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Five Physicians bei dose their best to core Jssws VVTlkeo. of diiIue, S? cJ^ofcld one of the most terrible cnaes of RHEUMATISM ?S record. T?cv eil lolled uatU oat doctor prcscribod IT CUBED HELPLESS CRIPPLE. Mr. Wtlfcei wrltw la the eoorac ot i lonr letter, dated Anco? 18.1902: "My |e{t were drawn back until my feet touched tar hips. I wu ai helpless as a 5 toy for nearly 12 moatbt. Tbe nutclea of my arm? and Iee? were hard and ahrhreled op. 8 guffered death maar time* o??i. Wat treated by air different phyticiani in MeColl.DlItoa and Marlon, but nooe ot them could dome any food, until Or. J. P. Ewine. of Dillon, told roc to try your RHEUM ACIDE. I beean to take It, and before the first bottle wu used ay I beean to eet better. I naed 5| bottle* and wai completely cured." Dr. I. P. Swing coo final Mr. Wilkei* Katensens In every particular. raCC TRIAL BOTTLE SCUT ON APPLICATION TO BOSatlTT CHEMICAL CO.. PROPRIETORS. BALTIMORE, MO a, J r ?bsbsbsbm I01 ? ? ? ? ? m ? ? ? Now Is the Time To do Your Spring Sewing. o o o a o Our Spring goods are ready for you in bright and at tractive styles. The advances in cotton aud cotton goods have had very little effect on our prices, and it will be to yur advantage to come and see us. AU winter-weight dress goods to po at an extremely low price. BLANKETS AT COST. A complete line of Ladies Oxfords, Sandals, etc., in the very latest styles. They are beauties. We are glad to announce that Mr. J. C. Price, form erly of North, S. C, has connected himself with us. He will appreciate a visit from any and all of his old friends and customers. Yours for Business, I The Edisto I j Dry Goods Co. j lot: Next door to The 1.8. Harley Mercantile Co. Dnocozooz:;2onrjonocGnonoLioncnorjooEorjoarjoconoonssc?o 1 A Bicycle Buggy fiiven Away! THIRD OFFER. I propose to give to all of my customers who setttle their vehicle accounts between now (Jan. 1st, 1!?04) and Jan. 1st, 1905 a chance to guess the number of vevicles sold by me during the year (1904.) To the one .'guessing Ithe number, or nearest to it, 1 will give a BICYCLE BUGG V absolutely free on the first day of Jan. IJJ05. All persons purchasing a vehicle and paying for same lie fore .Ian. 1st. iiii).*) will also be entitled to a guess. Yours for business, L. E. RILEY. A real cure for USkJC 3Ls J*L 2Ft X jQl . It has recently been discovered that the germs that produce Malaria, breed and multiply in the intestines and (rum there spread throughout the system by means df the blood. This fact ex plains why .Malaria is hard to curt- la the old method of treatment. Quinine, Iron, etc., stimulate the nerves and build up the blood, but do not destroy tile germs that cause the disease. Rydale's Tonic has a specific effect upon the intestines and bowels, treeing them from all disease breeding mi crobes. It also kills the germs that infest the veins and arteries. It drives from the blood all poisonous matter aud makes it rich and healthv. RYDALE'S TONIC i* ' a blood builder, a nerve restorer, aud a Malaria destroyer, 'try ii, it will not disap point von. For Sale. FIFTY ACRES, JUST BEYOND town limits. $2.000. Address, A. i>., Timks and Demochat. 11-26-6. . Liquor in Light Bulhs. I St. Louis aud Kansas City liquor ? houses are now shipping whiskey into i Topeka in novel original packages, 'electric light bulbs tilled with liquor, j These are being sold by jointists. Each bulb holds a big drink. "Emp ties" are retimed and tilled bulbs are ' exchanged for 15 cents. The Unman Lottery "AH, If only I were beautiful How Happy life would He." Many a forlorn maid has said this as she looked into the mirror. It is the one pos session in the lottery of human life which woman would nut refuse. BRADFIELD'5 Female Regulator h ir young girls on the threshold of woman- j hood is invaluable. When they become pale and languid, the eyes dull, aching head, feet and hands cold, appetite gone or abnormal, obstructed periods and pain ful menses, aud their systems generali} run down, they need a tonic, building uj and their blood cleansed. BradfieldV, Female Regulator forwomea is particularly valuable and useful owing to its te,iic properties and as a regulatoi of thr menstrual flows. Painful, obstruct ed and suppressed menstruation IS perma nently relieved and all diseases peculiai to her genital organs are cured by it. Regulator clears the complexion, bright ens the eye. sharpens the appetite, re moves muddy and blotched conditions oi the skin and cures sick headache at once. Of druggists atji.oo per bottle. f Perfect Health for Women" cas be had free by sending us your address. ?HE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., ATLANTA. GA Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you (Bat. LOCAL OPTION BILL Passed by the Senate and Sent to the House, AFTEB ALONG AND HOT DEBATE. Under Its Provisions Any County Can Vote Oat the Dispensary bnt Such County Must Enforce Prohibition. Senator Brice's bill to amend the dispensary law by granting counties the right to vote out an established dispensary was brougt up as a special order on Monday night of last week. Senator Price made a vigorous attack on the dispensary law, alluding to many of its best known and, to some, its most obnoxious features. Senator Sharpe, an advocate of the law, de fended it, and opposed the bill. Senator Mclver made a clear, thought ful speech for the bill and Senators Hardin and Peurifoy suggested amendments. Debate was adjourned at 10 o'clock, until Tuesday morning at 11. Tbe suggested amendments will be printed in tbe journal. When the bill was brought up Sen ator Sharpe moved to strike out the enacting words. Senator Brice in response said that though he had once voted for the dispensary he now thought it iniquitous. Instead of be ing the "best solution of the liquor question" it is the "worst ever con ceived by man." Under the barroom system a lower element sold liquor but under the dispensary system it is the Palmetto State. He did not thing that communities who would vote out the dispensay would sanction blind tigers. York ville has given the dispensary a fair trial and has enforced the law. He believed that all the senators would vote conscientiously on the bill and asked them to point to him a part of the bill doing wrong to anyone. If the bill passes Yorkiville will abso lutely do away with the dispensary. He would be willing for a purely local bill but he knew that other communi ties wanted their dispensaries remov ed. Senator Sharpe, who spoke next, was one of the committee who report ed the bill unfavorably. He announc ed at the outset that he was in favor of dispensary law. The reason why the dispensary law has apparently never reduced the taxes is that large expenses have been incurred each year. He alluded to the expendi ture for Winthrcp in Senator Brice's own county. He had always been a Democrat but this is a State proposi tion. Senator Sharpe denied that the courts in his section of the State had been corrupted by tbe dispensary or any other influence. He said that he had been asked by some one in York county to ficht against Senator Brice's bill. He knew from personal observa tion that the dispensary was run well. He did not believe that the news papers had been bought up by the dispensary. There were some in Co lumbia which still preserve the free and untramelled right to fight it. He wanted the bill defeated. Senator Mclver said the bill was an attack on tbe dispensary system. That is too fixed for anyone to expect an attack upon it. The bill offered by Senator Brice is a good one, and he hoped that it would be adopted. The people should have the right to vote out a dispensary should they wish. If a community that voted for the system, thinking it a good one, wished to rid itself it should be so allowed. The bill is essentially Democratic. The agrument that some of the larger towns, by voting out the dispensary, deprive the State of revenue, should not be used as it is not Democratic. Practically speak ing, few of the larger towns which derive considerable revenue from the! dispensary, would vote it out. Still all should have the privilege. The advocates of the system seem to fear that any bill upon the dispensary is a1 direct attack at the whole system. j Senator Peurifoy wished to amend | the bill by allowing a town to vote out the dispensary without submitting j the question to the entire County. He thought the bill' admirable hut. that this amendment should be in serted. Ofteu town and county pre-1 judice is divided, lie also thought' the dispensary law is here to stay, j but the privilege should be granted. | It is not right that this Democratic j measure should be refused in this boasted seat of principle. Senator Hardin asked Senator! Sharpe to withdraw his motion to kill? the bill so that an amendment might be read. This was assented to tor the time being. Senator Hardin'sj motion was that in counties or com- ; munities where there are no dispen-i saries and where the o?icials will not I enforce the laws as to illicit sale of; liquors, the government shall enforce the law at the expenses of that com munity or county. Senator Hardin offering this amendment said that though he had been one of the com mittee who reported the bill unfavor ably, he would feel that he must vote for it if it was not so amended. Senator Sharpe's motion to kill the bill was then put to a vote, resulting as follows: Aye. Senator Aldrich, Blake, Dean, Gaines, Herndoo, Hydride, Sharp, Williams, 8. Nay, Senators Brice, Brown, Mut ier. Carpenter, Douglass, Hardin, Holliday, Johnson, Marshall, McCall, Mclver, McLeod, Peurifoy, G. W. Ragsdale, Kaysor, Sbeppard, Stack house. Standard, Tal bird, von Kolnitz, 20. j Those not present when the vote was taken were: Senators Davis, Dennis, Forrest. Goodwin, Hay, Hood, Hough, Manning, Maytield, Mower, J. W. Ragsdale, Walke'r. Warren, 14. 1 On motion of Senator Kaysor fur-: ther debate on the bill was postponed, and the bill was taken up Wednesday! night and passed to a third reading. When the I.':'.' c-:me upon Thursday for a third re Senator Kaysor of fered an amendm< ui :ts follows: "Provided, a I ix oi one-half mill is hereby levied upon every dollar of the value of all taxable property in all I counties ha ving no dispensary, and in all counties voting to remove or close the dispensaries us above provided; for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the enforcement of the dispensary law in said county under and by direc tion of the governor, said tax to be collected as other county taxes and forwarded to the State treasurer to be expended, or so much thereof as may be necessary, as now provided by law for such purposes. Any balance remaining unexpended at the end of the year to be returned by the State treasurer to the county treasurer of such county for general county pur poses, and that the value of all confis cations of contraband goods seized in such county, as determined by the SUte board of directors, shall be paid to the State treasurer to be credited to the fund raised by said levy for the enforcement of the law as above pro vided. And any amonnt expended in said county for the enforcement Df the dispensary law shall be refunded to the State treasury upon the collec tion of the tax above levied." Si nator Brice opposed this and later asked Senator Raysor where it origi nated. The Senator from York said he had information that it came from the State board of control. Senator Raysor said that the amendment origi nated in the house dispensary commit tee. Mr. W. O. Tatum had informed him that the board of control had ab solutely nothing to do with it. In replying to an inquiry from Sen ator Brice as to why a tax was neces sary to enforce the dispensary law rather than any other law, Senator Raysor gave his views. His presenta tion was clear and vigorous and was along the line that the amendment was absolutely neccessary to enforce the law. Senators Brice, Hardin and Mclver considered that the amendment would be a punishment to a community which wanted no dispensary. Marlboro has no dispensary but the laws are most rigidly enforced in that county, I as Senator McCall stated later, j Senator Blake spoke, saying if the , bill passed it would be a political fac tor in every campaign. Every county j would be of a different mind. Senator Mclver said that if the amendment was passed the bill would be killed. Senator Mayfleld recalled a time when the senate was investi gating the alleged corruption in the j dispensary and said that at that time j Senator Brice was willing that Colin tie's, wet or dry, should share alike in the dispensary profits. York received $8,870 for its schools. Senator Mayfleld made a speech of some length and much strength. Though a prohibitionist by principle and opposed to liquor, he was against the bill because it was an attack on the dispensary, the institution that had come to stay and which was the best solution of the problem. Senator Herndon and Gaines spoke practically with Senator Mayfleld and Senator Brice in reply. A vote wa3 taken on Senaaor Sharpe's motion to indefinitely postpone the bill, result ing as follows: Yeas?Senators Aldrich, Blake. Da vis, Dean, Gaines, Goodwin, Hay, Herndon, Hydrick, Mayfleld, Sharpe, Warren, Williams?13. Nays?Senators Brice, Brown, But ler, Carpenter, Douglass, Hardin, Hol linay, Johnson, Manning, Marshall, McCall, Mclver, McLeod, Peurifoy, G. W. Rogsdale, J. W. Ragsdale, Ray sor, Shcppard, Stanland, Talbird, Von Kolnitz, Walker?22. A parlimentary combat began in which motions flew about the senate chamber like grapeshot on a battle field. Senator Hardin moved to sub stitute for Senator Raysor's amend ment another to tbe effect that in a county where there was no dispensary and the illicit liquor laws were not en forced, that the governor should be provided with a lund forthat purpose, to be raised by taxation on said coun ty. Senator Brice spoke for this amendment, Senator J. W. Ragsdale against It. It was tabled. Senator Brice moved to table Sena tor Raysor's amendment but the mo tion was defeated. The amendment was adopted by a viva voce vote. Senator Raysor had the words "in all counties having no dispensary" stricken out, as this would hurt Marlboro and Greenwood coun ties where there are today no dispensaries and which have always been law abiding in respect to the sale of illicit liquor. Another amendment adopted was that of Senator Dean which fixed ithe voting so that there would be no re newal of the ola conflict between town and county prejudice. It was just as the senate was preparing to adjourn that the Blake amendment was passed. The bill was then sent to the house. Just before the bill was brought up the senate received a petition from Dorchester county asking that it be made a law. Senator Stanland spoke for the biil when it was brought up some days ago. Ancient and Modern Advice About how lo Acquire Wealth. The ancient sages' "sure road to wealth ' was "be temperate in all things, be economical always." Mod ern life, wit b its "rush methods" in business requires that "Keep healthy" be added lo the old adages. Kvery body knows how lo be temper ate and most people how to be econom ical, inn few know how to keep per fectly healthy. Overeating, irregular habits, neglect eir. derange I he stom ach liver, and bowels, causing indi gestion, torpid liver, constipation etc. Kydals Tablets are natures best ally '.?. !:?.?:! sue!: condil ions exist .The stom ach Tablets will digest your food, strengthen your digest ive organs and cure your indigestion. The Diver Tablets will arouse your liver, Stimulate your bowels and es tablish a regular, healthy habit. Ky daies Tablets insure good health. Sold by Dr. A.c. Dukes. Jews With Japan. A dispatch from New York says: Hundreds of persons, among them many retired otllcers and many Jews, have offered to volunteer to serve with the Japanese army. The consular of ?dalsof Japan have informed them that Japan had no volunteer army and did not allow foreigners to serve in the regular army. Red Cross funds will be collected in this country and it is believed contributions will be large, especially from Jews, whose hatred of Russia is pronounced. Only one remedy in the world that ! will at once stop itchiness of the skin i in any part of the body; Doan's Oint i ment. At any drug store, 50 cents. DEUTES THE CHARGES. What Architect Milburn Says About the State House Matter. To the People of South Carolina: On my return home from a business j trip in Tennessee and North Carolina. I find the newspapers rilled with very sensational report from the in vestigating Committee, criticising the capitol commission, the architect and the contractor, for the work done on the State ouse. I. want to enter aj denial of t..e charges, and to denounce j thp "port as being unjust, and as| miSi ..presenting the facts. I have no objection to any com mittee investigating or criticising my work; but what I do object to is be ing accused of being a party to any thing/that is not honorable, honest, upright, open and above borad. I labored hard for two years trying to get the best possible results for the State with the small appropriation which I realized was insufficient; and 1 expect to show to the people that they received the value of every dollar expended, and that not one cent was wasted. 1 had heavy expense in my office, but I think out of the fees paid me I realized 82,000, which amount I will donate to any charitable institution in the State if this'or any other com mittee will prove that 1 have been a party to any fraudulent proceedings whatever. I expect to give the com mittee a full opportunity to prove their infamous charges. I have been engaged in public work for 18 years and have erected credit able buileings in all of the southeast ern States, varying in number from 35 to 55 buildings each year, and this is the first time that my name has ever been mentioned in connection with any irregular proceedings. I was supported throughout by the entire commission, with the single exception of Col. J. Q. Marshall, who told me the first time J ever met him and be fore he saw my plans and specifica tions, that he felt under obligations to support another architect, which he did with all his power and in lluence. When at first Col. Marshall found objection^ to the word, he did not come to me and discuss the matter as it is customary for commissioners to do in such cases and say, "Why can not we do this or that?'' or "Is this practicable?" or, "I do not believe you are doing the work right." No. The first thing I knew he appeared before the capitol commission with a long typewritten document, with copies ready for the newspapers. Does not this look to be somewhat on the order of a grand-stand play? The capitol commission was com-1 posed of the best men the State could | produce, and my experience with them warrants me in saying that these men are not lacking in either intelligence or integrity; but. if the report of the investigating committee is accepted it puts them, as well as myself, in a very unfavorable light. It is a pity that honest, honorable men like these could have such in famous charges brought against them, and I for one, propose to fight it out and prove to the people that there is such a thing left as honor. I have just received a copy of the | report of the committee which criti cises the work, and as the charges are ] rather broad, I want to consider them carefully and will answer it in detail as soon as possible. Frank P. Milburn. Columbia, Feb. 12, 1904. DISPERSABY MONEY. Scat Out to the Schools in the Differ ent Counties. Comptroller General .lones Thurs day sent out the dispensary school money according to the enrollment , plan. Under the law, when the county [school money is apportioned, if there is not a sufficient amount to run each t school at least four months at 875 per j month, the deficiency is made up. j This time there were deficiencies in I 25 counties, in the statement below ! the first column shows the deficiencies [ where they occur and the second, the j total according to the numbrrs of pupils enrolled: Counties. Deficiency. Total, i Abbeville .. .$ 21)7 85 $ 4.1?0 27 ; Aiken. 71; 30 3,839 ?5 ' Anderson. 5;419 53 Hamberg. 14? ?5 1,957 14 Harnwell. 2,818 32 Beaufort. 175 28 Berkeley... S3? 3? 3,110 17 . Charleston ..' _?. 5,805 0? j Cherokee.... . 2,071 5!) ! Chester. 2,484 !>s ! Chesterfield.. '.'22 00 2,727 0? ; Clarendon . *">2 37 :t,50H O'.i j jColleton .... 741 00 3,078 ?7; 1 Darlington.. . 2,731 47 , Dorchester. 1.477 70 ! : Edgelield.. . 1.447 ?2 4,132 5ii: : Pair-Held . . 113 42 3,228 05 I Florence.... 72 2H 2,787 55 Georgetown.. . 1,714 83 Greenville. . los i;o r>,780 13 : Greenwood.. . 3,055 88 , Hampton.... 53.1 37 2,40:5 02 , I I lorry. 35 on 5,02!l ?N : Kershaw . .. 37 17 l,!Mil 47 Lancaster. . 73?.i mi 3.030 ?0! Laurens. 135 ?0 3,478 00 Lee. 1,841 27 Lexington. . 340 litl 3.05? ;: Marion.. . ?01 Ml .;.71'.i 01 Marlboro. 155 SO 2.4!)2 2? 1 Newberry ... 2,075 42 ' Oconee. . ??Tu 22 2,987 88 (?rangebiirg.. 37? on ?.?01 8!J I Pickeiis I!'? U? 2.104 ?4 1 llichland. . 3,541 7.7 Saluda. 5JJ2 32 2.77.7 on Spartanburg. >< 14 ?,?34 4? Suinter. 2,795 Iii Union . 2,543 751 Williamsburg 400 ?3 3,280 Ii? York. 4,3?2 02 Total.113,008 74 $130,45? 55 At its meeting there this week the county Superintendent*?' association : unanimously recommended that the legislature change the form of ap port ionment so as to do away with the j deficiency feature and divide thp i money according to enrollment. Un der the deficiency plan Ute poorer schools are kept, up at the expense of the larger. Is it a burn? Use Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil. A cut? Use Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil. At your druggists. ? ? ? SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY. NORTH 0 SOUTH % EAST & WEST. Two Daily Pullman Vestibuled Limited Trains Between SOUTH and NEW YORK. HRST^ The best rates and route to all Eastern Cities via Richmond and Washington, or via Norfolk and Steamers. To Atlanta. Nashville, Memphis, Louis ville, St. Louis, Chicago, New Orleans, and all points South and Southwest. To Savannah and Jackson ville and all points in Florida and Cuba. N Positively the shortest line between ORTH AND S OUTH. For detailed information rates, schedules, Pullman reservations, etc., apply <o any agent of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, or Jos. W. Stewart, Traveling Passenger Agent; Columbia, S. C. C. F. Stewart, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Savannah, Ga. o ? o ? ? o ? ? ? s s s Still They Go. 100 Pairs of Extra Trousers to be Sold Within the Next 20 Days at One-quarter Off. Come now?think over your needs and consider the ' savings this sale affords. No matter how you figure there are value reasons all through the line, that must impress your judgment. ' Nothing to equal the bargains we are offering now in Men's and Youths' suits. Noth ing to be carried over that can be sacrificed. They can't help going at the prices we are selling them. The Brunson Clothing Co. E. It. PAULLING-, MANAGER. TTTe invite every house-wife to call and VX raste a sample of the finest Mince Meat in ?-*? the world, which you can buy cheaper than you can make it at home out of materials of equal quality. When we tell you that it is one of the celebrated -);57 VARIETIES^ we need say nothing more about its perfect clenness of preparation and wholesomeness be cause everybody knows wluit the name Heinz stands for. We have Heinz Mince Meat in convenient original sealed Packages or by the pound. We have things to eat and are at your service. S. O. PARIvKR. Southern Railway THIS GREAT RAILWAY RUKS THROUGH A GREAT COUNTRY CONVENIENTLY UNITING ALL THS BEST SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH. W.A.TURK. S. H. HARDWICK. Passenger Traffic Mariane. General Passsnger At^eur, Washington, D. C. W. H. TAYLOE. Ais't Cen'i Pass. A fem. Atlanta. Ca. WE RUN THE BEST VESTI BUIE TRAINS AND HAVE THE BEST DINING CAR SERVICE Real Estate Wanted. MY FACILITIES VOll BUYING, selling, exchanging or renting Real Estate, business or manufactur ing properties and machinery are ex cel led by no one in the State. I have reliable correspondents in l he Fast and West and if you have any of the above to sell or if von wish to buy or ex change, it will only costyoujastamp to learn my terms. Every ottering is thoroughly advertised wit hout cost to owner. JULIUS T. DuDLKY, lO-2K-;imo. Bennettsville, S. C. One Minute Cough Cure For Coughs, Colds and Croup. Notice to Creditors. 4 L L P E B SONS II A V I N G a \ claims against the estate of Ann H. Ashe, deceased, will present th^ same duly proven on or before the 12tb , day of April, l'.)04. or be debarred pay i meat, and all persons indebted to said 'estate will make payment on or before, j the above date lo .1 as. F. Izlaii, Qualified Executor. Orangeburg, S. C, Feb. lit. i:i04. 2-lO-4t. DeWItt's R8? Salvo For Piles, Sums, Sores* {