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~cULD HARDLX STAND ALONE try e Suffcring From Headache, S iache, Backache, and Weak nets, Relieved by Cardui, Says This Texas Lady. Gonzales, Tex.- Mrs. Minnie Phil pot, of this place, writes: ."Five years ago I was taken with a pain in my left side. It was right under my ft ribs It would commence with an 4 aching and extend up into my left (shoulder and on down Into my back. By that tame the pain would be so severe I would have to take to bed, and suffered usually about three days ...I suffered this way for three years and got to be a mere skeleton and war so weak I could hardly stand alonce. Was not able to go anywhere and had to let my house work go...I suffere" awful with a pain in my back and I had the headache all the time. I just was unable to do a thing. My life was a misery, my stomach got in an awful condition, caused from . taking so much medicine. I suffered so much pain. I had just about g'ven up all hopes of our getting anything to help fne. One day a Birthday Almanac was thrown in rey yard. After reading its testimonials I decided to try Car dui, and am so thankful that I did, for I began to improve when on the second bottle... .I am now a well woman and feeling fine and the. cure has been permanent for it has been two years since my awful bad health. I will always praise and recommend Cardul." Try Cardui today. E 78 Senator Chariton DuRant Contributes Interesting [liter I had intended making a report to the papers of the county immediately 4fter the adjournment of the legisla ture, but- for various reasons I have not had an opportunityy of doing so. 1 now wish to mention a few matters o more or less interest in connection with the last session. Liquor. I suppose every one in the county lows of the fight we had on this matter, as it was the feature of the session, but no one who has not been through a similar fight can appreci ate the effort required to defeat the open attacks and the greater danger from the insidious schemes of false friends of a measure. The Probate Judge Certificate was not my plan, but I had the choice the last few days the session of allowing this and getting the rest of the bill as I wanted it, or of having the whole till killed. It is generally conceded that the bill marks the greatest ad vance we have made in the legisla tion against the use of whiskey, and Attorney General Peeples says it is the most perfect Statute that he has over read. Liquor Advertising. I introduced a bill, which became. a law, forbidding newspapers to carry whiskey advertisements and forbid ding the sending of whiskey circu .lars. By reason of this Act the Reid Amendment absolutely barred from the United States mails all whiskey circulars and letters soliciting orders for whiskey after July 1st. * Pies Cured In 6 to 14 Days oI rT1nE falls to e e"anycase of tchizo Blind. Bleedin orProtruding Pilesi &t 14days Alcohol. I introduced. a bill, which passed the Senate but did not, pass the House, further regulating the handling of Alcohol by Druggists. It met the approval of good Druggists and no doubt will be passed by the House at the next session. Matters of Minor Importance. I also introduced a bill, which pass ed the Seriate, making It a crime to use an. automobile or bicycle without the consent of the owner. Under the o)d law a man could go joy-riding with another's automobile or bicycle, and if the jury believed that he did not intend to steal it no crime was committed. Senator Sinkler and I introduced a bill relating to the right of dower. It would give a widow dower in all the land owned by her husband at his death, but it would nake it unned essary for dower to be renounced on deeds or mortgages. The recording of renunciation of dowers amounts to thousands of dollars a year, and the frequent impossibility of being able to find out if the grantor in a deed was married thirty or forty years ago renders a large number of land titles uncertain and unsafe. In order that the Government Land Banks and oth ers who are making long loans at small rate of interest shall do the most good, every effort must be made to eliminate as far as possible chances of defects in titles. This was not passed but is still on the Calendar and will be fought out next session. County Financies. The county seems to have been steadily falling behind and depending upon long term bond issues to make up deficiencies. The levy for 1914, and 1915 was four and a half mills, but in 1915 bonds were issued for $20,000.00, which, as I then under stood, paid the back indebtedness down to the first of January, 1915. In January, 1916, before the Legis lature met, the delegation met with the County Board of Commissioners and we were informed that they had practically gone through on the levy, but needed a little more in order to carry on the county's affairs proper ly. Accordingly. in 1916 we raised the levy to five mills. In 1917 we were surprised to find that there was a considerable back indebtedness, the amount of which no one knew defi nitely. The amount steadily climbed from $8000.00 to $10,000.00, and from $10,000.00 to $12,000.00, and finally to $15,000.00, which all accrued prior to 1917. Some of these claims that are outstanding were issued in years prior to 1915, so that the bond issue did not pay all of the back indebted ness when it was made. We were confronted with the problem of rais ing the money to pay these legitimate claims, and of trying to provide a plan by which these deficiencies would not again occur. Back Indebtedness. We had the choice of twenty year bonds, or short term notes, or a four mill extra levy to pay the back in debtedness. Of these we chose the plan of notes for a term of four years and a levy of one mill with which to pay them. The bill was introduced in the House by Mr. Mellette author izing the borrowving of the $12,000.00 which was the amount the Supervisor thought was needed. It passedl the House and came to the Senate and we wvere advised that the Supervisor had found it wvould take $15,000.00 to pay the back claims. A ceordingly I had the bill amende:d as to the number of notes and amount of each andi changed the total amount from . . De~ighfiflsb.y. C03a Cola Boiltm g UCiH ALADRMEDFOR A iME, SHE SAYS Mrs. Cisson Explains How She Over came Cause of Worry. GLADLY GIVES DETAILS Was Made to Feel Like a Different Woman and She is Grateful. "Tanlac is the best remedy I ever took for my troubles, and I am glad to recommend it because it gave me such fine results," said Mrs. 'essie Cisson, of No. 15 Main St., Woodside, Greenville, in a statement she gave May 31st. "I took Tanlac for a gen erally run down and weakened condi tion, and at that time I was almost Sure I had a mild case of pollagra. I was very weak and very nervous. My head ached all the time, I was troubled a lot with dizziness and my appetite had about left me. "But I felt like a new person when I quit taking Tanlac. I gained in weight and strength right from the start. I soon had a good appetite and the Tanlac quickly had me feel ing fine and strong. Those headaches and the nervousness soon were re lieved. I am enjoying fine health now and have been ever since I quit taking Tanlac about a year ago." Tanlac, the Master Medicine, is sold by Dickson's Drug Store, Man ning; L. W. Nettles, Jordan; Shaw & Plowden, New Zion; Farmers' Sup ply Co., Silver; D. C. Rhame, Sum mi-erton.-Adv. $12,000.00 to $15,000.00. Unfortunate ly, while amending the body of the Act I did not amend the title, as should have been (lone. Usually the title as prepared by the Solicitors authorizes county officers to borrow money to pay back indebtedness, but this bill authorized the county officers .o borrow $12,000.00 to pay back in :lebt.edness, so that the bill when final !y passed had a title authorizing the county officers to borrow $12,000.00, and the Act itself authorized the county to borrow $15,000.00. All bills when passed have to be read by the Solicitors for errors, and this error was overlooked by them. Some of the Bond people, after ob taining the advice of their New York Attorneys on the Act, agreed to buy the Bonds, but afterwards took the position that the Act was entirely void because in violation of the pro vision of the Constitution that an Act shall refer to but one subject, and that one expressed in the title. The error was mine and some Solicit or's. Needless to say It was greatly regretted by me, and I have made every effort to get the notes placed, but so far without success. The Supervisor is forbidden under the law to use the appropriations of one year in paying the expenditures of another, although it has been the :ustom to do so. Of' course all of the taxes for 1916 should go to the payment of claims for that year, but in the spring of 1916 $20,000.00 was borrowed for which the taxes were pledged, so that the Supervisor has had in hand only the difference be tween the amount collected andI $20,. 000.00 to pay on these back claims. Rlegulation of Supervisor's Office. Under the old lawv there were four Comminissioners chosen from different sections of the county and each man was given charge of the work. in his section, which naturally resulted in each one knowving wvhat wvas dlone in his own section and getting as much as he could (lone there, and not know ing much of what wvent on in the rest of the county. We thought it better to rediuce the number to two men to take more active interest in the whole county than for four men to have 'nly a loc-al inter'est in his own see tion. By agreement of the D~elega Lion I introduced a bill reducing the nmber of Commissioners from four o two, whIich became a law. Feeling that cond it ions under which Slarge indebtedness was continually piling up against the couinty were un businesslike and wrong, and that the siystemb was more to bra me than the I'licers, the (delegaidiion spent a great I eal of time~ inl prepain tg a bill for the pu rpose of~ contr coling and regu lating county expenditures. '[his bill wals i ntrodlued~ by meW and1 p~assed the Seknate, and went to the Hlouse three wveeks before adjournment, but did niot patss t1h ouse. I suppoidse it will be passed at the mht session. If not it will not be my fault. For p)ublic in formation I will give here an abj strac-t of its termis. Ahstract of I'entling 1Hill. When supplies are puechasedl or work ordered Supervisor shall issue a written order for same and file a 'luplicate in his oflice, and same shall be considered by the- Board at next meeting andi approved or disapproved. Original shall he attached to claim filed against county. The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head ecueof its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA T IVt E DROMO Q UININJt is better than ordinary Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. Remember the full name and inok.for the signature of EE Wu. nRunun 25 No purchases in excess of $25.00 except on bids after advertising. During months of January, April, July and October of each year state ment must be published containing following information: Amounts ap propriated respectively for "Roads, Bridges, and Chaingang," "Contingent Expenses," "Books, Stationery and Printing," "Salaries," "Public Build ings," "Poor and Poor Farm," "Court Expenses," "Back Indebtedness." Also total claims approved from January 'st, to the first day of month in which report is made, payable out of the respective appropriations and 'also in another column as near as can be ascertained the amount of obliga tions of the county contracted for, in curred or chargeable to the respective appropriations but for which claims have not yet audited by said eBoard. Also number of convicts on chain gang on first day of each preceding month. Also number of mules and horses owned and number of employees on chaingang. Also amount of borrowed money and interest paid for same. Inventory shall be kept of county machinery, tools, equipment and live stock, and copy filed with rand Jury with statement of what has been bought, and price paid for same. No claims exceeding $10.00 for work on roads to be approved until personally inspected by Supervisor. No member of County Board to fur nish work or materials for county. Unlawful for County Treasurer to pay warrant out of any fund except for purpose appropriated. Should any officer contract in excess of appro priation county not liable but officer will be on his official bond. Officers not allowed to buy supplies, forms, books and blanks and charge to county, but make requisition on County Board, which makes all pur chases. Repair work on roads in excess of $25.00 to be advertised and bids in vited. No money borrowed except after advertising for bids. A member of the' County Board shall every month visit chaingang and inspect convicts, cages, tents, general conditions and health of con victs and county property, and make written report. The purport of this Act shall be explained to the Grand Jury by Pre siding Judge at each regular term of court. We are hopeful that the county's finances will not again get in such a deplorable condition. Timber Tax. This matter was put squarely 'up to me in my campaign and I stated the position that "1 had always held -that in my opinion timber should be taxed, and that the law that al lowed a man to hold a fortune in timber without paying any taxes, while making another pay taxes on all his property, was unjust. I introduced a bill in 1916 embody ing my ideas at that time, but I found that I had got hold of a tough proposition. I failed in what I at temptel, but finally got through the Senate a bill putting Clarendon with Berkeley, Dorchester and some other counties which levy a small tax on If I(s igh In the T It'i ih no t' oyRight" wheni Isnu t the tuth tn Righltheoiia Inethnesso and Cxupst Boscu BedCofeei isnot anl mre whtuen of ifferent tk in, but th mos oskllu LDo the best coffees, pro ducing delicious flavor and delicate aroma, At Alft Good Grocers WM. S. SCULL CO. Established 1558 CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY timber that is cut. It amounts to the owner of the timber paying ta'xes for the yehr that he cuts the timber, but not for any other year. In other words, he can hold the timber for twenty years and only pays taxes on it the year it is cut. There are a number of other grave objections .to the Act, but it is better than nothing. Failing in the measure that I had introduced, I fell back on it' and got it through the Senate, but it died in the House. This year I prepared and introduc ed a bill providing for the payment of a tax of five cents p'er thousand on all timber cut. It seemed to me that this was such a small amount that the mill owners would be willing to pay it, but I was mistaken. Large numbers of them appeared, got hear ings postponed from time to time so that I did not get it through the Senate. It is still on the Calendar and will be fought out at the next session. Realizing the nature and strength of the opposition that I was up against, I decided to see if I could put one over without its being pub lished in the papers, or any publicity given to it. I was able to do this in the following way. A member from Dorchester county introduced a bill exempting Dorches ter from the tax on timber. This passed the House, anr In the Senate I amended it by putting the tax on in Clarendon. It being a local matter, it went back to the House which concurred in the amendment without anybody knowing what the amend ment was, and it became a law. So that beginning with next year Clar endon will get the same tax from timber that Berkeley and some other counties now do. This was the best that I was able to do, and it was a good deal. Most people do not know that there is al ways in attendance on the Legislature a man who makes copies of all bills affecting corporations, and sends them out to his employers over the State. He is very quick and enterprising about getting information of such legislation, as I have reason to know, because on one occasion he sent out a copy of a bill that I had prepared and I received a letter in regard to it before the bill was ever introduced. I do not know how he got this copy, but he got it. Charleston College. I found that Charleston Medical College was turned over to the State a few years ago with the statement that they would only want $10,000.00 a year for its operation. In the first four years the amount has grown from $10,000.00 to $35,000.00, and this year they asked for $50,000.00. As their report showed that they only had 58 medical students and 31 phar mical students, it will be seen that our young doctors were costing us over $2000.00 each, besides their salaries. It would be cheaper for the State to pay their board and tuition at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore than to run the College as it is now. I introduced a bill to give the College back to the former owners, as it was too expensive a luxury. This did not pass the Senate. It may be that on account of the needl for Doctors and Nurses in the war that I will not press5 this bill at the next session1 but I certainly think our Doctors are cost ing us too much. Pay of Legislators. At present members of the Leg is lature are paid, $200.00 for the session. It .s expensive to stay in Columbia and the man wvha can really afford to go for this amount without graft and without loss i:; apt to be of small benefit. I am willing to make sac rifices for my State if n~ecessary, andl~ I do not want the State to pay me as much as I can make In my oflice, but 85.00 a (lay out of which to pay ex penses is too l ittle, andl I introd uced a bill to increase the amount to $101.00 pe(r (lay for .10 (lays. It would not haive appliedl to thIiis session, or to the next sessionl, hut my succ('esso would have gotten the bet. of it. Thliis is not polite, I know, but I am not mutch of a politician and I b~elieve the State wvould gain by the (bante. ,. 1 introduced aomeu othert mea suies of only slight interest, and I took part as best I could in numtters that c'ame befor~e the Senne'. I was in terested and hellped in the (Canal 1.e i-':t ion HI ie-hway~ Iill and ot her mat - ltrs ot genteral im portaneW' toot numerl(! o'ld to be mient ionted here'. I wvotlre hard, idl se pool; had mn-ale somenmista kes- all of wvhich~ is naturtal. Charlton Duaiant. 'VE*SEL. .\lA Y Im~ TEOTA L. 1,OSS Norwegian-Amiterican ILiner l'ounding Jlcavily in Surf. St. .Johns, N. F., .July 16(.-The Nor wvegiant-American line steamnship Kris tian iafjord, which wvent agroundl near Cape Race in a fog yesterday, was pounding heavily in the surf today and( it was feared that she wvould be come a total loss. The passengers ar rivedl here today. ADVERTISR IN TIln TIMES. SCHLOSS / lB . &I0 NEW SPRING CLOTHES Modelled to the Young Man's mind---and made to our Standard Here's a Suit-or rath er a line of Suits-on which we have put the best thought and buying ability that we possess. There's quality in the fabric; quality in the hand-tailoring; quality in the fine silk thread; qual ity in the style. Madec by Schloss Bros. & Co., the famous Young Men's tailors-leaders in style for almost half a century. Their guarantee, and ours--goes wvith every Suit. $17.50 to $30.00 NEWIDEA MORSIS N ESS, Wanager.