The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 10, 1897, Image 4
i Spain's rinftncoji. "
; Bpuln'a finances niay bo stated In n
low figures. Tho nation's Indebtedness
is $1,705,000,000, and tho annual hit cr
est to bo paid l? about $70,000,000. Tlia
total vovonuo la $1 (50,000,000, and after
tho lntoivost la luet ouly $$0,000,000 Id
Wt tp pay tho expenses of tho govern
rutin*.
I A Oood ltcnartu.
"Ye*; I've given up Mildred.''
4,A quarrel?"
"Oh, no. Homo Idiot la flttljig up an
oyslor parlor just around tho corner
from her home."? Cleveland ' l'laln
Dealer. C< |
^Aiinul He Co ro<1
by local application*, aatlioy cannot loach tho
ulecarod portion of tho ear. The ii? Is nnlv ?iio
WAy to our* dtttfnc^, au<1 that I* bv
Uonal romodloa. I) nfnon* is oau*?vI V> y an n
flaiuod Co rut i tton of tho imuoouh lininTof the
KuntaohUn Hube. Wlun? thU luLu ?,uU Jn
fl >n)f4 >Siii havfl a rumMli.H bound ??r In. , ??? r
feet hcnrlni?. and when It Is ?< Urrly i-l. <?????!
Ih^foMw I - tho r?Mi)t and unlftu it. a tr?;!an<
iimtlon can ha tokon out and ibis tob-i rr
stored to Its normal oaodltlon, hcarlnc >viii l> ?
dWTOTi d for. vor. Nino caaoa out of t ?' i ? arc
caiuod by oAtorrh, wliioh l*< nolhln:; '? ?' *n in
tlAuicd < ondltlon of tho iuucv4*1$p * . i i <c w.
\V# wll] |lv? One Hundred Dollar* for nny
oaso of DcAfnos (iwiftd by ontarrh) that 'an
not bo cured by Jlali'a < atarrh i uu>. Son.) '
for olrotilnrp, /roc. I
K. J. Onssr.T A Co., Tulodo, O.
fioM by Urn?i;U t?, 76c.
JUiiV (family Villa aro tho bret
If It Only Helped fv Mlllo
It would bo worth Wo nta, Ono boisr'ti f ???<???
(Iojm fr.irn tho torrlldo Irritating Itch of t< i
U wortii nv-ro than ? wholo box of Ti-tli-rln*
oQ?tf*. it will our? ? <>ro, And It** tho
thing tti at. will c lire. Mouil.-? at d :,{ M'.iii",
or by mall from ,1. T. iSouptriito, Savannah,
O.i.
(lladstono, It Is finld, wolqhn only 117
pounds, At)'*, tho Marquis Of Ihtltsbnrv, tho
prosont Promlor of Oroat HrKaia, tlpj tho
?calna at 252 pounds.
To Cur? u Colli in Oiio I >,i y .
Tako Laxatlvo IJromoO>tlni:;o Tablbt3. All
Drujfglats rotund monoy 1. It fails to' oro. 2.V ?
Former FroBMent Olwvolond hatwrlltGn
<ho Texas Alumni Aflionlat ion that. hii son
will bo In tho cla-JS ol 1015 or 1'Jlt) at ).'rli\oo
ton,^\
Kite ]>?rfrinrii'rit.ly ctircl. No tits f?r ti'nwrt J
T?CBS affor firat d iv'rt uh < of Dr. KUnu'* ti.< it:
N orvo ltostoror. Atrial bo 111 u ? nd l! i?.?( !:??? t'i ? c i
Ur. H. U. Ki.inb, l.t t..\Wl Arch m.., I'nila., lJ.i. :
. y.Afoadlo Iloftrn, who h-vn llvol in.iny j
your* In Japan, mya t'?at tlio
y>loture.4 mado byJapano.se artbt:i uowsoom ,
to hlru to ho trub. ?
Chftw fltar Tnbaoco? Tho I'o't.
S'.mko Sledgo Oiynrottos,
/ Whnn Mark Twain wai roo.ont.ly fclvnn a
.rilnnor by t.ho Ylimna JourotiKiitu' Club hi?
jmadn a ape.och half In (iorinan and half
t? Knglhh and kept hi3 htrurora lau^hlu^
all tho time.
Mr?, Wlnnlow'ii Soothing .Syrup for c.hl'drcr
toetliln^r, Hoftoun thopuini. rc-ducl InllAmi
tlon.allaj rt pal n, euros ivlml callc, i'je. a
I havo fo- ni\ PUo'h Chiro for Con* n motion
an unfailing fnwtloino.-? !?'. li. i.oiz. lot.u ?-;coll
Bt., CovlnKton, lty? Dot. 1. I8sm.
Rheumatism
Cntisod Croat RufforlOR-~A Wo'l
Man Slnco Tnklnr* Hood's.
"I was nfillotod with rhoumnUsm nnJ
havo boon u grout uufTeror with thin < 1 > n -
and alao with nloi?i<??h mm<1 hcnrt
tioublos, but thunks to Hood's Har^ipd.
rllln J nin now n woll man. !\lv wifn Ion
boaix ourod of Jihlnny Olseaso by Hood's
finnan pari I In." Ai:o. Huhjuus j:ii, 017 Weat
61'th fjtroi>t, N'cw York, i\
Hood's S&r&n$arilih
Is thobai;t-ln fnot tho OuoTrue Tllor>?l T'ur Jlict
Hood'u Pills euro '>'1 liwr lib. SIj
A I'n'quo l'lpn.
A novel pipe for transmitting hydrnu
Uc pressure la in use at the Victoria
uiiugo, uOtu tiiu uiuuiu hi iiiu Hivur
Deo, England. As described In the En
gineering News, It consists of a nolld
drawu lead pipe, covered with cioso
COlla of copper wire, and Is used for
conveying water at JC>0 pounds per
6fj\inro Inch pressure from one tdde of
tho river to tho other to opera to the
machinery of a span of the uwlnpr
brldgo. At first a copper pipe one ni.d
i half Indies Jn diameter, Jointed wilU
scrowcd unions, wns used, hut the
6COUrlng action of the tldo washed out
tho bed of tho river, left the pipe un
supported In two places and caused !t
10 leak. Tho new pipe made of lead,
wrapped with copper wire, Is more
flexible than the old one, and It i.s
prrifil it will work more satisfactorily.
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THi. CHASLO fTli
PRIVATE HOSPITAL.
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WILL
COn fi
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COLU
o:
COLD-BREAKERS
In' 8 to 13 hours, ?f>G. H DOXntDr
THE COLD-BREAKER CO.,
ATICF.N, - - SOUTH CA K(>1>!.\ A.
jfl> PIU H , MOR P K I N E f W i 1 1 SKCY
rI CA l?". ? o!)/irco nnd fiil.llT. tllpjiliirf Ihiil'i
jL>f-rnjki'.>.at:> luioiI i>y 1 1 A 1 1 ? ..KHri
TUEAfJlUA >? *'y t iitf.ii. I k <<i i ini'-r
motion. moiled frw. 1)11, ,1. I .
ItOOiil 4 liahcll* Hull iltiK. 1 hirngu, III.
OTJQTEPH'SIIvER REG UL ATO R
_ l ilt1. UKST ON Till-: MAUKKT,
All Dmgk-lfrtn nad Morohanti. MnfM by
Jj. CJiiK* TJ.K tie CO. Ctiatinnnnga, Temi.
R. BAKER'S FEME mULATOR
CURES SUFFERING VVOftiKH.
Abioliiiely Vojj.-t ?h!? ?'"i Manufiio
?h rth by (.ookout Monutaln M?*?llclno (.'umpau y.
C'rcencvlllu. Twin.
D
WHY IMV MOKli. I <mi Uuli.luo IMU.kua.au
t?*M tooobtftln 3 k^aIo* Of pure <|ulitlnn inch, JO
cM by mallorftwf>r $1. Hut up OCIn np?o)c?jia. Bond
?traftpior l'.O. ardor. J.F. l'oi?cll,\V?iike*n?. Ill
ftPCUTC Uf iiurcn *11 rrinrtptl Clt<?9 mil l
AUCHI? If AH It U town?; crwiS opportunity
lor Inimrance men ?nd collator* to m*V? moLcv ?
VoUedHtntea Ile*l?try Co., 1M Fifth At*,, M.V. |
) Thompson'* Eye Water
p?rtua? Told. TmI I0c.ltump?nv?u>|i?, Corrc< t
MMrwer (tuwonUod. c. O. Oonond, Holly Orore. A rk
e. a. u.? No. iv-'tn.
iHFjiilii,
: Prohibitionists Talking of Mr. Chilcls
for Governor,
TO PAY PENSIONS PROMPTLY
Vice Presidents of (lie 8. O. (iood
Uoaits Asocial ion? I ho IMcKons
KuWnay*- Harbor for thoSonuto.
( Jiul^'o <l. 8. CotVniu died in Now
Yuri* on tlio fith, aftorMi long illness
Tho lnuly was cavrtod dirodfto
\ i 1 1 o, whoro I ho luuiul talicu placo ou
, Tuck. lay, tho>th. (/ udi?o CotlivjVfiT'Vaa
fctii! ;,-onoiat ooii n bo I of t )>o Houthoru
Hail way hi this .Statu at tho time of his
i (loath. Ho romovqd to Ciiconvillo afow
yo:irs uijo. lfo was tho last of his
tfonoration of monition) of tho Ahbovillo
bar. 1 1 1 1 1 1 j(?> Cot lira it was rogilrdud as a
broad-minded, ab!o ninn, 11^ in a do r?
good jud?o and a watchful 'Oouprosa*
man InteumU of a publio and private
ohjwnrtev did not fmMbi' wlioji entrusted
to hi* hands.
In view of tho uncertainty as to what
islobodono in tho way oi' lo#itdation
on th< ; liriuor fpioMion, tho altitude of
tho piohibitioiutit;?, who const itnto a
largo, if not tho turgor part of the vot
ing Htronglh of tho homocracy is of
ftpceial nnportanoo. 1 hat t hoy a rev to
in.tko inoKt- Htreiiuona erfurt* to havo a
strong prohibition law pa^fcod im cor
tiiiu. C)r<;anizui ioria a?o boing mado ill
every county, ami tho exoentivo com*
mittfo iutond to got out an addroso
ponio time, in which tho nttitmlo of
ttic prohibitioiUHtu as to tho oriiuavy
for (iovornor may}bo defined. A number
ut ? apora in th??siat<? favorntdo to pro*
hi! -it ion aro urging that a candidate fov
Covcrnor bo nominated. 'Iho Calhoun
(Ja/ot to, of ?St. Vatihows, in a rocdnt
is? tic, ha? the following editorial para*
graph: "Wo nuininato L. i). Childi
lot' 1 1 1 o next Oovernor of South Cavoli*
h i \\'?> witni u pure, honest, upriglit
prohibitionist. Wo want a man with a
head well as n heart. Ho ia not a
politician, but a j^ont leinan : not a
ti iok. tor, but aa honest man." .Load
in;.; prohibitionist^ in Columbia aro
non-committal u* to what wiii bo dono,
bat if it sliouid l a decided to run a
candidate, Jllr ( "hilda would undoubt
edly be tha -luuninco. ~'J ho iJegudtr.
Tho worSf at d;?dnb?Hn? t \- o pension j
fund 1 a. >/? {iot'f ii i ) lio conHidornblo. |
Thoro hayo boon delays in uettinji out
tho nu^jiuy in )ncvii,u'i vc :m-\ and the
ppuai?m boat d wmlsto lmvn everything
in readiness next yynr lor t h o distribu
tion o! tho fund, ami has oonsoctuently
| ru'iit out tho following letter of instruc
tions:
Counrnu, >'?>. C. , Poo. 4, 1807.
Mr. , Chairman County I'on*
pion Hoard ? ! 'car !-:ir; Your (itl.ontiou
I i?< directed t>*? J-"0t i h-n i of tho pension
j law, bci. which provides for n moot
; iny of tho to\vn:.hi|> j onsion board. You
I will nt once give notice to your town*
j li i )"? !>w:ud;t tu moot on ino third Moil*
| day, January ! iS:i--, and- consider all
j tin! new ifppiio.ii ii>)iH for a pension, and
1 lWlr.o the i .din of 1 ^ # J . I ho townidnp
j hoftrd1'. \? ! ! 1 triv;* 1 1 \ i r ioanour. for drop*
j pjiprany naim a 1'iom tho rolla. The
j pen: ion boards elected in 1 $\) 7 will
nerve until August, Tho rules of
j tho State hoard, w;lh other blanks, will
he no:.t you fur dir.Jrihution at un early
? day. A ny i-Apt-ii: i? in po.dawo mcurrod
in trnnsnnttinjr tiiefo btnlilcn will ho
j paid for this o!!ire. Kespectfully,
j P. 11. Tompkins, Soorotury of .State,
j W. A. Hauiuhi, Attoriiey-tionera!.
j I. P. Ill* ton, ( oinpboller-dencral,
State Unard of Pensions.
The following i-< i ho I ? ~ t of the Vice
presidents of t ho < lood liouds Associa
tion. bluivil'o, .f. J !. Hi a< 1 icy ; A ikon,
T. r,*U.nt{ A ii< !?T:ii'?n, \V. I!, Sncl
grove; 1 amber'j, , J'arnwoll.
\V. i't <'arr . I teaufoi t. \V. U. Sanders;
Uerkcley. < M. V? (. hat lostoti,
W. \J. M ;lflK'li I Cherokee, X. Lips
{ comb; < *???, i W. Shannon; Chos
! tot ll-'-iil, 'I. *> i I ; ( 'larendon, J".
| ( '. < twotv; < "f ?l! t? ? <?n , ,1. O; (iriltln; Dar
I iill^tOII, I < ui-l I \ 1 1 J ; I 'l?t i'liOnt Oi',
! I Jr. \V. 1?. \\av; tadyodold, f I . ? t >.
i I'albrt t ; : 'i.;i tii i?l, Ik (i. I'cnuant;
1 i' !oi > iieo, \\ . IV j )eMose; ( > eorgotown,
S. W. I ''Mi v ui' ; Greenville, .1. }?.
, Spoiyle; > i i "<'??? s? woood, J. M. Ma
j ;??! ; i i !i tn i it(ij), .1. if. Lifflitsey;
liony, N. I hardtwic'c; Kershaw, J.
Ik 1'helps; i. si n on.-, .James Downoy;
I .oxinj: tun, 1 .. J. l,augfoi d . Lancaster,
i I. tYrry; Marion, W. S. Ilowitt;
V. st: 1 i >: j i v, W. I'. Kctiney; Xowberry,
duo. M. Shumpert; Oconee, A. Lay;
Orangeburg, I >. A. I\n toj ; IVluW*,
I',. I' I .oopei , Kichland, F. If. Hyatt;
Jr'sduda, .). W. J.Saiiks; Spartanburg, J.
f\ 1 1 r ? w i ? ? ; Sit in tor, Murion Horn; t n
ion. t". .1. I'cdcnbaifgh ; Williamsburg,
I! I). Chandler; York, 'I', G. (nip
It renins now that tho I'iokons rail
road i:- n certainty. J ho long dreamed
of and anxiously awaited scheme is
alioti t to bo realized, and tho proba
bility i.i that wo.k will lie begun
fdiortly, and roon tho quiet el' tho capi
ta! ( l i !:<; independent ^ t a t o of Pickens
will bi- l.t i ki n by the lond puff and
Mii ii! wl;i: tio of Southern Kailway j
I ( 'Ci i s ii .'1 1 1 vc, t.i.v-i tho G rcou vdlo Moun
biinocv.
'A ppocial io tho State from Choftter,
fny?: Attorney General Barber
authorizes tho rtatemcr.t that ho will
be a candidate fuj- cougroxa in the Fifth
district , whether it reiuain as it in or j
be rearranged by act of tho legislature, j
Solicitor Homy has likewise declared
] : : m j . : -po.so to i nn, and Congressman i
Strait will utand for l e-electiou.
_ ? ????-- ? ..
J"oi:ncr Stale Dcicclivo XowboM is
a- hiK homo in C he^tcj. Ho is takiug
tljiiiU" quietly as ho can. It is un
der -tood that no application will bo '
inatio to Governor Kllorbo for tho ro*
ward that was ottered for Lis urront.
Firo do.-ttroyod tho acid chambers at
tho Head I ho-phaio works, a few railos
from ( h.arloston. Tho mill building
wa* raved by hcroic wcrk of employes.
Origin of liro nuknowu. Loss about
?oO,ui)<), which is covered by insuranco.
On Dcc. 3!st tho timo for paying
State and county taxes expiroB.
Firo at Tun mon ftville. caused by a
dofcctivo stove fine, dostroyod a large
fouv-htory leaf tobacco prizery, owned
and occupied by W. L. C'oopor & Co.
Tho building was built lii^a cost of 82,
.',00, and tho inMiranro is onfy* 8','?00.
'I ho stock of tobacco wa?i between^',*
CW and inrnranco only 3^i00t>.
A Harmony QXyVQ,' io H o
Atlanta (On )j Constitution *ay?: .Tndgo
Hutchins baa sentenced i Brooks to
lio banged tn private on the 17?h. Tho
Govornor will bo aaked to renpit# Hey
noMvvfcPjenccd to Jiang on the 80tU,
so that he may hang on the seme day
with his con federate.
TOLD IN A PARAGRAPH,
1 lie Soul Ik
John Monty, a Florida dospor/ido,
was arrested near Valdosia, Oa ?
A hill linn "booif introjluoed in the
Virginia ?Sonato to prohibit football
games. I
At ("trconfthoro, X. C. , ()n tho @8<l, U
S. l?yan will ho hanged for tho taking
of tho lifo of liia Wifo. / '
Jn Alabama a nogro l^jlhj a womau
nnd hor son and novoroly wounds bar
husband, then robn tho houso.
Tho Sou thorn Hugnr Kolining Com*
pany ha* boon chartered in Virginia; it
io to ougago in tho beet sugar indued ry^
A prisoner at Pitta, bus con
fessed that ho inurdored .TolVh M. Clay*
ton, in l'lumiiiC) villo, Ark. , olgbt years
ago,
PostinaMt?'r lJapier, ot Mobile, Ala.,
r?ftiKOH to yiold Iiih oilleo to bin huooos
sor, assorting that his turui has not ex
pired.
' Benjamin JS. . flima, wanted ( In At
lanta, (>n , for using cancolled postage
ntftmpa, ia hold in Now York in j?2,6U0
bond.
Hon. John Paniel hasbeon nominated
by the Virginia Democratic legislative
to succeed himself in tho United States
Sonate
John McG'ormick, years old, son
of tho editor of the Moridian ( >1 isft. )
News, has strangely disappeared from
Wheeling, W, Ya.'
At Now Grleann Gun Huhlin, the
giant heavyweight of Akron, O. , do
luatcd 'J ut ilyau, of Australia; in a ton*
round light. "
Col \V. O, Chiploy. a prominent and
wealthy citizen of Florida, diod in
Washing Ion. His remains were takou
to Columbus, Ga. , for interment.
J Tho Atlanta, Ga,, bankers issue a call |
to all tho Southern bankers to attond u
meeting in that city on tho loth to take
action regarding tho currency j^'noa*
tion.
A? i^? Bertie Wilson, of South Man*
ohostor, Jvy. , narrowly esoapod serious
injurj' from tho burning of hor.collu
loid comb which caught liro from tho
heat of a stovo.
Albort dob neon, tho oldest locomotivo
onginnor in tho United States, died at
"doigh, N. C\, aued 8^. ilowanana
. o of l'oteraburg, Va. , and begun run
uiug an engine in 1830.
At tho?<alos of tboronghbrods at Lex
ington, Ky., Bramblo, tho famous siro
of Clifford, .Bod Bush, oto. , was sold to
Clay & Woodford, Pari*, Ivy., for
?0i?. Ho ia 22 years old.
'iho miners at Corona, Lock hart,
Pallon, Black Diamond, Coal Valley,
Mountain Vujloy and Gaslight, in Wal
ker county, Alabama, have struck
because of iho failure of the operators
to restore tlio ]() per cont. j'oduetion in
wages rr.ado laRt spring, which tho
miners claim they promiaod to roBtoro
Nov. 1st.
~1~
Tlio North.
Littlo progrosa in being marto in tho
Luotgert ensoul Chicago.
Mayor Stionor, of New York, aava
ho in not iu favor of capital punish*
munt.
r.lovcn cars awl a looomotivo wovo [
destroyed near Cloveland, O. Tho tram j
jumped the track.
Honator Jones, of Ark an pa v, will lead
tho Uomocratio opposition to tho au
nexation of Hawaii.
Congressman .Bailey. of Toxaft, thinks
that Congrcsa will do little nioro than
pass tho appropriation billn.
Anson will retire from tho majiar.ro
moot of tho Chicago baaaball club.
'Join Burns wiii probably auccoou
him."
Forty children in a sebool at Tioko
mo, Ind., wero partially- asphyxiated
by tho fumca of natural gaa need for
heating.
The crold output of tho CripploCreek,
Co!., district in November was -
(too, the largest for one month in tho
history of t ho camp. .
At Auburn, N". V., Charles Burgosa
was oleolroeutod at the prison for tho
murder of Henry V. Whitlock, ?>f thia
county, in August, 18!)5. -?
At Pittsburg, fa., a negro man, who
claims to have been born in 1??T, asks
for admission to tho poor house on tho
ground that he ia now too old to work.
Adolph Tj. I,uet{rert^ of CM<>a?;o, on
hia second trial for wifo-murdoi\ baa
issned an appeal to the public for fund a
Wiklk which to defray tho cost of hia
tlWr
Tho Naval board hn<? mndoits rccom*
mcndntions to Secretary of tho Navy
Long, m connection to building tho
armor pinto plant. It 8?y^ tho plant
will cost 000, 000.
Hole! l>almoral, on Mount. McGregor*
near h'aratosa, X. V. , has been do*
st roved by llro. 1 bo hotel was overt ed
in at a cost rf rfJiO.dW, and tho cou
tents woro valued at $fir>,U00.
At Woonftockot, H. I. tho Hay Cotton
j Company's Mill has shut down for an
imlefimto period, bccan?o of tho un
f at if-f.i''lory condition of tho inarkot.
The mill employs ;u)0 hands.
Martin Thorn, of Toreezwiakv, ^^n
\ ii-led of the murder of William i'inlfton
r.uppo, has boon *ontoncod to l;o elec
trocuted in tho woek bogiuning .hum*
ary 10, 1898.
At Petersburg, Pn. , there in tnl!c of
forming a big coal trust i<? control tho
river coal interests from tho Mononga
heln to New Orleans. Tho primary
object is ?aid to be to reduco expenses
in both mining and shipping.
** i
M JfeellanooiM.
Wire mills may nil bo in a trust by
rob. ut,
Tho Southern Railway is to inaugu
into fast .Southern schedules.
Pelainm has an output, of 0:?t0fl0,000
pounds of oleomargarine per annum.
Thirty-one divotvo cases will comoup
in tho Circuit Court at Lexington, Ivy.
Walter Croot, o? Newcastle, England,
who was defeated for tho bantam
weight championship of tho world at
tho National Sporting Club, at Lon
don, Kng , by Jim.mio Harry, of
Ohicngo, died of tho injurioa which bo
rocoived/flnriug tho contest.
Wilholmina, Queen of tho Nether
lands, will take the oath of accession to
the tnrono on Soptembor 0, 1893, in tho
new church at Amsterdam.
A disastrous storm has swept tho
coast of Enprlnnd, doing great damage
to yorscIs nnd lasliiouablo rosorts. Ouo
hundrod livos wero lost.
Tho Court of Appeals refused to ad
mit a woman to tho praotico of law in
tho Paris courts.
A rack of bloodhonnde has been pro.
videdetSk Lotus, Mo. , to aid tbo
police in running down criminals.
Wasli^gton.
Tha President appoints B. K. BrnOe,
colored, register ot theTreasury.
The President has abpoioted 088
postmasters during the recess of Con
A apeolal from Washington says
Pritchsrd and Skinner of North/ Caro
lina. are at oqU oyer the eastern oolleo
torehift
Ml 1 PIMM
U, S, Supromo Court Sots March
7th as tho Time to
HEAR ALL QF THE CASES,
Lc#t?)Atui'0 Will IIuvo to Tacltle tho
CJrcut OJ?punsnry Quontlon Without
Its AI<l-tA <i rent Surprise.
ThoSouth Carolina Logifllaturo, whon
it moots in January, will hav? to taoklo
tho dispensary question without thoaid
of tho United fttatos Bupromo Court.
Attorney Oonoral Harbor has rocoivod
a telegram stating that tho court had
not the timo for tho hoaring of tho
Vandprcook and other dispousary casoa
March 7.
This was a grievous disappointment
to .Mr. Darbor as it will bo to tho mem
bora of tho legislature who had hopod
that tho court would docido ono way or
tho other as to tho merits of the cano bo
th^t proper legislation could V>o taken
thereon.
In view of tho funeral agveomont
among counsol and tho personal ro
Quest of J udgo Bimonton that tho court
advance tho caso, it was confidently
boliovcd that tho learned court would
do to.
About tho only thins tho legislature
can do is to pass prohibition or vo on
act tho dispensary law with some mod
ifications aud await tho decision which
uiuy not oomo until lato next onmmor.i
Iu 'tho meautimo tho original package
stores jfoill havo a picnic unlesn tho
Logisla\ure attompts to 1 nt a high li
cense on thom, and in that oaso
in ore litigation may ho expected.
Tho following is tho papor tho at?
tovnoy gonoral submitted to tho court
asking that tho caso bo advanced aud
an early decision rondo rod.
1 ho to two oases involve substantially
tho same questions, and by aurooniont
of counsol tho court is asked to hoar
thom together, ijoth grow out of tho
samo transaction. Tho issue is tho
validity of ho much of n cortain act of
tho gonoral assembly of South Carolina,
commonly known a# tho dispensary
law, aa prohibits non-resident manu
facturers and dealers from importing
into tho State of South Carolina spirit
uous aud intoxicating liquors, tho pro
duct of other Statos and foroicrn
countries, and storing and soil
ing tho samo within tho said fttalo in
"original packages" by or through
aKonts appointed for such purpose,
j Thoso suits aro brought against ofllcors
of tho Stato in conncquenoo of tho soiz
uro by them nurauant to said not of cer
tain liquors shipped into tho Stato for
salo, and it is of groat publio import
auco that tho question bo doteiminod
by this honorablq court aa speedily as
it isjipraotioable.
Tho attorney-general of- South Caro
lina, thoroforo, respectfully moves tho
court to ndvrnco tho cases on tho docket
and set thorn down for argument on
somo oarly dato convenient to tho court.
In t hit* connectioon it is respectfully
suggested tluvt tho Ccneral Assembly
of ."south Carolina will conyonc reg
ular session on tho second Tuesday in
?1 miliary next, and a speedy decision
from this houorablo court <Vill bo of
Croat valuo to tho Stato as n guide
to legislative action during that ses
sion.
Opposing counsol cononr in this mo
tion, of which fact proof appears from
tho stipulation hero appended. Print
ed eopios of tho transcript of record in
both cases have boon forwarded to op
posing counsol by the clerk of this
court as provided in said stipulation.
Wm. A. Baiuujb.
CRUELTY TO A LUNATIC.
Chained for Kiuvuu tears to an Iron
liar and Kept Naked and in filth. /
llumano Agent O'Brien, of Pennsyl
vania, has juot uticnrthod 01.10 of the
most shocking cases of maltreatment
of tho iusano ever recorded in western
Pennaj'b'auin, at Clinc's Hollow, West- 1
moroland county. Tho officer has ascer- /
tained that Franklin Poarso Clino, now
n years of ago, has been chained for
tho past eleven year a to. an iron bar
with a chain which will not permit him
to move in any direction more
than six or eight feet. Ho is
a raving manioc and during his long
poiiod of incarceration has boon kept
constantly in a fjtato of nudity. Agent
O'Hrion nays Clino was kept in a small
out honso, constructed especially for
him. When ho callod to see him tho
room was in a, filthy condition and
thoro tvas not a vestnge of anything for
tho snQoror to lay upon.
Tho Stale board of binary has been
notified and is now investigating the
caso. It is thought that tho West moro
lnnd county authorities will bo asked tc
tako rlmrgo of tho man as tho entato is
amply able to pay all ncccasary ex
penses.
A Ktilrtl Holler Kxploslon.
Tho boiler in tlio powor honst
of tho Citizens' Llectrio Light aud
J*owor Company in Portsmouth, Va. ,
exploded, Killing Fireman Benjamin
Ponnio and fatally wounding Jot
Smith. .Tames Clark, engineer, cs
enped with r-light bruises. Tho boilei
room wan shattered and tho end blou-c
out ol tho engine room. Tho boiler
was blown a hundred yards.
To Supply-Chinese Mcrchuut.v
Tho Indian Head Cotton Mills haa
just been eomploted at Cordora, Ala , at
a cost of 8000,030, and which Will be^i'i
operations within thirty dfly'r, closed a
deal for the sale of their entire output
for fivo years, consisting of shcotiog
and coarso rlotho in China.
Tho Rullroiuls (-ot. Two Years.
Tho Inter-Stato Commerce Com;um*
eion has decided to oxtend for two
years tho period within which railroads
uiust comply with tho act of Congress
requiring all railroads to bo cquij ped
with eafet.v appliances for tho protec
tion of tho employes and passengers.
? Jmtge Huck Suicides.
Judgo Itwaco B, Buok, associate
jnstico of the Supreme Court of Mon>
tana, , shot himself through tho right
oye, which resulted in his death,
A Sol4*?i^8^!?Jll6 to Be Sold.
Tbo Confederate Soldiers' ITome, U
Atlanta, /("la., to the construction of
which thUt city and its people contrib
uted many thousands of dollar*, ietolo
Bold at pnbjie anotion. II was offered
to the Stat* on certain conditions,
Trbich the Legislature. deolined to *o
rrpt. 8iuco then tho property, although
very valuable and in pood condition,
has been allowed to lte vacant, until
now the trustees are forced to pill it lo
the block. Thee* commissioner* have
all given np hop* of aver acoompliahina
anything in preparing tha home for old ,
veteran st
" JJHADSTK fCKT'3 ItKPOltT. |
{father More Animation In Oenfral
Throughout tho Country.
IJiAdtitreet's wookly trado roport for
tho past wook aayn in part: "General
trade throughout tho country has pro
' wonted rather raoro animation, owing to
colder woather and the approaching j
holiday". While ^lothing, dry goods, !
hat8,v Bhoofl, notions, hardware and j
fancy grocorics have boon in a little
bettor demand from both jobbora and at
retail in tho region tributary to Obi* :
cngo, 8t, Louis, Omahu, St. Joseph, St. I
l'aul and Kansas City, the tendency of j
business lias bpon to aluckon. This is .
noticeable in iron and stool, further do- j
i>refloion in cotton goods, print' cloth# |
taviug made o now low record in
Vriee.
4 *U-'ho appoaranco of a bettor domand
for fll!iug-iu purposes Li<ih hud ft favor
ablo influence at points in Tonnosseo
and tho Gulf States. On tho Pacific
count tho foaturo of business in tho
woll-raaiutained oxnort movomont from
noarly all porUs. 'lho lowor price for
print cloths* ia followod by a elmrp
reaction in wheat and a lowor price for
Indian corn. Oata are slightly highor
and eofl'efthas advancod, in audition to
which there romainn a long lirftof Kta
nles, prices of which nro unchanged.
The domoatic grain trado continue* to
look with equanamity on tho unprece
dented largo (^antitieA of wheat export
ed from both coants weok after week,
tho continuation of which an evidence
of an appreciation of tho rolatiou of
supply to demand by tho grain t^ade
abroad.
"Thoroaro250buainosa failuros report
ed throughout tho United States this
week, compared with 233 last weok, 850
in tho first weok in Decom.bor, 1896, SliV
in tho like w^ek of 18;)"), 823 in 1801 and
as compsved with 883 in tho correspond
ing period of 1893. *
"i'horo are 27 business ffiiluroa re
porto :1 throughout tho Canadian Do
minion this week compared with 84 last
weok, 47 in tho week ono yoar ago, and
89 two yoara ago. "
INTFRNAL .lEVIiNUB GROWTH.
Eight Millions Moro This Year Than
Last ? A Comparatively Safe Sorvlce.
In his annual roport to tho Secrotary
of the Treasury Mr. For man, Commis
flionor of Intorual Rovcnuo, estimates
the receipts from all sources for tho
ourront fiscal :ycar will aggregato at
least $135,000,000 an incroaso over 1807
of about $8,800,000.
A comparative statement of tho ro
oeipts during the last fiscal year is given
in part, as follows: Spirits, $82,008,
342; iucroaso ovor 18D0, $1,828,472. To
bacco, $30,710,207; decroaso, 81,231.
Fcrmoutecl liquors, 832,472, 162^ do
creaao, ?1,312,072. Tho cost -of tho
collection of tho rovonuoa during tho
Inst fiscal yoar was $3,848,400. During
tho yoar 2,241 illicit h I i 1 1 h woro destroy
ed and 32 wero removed; 820 porsous
were arrested, 1 killed and 3 wounded.
Of tho stills seized and destroyod 228
wero locotod in Alabama, 841 in Geor
gia, 403 in North Carolina, U)0 in South
Carolina and 240 in tho 0th Virginia
distriot. During tno last ton years ten
ofllcors wero killed and sixteen woro
wounded by moonshiners.
SUFFERING IN CU?A,
Forty Thousand (.'onccutrndoea In
Want? lo, 000 of Thorn Orphans.
Havana, Cuba, (tty Cable)-~Seuor
Ganalajas, tho Bpoclal commissioner of
tho Spauir?h govornmont, has returned
horo from his vieit to tho province oi
Piuar del Rio. ITo Bays thoro aro in tl:3
province 40,000 "concentrado" peasants
gathered iu from tho country and
neighborhood of tho towns for protect
ion from tho insurgents, or to prevent
thorn from joining the enemy, and that
they are all in waut. Of this number
15,000 aro orphans aud tho majority aro
children of tender years. Tho munici
pal authovitiop, tho commissioner says,
aro without resources and theroforo
unablo to do anything to roliovo tho
destitution.
WEALTHY, BUT COMMON THIEF.
A Rich Merchant Shot Read While In
tho Act of Robbing n Store.
A. E. Sibloy, a merchant in Sheffield,
la. , was eliot dead whilo robbing a
neighboring elore. Tho nafo in his
private apartments was opened. In
tho safo Mere many diamond rings,
gold "bracelets and jewelry of every
description, including sovontocn gold
watchos. Dry goods that had. been
stolon by Sibley wero identified by
Liscomb merchants. JonaaSohlesingor,
of Hampton, identified clothing f-.tolon
from a car in tho railroad yards at
Hampton and for which tho railroad
company had Bottled. Mr. Hobbio, of
Hampton, found threo bicycles which
wero stolont from him. Sibloy was
reputed to bo worth $-10,000.
SimUKUAN CAHS COIilvlOK.
Three \Pernons Klllod nnd Many In
\ jured in l>etrol(.
Two suburban cars carrying about
twenty passougcrs, and-both running
at a speed of twenty-five m|los an hour,
collided on tho Detroit & Oakland Eleo
trio Railroad at Detroit, Mich. Three
men woro instantly killod at\d a ecoro
of peraoua injured, ten of them uori
on si}*. _
Killed Ilia Wife.
At Greensboro, X. 0., Honey Ryan,
a worthless character, aftor <iuarrelihg
with his wifo, pulled a 88-calibre pistol
and (shot hor through tho neck, causing
hor death. IIo waa arrosted and placed
in jail.
mm ? II !!?> ??
Sanctified header Must Go,
A Spocial from South port. N. 0.,
fays a notice is posted on tho door
of tho house of Joe Lynch, head of tho
Lynches or eauotlfled band, telling him
if"ho does not leavo in fifteon days hia
uamo will be burned, and if that does
not suffice he will be lynched.
Diamond Smugglers Arrested.
Emanuel J. Laser, a saloon keeper
of New York, and his wife were held in
$0,000 bail by United ritatos Commis- j
eioner shields on tho charge of having
smuggled to this oountry $100, OOJ
worth of diamonds.
i.' ' ^
Juror Arrested tot Theft, " '
Ben Thrift* a white juror, was arrett
ed at HunUviile, Ala., on the charge of
1 grand larceny while on dntyin the
oirchit court* He is cliarged with
stealing a oow from a federal court
official. His brother, Jesse Thrift, of
Monrcvie. ia implicit ad in the allemd
crime. Both w era lodged In jail. ~<J?
Oovrroor* Acc?pt,
OffWH bOTWIRmw JMrnTw lOOVpiM IA9
invitation of Governor Bloxhaa, of
Florida Id ?Wt thai State oa the oeee
Ltfion of the national: .fieb eosgrees o#
pan. 19, 1699.
No. 208.
Th'#Q?M>
tor-iownl
CAk vvjlilnir
i-tooo. it
IiM ? d-luoh
beveled .
plato glut
10 top fttld ft
deep drawer
bolovr, Ar
Fr*0Oht??i
ftlloflofcUed
$3.89
Ja our ?poo
to I prico tor
thfa #10 doik.
. , ( Mnlj ordorft filled promptly.)
Wo will tntWl Anyone, froo of all
clinrROs, our no*r lUpngo Pjiooial Cnfa<
lo#uo, containing Furnlturo, Drnporioa,
JLrtmps, 8t0T0?4 -<>rookery?- !
Picture#, iUuldiug, KofrJiouUors, Ilnby
( firrlnfr!,?, ?to. Ti>is is ttio most oonl
pj?to book ovor publlshod, nnd wo p?y
all |k>^?h?o. Our lltliofeTrtphod Cftrpot
(;?'fil<>?iio, ehnwjriff Qiu-potA iu c-olora, la
nUo yours for the ftslil"#, If ?arpot
nainploi nto wan tori, m/fll us 80. In
fluunpa. Tlioro Is no ronton why you
should pav your local aoalor CO por
coot, profit whon you onirouy from
tho mill. Prop a lluo now to th?
monov-eavois.
JULIUS HINES & SON,
Baltimort), Md,
rionso montlooi thlg napor.
Tobacco
will cure well, have a bright,
rich color and flavor, with good
burning properties, if liberally
supplied with a fertilizer con
taining at least 10% actual
Potash.
in the form of sulphate*
The quality of tobacco is im
proved by that form of Potash,
Our hooks will tell you just what to use.
Thoy are free. Scud for them. ^
GERMAN KAM WORKS.
/ Nassau S|? Neve Yotfe.
Jenifer, Ala.t sfty9; I havo
uecd Dr. M.A, Sljrnnons
IJvcr Modlctno SO yo&ra,
and know itwillcuroklvor
Disoiuse, Nervousness,
Bowel and Stomach
Tronbloa. I UkO It bet*
tcr limn "niaofe Drniigbv"
| or "Zcllln's" taedicluo.
Pftfcnthood,
Children bind husband and wtfo nioro
closoJy than tho wedding ccremony Itself.
One-half of mnrrifed misery Is due to tho
growingphysicnl woakness of women, which
f mahoschild-bcaving n dreaded bnrden and
}rf rovent8 those closo relations between hns
band and wifo, without which happiness
cannot exist. Row important then is it
that tho woman bo brought to aB pcrfect a
condition of health, of which nho is capable.
bo that sho can glvo to her offspring out of
hor abnndanco of Hfo and spirits. Dr.
Blrmuons flnuaw Vine "tVlno wijl do tills;
It will pnrify her blood, tono np her norvons
eystcm and glvo her courage and assur*
an co of safety to go through tbo ordoal of
childbirth. H ?
//f .
v ^ k ? ? - I \^S
Ashland, AJo., writes t Ilftvo .
usod ?r. M. A. Simmons
Llvor Modlcloo 10 years
tor Colda, Diarrhoea,
Sumnior Complaint vrlth
children, It glvea Utter
satisfaction thna "Tbcd^
ford's Black Draughtl" or
|"St. Joseph's IlogulaVr,"
' or anything wo can get.
Dlmnosi of Vision.
/"Incr.069 of wtfuk and Ipiporfoct Tlfllon,
tho Cannes qf dlsoaSc should, If pogslblo.bo
corroctly ascertained, so that tuoy rony bo
as far as possible obviated aud caardod
ngninef, Whore tho trocblo is fnnctlonqJL
And arises from eomo constitutional do
rangomcntordobllity, ?jch ns torpid liter
or innctlvo kidnoya, producing A utorbid
condition Id tho organism, constitutional
treatment with )>r. bl. A. Simmons Liver
Slodiola* will prod oca tlx? happiest {CSQltp.
Whcnfau^cd by nrolongod nursing, cxcca
01 vo Mxonl inanigoncoo, abuse of otirtn
lnnts, tho exceaslvo nso of the eyes on too
bright or too mlnnto objects, too ranch sleep
or other Clrcumstaneoa \vhioh produce do
terminatlou of blood to tho bond, 'Dr.
glmmona fiqaaw Vlue Wine quickly euros*
Sterling Slher Filagree Pin.
The mKvgst uu'lroosT beautiful
Beat/ Fin on tho market to
d?y. To Introduce our latest
Holiday Cataloguo vro will fiend
tho J'in od receipt ol lyGHT
CENTS ? CATALOOCs fltEE.
D.M. WATKINS & CO., H fg J?w?ler?
10 Taxo St. Providence, B. I.,
PATENTS SSIS
[I INVENT Improvement* In toola.lmrlemouta.
W household arllClCK, elf. Wrllf F. 8. Al'PfJf
IIIAN, P?l?nti,a?vr?r, H'lirWr, Hid*., Wastt
frf) fi/rcftl?r *u4 wflt? JA9Y? /ce?;
Aiicuara. On. Acln*l bntlnog*. N?Ux(. ^
IimS". Short tftoo. Cli?*p board- Sentl (or c?UIo*a?.
HONSUMPTION AND CATARRH
"Ara result of Cot)tr*ot*4 No?lrll?. t]rvgt Cannot
d f.(v. for NAH\Ii JN6riUAT6R or ? ct?.
lotto Q, J). Vxuutp,
Aro r?#u
Ct/rf. 8en
for pwjopUlotto
8 N. U. No. 40.~97.
E, M. ANDREWS, w'A!
ftoalor t? ^
Mp* |
fiatoiaiidf
* Otgav 5
SAW MiLLS. m
? ? If yon oood a saw will, any *1*0, Wflta
I no boforo bayfnn el.iowhoro. J hnvtj /
tho most comfdolo lino of mlltoorany
denlor or nmnufnclnror in tUo UoutpL,
CORN MILLS, S
Very hlpthoat ?rado Stones, ajfttnupitaV
Iv low prlOOf, ?
WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY,
Planers, Monldors, Edger', Ite-Sftifa,
lland Saws, Latlu, oto.
ENGINES 11 BOILERS,' "
Tnlbott nnd Llddoll.
Engleborg llloo Hnller, In etook, qutok
doHyory, low prices.
V. C. BADHAM,
No. 18S0 Main St., Columbia, &
- ? fill* . ? c... , i...- ? ??.?<>? .???<> my
Make
Home
AtfractlveC
Tho mellow tono" of a goad Piano or QrTih -
will rofro.sli nnd rost tho piront-i, araniuV ?ti$"
children nnd koop ihftm at homo. Do yojv .
want ouo ? I am proparwl to supply you wlta ^
tho niostd<?aiviii)lo INauo or Or?nu tlio mar.
kol affords. Don't euy you can't afford ltT_f
until you kitpiv my liberal tovnvj and low
pr.co*. Only a' postal card >? nouoMartf toaste -
mo for oatalosuo, torms ami prlcos. Addro?s ? -
M. A. StfSaiono.
C_fl LMBJ a, ? SOUTCAROLUA,
FARM LANDS FOR SALE
IN SOUTH CAROLINA,
IN LAltOE or. SMALL TRACTS. TElMS
EASY, roil rUllTIIBU INtfOllMATIOS
ADDRESS
E. K, I'AJf.IUKK, COIiUMltIA* 8. C.
has demonstrated ton tbon?*nfl
times that it ia almost Infallible
FOR WOMAN'S
PECULIAR
WEAKNESSES.
irr<*EnlarItJcs nnd derangoments,-'
It lias bocomo tho loading remedy '
for thin oIkkb of troubles. It exerti
n wondorXully honling. strengthon*
ing and soothing inliucnco upon
tho menstrual organs. 16 cures
?'whites" and falling Of the womb.
It 6 tops flooding and relieves eup
{>reesed and painful menstruation,
'or ChangO of Llfo It Is the beat
mcdloino made. It Is beneficial
during pregnancy, and helps to
bring clnldrcn Into homes bnrrett
for yearn. It invigorates, stimu
late#, eirongthwj# the whole syfl*~
(era. This groat kemody la offered
to all nfUlcted women, why Mr III' "7
an" woman suffer another miouto
with ccrtalu relief within reach t
Wine or Cafdtt Only coata fl.OOpw"
hottlo at y^ut drugstore.
For ailrftt, <n tatea tvqnirlnj tpeeial Airtc*
f (on#, addrtif, pfrtttfl ayi/i|jf<wn*, the "badtot'
Advltory Department-," Hie Chqilauooya Af?t
Ulne Co., Chattanooga, Tetxn. . ....
Rev. ). W. SMITH, Camden, 8.O., Mjri:
"My wllo uied WInoof Cardul at horns
ftfe falling of U>6 womb and ft entlralf
cured her."
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