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-Suggestions How to Find Relief from Such Suffering* While no woman is entirely free from periodical suffering, it does not seem to be the plan of nature that women Bhould suffer so severely. Menstrua tion is a severe strain on a woman's vitality. If it is painful or irregular something- is wrong- which should be Bet ripfht or it will lead to a serious de rangement of the whole female organ ism. More than fifty thousand women have testified in grateful letters to Mrs. Pinkham that Lydia E. Pinkham's ?Vegetable Compound overcomes pain ful and irregular menstruation. It provides a safe and sure way of es cape from distressing and dangerous weaknesses and diseases. The two following letters tell so con vincingly what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound sooner: for I have tried so many remedies without help. " I dreaded the approach of my menstrual period every month, as it meant so much pain and suffering for me, but after I had used the Compound two months I became regular ar 4 nacoral and am now perfectly well and free from pain atmy monthly periods. I anvvery grateful for what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound has done for me." Such testimony should be accepted by all women as convincing evidence that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound stands without a peer as a remedy for all the distressing ills of women. ? The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound rests upon the well-earned gratitude of American women. When women are troubled with irreg* Vegetable Compound .will do for ttlar, suppressed or painful menstrua women, they cannot fail to bring hope |t?uU' leucorrhcea, displacement or nl to thousands of sufferers. Miss Nellie Holmes of 540 N. Davi sion Street, Buffalo, N. 7., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:? " Tour medicine is indeed an Ideal medicine for women. I sufferer? misery for years with painful periods, headaches, and bearing-down pains. I consulted two different physicians but foiled to get n uy relief. A friend from the East advised me to try Lydia E. Pink barn's Vegetabl" Compound. I did so, and no longer suffer as I did before. My periods are natural:every ache and pain Is gone, end my general health is much improved. I advise ail women who suffer to take Lyiia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." Mrs. Tillie Hart, of Larimore, N D., writes: Dear Mn might have have been spared many months of suffering and pain had I only known of the el?ca-y of Lydia E. Pinkham's ceration of the womb, that bearing down feeling, inflammation of the ovaries, backache, bloating, (or flatu lency), general debility, indigestion and nervous prostration, or are beset with such symptoms as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, excitability, irritability, ner vousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, they should remember there is one tried and true remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound it once removes such troubles. Refuse to buy any other medicine, for you need the best. Don't hesitate to write to Mrs. Pinkham if there is anything about your sickness you do not understand. She will treat you with kindness aud her advice is free. No womau ever regretted writing her and she has helped thousands. Address Lynn, Mass. Ask firs. Pinkham's Advice-A Woman Best Understands a Woman's Ails. The International ALL STEEL HAY PRESS. It is the Largest Capacity One-Horse Press Made. It's special points of merit is as follows; 1 Strength of Construction. ? Lightness of Draft. Large Hopper and Feed Table. Easy to Feed. Easy fo tie bales without stopping to catch np. , Very few power parts and they are extra strong. s No Spring Links or Pulleys to get out of order. No jerking of the Horse. Tension easily regulated to make bale any weight. Automatic Roller Trucker. We have these Presses in stock both mounted and unmounted and can fill orders promptly. Write us for catalogue and prices. Arthur Hardware Co. [St. Matthews and Elloree, S. C. 8tHltB t ? < 99?9 > 11 999? ? *?W???W??99 THE EDISTO SAVINGS BANK, OraDgebiirg, O. CAPITAL. SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFIT B. K. MOSS. J M OLIVER.V*?? F. S. DIBBLE, Caahier. J. W. FA I RE Y, .?r ....$100,000 - .000 Rflhior ??bc BOARD OF DIRECTORS. M. O. Dantzxek, B. IT. Mops, W. G. SjIith, J. M. Oliver, T 0. Doyle, W. P. FaAmst, W. R.Lowmax, Sol Kuhn. I. W. Smoak. This Bank has two departments, a Current and a Savings. Interest is allowed in the Savings Depart ment at tbe rate of one per cent per quarter, payable on the first days of January, April, July and October. Money saved is money made, and thr way to save is to de posit your money in the Savings Depart ment and draw interest. This Bank's absolute security is besi atlested by its Capital Stock; its Surplus and by the character and standing of W Offi cers and Board of Directors. Accounts solicited, customers assured eveiy accomodation. consistent with sound hanking. Money loaned on good security! Now is the Time to Get Your Seees. $ <? 0 Wc handle nothing but pure seeds. Improved Appllrr Seed Oats raised in our count y hy reliable farmers. Uve thousand bushels Red Fust Proof Soed Oats now in store for your in specticn. County Raised Rye Seed. Red May and Purple Straw Wheat Seeds. I et ns estimate on your bill for Doors, Sash and Blinds, Unk an i Mabognny Mantels Will sell cheap er than factories and give yon first-class material. We are leaders in Hay and drain, nice Flour and Bran; A largo, stock of lime,cement and plaster always In stock. Write or tolephone us. Orders shipped same day recei 'ed. AVERS & WILLIAMS, ORASGEBUIiG, S. C. Hold the Record Against Those of Any Other Country* NO CHAMPION IN FRANCE Great Weight of Cars and Engines Facilitate High Speed?Fastest Trains in America Run Between Camden and Atlantic City?Time Lost by Grade Crossings. Shortening the time of running on the Zossen Road in Germany so that the regular schedule makes it neces sary for the trains to maintain a speed Of sixty-two miles ah hour, or twelve ir.iles an hour more than the previous speed, has again raised the question as to what countries have the fastest service. For years the railroad men of Germany, France, England, and the United States have laid claim to the champion speed transit ,the contro versy narrowing down to the Amer ican and German fliers. W. A. Schulze, in a compilation of statistics, would make it appear that the fast service in Germany is considerably superior to that of the roads in the United States, while George G. Tunell, the champion of the American trains, asserts that Mr. Schulze arrived with out warrant at the astonishing con clusion that the trains of Germany average better in point of speed than those of any other country. There is no champion for France, which for some time held the record breaking train of the world, and even Great Britain is not represented by any one to uphold her claims, as was done some years ago. "One thing, and a very important factor not generally recognized in dis putes about the fastest trains, is that the Am^xicans are seriously hampered by the necessary slowing up at grade crossings and that our people do not observe or uave laws saving them from danger and giving the trains the right of the road. Abroad if a man walks on the railroad track he is ar rested and hcaviiy punished. Here if he walks on the tracks the railroads have to pay for his supposed value. Even with these handicaps we still beat them. "The Empire State Express of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad has been in service since Oct. 26, 1S91. It makes the run from New York to Buffalo, 440 miles, in 8 hours and 15 minutes. The average speed, including four stops, two of them being made with a change of en gines and with twenty-eight slow downs for crossings, is 49.303 miles an hour. In certain places the speed is terrific. "One reason why these remarkable speeds' can be made with safety is because ot the great weightVof the engines and the cars. It is interesting to note the> difference with the fliers on the other side. On. our train the weight of the cars is 227 tons, loco motive 150 tons, the total being 427 tons. The average number of passen gers carried each day is 400. "Of the fast ones abroad the South ern Express leaving Paris by way of the Orleans Railway for .Bayonne makes the distance of 488.01 miles in the running time of 9 hours and 54 minutes, the average speed being 49.303 miles an hour. The weight of the cars is but 110 tons. This is the principal train between France and Spain, and on an ordinary trip does not carry over forty passengers. This Southern express was for a while the fastest train in the world. At that time it completed its run in a- little les6 than 8 hours, the average speed, involving stops, being 54 niiles an hour. About two years ago, this ex press, owing to the lightness of the cars, met with a fearful accident, and the time was reduced for safety to the figures I have given. Similar ac cidents on English roads caused slow er time. "The East Coast Express of the Great Northern and Northwestern Railways running from London to Edinburg, a distance of 393% miles, makes the Journey In 7 hours and 45 minutes, the average speed per hour being 50.77 miles. "The West Coast Express, via the London and Northwestern and the Caledonian Railways, runs from Lon don to Glasgow, a distance of 401% miles in eight hours, at an average speed of 50.18 miles an hour. "In England one of the fastest en gines is known as La France. She was built in France for the Great Western and has a record of 84.9 miles an hour on the dead level, with out any aid from gravitation, while drawing a 120-ton train, but her long distance pulls do not equal some of the special speed trains. Yes, Sir, the fastest trains in the world are run over the American roads. "Let us see how the service be tween Chicago and Milwaukee, which Mr. Schulze deems unworthy of do tice. compares with the service in Germany, in point both of speed and of distance. Of all the German trains that find a place in Mr. Schulze's comparisons of German and American trains, only one, that from Witten berge to Hamburg, shows a speed greater than 79.1 kilometers per hour, the speed of the fastest train be tween riiicago and Milwaukee."?New York Times. Real "City of Homes." Philadelphia is well named Hie "City of Homos." Last year nearly C.OOfl now houses averaging less than $2.000 in cost were built That city lias nearly 290,000 dwellings, an aver age of about one dwelling for every five persons The Unimd States contains 3.nnn.nnn mules. Tlio other kickers number about 74.31S.291. may he worth to you more than $100.il you have a child tnat soils the beding from incontinence of water during Isleep. Cures young and old alike. It ! arrests the trouble at once. $1. Sold by Lowman & Lowman, Orangeburg, S. C. Never say die! Try L. L. L. Buy Lowman's Liver Lifters. Take Lowman's Liver Lifters. Use Lowman's Liver Lifters. Try Lowman's Liver Lifters. Harris Lithia Water. For sale at Drs. Lowman & Lowman, PHONE ON STEAMSHIPS. Lookout Will Convey Warning Over Wire Instead of Shouting. When the lookout in the crow's nest of the ocean liner of the future sights an object, in lieu of shouting he will open a copper telephone box, a"^ say to the skipper througn a transmitter: "There's a steamer's smoke ahead, sir. Two miles off the port bow. Four miles away.' James H. Hill's new steamship Da kota, the largest vessel ever built in America, and a replica of the Minne sota, now engaged in trans-Pacific commerce, is equipped with two dis tinct systems of telephones, connected with which are the newest wrinkles in both general and marine telephony. Telephoning at sea has never been a success on account of vibration of the vessel, noise of machinery, the roar of the wind, and the admission of mois ture to the parts. On board the Dakota one system is an exchange, with instruments in all the staterooms, women's saloon, smoke room, Stewart's department and executive officers' cabins. The telephone girl will be in the stern. At command of her deft hand will be 150 stations. If a passenger wishes a steward he pushes a button. On the switchboard drops a target, disclosing the cabin number. When "Central" inserts the plug she looks ? for a red lamp. If the red light does not glow she knows that only a stew ard is wanted. If a passenger desires to talk the receiver is raised from the hook, the tiny electric lamp associated with the plug reddens and the girl knows that conversation is called for. Any number of passengers can talk togetn er, conducting from as many different parts of the ship a general conversa tion. When the Dakota I reaches her pier a line is run aboard, enabling pas sengers and crew to call up their friends ashore, or vice versa. The second system is thG ?'intercom municating." The officers using this do their own switching. It will large ly supplant the gong and jingle sys tems and the marine telegraph. It ex tends between the navigating and en gine-room stations. The stations are the bridge, the aft er bridge, crow's nest, port and star board engine spaces, wheel-house, chief engineer's room, chief electri cian's room, central electric lighting station and the dynamo shelf. The six exposed stations have wrter proof instruments. The holding case is of copper. The talking and liste ing part are connected, ? says the American Syren and Shipping, so that all the officer, or sailor has to do is to put the receiver to his ear. To pass a hook up and down would admit dampness or water. Over the earpiece is placed a rubber cushion to shut out the throb of tl' engines. In signals requiring the Prutting of water-tight doors, engine control, communications from look outs and delivery and receipt of mes sages, the intercommunicating tele phone is expected to be of superior utility. A mechanical arrangement of the parts is designed to do away with the objectionable feature of vibration, which on ships has been the great bugbear in marine telephoning.?New York Mail. Raw Opium From the Poppy. The preparation of "raw" opium In North India is, according to the Trop ical Agriculturalist, carried out as fol lows: In February, as a rule, the juice is gathered, the poppy plant being then in full flower and of a height of three or four feet, each stem having from iwo to five capsules of the size of a duck's egg. Before the capsules are pierced the fallen petals of the flowers are carefully gathered and sorted according to condition, in three grades, and then are heated over a slow fire and formed into thin cakes, to be used for the covering of the drug when collected. The pierding of the pods requires great skill, and upon it largely de pends the yield. The opium farmer and his assistants each carry a small lancelike tool, which has three or four short, sharp prongs, and with this a half dozen perpendicular cuts are made, in each capsule or seed pod of the poppy. The juice begins to flow at once, but quickly congeals. The day after the thickened juice is care fully gathered, being scraped off with a small iron trowel, and the mass thus gathered Is put into an earth vessel and kept carefully stirred for a month of more, great care being taken to have It well aired, but not exposed to the sun. The material is now examined by expert testers, who determine its grade or quality, and then the whole is put into a large box, where it is worked very much In the same fash ion as baker's dough, to give it the re quired consistency. The opium ts now made into balls for export. The natives wade about In the large vats containing the paste like drug and hand it out to hundreds of ball makers sitting around tl.e room. Every man ? has a spherical brass cup, lined with i poppy flower petals, before him. Into i this is pressed the regulation quan [ tity of opium. From this brass cup when properly pressed, the opium ball is transferred to another man, wlin ? gives it a coating of clay. This gives the drug, when ready for shipment. I the appearance of a fair sized cannon ball. When well prepared in this manner, opium will keep Its properties for ! fifteen years or more. Befnr" it can ' be used, the opium balls have to be j broken up and further treated. Tim religions revival in Carnarvon, Wales, has resulted in Its prohibiting ? the lauding of Sunday excursionists I from Liverpool men its piers. Clenrrd fop Actiur. When ?be bodv Is cleared f'>r acti< o by Dr. Klnc'n New Life Pill?, you c?.n tell it by the bloom of health pd yr ur cheek*: the brightness of the eyes: the firmness of the (lesb are1 muscles: the i u^ancy of ti e mind. Try them. At Wann*maker M'f'g. Cj,s. drug store,25 cents. Energy all ?one? Heariache? Stem ach out of orde?? Simply a case of torpid liver. Burdock B'ood Bitters will make a new man or woman of you. WHY KIDNEY DISEASE IS DANGEROUS. Neglect of the First Warning Symp toms is the Prime Cause of so Many Deaths from the Dreaded Bright's Disease^ It is Easily Curable in the Early Stages. Kidney diseases are so destructive to human life because they do not manifest alarming symptoms until the constitu tion is seriously weakened and the Btrength exhausted. Then, too often, the remedies employed by many physi cians are of indifferent or doubtful value, and the patient rapidly sinks under the disease. The wisest course is to apply a reliable kidney and liver remedy on the first appearance of the symptoms. A little uneasiness in the small of the back, digestive troubles, bowel irregularities and disorder in the urinary organs are matters of small moment in.the estima tion of strong men and women, yet they have a serious meaning. They show clearly that the kidneys are suffering and need help, which must be forth coming at once to prevent serious, per haps fatal consequences. A few doses of Prickly Ash Bitters at this time weuld prove of incalculable value in restoring the weakened organs to health. An investment of one dollar in a bottle of Prickly Ash Bitters when the disease is yet in the early stage will save hundreds I of dollars in doctor's bills, besides the suffering that would surely follow should the disease be allowed to fasten itself in the body. The excellent curative powei of Prickly Ash Bitters is not confined to the first stages of kidney disease. It is equally efficacious in severe or chronic cases. Physicians have used it as a last resort, in cases that defied their best efforts, with the most brilliant results, and it has shown its superiority over the many so-called kidney cures, now being loudly advertised, in instances innu merable. Accept no substitute. Insist on hnvinp the genuine Prickflv Ash Hitters with the large figure 3 in red on the front label. [ Sold at Dr-j Stores, SI.00 per bottle. G. Wannamaker Mfg. to., Special Agents. Fire Insurance. Place your Fire Insurance in any Company represented by : : : : Islar & Sally, and you can't make a mistake. Write plantation insurance, and also insure cotton stored on plantation. Call on us. IZLAR & SALLY. .NOTICE. I am buying Hides, Sheep Skins arid Bees Wax, and pay the highest market price for same. See me at Cotton Plat orm be fore selling. R. N. OWEN Pioneer Sq The Stay t a IT WILL PAY YOU TO Headache, Sour Stom ach, Torpid Liver and Chronic Constipation. Pleasant to take A Stove Lid That Is Different. A lighted parlor match will beat hot a lid of a Buck's range A quickly heated ' lid means a quickly prepared meal. Lids of Buck'* stoves are so constructed that they a'sorb''and radiate heat almost instantly. And yet, they are both strong and light?will not break or warp- This is another reason why you should own a Buck's range. No other stove is like it. It has many improvements not found in other makes, and all the good things found in any make. It is a labor saver; a fuel saver: a happy home maker. DENTISTS. Drs. Perryclear & Sif ley Office in New Dibble Building. We will attend lall calls in the country. E. SIFLEY, Specialist in Dental DProthesIs, Crown and Bridge Work. J. G. CAMPBELL, DENTIST, Successor to Dr. L. C. Shecut, Office hours. 8.30 a. m. to 1 p. m.; 8 p. m. to 5 p.m. ScoviUe Bldg., Orangeburg, S. C. |uare Mesh r That Stays; It You Get Prices on DO THIS, AS I HAVE A CA axatiye Fruit Syni For Sale by Dr. A. C. CUKES. Special Sale ?OF THE? Pine firove Mercantile Co~ Every Friday Attracts a great deal of a i(r.ticit< among our Customers. This week there will be a special sale of : : : : : A Staple Article The public will always find them low as the lowest on all staple goodg such as Dry Goods. Shoes, Hats,. ?o? Clothing and Peaple Groceries. A line of Coffins carried in stock. Pine Grove Mercantile Co. Assessment Notice. 1906. ?\fOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN i-N tha> I, or my deputy, will be at the following named places on the ? days specified for the ourpose of taking 1 returns of real and personal property i for taxation in Orangeburg County for - I the fiscal year 1U06. All taxpayers must give the number ! of School District in which property is ' located. Special care should be taken , in locating property in or near speciaL i School Districts. School trustees in ! the dijferent townships are requested ? to meet the Auditor at' these appoin 1 ments and assist in i he proper location of special school and poll taxes All personal property owned on the first day of January, 11106, must be re? turnea. Real estate must also be re turned and re-valued., i Bowman, Wednesday, Jan. 3. i Branchville, Thursday; Jan. 4. Rowesville, Friday, Jan 5. j Canaan Church. Saturday, Jan. 6.. Felderville, Monday. Jan. 8. Dantzler F. O.. Tuesday, Jan. 9.. Vances, Wednesday, Jan. 10. Parlers, Tnursday, Jan. 11. Elloree, Friday, Jun 12. ! Cameron, Saturday, Jan. 13. Livingston, Monday, Jan. 15. Dru Sawyers, Tuesd. y, Jan. 16. Springfield, Wednesday, Jan. 1T~ Gleaton, Thursday, Jan. 18. Norway, rr.day, Jan. 19. Cope, Saturday, Jan. 20. Lane Star, Monday, Jan, 22. Ft. Motie, Tuesday, Jan. 23. St. Matthews, Wednesday, Jan. 24 .1. T. Gressetts, Thursday, Jan. 25. j North. Friday, Jan. 26. _J Phillips, Saturday, Jan. 27. Orangeburg C ourt Bouse from Jan.. 1 to Feb. 20th, inclusive. Olllce hours from 9 A. M. to 2 P. M. T M. McMicuael, County Auditor O. C. Farmers sod Merchants' Bank. CAPITAL STOCK $30,000. President, Vice President, I. S. Harley. W. L. Moseley.. Cashier, W. B. Thompson. Board of Direcors. L. S. Harley, T. R. McCants, [. W. Bowman, L. E. Riley, Isidore Rich, W. L. Moseley, I. W. Sandel, R. F. Way, Robt. E. Wannamaker. We announce with pleasure to our patrons and the general public that we have moved into o\ir New Banking Rooms corner of Russell and Brough ton Sts., where we are prepared to do a.. General Banking Business. Our Bank is supplied with Fireproof Vaults and Burglar and Fire Proof Safe. We ask you for your deposits, and will extend every accomdation consistent with correct Banking. Farm For Sale. T?OR SALE A FARM OF TWO JP hundred acres, about seventy-live acres cleared land, with good dwelling, and out houses. The farm is in. Hampton County, one mile from Cum minps Station on the v'ort Royal and Augusta Railroad. For further in formation apply to Dk. I. L. Reeves, ll-l-3mos. Orangeburg. s. C Pioneer Fencing. R LOAD ON THE ROAD. Cleanses the system thoroughly and clears sallow complexions of pimples and blotches.. It is guaranteed