The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 02, 1897, Image 4

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A V?1?aY>I? **?e. e A ? HIWBW'" *ror, I, / a *?* day# *?o (V company bouglft ol . IV, ikdanw, of Pullln, all'J^g walnut tmber, from 12 inohee up, iff u good rto*. In cutting the timber tlioy cuiue croea an old walnut troo that had boon own down for *t loaat thirty yeure, Jattd had been threatened to bo burned Up aovoral time#, but whon they umdu ton examination of It they found It to jbo a blrdeyo walnut worth considerable tiioney, The -company gavo Mr. Ad hms $1100 for It, It measured 70 foot, ' "tttid they will get ?40 per foot, whictj will amount to $2,800,? Dover (Ky.) Now*. .. * jrewa (n Jerusalem. Whila tbo return of tho Hebrew raci 0 their promised land la regardod bj aofct pcopio art a visionary scheme, 11 1 an Interesting fact that the number >f Jowl) in Jerusalem has incrcaaod within twenty-two years from 15.000 to between 60,000 and 70,000. An Kn Irishwoman who has recently return ed from Jerusalem, where sho has lived for forty years, ways thautho old tuburba of tho city, Ion? doserf%l and rulnod, are bolng built up at a" sur prising rate, and that tho luflux of J'?w* Is equally rapid In all parts of Palestine so that they aro beginning to ouuftiuibor both MoHlotna and Chris tians. a nonu(ir?ii skin It one of the ohlftf requisites of an nttrnotlte ap. penraiuty. Koiinh. d y. nouly pntcboa. Ilnln l<H? tery eidpMonn, red und uimlnhily rlnKwoi no? - thutyy wrt.uid h>)'?|| Miu liouuty of a voillulde Vonys 'I hey aro completely and quickly cured by Tetteiino. to? coma u l>ox ut (1 tni; stores or for M' coma in stumim from J. T Hhuptrliio, ?Savannah. ('ft Cahoarein stimulate llvtfr, klilneya and bowels. Novcr uiokon, weaken or gripe) 10o< X>M?fn?aa Cannot bo Cured It looat applications. na tlioy cannot rosoh th? afaeaxod \ ortl >n of tnn e.ir. Thero ia only on* way toiure dwafneMS, and that In hv constitu tional remedies t>0*' nets Is caused by an In flamed condition of tho mucous llnlug ot the Eustachian Tube, When this tube gots In fUm>d you have ft ritmbi./ig sound or Unper foot hearing, *'"1 wuen It la entirely olostid l>?afrioM ta tho revilf, and tinlwt tho Inflain knatlono.iQ bo Ink n out. and this tuba re stored tot a normal condition, heartn'r will 'to destroyed forowr. Nino oases out of ten lira caused by oatarrli, wiiloli 1h noting but au lu flamed condition of t )i o ihui'duk aurfacea, We will fir? One Hundred Do'lura 'for any ?aieof Desfness (caused by ?*ntnrrh) t hut can not bii enred by Hull'a lulaj rU Cure. Hond for olroular*, f roe. r. J. OnfNKT A Oo.,Tolodo, O. Bold by Drnpi;l t.s, T>c. Hall's Faniuy 1*11 ta u re the ha.sL To the Sotjt iiern ttuptiht Convention, At WUinlAUtun, N. C., .Mny fitli to Mtli, 1807, the Scaboa d All" Mhp OfrtMrf Ihoboelnorvico, quloko. t routes anil u Imlr into- In addition to the regular auporb double (lallvKOi vUjci.it Ja propOHOtl to run throo "Hai>tle?t Spoiual Tralii" (torn VliKinin, North t'firollna, bputh Carolina nnd Ooo uim making Immu dlato cntimv t.iona with trains from nil points North, B.iuth, l-;a!>t and Wont. I or vpeolal nrlntod matt-or, map*. I Imo-lnbloij, raton tlol(C'ifl, hlooporti and all Information, addro?? or mill on H. A. Newland, (Jon'l <\i;l., i'aas'r fJopt., 0 Kimball llon io, AtlantA. On., or T. J. Aiulornon, Oon'l I'uHK'r Au't, PortHinouth. Vn. Tho fto/ird of Arbitration aott loci Duluth's laundry otrllco. No?To.ltao in r Klfty Cmili. Over <(K), 000 cured. Why not let No-To-Hao roan lato or remove your lU'Kiro lor tobacco? Havcfl money, makes licaJlh and manhood. Onro KUaraniecd. 60 ccntn and i 1.(41, at all druyjistH. Bvdnoy (N. Y.) ?llk vreavors struck ruthof Ibnn give up their union. FITS Kt'dipod froenml pormancntlycured. No <8 after flrnl day'Aj>f>o of I > it. Ki.ink'h Oat at E I K liv H It K wro UK |t . Kreeiijtrilii hoi tUwiiid'lreatt a. Bond to Dr. Kllun, 031 Arch St., t'lilla., Pa. Mra. Wlnslow'n Bootblnif Syrup for children teethlnu, Hotlena (JiOKmnn, reduccs inllHiuiiia* tlou, allays pain, cures wind colic, a bottle. AynF.N litlloun or c.oatlvo, cal a (?acoaret, candy cathartic; cui^i uimrantevd; Kk*., <.'5c, J bnllove I'Ibo's (Jiiro for Consumption savod Wy boy's Hfo laut HUininor.--.Mra. Ai.ua Douo Uhi, I^eHoy, Micb.,t'"t. ?), PWI. If nffltcteil e ? t h foro rxesifiso Dr. I. 'J'liomj lonaKyo Water. t>rm.'irUt?/?dl at. V5oa bottle Jdkt try a it'e. (>o.\ of ( * enrol*, the finest liver and >rwe r*pi a:or incr imule. Bt. Vitus' Danoo. Onn Ijottlo Dr. Fanner's t?pcoltlo cui^.^ciilar, h rcdontn, N Y. Almost Wwamy Urtlo girl, owlnjy Inerrofulft l^a;sb!cv Plie waa treated by p'lyaiclan* and H(<nt lo ?. boa pita I without olng ctuod, We resorted to Hood'H Kur aporllla, nnd In a week wo could lee n cluinre. We continued giving her this IftrAhino, and today her eye* are perfectly trolli i hero Is not a lilcini.sh on her skin. and. ?be Is the picture ol health." H. Ai.MtN, VU Wc?t film Street, New York, N. Y. Hood's Sarsapariiia Is aold by all druggieU. Prb'o f 1. nix f r f.r?. DS'Im are prompt, ellh^ent and ROOQ 8 rl.13 MKty III ?ITocl. 26 con Is. Ha labia Charlotte ^Merchants Call on them when you ko locbarlottp, X.t". Wrtt? IJi*m|f you do n"t ko, ?ud l"*vo your nnlers fllia'd by mall. In aiiSM oiimc advuriuiMm.-iilN kindly mea Uon thin i>?|xir. E.D.KEUBRO MnucJeK, Tile*. 8?i>li. Poors, eto Collca** a?d l'hlrd. BBTWPTMft '<KST WOltK. '.en-?onn' lo I'rlcos rttlfliifitf Write News A Tliiten I't'g. House. . . J, M. AN D It E W s, 10-18 W. Trad a MAlso I'lnnoK, Orga ns A Bloyol oa B?!?R Threo Minutes! Thr oower IwIuk by Inn lrvef <>r handle niaktw revolvn ftlx>ul !*J0 tluiofl In olio nil n u to. * n <t with ?o nnicli (***? thut a Child cnn <i? the churning. 1 ho old fftAhlonohuiu or Jar can be wxd with our powor. Th?- flnwt ijuailtjr of urunulntol buttrr itnd morx of It for tho ?amn qtiMNllir of milk, lMiu*d? and In li??* llian Una with any other oliur vKTprytxwly wauling onf now. Brcuro early ih? only 'licht to mil I n your county. It la an n a?y ?fll?r. ArtdrcM KJ0HTHTVG OHUBNtM to Charlotte N. a (JMUitJNfc* tU ? i/P 8. N. U.-H-1 HENflVSTf. WENS' SONS COMPANY, MACON, . - OKOKUIA, ?Manufacture of? _S*WJT and Railroad Culvert Pip*. ?lr? Brlok, Mlfled Olay Flow Pip?, Chlmnny op*. Urn?, Etc. Well TublnK with Perfo rated Bottoms. Will Last Forovor. #Corf^epondono6 Holloltcd. WiLC MOT A Rehash of General News as Gath ered Hero and There. INTRICACIES OF THE NEW ACT, Thurmond Hold for Murder-r A Grout Thin# for Georgetown^-Chcrokee's ret Election. Coraptrollor-Gonoral Norton is still having a hard timo o f it try ing to do vino plans for Hit* praotioal operation of tho ! complicated now ponsion law. 'i'lio law I gavo no inaohinory in oomploto form to carry out itu provisions without a great JoAtt'of tirno. ilo is now trying to pro pa^o tho blankH for tho uho of tho town ship pension hoards and lias no tiiuo to loso in gott^ng them distributed in tho eovoral coutytios, Tho act provides for i bovoii olaesol^of pensioners, Jlvo of < which arc utHlot\sub divisions of class (a I* our of t hOHticiHHMCH apply diroctiy ? tO thO Old SOiMtOIB, illO toWUSllip hoards will havo to Classify ovor.y uppii caut. TIioho boards, uiuicr llio net uro rc<|uircd to meet and c^mpiojo their work by tho first .uondaV in ...ijy. it is oxpectod that the boards \Ajll brio# every applicant bufoi'o tiipui bcioro pac ing upon tho application. '1 hero is somo troubio about uncut taming how to got to tne bovoral boaidB tho names of those persons who are now on tho pension list from their respective township*. 'I ho law did not contomplutO thai any of those should 1)0 dropped or that any should lilo new applications, yet ihoaot mauys it nobody s duty to attend to too manor, liie comptroller t ji i n Icti also tnat it will be necesBury to have a now Bet of hooks for tlio Hovoiuleloil.fi of court upon which tho rccorda of the townships' report n should ijo kept, 'i ho comptroller in badly puzzled. ilo ex peoU, however, toiiavouiueetinr; of tho otaio board very shortly, get that body to construe tho law and tnon issue in structions to each of the township boards, which will simplify the uel for them and roaitlt in securing uniform re ports. Without tills the fttato board would And itself in a pretty pickle try ing to untangle all tho various aud sun dry kinds ot reports that would come in. ? Tho fttato. The Btato'a Goorgotown corrospon dent says; "if oppoi lenities have any value then Goor^oto.wn is particularly blessed and it she tails to avail herself of tho two following she /will show something essoAtial eladly doiiciont. iso city can boutn a sunnior and milder climate aud more pleasant natural en vironments than she, and- appreciating this tact, a .Northern gentleman has of fered to coiitributo to tho erection of a hotel for winter tourist.s t&,uut>. i"Suro ly this amount, if not a bonanza in tho start, indicates a fut/iro bthioiit war ranting oven a sucrmco. Tho other oiler is also made by a Northern geirtlonian, who propoHO.H a railroad to iiiwloy's Island il the citizens will build a com fortable hotel at its terminus. licro wo are ollered t radio in tho winter and tralllc in the summer, Kapecially is the latter of importance as , no summer resort in tlio otate oilers, outside of tho conveniences from ucorgotown, greater facilities and a grcnterdiversificnlion of pleasures. For direct route to tho sea coast, cheap transportation, fineness of surf, exemption irom mo.squitoca and variety of dishes no other place can compare with her. A narrow creek Separates the ^laud from the maiiiland, aud, unlike on Mullivan't* Island, visit ors ciin fool secure. J n short words, a railroad and telephone lino (the latter of/vhich is being ciecteil now) sinmly \nfcana an inllux froiu the whole of South Carolina's interior and if each poison who has idcutjliod himself with Cleorgotow n's uitcrcs'(- cannot anbseribo to this woiiderlully pdvania^oous en terprise he must be iddillcrent indeed, Cot a move on yourselves, gentlemen - merchant*, lunibermo/i, railroads and all give this enterprise!! push, *1 or the merchant it meant* trade, tor the lum berman it menus advertisement, lor the railroad it means business." - At tho coronor'A inquest held over tho kilting of if arris by Thurmond, at Kdgeiield, Copt. I ?. S. -i'uboso, tho only cv\ o- witness to the killing, t en titled t hat when Will Harris, who wa:i oil the street, denounced Thurmond as a dirty scoundrel, i'iiurmond, from his ollice door, shot Harris, who never apoko, but died in the iniuutoa. t lie jury of impic.it found that will Harris came to Ins death by a gunshot wound at tlio hands ot -f . W illiam Thurmond, t. apt. j noose, who was only a few feet from iinrriH, testified tliat narris MaH not armed. ? - - Saturday < hcrokee held her lirst eieciioii, and the following is the re suit: w in. .?elVries, i.sq., tin Mate .sen ator; <1. 1%. >? eb.stcr, i.M|., probato judge; J. I.. .Icllnes, clerk ot court; <1, ... i.oss, nliei i u ; J.ipMoiuh, .super vim>r; i rot. m , t*'. Mc.vrthur, Mii-erin teiidont of oducatioti; and A. .vie v. raw, coioiier. ? 4 ? ft now looks as if Horseshoe lake, over in t.exinglon county, beyond Jjiookland, im ^uing to be one oi tlio acccBsible resorts ot I olinnldana w ho pairotii/.e eleclrie earn during the com ing .summer, and will be in competition tor public tavor with Ahandon and ity att'a park.-- 1 ho :>tate. ? At iSumter tho I'lanterK' Tobacco arehou.se has been totally consumed by lire, with loventy-ono hogsheads of toimcco, winch was stored in the build ing. it/fa reported that the warehouse was insured, but i lint there is no intmr mice od tho tobacco. v \ ? - A solid train of twenty cars, twelvo from i ledmont and eight from l'el/.er, leit the ?->tnto 'J hursuay loaded with drills ahipped to hhangliai, China. ; 1 he train will go to Jvy nchbnrg,, \a., and then tuin West over tho Aortliern 1 aciflc i.aihvay to 'lacolna for ehipmonU 'lliere wero a,.'?t?u bates "of drills worth $4o a bale. Mr. Francis A. Burrows, of Colum bia, who is an expert watchmaker, has been givon a patent upon a spring mo tor attachment tor sowing machines which ho has invented. . At Greenville in the criminal court Ileury ftuaduth was convicted of r?po upon hi^ Bister-in-law, jane Center, ; and sentenced to life imprisonment in the btato penitentiary. ? WW The Farmer'i^AUiance in now at work on contracts f<yr flat ties for the coming cotton iwuon. They have l>een ottered at a great deal less than wan charged last year. The election lor county &e*t of ]>or Chester County/*! hurtday resulted aa follows; bt. (*orge'?, tk?7 votes; ham hi(tg?VllK 168. Total NEWS ITEMS CONDENSED, Rout horn 1'eiicH Pointer*. AtArnorloufl. Oa , two n un; killod by i.^u.uug, " A oyo.lp.pc struck Austin, Toxaa., do Ing much damago to property.', Tho Comptroller of tho Currouoy haa doclarod ft second dividend of i<) por cent. to tho oroditora of tho ( ,'hattalioo oheo National Hank, of Columbus, (2a. Thorn hh Hltto. aged horn blind, of Ilofftnan, N. (J., was refctorod to night at the Maryland (Jonoral J I ?>r?i ?i tal, Haltiinoro. According to tho Hieing ond (Va. Btato, Oen. Fit/hugh COO. yx 'lovernor 1 of Virginia, will by homo from Havana, 1 Cuba, about the middlo of April, and | tho governorship of tho "Old .Domin ion" will ho oiVovod him. ?T. K. CctVy, a merchant tailor antl prominent citizon of Chattanooga, i'onn. , was found doadin his room. (Ion. Win. li. (toddy, oiio - i tho last, commanders of tlio Stonewall byigado, died in Manchoator county, Virginia, Sunday, Ilo represented hi.s county (Wythe) in tho StatoSonato, was at ono time superintendent of tho iionitontiary, and later commaudftiit of tlio I.eoCuuip Soldiers' llomo near Kiohinomh Attorney-Oeneral IjpyirffJiaH vulod that tho anti-trust lj><^ just pasaod by tho Kentucky Legislature apples to la bor organ i/ations. V / 'J'lio ofllco of nhipptrrpf' coin mi issionor at Mobile, Ala., has boon abolished by Soerotary dago, and Die Hflino notion will bo taken with referoneo to thoaamo position at lirunwiok, (la. Mm, Chan. A. Collier, wife of At lanta's mayor, died at her homo Wed nesday of nervous prostration. Joint D. Smith, a negro preacher, was ahot dead at Scotlshoro, Ala lit* was charged with outraging the wifo of a white farmer. At Houston, Texas, Walter lluuhoa wan shot (trad in attempting to kidnap a daughter of Frank iMinn, a wealthy rosidont of that city. Tlio pun use of the would-be-kidnapper was to keep tho girl in captivity and demand #40,-! 000 ransom for restoring her to her paront a. (too. 10. Bennett, formerly of Pennsylvania, committed suicide at Fayottov llo, N. (J. , by drinking four ounces of laidanum. Ilo \eft a letter attributing his reason for suicido to a faithless wife. ? ? All About (lie North. Capital punishment has been abol ishod in Colorado. Frank W. Palmer, of Illinois, has been nominated by llio President as Public Printer. At -Detroit afich. , Win. Il}lz, a<yod 21, was slain by his father, owing to a misunderstanding. Seven ex county officials and mm pi i vato citizon of Hutlor, Ind., have been indie tod on tho charge 'of having stolen &j(), 000 from tlio county. Two thousand workmen in the big tanneries at Chicago, III,, have gouu on a Hlrikh, to remain oul a your in order to 'prevent tho changing, of tho hours in a day's work from nine to ten. Tho companies ailectod have decided to close down their plants for an imh.iinito period. , Mrs. Margaret .1, Preston, "tho Mi mosa of Southern literature, died at her home in Haltiinoro, Md., on tho SJUth of March. _ I .-oil oro ^p^ncers of Pittsburg, I'm., have inmloii out- of from $1 to .5'-i. 0"? i?or ton. Fivo children, nil undor !'3 years of ago, were burned to death at their homo nt Laddsdale, In., Wednesday morning. Tho bursting of n flywheel in tho Fdgar Thompson steel work* at Pitts burg, I'n., wrecked the build ing and futility injured (wo persons. Tho largo factory of thoAemo Bjovelo Manufacturing Company, Beading, Pa , was burnod Thursday, causing u loss of 000, on which there is nn insiirnnoo of Sol), <>00. Over -tOt) hands wore ren dered idle. The company will rebuild. Ooorgo Dixon, champion feather, woight pugilist-, defeated Frank Krno of Buffalo, ut New Vork Wednesday I night in the 'Jlst. round. Mr. Archie Faxlon, of New York, clerk to tlio Assembly ?>f that State for many years, will bo appointed Second Assistant Post mast er-C?enerul. Tho handsome rosidenco of tholato A. A. Cohen nt. Alamedii, Oul. , has been destroyed by tiro. When built it was said toliavo cost, with its contents, over & 100,000. The total insurance on house und contents was ^ 1 5;>, U'JU. A sharp earthquake was frit Tuesday evening at Mnlone, N. V. Also at Montreal, ('an., n heavy shock caur-ed great alarm. Dispatched from various points in eastern Ontario report simi lar shocks, but without any damage of eonse'iuonoe. The threo most dangerous convicts in the Juliet (III.) penitentiary escaped Monday morning by sawing the iron burs of the window in two. They aro nil noted counterfeit era. _ -???- .? M tscellnneous. President "McKinlev has decided to | take to horseback riding for exercise. | In threo weeks Postmaster General Gary has received ()(>(? letters about appointments to ofliee. It is unofficially announced thai on April 20 the Southern Boilwav and the Florida Central and Peninsular system will tnlco olt their Now York and i'lori vestibuled trains which have been in operation all winter. Mre. Knuna Moss Uoolh-Tuckor, tho wifiT of Frederick Booth- Tucker of tho Hftivation Army has forinullv declared her intention to booomo a citizen of tho United Statoa. Tho Paris Figaro mvs tho govern ment will ask tho Chamber cf Deputies to voto a credit of S1<?0,(?00,(?i 0 for the construction of 4(5 now warships and 175 ' torpedo bortft. The President has sont to the Senate tlio nomination of Chostor G. Brush of Connootiout to bo recordor of tho gon er al land olttco The printing ofTKe war reoorde Has cost tho Government more than $2,006,000, or an average of nearly $2,500/4 volnmo. Snppoao tbo work had been lot on contrnet to the lowest bidder among publisher* who could have given security that it wtfliTO bo equally well done,, how mnoh :wonld tho Govorument have saved ?_ How mn oh would tho private publishing firm have msdo oul of it ?~0inoiu?ati Times ^ ,m*' -- It U said uSr* Missouri do alor Gbo re. ?o?t?OLw<slLPMH?P. - SEN! FU IIBNH. A Special Bulletin Says the Missis sippi River Will RISE FOR TWO WEEKS YET, Thoro In Yet Grout Danger* Ami the People Are Advised to flee/k Kufoty in Flight. J A spooial rivor bullotin, itemed by tho Woathor Uurcau, I'rotn Washington un* dor date of March 28th, says: Tho orost of tho flood wave is still at Cairo which shows a idationary gauge roaohing 61. (J feet for tho past four days. Thoro is groat danger yot to come from tho flood in tho region from llolona southward to Now Orleans. Tho river will continuo to visa for at least 10 days in tho region from llolona southward to Viokaburg and toriso dur ing a longer period from Yicksburg southward to New Orleans. 1 ho river \Vill continuo to ri?o for at lcabt ten days in tho region from llo lona southward to Vicksburg anfl to riso during a longer period from Vicks lmrg Southward. If no breaks occur hoforo jovoes will bo subjected to tho greatest strain about April loth, in southeast Arkansas, western Mississip pi and in Louisiana Should tho lovoes break tho result will bo ono of the most disastrous floods ever known. Weather conditions now indioato additional heavy rainfall in tho middle an<] lower Mississippi valleys which will material ly intensify tho flood conditions. Thoao living in districts overflowed in former years should bo on the safe side and transfer stock and movable property to places of known safety wnilo thoro in yot time. WiT.T.m L. Moohk. Chief of linroau. Jttfl) KOHK IN'ONWATEO, Hod Fork, a littlo town near T'iue JMiilV, Ark , is completely inundatod. Tho water is two feotdoep in the houses on tho highost olovntions. Tho gov eminent levee about 10 miles south of horo is in imminent, danger, and a call has boon mado for 900 hands, I.RVERH AT MKMl'illS. At Memphis, Tonn. , another day has passed with no break in tho lovoo sys tem, either above or bolow thia point, snd tonight linds thoao most directly concernod in tho stability of tho lovcea decidedly moro contldont in preventing disaster. '1 ho chief interest of tho day i centered at llolona, Ark., and Orfibn villo, Miss , and every hour at theso places was do voted to hard work by ilio male population, reinforced by hun dreds of volunteers from tho vicinity. A Jackson, Miss. , special, dated March tiiith, says news from tho Missis sippi rivor is disheartening, not only to the State administration, which has had 060 eouviots hard at work on tho levoos for a week or moro, but tho peo plo of tlio groat Valley of the Missis sippi, who have mado such a horoio fight against tho muddy wators, spend ing their money freely and using evory means and onorgy in upbuilding and strengthening tho levoos, which broko on tho night of tho 68th. A bad break at Lako Leo, soven miles south of Oroonvillo, has caused a great scction of country to bo under water. Tho wutor from /this broak is going to flood thousands of acros of tho finest, farm lands in tho world. Jt will spread out forty miles wido and cover the growing, corn a depth of from ono to livo feet. An enormous body of water is pour ing past Dallas, Texas. Trinity rivor has risen fully ton foot sinco tho morn ing of tho 28th and is rising at tho rate of a foot an hour. Tho overflow is doing vast damage to farm property along tho river banks. John Jist, and Miss Kuby Smith wcro drowned in a branch of tho Trinity, near Fro in Cook county. Hailroad managers. estimato tho dam ag to proporty of various lines in Texas fit not losa than half a million dollars. Tho general property loss in Texas from tho storm is estimated at from ono million and a half to two mi lion dollars. Tho rivor is rising steadily at St. Louis, Mo. Hoports received fron up per river points btato that an im mense flood is on its way down. At New Orleans tho rivor has finally reached tho top of the levees and has began running over into Mandovillo street, directly in front of tho cclo bi atod French maikot building. It is not believed that any damage will oc cur to proporty. /x Til 15 FIRK KIICNl). A $200,000 Conflagration in Ports mouth, Vn. . Portsmouth, Yd. , hns boon visited by n disastrous firo which deatroyod prop erty valued at botweon ?1.00,000 and $200, 0()0, consisting of a Catholiochuroh, two public hulls and twenty-sovon dwel lings. Most of tho latter were framo structures. As a result of t the eonfln giation two hundred persons are homo loss. Fully li f ty housos in different purts of the city caught from flvitig sparks and cinders, but woro saved by prompt action of buckot brigades. Houses woro omptiod of thoir con touts, an<t fuf niture was piled high tip on tho trtdownlks for squares around. In order tb jirotoct this from thiovos two com panies of militia woro called out and posted on guard. Thore woro no fatal ities so far as known. Tho Catholic church wan valued at about SAO, OoO. Tho insnranco upon all tho property burned will probably not n?gr?gftto monMhar^S^O^W Total Vlsslblo Supply of Cotton. Tho total visiblo supnly of cotton for tho world is 11,4 tmlos, of which 11,000,001 bales aro American, against 11,801,740 biiles and ?.930,640 baios re spectively Inst year. .Hoceiptsof 'cotton ut all interior towns 2.5, 600 bftled. Terrible Boiler Explosion. '-'Tho oxplosion of the boiler in a saw inill at Ilartsviilo, 8. C., scalded to death tho engineer, James Cartor, and liis wifo, who had como to see him. Fragments of the boiler cut off the trees like cannon balls. General News -Item*. i Col. C. O. Baker, superintendent of tbo Western Union Telegraph Com pany, died at his borne from heart failure. A feud dotween Bruce Wiseman and Thomas II agger ty. of Elisabeth, W. Va., ended in a fight, daring -which Haggerty w^a killed. ' - 1 he fourteen puddling furnaces of the Poltatown (Pa. ) Ti6n Company har* re rora?d operation after a Ions idleness. Nearly 160 bms ar? give* eiapluyiaeul. Ail tho tfirardsvilie (Pis.) Union Company 's^Jliems wity on AprillS begin working 60 hours ptr wit. and this will firs more work to 3,000 Mdaft* _ J , - - \ ? TWUMPgT OAUUI, Btknt'a Horn Bound? a Waratoar MaU to the Unredeemed. ]" T take* religion p with ?uu8hlne in It - to attract ft child. Born? very largo tre*i beajf very little fruit Winking at *tn \rlll ?06n ruin tho ?jr<v?lght. A wolf In Aheop'e clothing la uone tU* leas a wolf. The rft?t of Ohriat lfl for nil who will give up aln. Iflv?7 tomptation raaiatod la a trou ble escaped. Nothing Is gained by starving tho ?OUl to feed the body. No man who truly follows Christ ?ver hu? to atand alono. IDvery man holpa the devil who talks one way and Uvea another. When you pray don't forgot those who treat you dwipltofully, The boat now# ovor told In thla world win that (kxj la lovo. Too many atart to follow Christ who stop at the 11 rat croea-roade. Tho man who lives a lie has a pack of bloodhounda on his track. The bout place for a Objlatlan Is whero God needs him moat.' He careful where you step, and tboco who follow you will Htumblo losu. God hos called many men to preach the gospel, but none to defend It. Sooner or lator every great thought will make lta way around tho world. Improvo your timo, and you can de pend upon It that timo will improve you. There la ?uch a thing as having re ligion in tho head and not In tho TELL ' . i All Your Noltfhbora ABOUT The wonderful now Constitutional Cur? for RHEUMATISM. I'lio remedy M n VcftMablft Compound,^' Kxirncifi .if l?oot?. Ilurl'* anil liarkt, no uuK' utes. i'utincs UiL< blood nixl driven out t AO polnonoust u. Ms OiHt ohiim the <l|-pnsfl. Cuk>? Os jier coul of tho pMl.-nu. The nnnio la fSIMSMCIDE, And I Kills Rlicuiiinthm. J fcotrt bv l)riiK)fl?i? ?cii<<r/klly. T'rlc# $1.00 *j>rr b >tl r; six for i9.!r>. If your tortfl dm# ?l?l lia . imt got It lti stock, order from u>? ftmnufaclim-r, THE BORBITT DItTTG L'O., Rftloi?h. N. C. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE BEST IN THE WORLD. For 14 years Mil* shoe, by merit alone, ha* distanced nil competitors. Indorsed by over 1,000,000 wearers as lh? best in btylo, fit ami dur.il/ility of any otaoo ever offered nt It is niado in all tlio LATE8T SlIArES and STYLES und of e7ery variety of lrather, Ono debtor in a town given exclusive ealo and advertised in local paper on rcooipt of, reasonable order. MTWrlle for cntalofjuo t?) W. L. DOUGLAH, llroeV^ort, Misc. | > niul health making arc 111 eluded in the making of HIRES Roolbccr. The prcpa ration of this jjreat ton* pcrnticc drink is an event of importance in a million well rofulaled homes. HIRES Rootbeer i* full 'of good health. Invigqfrnliug, appetiz ing, satisfying. Put some up to-day and have it ready to put down whenever you're thirsty. Made only by The Onirics I'/. Hires Co., Philadelphia. A pack age makes 5 gallons, Sold everywhere. costr, cotton planters more than five million dollars an nually. This is an enormous waste, and can be prevented. Practical experiments at Ala bama Experiment Station show conclusively that the use of "Kainit" ? . * will prevent that dreaded plant disease. - - All about Pot??h? <h? molt* of itt ??? by actual ex periment on tk beat farm* la lh? United State* ? it 1 lot J In ? l<t?l? kxK* which we publiih and will ftadly Ml (rM to any farmer in America who will wii* far* ' . GERMAN KAU WORK?, . .. ? w "4 ti PAUPER fmsS^OEUigsssSS^^ BUCKINGHAM'S DYE For the Whiskers, Mustache, and Eyebrows. In one preparation. Easy to apply at homo. Colors brown or black. Tho Gentlemen's favorite, bocauso satisfactory. H P. 11*1.1. ft Co., P/oprMor?, K'*?hu?, N. II* Bold by *U DfufgUii MILLIONS TliU Is tint up In 85c. a I.OVbul., Um , * u d| Iniira li4du uiork. VHAl til (roiu Cl ?lid Ui'B l> u?ipjl mm wlitch curei orcnr tin- ftiid tiUA-QAR* IKES to itop H><5? rt'K ftte. tiutd by *U dnijitfult Mid w<fv ib#U?, 01 ?4mpl? bolUw by Mlll'-idT *<v>. Take no rth?r. VKK KOl'tWIIiKMU TvMiiuoiiliiro fr??4 TRADE MARK only bjr " Th? Durham Cholor? Curo Co., Durham, If- 0/ A ureal side lino for Di umtner*. v 10* Si* 60 ? ABSOLUTELY GDSRSKTEBD tUK ari'p or KttyeJiut c?u?o ca?jr natural result*. Sam., nta and fcftoVl?t trm. Ad. 8TRRMNO ttKMR |V CO., ChlfAtro. Hontrf M, Can. , or ? No? VorV. __ flit. ALL DRUGGISTS Baker's Chocolate / MADE II Y Walter Baker & Co. Ltd., Established in 1780, at Dorchester* Mass. (i y lias the well-known Yellow Label on llic front of\every package, and the trade-mark, "Ij0 ftdlc Chocolntlerfe/' on the back. NONE OTHER GENUINE. Walter Baker 8t Co. Ltd., Dorchcster, fVlass. A Southern farmer, whose home is somewhat in the backwoods, in an interview with a newspaper correspondent said: "i am 6 1 years old, and until I was nigh unto 50 years old I was always well and peart, then for a Ion# while I suf fered with indigestion and could not eat anything h.irdly at all. My daughter, who lives in the city, sent mc some of Ripans told mc how to take them, and they have completely cured me. 1 want you to tell everybody how 1 got cured, for it is a blessing to ?humanity." THE STANDARD AAINT for STRUCTURAL PURPOSES. Pamphlet, "HaflR?*tton9 ."or E^mr Deccratlon," H?mp]? Card and Descriptive PrteoIJut frr*by wall. Anbe?tos Itoolin*, HntMIng F*ll, Rtrara Parkin*, Hollor rovrrin?s, Firc-l'roof l'utntti, Etc, *#betito? Non-<JoO<lucllp,'j nntl Kloftrtral IimuirttiiiK Mttlcrlali. H. W. JOHNS MANTJPAOT0RINO CO., 87 Maiden I one. Wow vork. OUIOAflO: 2<0<ta<anftnaolphBt. PHILADELPHIA; 17f>ftl72 NorHi 4t li St. HORTOXi V h 79 PeArl B|? FOR OMEN! mm Woman's modesty and igno rance of danger often cause her to endure pains and suffer tor ture rather than consult a physician about important subjects. Pains in the head, neck, back, hips, limbs and lower bowels at monthly intervals, in dicate alarming derangements. IMcELREE'8 WINE OF CARDUI ? . '' . is a harmless Bitter Wine with out intoxicating qualities. ? ? Taken at the proper time it relieves pain, corrects derange?,, menfs, quiets nervousness and cures While*, Falling of the - Womb and Sofipressed or tbo" ' Frequent Menses* Price $1, PflMDl CTC COTTON, SAW, OMST, ' UU III r L ? I L. Oil mid I'VrilllMr Mill outfits. | Alto Gin, Pre**, Cnuo Mill and Hliluclfl Outfits. !** tat~ Cos/ every day; work ISO handt. LOMKAKf) IKON WOKKS AMI SUPPLY COMPANY, a1;o?jn-^a, c;i:okoia. ^ MACHINERY and SUPPLIES. - ENGINFS, , BOILEIUS, bAW MILLS, CORN MILLS, W HfC AT MILLS, FLANKKS, liltlGK MAOHINKS; * I MOULDKKS, GANG BDGKRS. 1 And all kinds of Wood Working Macbin?rjk ; Ko on? in tho Booth etui offer you higher ! grade goods, or nt lowor pricon. Taluott, , Llddolt and Watorlown En^lnca. We ar? only a low bourn rido from you. Write for ^ ? price*. Light, Variable Food Plantation Saw Mills a Specialty. - ; V. C. BADHAM, GKNKUAL AGENT, ! Columbia, - i S. Q. :T0T MISLEADING. Ne Dancer, In Caring One Habit of, Forming Another. " I rvrgi-^ |V Or Drawer 27- CoUuabUwf^h. 8.K. tt-lS-t*. Money in Chickens Cflfci