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EFFECTS OF | They Will Hit Nearly or A.r The effect on individuals of the new war revenue bill, which is expected to become a law in a few days, is some thing that a very small proportion of the general public has given any thought to. The importers, manufac turers, jobbers, retailers, in fact, all merchants who hand their wares over to the general public for consumption, have not been so remiss in this matter, and the result is that most of those who come in for heavy taxes under the new bill have arranged things so that their share of the war revenue will be paid by the consumer. Then there are many other things in every day use by the general public, such as bank checks, deeds, mortgages, con veyances, notes and steamship tickets, that the individual himself must pay the tax on. There is going to be a great number of surprised citizens on the first day that the new law goes j into effect, which will probably be on July 1, because the articles taxed are many. An interesting feature of the new law is tie new stamps it is going to put into use in this country. There will be hundreds of different kinds. For weeks the Government engravers have been making designs and submit ting them to the treasury department for approval. It is said that all of the work has been completed, and that the Government plants, assisted byxthe various bank note companies, are hard at work trying to turn out enough stamps to meet the demands of the first week in the life of the new law. < The demand during that week will be tremendous. Every bank check must bear a stamp. Most men know that there are thousands of bank checks issued daily in this city alone. In the entire country there may be a million/ Yet the stamping of the bank checks is just one item in the list. During the civil war and away up into the seventies, when there was a tax on bank checks, the stamping was expedited by the banks, which entered into an agreement with the Govern ment by means of which they were allowed to stamp themselves whole books of checks. These books were sold to the depositors for the value of the stamps they contained. Whether this method will be adopted now is a question. If it is not the depositor will have to buy his own stamps and stick them on himself. As the distribution of these stamps is in the hands of the collector of internal revenue, they will naturally be on sale in the offices of the district collectors. Banks also will keep them, they will be on sale in the various ex changes downtown, and in the busi ness centres of the city. Stamps of the kind that almost everybody will want will probably be sold in drug stores and retail dry goods stores, as the ordinary postage stamps are to day. The whole thing will eventually resolve itself into a perfect system. The interesting question is whether the Government, in the short time it has had to get ready, will be able to supply enough stamps to meet the demand of the first few days. If it is not, there will be endless confusion and interference with business. How ever, the Government is not generally remiss in such matters, and there is very little danger of such a break down. New York city's contribution to the war fund under the new law will be almost twice as much as that exacted from any other city in the country. There is very little to base calcula tions on, but it has been roughly esti mated that this city will spend $40, 000,000 annually on war taxes. There will be no protest here. If it were twice as much New Yorkers would j stand it without a word. The tax on beer is nominally ?1 a a barrel. It will be $2 uuder the new law. It is expected that somethiug like $4,000,000 a year will be realized on beer iu this city. The brewers have refused to pay or even share the additional expense. They say that the retailer must stand it. The re tailers are not satisfied with this plan at all. They proposed some time ago that thc government quadruple its present excise charge, which is $25, and let them off with that. This, however, did not meet with the ap proval of t ie ways and means commit tee, and they rejected ir. Now the retailer must get even on the con sumer. He can do it in one of two ways, either raise the price a glass or make the glass smaller. The bottlers of beer decided some time ago to charge 5 cents more a doten for bot tled beer, but the mao who ?ells it over the bar is still thinking it over. Many of the retailers are growling at the refusal of the brewers to share the tax. They say that the brewers are really gainers by the new law, us tie Government allows them a rebate of 7-* cents on their stamps. By hargiog retailers the full amount WAR TAXES. j all Citizens One Way lother. ork Sun. / they will be getting just that much more a barrel than they ever did be fore. From the 10-cents-a-pound tax on tea, the Government expects to realize about $20,000,000 annually in the coantry. New York's share of this based on the importations of past years, will be about $5,000,000. There will be no tax on tea imported before July 1, of course, and by that time importers hope to get in some 20,000 OOO pounds. This, however, will only be about one-fifth of the amount usually imported each year. The im porters and retailers will never stand the tax themselves. Tea will simply jump up 10 cents a pound after July the 1st, and the public will have to pay that much more for it or go with out. Stamps will have to be affixed to all papers relating to real estate transac tions-conveyances, deeds, leases agreements, or contracts, mortgages trust deeds and powers of attorney Real estate men in this city, who are familiar with the revenue bill, are wondering what the effect of the seo tion which imposes a tax of 50 cents per $500 or fraction thereof on deeds and conveyances where the considera tion or value exceeds $100 is going to be. For years it has been the practice to insert nominal considerations, gen erally $1, in deeds, the object being to keep secret the amount of money in volved io a transaction. Hereafter a nominal consideration mentioned in a deed will not release the parties inter ested from stamping the deed at the rate of 50 cents for every $500 of value of the property involved over $100, which will, of course reveal the real consideration. From real estate transactions in this city the Government will probably derive about half a million dollars an nually. The revenue from the country from this item of the bill will prob ably be between $15,000,000 and $20, 000,000. ? very large part of the war tax will come out of Wall Street. The tax of- 2 cents on each $100 of stock and bond sales is a heavy one, but the brokers are not kicking. Busi ness on the Stock Exchange has averaged 400,000 shares a day lately, and if it continues at that rate this daily assessment, will be $8,000. On the total sales of stock last year the revenue ""ould have been a million and a half dollars, and there is no reason to believe that it will be any less than that after the revenue bill gets in working order. The figures of the Consolidated Exchange last year would bring its revenue up to within $200,000 of the Stock Exchange assessment. The Produce and Cot ton Exchanges are let off with a tax of 1 cent for $100. This would bring the former's contribution to the war fund to about $150,000, and the lat ter's to about $50,000 a year. About the biggest item down-town, however, will be the tax on bank checks. In 1871 the revenue from this source was $2,318,455 in the country. The tax on bank checks in this city alone will probably run up to $3,000,000 a year under the war reve nue law. From the bank capital tax, the tax on foreign bills of exchange, the tax on the capital stock and funded debt of all corporations and from other taxes in the financial centre, it is estimated that $1,000,000 a year will be realized. Altogether Wall Street will contribute something like $13, 000,000 a year to the war fund. The tax of 1 cent on telephone mes sages costing more than 15 cents is put on pay messages, of which there were 9,000,000 sent in this city last year. Thc telegraph companies have planned to get even on the tax on messages by compelling senders to put a one-cent stamp on all messages. The telephone companies are casting around for some means of making the public share the added expense, but they haven't devised any scheme yet. The tax on tobacco has been raised to 12 cents a pound. Some dealers have decided to keep up the size of the packages and increase the price. Others have concluded that it will be a better game to let the price stay where it is, and make thc packages smaller. The cigar tax is not a heavy one, and the only difference it will make will be that you won't get as good a cigar for the price as you used to. The cigarette tax is $1 a thousand, and the public will either have to pay 6* cents for a 5-cent box of ten ciga rettes, or take a box with fewer ciga rettes at the old price. There are over 3,000,000,000 cigarettes made annually in this country, and the war revenue on them will be about $3,000, 000. The annual production of to bacco is about 400,000,000 pounds. The increased revenue on this amouot would be about $24,000,000. The tax on insurance policies, on steamship tickets, on expr?s? soin panies, on vessels entering from and clearing to a foreign port, thc inheri tance tax and thc numerous other things taxed in which New Yorkers are interested, will bring this city's share of the war tas well up tn $40, 000,000, and may carry it beyond that figure. >"o Stains to Wipe Ont. "Most of the old Confederate sol diers have been ardently in favor of the present war fiom the beginning but even those who, like Gen. Hamp ton, have believed that difficulties might have been averted are profound ly loyal to the Stars and Stripes, and eager to exhibit their fidelity upon the field of battle."-Atlanta Constitution. Here are two reckless statements. In the first place, if Georgia may be taken as a fair representative of South ern sentiment, 99 per cent of the Con federate soldiers believed that the war could have been honorably averted, and therefore it should have been averted. In the second place, since it is on us, nevertheless, they are solidly in favor of upholding the flag and fight ing the war to a quick and successful finish, not to "exhibit their fidelity," but because this is their country as | much as it is anybody's country. We are sick and tired of this sense less and apparently endless effort on the part of certain effusive young jour nalists to parade the old Confederate veteran as an anxious seeker after an opportunity to "exhibit" his desire to prove that he is loyal, as though he felt that he is resting under suspicion. The Confederate veteran has no apologies to make and no stains to wipe out. He does not have to eat any humble pie. Even the President, a Republican and Union soldier, re cognizes this fact, if some of our Southern newspapers do not. The appointment of Lee and Wheeler, and in our own State Hugh Gordon, J. 0. Varnadoe, Henry H. Carlton, Dr. W. F. Little, George C. Stewart and oth er Confederate veterans or sons of vet erans, fully establishes the position of Southern men and ex-soldiers of Dixie, without any profound attempts to show that they are "eager to exhibit their fidelity upon the field of battle.'' The Ex-Confederates are getting old-the youngest of them. They are beyond the service age. Neither duty because of a pressing need, nor the sterner demand for a reparation for any past wrongs, calls them "upon the field of battle." If some of the younger ones can secure positions of honor compatible with their tastes and inclinations they will, no doubt, ac cept aud do themselves credit and their country gallant service. But the old veter?ns, bending under the weight of years, do not have to should er again the musket and marchi & the ranks to "the field of battle" in order to "exhibit" their regret at anything they have done or to prove that they are now "profoundly loyal." The young men can and will do the fighting. They have already respond . ed to the cali of the President. They can and will illustrate the South "on the field of battle." It is not neces sary for the old veterans to enlist. They do not have to prove a valor that is already written in imperishable his tory. They do not have to sacrifice any more of their blood to atone for any sins. To intimate that they are "eager" to do it to "exhibit" their "loyalty" is to slander them ! No. God bless them, let them stay at home. Their sons can uphold Southern honor and Southern duty in this emergency. Let the last days of the old heroes be their most peaceful days, spent amid the comforts of home, where wives and daughters, when the final summons comes, shall administer every earthly.-solace and a God-speed to that land where wars are not known.-Macon Telegraph. This State in other Wars. Now that war is upon us a few facts concerning South Carolina's place in previous wars may be worthy of no tice, and may also act as a spur upon the patriotism of any who may be lacking in that estimable quality. In 1812 thc six New England States furnished, to be exact, f),162 men, and the little and much-abused State of South Carolina furnished 5,696, or 500 more than all of New England. In that war the entire North furnish ed 58,552, and the entire South, with a smaller population, furnished ?115,812, or not very far from double thc uum ber-fully double considering the pop ulation. In the Mexican war Massachusetts furnished 1,047 men, aud all thc other New England States furnished 1,532. Plucky little South Carolina furnished 5,262, or more than double as many men as all of New Kngland, while thc entire North furnished 23.054 men and the entire South furnished 43,630 men. The facts and figures arc taken from the archives at Washington, ' Thorns in the Flesh," page 200. History must not be permitted to record the failure of South Carolina to furnish the quota called for in thc present emergency. May the God of battles shield our gallant braves, whether afloat or ashore, is the prayer rising from many a heart.- The Stair. Once Tried. Alway? lined. If we sell one bottle of Chamber lain's Cough Remedy, wc seldom faii to .'?ell thc same person more, when it is again needed. Indeed, it has be come the family medicine of this town, for coughs and enids, and wc recommend it, because of its establish ed merits-Jos. K. HARNED, Prop. Oakland Pharmacy. Oakland, Md. Sold by Hill-Orr Drug Co. Tlie Better Man. As the highway made a turn and ran alongside the river I came upon a man seated on a rock with his bare feet dangling in the water. He looked up and nodded as I came to a halt and in reply I asked: '"Have you been fishing and got discouraged?" "No. sah, hain't bin fishin," he re plied. i;Just taking a sun bath, eh?" "No, sah, I hain't taking no sun bath." I saw that he was crusty, and so made ready to ride on, but he stopped me with: "I'm jest a sittin yere to beat the ole woman. You'll find her about 40 rods above. You kin tell her that you've seen me, and that I said I wouldn't give in till this river ran dry." "Family trouble, is it?" I asked him. "Sorter that way. sah. "We had a jaw 'bout who should cut the wood to git breakfast. She wouldn't do it and I wouldn't do it, and we are trying to outsot each other. Jest tell her that you seen and talked with me, and that you never see sich a detarmined man in all your life." I promised I would report him as firm on the firewood question, and 10 minutes later came upon the woman. She was also seated on a rock, and in addition to dabbling her bare feet in the water she was throwing sticks at an old blind goose swimming about. She called out "Howdy" as I came up, and added: "Stranger, mebbe you met up with critter of a man back thar a bit-a shiftless, shuckless critter, with hungry look?" "There's a man back there on a rock who said he was your husband." "Did he say anything else?" "He wanted me to announce that he was as firm as the rock beneath him, and that he would outsit you if it took a month." "He said that, did he?" she asked as a grim smile played around her mouth. "Stranger, you didn't know my pop, but he was a man who watch ed a fox-hole in the earth fur seven days and nights and perished right thar sooner than give up. You didn't know my mam, either, but she was a woman who got mad at pop and didn't speak to him fur 'leven years. That's the stock I cum frum. and do you reckon I'll let that critter of a Dan Jeffers outsot me?" I had no advice to offer, and rode on .over to Spiersville, where I put up for the night. It was noon the next day when I returned, and I saw the man wielding the axe in front of his cabin, while his wife stood in the doorway. "And how did it come out?" I asked as I rode up. "Say, stranger," he replied, as he drew nearer to me and spoke in a hoarse whisper. "I stood it till about an hour ago, and then I got so hungry and sleepy that I had to give in. If you meet anybody who axes about Dan Jeffers, you jest say to 'em that he is the most determined man you ever met in all yo bo'n days!" "But you gave in." I protested. "Yes, of co'se. You jest say that Dan Jeffers is the most determined man in all this world, but that Sue Jeffers, his wife, is still more deter mineder. and now you git along and lemme cut thc wood to git a hoe-cake bakin!"-M. Quad, in St. Lom's He j) tdd i c. The Sins of the Tongue. Thc ..ins of the tongue all point to the necessity and profit of self-mast ery. So evident and so important did this appear to James that it occurs again and again in his Epistle. ''In many things we all stumble," he writes. "If any stumble not in word, thc same is a perfect man, able to bridle thc whole body also." If this confession of failure and magnifying of thc office of the tongue be then exaggerated, let any ODO sit down quietly and think of thc sins and cruelties of human speech. Thc careless words which no repent ance can ?all back again ; thc rash promises which it has cost us so much to fulfill ; the expressions of the lower nature, which has shamed the higher: the confessions of evil and yielding to falsehood : thc hot angry words which sober thought condemned-these are some of thc perils of the tongue. Congregationalist. - A little Topeka :i-year-old boy. feeling stuffed up with cold one morn ing, was asked by his aunt, "How you feel, Charlie?" "Don't feel well," said Charlie; ' my nose won't work." The next day the cold had broken, when she asked him thc same question. "Feel bad," said Charlie; "my nose works too much." Chamberlain's Pain Hahn has no equal as a household liniment. It is the best remedy known for rheuma tism, lame back, neuralgia: while for sprains, cuts, bruises, burns, scalds and sore throat, it is invaluable. Wcrtz ?t Pike, merchants, Fernandina, Fla. write: "Everyone who buys a bottle of Chamberlain's Remedies, conics hack and says it is the best medicine he has ever used." 25 and 50 cents per bottle at Hill-Orr Drug Co. Sleeping in a Hammock. "I see they say that soldiers in Cuba ought to sleep in hammocks for their health's sake," said a veteran of the civil war. "I never slept in a hammock but once, and that was .when I was in the army at the time of the civil war.- But my purpose in sleep ing in a hammock was not to guard against malaria or dampness or any thing of that sort, because we were at that time in a settled camp that was tolerably salubrious, and where we had beds raised off the ground, made of barrel staves, cracker box covers, and one thing and another; my ham mock was solely for comfort. It was very hot in the tent and I thought I might be a little cooler in a hammock, and made one myself out of my blan ket. "There was plenty of wood around where we were then, and we, that is the folks in our tent, had set up a couple of tall, stout posts about six feet apart alongside of our tent and strung a line between them to hang our washing on. I used these two posts for hammock posts. I took down the clothes line and tied a piece of good, stout cord around each end of my blanket, leaving plenty of end on each, and then I made these ropes fast securely around the posts, pretty well up, and then I was all rigut; all I had to do was to get in and go to sleep. "But I had the greatest time get ting into that hammock you. ever heard of, and I thought before I got in that I should kick in the side of the tent and wake up everybody; but I didn't and finally I managed to get over into it. I had no spreaders and no pillow to spead it out, and I found it crowded me very hard, head and foot, and it sagged down in the mid dle like a bag. It was the first time I'd ever been in a hammock, and it was about as uncomfortable as could bc. I suppose that was due largely to the hammock itself, or the way it was slung, for there must b ; such a thing as a comfortable hammock, because there's plenty of men that sleep in hammocks every night and like 'em, and find it hard work to get used to beds again at first, when they go ashore, but I found it hard work to. get used to my hammock, and there was one thing I hadn't counted on at ail, and that was the mosquitos. They were bad enough in the tent, but out here they had free approach Prom all directions, and the blanket was just no impediment to them at all; it didn't even bend their beaks; nothing short of a sheet-iron or wooden blanket could have kept them out. "But I sort of felt, as a matter of pride, that I ought to stick it out and I did. I covered up my head and pret ty soon I went to sleep, hanging there between the two posts. But I didn't stay there all night. Along some time in the morning, when it was still pitch dark and the whole camp was very still, I dreamed I heard a dull thud and woke up and found my feet still up in the air, but my shoulders on the ground. The rope at the head end of the hammock had parted and let my head drop to the ground. "I didn't put the hammock back. I took down thc other end and put the clothes line back on thc posts and crept into the tent quietly and lay down on my barrel staves. After tryiDg the hammock I found the bed more com fortable."-i\ew York Sun. - ^ ? - - - It was when the late Professor Proctor was an English school examin er that a little girl defined the differ ence between a man and a brute as follows: "A brute is an imperfect beast. "Man is a perfect beast." YELLOW FEVER. A Few Wo* of Wariin. Persons who maybe exposed to yel low fever and others living in districts liable to bc infected by it will find that timely and intelligent preparation is thc best means of keeping this dread ful malady out of thc family. Sani tary regulatious in thc household are of the first importance. Clean up all refuse matter, decaying vegetation or cesspools. Drain off ponds, pools and siuks. Burn vegetable offal from thc kitchen. Kat nothing but light, whole some and easily digested food, avoid ing green or over ripe fruits and vege tables. Lastly, be sure that the blood, stomach and bowels of every member of the family is in healthy condition. Irregularities in the system, such as indigestion, constipation, torpid liver, invite disease to enter the body, and in the case of yellow fever, renders its progress more virulent and deadly. This condition can be speedily remov ed and pure blood, irood digestion and regularity in the bowels re-established by using Prickly Ash Bitters, the great System Regulator. Thc fre quent usc of this remedy tn doses suited to thc agc of each person will maintain perfect health in thc family. (?ct a bottle at once while the fever is yet afar off, use it faithfully and reg ularly. Prompt action NOW in put ting yourself and family in condition to resist the disease germs may sparc you suffering and sorrow. Prickly Ash Bitters can be obtained at Kvans Pharmacy. A Chicago Methodist Preacher. The following are a few epigrams from the sermon of Dr. Frank Crane at Trinity Methodist Church: God wants obedience, not obei sance. The man who runs away from God has a long way to go. A religious sinner is worse than a wicked sinner. Some men are Christians in only the same way they are Americans or Cau casians. The religious question is not wheth er you are going to heaven, but wheth er you are doing your best to make a heaven here. When one will not rise to a princi ple, he tries to bend the principle down to him. God alone can be served filially; all other masters must be served in slavery. The greatest crime of which a man can be capable is to debauch his own convictions. We need also to pray, "Forgive us our righteousness;" for it is the so called righteousness of mankind that killed Jesus and yet obstructs him. No amount of politeness, education, or religiosity can keep a selfish heart utterly concealed; you cannot carry* asafotida in your inside pocket and not be found out. It is better to flee from the temple than to pollute it. It is not so easy to explain religion as to explain it away. Evil is never dangerous until it seems to be good. A corporation is a contrivance by which to get profits and escape re sponsibility. If traditional theory be true, the directors in some corporations will have to spend the week days in hell, and Sundays with their family in heaven. The commercial conscience is the modernized Tetzelism. . The open sinner is only an alien from God; the hypocrite is God's ene my.- Chicago Inter-Ocean. - Merchants in the large towns are putting up bicycle stands in front of their places of business. These take the places of old fashioned hitohing posts._ .Yon Owe i$o Her.'? If you are the mother of a young girl who is ap proaching the time when girl ^^BV*""V I hood merges into * -^Jf womanhood do not hesitate to speak freely and frankly with her about the things which most closely con cern her future happiness. If she is sub ject to any weakness of the delicate, spe cial organism of womanhood, make ii your business to see that this is properly cor rected, and that she starts upon woman hood's career with full womanly strength and capacity. She will bless you for it all her life. There is no need of "examinations" and "local applications." Sound professional advice rniy be obtained free of charge, by writing to Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surg ical Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y., whose thirty years' occupancy of this position has made him recognized among the most eminent of living specialists in the treat ment of woman's diseases. Every case submitted to him by mail re ceives careful consideration. Efficient and inexpensive home-treatment is prescribed whereby delicate, feminine complaints may be promptly alleviated and cured. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the only proprietary medicine in the world designed for this special purpose by a regular physi cian-an educated, experienced expert. Miss Cora L. Russel, of I.eemont, Accoraac Co., Va., in a letter to Dr. Pierce, says: " From April, 1S96, uutil the following October, I suffered se verely from painful menstruation. For about twelve hours before the appearance of the menses I would feel giddy, have a severe headache, pain in my back, in fact \ felt as if every bone in my lxidy was breaking.** Nothing did me any good. I wrote to Dr. Pierce and he recommended his 'Favorite Prescription.' and after usiug three bottles of it I am glad to say 1 am cured." THE BANK OF ANDERSON. We Pay Interest on Time Deposits by Agreement. Capital.$165,000 Surplus and Profits - - 100,000 Total -N - - - - $265,000 OFFICERS. J. A. Bt:<>CK, President. .Ins. N. Bnowx, Vicc-P/esidcnt. li. F. MAULDIX, Cashier. DIRECTORS. J. Vt'. Ko ic it is. C.W. FANT. \S. O. F?IOIKK. -los. N. BKOWN. .T.A.BRUCK. .1 Cr. DUCWORTU. J.J. FKETWKLT.. J. M. SULLIVAN. B. F. MAULDI.S". Having the largest capital and surplus ol* any Bank in tho .State, outside of Charleston, we oller depositors the strongest security. This applies to our Savings Department, where we pay interest, as well as to active accounts Wc loan to regular depositor customers at. our lowest rates. Private loans arranged without charge between our customers, and other investments secured when desired. Wito twenty-five years experience in banking, and with unexcelled facilities al our command, we are prepared to givo satisfaction in all business transactions, and will, as heretofore, take care of the interests of our regular customers at all times. LOSTJTOCK. LOST, mislaid or destroyed live Shares of the Iron Belt Building and Loan Association of Roanoke, Ya, Certificate of 8tock No. 2930, Series R. AU parties are warned not to trade for said Stock. JAS. W. POORE. Belton. S. C , May IS, 1898-2ra. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claims against tuc Estate of J. C Williams, deceased, nre hereby notified to present the same, properly proven, to the undersigned with in the time prescribed by law. and those indebtedjto make pavraent. i). P. WILLIAMS. A. li. SHIRLEY. A. N. CAMPBELL, Administrators. June 22. LSi?S ">?_' S Corn responds readily to proper fer tilization. Larger crops, fuller ears and larger grain are sure to result from a liberal use of fertilizers containing at least y% actual Potash Our books are free to farmers. GERMAN KALI WORKS, U Nama St., New York. ; ICE-COLD ICE-ICE, ll/TY customers and the general public JLTX will take notice that Elias Single ton is no longer in my employment. I have employed a reliable man to sell Fish for me. so please give him your orders. I have been in the tish business for nine years and have always tried to give satis faction, and will appreciate a continuance of your patronage. I handle all kinda of Florida Vegetables and Fruits in and out of season. Abo, a full line of Fancy Groceries, Tobacco and Cigars, Oranges, Bananas, &c, at wholesale. J. F. FANT, Florida Fish and Fruit Store. April 20. 1898 43 3m NOTICE. THE mansgement of the Equitable Life Assurance Society in this territory is desirous of securing the services of a man of character and ability to represent its interest with Anderson as headquarters. The right man will be thoroughly edu cated in the science of Life In su ian ce and the art of successful soliciting. There is no business or profession not requiring capital which is more remunerative than a life agency conducted with energy and ability. Correspondence with men who desire to secure permanent employment and are ambitious to attain prominence in the profession is invited. . W. J. KODDEY, Manager, _Rock Hill, S. C. AF-M-C-A-NA ! THE WONDERFUL Blood Purifier, Has Restored Thousands to Health. CHRONIC BLOOD . . . DISEASES Are cured almost instanta neously. One bottle gives relief, and two or three bot tles frequently effects a per manent cure. Don't be a ?Doubting Thomas" Any longer but try AFRICANA, and get well and be a blessing to your family and the world. For sale by Evans Pharmacy^ and Hill-Orr Drug Co. AFRICA JN A CC. Proprietors Axiant-. Gi* [??TES ra?l ( Texas, Mexico, California, t, > Alaska, or any otber point, C > with FREE MAPS, write \ j FRED. D. BUSH, i { District Passenger Agent, | iLoifl&lslieBl \^ 364Wall Stj^anta^a^^^f Drs. Strickland & King, DENTISTS. OFFICE Iii MASONIC TEMPLE. Gas and Cocaine used for Extract ing Teeth. ^^^^^ NOTICE. All parties owing me notes and accounts are requested and urged to pay same as soon aslpossible. I. need my mon ey and will be compelled to make collections early in the season. Save the|ti ouble and expense of sending to see you. J. S. FOWLER. Sept. 29, 1897 14 1 NOTICE. IN compliance with tbe recommenda tion of the Grand Jury, all persons who damage the public roads by the erec tion of dams on side of road which ob struct the How of the water therefrom, or otherwise damage the roads by throwing rocks, brush or other obstruction in the side ditcher, will be prosecuted, unless such obstructions are removed before the first day of April next. This is given so that guilty parties may have time to com ply with tho law. W. P. SNELGROVE, Co.8up.