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vv,r .. •<?*' '' ; *. yi:. ^PkSTvv 5rC ' J^Vs ' . -■*:,> . ..■- ■ : fv ' .v -■ ■ - ■ -»r- *>! A SAD STORY. •■>-. 1 '• ” ‘ v A- Tit firgt Aathtntio Aooouat XtoakUa Hubbard, Jf,, HUD ALOVKIH Ho AHTICWILDa ir Glaor, 8k«l«ton*Llk® f Men Kept Death Awaf by Ratine -X Tbonee and ,Bone» They Picked Up. Ofecr- • Here is the first authentic story of the pitiful death by starvation of Leonide* Hubbard, Jr., In the wilds of Labrador. It comes in a letter re ceived Wednesday from Dillon Wal lace, a survivor of the eiploring ex pedition, though written mOhtlis ago. Ita Intensely graphic feature Is the extract from the dying Hubbard’s diary: Northwest River, Labrador, ( ~v December 3, 1903. { Before this reaches you my tele gram, that I will send forward by the mail carrier to be transmitted to you by cable from Chateau Bay. the near est telegraph office, will have been re ceived by you, and you will know of Mr. Hubbard’s sad death, but not., until you reoetfbythls, the details. <r< r i On July 16, we left Northwest River, and on August ! were practi cally not of provisions. On August 3 we killed four geese; on August 12 a blg |t*g caribou; from tliat forward we lived on the caribou meat, which we had dried, but wiilch was soon gone, and at long intervals succeeded in killing a goose or duck or grouse, with our rifles and pistols. Early in September the weather grew too cold for fish to bite. Our salt and sugar were gone early and we ate everything boiled and drank the water our food was boiled in. Birds were eaten whol ly, heads, feet and everything but the feathers. At length, about the middle of September, ” or a little earlier,* we reached some large lake away in -the interior. From a high, barren hill the great lake we had been aiming for could be seen- Lake Michakaman. Then the time for the caribou migra tion was past and reluctantly we turned homeward over our old trail in land, not having seen an Indian or any human being since leaving North west River. Winter was upon us and before September was gone the tem perature dropped to 10 degrees above zero. Then we broke*fmr thermome ter and could got no record. On October 11 wcreached the camp where we had killed the caribou and got together the dried bones we had left and bolld them for soup. We scraped the skin from the head and boiled and ate that. We scraped up wh&t was left of the stomach and ate * that. The horns we scorched in the tire and’ ate them. Before we began our retreat from the big lake I had lost thirteen Indies in waist measure. Our bones were stick ing through the skin. 1 know the others looked, especially Hubbard, Hke walkieg dceletons. We were so weak at length that we could not sit down without fall mg. At length one day Hubbard would not carry his little pack and 1 made him follow without any load. The next day, October 17, was the same. He could go no further. W r e pitched the tent, made him iie down and George and I got together wood for a fire. We were eighty miles from Northwest River, but at the head of Grand Lake, forty miles away, we hopeirto find some trappers and food. On the way up, some twelve miles below where Hubbard-gave out, we had left a bag with some remuants'of wet flour in It, and it was decided that we should leave our caribou bones and some pieces of flour bag I found (thrown Away on the way up), for Hubbard, and that George and 1 go on the next morning to the flour bag we had abandoned, hoping UUind some flour in it. The next morning, after getting aomewood and wrappingHubbard’in my blankets, Georgt and I started. Befofe going 1 read Chanter XIV, of John, and at his requestrmy favorite, Ohapter XII, of First Corinthians. 1 some how felt that I would^fiever see him alive again, and it was very tiard His entry in his diary will tell you of our parting, and I quote: ' October 18, 1903. Alone in camp. Wot two days past we have travelled down our old trail with light packs. On Thursday I ‘busted. ’ Friday and Saturday it was the same. I saw it hopeless for me to try to go with the boys. “They will try to reacii the flour tomorrow. Then Wallace will come back to me. George will go on to Grand Lake if he can, and send or lead hefy> to us. Our past two days have been trying ones. 1 have not written my diary because so very is ever, thus keep-out wind and sav ing wood. To-night or to-morrow, per- bape, the weather will Improve ao 1 can build a Are, eat the reet of my moooaeins and a pair of cowhide mit tens.- They ought to help some. _ . “I am not Buffering. The acute pangs of hunger have given way to indifference. I am sleepy. I think death from starvation is not eo bad. But let ho One suppose I expect it; I am prepared, that is all. 1 think the boys will be able, .with the Lord’s help, to save me.” .. On the morning of October 18, when George and I left camp, a drizxling cold rain was falling. At dusk on the 20th we reached the flour bag. It contained only some lumps of mouldy green stuff. The next morning George, with the greater pari, of this to help him in his long tourney to Grand Lake, and I, with what clung to the bag and a few lumps of the stuff, parted, and I began my return march toward Hub- hard and camp. Before noon the snow was half way to my knees. The spruce and fir tree branches were bending low with their weight of snow; the river was partially frozen, and the whole appearance of the country was chang ed. Thejnow had obliterated all land marks, aud after walking up and down several times where I thought the camp must be, I was at length comr pelted to give up the search, and bead ed toward Grand Lake. My intellect was numbed-through weakness, and I walked in a half dream. And so it was, day after day, night after night, until I lost all record of the time I had been away from camp and did not know the day of the week or even what month it was. ~T Then I beard some men shout, very near me, and almost immediately four dark-faced men on snowshoes,. with big packs on their backs, came over the bank. Then I remembered George was to try summon to Donald Blake from Grand Lake. 1 knew Donald and I recognized him as one of the 'men. I spoke his name. “Donanld Blake,’’ and then he took my hand in his, and my senses returned with the touch of human flesh. In a moment they had a roaring Are and some hot tea, and gave me a slice of bread and and butter. I ate itjand It made me sick, but did me good. Everything I ate for two weeks made me sick. . My rescurers were Allen Gr indy, a part blood Indian, and Donald Blake, Gil : , bert Blake and Diincan M&cLane, part blood Esquimaux, all trappers. I sent Allen Gandy and Donald Blake-right on to look for Hubbard. They found him in a sleeping posture dead, and he had evidently gone to sleep after making the entry quoted above on the 18th, and never woke up. George and I reached |N. W. River November tt. Mr. Mackenzie, the man ager, took me to bis home, called bis man from the company bouse to cut my hair and shave me (1 had not had a hair cut since leaving New Ybrk, or a shave since July 15), a tub of water for a warm bath, a suit of nightcloth es and a good soft bed, and made a Are In my room. He rubbed my legs and put me to bed after supper, little hqusekeeper cried over troubles, and did everything oould for me. They have been m. 85 54c Sa* ■ r, tmir~ “Yesterday at an old camp we found the end we bad cut from a flour bag It had a bit of flour sticking to it. We boiled it with our old caribou bones .flpd it thickened the broth a little, r We also found a can of mustard we had thrown away. I eat and held It In lay Mod a long time, thinking bow it from home. Then I took a •kite of itand it was very good. We ‘ mixed aome in our bone eoup and it ewtnmr < to stimulate us. We bad a bit - of caribou akin in that same spot. It swelled up thick and was very good. “Last night I fell asleep while the hoys were reading to me. This morn- ing 1 was very, very sleepy. After the bays left—they left me tea, the cari boo hooes and another end of flour ••ok found here and some yeast cakes —I drank a cap of strong tea and aoms bone broth. I also ate some of the really delicious rawhide (boiled ' ‘ god it made me stronger to write this. Our parting effecting. George said: "The ITU I, so did joa if l ean get out. ’ Then he ' * Wallace. Wallace stooped Cheeks wittubla poor, UpS—several times; 1 did the same, and they went myj in the.hlstor!an of the Mormon Church, was recently called to testify before the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections in the Smoot trial, a resident of Utah'who was fn the com mittee room said: . “Now you’ll hear a startling story. Jansen has three wives. He married two sisters, and be was later ‘sealed for eternity’ to their mother.’’ This was promptly verified by Jan- seq. He said that he had married two young girls who were sisters, and that both these girls were then living with, him in one house in Utah. Investigation disclosjs that these “sister marriages” are now, and have been, customary among the Mormons. Rrighaaf Young was among the first to set the example. In the early part of his matrimonial careei be made the acquaintance of two beautiful girls hi Utah. Soon after he mfet them het furowP Jb^ck against received a divine “revelation” admon- ishihg him to endow them with all his worldly goods—that is, i)ll that had not been distributed among the wives he already had. These girls were twins, and it was difficult even for members of their family to distinguish one from the other. Brigham Young determined to wed one of them. TWIN TAKES BRIDE’S I’LAOE. : tin the day of the oeremony, how ever, the chosen sister's heart-failed her, and she persuaded the other one to take her place at the altar. Brig-1” ham Young did not discover the de ception for several days. When be learned the facts he sent the bride ini© exile—forbidding her all com pany for a number of years.. Soon afterward he wedded the other sister. His our she very kind, and here 1 am making my home while here. Mr. Hubbard’s coffin came to day. Mr. Mackenzie had the lumber people make it. They brought it from Kena- mlsh by dog train. With lots of love, „ Your Effectlonate Brother, r Dillon. A QUEEE TALE In • Vision a Husband Came to a Sometime Wife- A letter to The Slate from (»ireeh- wood says an interesting and curious case Is that of Charles Robertson, a well-to-do negro, a native of this sec tion, who appears before a former wife in a vision, so she declares, caus ing Jier to leave her then husband? The Robertson negro soon after died and now this wife No. 1 is about to die. The dead negro’s relatives are squabbling over the property left by him and a great suit is on to decide the case. The negroes are greatly-in terested In it. The story Is this: About 10 years ago Charles Robertson was a negro carpenter here in Greenwood and do ing well. Discovering that another negro had alienated his wife’s affec tions lie left Greenwood for .Atlanta. In Atlanta he began business as a hackmau and at the t ime of his death lie owned three hacks and was con sidered prosperous for a negro. In the course of time he married an AtlSntanegrawlioaurviveshimr MaanwliiTe the wife he had left in < ieeenwood also married again. This husband having died she married a third time. This huhsband, George Davis by name, and herself were Uv- months ago. One morning she announced to him that she had had a vision the night before in which she saw her former and first husband surrounded by a group of angels and beard a voice tel ling her to change her life and pre pare to meet her God. She was so im pressed with tbe “vision” tba$ she drove Davis from the hearth and home and has not lived with him since. Her first husband’s death occurring shortly after in Atlanta and her own serious illness have created a deep Im pression among other negroes that the vision Is a “divinely inspired’’ one. Wife No. 2 Is suing for what the Rob ertson negro left as are also the rela tives of Wife No. 1, who is ptljl able to be Interested in that, and also the sisters of tbe dead negro, who wish both wives deprived of any part in bis estate. The case will be tried at tbe next term of oourt. .— Three Negroes Killed. A special from DeWitt Ark., says: Three negroes were killed In a race battle Wednesday %t St. Charles, this Lord help us, Hubbard; with His help [county.- A posse of deputy sheriffs in a search for two ne groes, who Tuesday had seriously wounded two white men in a fiat fight at St. Charles, and whHe passing through a section of woodland they wen fired at from a thicket by s party of negrose. The whites return- ed the fire and instantly kJUad Garrett FkxM, Will Madison sod Will Bald- Tbs tragedy baa oosununlty and ATAbE OF HORROR. A Mormon Bilhop Karri.d fin OirU of One Family. SIBTXB MARRIAGES A CUSTOM. Old Brigham Young Was Among the First toilet the Example, and It Haa Been Kellglonaly Tolerated. When Andrew Jansen, of Salt Lake, ..rlesof.the Mormon Church, to enter these “sister marriages.” Among the wives of the late president of the Church, Lorenzo Snow, were two sia-. tens. -Joseph F. Smith, president of the church, wedded the two Lamson girls, first Julia and later Edna. Francis.Marlon Lyman, an apostle of the Church has plural wives. Among them are the Callister glrla—Clara and Susan, of Filmore, Utah. George Teasdale, another apostle, wedded Mary Loretta Pixton and her sister, of Nephi, Utah. *; Angus M. Cannon, State President at Bluffdale, Utah, numbers among his wives two sisters whose “maiden name” was Mousley. One ceremony was sufficient for both weddings. THKKB SISTER WIVES IN ONE HOUSE. The late Bishop Johnson, of Spring- vllle, Utah, wedded five sisters. Ste phen Moat, of American Fork^ Utah, wedded three sisters, all of whom, with their score or more of children, live jn one bouse at American Fork. Lons Newman, of Monroe, Utah, varied the monotony of his matrimo nial life by marrying two buxom Utah women—the first of whom is the mother of the second. Joseph Atkins, f Preston, Idaho, followed Newman’s xample. William Parkinson, of Franklin, a farmer or Sand Creek Indiana, township, Bartholo mew County, was entertaining friends s night or two ago. Late in tbe even ing, after one of tbe younger gueete had' told m number of hair raising stories about bold-ups out West, whence he bad recently returned, Mias Fredls Kreig bad occasion to go to an adjoining room. She pushed the door open and it flew b£ft, hitting her In the face. She opened it again and again the door closed on her as though some one was pushing from the other side. She ran into the room where the guests were as'embled, and told her father that some one was in the room and held the door against her. Mr. Kreig went to tbe door and met with the same experience that his daugh ter had encountered. He then rush ed violently against the door and was burled back into the room, the door opening but part of tbe way, and ap parently being tbrown back by some one on the opposite side., Mr. Kreig told his daughter to bring bis shot gun, but it was in the room where the suppose burglar held the door. A re volver was substituted. ~ George Krefg-forced bis head throdgh the opening and attempted to peer behind the door, but it was him so that it caught 'his neck, and he was glad to pull his head hack without getting a look at the Intrudef. u Then t!Wo of the guests were sent outside to guard tbe windows, and the elder Kreig armed himself with a stick of stove wood and a lamp. Bill Wilbur, one of the guests, bad a fire shovel, and another guest tbe revol ver. The intruder was again called and told to come out or suffer, the consequences, but he evidently chose to suffer, tdr no response came to the command.' > - Young Kreig then put'his arm through the opening, turned the re volver toward whatever was behind the door and lired one shot, The women screamed and the excitement became intense. JLnother demand was madr on the intruder. He failed to respond and shot after shot was fired from the pis tol in the hand through the opening. "Still, j/hese was. no movement Trom within. ’ Theatthe two Kreig*,"Wif- bur and Day rushed against the door and broke it from Its binges, Just behind was the ironing board, which bad fallen from its routing place and had so lodged against the door that it operated as a spring to force It shut whenever tbe door was pressed back against it. There were four bul let holes In the board, and all agreed that if it bad been a man he would have been killed by that first shot, but if that had not been fatal, the second would certainly have finished him. Idaho, wedded a woman whom^‘ the cruelty of fate” placed In his hands. In 1857 a company oJLpioneers malt ing theirway to .California, was at- All were massacred except the wo men and seventeen children from one to eight years of ^ge. These seven teen children were reared by the Mor mons who had slaughtered their fa thers. One of them,-when she grew up to womantiodci, became the plural wife of Parkinson. . BISHOP HOLDS THE RECORD. William Maughan, tbe Bishop of Millisvllle, Utah, holds the record for “sister marriages. ” Among bis wives, are three pahs of sisters. He “went through the temple” three times, and each time he carried two sisters on his arms. rule). |> * o , The late George Q. .Cannon, one of t,fl S,. fla ^, was rt ra l 8e ^ i the apostles, wedded the Tully sis ters. Emanuel Baley, of Oakly, Idaho, married three slaters—Charlotte, Lot tie and Hulda. Another Mormon who wedded three sisters is George Alma Merrill, son of Apostle Mer rill, wedded the tjwo Hendricks girls. They live at Richmond, Utah. *sl ~ Ole Berg, of Richfield, Utah, has two wives. They are sisters and their M&rlah Smart and her sister, Char lotte, are the wives of S. R. Parkin son, of Preston, Idaho. Hyrum Watson’s case may fitly close the list. Hyrum wedded two sisterfon the same day. Less than a year after wife No. 1 had tyrin boys. Four days la^er wife No. 2 had twin girls. MORMONS WHO MARRIED SISTERS. Brigham Young, two sisters. Andrew Jansen, Church Historian, two sisters. ^ Lorenzo Snow, late president, two sisters. . Joseph F. Smith, president of church, two sisters. Francis Marion Lyman, apostle, two sisters." George Teasdale, apostle, two sis ters.. Angus M. Cannon, State President, two sisters—at one time. : LaterBtabop Johnson, five sisters, n Moat, three sisteis. Maughan, three pairs of Stephen William sisters. George Stranger, three sister*. Alma Merrill, son of apostle, two slaters. X -y. Ole Berg,-two sisters. S. R. Parkinson, two sisters. u Hyrum Watson, two sisters, who each bolt him twins a year later. .... .Jel Cro*u 'The State says hay does jiot largely In the calculations of SOMETKIHG BEHIND R00B Wouldn’t Come OCX, so a Revolver Wm Emptied Into It. Joseph Kreig, ft farmor of ■ T.G.Okoftl To my fellow citizens of the Second Congressional District: I have read with pride and gratitude moat profound the numerously^signed petitions asking me tahecome a candi date for Congress' to fill the vacancy caused by the death of my reverend father, the Hon. TjTeonre W. Croft, from the Second Congressional District of South Carolina. No stronger token of honor, esteem and reverence for the memory of your departed representative can be given. While reluctant to do so, yet having faith in those who signed the petitions and in the citizens of the District at large, a majority of whom wej.e hi* friends, I have defcWed bd fnake the race, and hereby announce myself a candidate for Congress from the Sec ond Congressional District, to fill the unexpired term only, subject totf'.e re- A SENSATIONAL INCIDENT. The Confedtrme Flax Gives Way to ‘Old Glory” atClemaon. An occurrence at Clemson College of unusual and sensational interest is thus described, by an eyewitness: * Tiiere has just been erected at the college a flag-pole, eighty-six feet high. Recently one of the boys took up a collection and had a flag, four teen by twenty-one feet, of the “Stars and Bar” made, and the afternoon of March-12 at (hSDr-whHe the college band played JJ DIxie” and amid the cheers of the uncovered tiv* hundred Clemson boys, the flag of the Confeder acy was raised. Ityvas lowered after V , BEGINS WORK with the first doss, cleansing the blood of sll the poisonous odds thst produce RHEUMATISM, driving out sll the dangerous germs that infest the body—thgt is the way cures sre effected by ►-tjCr suit of the primary election. And I pledge myself to abide by and hereby support the nominee in such election 1 and to support the platform and prin ciples of the Democratic party. T. G. Croft. L. J. William* fbr Congreas. To the Democratic voters of the Sec ond Congressional District: An all-wise Providence has deprived you of your direct representation In the lower house of congress, through the death of Hon. Geo. W. Croft, con- f ressman from the Second South Caro- ina District. This sad loss of an able public servant jereates a vacancy in a position for which it has been my an nounced intention to be a candidate in the regular primary this summer, and so. makes it necessary for me to seek your suffrages earlier than would, otherwise have been the case, fur the unexpired term. Other medicines treat symptoms; RkmmsdJi rtmtvu tb* umit, and, therefore, its CURES ARE PERMANENT. Helps the digestion, tones up the system. Sample bottle free on application to Borbitt Chimjcal Co., Pro* prietors, 316 West Lombard St., Baltimore, Md« A «*'*"*** ’■vfc'. », / • T THE L0U0 TALKER SAYS- I am a candidate for the high hpnor of representing the Second South Car-, olina District in Congress and ask your support. I am a Democrat and give full alle giance to Democratic principles. Above all, I am a white, stipreirfficy Democrat, and believe absolutely in the rule or this country by the* white men, a. rule so shaped as to bring the f reatest good to the greatest number. l go to the very fullest length in oppo- sitiort to anything-that savors of race, political or social equality. These are beliefs which l.Jiold should be ad-vo- cated at Washington astvell as enter tained at home. I am eternally agalnst4-rtists and the monopolies they build and foster, and pledge my most .-earnest efforts; if elected, to work for relief of the people therefrom. South Carolina is now well repre sented in the national hou§e of fepfe- sm&atives ly professional myi. I would not appeal to class predjudice, but I do ask: ought not the farmers of South Carolina, who are a majority of the State’s white voters,"Rr have at least one simon pure farmer represen tative in congress? . i, 1 have been honored by-the peoph of Edgefield county by election to repre sent them in tiie State legislature, and by the people of South Carolina, through their General Assembly, to share in the management of tfie dis pensary, and point to my'record as a public servant as' an assurance to the Democrats of the Second District tiiat if,they choose' me as their ^congress man, 1 will serve them faithfully and to the fpitektcM of my ability.' »I hope to htve the opportunity of meeting the Democratic voters of our "IHt NEW KIND OF CHEW THAT WON ENOUGH CHEWERS IN A. YEAR TO MAKE SWEEP-STAKES THE LARGEST COMPETITIVE BRAND OF SCHNAPPS TOBACCO. “I I Geo A Wag.mer, Pres. .Geo Y Coleman, VlcePrsi._ LG Ball, Sec’y A Tress Coleman-Wagener Hardware Company,'- Successor to C. 383 KING STREET, - - P. Poppenheim. ~ - ' JDffATlLESTON, S 0 p. m. district face to face, to fully state from the stump my position on all public questions, which cannot be done in tbe limits of a newspaper article. * • L. J. WTlliams. $860,000 X GIVEN AWAY __FOURFIER SEARCHMONT AUTOMOBILE, at 5.30 > . , April 1st, 1904. „ - At th*> Arm? Cycle .Company’* ttore Broad St., one ticket will In* ijiven free with eaoh'SDo mailorder. Identification of tickets will be Uy n$me, berteft al I ticketa muat be signed and deposited before noon. April 1, >904. This .manner of awarding the automobile will be left,to jlat * ’ ‘ the.ticket hoidern at the plach of drawing. ibit at our store and we will bglae d to have you Inapeotit. The machine ia on exhit ~D<t 'you suffer with-painful menstruation? Either retarded, excebsive, or insnfllrient If so, commence at once to take Ottoman Female Reg u la tore,-and they-witt give prompt and permanent relief. These pills cure painful monthly sickness, whites, agonizing peine doe to suppressed ’menstruation, regulate the bowels, stimulate the heart, increase the appetite, aid tacked by Mormons, seeking wives, jark and the companies marched to the pole from reveille tills and again the flag was raised amid the cheers of the Clemson corps. It staved untfl 9’clock, when the commandant, who is a. Northerner, ordered 1L taken down. Tiie beys had it down and hid before ills orders coqld be obeyed. Immediately after release from-quarters at the morning inspection, however, all of the boys Trusts and monopolies arc un.demo* morning, |cratic; are hurtful to the trade; roba free people of their just profits; and are a menace to liberty and free gov ernment. I have worked and legislat ed against them and am unalteiablv opposed to them and will work not only to throttle them but to entirely cTestroy them, and thus-through Na tional legislation give that relief which could not be secured by State went to the flag" pole and were raising the flag for the third time. The com mandaut came out of eg.: ed. But in spite of his and his placing one boy protestations under arrest, The flag floated proudly till after church, when the commandant mad*| the a speech in which he said among other things: “Boys, I don’t blame you for honoring the flag your fathers.and grandfathers fought for. Three cheers islation favor industrial development, of ^ the individual, the County, the State, j "hu'nfflri ftAiiahtr and of this Republic. 1 favor Nation- .rdpred^r h>wpr al aid for roads, agricultural colleges I jrueruu ^ f or textile schools to l>e erected and maintained by State and National aid in connection with cotton manu facturing, that all our pcop:e may he educated and trained to manufacture > sell for the highest prices, thereby giving the greatest profit to the manufacturer and the highest possible wages to the laborer. . I favor maintaining a strong navy for the tej^ the gQutJiftrtuCoafedflr-. foro tbe pretect ton-of orrr uotrrrrry urnt acy. ” (Three cheers were given with a vim in which the minister, the fac ulty and the ladies joined heartily. Continuing he said: '--But the South proved that there was only one flag in 1898. Boys, there’s no use talking, we have the greatest flag on of the earth to day. And now I want the band to play Dixie while we lower tlie.Stars and Bars, and then to play the Star Spangled Banner while, we raise the Stars and Stripes.” So while the band played “Dixie” and while the boys stood with un covered heads sending forth cheer ritory thus cut off i resigi upon cheer, the flag of our fathers waa atld ^as elected Senator fn lowered and the flag of our forefathers and our flag was raised. Three rous ing cheers were given for “Old Glory” and then three for the commandant. The Thrifty Yankee. The Philadelphia Record says the Massachusetts report of labor statis tics for 190$'.in dealing-with the sta tus of the negro population In that state brings out the curious fact that Massachusetts enacted the first stat ute establishing slavery in America, in 1641. This was twenty years be- Vlrgtnla, though slaves had been brought to that state in 1619. There are now in Massachusetts 61,974 ne groes, 80 per cent, of whom live In the cities. 1 Still Fighting. A dispatch from Manila sS^s Caps. DeWitt, with a detachment of con stabulary anct-Lieut. Pitney, with § ment of scouts have Just en- ' 8. G. Held for Congres*. To the Electors of the Second Con gressional District: “God’s finger has touched” our dis tinguished fellow citizen and Congress man, Gob George Croft, "4*4. JUe sleeps.’ 1 - YOU gre now, therefore, withuut representation in the lower house of Congress. I aspire to the va cancy caused oy his death and solicit vour supports for the position so wort h- ily tilled by Aiken’aidistinguished son. I am a Democrat, and acknowlcge full allegiance to the Democratic .party. State and National STlTi OTTOMAN FEMALE REGULATORS. clear op the c omplexioa. r-l 1 and act as a.cenoral tonic to the female generative organa. They are especially useful aa fter child-birth and wilt speedily reetore the patient to her normal conditi a tonic after child-birth and wilt speedily reetore the patient particulars of this wonderful remedy sent with each boa of pitla. by mailAa_pLain wrapper upon receipts of price. ition. Price $13)0 per box. Fall Ottoman Remedy Company, I P. O. Box 123, Wilmington, North Carolina. ;^6T GET OUT OF THE RUT- Ihg some-ebonr high grark* ready*mixied paints on your, houi By hsitig sonte-of-our high grade refidv-n^ined paints on your, house in stead of the home made lead, and oil mixt ures, they are more thorough ly ground by machinery and will, therefore, give better and more last ing results. * —— — - —i COLEMAN-BALL-MARTIN PAINT AND OIL CO. Wholesale and retail dealers in everything in the paint line. ' 3117 King Street, Uiuirleetou, C. Palmetto Stamps, Automobile Ticket*. -Southeastern Lime Ji Cement Co. CHARLESTON, S. C. Building^GHiterial of m.11 kinds. Higlt Grade Roofing “RUREKOID.”* Wrfte for prices. Inline 0*5nient, JAlo^terv v- Terra Cotta Pipe, Roofing Paper, Car lots, small lots, write, Carolina, Portland Cement Co., Charleston, 8. C. Whiskey Habit, ▲ILDrug and Tobacco T ttafc Morphine I Cigarette Habit I ' Habit J — Habits. Cured by Keeley Institute, of - 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 76) Columbia, S. 0. Confidential oorrespoad- ence solicited. the interests of her citizens under our treaty laws^I betieve tinut the South is especially interested in-the awaken ing and development of the Orient - for to them we must look for increased use of cotton goods. It js the field into tton grown by our 'farm ers and manufacture' earners, must in a large part And a market, Therefore Ladvocate trade rights and open ports in China and the far East. I was elected Senator from Barnwell County in 1892 and served until Bam berg County was created in 1897 from Barnwell territory. Being in the ter ritory thus cut on I resigned my seat from Bamberg County and at the expiration' Of my term was re-elected and am now her Senator. For these twelve yeaift I have stood for the welfare of all the people of our State and especially for the agricultu ral class because on its prosperity de pends the developement of the country —it is the commercial blood of the body politic, sap 1t. weaken it, with draw it and general disaster follows. 1 am a farmer and stand for all that wilt benefit the agriculturist—Rural Libraries, Rural Delivery, Good Roads Ac. - ” If elected to represent^you, I will ring to bear all tbe powers 1 possess, trained by years of experience in the senate, for the best interests of this District and our Stale. ~ « I solicit your support and hope to meet you in the near future face to face and from the stump fully present tlwsr ~ and otbei views to tbe electors of this District. Respectfully. S. G. Mayfiel 1. Dr. Leonard Wood, the president's particular friend, now In command of the Philippines, was oon- vot* Don’t think that every ona who hangi offt a sign nxi h. Rnpal 1 1I1C \\ citdl mftk«r" is corape tent to repair yonr One watch. Repair era who > , . . are fully competent are acaroe. We do work only one way KeDaiTl n gh • • can make P art °* * watch, or a complete watch. _ Our pricee are often no more than you pay for laferior work. When out charge for work is $1.50 or over we will pay express charge one wav. Send m vc watcff, F. H LACHICHOTTE * CO, Jewelera, 1424 Main St, Columbia, S. C. our Everybody Should Read This goodalor the leant mob*? that they i 1 ' , . you need anything iii the rrauhinery supply line write iw for pricee. Just receiving two car loads of pipe aud car load of iron. Cheapest place ia state to buy.pipe aod iron. - votd at If ». £ GMGMp, rra COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO., L Bum, stun Trat • ' .. Oolumbia. 8. c. YOUNG MEN, YOUNG WOMEN. WAKE UP Prepare yourselves to meet the demand for Stenographers, typewriters and bookkeepers. Write for catalogue of. ^ MACFEAT’S BUSINESS COLLEGE, Columbia, S. C. W. H. Macfeat, official Court Stenographer, President. Jg The Uuignard Brick Works, COLUMBIA, S. C. « Building and Re-Pressed Brick. Special shapes to order. Fire Proof Terra Cotta Flue Linings. Prepared to fill orders for thousands on for millions. - ' V Senatou Tillman is at his home at Trenton recuperating. -His throat is about well again. who arv in nvvd of th* beat medical treat ment ahould not fall toconault Dr. Haths- wavat once, as he Is r e ch v n 11 e <t as the leading and moat suc cessful specialist. You are safe In placing your ease in , hlS'iifpds.as he is the ‘lon'gest established *wnd has the best rep utation. He cures where others fall; there Is no patchwork lor experimenting in Ibia treatment. Per sonal attention by Dr Hathaway, also spe cial eaunael from his aaaoelate physicians whan necessary, which no other office has. If ran can not call, write for free booklets and question blanks. MenUoft year trouble. Xv- HATHAWAY. WHAT makes A GOOD PIANO? Good Materials, Skill, Knowledge, Care and a lot of little things you dqp’t see, all cost you can. We are factory money—pay as much we are factory representatives for the most celebrated Pianos, viz: Chickeringr Knabe, Fischer, Vos®, Behr, Mathushek, McPbail, and oth ers. Maione ihuoic House 9*! New Method let College. Mr. A. W. .Todd, of Charleston lias been selected is arclfitect forths new building of the Columbia r ‘ College. Thk pr wili ■ E-IBroad fOftt«r$nce,... be erected in $50,000. will tuttan In ita i > i