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FRIDAY, JANUARY 31,18S0. J3Y S. A. bROWN ?4 Co. Published Weekly. TRUSTS ARK MONOFOLIES. HOW A FULL BLOWN TRUST 13 FORMED. O H j?h i of t ho Ku (.Nie Trust-How Corpom ticiiH DlO'itr from Ordinary l'iirtiior?lilp*. How (Ito Copper Monopoly hi Sustiiliiod. Why KrtrmcrH Citnnot Form n Trout. A trust is nn agreement among Inter ested parties to control prices of tho arti cles whiph tlioy hantllo in common. Tho parties concerned may ho either persons, stock companies or corporations. For reasons, afterwards shown, tho parties in a trust aro usually corporations. Tho trust agreement may havo many forms whilo aiming at its primary ob ject of controlling prices. If thoro woro turee men, each in business for himself, who controlled among thom tho cntiro product of a certain article, a trust might ho formed hy each of them honor ably agreeing not to sell ins manufac tures below a certain sum, or, not to sell Iiis manufactures oxcept in certain lo calities. This would practically ho a trust, and a perfectly legal ono at that. Thorp is nothing illegal or immoral io men verbally agreeing to sustain .prices or to restrict output, provided thoy stop at that point. A moro usual form of trust, however, is that formed by a numhor of corpora tions. Thoro are two ways in which this is done. Ono is to agreo that each cor poration will combino to manage its own aludra, hut that in cases of necessity tho concerns which mnko profits will transfer some portion of their earnings . to those that make none. This was tho chrysallis form of many of tho present full blown trtists. As au arrangement hot ween corporations, this was perfectly legal in itself, though it could not ho put in ino form of a binding contract. Tho full-blown trust is mado by tho pooling ot' interests of the shareholders of moro than ono corporation. For ex ample, tho sugar trust comprises all tho roilnors ol' that article except ono in tho United States, and several of thoso re liners woro in tho form of incorporated companies, lief oro tho trust was formed other rclhiors hastened lo incorporate themselves and their associates. When all were ready, tho sugar trust was formed. A number of trustees, rep resenting each of tho larger interests involved, woro first selected. To thoso trustees woro confided by tho sharehold ers in tho various corporations tho en tire script which represented their inter est in a. rollnery. The trustees at onco locked up these sh aro ccrlillcates and is Biiod against, them now certif?calos, call ed trust certificates, in which the receipt of tho shares was acknowledged. These trust certificates represented a proportional share of all the refineries comprised in tho trust. F/.ie.h of thoso refineries was previously valued, and this valuation was oddod on lo tho total amount of tho sum for which trust cer tificates woro issued. In this form of trust there is something illegal, though not very much. A cor poration is in its very naturo moro or loss of n monopoly. It is a kind of legal ized conspiracy among a number of men to do something which nono of thom could do separately. In olden timed corporations wore regarded in this light, and had to pay largo sums to the king or to tho atiito for their charter of incor poration. lOvon in thoso modern days tho stat? does not recklessly confer privileges on favored individuals. Corporations aro expressly prohibited hy law from en gaging in any other pursuits than thoso for which they have been incorporated. In most cases they aro forbidden by tho stato to amalg?male willi similar bodies or take any other steps at tho dictation of a majority of tho stockholders which might impair or rnndor powerless tho rights of tho minority. So that a com bination, which really amounts to amal gamation, of several corporations, with out the express rinnet ion of tho state, is illegal, and can ho punished, so far ns t ho corporation is concerned, hy tho forfeit ure of its charter. But tho real objection to trusts does not lio in their combaning togother, orin tho pooling of their interests. It lies in the illegal methods which aro too often used by such combinations to crush out competition. If two parties, A and II, sell sugar in a village, it is perfectly legal nnd perfectly justiHablo that A should undersell B in tho prico of Ids sugars. Hut it is neither legal nor justifiable for A to enter into a conspiracy with 0, 1), K and F, all doing business in other towns, to oeil sugar at a profit in their respective towns in order to given certain proportion of thoso profits to A, in order that ho may undersell H ala loss lo him self, until His ruined and has to go out of business. Tho usual efi'oct aimed at in combin ing different concerns is to save some of tho expenses of management, and BO turn out products at a cheaper rato. Hut as full blown trusts are illegal, their management is expensive, and also tho corjxmilions from which the trust was evolved still remain in form, though not in substance, as before. Thorp aro still boards of directors to register tho decrees of tho trust magnates, tho chair man ?till signs his name and the secre tary still affixes tho common seal of tho corporation. For thoso futilo services, good payments aro made. Ho that trusts iii this presont form do not savo any money in expenses of man agement. Tho suppression of competi tion and tho limitation of production aro tho two factors by which trusts mnko largo profits. By including all tho principal concerns in thc trust when first foumod, tho (de ment of competition is soon eliminated by ruining tho smaller concerns. This ls dono, ns boforo told, hy underselling thom at a loss. Having thus obtained a practical monopoly, tho trust noxt limits production so that prices riso until a comfortable profit is assured. Thou its officers keep vigilant watch for any at tempt to interfere with its monopoly, and o>;u?h out such ventures rcgardlcse of any moral or legal Boru pies. ? Profits mado under such conditions ure on a par with Eighteenth coulure highway robbery. Yet in sugar, polio lenin, cotton seed oil, whito lead, coo per and many other substances, pHcnj aro artificially maintained by trust mo nopolies. For oxntnpk?, the United States havo by far Ibo riebest copper minen MI tho world. With improved appliances used here, tho output of oro by each man makes the cost of wages very low. lt vi ns shown somo years ago, io a report ot the Tamarack Copper Milling com pany, that Copper oro could bo brought to the surface of tho mino at less than four cents. It was further shown in the I same report that, after paying tho ox I penses of smelting, refining, freight and commission, copper could be hud down in Now York city for less than six cents. Yet the present price of Lalee Superior copper in the New York Metal Exchange is eleven cents a pound, or just enough to prevent the importation of foreign copper, with a protective duty of four cents a pound. What thia means hardly needs to bo told, The copper mining companies in tho Lake Superior district havo paid enormous dividends, moro than their capital stock many times over, to their owners. livery brass lock, every pair of laced shoes, every piece of copper wire, every copper cent lias paid tribute to theso robbers. Similarly with sugar. Tho Sugar trust practically controls all tho refineries in the United States, except that of Claus Spreckels, in California. Tho cost of refining raw sugar, including a moder ate profit, is five-eighths of a cent. Tho Sugar trust charges exactly double this amount, or ono and a quarter cents. Tho Sugar trust owners boast that tho Uniter! States' rcllneries can turn out relined sugar cheaper than any other refineries in Hie world. W hy should they not bs tnken at their word and bo allowed to beat tho world in an unprotected market, to tho great advantage of tho consumer? In like manner tho Whito Lead trust keeps up tho price of white lead, and con sequently of all kinds of paints; tho Steel Hail trust keeps up the prico of steel rails, and increases tho expenso of building railways; tho Cotton Seed Oil trust keeps up tho price of colton seed oil, and incidentally has that article sub stituted as a counterfeit of tablo salad oil. Everywhere that a protected industry is small enough to bo monopolized by a few rich, capitalists a ii list is formed, not to reduce expenses, and cheapen prices, but to curtail production and lovy ex orbitant profits off the consumer. Hut somo persons may say, ''Wily don't tho farmers form a trust t? raise tho price of wheat and cattle?^ Thc answer lo this is, that tho unfortunate farmer cannot alford to do so. As long ns tho prico of wheat depends on its ex port value, the foreigner who now buys American wheat would, if the prico of American wheat sensibly raised, buy Indian or Russian wheat. So with cattle. Thero aro broad spreading pastures in Australia and thc Argentine Republic on which cattle can bo reared to compete ngainst American cattle in tho open markets of the world. For trusts Ibero is only ono prompt and eflicaeious remedy, Whenever a trust is formed to raise prices in a protected industry, tho tariff on that protected in dustry should bo lowered until prices arc forced back again to their natural level. Thia is tho only specific for trusts. How tho Farmer Gota Loft. If over a tax was imposed out of "pure cussedness" it is tho tariff on common salt. This substance is ono of tho prime necessities of lifo. Man might possibly find a substituto for bread or meat, bul in some form or other ho must have sall for his blood, for his tissues, for hii brain, and all the secretions which help tc carry through the processes of digestion. Salt is not only a necessity to man, bul ono of tho most important raw material: used in manufacturing industries. It is chiefly used in tho United Stales by far morn, meat packers and fish curers. Farmers havo a multitude of uses foi salt. They placo it in licking pans, tc keep their cattlo and sheep in gout health. They sprinklo fodder With it Butter will not koop without salt, sc I largo quantities of it aro used for thi: purpose. Then every one knows tba cheese does not tasto of salt for nothing, The immense meat poohing industrio: of tho west uso very largo quantities o salt in making compressed corned bee and in other modes of preserving fros! meat. Fishermen down east also uso salt ii Ash curing. Nota small quantity cit ber since in tho year 1830 they paid $120,80! for it. Largo meat packers aro very rich, am powerful in a political sonso. Noarl; all their preserved goods aro exported In actual ligures $3,889,077 worth o canned beef products, and $2,017,05: worth of baited and pickled beef wer exported from tho United States in th year 1888. But fish canners and meat packer havo apparently a much greater pul with tho powers that bo than farmer have. Because, whereas tho govern mont, in tho year ending June, 1887, col looted $1,438,031 duty on imported sall neither tho meat packers nor tho fish can tiers paid any portion of this tax, or els had a robalo of tho amount which the paid when their goods were ox ported. Of the entire quantity of salt importe) into this country, at least two-thirds ar for tho farmers' uses. No matter who price line foreign salt is, the dairy farine who makes butter must apparently bu, it or suffer his butter to bo oinssei among inferior qualities. Yet the farmer gets no rebate on ac count of tho salt in tho dairy product Which he exports out of Ibis country The fish curer gets his salt free; thorne?}! packer gets a rebate of tho entire dut and tho funner gets left. Tho latest arl icio said to bo undei valued by tho assistant secretary of 'th treasury is linoleum. Tho New Yoi' appraiser somo limo ngo raised th standard of imported linoleums on grado all around. Tho importers nj Iiealed and tho matter was referred t he managing partner of a very largo ch mestio linoleum agency. Ile decided t oneo that tho imported goods wcro ni dorvalued. AVhy not? - ?. ??-?? - - - - A Philadelphia optician allocs that gum-chewing is a great cans Of defective eye-Hight. Tho coi ?tant movement of tho ja wa aflbol the nerves leading from tho spin to tho optic nerve-. Not only i tho oyo-sight thus ii j tired, but th eyes los? much of their li'c an brilliancy. Electric Bitter*. This remedy 1? becoming F<> well Ic ri o w it und so popular as to ncod no special mention' All who liavo used Hlootrlo Hittor? ping Ibo ?anio song ot' praise.'-A parer medicino does not exist and tl Is 'guaranteed to di) ult Mint ls claimed. Electric Hilters will enro nil disante!1 of tho Livor and Kidneys, will reinovo Pim ples. Dolls, Hall Klicnm ami other nueclbms onusod by impuro blocd.--Will drive Malaria from Hie system and prevent as well as eure all Material fevrcs.- For euro ot' Headache, Constipation mid Indigestion try Kloctrio Hit tors-Kn tire satisfaction guaranteed, or money rotunded--I'rico 60 eta. arid $1.00 por buttlo For salo at Jonnlngs' IMiurinnoy. .? <v> ? 1TB EXOEI.liKNT QUALITJI38 Commend to publio approval tho Cali fornia liquid fiuit iemidy Syrup of Pigs. It is pleasing to tho oyo, and to thc tasto und by gonlly acting on tho kidneys, livor and bowels, it cloanses tho system ef fectually, thereby promoting tho health und comfort of all who uso it. Bucklcn's Arnica Salve, Tho boat Salvo in tho world for outs, bruisos, Rores, uloors, Bait, rheum, fever \ sores, totter, chapped hands, chilblains and corns auk all flkin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guar. autoed to give perfect satisfaction, or moll oy refunded. Prioo 25 couts per box. 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DBWITT TAIMAGE, i'VWi fi in I Charming Sketches, Humorous Arin Irs and Paragraphs, Poc/r)/ ami Answrrs lo L'orrcsjJomlenls. TERMS ;-Tho New York Fireside Compan ion will bo sent for one year mi receipt of ; two copies for $5. Oetloraup ol' clubs cnn nfloward mid single copies nt $2.iTit) each. Wo will bo responsible for remittances sont in Registered Letters or 1'ost onico Money Or ders. I'nsL.go free. Specimen copies sent free Address GKOItOK MUNUO, Munro's Publishing IJOUHC, 17 to 27 Vandewntor St., P. O. Box, 3751. New York. Jannary 31, 1S.00. Presents in tlic most etchant form THE LAXATIVE AND NUTniTIOUS dUIOi -or TI:? FIGS OP CALIFORNIA, Combined with thc medicinal virtues of plants known to be most beneficial to the human system, funning an agreeable and effective laxative to perma nently cure Habitual Consti pation, and thc many ills de pending on a weak or inactive condition of the KIDNtYS, LIVER ARD BOWELS. It is the most excellent remedy known to CLEANSE THE SYSTEM EFFECTUALLY When one ?3 liilions or Constipated -SO THAT PURE BLOOD, REFRESHING SLEEP, HHAUTH nnd STRENGTH NATURALLY FOLLOW. Kvery one is using it and all mc delighted with it. AbK YOU? DitUQTIST Fort ni ANUFAOTUIIKD OM LY UY CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. ii AN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE, KY NEW YORK, N. * (Prickly Ash, Poko Hool, ?nd PotanaIum.) SYPHILIS Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Syphilis, Syphilitic hi options. Scrofula and'Sn ot ulmus KriiptitiiiH, Ulcers ?md Old Moren, Kheniuatlsiii nmlall IIISOUM'H of tim blood; ?ll tims.; that liavo resisted nillir treatment yield steadily ami nurdy to (lie wonderful powerol'P, P. 1'., thu Cleat Minni I'urillur. SCROFULA In .in (inpurity in tin? idood, prodnclnu Lumps or S\Yclllii,:.?itnKtii|( lluiinlhijSorcSnii the Arum, 1.CI?H, or Pwd. for tin- mic ot whicit uso P. 1'. I'., (lingreatest Idood medicino on emili. All (heno discuses yield r. a.Illy to tito power ?? P. P,P., Civilly new lifo ami new stronctli. mum PUSH Cured In iln woran form; Homet line? in caves willi P.rysipclas, where Hu- patient was in tiler nal Pain am) niven up hy Ihephjulelsits. In nonio CIIHCK Scrofulous ricers lirokc out till (he ptirtv was? mass of corruplion; a huit?n of I'. )?. p. was procured, and thu disease yielded ipdekly. And in nil AlVcclions of the ! th H id. I'. I'. I*. Mandu ahum and un ri va lett lind MOIOO ol ltd cute.taro reilly wonderful. If yon HUlferironi anyOiintillkonvphlllR, 8cr?v fula, Mood l'oison, Ulcers, edd Sore?, Itliottiita tism. or any diseaso ol tho hlood. hu Kuiviind (?ive 1'. 1'. I1, a trial. 1'. I*. I'.(l'iickly Ash, Poko Hoot and IVdnsslnni) ls no sn>- ' }"li ni medicine like thu nu.... on th?! market.' Its (ot'llinlil ls on every hilllle.'thus i;ivinr a niiaiautoc ol' itu purity and wholesome ness thiit ?n> other l.lo.ul puriller dom t?lvo. For sale hy all uni;';;iht:i. Ln?pM.v>: Unos., Wltolosivlo i)rut?i?isth, So!? Mniiiilaetnn rs und ProprFolora, Lip'puuiu lMock, Sftvimnnli, Qa, i^i??rJm rsa ?? I. ?in-worin, om iirii?t?,??r.' i? mntff?? .'iii :' iitii-i|iial?il, mel t.. Iiitr.iduuoour lilVVRiT'CH ??i. ?il|n rli>rK?"il??.-?lll vn.lnitr. toi' Uti ISfl - MB -' 1' "'"'?'?. "'>')' ?lion- who writ? "Hs^C XJ Xm |B KS U''Y* '"'''Vu'" ''' P VB^^SS? RM S ij?? SM o linn M Li >li..w our v.1? to F'u Y BT, . O'if S. ??M??- limn- wie. .nll-y..m nrtcl.t.ori ?^^uftnrrt .*i lil l. ?I">?V nioniiii y?u. i tu1 b* AYEMMHI.\J.?f^=M^*-' gumin? .if Ihi. n.Uirllstintnt lll?JIII-X> ?how* tho ?m?!! Mill cf Itu- ttl?. ?cope. Thc following cut plve? thc e|>iiMrntici of ii t. ilucnl lo ?bout thc flfth'th p.ut nf lu hulk, tl is i\ pmni),OniihlelinoUlt> ?i'ii|.i',iis l.u'vr.-its I? * .ny M ctrry. Wo will niuo ihow you how you tim make f.o.H SU! t??? IO? tiny ut lca?t, from tin. Mntt.with out tiiirrirncp. llutirr write ul onco. We imy ?ll.-?|.ro?? ch?rjioi, AiMr>ii,H.IIAI.I.t:rr&CU.. Hoi KHO, I'Ollll.JlSI), MAINK. XJX?SLX?S 0UCC VIFJ^g? 'flic reason RAD ^AM'S M I (JIU) ILK KILLER it thc most wendel Pul medicino, is .ecuuso it bits noter (oiled in /my inst tinco, no tn?(tor whnl the dis ease, from LKPKOSY tn tbe simplest tl ison so known to (bc bunnin system. Tho scientific, mon of today cl ni m and prove thitl every disenso is CAUSED BY Micitoinos, - AXLX Kxtcrnilnntes thc Microbes und ?Irires I dom mil ol' the system, (ind when I hu I is dunn you canont have an ache or pain. No m iller what thu dison80, whether a simple case ol' .Malaria F?vtsr or a continuation ol'discuses,; wo cure (Hold af nil thc same tittie, ns wc treat all dis cuses constitution!!Hy. AKthnin, Uimtiimyil inn G alor th, ?Irot'fhilif, Hin nulli: in, h'iitiwy ion/ Lii if Ihi' < nm . Chills mu' /.'. ri /'< Mi?/? 'JVonlilcAf in nil {i? jhfinn, mill, iii /m l, m i l/ />I\I il -ir klHIIdl In ihr tlllllHin licuare of fraudulent Inillnliiins. Sec (hal our Trndo-Mfirl? (saine ns above) t-'end lor hotdc "lliitory (d' tho Microbe Iv tl lor," gi von away liv J. T. PO/'OLAS. Sole Agioiul for Mnrlhoro County, S. C. Jan. tl, 1 SOO. CLIO ENTERPRISE. RR! I AN Kl NC our patrons for tboir 1 li boral patronaRO last your, wo lake tliis ni ol bod ol' informing iliom (bat we will, al our old stand, continuo to inatnr facturo and repair GM??8, WAGONS, BUGGIES, ETC., nnd will ?lo any work in ibo Blacksmith line. llorac Shoeing a specialty. Hoping to rcccivo your patronage thc present year, wo are, yours ?i nly, STANTON ?t W1 LL! A M SON. VVhcclwrtohts and Blacksmiths, Jan. 0, 180!?. Ciio, S. C. FRIENDS IB FELLOW CITIZENS! Hi A? ca rt ri ir* ? H "fe 1 ? ??1G TL ! A MID THU UUSfii AND PUSH OF BNTfcttPHI?IiSa J\ customers, who cl it i ly throng our place ol' business, it is (inpossible for us to remember if ALL the DHAU PKOPLK have seen our i in menso assortment of Goods, so we (eel tin ly bound, ns .1 public-spin ted citizen of Ibis county, to invite your personal inspection of thc colossal selections ol' useful, beau!ifni and ornamental goods, with prices unrivalled for cheapness, lo bc found at 'Carroll's Jewelry Store* I wish to remind my customers and. patrons of Iho progress, en largement, magnificence, beauty and magnitude of this-one of 13en nottsvillo'B most attractive enterprises. ! I am now making ? specialty of WATCHES, of all^ lund?. To those who may be wailing to visit some of tho adjoining cities to make their purchasesthis line, we would especially extend this invitation to post themselves on OUR PRICES boforo buying elsewhere. Wo have unrivalled facilities for buying, our expenses are less, and wo claim to eell the SA MK CLASS OF GOODS from 15 to dO por cont, chen per than City Jewelers. THESE ARE INDISPUTABLE FACTS ! I WANT YOUR TRADE, and if you consult your own interest I will have it. I don't ask you to trado with mo fdr lovo or friendship alono, but because I give bargu i IIB not io bc found elsewhero for tho samo money. I will not expect you to buy goods from mo unless you seo that you are getting BARGAINS. AU I ask is a tail end honest comparison of all prices. At You will find thc largest assortment of goods to select from. Don't think because wc are in the country that we carry a small stock. The goods aro UK RE, and wo propose to sell them. If you don't seo my prices before buying You Will Certainly Be Sick of tho so-called-bargains you pick up with so called wholesale houses, city jewelers, ?ftc. To thoso who have already visited my Mam moth Fancy Goods Store, I feel to enum?ralo'tho di flo rout lines of goods curried therein would ho useless nd bo considered avain repe tition of the frequent recent an non nc'm ns in these columns, hut I will not fool like I bad oven partiell i mo ?riy duty, if 1 failed to SPECIALLY INVITE your attention to my selections ot WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SI LV Ell WARE, CHINA-WARE, GLASS-WARE, WILLOW- WARE, BOOKS, FLUSH GOODS OF ALL KINDS Anything Miitnblo for a PU KSK NT, you will find hore. I will liuvo nn unusually large display of iluJithiy Ooodd in ttonsoh: My personal attention in given to tho Kook i ring De partment ol' my litifincKS, Wo gUnrutitco all goods usrepresented. No underhand mctliods. On this unjin wo intend, if posible, lo olovntc die uimrcolntion of un nlrendy encouraging public. WK IIAVK NO Khllll, DUH, or FLAP 1)001) LR IN OU US, BUT A SQUARE O HAL FOR 1?V KU Y J) OL I. AK ! Yours, With Appreciation, ZEE- "V$7\ ?^x'JTO)!! inlier 15, 1889. 1) (J URS, * SASH, DOORS WINDOW FRAMES, MANTELS AND BRACKET WORK OF EVERY STYLE AND DESIGN SUPPLIED AT BOTTOM PIM. GALL AND SI'JI'J US, On tho Corner south of Baptist Church, And tho Strcot runuing Wost Froiu the Presbyterian Cliuroh. P. POWERS. Bennottsville, S. C., November 18th, 1885 \VI1AT\S THAT? G-OING-LOWER ? No Sir*! Tliey could not. Strauss' prices arc lower now (lian you will lind them any-, whore. Did you s:iy we have rivals? what do We ea re. Wo have discount od all comers up (o now, and we eau do it again, we've got j he pluck and got the grit and got the money loo Masc your mind and let us in duce you to make a trial pur elias (rom our immense Spring Stock of Dry (?oods, Shoes, ?vc. If any body can give you satisfaction, wager your sheck - les thal we can. hu Want These Goods ! You can't understand what we oller, without seeing. SR RI NO TS BRLTRV?NG. SIMON STRAUSS. May !0th, 1889. GENERAL AGENCY Foy fiowiiift Mar/tt'ncs und the Jicsi .Vco?tes Jo r ult Mu chi tics, 1 would respectfully inform my friends and the public generally that I am now sole agent lor the sale of the old reliable Singer Sewing Machine. Will sell them on the best plans-lease, installment or straijihout. They are on salo at the store of J. P. Campbell in Henncttsvillc where they can be seen, or I will lake them by request to any part ol the coun ty. 1 will also take orders to supply any part of a sewing machine wanted, and guarantee a perfect lit. I can also furnish thc new button? hole attach ment-something every lady should have. WALLACE SWANN. Jan. 8, I80?. 060"* Thc Democrat office is thc very place lo bring your Job Printing. ? <?> ? -- ... 75 cents P'?ys for Tun MAUI.nono Di?MoeiiAT ono year, ??j * Druggist i Pharmacist, * t(jTf| TATUM STATION, S. O. 1) KA I. ER IN - rn MEDIC INKS, TOIIJKT and FANCY AHT1()1-KS also a nico linc Cigars /ind Tobacco. Proscriptions carefully compounded ot all hours. I Dec. 5lh, 1888. JjUPPMAN'S k ^sul\ECUr^f:FOf\ ?g CHILLS an^ERW von BALK HY AU. imiKJUIBTH. j"iTPP?.TAN lillOB,, Wholoanlo SnuHriets,. bolo Pro)?'., Uinniuin Block, Buvnnniui, Oa. J. T. DOUGLAS, - DEALER IN - 1*gfb Drugs, J|jf Medicines, ^FAND * CHEMICALS,^ ? FINE STATIONARY, <* LAMPS, OIL* AND PA7.NTO,* 7''JA>7'; 8E0A?8, And Oholco Toljacci VIDAL'S OLD ST AND April 16, K'?85 - AM. KINDS ol Jo? PRINTING dor he neatest style ot the art at Tri UI.llORO DBM OCRAT ; OlTlCK. ?n?ARTiK..s vy&hiih" to bijy thc cc?c Jf brated bailey Cotton Seed, ? which ifc destined to supplant all others can se cure the same on application tomcat Carolina 1>, O , Marion County, S. C. ?i per quart, 50 cents extra when sent hy mail. The staple from this seed sold in market last seaton for 17 cents NN. N. MCDONALD", jr. Jan. zo, 1890--3m. AM now ready to fuini.?h first-class ._ lumber ut piiccB to suit purchaser. (Jail and see lutnher and get pneos boforo purchasing elswhcro. VV. II. MANNING. Nov, l l, 1889. Covington, S. C, CARRIAGES REPAIRED -IN TUE Beat Manner AL Reason tibio Prices. livery description ol Wood or Iron Work executed promptly to order. -ALSO, MQjE?]lD?SM?Mf<b> done at short notice and by a thorough smith, Having moved into my new quarters, opposite liman ucl's stables, and ironting Cheraw and Darlington streets, I am now better prepared to meet the de mands ol my patrons, with additional machinery and more room. If you want anything done give me a call. Thanking the public ior past patron age, I respectfully solicit ? continuance. II?A. BOUNDS. Jan na iy 1st, 1890. -zU JENNINGS' i*f| r -l-f?~Tr-r .-i-rr.-.-T-T-r i-wr . r-TT rr-. TT^tT-r ir r-^ IteimettHvillo, S. ip ? E j?R?!?m M K D?C INKS, Toilet and Fancy Articles, ' Staiioncry and School Booh Brushes, Paints and Oi ls tS?~ A full lino of tho above article? always on hand. Prescriptions Carefully Com pounded Day and 2fi(/7it. llespcot tully, DOUGLAS JENNINGS. March 20.1.; l&?U ?NOTARY PUBLIC,* MCCOLL, S. C. Oct. 31st, r888. "voVth 8100.O?. lleil^S liv?tch In th? world. 1'erfcct timekeeper. W?rr?nled heavy, ' mun oOl.u hunting c??e?. Illoth ladles'and gent ..lie?, , wllh work? ?ni ea??? of equal value. OHR PgRSOK In each locality can iecuro ono rec, together with our largo _ valuable Uno of H oiisuliolil -'"Httttiplc?. Theio "n'Pj". .? ?oil -. -aTthowatcV.aielYco. Alt th? work you Bttd do li to ?how what w? ?end you to IliW H^SJte'SK Marnia and neighbor? ?nd tholo about yvJ^JffiJW in raluablo trad* for ul. which holde for yeer? when once eurie.! ?nd thui wo are repaid. Wo nay all exprcn, (t?'Bbt. ??? Aft?r you know all. If you would Uko lo go to work W ?rn from ?IBO to ?00 Pi+week ?nil uiiwardt. AddieM, Bunoon .v, Co., llojtWl?. Voi tlmul, M nine. 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In cuso your murk ls not roKlsterod In tho Tnt? eut omeo, ripply lo Mi-NN * tro., mid procuro Iniincdlnie pTOloction. Sond for Handbook. CO I? Y Ititi HTM ior boole*, ohm-'?, nmpi. etc.. quickly procured. Address v MUNN CV CO., Fitton. Solicitor*. QBNKIIAI/ OrfiCKi 'Mi iiuoAnwAV, N. Y. ???Mi?aaa?aVaVHM??MaHaW RE-OPENED. I respectfully inform tho public Mint T mn prepared io mnko or repair VU ll* N ITU RIO ol' all kinds. Repairing and covering Sofa? brid Chairs a specialty. -ALSO, Mott rosses in nd o now or old ones m ado ovor now. Country produce, token in oxohnnpo for work done. Shop next door to Ira bounds carriago shop. cr. Ti eTOnsriai March 2$,