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THE ALDRICH BILL. ' r i Objections to Pointed Out by Hon. 1 ^ W. J. Bryan. [ THE NATIONAL BANKS FIXED J 1 By It Mo aw Tliey Will be Able to , Furniah the Itcpublicao s 8 Party a Big Campaign F unit. t t The following letter was addressed j through The Commoner to the Score- n tary of the Treasury Shaw by the r Hon. W. J. Bryan. It Is worth read- 1 ,n*: t You are quoted as having expressed a yourself in favor of the Aldrich hill or i of some measure of like charater. The I object of the bill is to enable the government to deposit in ttie national banks a much larger sum than it h;is been in tiie habit of depositing. It has been estimated that according to the provisions of the Aldrlch bill something like three hundred millions of government money could be deposited with various national banks. Notwithstanding. the fact that tlie liepublican national platform of 1?h.h condemned the loaning of the government's money "without interest to pet banks," you have loaned more money to pet banks without interest than any former secretary of the treasury, and the purpose of the Aidrich bill is to still further increase these loans. There are certain objections to the Aldricli bill, and you ought to be prepared to meet tbeni belore you urge such a measure upon congress. In the tirst place the loaning of government money to the banks is an act or favoritism. The secretary of the treasury has to select the banks. Whether lie selects justly or unjustly is a question which the public cannot pass upon, ' because it has not the facts before it. I I? -- !...? ..t ,l?, V,,. I, . < il IA (I idLl lliau uuu ui tiiiv; lit** a v_/i rv *? city banks urged its claim to considera- ? tion on tlie ground that its directors n rendered valuable assistance to the a Republican party in the preoeedinn It campaign. The power of the govern- ? meut to thus reward political friends It and to witlihold deposits from politi- b cal opponents is a tremendous power in the hands of an administration that is disposed to use it for personal or party advantage. What lias happened |. since 1888 to take to loaning of government money to pet banks less reprehensible than it was then? Second?The loaning of government money to the banks makes the govern- s ment dependent upon the banks. If ' it loans a large sum (as it is doing 1: now) it is hardly at liberty to with- > draw tlie money, for the withdrawal o of a considerable sum would disturb n business and threaten a panic, irthe c government goes Into the business of h loaning money to the banks it will be e ditlicult to withdraw deposits, and c what is therefore regarded as an emer- s< gency deposit is very apt to grow into w a permanent deposit. d Third?Ity loaning the government's si surplus to the national banks these a powerful institutions are given a a pecuniary interest in the maintenance P of high taxes and in the collection or p large revenues, for the more money o tlie government collects the more it t has to deposit. It is evident that t every banker who lias a laige govern- w ment deposit is permanently interest- * ed in preventing any reduction of a however onerous the hurden |i may become to the people. Can we 1 alTord to array so potent an interest 11 against a reduction of taxation? Is h it not dillicult enough now for the I1 taxpayer to secure a hearing? Will it v not be more difficult when the national ' banks protit largely by heavy taxa- c tion? Can the people afford to use their own money to hire the National :i banks to work against them. o Fourth?The A Id rich bill provides for the payment of interestat the rate '? of 1* percent. Some opposition has vv been expressed to this provision, and until the measure is finally enacted it is impossible to know that compensation, if any, will be fixed. Hut whether the money is loaned at 1} per cent or is loaned without interest, it ,.] is evident that the batiks receiving the money can make a large profit by loaning it. If, for instance, $.'100,- ' 000,000 is loaned to the banks at l j per cent the amount paid to the gov- 1)1 eminent would tie four millions and a half. If this money is loaned out at li .'i per cent, the banks' profits is four milffons and a half, if it is loaned at in 4* per cent the banks make a profit of $0,000,000; if it is loaned at 0 per f( ^ cent the protit is $l3,r>oo,000. The banks that receive the benefit of these deposits can well afford to contribute to the campaign fund of the party that continues them. At w the lowest rate suggested a I Hive the banks would make four millions and a w half. If they can make this sum each year for four years, can they not af- m ford to give one year's protit to insure four years more? In it not apparent w that the Aldrich bill lay.i the foundation for an enormous corruption fund? pi At the lowest possible rate at which any one will calculate the profit to the is banks, the national banks can afford to contribute more to the campaign a fund of the party that favors them a than can he collected from all the people by any party that opposes al special privileges and seeks merely the Ik equal right of all. It may lie added that the Aldrich f,t t>lll t? dliicc.t iomible because il nerinitv. lit the deposits of miscellaneous assets, as ' a security for the loan of government m money. First mortgage railroad lionds | t r under certain conditions are declared j at by the bill to be sufficient to secure ! the deposits of money. Heretofore the !,,N government has protected itself by ,|, taking Its own bonds as security for jj, deposits. While all the other objec ! tions made to this system aie good i against deposits, even when govern- j ment bonds are given as security, still sn the government is protected, but In ri the case of the deposit of miscella-j st neous securities the government may H not be secure. It is apparent that the w designation of Ixmds as suitable Fl for security must have a powerful in- hi tlucnce upon the stock market/ Is it C< wise or safe that the government tl; should thus connect itself with the pi stock exchange/ ai The congestion of money in the w ireasury is due to tbe collection of A nore taxes than the gevernment leeds. Why not reduce taxation? L'hat would be a protection against A ' my future surplus. The surplus now n hand can be used buying up the ovornment's obligations. TLe purhase of government obl'iratlon would an ? w OA, I ot only stop interest, but would releve the government of the embarrasnent which it finds in having on hand Wl o large a sum of money, iiut the urplus on hand would not bother the government so much but for the fact ,hat there is a scarcity of money in ,he country. Whenever we attempt o increase the quantity of real money ' ve are told th'i? we do not need any nu liore money. As soon as this argu- fro nent is forgotten the banks begin y lamoring for an opportunity to use ^ ,he government surplus and alleging j is an excuse that the money is needed ^ n the channels of trade. It is possi- W(J )lelo have euough money to do bust- fac less with and thus enable the govern- jQ nent to keep in the treasury what- for iver money it has on hand. This is e(j lot only possible, but it is desirable, or it avoids the various questions . u vhich arise in connection with the sj oaniqg of government money. Then, ' J Ov?, if the money is locked up in the j|t, reasury the people who need more wa nouey will be interested both in In- j.n( reusing the volume of money and wll lso in reducing taxation. Where the to noncy is held in the treasury powerul Interests are brought to the sup- uy iort of the people in tiieir demand for ? , sjjtlicient volume of money and for Cfj .11 economical goverment, whereas i hese same interests are arrayed s;lj gainst the people when unneccessary p'^ axes can be collected and the unnec- ' > ary surplus loaned out to the flnaniers. The Republican policy is to 8q. ake frbm the people money that (jro ught to remain in the people's pockets ( nd then loan ttie money to the banks on( ii the ground that the people need it. pe, 'lie Democratic policy is, first, to a n ave a sulticient volume of money U? ' o business with; second, to collect nlv so much as is needed for the. en. omical administration of the govern- I lent, and, third, to keep the govern- out lent money in the government vaults ing nd avoid the evils ttiat follow the wai aning of government funds. By the * ay. are you not now doing without ed gal authority what the Aldrkjh bill cov i intended to authorize? Lai gro BATTLE WITH PIRATES. Up< 1 'ilipiuo Const attics Herman ami 'lili sutl lolliihoii Attacked l>v Buccaneers. A dispatch from Manila says In- p(^ pet*tor Herman and Supply Officer pen ohnson of the Philippine constabu- do i iry. wiio emlwzzled the funds of the wai lindanao government and started oldi ut to be pirates, were attacked one hon ight last week liy six Filipinos, the rew of a native boat which pirates ad taken forcible possession of. An ^ ncouiiter took place oil the west the oast of t lie Island of Negros. .John- waj in vas killed immediately. Herman the msstabbed in the neck and a native the eserter named Fuentes was also mat tabbed. Herman fought ferociously 1" nd killed four of the attacking party Chi t close range. The struggle took but lace in a row lniat and two of the win arlies covered with blood jumped his verboard. It is not known whether and hey escaped or were drowned. In Koii lie meantime Herman bandaged his 'I round and navigated the Imat to the trai liore. There he abandoned the craft stu nd escaped to the mountains at a str< oint near a former landing place of l'tt tie pirates at Bavaun. From there Clu esent his carbine to the president Wli y a friendly native and then disap- I eared. He was last seen Saturday, led rlieti he was sulTering severely from kiel i*i vvmiiirlc rPhn i^nnctuKnl'iFo ? ? ami overed tlie l>oat, two revolvers, and I portion of the stolen money. They tha lso found Johnson's body in a heap She f the dead sailors. The deserter the 'uentes was still alive. Johnson was and uried. ll is expected that Herman hoy ill be captured soon. by, in i 'oor Iticharil Junior'* i'liiloNopliy spr; The l)est excuse is a poor excuse. talt The art of pleasing is to be pleased. ear True love is never chilled by ice ream. The Monroe doctrine needs no doc- jjea )r,D?- the In life our enemies are often our She L'st friends. 8pr; 11 is easier to be a hero than to look orp ke one. ed ? Keep on going ahead; let others ok for footprints. roai Faith in the fealty of others is often 1^" unded on vanity. J in i Nature allows long credit, but ;in(t targes compound Interest. f;in As a maid she bends the man; as a too ife she keeps him straight. Cha A machine is doing its best work S hen it makes the least noise. ?hl They say it is hard to be poor; yet had iost people tind it easy enough. f?ni In spite of strikes and lockouts the the ages of sin keep aUnit the same. st,n( Some men are born foolish and some ^un reserve their old love-letters. alw A man who gives way to his moods ^ weak on all the ten commandments. ?f The impatient heir generally dis- '*ar vers that where there's a will there's he 1 wait. thr< ??uiM,iiiikr w) Keep me courage up is u,,u 1 right, but the whistle should not Pa-V i wet. ^ A woitan without curiosity may ho lo'H ill company, but she makes a good w'1' dghbor. nesi Doctor Parkhurst advises young en t<> he near the track when the aln of opportunity passes. Hotter lie a . the station where It stops. wht Every man is the architect of his nun vn distiny, hut the trouble is we case in't pay enough attention to the the re-escapes. a n< has Snnlclit'd From Death. Fifteen shipwrecked sailors, literally ^ tS atched from the Jaws of death, ar- for ved at New York on the German ^ j, earner Verona. They lielonged to ie 1'raguayan hark 8a vat lor Talvcra, injg liich sailed from Fcrnandina, s;iyJ lorida, Sept. 7, loaded with pitch, aDy des and lumber and boiyid for irunria, Spain. The men clung to tj,e ie vessel ten days after it was acorn- ejec ete wreck. Provisions were scarce ceni id the sailors were in great distress |,jra hen rescued. aDy r FTER MANY YEARS Woman Recognized Her Lo g-Lo? Brother on the Trapeze. 3TER OF A CLEVER ACROBAT ho W? RUkliiK Hit LIA>, llu< Not Seen Him for tf'lfieen Yearn, Now Happily Reunited. Away up among the ropes at liar m & Bailey's great circus, tlashini ra one trapeze to another, like i Ing squirrel in scarlet, Charley Sei st went through his dangerous tun Cincinnatti. Monday night, far below In a box i imati in silks and satins, with tie ? blanched from fear, recognize! him the brother she had not seet 15 years and whom she had mourn as dead. The woman was Mrs cy Allen,of Portland Ore., who hac irneyed from there to see him whet i heard from friends he was alive As the brother risked his life h< tie thought his devoted slste tciied feverishly his every move; lit ew not she was there. And sc en it was all over he made his wai the dressing tent. 'Charley," said a fellow-performer here's a lady waiting to see you." 'To see me?" the acrobat exclaim "I know no one here." 'Well, here's her card, anyway,' d the man, as he handed over tin ite board. 'Mrs. James Allen" read Selgrist don't know her," and so saying >ped tlie card ;iside and tinishet ssing. )nce more he looked at the card. Ir s corner he saw some very fain! icil marks. They were formed lnt< ame, and he started sis he read it: 'Lucy Patterson." IN CLOSE EM 11 RACE. n another second he had bounder i of his dressing room and was hold in his arms the woman who hat ti'hprl him f r<?m t.ho '.Sister, sister, sister!" he murmur in a baptism of happiness, as he ered her tear-wet face with kisses tor when they left the show unds, bliss supreme was depictec >n the countenance of each. ^Iieir is a story replete with strange ipetiings, adventures, hardships, 'ering, love, sacrifices and the er emotions of man. Miarley Patterson was born in tland, Ore. He says he can not leraber the time when hecouid not gymnastics. At 5 years of age tie > doing tumbling acts witli a lot ot 2r boys in a saw dust pile near lib oe, when two men approactied. 1IK WAS KIDNAPPKD. k swimming pool was nearby, and y asked Ctiarley to sliow them the r. The moment they were out ot sight of his companions one ot m picked up the little chap and 1c for a buggy. 'or a year after the kidnapping irley was wtiipped into his acts, i finally he contrived to escape, 211 showing near home, and made way back, only to tind his mother, I father dead and all the family e away save one brother. 'lien Charley sold papers. To at2t attention, he did tumbling nts of high class nature on the ;ets. One day a man watctied the le chap perform. The next day irley Patterson had disappeared, lere he had gone no one could tell, 'or four years the young acrobat a miserable existence, Reaten, ked and starved in private, lie was led upon and exhibited in public, t was while showing in Rochester t Charley got ride of his heavy yoke, rtly after a performance one night man beat his charge unmercifully, I the cries of pain from the little attracted the attention of a passerCharles Lee, a circus man, and i second the lad's tormentor was iwung upon uie ground ana ins ; of woo unfolded into his rescuer's KINDN ESS CAME. ifter that the boy's life was more rable. Kindness itself was Lee, proprietor of "The Great London iw,' and so great was the love that ing up between the two that the hancd strlppling was legally adoptis Charles Lee, Junior. 'or live years the circus was on the I and meeting with success. Then 'as that Charley seemed likely to nade the heir of a rich man, but one unlucky season all was lost, Charley Lee went back to the II in Pennsylvania. This proved quiet an existence, however, for ;rley Jr., so he ran away, inee that time?he was 15 years then and uuw he is :J5?he has many ups and downs, but he never tet.s the old foster father back on Pennsylvania farm, and always is him $10 a week as regular as day comes. And when possible he ays spends his vacation there. Tow as Charley Seigrist, member the Seigrist-Sibons perch team num vS: bailey's show, with which las traveled for tive years and all ingh England and Europe, lie is of the highest salaried men on the roll. nd In the height o* ills success his r lost sister comes t<? him, and, li her hano in liis, complete happi> steals into his eventful life. Offers 12 |h Hotly Tor Male. lfred Knapp, tlie "strangler," ) was condemned to death for wife der, at Columbus, Ohio, but whose s lias been appealed, lias come to conclusion that lie does not want *w trial, Is resigned to his fate and offered his body for sale for $.">0. said Wednesday: "1 would just uon be electrocuted Dec. 12 as not, 1 tfuess It would lie just as well to cilled then. 1 would do the same iK over a^ain were I freed, so 1 lit Just as well ko now." K napp \ he will enter Into a contract with one who may be willing to Kiv<J i i;">0 for liis Ixidy, pled^ln^ thai] body shall be delivered after he J trocuted. Knapp's attorneys i-r] tly called upon him and warrvl i against talking aliout his eel! more. This is the way he obe;^ | v ? HAS BEGAN SUIT. ^ For Scvenljr-I'ive Thousand l>ol!arn AKaliiNt the Southern. Mrs. Dorothy A. Hrickman, widow of Kottinter Henry Hrickman, who lost his life in the disaster at Fishing Creek trestle, lias instituted suit 1 against the Southern Railway for damages to the amount of $75,000. Notice of the suit was Hied in Yorkville Saturday. The attorneys in the case are Leyarc and Ilolman, of Charleston. The dead engineer formerly .. lived in Charleston. Al the time of ins aeatn lie was an engineer nil the { Southern, running betweeu Marion, 1 N. C., and Camden, S. C. News readers will recall the terrii ble week at Fishing Creek, when tive were killed outright and 10 or 12 were i badly injured, among the slightly inr jured was Mr. Aberuethy, of this city, 1 who was traveling for E. M. Andrews i & Co., the furniture dealers. The - suit of Mrs. Brickman is the heaviest . that has ever been brought against a 1 railroad in North or South Carolina. 1 It will come up in the common pleas . court of York county. u The wreck at Fisclng Creek trestle r occurred on the morning of September 2 .'frd. The cause of the disaster is now J being examined Into by the railroad f commission of South Carolina. It has been claimed by some tbat the acci, dent was the result of decayed tirnliers. This will be the contention of all who intend to enter suit against the company. ' Mr. J. S. B. Thompson, chief of the 2 executive department of the Southern informs The News that a broken wheel . on tlie front trucks of the engine was , found immediately after the accident, I and in the opinion of the railroad oflicials, was wholly the cause of the i trouble. This fact was testified to by LI the otticials of the railroad under oath, ) at Columbia last week. Col J. H. Averill was selected by the South Carolina railroad commission to make a thorough examination of the property. This report was quite lengthly. He described the road | and file physical condition in great detail, naming the trestle on the line and giving a report as to other conditions. lie stated that he found the ; road in very good condition, with every indication that it had received ' proper attention in the matter of ' j maintenance and repairs, lie pointed ! I out that In two or more of the struc- | ! tures lie had observed the presence of i 1 I some timbers which, in his ouinion. ! called for renewal, lie found that the railroad company was making such re1 newals, hut that such timbers did not make the praticular structures unsafe land that, as a general'thing, he found I all the structures mentioned in a good state of repair and that he found none of them unsound or unsafe.? i Charlotte News. A SAD CASE. I , | A Man Who I)ucg Not Know Where lie Came From. The correspondent of the State says a stranger appeared in I lock Hill last Tliuisdaj t'iu rreated consider- 1 able excitement, being unable to give ; his name, from whence he came, or in :, fact no information whatever altout himself. It seemed clearly to be a j case of lost identity and the physi: clans interested themselfs in it and he ' : was taken to the private hospital and ' has regained to a certain extent his menttfl faculties and is able now to i | give a slightly intelligent account of : himself. When he tirst came to. his past was ; to him a total blank, lie showed no sign of insanity, only being unable to give any account of himself as to ' who or what he was. He is still un1 willing to give out anything for publication. for although lie can now give j his name, and seems to have regained to a certain extent his memory, he is unwilling t< trust much to it as yet. He says his name is Lee, and that he ha I i*e.-n employed by a large j i clothing hoisc in MutTalo, >*. Y., that ' he left thcie last Christmas, and lias ; ' been in Dit.roit, Mich., but did not < ' stay there long. He does not know j I when nor vhy lie left that part of the I country. He does not remember when ' he came to U<?ck Hill nor how be got there. When he lirst came here he applied to one of the large dry goons J 1 houses for work, but now has no recollection of t. Said lie could remember having at one Lime but can only .' presume iu spent it. 1 He is *ery despondent about him- I 1 self and .eems mostly concerned now ' as to hof he will make money enough * 1 to (jet avay from Ilock Hill. The phy- '. ! sicians s em to be of the opinion that ; he was sandbaeked and the lick ' on the head has l?ereft him of all i recollection of the past. He is ap- | i parent ly about .'10 years of a^e audi I seems tolie of more than ordinary in- i ' telliK'eno and retinement, and says he s has no fjmily. His case is a peculiar-; j I ly sad oie and both people and phy- t, j sicians lave jfiven it close attention \ and stuiy and elTorts are being made a | to learn where his home is and some- j ; thine joout him, until which time he t I will rvrtiain here. , ' |c A Si rmiK .Man. Hi hi a n Lowe, a New York, athlete. 1 e ! lift< | 1.00(1,000 pounds in thirty-four J1 miijfes and thirty-five seconds. The I ' sca.< w:?s so arranged as to bring the '' arit? leg and hack muscles into play. Lai dl't ?>r the beam under which lie 'J st<<<p<'d raised 1,000 pounds of dead J ! w.-fht. During the two months < training Mr. Lowe lived on only one I nv*l deaily, consisting of three eggs, I nr.#?half loaf of whole wheat bread, frJt, either oranges, grapes, apples or bananas; cereals and nuts, and one ^gss of milk after each meal; also I enty of cooled distilled water during je day. (>11 the Itl^ht 1.1 no. The Delaware State hoard of agriculture is paying special attention to the preservation of the wild hirds, especially the insect-destroying ones, and it has appointed Charles I>. Pen- r nock of Pennsylvania to the otllee of 1 State ornithologist. Mr. Pcnnock will attend the various farmers' insitutes to he held this fall and will de- x, liver before them addresses on hirds. > Leaflets published by the Audu!>on i.' Society will he distributed at the i u same time, and also in the public schools of the State. A TWO LAWYERS ARRESTED. < A Hcntiatioii Crops Out of t ho Tillman Trial. The Augusta Chronicle Lexington correspondent says the Tillman case ( had a sensational byplay Wednesday evening. It was the serving of war- 'j rants on Attorney E. L. Asbill, of the < prosecution, and his friend Lawyer Sturkie, both of the Lexington county 1 bar. These warrants charged AsbiM with carrying a concealed weapon and trespass and Sturkie was charged witii merely the latter offense. c It seems that a rumor gained cir- < culation in Lexington last week that an attempt had been made to pay Melton C. Lorick, a witness for the defence, two dollars and a half a day to leave Lexington and remain away until me wriiii was uiiisiieu. i lie niter was said to have been made by Attorney Asbill through Wallace K. Lor-, ick, a brother, who was one of the tirst constables In charge of the jury. , i The story was told in Lexington by J. ( A. II. Geiger, a relative ol the Lor- . ieks. Now to the warrants of today; In the latter part of last week, Geiger ?. and W. E. Lorick stated that they would swear out warrants for Messrs. Asbill and Sturkie, on the grounds above stated. It seems that when Asbill heard of these rumors he secured a buggy and in company with Sturkie drove out to the home of Geiger, some eight or ten miles from Lexington. He demanded an affidavit * from the two men denying the state- ' 1 uient that had been made in Lexington. Gciger and Lorick alleged that they refused to give these atlidavits on the ground that what they had said was r | true. Asbill denied this alleged and " I that it was a scheme to injure his reputation. Geiger says he ordered the two , men oil his premises. In his atlidavlt [for warrant, Geiger alleges that Asj bill drew a pist"l at this stage of the [quarrel and Sturkie prevented a dis- _ turbancc by getting Asbill to leave. | Sturkie was present merely as a friend |of Asbill. Friends of Asbill deny the transaction. Asbill and Sturkie gave a Irond. C POISON EATERS START. a f< Dr. Wiley's Class iu Salicylic Acid ItegiiiN Lai ing. , The t^sts that will he continued ' during the next eight months at the bureau of chemistry of the liepartmoot of Agriculture t<> determine the relative qualities of food under differ- 11 ent conditions of artificial preserva- w tion have begun. Twelve young men :M volunteers tor the course of "free food and poison" took their breakfasts un- >" der the watchful eye of I>r. \N iley. the 1 chief of the bureau, at Washington J under whose supervision the experiments are being conducted, and each was supplied with an eye-opener consisting of a small capsule containing salicylic acid. This preservative will be one of three that are to n.> t..vt..<i during the cumins year. It has Ixjen intimated tliat tlie experiments in this special drup may j have to t?e discontinued within a few [ weeks owinp to its character. It pre ; vents dipestinn when taken in larpe er doses, and it is this that lias caused it ** to be selected for trial. Meats are preserved with it, and Its client upon t le human system will be carefully noted durinp its use at the department table. As was done in the case of t,ne borax ? experiments last year, thedrups piven tiie boarders will be in the same proportions as are found in preserved food el of the same kind. The drops are al- le ways administered in capsules, aril hi every ounce of food is weiphed before til beinp sent to the table. The most accurate record is kept of every pliaseof ha the experiments and the wh >le ar- Tl ranged for eventual publication, in m the case of the'borax experiments last "v year the records are nearly ready for hi publication, win n the results of the "i course will he known to the world, and tli foods the adulteration of which was le round detrimental to the health of the consumers will be forbidden by law from sale in or importation into the United States or it possessions. A Good Reliable House. ;?f In another column w ill be found the : id vert isement of Mess. Laeliieotte A 1,1 Y>., Jewelers, of t'olumbia. S. ?'. This ' " i'nterprisinp 1 inn. established over j. J, years and well known all over the ^ state, lias printed a handso r.e loo ! Z| jape I.Inst rated t'atalopue of their T \ares for the convenience of such of x iH'irj.friends and ipal rous win) are no: jX lit uated convenient to a larpe .lewe r store. Willi this catalogue in hand I i he problem of, " Wiiat >li;ill I pivefoiiX i present" lieeomes easy of solution Filey deliver all poods cither by mail,;! ?xpress or freipht, aecordinp to si/.e ol , kiekape. Charpes prepaid. in iMiici iiik K<>uus di i lie 111 >011 run : II 10 risk i?i" be in k not suited, us they 9 tipulate in their catalogue thai any t| purchaser who orders ana is no XI y|sat isficd wit It the on arrival. ; J1 an return them at once ami ai"; -v T? vi 11 i>e refunded, or ot Iter tfoods Mint ** ls purchaser desires. Ifyoiihave not already recieved :i i opy of cat alone, t he\ will lie pleased j % o send one on receipt of 30111 addre?j \ in a poslai card. 1 J. \V. Andrews, wln> resides altout ^ ivrht miles from (JritTin. (la., had the nisfortune, while cutting wood i Thursday, to accidentally split the lead of his 4-year-old son. The child lied before a physician could he suinaoned. wen airtunien: 1 -i n<1 moot aao- J ^ J mi.I tins tin* Is-st rep utaiiun. II < cures or exi<erinieiiltnir lit j s.'iinl attention l,y I?r . Hathaway, also s|>e | .; PR. Hathaway. clal eounsel f <-ni hi* ?' I* n^soclntc ph\-details ' Wl'i then necessary, whtch no other office hn?. If mm, oil ran not rail, write for free hmklrta au.t I up-ofon blanks. Mention yotir trouble. Kv- or rythlnff strictly confidential. J. Newton ; (.Tol lathawav. M. 1?. ,.;ll 88 I nman Building 22| S. Broad St itlanta, Oa [ 1 rl . m 3eo A Wagener, Pres. Geo Y Coleman, VlcePres. I G Ball, Sec'y & Treas Coleman-Wagener Hardware Company, Successor to C. P. Poppenhcim. 363 king street, charleston, s c "the answer to the question, why does not the it'OUNTRY GIVE CHARLESTON HER ENTIRE TRADE IS. BECAUSE rHEY DO NOT KNOW CHARLESTON HAS THIS GREAT ADVANTAGE OVER HER COMPETITORS. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO OMPARE RATES. Classifications Pku cab load. 'toin Nkw Yokk, N. Y. pku 100 lbs. Nails, to 1 2 3 4 6 0 Ciiaulbston, s C 60 40 34 28 23 17 12c per 100 lbs. Will the up-country buy from Charleston If they sell cheaper than other itiesY We Do Not Deceive Tbe Sick " you are 8,ck an(* want' 4/0 Ket well, do not experiment but be sure that your ar placing your case in expert hands ffjy "iFK We do not. tielieve in anv fnrm Wr_ j .w.... v. u^iinu". *?e nave no ft? 21 Fukk Medicine scheme to deceive slek, but everv case put \< jJP 3 umlcrour treatment is positively guaranteed by Not a Dol -tgmjjf lar Need be paid Until Cured, and we are the only Special X tists who have established a reputation for curing the allict and collecting the fee afterwards. *t If you want Honkst and also Skillful treatment for any orm of Ch onic I Hseases, write us Today, for metiiod of Home Treatment las never been excelled. DR. REYNOLDS & COMPANY, BOX Z, ATLANTA, GA. Ihe Guignrad Brick Works, COLUMBIA, S. C. Building and Re-Pressed Brick. Special shapes to order. Fire Proof T a Cotta Flue Linings. Prepared to til! orders for thousands or for millio muxg men, youn(twomi^waki-;tp Prepare yourselves to meet the demand for Stenographers, typewriters and bookkeepers. Write for catalogue of MACFEAT'S BUSINESS COLLEGE, Columbia, S. C. W. II. Macfeat, official Court Stenographer, President. Aie Yon Coming to the State Fair. If you come we want you to call in at our Handsome Store and make our c<|uuinlance. You can have your mail sent yon in our care, and while in tlie it v we w ill take care of your packages. The State l air officials promise to have this year the biggest Fair on record nd the City of Columbia will dohershare in providing amusements. Don't >rget the dates, Oct. 20, 27, 28, 29. P. H. LACHICOTTE & CO., Jewelers, 112 1 Main St COLUMBIA, S C ounded in *850. Graduates 4,453 MEDICAL STUDENTS. Write for Free Catalogue of the MEDICAL DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE. Curriculum included twenty-three lecture courses, eacli followed by a lorough review quiz; seven laboratory courses, and three hours of elinical ork daily. New building elaborately eqipped with modern apparatus and n.Ji.. *- H1..UI * * * " .-t-iKintus. x uiiiuii voo.uu. Aaaress, J. Uillaui) .Ja cobs, M. I>., Sec., f>41 South Market St., Nashville, Tenn. BUTTLi5N^T^EnPRlE^SE^^AlND~ DI lCJV FANCY SHAPES. LARGE STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS GEuRGI A-CAROLIN A BRICK CO., Howard II. Stafford, President. WRITE FOR PRICES. % AUGUSTA, GA. Whiskey I Morphine I Cigarette I All.Drug and Tobacco Habit, I Habit | Habit | llahits. Cured by Iveeley Innlitute, of Sr?. C. i:{2'.? Ladv St. (or P. (4. Box 75) Columbia, S. C. Contidential correspondice solicited. I vime, Cement, Planter. Terra Cotta Pipe, Rooting Paper, Car lots, small lots, write, Carolina, Portland Cement Co., Charleston, s. ('. How t'ar They Can See. ? . ? . . , . , GA Gurnard, C. Atkinson, In the water tishes see only at very i>rPc c,.(. ...,,1 q-vpac ose range?about half their own see. ana ireas. ngth. This will seem, perhaps, un- pAlnrnKin Cnnnlu pA <ely to anglers, although some of v/Ul LI 111 Uld LU. lem can cite instances showing that tish can not see far. Snakes seem to COLL MBIA, S. C. ive a \ery mediocre sense of siglit. ^04 West Gekvais Gibbks Building. lie boa, for instance, does not see >;ow is the time you are looking ore than a quarter or a third of its around your Gins and other machinery in length. Different species are to see what supplies you need. We mi ted to one-tirth or one-eighth of carry three grades of Rubber Relt, icir length. Frogs are better off Krades of Leather and Gaudy Belt, ey see fifteen to twenty times their biirgest stock ot Wood Pulleys in the . State. Carry Pipe, lutings, \ alves, " Shafting, Hangers, Rooting and everyWhv Do We D e* thing else in tlie supply line. We want \-i?..t 1 io..j . your orders, this annlies to ami <>n? , .I.*, ai.ti isi iia-vsiufti snows x ne using or handling machinery, spiratory organs to be the feeble point You can save money by writing us. man. I >iseases of tlie lungs are out all proportion in fatality. Take ? lylor's t'lierokee Remedy of Sweet ^54 1902-'03. un and Mullein for coughs, colds and nsuinption. At Druggists, 2oc per GREENVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE. 11 le. Greenv'lle, S. C. n n n botanic ;> ISie: . D.O.D.BLOOD BALM K:; S* 'I lie Great Tested Remedy for the ?pe< ! permanent cure of Scrofula, Khruma. nan h, l hers, Kcrema, Sore., hrup- <> , Wcakne Ncr vousnc.., ana <> . J t' BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES. " ' *'1 11 i* by far the best building up Tonic and ,, ^ Plood Purifier ever offered to the world. It , , pyjfft*VY HI ike. new, rich blood, impart, renewed vi- ( , lalitv, and poivesie-. almost miraculout College Of highest gl'adC. Degree healing properties Write for Book ot Won- ^ eolirses and specials. Faculty Of 18. derful Cures, sent free on application. X v...1 omilnnmnt I'nn. 11 not kept by your loi al druggi.t, send , , ''Ttiit I) ImprONCU CqUipiUt lit. t lift. $i oo for a large bottle, or $j oo for via bottiev, T mountain water. Climate rarely and medicine will be aent, freight paid, by ^ equalled. For catalogue and terms blood balm CO., Atlanta., Oa. < write E. C. .Iamks, Litt. D., 1'res. ??? Wilson's Freckle Cure. I avelVIoney, Guaranteed jr*. .qve Time, iV-Ties6 A 'ave Bother. sun Rums! Taus, Moth V- J -? _ ^ . and Pirn pies Ay jJM Buy your Paints, Oils, \ ar- also as a \Vt "fjSL wishes, and Brushes, Sash, toilet-cream yflr Dodis, and Blinds from u/rnefl if it \ SHAND BUILDERS SUPPLY CO., J 50e. Trial ' size 2oc. ^ " _ _ SP nriKt-iuro Columbia, SO not your druggist, write CHARLES C. LESLIE, * WILSON & CO, , . r. , . Charleston. S. C. Wholesale Dealers in and < )y?terH. \ 20 Market St., Charleston, S. C. 1 I 1 O'l 1 (rT^dp onsiKOmerits of Country Produce fS VwltlUl. Respectfully Solicited, Poultry, i>h packed in barrels and lioxes for 1^1*111 OS ratry trade a specialty. * Mullet! Mullet! Mullet! Best Organs. 1 all kinds of Fresh and Salt Water i and oysters. If you are dealing in The duality, Terras and Prices will >li Fish or intend to deal in them please ite for prices and send your ordrs to V^n ,,r writ^. MJIiV FISH CO., Charleston, S. C. ,, ~an ( r wm<; Columbia fish a ice co Malone 3 Music House, umhia s. c. We slrip only fresh ight tish and our prices are as low Established 1884. Opposite Y M C A. tlicy can l>e Sold at. Write us. y us, and be convinced. COLUMBIA, S. C. j