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OUR INDUSTRIES. "?h?r?'s f?o i?aliiuri in ??lltli Caro lina's K?rch. of Progress. SOME INTERESTING FIGURES ciriitlfjiiiK Itcports ?IH to tho Ainuitiit Invested In Small Bunk*. Cotton Seed' Oil Mille", Kio. J As a rule the li rsl quarter of the year ls not propitious Tor Hie neor poratlon of new Industries and cntcr , prises, but this year the ofiice ol' the secretary of state has recorded the organization of a very la-:;e number of companies which sho^ that the State knows no halting hi the forw ard march on thc road (if "progress. There have been a great many banking in stitutions set on foot-some of them companies of not very large capitaliza tion, but still in the lield for the up building of small communities. The number of small cotton seed oil mills is increasing so rapidly that thc situa tion becomes almost alarming, for fear that they will get in each others' way and be able to operate for only a small part of the year on account of the fact that thc supply of cot tun seed is restricted and the big organiza tions will and must, have seed in cirder to keep their plants running. There is as much abuse, of machinery idle as there is in machinery in operation, it is said. There have been a few colton mills organized and others which have nut reported to the secretary of stale are being projected. As a rule these are small mills in sections nut occupied heretofore with Mich industries showing that the rt eve! ope incut ol'South Carolina is not conlined to one section. The most significant fact in connection with thu cotton mill business is thc tremendous amount expended in the increase- ol the capitalizat ion ol' companies which have been operated fur some time. The total amount of colton mill capitalization this year is 84,0510,000: in banking institutions, $1,01)5,000; in cotton seed oil mills, $308,000; in light, power and ice companies, $:i:i5. 000; and the total amount ol' all con cerns chartered and commissioned since thc tirst of the year is $7,28"J, 000. Two other great corporations have tiled letters asking for commissions giving them authority to open books of subscription - the Magnolia Mine* company ol'Charleston, ?1100,000, and the Columbia and Augusta I la il road company, which shall lie. chartered at an amount not to exceed $20.Ul)!) pei mlle. COTTON' M ll, !.S. Chartered-Cluck mills. Anderson $500;000; Hamer mill, Dillon, $100, 000; Maple Cotton mills. Dillon. $100. 000; Mct'ee Manufacturing company Greenville, 8100,000: Jsicpicna mill Central, 8200,000. Total $1.000,0(10. The Uanna mill at Goldvillc ?asor ganized as the successor ol' thc Cold ville mill. $100,000: thc Bamber mill was reorganized. 8140.0110: ll) .Marlboro Cotton Mills company capitalization 81,500,000, wasorganiz ed with the mills at McColl a nucle?es: mill tit Jonesville was or "ganized with the Alpha and Hu knitting mill as nucleus, $250,000 Total reorganized mills (sume o which had shut down), $1,8??0,000. Increase of capital stock-Clear water bleacher}', $H00,000 io $ lou.cuti Brandan mills, $:i00.000 to 150,000 Libe ty mills, $7.").ooo to ;-' 1 T?.Uirn Orr mills, $100,(ICO to 8800.000 Gainesville (Gil.), $500,000 to iS50. 000. Tola!, $1,000,000. The Morton Spinning company o Clover is being organized $150,000 commission issued. Grand total cotton mills, ? 1.0110,000 HANK AND TH HST CO.MI'?N? icS. Thc amount of money invested ir hank and trust companies bas alsi been astonishing. The followinj.' were charlered: Home bank. Lexing ton, 8*10,000; hank of Corry, Conway, 825,000; Hank of v\ alitalia, $'10,000: Farmers bank, Helton, $50,000; Farm ers and Merchants bank, Marion, 8100,000: Converse Savings bank, Con verse, 810,000; linnie of Saluda. $25. 000: hank of Carlisle, $10,000; Ken nedy hanking company, Blackstocks, 820,000: Bank of Kock Hill. $75.000: Gaffney Savings bank, $.'10,000; how man Loan and Trust, company, how man, 85,000; hank ol' Fountain Inn, 815,000 Easley Loan and Trust company, *50.000: total amount of in corporated hanks-?$ ! 75.000. Increase in capitalization-hank of Marion, $25,ooo tu 850,000: Merchants und Planters bank, Gaffney, $50,000 tu 875,000; hank ol' Dillon, $25,000 to 850; 000. Toi til increase; $75,000. Commissions issued to companies be ing organized-William Coleman \ Cu., Columbia, 8500,000: Timmonsville Coan ?iud Trust company, $25OOO: hank cf Springfield, $20,?bo. Total. $515,000. G rank total In organized and project S-CiT: banking companies, $l,O'.l5,0(H). COTTON SKliDOIl. Mll.1.3: The following cot tot* seed oil mills have been chartered: - Independent Cotton Oh company, the great riv lol thc Virginia-Carolina Chemical com pany, $1.000, 000; Fort Motte, $20,000; llowesvillo, $20;00t); Lydia,$:.,000: West minister, 820,000, Williamsburg $20 (Hit): Clarendon, $25.000; I'ishopvllle, $25,000: Allendale,$25,000; Williurboro, $25,000; Hie total bcirfg $ 18'$ ,000 out side of the consolidai ion ol" 1 he several companies into I be I tid?pciidenl. In audition lo thc above the follow ing arc in process ol' organ iza l lon: Prosperity, $20,000: Townvlle, $25,ooii: Cameron,* $20,000; Kdisto: at North $20,000; Donalds, $15.000: Oi,on"0, ai Walhalla, $20,000, and Pauline' Spar tanbtirg county, $15,o0i). Tola', $115, otu?. increase-Kershaw, $25.<IIM to $:'.">. ooo. Grand total of new capital in mi.I.? organized and projected this year $:JO8,OOO. lt KA I. KSTATI-: OKVKl.Ol'MKNT. Darlington Hotel company. $25,000: Summerland Hotel company, -:2"p,0!?o: Suihihcrlaud DcvelOpnionl company $25,ooo; Greenville Iu.piovemctin Co, $25,000;<~jouth Faid Land Improvement company, Mullins, $ lo.non; Stone Lain.1 Company, Greenville, $25,ooo; Bishop ville Beal Rsl atc company, $5,000; Cal houn Falls J livest tuen I company. $:>(),. 000. Total, $175.000. The Hall's Island farms, Beaufort (increase from $50.000 to $(?5,(?00] $15,000: Tomoiley plant al ions, Beau fort county. $50.000: Pa tigra murga club (August Belmont's hunting re servation,) I lampi?n conni y, $0,000. Total, $125,000. York vi I Ie Building and Loan asso ciation, $'10,000; Vigilant, Chariest >n, $120,000: liellpso, C'lailcstnti, $150, 000: Home, Sumter. *2()i),000; Pru dential, Winnsborc. $.'10,(.: Knler prise, Union, $75,000. Total. $575, 000. . Carolina ?lr$ ?rick comparty-; llrttfui $27,?0?| Oairncv ??rick eulnpunVi ?footl?! fc?ofttMWti' Hydraulic' Hriek C*?li;panv, Charleston, $25,000} Hitti kltison Prick company, North Augusta $:io,o00. ' Total, 887.000. TQBAC?? WAHKHOUSKM. '?_ Kntci'prisc of Florence, $15,000; Farmers of Darlington, $10,000; Peo ples of Conway, $1,000; Planters of Leesville, $i,ooo; Client w warehouse, *2,?00; Marlboro, ?ii Rennet ts vi I lc, $1,000. Total,.s:t:t,r??o. I'uui.u: \rhu\ rues. Sumter Ice, Light and Power com pany, $75,000; Columbia, Ice and Fuel company,' $30,000; Rock Hill Water, Liebt and Power company: $50,000 to $150,000 increase: Summerville Icc .and Cold Storage company, $?10,000: Marlon Light and Power company; $100,000. Total, *:i:t5,000. VA Ul 151) IN'UUSTUIKS. Morgan Wood and Iron works, Spar-i tanburg, $10,000; Cummings Iron works, Waltcrboro, $10,000; Vulcan Supply company (hardwoods,) Cam den, $"?.000; Sumter Lumber company, $12,000; United Timbar company, Darl ington, $100,000; Black Uiver Steam boat company, $5,000'; Canipman-Mur phy .company (bardwoods,) $10,000; Charleston Canning company, $10,000; Granolithic Hoofing company, Ander son; $10.0(10: Tannopiline company, Columbia, ?S2.'>?0U0; Omega Raby Car riage com pan v, l'n ion, $10,000: Pul?alo Lick springs,$10,000: St . tieorgesTele phone exchange, $5,000; Carolina and Georgia Mining company, Col um bili, $U0,l)O0; Harris M a nu fact ii rio com pany, coupling device, $12,000: Kyooks Steam Valve company,$12,000; Ches tcilleld Naval Stores company, Clie raw, $15,001). .Total, $121,000. To which 'may be added thc Ander son Mattress and Spring tied com nil hy (increase from $2,500,) $22?5l)0; Ander son Spool and Robbin company of Charleston (increase from $1,000 lo *20,0tl0) $10,000-making a grand total ol' varied industries of $Jf>!>,.loo.-Co lumbia State. Alt lltiliCHl Cotil'ewsio?. Mr. 1?. M. Lamer, tile Washington correspondent of The News and Cour ier, says "in a very broa?Tsense it is true that lavish expenditure of money has been a powerful factor in deter mining tile l ist four Presidential elec tions. Generally the Republican par ty has had the sympathy and support of great corporations, able to make big campaign contributions. Presi dent Harrison was undoubtedly elect ed by the use of money In 18?8. Put i four years later, in 1802, when Mr. ? Cleveland came iii on a ground swell; thc bulk of campaign funds was with the Democratic party. Mr. Cleveland might have been elected without tile money, but it nevertheless played an : important part. Had it not been for 1 tlie tremendous campaign fund of > 1600 Mr. McKinley would have never > seen the White House as Chief Magis trate." 1 This is an honest, as well ai an iiii portant confession on the part of the ' correspondent of a newspaper that has blindly worshipped at the shrine ol Crover Cleveland for many years and which has never had any use. tor [ William Jennings I'.ryan. it will be noticed thal thu admission is made thai the hulk of the campaign funds in 1S02 was willi Cleveland as against Harrison, which indicates beyond a doubt thal Hie trusts wanted him elected. In the face ot an admis? . sh u 01 this Kind is it any wonder thal ?j many people believe Hie Charge made by Mr. M ryan and others that Cleve land be t ru y edhis party, lt will be s liol iced also thal the admission is made thal "had it not been for t he j, tremendous campaign fund of issxj Mr. McKinley would have never seen \- the. Whil e 1 louse, as Chief Magistrate." lu thc face of au admission ot this kind how can iL be maintained that . Mr. Ihyan's nomination in 1800 dc '. teated Hie Democratic party that '. jeal? Vet every once in a while '. .some light headed individual who may happen to bc editing a trust pa per chirps oiih that liryaii ruined the I Democratic party. As a matter of ] luci, it look all the money Lue trusts coulft raise and the desertion of a lot ol' so-called Democrats lo the plunder ers to keep Itryun out of the White House. Under these conditions it is 1 not strange thal Crover Cleveland who was Hui candidate of the Irusls ' in 1802 should support McKinley who was the candidate of llic trusts in I8?N?. Mr. Lainer goes on to say that "in business and Ihiaucial circles there is a deep resentment at the prosecution of the trusts and the outcome of the Northern Securities case. This deci sion and a score of kindred matters have caused a widespread rage against President Roosevelt's administration. His nomination next year is regarded as a cei lu in ty, but it is very probable, if the Democrats ure conservative in tlicir candidate and their platform, lhal the millions of campaign con tributions next year will go ti the Democratic managers, in which event lhere will surely be trouble, if not de feat, for the Republican candidates, in spite of all that can be said about President Roosevelt's unwonted popu larity and Hie great, prosperity of the country.'' i This simply means that If the Democratic party will nominate ( ?rover Cleveland or some other candi date wh > is known lo be In favor of ibo trusts, t hat thc millions ol' dol lars raised by the trusts for eompaign purposes will be turned over to Hie Democratic managers instead _of the Republican managers. Can the Demo cratic party, alford to do any such thing as I hat ? Helter for ii tobe defeated a hundred times than to win , a hundred victories on any such terms. If the Democratic party is to vic with ; the Republican party in trying to please Hie trusts lo secure campaign funds lo debauch votes its mission is ended, as lhere is no use for two par i tics aiming al the same thing; Vet ! I this is exactly what Cleveland and his ; followers advocate. Some of us are . Democrats, not. for the loaves and ? jlishes, and we would rather sec elie party defeated in a light for Hie masses than to be successful by the . aid of the trusts. Those so-called Democrats'who believe in winning a j victory thal way should go into the Republican party. The Democratic j party would be. better oil' without ' them. , IHsenihowcletl hy Ulule. A dispatch from Florence. Sunday . j night says: Information Of a horrible : j accident has been received from Sav i age, in thc lower part ?d' this county. Swinton Dozier, a well known resident M ol' that community, was killed by the i kick ol' a mule on Sunday afternoon. ; The kick was so strong that the abdo men of Mr. Dozier was cut open and his liver lorn by the hoofs of the animal, ll, appears from what can he learned thal Hie mule was sick and Mr. Dozier went up behind hun and j lapped him willi a switch to make linn move about and Hie mule let Hy loth his heels, st liking thc man in : Hie pit of Hie stomach willi the above j result. Mr. Dozier was a middle aged ! mau and his death is untimely. : Ytff?M OF ?l?ifi ?O?K?ED, " ATlS?lier Rliuio liec?OMl?? tVfif/e boiifliied in Colt. it is Wbil known that Mic iinuiUOf? of letlersi word-, verses. etc., eonlairp ? ed in the Bible Im ve been eounled? but by whom when or where is nob guner? ally known, says Tim Boston Herald. Treat's pnbliu.itinn. entitled "Curiosi- ' lies of th? Ibbie," speaks ot the oe ! cur renee as being of Hf>unlsli origin,! and that the IVluee ol O ra nuda, ?eui- j lng usurpai Inn, caused t he. arrest of tho supposed wouldbe usurpar and bv order nf tho Spanish crown he was thrown Into au old prison called the place of skulls, situated in Madrid, where he was confined for thirty-three years, with rio other companion than the rats, mice and oilier vermin that frequented bis dismal cell. During his confinement he counted the letters, etc, contained In thc Bible, and scratched the several num bers on thc stone walls with a nail. When lils work was discovered he was furnished with writing utensils and ordered to make a copy of the results of his long and tedious, task, and on Its behm completed he linnily receiv ed his liberty. . The following is a con t cot copy ol' his great work: The Hilde con tains :t."><>(>, 4 so letters, 77?,74(i words. ?l,17.'J verses, 1,105 chapters and i>(> books. The word and ccu rs 10,0X4 times, the word Loni 1,Stitt limes, the wor?T Jehovah 0.855 limes and thu word reverend hut bric?.', which ls in the ninth verse of the ont bundled and el? vent li p-islm. The middle verse is thc eighth veff-e oi the one hundred ami eigh teen th psalm. The twenty-lit.st verse ol' the eleventh chapter of Ezra con tains all the letters of the alphabet except thc letter j. The. Ilnest chapter to read is the twenty-sixth chapter of the Acts of Apostles. The most beautiful chap ter is the tweiit-thlrd psalm. The nineteenth chapter of Ii Kings and thc thirty-seventh chapter o? Isaiah are alike. The four most inspiring promises arc to lie found in the sixth chapter of St. .lohn, thirty-seventh verso, and fourteenth chapter, second verse; also, eleventh chapter of St. Matthew, twenty-tlfth verse, and the thirty seventh psalm, fourth verse. The longest verse is the ninth verse, eighth chapter of Esther. The shortest verse is the thirty-fifth verse, eleventh chapter of St-J-Ohn. There are len chapters in the hook ol' Esther in which the words Lord and God do not occur. Thc eighth, lifleeulh, twenty-lirst and thirty-first verses of the one hundred and Seventh psalm arealike. All the verses ol' the one hundred and seventh psalm end alike. The one hundred and seven teenth psalm contains but two verses, the one hundred and nineteenth psalm contains 17<i verses. There are no words or names ol' more than six syllables. It has also been discovered by some persons unknown that in .had, third chapter, third verse, the word girl occurs, and in the eighth cha pi er ol Zachariah, tilth verse, the word girls is mentioned for the only time in the whole book. The eighth chapter ol' Esther, ninth verse contains fifty-two ts. The word now aupears twenty-four times in the Old Testeraient aud three times in the New JTJSTICE AT LAST. The ItiMiiarkahlo Caso of H Womun Seul Un l'or 'lifo. The Columbia State ol' last Wednes day says from out of the portals of the state, prison will come a woman tills morning whose pale and furrowed brow would excite pity in a hart ol .stone. For the first time in seven long years she. will wear the garments that are not striped and breathe the air of freedom. The thoughts that are hers in this new sunlight of liber ty may never be known, but if ever woman had cause, to curse justice and hold in high ridicule the majesty of the highest law it is Mrs. l'hune Hall, whom the governor has pardoned. In thc annals of crime there are few narratives like this woman's and per haps criminal jurisprudence does not record a more signal miscarriage of justice. A little over seven years ago Watson Hal), a well-to-do fanner and machinist, was found dead, shot through Iiis head, in his home near Mars Bluff in this state. Ile was scated in a chair erect and a gun stood near him, evidently placed there to Indicate that he had committed sui cide. Tho effort to suggest self-de struction was futile, however, and the murderer, Aleck Ferrell, was arrested and in due time convicted of the crime and sentenced to life imprison ment. Mrs. Hall, the dead man's wife, who also sentenced to life im prisonment as an accessory before the fact. There were several wilinesses against her but none of them teslitied lo any material point that would have more than suggested conviction. The woman, on account of her belief in the doctrine of "swear not at all," being a member of a holiness society, refused to testify In her own behalf and allowed herself to bc convicted. Wedded Soi?'? Divorced Wifo. Near H ra uk ford, in Smyth county, Va., lives Wesley Brickley. whose wife died a number of years ago. His son Samuel recently obtained a divorce, whereupon the father toidi out a license to marry his son's grass widow. To perform the ceremony, the services of Rev. Winters London were engaged. The minister had been told by someone that it was unlawful for a man lo marry his daughter-in law, and it was with some reluctance tliat he stood before the contracting parties and paonouneed them man ami wife. However, he went through with the ceremony and then shifted to the other foot anil said: "My friends, I have been told that it is unlawful for you to marry, 1 will keep this license until I learn how that is, and if it is against the law. I will not call you married and will return tim license to tbe clerk marked not exe cuted.'' Brickey was arrested and his case is now pending in the county of Smy 1 h. Ten Men li 11 lcd. Ten workmen engaged in making a tunnel on the Mexican Central's ex tension at Tuxhara, in the state of Ja I Isleo, lost their lives in a cave-in caused by several earthquakes coming in rapid succession. TUC ti rsl. shock caused thc falling of interior workings, and when tbe gang of workmen went to clear away the debris they were caught by ii second cave-in, which re sulted from fresh shocks. MlMBlfKM KILLED the Expl?sid? of a FdWiler Mill iii Pennsylvania. IT WAS FELT FIVE M ?LES AWAY. M tiny lVnple W?*re Seriously Injured by li?>lug: lllowii .Almut . tim riuiiiltng? In Willoh I hey Worked. The extensive plant of the Cieseent Powder company, at--Canister, l'a., was completely wrecked by a series of four explosions Friday morning- Of the thirty employes, nine were killed j outright and all the others were badly injured by bein? blown about the j buildings in which they were employ ed. The dead: Frank McKernan, Ress Kennedy, George Fay, Andrew ("?arri 1 liice. Charles Ross, William Lyons, Gi'llseppi Male?, Frank Strass, J ulm Petrov) n ki. The ages of the dead ranged from 20 ld 2? years. Seven of them were Americans and two were Italians. The list Of in jun d includes Adam Taggart, of Pittsburg, the superin tendent of tlic company, who was found ti ia ousel us in Iiis olllcc by his wife and was dragged i?iit cf thc burn ing building by lier ut the peril of lier own liff. 'lin: Iii; I rx pl? sion occurred nm-mg tho material in ibo. mixi ig house blowing that, bull iiitc ui atoms and also th slr-y lng tho two punching houses and the olllcc. Nothing was left of the structures. Fire arose Iii the other buildings. The force of the explosion was felt in towns live miles away and all houses m thc locality were damaged. Thc bodies of the dead are unrecognizable. The lire at the deserted plant continued throughout thc day and no person ventured near the doomed structures, fearing additional explosions. There are 2.240 boxes of dynamite stored in thc buildings and greater calamities are predicted should another explosion occur. Terror-stricken farmers and limestone quarrymen have Hocked Into the town of Williamsburg for refuge. The Crescent Powder company sup plied the powder and dynamite used in tile large limestone quarries of the United States Corporation in this county and is owned by Pittsburg ca pal isis. There were eleven build ings in the. plant, of which number live are still standing. The estimated value of the plant was $3?,OOO. STATE SUMMER SCHOOL. Supt. Marlin (?iv?>8 Scour Add il infini I II format ion in Keened Thereto. The Stile of Friday says the State superintendent of ethical iou. Hon. O. ?. Martin, bas returned from Rltih tnond when; he attended the great educational conference. Thursday he made additional announcement iii re gard to the Slate Summer school fm teachers, which will nc held at Win throp college from .lime 23rd to .liil> 21st. Winthrop is an excellent pl for such a school because of i'm splendid equipment, accessible, bina ries, reading rooms and extensive ac commodations. Arrangements lia ve boen made for boarding io thc college and this gives the South Carolina Summer schcol quite ail advantage over some cithers because r.he tea elie is are conveniently localed and can en joy belter advantages. Courses of si miy have been provided in pedagogy, school supervision, el cti tionaud ie tding, grammar, literature, rhetoric, library work, thawing, sight singing, music, history, georgrajihv, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, obser vation work, nature study, botany and school gardening, manual t raining und kindergarten principles. Some of the ablest teachers of thc State and na tion will take par., in this work and a large attendance is anticipated. A special feature of this school will be a series of addresses by some of the most elTee ti vc platform speakers avail able and some work will be done look ing to tlie educational campaign which has boen planned for thc summer. A meeting of county superintendents and other campaigners will bc held during the session of the summer school. In addition to the regular courses of work by the teacher students t! ore will be lectures Intended for such students as. desire some recreation as well as work. Quite a humer of teach ers after a hard years's work do not desire regular study, hence this ar rangement. Tlie prospectus, giving full an nouncements, will be Issued as soon as possible from the olllcc of the superin tendent ot' ?ducation. County boards are rapidly making recommendations as to instructors for thc various enmi ty summer school's anti as soon as these arrangements are perfected, the sched ules will be published. TIH' litiuiriinmi Purchase. Mr.. Ch illis M. Harvey gives in the current World's Work, some amazing statistics as lo I lie bigness and value of our middle Wi st anti South-Hie "Louisiana Purchase" from Napoleon. The thirteen original slit cover 820, 944 square miks; the purchase cov ers 87?.O0O square miles. All Klimpe except Russia and Scandinavia ls only 1,2:17,00" miles. Half a billion dol lars worth of corn was raised on the purchase, in IH02, 48 per cent of the product of the whole country. More than half the wheat crop and Ii8 per cent of its oat crop were raised on thi.-i terri to y. Missouri alone bas moro people than hail the thirteen colonies that revolted from liri lan. Colorado, a part of tlie purchase, alone produc ed last year *:-!*.000,OOO in gold, moro than the entire territory of the Unit ed States bail produced from the. land ing of Cabot to the strike at Sutler's mills in 1884. Montana alone has added $1,000,000,000 to the world's weal h of metals. The corri yield of one slate, Iowa, for thc single year 11)02 would nay six times over the price we. paid Napoleon for fourteen states or pails ot states and terri tories. A Fatnl Duel. A fatal thiel with pistols occurred across the Tennessee river from Lamb's ferry, Alabama as a result of which .1. R. Melford anti F. Osborne are dead. A quarrel having arisen between the two. Osborne went to his honiC nearby and returned with a pis tol wittel] he emptied. Ile turned to run, but Melford, mortally wounded, bred at the lleeing man with deadly effect. Moth died shortly afterward. ?QR THE LADIES. fi'..t?ii' J-'iii'ia About r'tigf'kofnohta 'Hint Will Intercut Tlioiii. Tlie longest engagement on record, says?he New York World, is 75 yours aud IL took place in Bohemia, where engageai nts of 15 and even 20 years are so coin mon us to cause no remark. The names of thc wooer and wooed were respectively Franz Kosuer and Anna Hen uer and they had bein c??itlViy eunlhiuoa ly for 75 yeats, but had repeatedly deferred the bridal day. At 1 st Krai z bec; me fata ly di and was married on bis dcaui-bcU on the uve of bis one hundredth birth day, the tige of the bride and. widow being tia. In Kusslu long or gage men ts are not relished by betrothed young men, al though the ladies usually ute not nt all averse to them. Indeed, MICK?' latter not infrequently use all sorts > f artifices in order to stave o?r the we( - ding day to as distant a date as pus sible. Perhaps the custom which decrees that the Russian bridegroom elect must send his sweetheart a pres ent every day, no matter whether the engagement last for ten week or ton years, may have something to do with this anomalous state of affairs. The regularly recognized length of a Siamese engagement is exactly mic n oath. For the bride to ask for an extension beyond that limit is he id to savor ol' reprehensible prudery. Moreover in .Siam, old maids are ti - known, as all gills many. Tho iva MU? for tuts is probably tu be ton ntl iu the low estimation iii which unmar ried women are held. t'h. y are not only looked down upon; they are ab solutely ol no account whatever. As soon as the marriage ceremony is per formed, however, the hitherto neglect ed and despised little female alum be comes distinctly a "Homebiidy.*' Peo ple win. would not have deigned to even recognize lier existence while in the state bf single "blessedness," now admit lier willingly to their houses and even go out of their way to seek her friendship. Still, it is not until she has become a mother that she is held lo have reached ber highest estate. Then she has attained the pinnacle of honor, can claim as a right presentation at court and is ad dressed bv thc coveted titled of "The Matronly One." In the Argentine llepublie an en- ! gaged man who dallies beyond a rea sonable time ere leading his liauce to tlie altar is heavily tined; that ls If he is over 20. Moreover, he is not per mitted by the State after attaining that age tu enjoy tree the pleasures of bac lelorhoud, even ' nh hough he may not lia ve committed lil insult so far as to have promised marriage to any maiden, in odier words every Argentine .lack must,choose his .lill as soon as he arrives at years of discre tion. If be fails to do so the penalty is a payment by thc defattler of ?5 a month tu the national treasury, and bins is increased as the years gu by up to no fewer than S.HU per month. Only when bellas eel m ra ted his eigh tieth britbduy, il" he evei d .e.^ so he held exempt, the legislature probably regarding him then as a ''hopeless case" so far as the matrimonial market ls concerned. There is, however, even as a young mau, um: loophole ot escape provided for him. ir he can prove I nat he Las proposed und beeil re used three times lu one year he is held to have,, as lt were, dune his best, and to have earned immunity. This rruthi Ab.mt ruske^re. To the issue of Thursday last of ih? Washington Post, a lawyer nf Montgomery, Ala.. Gordon Macdonald, by nam :, contributed a lung letter in which ne d ?clare i that the onus ut such appointment'^ to olllce ol' negroes that President .11 msc veil has tu.ide. 1 es entirely un Hie shoulder.; bi Brooker Washington,who instigated him io regard to them; that the whole blame fur the tliked to-dcat.h Wu.LO Mouse dinner is also chi-.: lu ll ....ker Washington, wno forced himself on the Chief lO.xocullve'.- hospitality wit h au eye tu bis own glorification; and lastly that Hooker Washington's work at Tuskegee and the influence of that institution is greatly misunderstood, not only by the easily gulled North, but even by many prominent Southern newspapers. Mr. Mcdonald declares that dwelling in thc adjoining county to that in which Tuskegee is situated, he knows whereof he speaks. That so far fruin bestowing an "'industrial education" upon tlie blacks, the in stitution incites dreams of "social equality*' both by precept and ex ample, and turns out ''soft-handed negro dudes and loafers, who earn a precarious living by 'craps' and petit larceny or exist on the hard-earned wages of cooks and washerwomen whose affections they have been enabled lo ensnare," and that the girls are taught music and paint ing and "to rustle In tine dresses tu miserable Imitations of white women," while their poor old mothers labor over tub and cook stove to support them in Idleness. There ls much more in the letter of au uncom plimentary nature to Hooker Wash ington, but what we have quoted is sutllcient. The Augusta Chronicle says if Mr. Macdonald's accusations j are well founded they constitute a very serious matter and lt is due to the philanthropists of the North and those in the South, who with lip and pei have appladed and encouraged the work being done at Tuskegee, that the exact truth should be given lo the wjrld. In view of Mr. Macdonald's charges and his standing and reliabili ty, according to the Post, thc truth should bc made plain. How that is to be done thoroughly and satisfactorily, wc do not pretend to say. It is un d lUbtcdly a ditllcult undertaking, but Hooker Washington owes lt lo him self and his friends and the world at large to undertake it. They (Jct $t O.OOO. A special from Mason city, Pa., says Agent .loin. Peterson, of the United States Express company at Britt, forty miles west the city, was compelled by two masked and armed men to open the safe In bis otllce Thursday morn ing, and permit the robbers to take a package containing $10,000. They also secured other packages of money, and after binding and gagging Peter son, they escaped. Two traveling medicinemen have been arrested, but Peterson was unable to identify them. The * 10,000 package was registered and was to lie transferred from the Milwaukee to the Minneapolis and St. Paul railway. Mr. Peterson placed Hie package in the shipping safe, tie then worked at his desk until a lap on bis shoulder startled bim and he turned to be confronted by two revol vers. The men, arter compelling bim tb open the safe, tied him and gagged bim securely and placed bini In a rear room where bis sun found bim hours later. DR. HATHAWAY. Recognized as the Leading and Most Successful Specialist in His line in the United States. the specialist 1* now indispensable. In all Walka of life them is arfemand for the mail Who can do ono particular thin;; better than any one else, arid (ucb a man is one who has confined his endeavor to, and centered all of his energy and ability on the specialty he has chosen for his life's work. Early In my professional career I reallied that Chronic Diseases wero not being given the attention which their importance warranted. I saw that'these diseases required a special flt ness which tho busy practitioner could never acquire, for more than twenty years I havo de voted myself exclusively to tho study and treatment of th?se diseases, and the fact that physi cians recommend mc to their patients ls an evidence of riiy shill bud Ability In my special Une. I give special counsel to physicians with obstinate and obscure coses.** I h ii vu devoted particular attention to chronic diseases bf men and women, and no other class of disease requires moro Intelligent nnd expert treatment. It ls a fact that a majority of men owe tho seriousness of their condition to improper treatment, and a failure to realise the importance ot placing their case in the hands of a skilled ?nd expert specialist. Nervous Debility Overindulgence, indiscretions and excesses aro not the only causes of on impairment of sexual nt rene; th. Suoh a derange' ment frequently comes from worry, overwork, mental strain, etc., which gradually weakens and Injures the system before tho unfortunate vlcUm reallies thc true nature ot his trouble. Nervousness, weak back, dizziness, loss uf memory, spots before thc eyes, despondency, etc., often aro thc first symptoms of an inipairmentof manly vigor, end if neglected serious result.i are sure to follow. I want to talk to every man who has any of these symptoms of weakening of his manly functions, lean promptly correct all irregularities, and under my skillful treatment you will have restored allot tho strength and glory of your man hood. Whether you consult me or not, do not jeopardize your health by experimenting with ready-made medicines, freo samples, so-called quick eures, etc.,'as tho moat dellc/ite or-.tansof the body are involved, and only an expert should be entrusted with your case. Bend for freo booklet, Nervous Debility and Its Family of Ills." My cure for this disease ls contle and painless, and often causes no detention from business or other duties, no cutting or dangerous .surgical operation. Improper treatment will result in Bcrious injury. I give each caso Individ It involves Stricture tlon and pureness ia allayed and thc canal heals up promptly and permanently. Send for free book on Stricture. \l This disease is the enlargement of vcln9 of tho scrotum, which fill with stagnant blood, causing a constant drain upon VrlrlROCGIB the vitality, lt weakens the entire system and ?ans away all sexual strength. 1 cure this disease with the Ramo uni ?1*1 w form certainly just as quick as consistent with medical science. Probably moro mon are afflicted with Varicooele than any other disease, and their strength ls bel UK drained away without their knowing the cause. Como to mo at once if you think you are afflict ed, and learn the cause of your trouble. Send for free booklet on Varlcocele. ?| i O Tll,s horrible dlseoso is no longer incurable, and when I say that I can euro the most sevoro enso I do so oocnuse I ninflfl t tl I Sil Ol know just what my treatment baa accomplished. If you have sores, pimples, blotches, sore throat, pains In tho 1 bones, falling hair, or any Hy mptoms which you do not understand, lt ls Important that you consult me at onco, and 1 will tell yon li inkly whether or not you are an unfortunate victim. I will guaranteo to ouro you without the use of strong and Injurious drugs,In as quick, if not quicker, limo than any known treatment. My euro ls o permanent one, and is not mora patchwork,and tho dlseoso will bc eradicated from ibu syntem forever. Send for my free booklet, "Tho Poison King." ^ m^. r? tat Womon who suffer from tho ailments peculiar to tholr sex aro cured by my gentle and painless UlSG&SeS OT VwOlTlCn method of treatment, which avoids all necessity for surgical operations. If you suffer frombenrlng to health thou* ?'n's "I t lt ff erins women. down poins, backacho, irregularities, leuchorrhen, cte, write mo about your case. Send for my free booklet on Women's Diseases. I have restored (T-vj . I*?:,-.-MJ sped Hy also includes all other chronic diseases, such as Rheumatism, Catarrh, Diabetes, Bright's 8 >nrfll1!P "B'^^'iSBS Disease..- .omach. Liver and Kidney Diseases, Plies, Fistula, Rupture, Paralysis, Locomotor Ataxia, 8t. VIII ?""*? wsvvwvYw Vitus Dance, otc, and all who want skillful, expert treatment should write mo about their case. My ofllco ls equipped with Ul? m<nt approved x - Kay and electrical apparatus, so that my patients get tho benefit ot the latest discoveries of science. Home Treatment, countries. Corresponden 1 invite everyone to consult mc without charge, and will refund railroad faro one woy to all who taite ireatmcnt. If you cannot see n:e in person write for symptom blanks and full information about my auo ful plan nf home treatment by which I have cured patients lu every Slate in thc Union and in Xorclgu nlldcntlil. . j. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D. 88 Inman (Udlding, ?2? S. 1lu>ad?Sr. ? AI tarit a. Ca. MEMORIAL DAY. hot UR Not Fail lo Honor thc Memory Next Saturday is Memorial Day, and thc graves of the dead heroes ur Sou bli Carolina who died rot- lite Con federacy will he decorated with sweet Howers by our noble women. Once a year, for the | aa throe decades, sn s the Atlanta Journal, tin; people of Um southern states have observed a diiy for thc decoration of t he la-1 resting places of tin: Confederate Incoes, ami the recital of their valorous deeds. Anti now thc seasons have again shill- j cd ut springtime and the ronni s ot | memory ?ire unscaled on many a g ree ii : oiii. Amit! the strains ot' maniai' music, thousands make their way loi thc lb) wer?; I mounds h MM 'I wich ? lie tuc heroes of-the som h. Upon; those mounds they pince their U'jbui?s ! of affection and reverent regard: and the lonesome grasses are hriglit?'ii'-t) with fresh fl ov?is. lt is tilting, Lhere rol e, thal, we should consider for a mo ment whal this day means, and woy il is unserved, especially in reference to thc changed conditions ol this century, And toe long perspective which now lies between the present generation and those who wore thc gray. Mernot lui day. as it is observed in the south, is wh it its name implies a day of memories, lt is not designed lu kt.ep alive any rend ol' >ee!i nal issue. IL is reverent an I retrospective. The c iiilriiversy which urged these dead soldiers to I iv flown i heir lives for their cou ti ley has in.cn buried wi iii them: a.id ihe.-.ilcnt nioooliths whie i ttiA'ci heilvenw.iod whore they icsiaiv sy in hols o f p 'ac.*, int nf vv.ir. Mem ii I,tl div stands ?or,all that vv.is hes?, mri all that is liest, In inc souih ol Un' past, and of the. pr?sent. Tuc siiun; spirit which impelled Suiuewuh .1 iek son. ?md ;it whose hid ling the s .' nd of Lee dished fm.p. lus seal ?ha rd, live* in the south today, changed only ?is tu bujeet--thc guiding star of that region where patriotism never dies neu ral tors. The men who como from Appomat tox, and their sons, lilted the south out of its ruins and rebuilt it into more than its ancient opulence. This task was not interior tn the one which lay before them when they marched out in 18(11. If it was less perilous 'l was more tedious. It called for all 'ne resolution, ali the moral courage, all thc faith, hope and energy which could he su m tunned hy the linest Ango Saxon stock which the world has ever known. Patiently uncomplainingly, they rebuilt, replanted, and have since rel?ir vested. Of such liber were the people who fought for home rule in tile south. Of sucii a force and purity was the spirit which led forward those who sleep today around lite soldier s monuments, lt is this spirit, devoid of sectional si rife or issue, which In form the observance of Memorial day. To remember, lo reverence, and to re peat-these aretiie privileges of those who decorate the soldiers' graves and who gather near them. Hut In this burying of sectional strife. Memorial flay has lost not one aloin ol its insistance upon the right eous patriotism or those whose mem ory it perpetuates. Not for years and never, we trust -will the day be come a memorial ?if misguided fanatics who died for an unjust cause. Lei the phrase, "They died for what they thought was right,*' r-erlsh half utter ed upon the feeble lips that would frame it. Let any suggestion that tli?se who wore t he giv.y were rehels, lcd hy rehel chiefs, remain locked up in those distorted .sectional histories, where they helong. With the mere abstract merits of thc controversy, Memorial day and the generation which now observes it has nothing to flo. Hut that this was was a struggle between sovereign and Independent states, is a proposition which those wini decorate the graves of southern soldiers cannot afford to relinquish ror one moment. we will sell you guaranteed Strictly pine Linseed Oil in barrel lute for 60cts per gallon, Raw or Boiled. dif i tur. lient! H croea. Can Extra. Shana Builders Silly Co., ulf> Plain St., Columbia, S C. The Great Rheumatic Cure -AND r Positively cures all diseases arning from impurities in the blood, includ ing Catarrh, Indigestion, Chronic Constipation, Kidney and LiverTroubleo, etc. Every person in the land need* a powerful blood purifier ?very Spring. You need it. Von want the best-the standard. That it ri BEWARE OK DANGEROUS SUBSTITUTES. RHEUMACIDE benefits instead of injuring the digestive organs as many so-called medicines do. 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At kinson, M. b.. in Gond Housekeep ing, that typhoid fever and ea ticer are often directly traceable to their continued consumption. An eminent German physician was recently quoted in the Medical Record as saying that there was a close relationship between uncleanly raw vegetables and cancer, . and the-editor of the journal adds that if it tie granted that cancer is of parasitic origin the germs of the dis ease might be taken into the system by the ealing of such food. Dr. j Lyons of B?llalo discovered that can- ? cer was most frequent where the pop illation were notorious consumers in j large quantities of\ uncooked vegetables. Haw vegetables are j (langerons because they carry the ; living germs of the disease directly into the system. Tile harm is done through lack of cleanliness, and not through the consumption of the fruits. From time to time attempts have been made to prove that cancer was caused by eating raw tomatoes and DE. BIGGERS HUCKLEBERRY FOR TI IK Bowels and Children Teething. ll isl TUB GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY for the bowels, lt is one j of the most pleasant ?iud otllcacious remedies for till summer complaints. At a season when violent attacks of the bowels are so fretiuent, some speedy relief should be at hand. The wearied mother, losing sleep by nursing the little one teething, should use this medicine. FROM HENRY W. GRADY. The Constitution Ed i toral Rooms. Atlanta.Gu., May 23,1*87. Dr. Walter A. Taylor, Atlanta, Ga.: Dear Sir:-1 bave never given a cert ificate on merits of any medicine, but I take plcasiire In breaking my rule on this subject in behalf of your niggers Huckleberry Cordial. It is Hie best, medicine I have ever seen for usc in t he family. Fifty cents Invested in a bottle of this medicine, and put on a shelf convenient for use in the begin ning of any bowel trouble, will often Sil ve life, and will save in almost any family ten time, its cost in doctors' bills. I have a friend whose life, in my i opinion, was saved by the prompt use I of this cordial, lt ought tobe in every ?family In thc land, especially at this season of the year. 1 lake pleasure in thus testifying to it merits. Veiy truly yours, HENRY W. GRADY. ? For sale by all druggists. 2f>o to. ">oc. per bottle. Haltiwangor-Taylor Drug Co., Proprietors, At Inn tn. On. RUBMOID ROOFING. I.icxpens!ve Lo lay. Easy io keep in repair; Light ?iud very durable. I Watcrprocf and ordorless. Not affected by change of tem perature. Elastic. Acid and Alkali-proof, j Fire-resisting and oil-proof. Vermin will not attack it. All ready to lay. I Needs no painting or coating. H Will not deteriorate wi til age. - WRITE FOR PRICES SOUTHEASTERN LIME & CEMENT COMPANY. All classes building material, CHARLESTON, S. C. watercress, but it is generally believed now that the point has been estab lished. Hut the large usc of either of these vegetables is dangerous unless the consumer is exceptionally neat and clean In handling them. More typhoid fever has been carried about in thc leaves of lettuce, raddishes, cress, tomatoes, and similar raw vege tables, than in any other way, except by drinking water, is the rather alarming assertion of P.onn of Ger many: but this statement is mod I tied by the explanation that it is in the wator used to cleanse the vegetables of the dirt and grit, rather than in the leaves. Our table water is filtered and boiled for table usc when wc have any suspicion that typhoid lurks in the neighborhood, but the servant is allowed to wash thc raw vegetables with the suspected water. We eat thus with our lettuce or tomatoes a few thousand typhoid germs, and then wonder how we ever got typhoid. It is not wonderful that we get lt, but lt is strange that it does not spread more generally. Cooking vegetables will destroy all typhyoid germs, and one is safe in using suspected water in this way. Ifcanccrbeof parasi tic origin, the spread of thc disease by vegetables would likewise be pre vented by bolling.