Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"g . The Wealth and Rest Til 10 ADVANCI'l THAT HAS ltl.KN >1 aim; SIN( I; ISIMI. Governor Evans Skcti-lirs the I'roKrei>8 an<i Prosperity <>t South I'nr olina?Homes, I'ni'ittH ami Warm Welcome lor all footers. COL.umma, S C., Doe. 21. Editor M anufai'":reiV llceurd It would be impossible for iuo to give your readers in 2UO0 words an idea of the material resources or tbo industrial and business progress and prospeels of South Carolina. So rapid has boon her industrial progress for the past six years that a book could bo easily tilled with the enumeration of tbo numerous and varied ina .. .? 'in i . . .r . i i 11 II I I K r< J IIU lUJUlin III tliu ? ill ?III11 tho severer results of the financial policy of the national government have not been without their effects upon our peoplo anil the material development of our industries. They have taught us to practice economy, live at home and build up our own industries. South Carolina is more favored in her topography and climate than any Other State in the Union, and it is due to these influences, more than any other, that her industries have prospered while those of lo r sister States have languished. Tho Slate has hern divided by nature into threo distinct sections, with natural boundaries : 1. The hill, or up country, as it is familiarly known, begins at the I line liidgo mountains and continues to the sand ridges extending across the State from Aiken to Chcstcrlleld counties. This section abounds in mineral deposits?iron, gold and silver and 1 itn stone being found to the most profitable extent, its water-powers are sullicieut to turn the wheels of the factories of tho world. Tho streams come bounding from the mountains, and the fall is so great, that dams are unnecessary in some instances. The cost of maintenance per horse-power is loss than *.">0. This section lias gone farward naturally with more wonderful strides than the rest of the State, and it may ho truly designated as tho manufacturing section of tho State. Cotton manufacturing is our principal industry, and there is not a factory in the section that bus not paid dividends ringing from 8 to 30 percent, to its stockholders, whilo the mills of the Kast and other States have been compelled to shut down on account of the great depression in such products. The udvan* tanges of this section are apparent. The streams never freeze, the laborers can work in their shirt sleeves eleven hours a day with perfect comfort all tho year round, and the cotton is brought from the fields directly to the mills. The cost of living is cheaper, anil 1 may nay bolter than that gained by operatives in the Hast. Our opt natives are all native patriotic citi/.( ns, and a strike has never been known in tho State. In the last six years South Carolina has increased the number of spindles from '{1)0,000 to 1,.'MJO,000, and enjoys tho honor of ranking lirstiu tho South in cotton manufacturing. Cur mills arc engaged principally in mum 11 f net ni'i in' t lie i oarser c r.un s of cot ton # goods, but the mills now being constructed arc putting in machinery for the manufacture of the liner grades, and it is only a question of time when tills cntiro industry will bo monopolized by our section of the country, because wo can do it cheaper, aud tinaverage Yankee bus very little sentiment when the question of dollars and cents intervenes. There is a great Held in this section fcr bleacheries ; not a yard of the immense product of our m ils i- bleached in the State. This seems anomalous, and is only explained from the fact that cotton manufacturing has been so profitable that our people have been content to employ their capital in this channel alone. That such an enterprise would bo protitablo goes without saying, if only to supply the homo market. We manufacture our cloth, ship it to New York, where it is bleached, and then buy it NiiUK tllUS 11 tWU ways, whereas a home bleaehory wocld save thisexpeuso and nccossarily drive the Eastern one out of the market. This is our oaBy and good-natured way, however, and wo continue to pay the tax in order lo let our Kastern brother live. Our cotton mills are largely owned by our own people, and it is a mistake to think that this rapidity of development is duo to outside cuptal. Most of the mills are built on what is known us the installment plan, thus enabling wage-earners and laborers to become stockholders and interested in the success of the enterprise. Many of the small accounts in our savings banks have been thus converted, and in every ease to the great advantage of the inventor. 1 he conversion of our electric power bids fair to further increase our manufac.orles within tho next year or two. There in nearing completion in the city of Columbia the largest electric-power plant south of Niagara Falls, and 4 believe the only cotton factory plant run entirely by electric power in thin country, and is owned largely by the same stockholders. I n thirty days this 10,000 horsepowe station will be running mills in this city. There is another company developing the immense power oi the uaiawoa river, una contracts nave already been entered into whereby the mills of the enterprising1 city of Kock Ilill are to he run by electricity. South Carolina will soon ho an electric State in more senses than one. The iron mines in this section, although ricl), are worked on a small scale, hut profitably. It will surprise most of your readers to know that South Carolina produces more gold than any State in the Union east of the Mississippi river. We are willing, however, to .abandon this enterprise for free silver. Two gold mines are successfully operated in this State. The L'iedmont section is well timbered with oak, hickory, walnut and shortleaf nice, which is sawed at tiiu mills and shipped to the Northern furniture factories. A rich fioid is olTered iiere for such factories, there being hut one in tiiin section, and it is operated upon a small scale. Cotton is rai6ed in this section, as well a* the mid..lo seetien, and is of a very line grade. This industry pays about as well as anywhere in tho South, in view of tho low price of tho product, which is scarcely sufficient to pay for its production. The yield per acre in this State is larger than that of any State within tho cotton belt. 2. The middle-country. This seetion is more or less rolling, and is hotter known as the sand-hills section of the State. It is.the head of navigation of most of tho rivers, and conta.ns the most fertile lands and most beautiful farms and orchards. For tho past live years a great dcai of attention has been paid to the culture of fruit. The peaches and berries - f h- | | , / - I Ml I I .Mill ? .1 ...... . ices ci Our State.1 I raised in this section command a high| or price in Northern markets than i oven California fruits. The industry is grow Inn. and the old coru-llolds arc yielding a more profitable crop. Several nurseries have been planted, and i the homo market is almost supplied hy homo people. This section Is now called the homo of the peach. The watermelon is also grown to perfection, and is a prolitable crop. The average yield per acre of cotton and other lield produets is qreator than in tin* other sect'ons v! the State, the bust farms yielding more than two bales to the acre. Tobaee > has become the host paying oron in this section, and there are now <1,000,000 pounds ruined in the Suite. Tho timbor is principally long-louf or Georgia pi 110 on tho rivers, and cypress unci juniper in Die swamps. Tho climate in this section is warmer than the hill section, ami may ho called the temperate zone of tho Stale. Oil mills, cotton factories and saw mills arc the principal industries. U. The. low country or coast section, is tho richest naturally in tho Stato, j but like all highly-favored countries, i tho people are less energetic than those of the middle or up country. Col. A. K. McClurc, in writing of this section. very truly said : "There is no other part of tho South where so little labor will produce so much. In a good portion of this section the soil will averunc seven feet in den h, and is nrac tica'liy inexhaustible. Vegetation is usually checked for not more than six weeks; seed time and harvi st occur in every month." i have hi en a second crop of pears hanging from tho trees in Berkeley County during the present month over tialf matured, and had it not been for tho severe storm that has just visited us, I am euro ore this thoy would have been ready for shipment to tin Northern markets. Oiivos,oranges, bananas, tigs and all tropical fruits may bo had here, witli vegetables nearly ah the year round. 'The most important crops of this section are tho rice and Sea Island eotton crops. Great numbers of tho old rice plantations were abandoned during tho war and are now grown up and abound in all kinds of game, and in r being converted into gumo preserve s for our millionaires. Hero will lie found tho negro in his original state, as happy as though ho was in tho Garden of Kden, speaking his own language and contented to live on what Dame Nature so generously provides, and many a millionaire would envy him did be hut know his bill of faro, i >n a recent hunt in this section a party of gentlemen determined to devote one day to their ability to provide food with gun and cunoo. Thoy wore in Berkeley County, near Cane Remain. Arising at 5 o'clock u. m. thoy took thoeanoo and went oil into I the marshes and returned at 8 o:clock for breakfast with thirty-two tnallard I thicks. After breakfast tho hounds were turned loose in tho deer drives, ! and thoy returned to lunch with three handsome deer and four wild turkeys. After lunch, at 2 o'clock, a trip was made in tho snipe bogs, and returning j to dinner at b o'clock they counted twelve woodcock, twenty-six snipe and j two marsn liens. A negro had been given half a dollar, and ho returned from tiie Owendah River with three barrels of oysters and a basket of mullet. After dinner a coon hunt was arranged, and before lb o'clock our party returned with four raccoons and two opossums. ICvery negro raises his rico, corn and potatoes by simply plantiug thorn, as nature does the rest. Verily, 11.a, c 11.., i...,.i ..r ...11a .. ...i iw.n.... mm... ? 11 k o in liiiu itiuvi "i iniirv aim iiwuuji A iiu pastures are. ever green, and hogs and rattle are fed only to keep them taine. These lands can bo bought from $1 to $2 per acre, and the pine ridgo iH as healthy as the I'iedmont section. No country possesses greater natural facilities for producing grasses, hay and live-stock, and their products of meat, butter and milk. This is also the homo of tiiediamondbacked terrapin, so toothsome to the npicuro. The development of I'ort If >yal will soon make tills the garden spot of the world. This scetion is also rich with phosphate deposits. South Carolina, witli these phosphatic deposits, manufactures more fertilizers than any other State. It will thus be seen that one taking the train in the early morning at ! Charleston or I'ort Itoyal, arrives at Columbia at 11 o'eloek and at Sparj tanburg at 2, having breakfasted in the tropics, lunched in the plains and dined on the highest peaks east of the Hookies. The taxes in South Carolina are lower than any in the Union. Wo spend more for education in proportion to our wealth than an" .#plo of the Union. Our State dot * about $0,500,000, refunded at U per cent., and is being decreased every year by a sinking fund. i ?nr larmcrd, aiuiougn sovoreiy opI pressed i?y low prices, arc making no debts and decreasing their old ones. In 1890 the per capita debt of the State was $11.55; to-day it is less than $4, a reduction in less than six yours of 01 per cent. In the taxablo property of tbo State was. in round numbers, $150,000.' 000; in 1801 it was pearly $175,000,000, an increase of $25,000,000 in a period during which the wealth of most sections of the country showed a decrease. : The increase in property in IKoi over ISO,'I was $.'l,.400,000. Our sister State of Georgia for the same period showed I a decrease of over $50,000,000. Thu annual products of the State for 1800 were valued at $42,000,000, twofifths of which was in manufactured products. In IS00 the value uf agricultural products atone amounts to $4(3,000,000?more than all products combined in 1800, and cotton is one-third less in value. No Southern State can compare with South Carolina in the advance that has been made since 1800. The assessment of property for the past year will show a slight deeroaso over the preceding year by reason of the reduction in the assessment of railroad moperty. Not u railroad in the Stat" is now in the hands of a receiver, and all show good earnings, in the doscemli.ig scale our State stands fortysecond in the amount of mortgaged Indebtedness. In bor educational facilities the S'ate is now the equal of any in the Union. The nnhlie. Kchnnln nrn w?;'il attended and the colleges uro full. Tiiero are 5000 more children in the schools this year than last. Wo have homes and farms for many times the numb' r of our inhabitants, and wo welcome good substantial citizens. There is no room, however, in South Carolina for unpatriotic pauper immigrants. We are American, preserving our individuality and institutions, and ht lievlng in the rule of the majority and equal rights to all. South Carolina will survive and prosper on her natural resources, and by the indefatigable energy of her people, while those to whom she now pays tribute will languish and decay. We wish the Union a happy and prosporous now year. John (Jaky IOvank, Governor. 1 . j / FKDKIIAIj l.o.\Vi;s AND FIS1IKS. A Greenville Canilldulc l'or K?eioiiiry of AKrlculturc-'llit) Noki'o >lost bo Unloaded ami tl?o Con on .Mills llavo Protection, Special i<> the News and Courier. South Carolina has gone into tho cabinet making business, and Dr. .Joa. I*. Latimer, of Greenville, in to bo put forward as tho proper material to uid in tho construction of the vury important piece of political furniture.in tho household of the McK inley administration. A prominent member of the South Carolina colony returned to Washington to-day, bringing with him the information that a delegation of i South Carolina Republicans will journey to Canton in a few days to present the claims cf Dr. Latimer to Presidentelect McKinley. Dr. Latimer aspires to tiie position of Secretary of Agriculture, for although ho has for a number of years been an eminent physician, ho lias also been one of the most successful planters in the South. In addition to deriving a handsome income from his pi notice and his plantation lie acquired by inheritance a large fortune, which would enable him to hold up the social end of the Administration to a better advantage than tnuny of the other gentlemen from the South ! whoso names have been u&sociated with a cabinet position. in politics Dr. Latimer has been a j life-long Republican, and is known , throughout tlie Southern States as one j of the few men who stood up for tho I cause of the Union, although his own ! father was on tho opposite side of tho . 1 civil conflict. Dr. Latimer's friends will proceed to Canton prepared to show Mr. McKinley that there is a prospect of turning tho I 'almotto State over to tho Republican party if protec, tion and not tho negro question is made the paramount issue in that ! State. That in tho un-eountrv the cotton planters and cotton manufacturers are ready to join hands with the rice planters in the low-country and ' establish a protective party in South Carolina if the new Administration will recognize such men as Dr. Latimer in the distribution of the Federal patronage. They assert further that the negro question is being rapidly i eliminated in South Carolina, while tho benefits of protection are becoming more and more apparent to those ' who are industriously inclined. It is said in behalf of Dr. Latimer that he he is not an otliee-secker, for ho declined to aceept the position of collector of customs at Charleston under the Harrison Administration. His sup porters claim that ho outranks Cunningham, Kussell, Webster or Smalls when it comes to high grade Kopubli chi)isdi, sum tlioy win present sill ?l his qualifications to Mr. McKlnley In tho most glowing colors imaginable. If a Caliinut position is denied him lie will probably bo nr^od for "something i<iually as good," as the professional place hunter puts it, hence the l'resident-olect may as well prepare himself for a long and interesting chapter on South Carolina politics when the Cutiiner delegation readies Canton. Those who profess to be close to Mr. Mc Kin ley and who have been permitted to take a peep inio the eabinetmuking shop at Canton, insist that John l'\ Hansen, of Georgia, still loads the Southern contingent and retains his place on all tho preliminary slates outlined by tho President-elect?-and Mark llanna. It is not necessary blithe Georgia Republicans to semi delegations to Canton to enlighten Mr. McKlnley as to Major Hanson's qualifications for a seat at the cabinet table. 11 is long personal and political friendship with both McKinlcy and Murk llanna renders him the most dangerous rival that Dr. Latimer, Clay Evans, Gen. Powell Clayton, James A. Gary, Governor Bradley and their army of political supporters have to contend against. Mark llanna is expected In Washington soon after the now years opens, and it is understood that l)r. Latimer has made arrangements to be in this city also at the same timo, and talk over tho situation in South Carolina with tho redoubtable Mark. Many other Republicans, politicians and placo hunters, will journey to Wash ington with the hope and expectation of having their names recorded in Mark's book of favors to be granted. Among those who will court Mark llanna, with tho hope of future reLum.fl io(\.l l.>..)*....< W..II. ..f O...., tor, South Carolina, who wants to be I United States marshal. He was nominated by Harrison and defeated through the otTorts of Senator M. C. Butler. Lawson I). Melton, of Columbia. expects to bo district attorney, and it is understood that Tom Johnston would like to return to his former love in the Charleston Custom House. Up to date no one has ventured to gquint in the direction of the Charleston Postollloo. Postmaster Mowry has made such a durablo record in the olllco under the Harrison and Cleveland administrations that he is regarded in the nature of u fixture in his present location. - Spain is Bankrupt.? James Creelman, who has been sent to Spain by the New York Journal, says in his last letter: " Spain is bankrupt, it is useless to attempt to disguise facts. Not only is she unprepared for war with any first-class Power, but it will be impossible for her to carry on the cam paign iu Cuba and tno Chilippir.es much longer. The cash shoot of tho Hank of Spain to-day shows not more than nineteen million dollars remain of tho sixty-four millions raised by tho domotlc war loan. This balance will disappear within a litto more than two months. Tho European bunks have refused to furnish money. Capitalists throughout tho world know that tho wealth producing machinery of Cuba has been largely destroyed, and tho principal source of Spain's revenue is dried up. Even wore pcaco restored to-morrow it would bo impossible to secure capital to re-establish tho groat Cuban plantations whilo tho Spanish Hag remains in that island, a constant and certain incentivo to armed revolution. Thosituution appallsall Spaniards who are not blinded by pride or passion. Tho nation's funded debt is, roughly, one billion two hundred million dollars, and the annual interest on this aggregates about sixty-four million dollars, moro than one-half of the whole income of Spain. Although in recent years the annual deficit lias been greatly reduced, the 11 j.tting debt is now about ninety-one millions." ?The best briar from which pipes are made comes from the borders of Franco and Italy, in the mountainous district of those countries roots arc dug out whioh have grown for ages, and are sometimes larger than a mini's body, weighing hundreds of pounds. : The wood thus obtained is remarkably I beautiful. These largo deposits of the root have just been discovered in Franco, and the price may bj brought | down in time. At present a good briar root pipe is not cheap. IS MA.CEO HTII.fi ALIVE? The News Coiiich thai I lie (irrnt Cuban Survives?The Junta in New York Confirms IIIh Dcuili. lluvunn, December .*10, via Key West, Fla. ?" Maceo is alive !" is the Cuban's j'?yful ery. Information Is coining into the city daily giving precise details. it is said that when be fell from his horse his followers thought him dead, hut found that lie was still living and spread the news that he was dead in order to carry him to a place of safety. Under a strong escort they carried him to the Siguanea hospital, where, under the skillful treatment of Drs. Fenmln, Waidcs D.mnnguoz and i'anchon Domingucz, the chief is now slowly recuperating. The acute period has now passed. It 80cni8 tliut only ono wound is dangerous, that being in thostomuch. Fortunately the bullet did not touch the intestines. It whs feared that peritonitis might set in, but ho escaped this. The other wounds are in the jaw and back, and are only slight. No bones wore fractured. Zortuoha's treachery is being confirmed daily. It is said that Maceo's first words when ho was able to speak was to order Zurtucha's capture, but ho had already lied to tho Spanish lines. Zertuoha wrote tho paper found on Gomez's body. Gornoz was killed by a bayonet and did not stab himself, as tho Spanish say. A dispatch from New York, datod Deo. .'list, says that the reports in the morning papers have created wild speculation, but it. was soon given out at the headquarters of the Cuban junta that the reports had no foundation in fact. A representative of I)r. 1'alma was seen at the junta in this city and asked about the dispatch printed from Key wosi, which mioses tnat anionic Maceo is alive and is in a Cuban hospital recovering from his wounds. Eiis attention was also called to the statement that the wife of a prominent Cuban ' -"1 'nrtW1 ??4 K->v West and confirmed toe statement u at M oo is alive, lie smiled incredulously uud said : " You can say that the Cuban junis believes that Maceo is dead and tha. ho died in the manner described in the circular recently issued by the junta. " Wo have fully satisfied ourselves of Ids death. We place no eredenoo in these reports that Maceo is alive." ?A clerk at the Fort llall Indian agency boasts of a moustache nearly long enough to make a lariat. In fact it lias a length of nine feet. Ordinarily lie folds tile ends away out of sigilt under his vest, hut sometimes ho let* it drug on the floor to show its full Ifitiirtl inuE ? ?a ?i innmn it uttf K ?> mnn I 4 li ivuiw ju?m? nidu u rwiw of hair exhibit* it in tho privacy ol her boudoir to a coterie of admiring friend*. Tutt's Pills Cure All Liver Ills. Save Vour Money. ()nebox of Tutt'?s Pills will save many dollars in doctors' bills They willsurely cure all diseases of the stomach, liver or bowels No Reckless Assertion Lor sick headache, dyspepsia malaria, constipation and biliousness, a million people endorse TUTT'S Liver PILLS llow (o Cure All Skin DisetlMCH. Simply apply " SWAYME'S OlNTMKNT." No internal medicine re(|Uircd. Cure* tetter, eczema, itch, all eruptions en tho face, hands, nose, ?.VoM leaving tho skin clear, white and healthy. Its great healing and curative powers are possessed by no ether remedy. Ask your druggist for S\\'AYNi:'s OlNTMKNT. How to Cure Itilious Colic. I sutYered for weeks with colic and pains in my stomach crusod by biliousness and bad to take medicine all the while until 1 used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea limnedy which cured mo. I have slnco recommended it to a good many people. MIts. F. HUTi.Kli, Pairhavon, Conn. Persona who are subject to bilious colic cun ward olT the attack by taking this remedy as soon as tho first symptoms appear. Sold by Dr. 10. Norton Druggist. ?Tho Ex-Slave Pension Association which recently met at Birmingham, Alti., has put v lot of agents on the road to collect money to further their scheme in Congress. Tho Baptist Safeguard warns its readers to bo on their guard against this new "forty acres and a mule" scheme. Buck Ion's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in tho world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Corns, and all Skin Erup Hons, and positively cures. Piles r no pay required. It is guarantod to tfive perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 2o cents per box. For salo at K. Norton's Drugstore. OA3'i?01tIA. Mr ..I .W. Brown, Kditor of the "Minni<iil Aff?? Wo?i.l Aln Q x,* ... w? ?vi, ??*? , owj c, aibUl a trial of Simmons Liver Regulator I find it an excellent remedy for expelling Malaria from the system; and, us ^a remedy for diseaso in incipient states it eannot bo excelled, and no family should be without it"'. This is a strong endorsement for Simmons Liver Regulator, but none too much so. ?Cnpt 0. II. Blood, of Tennessee, who acted as drill master for the raw insurgent troops under Gomez, has just roturnod to his home. Be brings hack the startling information that Gen. Weylor is a nativo of Ohio and a son of parents of German origin. His father is at present a farmer in the Buckoyo State. More Curative Power Is contained In a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla than in any similar preparation. It costs the proprietor and manufacturer more. It costs the jobber more and it is worth more to the consumer. It has a record of euros unknown to any other preparation. It is the best to buy booause it is the Ono True Blood Purifier. Herd's Pills are the batt family carthatic and liver medicine. Gentle, roliablo' suro. v .1 i 1.V . .? 11 i _ ilMlB1 |SI llftS J| % Avfcgctoblc Preparation for As- ^ slmilating the Food and Rcgula- y. ting ii\e stomachs and Bowels of || PromotesDigcsHon.Chcerful! ucssandResi.Contalnsncilhcr ?1 Opium,Morphine nor Mineral. j* Not Nahcotic. of Old l)rSAMUEL PfTClIER ! J\lfTtpJil!l St* J d/.V.Srnrtrt * J B /{orhtlte Sal It ? I sfni.rt Strti * I H J\ppcrtnint - l Jit Out'Uto ft Soda- * I f farm Strtl - 1 Clqstfttd Sncr . itifUuyrvtH'/tJfw; J A perfect Remedy forConslipa- J|! lion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea, fci Worms .Convulsions,Feverishncss and Loss of Sleep. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK.. B I / CXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. S / ?- . .. y ? While he was at breakfast in Cincinnati on the day after Christmas a New York Journal reporter asked Mr. Uryau whothor ho thought that tiio 1 recent bank failures in Chicago and St. Paul were in anv wav duo to tiio ' result of the recent election. Ills reply was: " All by this time know the ' underlying principles c.f free Hilvor ' and the etVcots of the gold standard, ' and all can apply their own measuring j sticks, and doubtless roach a true conclusion. If there have been any evi' donees of returning prosperity I have failed to noto them particularly. As " to any permanent prosperity without free silver, the peoplo of the United States will have time to decide that point, itet the silver men not put a stone in the pathway of any man who will give prosperity, but lot not too camp (ires of free silver burn out." Relief in Six Hours. Distressing Kidney and Dladdor diseases relieved in six hours by the " Nkw Clitiiat South American Kidnky CUKK." This new remedy iH a * great surprise on account of its exceeding promptness in relieving pain in the 5 bladder, kidneys, oaek and every part ? of the primary passages in male or fe' male. It relieves retention of water and pain in passing it almost immediately. If you want juick relief and | cure this is your roi .edy. Sold by I)h. K. Norton, Druggist Conway, S. C. ? . . ' X dLJE-/-'4v.. fbc fie- "jp l( w ^ Don't bo persuaded into buying liniments without reputation or merit? > Chamberlain's Pain Balm costs no raoro, and its merits luivo been proven by a test of many years. Such letters as the following, from L. G. Bagley, [Juencme, Gal., are constantty being received : " Tho best remedy for pain I have ever used is Chamberlain's Pain Balm, ami I say so after having used it in my family for several years." It cures rheumatism, lame back, sprains and swellings. For sale by Dr. K. Norton, Druggist. OASTOIlIil. Tie fao- , riles! Piles! Itching Piles. I Symptoms?Moisture ; intenso itching and stinging; most at night: worse i by scratching. if allowed to continue tumors form, which often bleed i and ulcerate, becoming very sore, i Swaynk's Ointment stops the itching and bleeding, heals ulceration, and in most cases removes tho tumors. At druggists, or by mail for 50 cents. Dr Sway no & Son i 'hiladolphiu. ?Tho region about the Dead Sea is one of the hottest places on the globe, and tho sea is said to I060 a millions tons of water a day by evaporation. How to Prevent Pneumonia. N At this time of the year a cold is very easily contracted, and if loft to run its course without the aid of some reliable cough medicine is liable to result in that dread disease, pneumonia. We know of no better remedy to cure a cough or cold than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Wo have used it quito extensively and it has always given entire satisfaction.?Olagah Ind. Tor. Chief. This is the only remedy that is known to bo a certain preventive of pneumonia. Among the many thousands who have used it for colds and lagrlppo, we have never yet learned O! a single Case having resulted in pneumonia I'er sons who have weak lungs or have reason to fear an attack of pnoumonia, should keep tho remedy at hand. The 25 and 50 eents size for sale by 10. Norton, druggist. raCTODIA wnw i wnirv For Infants and Children. Tin fae- /y Lffcaiaborlaln'o Eyo and Bktn Ointm?n Io a certain cure for Chronic 8orc Eva Granulated Eyo Lids, 8oro Lipple& Pile*, Eczema, Tetter, Hall ltheum and Hcalu Head 1 25 cents per box. For aale by druggists. TO HOR8E"OWNERS. For putting a horse in a fine healthy coo dition try I)r. Cady's Condition Powders. They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure loss of npjietite, relieve constipation, correct kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving pew life to nu old orovor worked horse. 20 JtenhJ per packego. For sale by druggists I I I SEE THAT THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF IS ON THE WRAPPER OF EVERY BOTTLE OF Castoria is put cp in eno-gize bottlea only. If, ia not eold in bnlk. Don't allow anyono to soil you anything 0I36 on tho ploa or promise that it ia "just na good" and "will answer overy purpose." -e-rBco that yon get C-A-E-T-O-R-I-A. ??> ' ff * wrapper. r?r~?; jyrss.. y.^riTSHKBsas NO MORE EYE-GLASSES rfS&SiSSte MITCHELL'S EYE-SALVE A Certain Safe and Eflcctlvo Remedy for SORE, WEAK and INFLfiMEO EYES, Producing IjOtti/-ShjhtrdnoHH, tiitft Mtvutovlng tit*'- Sight oft hi* ottt. C'nren Tour I>Crnmiltif ion, Slyo Tumors, Ked Eyus, Malted Ejo Lushes, .AND PRODUCING QUICK RELIEF * and permanent cure. Also, eqnnlly ellirnrSoiiH nlii'ii iji-cd in otli?'i* iniilmlloH, roirii ?. C'ltvrM, IVvcr Norm, '1'ioiior.H, rt?li iiiii-imi. Horns. l'ii?>K. or ??liorverr liidar.tuiniliin cx(h(*; hALV-K IIII!)' l>o iisimZ it; | aUvniilHtfe. SOLO BY ALL ORUOOSSTS M Q3 CCNTS. |f~ Why ! \ Is If? ? That the most successful business men are the strongest believers in J.ife Insurance ? IThat they are,is attested by the following letter from a well known businessman who held a Tontine Policy in the Equitable Life rOWKI.L A SNIDER, Stapi.k and Fancy Quocbries, drain and plol.'k. AaiiKVll.l.K, N. c., Jan. 18. 1S04. Mr. W. J. IIodpky, Rock Hill, h. o. Dear Sir : I linvo accepted the cnHli value of my Tontlno I'ollcy In the " Equitable," which matured Jan. 3d, 18M. I desire to any that I am very well pleased with tho results, as an evidence of which I have applied for more . / assurance on same plan, | ! Respect hilly, W. F. Snidkr. 1 I If you are interested send your I age and let us give you figures 1011 a Tontine Policy. Address | W. J. RODDEY, Manager, Department of Cnrolinas, Rock Hill, S. C. WANTED! On January the t?th, twenty-four salesmen to travel through the country and soil Piatins Or - J ? - - ? ? ? . gans and Sowing Machines. Also six boys who can play Organs. M'e will pay liberal salaries, furnish horses and wagons and pay all expenses. Alexander Bros k Co Greenville, S. C. j r., * TA5TELE5S CHILL TONIC IS JUSTASCOOD J-or; ADULTS. WARRANTED. PRICE SOcts. O AI.ATI A , ll.I.H., NOV. 1C, 18X. I'nrls Modlclno Co., Ht lAiuis, Mo. (ioiitloiucn:?Wo Mold liiMt yoar, COO bottlos of CIHOVH H TAST1CI.K88 CI 11 T.I, TONIC nod hnvo bought three Kress already this fear. In all oar i jc porlcnce of II years, In tliifnriiK business, hnvo hover sold an article tout gave such universal sail# 'action u? your Tonic. Vours truly, AUNKV,CAHK & CO Sold on its mcritb : fxo cuio no p?y E. Norton, Druptfiht, Ccnwuy.S. C\ ourrruunio. CAN I OHTAIN A PATENT? Port prompt answer ?nd mi honest opinion, wrlto to DIlJNN iV- CO., who have had nearly lifly years' experience In the patent business. Conininnlcatjona Mrlvtly confidential. A Handbook of Information concerning I'ntenia and bow to obtain thorn rent freo. Also 11 catalogue of mechanical and scientific books rent froo. Patents taken throne)! Mann ft Do. reoelve special liotlceln the Nrienil lie AiiiprlrnB, and thus are brought widely before the public without oust to tho inventor. This aplondld paper. Issued weekly, elegant ly lllnatrntod. has by far the f. largest Qlrculntlon of any scientific work In the world. S.'t n vrsr. Sninple conies rent free. building Kditlon. monthly, 9'i.Mln year. Hingle 00ikee,'2o cents. Vvury nunihur contains bean- II tlful plntes, In colors, and bhotogiaehs of new houses, with plans, enabling builders to abow the latest designs and M-etiry contracts. Address ML'MN ft co., New yomk. .-{tt I Dkoadway. SCHEDULESAtlantic Coast Line. WILMINGTON, COLIJMHIA AND AUGl ? TAIL R. C0NDBN8BD 8011BD (7 LB. IN BFFItOT SBl'T. Jt, J8V6. Going South. No. 55. No. 62 I.v Wilmington *j;mpm Lv Marion b-hpni .. ,,,, Ar Florence 7 In put . . Lv Florence *7 15 pin Mil) na Ar Sumter 8 hi pin IICIhd I.v Sumter 861 j>in Ci ma A r Columbia 10 15 pin 10 55 a to No. 52 runs through from Charleston via Central It. It.. leaving l.'ini'?ii :u# m Munnin. W. 10 Hill. 1 OoIuk North. No. M. No. 58. IjV Columbia *5 45 am *4 40 |>ui Ar Sumter 7 I-aiu 5 68 pin N' I. 50. No. M I Lv 8uruior 7 l-'aiu ?(>.? pin Ar Floronco 0 20 um 7 80 jua Lv Florence 8 50 am I Lv Marion 031 am Ar Wilmington 18 15 am Daily. No. 60 runs through to Charleston, S. ('., vl? (lontral It. It., arriving Manning ti 3: p. ru. Lanes 7 18 p. m., Charleston h 50 p. in. Train* on Conway Hranelt leave Clia.lbourn lo. 10 a m, arrive ('onway 12.55 p m, returning leave Conway 2.30 p in, arrive Chndbourn 5 n in, leave Chndbourn 5.35 p in., arrive at Hub0.20p in, returning leave 11 lib 8.30 a in. arrive at thadbourn !>.l.'?a in Daily except. Tiainson C A 1) It It leave Florence ?\.*>5 a n*. li.IU a in, and 7.45 p in, arrive Darlington U.28 a in, 10.20 a m, and 8.15 a in. and 8.15 p in, leave Darlington 11.31 a m, anil 10.40 a in, arrive Clicraw 10.40 a in, and 12.30 p in, leave Chcraw 12.15 p m, arrivo Wadesboro 2.25 p in. Itcturning, leave Wadcshoro .3 p in. arrive Chcraw 1 50 p m, leave Cberaw 1.50 p in. and 5.2u p in, arrive Darlington 7 p in and 0.27 p in, leave Dar* li gton 7.30 p m,0.30 p in and 7.10 a in, arrive Florence8.25 p m,7 p in and 8.15 a in. Daily except Sunday. Sunday tTainti leave Floys 7.30 a in, Darlington 7.1 a in, arrive Florence 8.10 a in. Iteturnind, leave Flm ente 0 a in, Darlington 0.30 a in, nrri\< Floyds 0,40 a m. Train leave* Gibson 0 15 a in, HeniicttsvilleO.il a in, arrive Darlington 7.40 a m, Sumter 0.25 am. Returning, leave Sumter 0.30 p m, Darlington 8.15 p m, arrive liennelUvillc 0,00 p in, Gibson 8.35 p m, JOHN F. DIVINK, Goii'l Sup;. I l> I/WXTf V ' ' n. mi . 1 , VH'U I MiinuKer. T M KMKIISIIN. Trstlte Miinttirnr Schedule of Local Mail Routes. ROU ! K NO. 20270.?From Onlivnnts Kerry to Conwayjjiail arrives 1.4ft pin,on >.ondav, \\ ednCsd y ami Friday; leaves at 2.80 p ni on sauie days. Mail doe s at 2.96. ROU I 10 NO. 20280.? From Conway to Hireway, N. 0., mail arrives at *1:80 p in ?n 'I'u sday, Thursday and Sa urday; leaves at ft ;> in on same days. Mail closes at 4:6ft p in. ROUTE NO. 20281.--From Conway via Forney, Jordanville, Uidcon, Labium aid return, mail arrives at 7 p u. on Tuesday, Thursday an i Miturday; loaves a' ti a ia on Monday, Wodnesday and Friday. Mail closes at 0 p in. ROUTE No. 20288?Fr in Conway to Fort llarrelson, mail arrives daily at 12 m; leaves daily at 1:4ft p in. Mail closes at 1:40 pin. ' ROUTE N()k2d282.? From Conway to Little River, liuill arrives at ft p in on Mon. day, Wednesday an i Friday: leaves at7 a in Tuesday, Thursday ami Saturday. Mail closes at 0 p m. Wilmington & Oonway R. R. Fassengor and freiglit daily Except Sunday. SOOTHUOUNI)?No. 81. Lv II tib 8 <10 a in I lions 8 *15 am Chadhourn 10 10 am Ar Clarendon 11 10 am Mt. Tabor 11 26 pin I.oris 11 .30 pin Sanford. y 12 06 j?m Frivetts.. 12 25 pin Adrain 12 80 pin Ar Convva^* 12 56 pin imni llnoi)KI>- WO. 4'/, Lv Conway 2oi pni A drain 3 0# pin l'rivctta 3 06 pm Hayboro 3 15 pm Kanford 3 25piu Loris 3 40 pm M t Tabor 4 1? put < larendon 1 30 (>m lir Chadbourn 5 #44 pin Lv Chndbourn 6 35 )?M I Hon 4? 0. ) pm Ar Hul) ? 2# pi* WAtVAMAff MSB STF, \ M ICRS The Steamer will leav# her wharf it Conway every Monday and Wednesday naming for Georgetown at 4 click touching all intermediate point*, Aid will leave her wliatf at Georgetown every Tuesday and Fridav morning f?r Canway at 1 o'clock, touching all intermediate points. D, T. M'N FILL, (Jen'l. Agt, and Treas., Conway, B. 4, MCNNFULY, Agent, tfeorf ecownjMffll V; 4\ V / ^ ?