to a Record reporter this norning: " 'No, sir,' said he in respose to a luestion, M cannot and shall not ac sent th? aomisatios. ? dc net pro pose to tie myself to a forlorn hope in the first place, and then I do not think their platform is praotical, although I im myself a Prohibitionist. They lever consulted mo or got my consent to use my name for nomination. 1 janr.ot accept and thus bind myself to mpport their nominees and platform, For that is what I consider acceptance would mean.' "-Th* State.. A Novel Paint. Thc attorney general's office has just decided that a party can raffle proper ty or any thing else without interference m the part of the State. It appears that there is no statute on the ques tion of raffling, unless a raffle be a lot tery, and thc attorney general's orb ce is of thc opinion that the old statute against a lottery will not hold against a. raffle. The statute is quite old and does not appear to have been enforced. A lady several days ago addressed a communication to thc attorney gen eral's office to know whether she might legally raffle her house and lot. The proposition was novel to the legal department of thc State, but excited sufficient interest for thc old laws to be searched. There was nothing ?pc- | cifically prohibiting a raffle, and so the lady was advised that she might | KO on with thc raffle.- The State. - Garber: "What does your son do Tor living?" Xabber: "He's u scien tific boxer." "A pugilist?" "No. undertake:-," - '"My ole man," ?aid Aunt Chloe, "is the wust man fer chickens you ever see. If he can't get a chicken ?ny other way he'll go an' buy one." -"Why is it that women always lay so much more stress than men d? upon the value of a pedigree?" "They inherit it from Eve. I guess." -'From Kvc? I don't see what she had to boast of in that linc." "It wasn't tnuch, but she .wasn't made out of slay, while Adam was, and I'll bet she never not through reminding him of her superior origin." - The Best Liniment.-"Chamber lain's Pain Balm is thc finest on earth." write Edwards & Parker, of Plains, Ta. This is the verdict of all who ase it. For rheumatism, lame back, sprains, swellings, and the numerous slight ailments and accidents common to every household, this Liniment has no equal. With it in the house, a great deal of pain and sufferi ng um y he avoided. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. Prohibitionists Pot Oat Their Platform and Ticket. i COLUMBIA, S. C., April 15.-The political campaign of 1808 has now virtually opened. Tho State Proai-1 I bition Convention has been held and the full State ticket has been nomi nated a*! was predicted. The politi cians have been very much surprised at the personnel of thc ticket, and thc wisdom displayed in making the plat form so brief and pithy. The prohi bition movement is now no longer re garded by any ono as a matter of lit tle importance. All realise fully that it means a*o)iyely|Ifight all thc way through and its possible sources of strength are many. The next move on the political checkerboard now is thc holding of thc ward and precinct meetinga and coun ty conventions throughout the State preliminary to the May convention of the Democratic party. That oonven 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 that 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 thc State of South Carolina, in convention asscm bled, on the 14th day of April, 185)8 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 thc D?mocratie primary election. Second. We declare that we are un alterably opposed to tho manufacture and sale of alcoholic or malt liquors except for mechanical, medicinal, sci entitle or sacramental purposes. The following is the full ticket nominated: Governor-Joel E. Bron son, Williamsburg; Lieutenant Gov ernor-L. 1). 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. \V. Berry, Chester. A State Executive Committee of one member from each county was chosen, as follows: A;keu, J. L. Quinby; Anderson. J. A. Hall: Chero kee, T. M. Littlejohn; Charleston, H. T. Williams; Chester, J. S. Moffatt: Clarendon, .J. O. Gough; Colleton, J. D. Acker mau; 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. Leaved; H or ry, B. L. Beaty; Kershaw, J. N. Jones; Lancaster, Waddy C. Thompson; Laurens, C. C. Feathers to nc ; Lexing ton. L. B. Haynes; Marlboro. Melton McLaurin; Marion, W. S. Foxwortb; Newberry, A. C. Jones; Oconee, J. Steck; Oranienburg, J. L. Sifly: Pick ens, Julius E. Boags; Richland, T. J. j LaMotte; Spartanoarg, J. il. Carlisle, Jr.; Uuion, S. M. Rice, Jr.; Sumter, H. L. Scarborough; Williamsburg. R. R. Raper. This committee met and chose Mr. A. C. Jones, of Newberry, chairman, and Mr. T. J. LaMotte, of this city, secretary. S pr i nq Med ici ni It is true wisdom for every body to take a thorough ooaree of Swift's Specific just at thia season of the year. The blood is sluggish and impoverished, and tho ayn tem ia full of impurities which should be eliminated. In addition to thoroughly eteauuing the blood, and toning up the system so as to avoid loss of appetite and a gen eral run-down feeling in th? spring, S. S. S. so strengthens and builds up as to fortify agaiust the many forms of dangerous illness that, abound during the hot sum mer season. It is a very small matter to tak?> this precaution bnt it insures health and strength ail summer. Swift's Specific S.S.S? Blood is far ahead of all other remedies for this purpose. It is a real blood remedy which promptly purifies tho blood and thorowgffiy renovates the entire system, tone* and strengthens tho stomach, and renews the appetite. It is the only safe tonio, being purely vege table, and tho only blood remedy guaranteed to contain no arsenic, sulphur, mercury, potash or other mineral substance, which is of so much importance to all w;ho know the injurious orTects of thes*? drugs. Nature should bo assisted by na ture's remedy, S. S. S. Take S. S. S. and be well all summer. m??? - Thero was never a moro tactful J inswer than that given by a gentle-1 nan tho other day when asked hy a lady of uncertain years, "At what ige do you consider a woman most fascinating?" "At your age," he laid. t Thc men wini do dar ing deed? in battle, arc men whose i artertei) pul- | ' sate with the rich, red, vital lionel of health. I 1 The same is true of the men who win success in the battles of wort and business. When a man's liver is slug j gish, his digestion im paired, and his stom 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 thc economy of life. Thc vic tim suffers from loss of appetite and sleep, wind, pain, f-tlness and swelling of the stomach after meals, bad taste in the mouth, foul br.-.xth, imaginary lump of food in the thro t. headaches, giddiness, drowsiness, heavy I'mdaud costiveness. All of thes?: . u-.ons raul their causes ore promptly - JI**.1 by the use of Doctor Pierce's Golt* n Medical Discovery. It bringt? back lie 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 und vibrant nerve fiber?. It Invigorates and vitalizes the whole body, and imparts mental power and elasticity. It cures qb" per cent, of all cases oi" con sumption, strengthens weak lungs, stops bleeding from lungs, spitting of blood, obstinate linc, -ring coughs and kindred ailments. Costiveness, constipation and torpidity of the liver are surely, speedily and per mancntly cured by Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellet*. They are tiny, sugar-coated gran ules. One little "Pellet " is a gentle laxa tive, and two a mild cathartic. They never gripe. They stimulate and strengthen the jaded oigans until a regular habit is formed and may then be discontinued without a return of the trouble. They stimulate, invigorate and regulate thc stomach, liver and bowels. Medicine stores sell them, and have no other pills that " arc just as good." THE BANK Gr ANDERSON. We Pay Interest on Time Deposits by Agreement. Capital . - ~~ - $165,000 Surplus and Profila - - 100,000 Total ----- $265,000 OFFICERS. .1. A. BuocK, rrraldent. .TOM. M. BUOWN, Vicc-I'.etldent. It. F. MAVLDi.N, Cuhler. PIREC10R4. .1. vc. NUUKIS. ?i. W.FANT. H O. K'KlfXR. Jos. N. BROWN. .I.A. BROCK. J tl. Dui won ni J. j. FRKTWKLI. J. M. SULLIVAN, B. F. MACI.DI5. lit ?lng the largest capital and surplus of say ll ?< t !? th" Hts!? outside of C&arlCftton, *re oller depositors tb? strongest'security. This applies to our Bavtogs Department, where we pay interest, as well as to active accounts We loso io regular depositor customers at our lowest rates. Private loans arranged without charge between our customers, and other iovertments secured when desired. Wlto tweaiy-ilre years experience In bank I o jr, and with unexcelled fad.Kies at our command, wa are prepared to give oatlafsctlon in all business transactions, and will, as heretofore, tak?? care of tho interests of our regular customers st all tiraos. SHERIFFS S?LE. Powers. Qibhs &. Co. Plaintiffs, against 1) Barry Allen and D. K. Cooley, Part ners in tran1? tinder Firm name of Allen A Cooley, Defeudaata BY virtue of an Execution tn me riirec led I will sell to the highest bidder, at Anderson C. Ii , H. C , on Salesdny in May next, duri UM the legal boara of sale, the following property, to wit : ONE THACT OF LAND, Situated in Corner Township, Anderson County, 8. <',, containing nan hundred ami r-ovemy-fiiur and 9-10 (174 9-10) aor**, more or lean, adjoiniog lands of ins Es tate nf Thomas Koerard, deceased, Jam?n Watislnw, and others Levied on and sold na the property of Alien dr Coojny, at the ault of thu abovj named Plaiuttfla. Ternis-Ca-di. Purchaser lo pay extra for papers. NELSON lt GHEtiK, .Sheriff Anderson County, K C. April ti, 1898 41 4 A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely cures Rheumatism A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely cures Heroin la. A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely cures oltl Sores. A-F-K-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely cures Syphillis. A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely cure? Ex/.cma. A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely cures Constipation A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolute]) cures Catarrh. A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely CURES all Blood Diseases. var For sale by Evans Pharmacy and Hill-Orr Drug Co. NOTICE. ON the ls h May tho Supervisors of Anderson and Greenville Counties will let to the lowest responsible bidder tho building of ? Steel liridge acrovi S-il nd a Uiver at Piedmont, S. C. Plana and fpHciticatioos can bo ten at tbe lotting of th?* Bridge, and at the ollie?? of tne re Hpective SupervixorH. At the same time and place wi il be let the necessary nu sonrv to complet? said H ridge Lotting at 12 o'clock, nomi. W. P. SS KI.fiHOVE, J. E. SPKKGLK, Supervisors. April 'JU, WH 43 I NOTICE. 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