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"RVOLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1900. VOLUME XXXVl-NO. <>. Spring Suits AT PRICES ! WE place on sale today our entire line of SPRING SUITS at A REDUCTION OF 33 1-3 per cent. Our reason for this out is ?imply to got tho money out of the Goods rather than carry them over until next Spring. Then next Spring we want to show a brand new lot of Goods. Don't want to show the last season patterns and styles to our trade.. We know this is a big reduction, so when you read the prices below, and note that tho price is reduced away down, don't be skeptical. The Suits are here. Some are sold down to a few Suits of a kind-call them oda and ends if you wish. They are the last few of some of our best sellers. Others are in a full line of sizes almost-didn't sell as we thought they would. Nice patterns, we thought, but for some reason didn't go. $5.00 Spring Suits now $3.85. 7.50 " 10.00 " 10,50 " 15.0$ " ii ii ? <6 " 5.00. " 6.67. " 8.35. " 10.00. Remember, tho trouble commences to-day and be on hand. Leave one-third of what you wish to pay at home^ the balance will pay for tho Goods. B. 0. Evans & Co, THE SPOT GASH CLOTHIERS. WHiTi DON'T FORGET! EVERYBODY baa been Bellina Fruit Jars thia season, but up to this time we have been selling Cherry Jars; now we are ready to furnish you with THE BEST FRUIT JARS That bas been on the market thlasfsscs, and wo give yon nothing but good, sound Jara-no broken oneo. . Our line of TABILK OtTTMSBY is up-to-date in every respect. Also, the best Hatcher Knives for kitchen use ; and when lt comes to Pocket Knives and Scissors we have them of the best make, sold nnder a guarantee. Don't forget to call on ns when you are tn Town, a; we can save yon money on some line of Goods, Just received one esr load of Lynchburg Chilled Turn Flows, the best Plow on the market. Remember that we can give you Jobbers prices on Dixie Points and Castings. Yon can get them at our Store or have them shipped direct from factory. We sell GBOCEBIES as cheap as anybody. CARLI8LE BROS., Anderson, B.C. .? NO PUSH. This DrawsHhje^Bar*> Added Traction? THE WHEELS WILL NOT LC FT FROM TH E. GROUND. FOR HIS GRASS CROP the farmer needs a MOWER that is con venieot to handle, durable and with gieat capacity, so that with the least labor for himself, and the least care and risk, and with the least strain upon torses and harness, he can cut the most grass, whether in heavy cutting or light, over rough ground or ?mooth, in a dry season or a wet one, in good conditions or bad conditions. BUY THE CHAMPION, And yon haT ? j^i-e-r-!l*f ^rT^?. Ii h the ira tt<?t satisfactory Mower on the market. We also have a line of CHATTANOOGA C VNE MILLS. Mc?TILI^r BEOS. SUPS SflvS? 1 EETHINA ISSUS l^M&? CwtswlySos?sai'twgKistii, ".^AM^* mkWmmWt OrDiBttratt.UO.J. M?PFETT, M. O.. ST.LOUIS.MO* FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL. From tn 'Jinx Correspondent. WASIIINGT :, D. C., July 30,1000. Tho pres? t situation in China pre senta some re narkal)Io feature* Tho administration is committed to K belief in tho genuineness of Minister Con ger's dispatch, and is confronted with the refusal of the European powers to accept it or to order an advance, although they now have nearly 60,000 men available for-that purpose. The United States with only about 0,000 men at Tien Tain and a few more on the way, cannot advance alone. But, it has some 60,000 in the Philippines, only a short distance away, which should be available if the stories of the suppression of the "rebellion" there, spread broadcast by the administra tion, are true. Yet, it does not dis patch them to the rescue of its minis ter and citizens, whom it declares to be still alive though in frightful dan ger. More, it is taking no steps to move in the future, but is leaving everything to a coterie of selfish land grabbing foreign powers, who by their hesitancy and their evident intention to discredit the Chinese government in advance, show plainly that they are animated rather by the profit they hope to obtain than by the desire to save their subjects. It now seems that months more will be wasted by the allies in deciding inconsequential and -unimportant details, and that by the time they are ready to move-if they ever are-the Americans in Peking will be dead. In the face of this hesitancy, the President sits on his front porch and waits for something to turn up, instead of calling Congress in extra session to furnish him the men and authorize him to use the money that would save Minister Conger and his companions. It is not suggested, of course, that any troops now authorized by Congress could be expected to reach China in time to save our people, but they could take the places of those now waging war in the Philippines, and let them be sent at once to Tien Tsin and Peking. Instead of doing! this, the administration is giving out | inspired statements to the newspapers declaring that if the allied powers con tinue in their refusal to advance upon Peking, andar? obstinate in the ob jections which they now offer, "and it becomes apparent that the United States cannot advance alone," there will be no further effort on the part of this country to attempt to reach the Chinese capital. If this is not th" policy of "scuttle'1 so soundly con demned ' by President McKinley in a recent waste of words, what, it is asked, is itt lt is even intimated at the State Department that the assist ance of other pow rs in preventing the Ljn?-grabbing game of the ma jority, is not desired. Such an offer, it is declared, would greatly embarrass this country. It would be much bet ter, in the opinion of administration officials, that we should standalone, in opposition to all of Europe, than that an alliance between the United States and one or two other nations should be forced upon us. And why would it be better. Because, on the threshold of a campaign, when all inti mations of an alliance are frowned down by tho administration, the spec tacle of this republic leagued with Europ?en nations, wonld not be a pleasant one to contemplate. Further, tbs President's consent to mediate be tween China and the powers is most remarkable, considering tho fact that he was unable to mediate fol- the Boers because Great Britain had not asked him. Has Europe asked him now? Reference to the partisanship of the Treasury Bureau of statistics has sev eral times been made in this corres pondence, and it now becomes neces sary to chronicle another instance of it. In the last bi-weekly bulletin sent out by it to the press, tho bureau appeals to the pocket-books of Ameri cans to sustain the administration's anti-Boer sympathies. Mr. Austin quotes extensively from an article recently written by an unidentified "prominent merchant of the Orange River Colony," as Great Britain has assumed to rename the Orange Free State. Thus the British eulogist pro ceeds: "I think all are agreed that now the British flag ir, hoisted in Pre toria, declaring unmistakably to the world Britain's supremacy from Cape Town to Zambesia, symbolizing se curity, justice and equality, that the country will soon enjoy an unprece dented era of prosperity. I would warn our manufacturers, especially agricultural Implement makers and those in kindred trades, to be first in the market. It appears somewhat invidious to single out particular arti cles for special mention, so groat will be tho demand for all classes of mer* ?h??d!?e; jct it iz isp^Uvc io ino interest of agriculture and agricultural iaplemant makers, to state a few facts that have come within roy personal ex perience.?' Mr. Austin then goes on to enumerate the cJnrses of arttoloa of American manufacturo that will find ready sale in South Africa, , "now that toe British flag, symbolizing security, justice and equality, is flying over Pretoria," The circular is considered an artfully disguised appeal to the country in behalf of the administra tions anti-Boer course from the incep tion of the present troubles' in South Africa. It is never easy to tell just what the gongmen of the campaign committees really think of the political situation. They want of course to iuspiro their owu men with confidence that their party is going to win, because there is always a certain floating vote that wants to bo on tho winning side, but, at tho samo time, thoy want to guard against over confidence, which might keep their men away from the polls. In tho samo way, they want to have it known that they have a big campaign fund to prove that they have solid backing, and they want to show that it isn't so big after nil, in order to get further subscriptions. So, "for ways that are dark and for tricks that are vain," other people besides Chinese are ' peculiar. Nevertheless, it seems that there is a ring of sincerity in an inter view given out in this city by Chair man Babcock, of the Republican Con gressional Committee a day or two ago. In this he points out the fact that as the South sends a solid Democratic j delegation of 130 votes, the Democrats have to secure but 59 members f.om the East, North and West, to have a majority in the House of Representa- I ti ves, while the Republicans must get at least 170 from those States. Mr. Babcock thinks the people are apathe tic over the question of the complexion of the House, and while he claims that a number of gold Democrats will vote for McKinley and Roosevelt in 1000, as they did in 1800 for McKinley and Hobart, he thinks they are not so much ; concerned about sending Republicans to Congress. In short, the upshot of the whole thing is, that Mr. Babcock j expresses himself as very pessimistic in regard to a Republican victory in the House. A New Door to Prosperity in riorence. There is one very peculiar thing about broom corn, which is that pub lished facts regarding it appear never to stick, so to speak, in the public mind. Since we began, some years ago, to advocate tho cultivation and manufacture of the plant in this State, we havo printed much matter about it or the same matter many times re peated, in answer to interested in quiries, and., usually, in about a month or two after each such publication, have received a letter from another regular reader of the paper, politely asking for information how to plant and cultivate, and cure the crop, and where it can be sold when harvested? It is very strange, as we do not know of any other crop or product that is subject to the same condition. We received another letter about it yesterday, which is printed to-day. An enterprising farmer of Florence Coun ty, we are told, has raised a good crop of the corn, and now wants to know "whether it is preferred green cured or yellow," and "where he can find a market for it? He will make about half a ton on a quarter of an aere, at a cost of not over five dollars," afta as he has thus demonstrated the practica bility of raising the crop in his part of the State, all his neighbors are anxious to open a new door to prosperity for the farmers of the State. We are asked for information on the points noted, and are requested "to make a suggestion" on general principles. As to the information that is wanted, we have to say that it is necesary to "cure" the corn, so as to preserve its green color, in order to sell it to the best advantage, as that color is pre ferred for some reason. We believe that all the brooms imported from tho North and West are green, and our in formation is that when tho corn is cured yellow by accident, or from cut ting, it too late, it is dyed green to give it the desired color. Probably it is stronger and tougher when cured be fore it turns yellow, and tho populur preference for tho green product is based on experience of that fact. At any rate, the product should bo green in color when it is prepared for market, and our Florence friends should regu late their conduct accordingly in grow ing the corn for market. The nearest market for it that we know of is at Charlotte, N. C., where there is a good broom factory, and we believe there is one at Spartanburg, and another at Atlanta. The Florence farmer who hos a crop on hand, can certainly get all the information he desires about curing the crop, etc., by writing directly to the factory at Char lotte. Tho Charlotte Observer, also, we are sure, will be pleased to answer all in ?uiries on the subject, and we. there ore, recommend inquiries to apply to it without hesitation at any time. In the way of "suggestions" we have but two to offer. One is that, since Mr. Barnes has demonstrated the prac ticability of raising broom corn at a low cost in Florence County, the Agri cultural Society of tho county, or some of the leading farmers of the county, should make a special study of the crop, with the aid of the special publi cations which they can obtain by ap plying to the Agricultural Department at Washington, and qualify themselves to cultivate it on a considerable scale, and with due knowledge, next year. The other suggestion is that some of the progressive business men of Flor ence should go to work at the same time tor organize, build and operate a broom factory in their town to manu facture all the product that shall be grown in the county. It isnot a costly kind of establishment, by any means, and it can readily and successfuB>. be operated by local labor-even blind men being able to make first-class brooms, while colored boys make good operatives. With tho farmers of the county to grow tho corn, the town fac tory to make it into brooms, and tho whole State for a market, the success of the new industry in tho county would appear to be well assured from the out set.-News and Courier. STATE SEWS. - Thc rice crop of the State prom ises to be large. - Only two or three persons were shot the other day in a eolored excur sion from Spartanburg to Asheville. - Coal 1ms been found near Green ville in what is believed to be paying veins. Some attempt may bo made to dig it. - There are 977 convicts who belong in the State penitentiary. About GOO i aro at work outsido of the institution on the State farms and elsewhere. - The State Fair premium lists have been printed and copies of the same can bo secured by addressing Col. Thomns YV. Hollo woy at Poniaria, S.C. - The Fall meetiug of the South Carolina Holiness Association is to bo held at Leesville, beginning Tuesday night, Sept. ll, 1900, and continuing one week. - A negro boy fifteen years old is in jail at Newberry for attempted assault upon Myrtle Farrow, a little white girl. The young coon narrowly es caped lynching. - At Ulmer, Barnwell county, J. C. Compton, of Buford's Bridge, was shot and killed by Magistrate N. W. Week ly. The coroner's jury rendered a ver diet of self-defense. j - The quarterly report of the opera-, tiona of the State dispensary shows the net profits to be about $15,000. The constabulary cost over $8,000 and the seizures amounted to a little over $1,000. - There were 380 teachers in atten dance on the summer school at Bock Hill Inst week. Of these five were from other States. Dorchester, Pickens and Oconee counties were not repre sented. - Citizens of Chester are raising n fund for a monument to Miss Maggie Rosborough, who lost her life while in the act of snatching a colored child from before a locomotive at Lewis turnout. - Because Joo Huger, a 15 year old negro boy, threw a baseball too hard while playing a game a Walterhom. Bob Jiveur, another negro, 18 years old, shot Huger, killing him almost instantly. - Some kind of an insect is destroy ing the cotton in the vicinity of BateB burg. The authorities have been re quested to send the bug killer from Clemson college to check the ravages of this new pest. - Tho scarcity of candidates in the primary raeo in Charleston may be ac counted for by the high price of en trance, the assessments ranging from $500 for Congressman and Sheriff down to $5 for the country magistrates. - Dr. C. L. dawson, of Chester, who owns the geld mine located five miles north of Fort Mill, now that ore therein is worth $228 per ton, has decided to purchase the necessary machinery to begin work in earnest in the mine at the earliest possible date. - The State Alliance held its thir teenth annual session in Columbia last Wednesday night. Fifteen counties were represented. The proposition to withdraw the $18,000 exchango money was voted down and the alliance ex change is to be continued. - Within tho next few days another brave South Carolina soldier will be fighting upon Chinese soil. An order was recently issued moving ono of thc companies of thc 7th infantry, of which Lieut. Ben Tillman, Jr., is ra ukin;: lieutenant, from Alaska to China. Ho is a son of George D. Tillman. - In Laurens county State Consta ble Copeland ran afoul ol a full fledged distillery, lt was a complete plant for manufacture of "blue steel." They caught three men working with tho manufactory and a lot of whiskey, besides a quantity of beer. The still had been operated for at least a year. - William Parker has surrendered to tho sheriff in Laurens county for kill ing his wife. There were no witnesses. Parker says he had occasion to criticise his wife for something she did, and that she became infuriated, attacking him with an ax. He was in the yard at the time, and to save himself, soized a a hoe, with which he split her head. - Congress having appropriated five thousand dollars to be used by the agricultural department in ten ex periments, one of tho government stations will probably bo tho ono nt Summerville now conducted by Dr. Sheppard and another somewhere uear Augusta. Aiken is suggested, ns tea has been successfully grown there heretofore. - Senator Blakcly has written Gov ernor Mcsweeney au earnest letter in regard to the smallpox nenr Kershaw, insisting that tho State Board send an expert thorp immediately as th ero are now several other cases. It seems that the State Board instructed a local phy ??crou iv look after tno case reported at Kershaw some time ago and the steps taken are deemed insufficient. - One day last week United States revenue officers swooped down on the State House in Columbia and examined she papers in the office of Secretary of State to see if they were properly stamped with revenue tax stamps. As a result of the visit there is to bo a general shaking up among those who have secured charters and such pap eva from the office. Every corporation that has obtained a charter, obtained , the right to increase or decrease or amend its charter since tho war tax < went into effect is affected by the con- J struction of tho law presented by tho . officers. UhNKUll, NfcWK ITEMS. - Flotilla expects ti> make $800,000 out of lier pineapple crop this year. - Sugar has been advanced another tenth of a cent a pound, which makes the ninth advance for the late combine, which is now making a profit of over $.??00,000 a week. - The itnigrants who arrived in this country for tiie fiscal year ending ?lune ;J0 number 488,551, an increase of 50 per cent, over the previous year and UH) per cont, over 1808. - Assistant postmaster general Bris tow has made his report which shows that Neely has swindled the govern ment out of $101,000 in the last year in Cuban postal aila i rs. - Tho hrst bale of new cotton was sold at tho Cotton Exchange in New York tho other day for K>? ecnts. The bale weighed 541 pounds, and was from a plantation in Texas. - Tho Sheriff in Huntsville, Ala., was smoked out of his jail recently by burning tar and feathers by a mob which determined to lynch a prisoner in his charge. He did not give up until he fell unconscious in the building, nearly suffocated by smoke. - The town of Somerville, Mo., is for sale to the highest bidder. No taxes have been paid for years and tho property valuation of the place has dwindled from ,*100,000 in 1880 to $80, 000 in H KM). Good chance for tho fel low who is trying to acquire the globe to get a start. - Figures that have just been gath ered from all sections of the country ! show beyond doubt that the corn crop this year will bo the greatest in his tory. In the States of Kansas, Ne braska, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Minncsotn the yield will be excep tionally large. - Iowa county, Wis., lays claim to having thc lowest-salaried otlicial in the employ of the United States gov ernment. The government hires Frank Lynch for one cent a year to carry tho mail between Dodgeville, tho county seat of Iowa county, and Mineral Point, nine miles distant. - It has been stated that Jndgo Rob ert Pleasant Trippe, who has just died at Atlanta, Ga., was probably the last surviving member of the Confederate Congress. It transpires, however, that Dr. J. G. Ramsay, now a resident of of Salisbury, N. C., was a member of the Confederate Congress. - Mrs. Thomas Swain, aged 05, has died at St. Ciair, Pa., of starvation caused by contraction of the stomach, Several months ago the curious malady developed and grew worse until it was impossible to force food into her stom ach. Previous to her death the suffer er had not tasted a morsel for twenty three days. - George Griftin and wife have been jailed at Asheville, N. C., charged with causing tho death of Griffin's three children by his first wife, aged eight, ten and thirteen. They became sick, and he had their stepmother, who hated them, put hem in au outhouse, where neighbors found them, but too late to Bave their lives. - During the past two yearslDanny Sweeney, of I Ia /.el ton, Pa., aged 8, hus fallen twenty-five feet from a roof, been knocked down twice by trolley cars, run over by bicycles six times, thrown from a frieght train once aud knocked ott'the track by a yard engine once. Yet Danny is as sound as a dol lar and mischievous as a kitten. Prob ably Fate is (reserving Danny for a case of the measles. - In a letter to the Philadelphia Press Brooker T. Washington speaks very encouragingly of the treatment of colored people by their white neighbors in the South. Ile snys, among much elso that is of interest: "lu any case I have not seen a single colored man who had secured intellectual and moral properties, and had a high character, who did not have the respect and con fidence of the white people where he lived." "On the whole," says tho Philadelphia Record, "it has been long observed that well-behaved colored men are much better treated in the South than in tho North." - Monday night a negro walked into tho Chinese laundry, corner of Court and South streets, and said ho wanted his laundry, but that ho had lost his ticket. The Chinaman said ho had no laundry for him. Loud words follow ed. A white man who was there at tho time tried to quiet matters by sug gesting that the darkey bet $1 that he did have his laundry. The Chinaman was willing to undo his bundles if tho money was put up. The negro said he did not have a dollar. Tho whito man suggested that the negro put his watch against a dollar. This the negro agreed to do. The whito man held both thfl TtntfU onri the money. Thc Chinaman commenced to undo the bundles, and the white man walked off with both the dollar and watch. Washington Post. Deafness Caeaot bo Gored hy local applications, aa they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There la only one way to cure Deafness, and that la by constitu tional remedies. Deafness la caused by an Inflam ed condition of tho mucous lining of the Eustach ian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you hare a rumbling louad or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely c'osed deafness lathe result, and unless the inftamation can bp taken out and this (tube restored to tts normal condition, hearing will uo destroyed forever ; nine ca.?* out of ten aie caused by calarrah, which ls nothing but an in flamed condition uf tba mucous surfaaes. We will gire One Hundred Dollars for any cato of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hales Catarrh Cure. Send for circular.", Tree. F.J. CONNEY & CO., Toledo. O. Oa-ScM by Druggist?, 75c. Hall's F=.x'.lj FiUe]ai?.Uie.t eat. Colton (?rowers Asked to Combine. 1-ollowing th? Laad ot the Georgia Cotton Planters' Association, President Wilburn of thoSouthCnrolinn Associa tion has issued n call looking to u con vention to be held iu Columbia in Sen tembev following tlie formation ol organizations by townships iu the sev eral counties of the State. His call issued yesterday afternoon reads as follows: Mr. J. C. Wilburn has issued the following: To the Cotton Growers ot South Carolina: I have been urged to issn?' a call to the cotton growers in South Carolina for united ami iutelligeut action of tho growers of cotton and cotton seed, with bankers and ginncrs, with a view to marketing the eotton crop through a large period of titue and obtaining statistical information lipon which to base prices. I therefore call upon tho cotton growers to at once organize in each township aud county and elect delegates to attend a State I convention to be eallcd at an early day in September, to bo hereafter named. Other States are. being organized, let farmers go to work at once organizing their counties and report to mo at Co lumbia, S. C. J. C. Wu.noux, President of Cotton Growers1 Associa tion. Mr. Wilborn attaches to the call the scheme of Georgia farmers adopted at Macon. An association has been form ed in that State to market cotton in such a way that better prices may bu obtained. Thc plan contemplates tin aid of banks iu establishing ware houses for the storage of cotton, the sellers to receive ware house receipts negotiable in bnnks for nbout 80 per cent of the value of the cotton. This it is thought will enable farmers to hold their cotton until they cnn get their own prices. G inners are to report weekly tho number of bales ginucd so ns to enable tho association to know exactly how many bales are ready for market. Ministers Held as Hostages. LONDON, July 30.-Tho Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Express, telegraphing yesterday, says : "Anew imperial edict, promulgated this evening, orders all viceroys and provincial Governors to endeavor to negotiate peace with the Powers, whose ministers are 'held ns hostages pend ing tho result of the overtures for the abandonment of hostilities agaiust China.' " The viceroys ure aiso commanded to guard by all means in their power the advance of tho foreign troops, espe cially ulong tho Yang Tao Kiang. The deereo says that the ofticinls will nuswer with their lives for any failure to execute these orders. "Commands are also given that nota single foreigner shall be allowed to es cape from trie interior, where there are Bt?ll fully 2,000 Europeans, connected with missionary work in isolated situ ations. "When tho Governor of Shan Tung communicated to the consuls the im p?liai decree of July 94, ho omitted important passage? addresses to Ll Hung Chang: " 'It is admittedly inadvisable to kill all the ministers, but it is equally un wise to send them to Tien Tsin. It will bemuch wiaer to keep th? surviv ors at Pekin as hostages. " 'You aro commanded to hasten to Pekin. You are incurring imperial dis pleasure by delay. You nave been ap pointed viceroy of Chi Li because, with your military experience, will success fully lead tho imperial armies against the foreigners in Chi Li, the present viceroy, is unable, to do, owing to his ignorance of military affairs.' " New Gettysburg Road. GETTYSUURO, PA., July 27.-An addi tion of two miles will shortly be made to tho lino avenue of thc Gettysburg battlefield. Tho new road will com plete what is known ns the Confederate avenue. The avenue will follow the Confed erate artillery line, where, during the battle, 300 guns engaged the l.niou artillery preceding Pickett's memor able charge. Scattered along the avenue will be 80 guns which wen* used during the civil war and which will now murk the sites of the Confed erate batteries. ^ ^_ Very Low Kates to Ch?c.igo aud lle torn, On account of the National Encamp ment, G. A. IL, Chicago, 111., August 27th-September 1st, 1900, Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets from all stations on its lines to Chicago, 111., and return at especially reduced rates. Tho following rates will apply from points named : Abbeville, S. C., $22.20. Anderson. S. C., $21.03. Blacksburg, S. C., $21.10. Camden, S. C., $25.7r>. Carlisle, S. C., $22.20. Charleston, S.C., $20.25. Ches ter, S. C., $22.95. Columbia, S. C., $24.75. Denmark, S.C., $24.75. Green ville, S. C., $20.20. Greenwood, S. C., $22.20. Newberry, S. C., $2:1.515. Or angeburg, S. C., $20.2."?. Prosperity, S. C., $23.55. Kock Hill, S. C., $22.55. Spartan burg, S. C., $20.20. Sumter, S. C., $20.05. Tickets will be sold from points in the State of Florida on August 24th and 25th, and from points in all other States on August 25th, 20th and 27th, with final limit September 3rd, 1900. By deposit of tickets with Joint Agent of Central Passenger Association, at Chicago, prior to 12 noon September 2nd, r.'OO, and on payment of fee of fifty (50) cents in connection with each ticket at time of deposit, the return final limit may be extended until Sep tember 20th, ?G0O. Persons located at non-coupon sta tions should notify agent several days in advance of date they contemplate ???viuK, iu order that ne may supply himself with proper tickets. For detailed information relative to rates, schedules, reservations, etc., call on or address any agent of tho South ern Railway or its connection. S. H. HARDWICK, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. - On August 1 aU railroads will be forced to equip their rolling stock with automatic couplers. A law to this ef fect was passed by Congress several ?enrs ago. Dut its being made effective as been postponed from time to time, in order not to work an unnecessary hardship upon tho roads. However, it will go into effect August 1, and nearly overy road in the country will bo nhl? to comply with it. According to Super intendent C. L. Ewing, tho Southern will have every car on the system so equipped at the expiration of the time allowed.