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ANT1-T1U XT LAW. Full Text of the Bill Recently Passed by the Legislature. VARIOUS PENALTIES PROVIDED How I'l'tiHOi'iilioiiN (111(1 SuilN .Must Inllroiijtht tor Violation o the Law. I 'oi'in (?!' A Hi?1 (i\ it to t>c Made. The following is lite text of the bill passed by the house entitled " \ ' ill to prohibit pools, trusts, monopolies and conspiracies to control business and prices of articles, to prevent the formation or otiAi n Hon of iwuiL t i nvl - I I monopolies and combinati >ns of charters of corporal ions that violate the terms of this act, and t? ant hori/e t ho institution of prosecution ami suits therefor:" Section 1. \ny corporal ion oi. ani/.ed under the laws of t his or any other State or count rv. and tiansnotiug 01 conducting any kind of business in this State, or any part nership or individual, or other association of persons whatsoever, who shall create, enter Into, become a member of or a party to any pool, t rnst, agreement, eoinbinat Ion, confederat ion or understanding with any other corporation, partnership, individual or any oilier person or association of persons, to regulate or fix the price of any article of manufacture, mechanism, merchandise, commodity, convenience, repair, any product of mining, or any article or tiling whatsoever, or the price or premium to be paid for insuring property against loss or damage by lire, lightning or storm, or to maintain said prjee when so regulated or lived, or shall enter into, become a member of or a party to any pool, agreement, combination contract, association or confederation to lix or limit the amount or quantity of any article of manufacture, mechanism merchandise. > commodity, convenience, repair, any prooucL 01 mining, or any article or tiling whatsoever, or the price or premium to he paid for insuring property against loss or damage by lire, lightning, storm, cyclone, tornado, or any other kind of policy issued hy any corporation, partnership; individual or assocition of persons aforesaid, shall he deemed and adjudged guilty of a constpracy to defraud and he subject to the penalties as provided hy tills act. Sec. 2. A "monoply" is any union, or combination, or consolidation, <>r atllliation of capital, credit, property, assets, trade custom, skill or acts, or any other valuable thing or possession, by or between persons, tirms or corporations, or associations of persons, tirms or corporations, whereby anyone of the purposes or objects mentioned in this act is accompliscd, or sought to be accomplished, or whereby any one or more of said purposes are promoted, or attempted to he. executed or carried out, or whereby the several results described herein are reasonably to he produced: and a "monopoly" as thus defined and contemplated in ciuacs not merely such combinations by and between two or more persons, tlrms or corporal ions acting for tlieinsolves, but is especially defined to include all uggrcgat ions, amalgamations, aniliations, consolidations or incorporations, of capital, skill, credit,assets, property, customs, trade, or other valuable tiling or possession, whether effected by the ordinary methods of partnership or by act ual union under the legal form of a corporation, or an Incorporated lxidy resulting from the union of one or more distinct linns or corporrtions, or by the purchase, acquisition or cont rol of shares or cert ideates of stock or lx>nds. or other cor-' poratc property or franchises, and all i corporations or partnerships that have ! been or may tie created by the consolidation or amalgamat ion of the seperate capital, stock, bonds, assets, credit, properties, custom, t rade or corporate or llrm belongings of two or more firms or corporations or companies, arc especially declared to constitute monopolies, within the meaning ol this act, if so created or entered into for any one or or more of the purposes named in this act; and a "monopoly." as defined In this section, is hereby declared to be unlawful and against public policy; and any and till persons, firms, corporations or association of persons engaged therein shall be 1 ...r-.-.i viceiiii-vi ami aujiiu^rd guilty <?I ?l COM- | Bp!racy to defraud, and shall he subject to the penalties prescribed in this act. Sec. ft. if any person, persons, company, partnership, association or corporation engaged in tin* manufacture of any article of commerce or consumption from the raw material produced or mined in this State, shall, with the intent or purpose of driving out competition, or for the purpose of financially injuring competitors, sell at less than the cost of manufacture, or give away their manufatured products, for the purpose of driving out competition or financially injuring competitors engaged in the manufacture and refining of raw material in ttiis State, said person, persons, company, partnership, associat ion or corporation resorting to this method of securing a monopoly in the manufacture refining and sale of I he finished product produced or mined in this State, shall be deemed guilty of a conspiracy to form or secure a trust or monopoly in restraint of t rade, and, on conviction, shall he subject lo the penalties of this act. Sco. 4, If any person, persons, com-1 pany, partnership, association, corporation or agent, engaged in the manufacture or sale of any article of commerce or consumption, produced, manufactured or mined In this State or elsewhere, shall, with the intent or purpose of driving out competition, or for the purpose of financially injuring competitors, sell within this State at less than cost of manufacture or production, or sell in such a way or give away within this State, their products for the purpose of driving out competition, or financially injuring competitors engaged in similar business, said person, persons,company, partnership, association, corporation or agent re ! ? I! I . . m- , I . mm, . >iting to tIlls method of securing a monopoly within this State In such business shall l>< deemed guilty of a conspiracy to form or secure a trust or. monopoly In restraint of trade, and, on! conviction thereof, shall be subject to t he penult ics of t his act. Sec. Any person, partnership, tirm or association, or any representative or agent t hereof, or any corporation or company, or any olllccr. representative or agent thereof, violating any of the provisions of this act. shall forfeit not less than two hundred dollars. nor more titan live thousand dollars. for every such offence, and each day such person, corporal ion, partnership, or association shall continue to. do so. shall he a separate offence, the! penalties in such cases to be recovered j by an act Ion of the State, at the rela- j t ion ot t lie attorney general or the; solicitor ot tlie judicial circuit within: which t lie otileiico was commit ted; the money s thus rolledcd to go into the State treasury, and to become a part j ot the general fund except as herein-1 after provided. The amount of 1 1m* ! forfeit to be lived by the Judge before whom the case is tried in eaeli case, ; \\ it bin t he aforesaid limits; the codec-; t ion of which penult y shall lie enforced j as t lie collections of tines against defend mtupon conv ict ion ol a misdemeanor. Sec. <>. If am t wo or more nersonsl 1" I or corporations, who arc engaged in bu.\ itur or selling any article ol commerce, manufacture. mechanism, merchandise. cominodit y.convenience, repair, any product of mining or any article or thing whatsoever, shall enter into any pool, trust, agreement, combination, confederation, associa-1 tion or understanding to control or: limit the trade in any such article or j t hing: or to limit compel it ion in such j trade by refusing to buy from or sell ! to any other person or corporal ion any j such art icle or t hing aforesaid, for the reason thai such other person or cor- j poration is not a member of or a party to such pool, trust, agreement, combination, association or understanding; or shall boy cot t of threaten any person or corporation, for buying from or selling to any other person or I corporation who is not a member of or a party to such pool, trust, agreement, comhination, confederation, association, or understanding, any such article or thing aforesaid, it shall he a violation of this act: and any person, linn, or corporation or association of persons committing such violation shall he deemed and adjudged guilty of a consniraev to defraud and U\all im subject to the penalties prescribed in this act. See. 7. Any corporation created or organized by or under l.be laws of this State which shall violate any of the provisions of the preceding sect ions of this act shall thereby forfeit its corporate rights and franchises: and its corporate existence shall, upon the proper proof being made thereof in any court of competent jurisdict ion in this State, he by the. court declared forfeited, void and of none effect, and shall thereupon cease and determine; and any corporation created or organized by or under the laws of any State or country, which shall violate any of the provisions of the preceding sections of this act. shall thereby forfeit its right and privilege thereafter to do any business in this State: and upon proper proof being made thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction in t his State, its right and privilege to do business in this State shall be declared forfeited: and in all proceedings to have such forfeiture declared, proof that any person who lias been act ing as agent of sueli foreign corporation in transacting its business in this State lias been, while acting as such agent and in the name, behalf or interest of swell foreign corporation, violating any provision of the preceding section of this act..shall he received as prima facie proof of t he act of the corporation itself: and it shall he the duty of the clerk of said court to certify the decree thereof to the secretary of stale, and if it he an insurance company to the comptroller general of the State, who shall take notice and he governed thereby as to the corporate powers and rights of said corporation. Sec. <S. It shall he the duty of the secretary of state, on or about the first of .I wlv of each year and at such other times as he may deem necessary, to address to the president, secretary or treasurer of each incorporated company doing business in this State, a letter of inquiry as to whether the said corporation has all or any part of its business or interest in or with any trust combination or association of persons or stockholders, as named in the preceding provisions of this act, and to require an answer under oath of the president, secretary or trcasur < i. ui <ui,v iiihtuh <m Nilm company. A form of affidavit shall in* enclosed in said letter of inquiry, as follows: AFFIDAVIT. State of South Carolina, County of 1. . do solemnly swear that I am the (president, secretary, treasurer or director of t he corporation known and styled ? duly incorporated under t he laws Of on the day of - IP?and now transacting or conduct inn business in t he State of South Carolina, and that 1 am duly I authorized to represent said corporation in making this atlldavit, and I do solemnly swear that the said known and styled as aforesaid, has not since the - ?- day of ? (naming the day upon which t his act takes elfeet). colored into or become a member of or a party to. and was not on | the - day of ? nor any day I since that date, and is not now, a I member of or a party toany pool, trust, agreement, combinut ion. confederal ion or understanding wit h any other corporation, partnership, individual, or any other person, or association of persons. to regulate or tix the price of any article of manufacture, mechanism, commodity, convenience, repair, any product of mining or any article or t iling whatsoever, or t he price or prc] mimn to he paid for insuring property against loss or damage hy fire, lightning. storm, cyclone, tornado, or any other kind of policy issued hy the parties aforesaid: and that it has not entered into or become a member of, or | a party to, any pool, trust agreement, contract, combination or confederation. to tlx or limit the amount of sup4 ply or quantity of any article of manufacture, mechanism, merchandise, commodity, convenience, repair, or any product of mining, or any article , . > -Sr* rr'J?w or thin# whatsoever, or the price or premium to !? paid for insuring property against loss or damage by lire, lightning. storm, cyelone. tornado, or any other kind of policy issued by tlaparl ies aforesaid: and that it lias not issued, and does not own, any trust eertltleates for any corporation, audit, olllcer or employe, or for the directors or st< ek holders of any corporation.! lias not entered Into and is not now in any combination, contract or ujrrce- \ mcut with any person of persons, corporal ion or corporations, or with any stockholders or directors thereof, the purpose and elTeot of wldeii said combination. colli VMI't ill1 hirv/ii.i.in"! ......1.1 bo to place t he management or eon-1 i rol of such combination or combinations or the manufactured product thereof, in the hands of any 1 raster or trustees, with the intent to limit < or lix the price or lessen the production and sale of any article of commerce. use or consumption, or to prevent, rest rict, or diminish the manufaet ure or out put of any such art icle; that it> litis not entered into any conspiracy. delined in the preceding sections of this act, to form or see tire a trust or monopoly in restraint of trade: that it litis not heen since January ,'tl. A. I). Itiut). and is not now a monopoly by reason of any conduct on itsparl which would constituted a monopoly under 1 lie provisions of sections J. .'t. !,.*?, <?. 10 and II of this act. t hat it lias nnl issued, and docs not own, any trust, eertilicat.es and has not for any corporation or any agent, ottieer or employe thereof, or for the directors or stockholders thereof, entered into, and is not now in any combination, contract or agreement with any person or persons, corporation or corporal ions, or wit h the stockholders, directors, or any oltlcer. agent or employe of any corporation or corporations. the purpose and effect of which combination, contract or agreement! would be a conspiracy to defraud, as dclincd in section 1 of tills act. or to create a monopoly, as defined in sections 11. .'I, I. 5, (i. In and 11 of this 1,.1 C? ll .O/M.1 Iwwl I * ' II? I. 111111,11 l IDI'U UIIW i<? neiore inc. ;i within and for the counI v ?? t his da v of i'n[Soal. | And on refusal to make oath, in answer to said in(|uiry, or on failure to do so within thirty days from the mailing t hereof, sueli failure shall lie prima faelc proof that that sueli incorporated company is transacting business in the State of South Carolina and has violated tlie provisions of this act every day after the expiration of thirty days from the mailing of said ! letter of inquiry, t lie secretary of state shall certify to the prosecuting attorney of the judicial circuit wherein said corporation is located, and it shall he t he duty of such prosecut ing at torncy, at his earliest practicable moment, in the name of the State, and at the relation of said prosecuting at torney, to proceed against such corporation, if a domestic corporation, for the recovery of the money forfeit provided for in this act, and also for the forfeit of its charter or certificate of incorporation, if a foreign corpiiuQftion, to proceed against such eorprfffttlon for t he re-j eovery of the money forfeit provided ' for in t his act. and to forfeit its rights | lit mi iiumik'.s.vs in i ins mi are: Audi provided, Thai wliatevcr money. ; bonds or other securities may he on i deposit in t his State shall remain sub-! ject to the decision of said court to secure whatever penalties and costs may be adjudged against said corporation or individual: It is provided,! however. That ail parties making the I alliidavit provided for in this section shall he exempt from criminal prosecution for any violation of law that may be disclosed by such altldavil: It is further provided, That the secretary of state shall, from time to time, when he may have reason to believe that individuals or partnerships arc doing business in this state in violation of this act, address the letter of inquiry herein provided for to such in-1 dividuals or partnerships, and require! of them the same answer under oath; proscribed in this section for the otll- : eers of corporations, the affidavit to which must be made by the individual addressed, or some member of the partnership addressed, and the form of ailidavit herein provided with such changes sis may be necessary to make it applicable to individuals and partnerships, shall he enclosed in said letter of inquiry. Sec. p. 11 shall he the duty of the | attorney general and the prosecuting attorney of each circuit where the offense is committed, pesnect ivolv t<>! enforce the provisions of t his act. The prosecution attorney or solicitor shall institute and conduct all suits begun in the circuit courts, and upon appeal the attorney general shall prosecute said suits in the supreme court. Sec. 10. The. provisions of the foregoing sections, and the pains and penalties provided for violations of this act shall he held and construed to he cumulative to all laws now in force in this State: And provided. That the provisions of t his act shall not exempt from punishment or forfeiture any person, linn, association of persons or corporations, who may have violated or offended against any law now in existence that may he or may construed to he repealed l?y this act olio conflict herewith: And provided, further, That nothing in this act shall lie deemed or construed to affect any suits or prosecut ions now pending or hereafter to be instituted upon any cause of action, forfeiture or penalty accruing or to accrue prior to t be date j of tbe taking elTect of tills act. but all | such debts to maintain, institute <>r prosecute all such causes of action are , hereby reserved lo the State in the same manner and with the same effect i as if this law had not been passed. Iloliluul IIIn Own Car, The officers along the border tire watching for Frank McCarthy, a Wells- Kargo messenger, who is alleged to have robbed his carat San Luis) Potosi, Mex. The story of the disappearance of McCarthy as told the ollicers is that he jumped from his car Just as the train was leaving San Luis Potosi, and it is claimed took with him between $3f>,0.00 and $40,000. j He is thought to have boarded aj freight train moving Just behind the one lie had left and to have come north to Monterey. McCarthy soon learned, it Is said, that he was Ixdng watched and liefore the officers arrived lie left for Sonora in which section he is now believed to lie. mil in N> MILITARY DAY. . The Citizen Soldiers of the State Move on Charleston. INVASION A PEACEACLE ONE. - Special Train* Began Their .louriicjk to llit> i'ity by the Sen on l''rf(iii)' Morning With the lloyn. Friday 11?o citizen soldier)' of South \ Carolina. thanks to tlic general assombh in providing transportation, moved in a liody upon Charleston, and pitched t heir tents on t ho exposition grounds. The big parade, exhibit ion and review took place Saturday in honor of \\ ashingtun's birt hday. Then* was at least three thousand men in camp on the grounds near to the model camp of the t'nited States marines. These latter have been in Charleston since the tirst of I)eeeml>er and will remain until the close oft lieexposition, it being their special duty to guard the government exhibit. TilK PAHADK. The parade was commanded by Col. j Whip Jones. The following companies from the country participated: FIRST RKOIMKNT CAVALRY. Troop A Capt. N. C. Evans, Edgelicld. Troop it Capt. M. M. Sea brook, Edisto, Troop C t.'.ipt. It. C. Itichardson, Jr., Panola. Troop l? Capt. A. I >. Kiehbourg, St. Paul. Troop K Capt. T. S. Sinkler, Charleston. Troop F -Capt. I>. C. 1 ley ward. Walterbon >. Troop (I Capt. \V. A. Sauls, (lillisonvillc. 'i'roop 11 Capt. It. C. Causey, Eu1 awv ille. Troop I ('apt. J. C. Bailey, O'Ka-j lie. Troop K ('apt. 11. <). Bourne, Sampit. Troop Ij ('apt.. .1. M. Oliver. Conway. Troop M ? CapL. \V. T. Owens, Monck's ('orner. Detached ('apt. II. '1'. McDonald, Georgetown. KIK8T K1SOIMKNT INKANTUY. Col. .1. C. Boyd, Commanding. Company A ('apt. It. M. lilytlie. Greenville. Company It ('apt. G. Richards, Liberty Hill. Company (' Smyth Rllles, Capt. .1. T. West. l'elzor. Company D ?Capt. H. '1'. Hall, ( allies. Company 10 Capt. Win. McGowan. Spartanburg. Company I*' Capt. John P. Langston. Clifton. Company G Capt. M.Ll. Wallace, Corn well. Company II Capt. W. A. Ilud^ins, Ilonea Path. Company I Capt. 11.(3. Mills, Chester. Company K Port Mill Lijrht Infantry, Capt. T. It. Spratt, Port Mill. Company L -Jasper Light Infantry, (.'apt. \V. It. Moore, Yorkvllle. SK( ONIJ KKMIMKNT INKANTUY. Lieut-Col. 1). (). Herbert, Commanding. Company A Capt. M. L. Smith, Camden. Company It Capt. W. R. Wright, Bamberg. Company ( Tillman Volunteers, Capt. J. li. ClalYy, Orangeburg. company I) Capt. I*". W. Glenn, Columbia. Company K Timmonsvillc Guards, Cap!. W. II. Keith, Tiinmonsville. Company r -Capt. (>. It. ltoacnger, < hangcburg. Company G Capt. A. T. Darby, Fort Mot to. Company 11 Capt. I<\ S. Doar, Sumter. Company K Lieut . G. K. Uembcrt, < 'olumbia. Greenwood Guards Capt. Ira It. Ta\ lor, Greenwood. Company I, Columbia Light Infantry, ("apt. C. T. Lipscomb, Columbia. '1*111KI) HKU1MKNT, OI TSIDK OK ('IIAKLKKTON. Company F Capt. S. M. Ward, (ieorgetown. Company G Capt. S. C. Kemmerlin, Ellorce. NAVAL MILITIA. Third Division Lieut. George P. Elliott, (Jeorgctown. SAVANNAH, OA., TROOPS. V \ rvl It'it 1Iaihh? a ? ? s 11 - ? . ...... . ...,/Kini'ii i *.;?i >y YviLiiifiy Maj. W. VV. Williamson. Thini Division Naval llcserves Lieut. A. C. Cnrt-cr. Chatham Artillery Cant. Geo. 1*. Walker. Georgia liussars Capt. C. A. 1.. ('unnin^ham. Sometime Yon Slinll Know. t F.ukoho Field.) Last night, rny darling, as you slept. i i nought I heard vou sigh, And to your lit tic crib I crept , And watched u space thereby; And then I stooped and kissed your brow For, oh, I love you so You arc too young to know it now, hut some time you shall know. Some time when, in a darkened place Where others come to weep, Your eyes shall look upon a face ('aim in eternal sleep; The voiceless lips, the wrinkled brow, The pat lent smile shall show You are too young to know it now. hut some time you may know. hook backward, then, into the years, And see me here tonight; See, O my darling, how my tears A re falling as i write; And feel once more upon your brow The kiss of long ago You are too young to know it. now, Hut some time you shall know. Favorite Nearly Everywhere. Constipation means dulness, depression, headache, generally disordered health. I)e Witt's Little Early Risers stimulate the liver, open the bowels and relieve this condition. Safe, speedy and thorough. They never gripe. Favorite pills. Dr. E. Norton. MWlWi mi i " * * " ^ - i y i SEED COTTON the l ull Text ol'tlii* Hill to Ili'Kulutc the Trttlllc Therein. following is llio text of the hill to requisite the trattle in seed cotton just passed by the Legislature. Section 1. That the trallic in seed j cotton by purchase, baiter or exchange j without license is hereby prohibited. Sec. 2. That the supervisor in each ; county in this State shall annually issue licenses to trallic in seed cotton by purchase, barter or exchange, within the period beginning the 1st day of August and ending the 20th day of December of each year, to sueli person or persons as shall tile with the respective hoard of county commissioners a written application therefor, the graining 01 wnicn sMii 11 do rccommendod by ;il least one hundred land owners, resident within the township wherein said applicant intends to do business: such license shall specify the exact place whereat the said business shall in* carried on and the period with-, in which such trattle is permitted, and 1 shall continue in force between the i 1st day of August and the 20th day1 of iH'cotnber of the year said license has fjoon granted: and for such lieense if granted, a fee of not less titan live hundred dollars shall he paid by the applieant to the county supervisor. ! who shall, titter deducting ji commission of lo percent., pay over to the county treasurer, lo he applied to t he ordinary county expenses, ;tll moneys collected by him from said licenses. See. That any person who shall hereafter trattle in seed cotton by purchase, barter or exchange, without first having obtained a lieense, as above provided, shall he guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be punished for each offense by ;i tine of not less than live hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than :to diiys on the chaingang. Sec. t. That any person to whom license to t rathe in seed cotton may be granted shall keep at said place of business a book in which shall be entered the d;do of every purchase, from whom purchased and the qmintity purchased, which hook shall always be open to inspection of persons applying therefor: and anv nerson to whom a \ license may be granted as herein provided failing to comply with the requirements of this act, <?r any person or persons who shall, on conviction, he liable to the penalties specified in section .'t of this act: Provided That the provisions of this act shall not apply to sea island or long staple cot ton. Sec. ft. That it shall be the duty of the respective supervisors to force the provisions of t his act. South Carol inn tit tin- Imposition. it is quite.safe to say, that no State has ever made a better showing at an Imposition, I han Stmt h Carolina does in Charleston. The Agricultural Palace, one of the great edifices of the Court of Palaces, was built with a State appropriat ion audits contents arc from the Palmetto State, one ami all. Prom fossil hones that may have been the property of some of the Ark's voyagenrs, to the delicate needlework, from the little lingers of WinthropV charges, it is all South Carolina. There are individual county exhibit# from Berkeley Chester, Ikirlington, Dorchester, Florence, Georgetown, Greenwood, Horry, Ornngoburg, Pickens, Spartanburir and Sumter: Clemson College, t lie Winthrop Normalami Indus! rial School, Soiit li ('arolina ("o liege t lie Public Schools of South Carolina, the Deaf and blind Inst ilute and the Hospital for the Insane all make beautiful, complete, interesting and instruct ivc exhibits. The displays of Mullins tobacco, llarbin Hosiery Mill and of C. A. Scan Ian fossil remains, attract a great deal of attention, it is exceedingly gratifying to the state pride of any Carolinian To stroll through this great building and to see on every side t he evidences of t he skill and industry of bis fellow citizens. Superintendent Love has done his work well and thoroiigbly, and all through may be seen I lie indubitable evidences i of woman's skill and taste. In this one house is a day's work for the careful sightseer, and when la' finally passes out of the great end doors lie will be a wise man, with a mental horizon widened, a pat riot ism st rcngthoned. The laisl Heard <>l? It. "My little l>oy took the croup one night and soon grew so bad you con id hear him breathe all over the house," says l<\ l>. Reynolds, Manslield, (). "We feared he would die.but a few doses of One Minute Cough Cure quickly relieved liiin and he went to sleep. That's I he last weheardoft.be croup. Now isn't a cough cure like that valuable?" (tin- Minute Cough Cure is absolutely safe and acts immediately. I*\?r coughs, colds, croup, grip, bronchitis and all other throat and lung troubles it is a certain cure. Very nleasent to take. The little ones it Dr. K. Norton. Afraid of Thorn. The Republicans in their last platform declared that territories should he admitted as states as soon as they came up to a reasonable standard. Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona are now pleading for statehood and have much better (|ualitications and prospects than several of the states we have already. I tut it is feared that they will go Democratic and this is enough to kill their chances with a Republican congress. Clerk's Wis? Suggest ion. "I have lately been much troubled with dyspepsia, belching and sour stomach," writes M.S. Nfetid, leading nhiirinni'ht r?f \ l i m , .. ... . ?,ii. mini, 1'liUV). I ' could cat hardly anything without suffering several hours. My clerk suggested I try Kodol Dyspepsia Cure which I did with most happy results. 1 have had no more t rouble and when one can go to eat ing mince pie, cheese, candy and nuts after such a time, t heir digestion must he pretty good. 1 endorse Kodol Dyspepsia Cure hcatily." You don't have to diet. Eat all the good food you want hut don't overload the stomach. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digest s your food. l)r. K. Norton. A Sad Fatk An unknown white youth met with a much sadder fate at Denmark Sunday night, lie made a Arc near one of the numerous side tracks and must have fallen asleep with his head on the rail. A freight train on the Sealnmrd Air Line ran over him and his body clogged some part of the machinery. It was with difficulty that the shapeless mass was removed. There was nothing found by which to identify the unfortunate victim. 1 ,m I H I I I I I I ? ?? !! Grow Eicelsior Col VVehopo all visitors to tho position who aro interested in C( liflc (Cotton Exhibit This ma; grown and contributed from tho Excelsior Cotton grown in all itt possible to grow. To see it is bu we defy competition; seeing is 1 llllilt wlinn'i! llwi a + ollro uiitli tln.ii' Xftvsv MIIVITH UIV> nt(V> rv D l l I I in* N aw they grow in the field, witlioi exhibit cannot but tail to attiacl ers "1'is a fino object lesson, > the public. Something new -I well around stalk, with superi stood lirst at Arkansas Ex peril (Miarlosten Exposition. Price: o $(>.2">; ten bushel lots, $10. Add Exedsifr Se f The World's Grea For all fornnof fovor take JOIINSi I times bottor than quinine and doon I I do In 10 days. It's uplondld euros aro made by quinine. costs 50 cur WilmirgtoEt anil Conway Railroad. Southbound.?No. 97. Mixid. Daily oxuopt Sunday. I ?'uvo Chmibourn 12 Ql pm L <ve Clarendon 12 26 pm Leave Ml labor 12 -16 pm Li avc LorU 1 05 pm eavt Sanfcrd 1 20 pui Leave bnyboro 1 36' pm Lt- ve I'tiveltA 1 46 pin Leave Adrian I 60 ptu Vrrive Conway 2 20 pm Noi thbound.?No. 98 M ud Da ly xocpt Sunday Leave Conway 2 65 pm Leave Adrian 3 20 pru Leave 1'rivciis 3 26 pin Leave Bayboro 3 36 j m Leave San ford 3 60 pm Leave Lena 4 ?'6 put Leave Mi Tabor 4 30 pm Leave Clarendon 4 60 pm Airive Cb >dhouru 6 20 am N ? Ob, N rihhouu-l from Conway toL'had?? urn oobiieo h ul ibo Jat'tr pHce wnh Nj 5 ) houthbouodfroiu Wilmington. vrbiuti leave . hadbjrn at 6:80 o'c ock |> m and al-u No6'J Northbound t'.oin I'ee Deo wnuli hadbouiu tor Wiitutugton at o'c ock p ui Atlantic Coast Line RAILROAD COMPANY OK SOUTH CAROLINA. COND1N8KD SotlKDULl Trains Going South. Doled iSi>V |M, I HVMi No.06* No 1' F\ M. A V Leave Wilmington 3:46 Lea re Mariou 0.-34 Arrive Florcnoe 7:10 Leave Florenoe *7:46 & ei Arrive 8uroier V-OT I Si Nr.. o? A M Leave 8uniter 3:67 *9 4( trrive ColutuLia R):liO it ;( No. 'o'l ruu? ii?rou<b frotu t.'horib?iu>o ? * 1 "tntrai 11. It., itor.og ?ir e tot 7:t*? ?. u .allOk 3- \ . >r. u. . .- ? ? " ? Trains Going tNorut. N? Vt# No A A. >1 P M brave Columbia -..* > afl *4 It Arrive rtumter 6:06 6 86 No 3V P. M . wc Bumtcr *?:Ot> ft Ot vrri vi- Florence 9:20 7 *i( mm Florence 9.60 .rave Marion 10:30 ritf^ Witminatoo 1:16 h ily j 63 runs thiough to Charleston, d. 0 i? Ointrai It It,, arriving at Manning ft 04 'ji . l.ftnew ft: M p. m . Charleston 8:30 p. u. i. K Kouly, ic neral Manager. 1. M Cuerfcou Iratlio Mauagei. P.?ii>?r?'?ri General Pm n?" \r Kodol Dyspepsia Cure DIoests what you eat. Itartlflolally digest# the food and aids Nature in strengthening and reconstructing the exhausted digestive ergans. It lathe latest discovereddlgSBiant and tonic. No other preparation can approach It in efficiency. It Instantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomaoh, Names, Sick Headache, Gastralgia.Crampaacd all other results of imperfect digestion. PriceSOe. and fl. Largo slsc contain* SU tinea ?illSli* ni'inli nil iilimit flyriirpilimiiiinlfinn Pre***eg by E. C. OsWITT A CO.. Cblcegt. Ul ACO AMA W LINE SI'EAMKRS.?Tho Steamer will leave the wharf at Conw?iy every Monday and Wednesday morning "or Georgetown at 4 o'clook, touohing all intermediate points; and will leave her wharf st Georgetown every Tuesday and Friday m ruing for Conway at 7 o'clock, touching < all intermediate poiule. D. T McNeill, uen I ag? and Trea*., Co* way, 8. 0. John 8. llc.dy, Agent. Georgetown, b,0. HEATlilYSELF^ You can do so by getting one of our Fam ly Medicine Cases, and "The Homo I'liyselftn." These are "Active Principle" (not whole Drug) Medicines, all Physicians use them for uutck and sure result. No. 1 Case ?>.00, No. If, Paso ?1.00, book free with either case; each Caso owner entitled to free consultation from this office. Write for free samples of our "After Dinner Pill," It cures stomach and Liver diseases. Agents Wanted 1IOMK KKMKDY CO., I -<K?0 Austell lPldg., Atlanta, Oa. Saved llim From Torture. There is no more agonizing trouble than piles. The constant itching and burning make life intolerable. No position is comfortable. The torture is unceasing. DcWItt's Witch Hazel Salve cures piles at once. For skin diseases, cuts, burns, bruises, all kinds I of wounds it is unequalled. .1. S. Gcrnll, j St. l'aul, Ark., says: " From 18<if> I suffered with the protruding, bleeding piles and could find nothing to help me until I used DcWItt's Witch Hazel Salve. A few lx>xes completely cured me." Beware of counterfeits. Dr. E. Norton. ... -r . It1 NWpv T-:#H TT ' ' " ' ! ;. V ' x N tton and Get Rich. Inter-State an<l West Indian.Exnton, will sue the Excelsior Projnilicent exhibit of Cotton was originator farm. There we see < glory: as line specimens as 'tis t to admire this beautiful exhibit, believing' Excelsior Cotton Exfrait in its natural position, .just it any artificial colorieg This \ the admiration of Cotton growvhicli w.> are proud t?> present to arge bolls, small seed, clusters or lint and staple. I bis cotton ncnlnl Station and also first at no bushel, $1 50; five bushel lots, 'ess ed Corcn snv - - ( ? J I BENNK1TSVILI.E. 8 ("J. test Fever Medicine.] ON'S CHILI. AND FGVER TONIC. It Is 100 I In a slngh* day what slow (|ulnlno cannot in striking contrast totlio fuoblu cures I ITS IF IT CURES. waSted] 0 *a't out' hundred ui/to s'aJ uts at juco t c an > ??I Oomptoic oar buvi?e?t or bhoilb-tud c.ii sim i f5'.? i' po'iliou! uuuudiatoly after gt'A tuatii. g lit or 1 r to mo all au t pp rluut'y to grasp (hit special offer at one--, wo wi I pa> fu 1 sailroa 1 faro, and take good uoics et* cthco wort, at p ?rt payment of initio; also sreure cheap >o.trd. Wrlui at one- Lr lull information. Columbia Business College, COLUMBIA, 8. 0. V U KfeiWBKUKY, Urcsidoct, 1 The World's Greatest j -? Cure for Malaria. X j t V wS ' j- >-? For all forms of *f*ln-tal poison- t | tn>; tsu.o J->i ofon'' Jl 111 and P?vr | t '1 Ionic A (Hint of a polw j V, .1 U\a in yvjii/ Mood ... >riio .-i.tter': . . j f".,w 'aflure Hlootl n?wllol^escnn't ??ur? ^ k J .Malarial poisoning, i ha unt. i'-.- j for it is jOHi.bOfl'ii TQu.C j . |S3 Cotia 5# Ce3^ V !t S'-res. | EEM- MEDICATED CIGARS AND EEM- SMOKING TOBACCO, i For 118C8 of tobacco that suffer wilh Catarrh. Asthma or Bronchitis We guarantee en absolute and permanent cure of Catarrh and it is the only known remedy for for Hay Fever. K your druggist or grocers doo? r.of keep it w-ite bE-M Co . Atlanta. U*., for the samp'e Traiti supplied hy Murray Drug Co., l'-mbia. X. C , mid Ukkr I) ro Co , I'har? > i. m d. C. ' THE YOUNGBLOOO ( LUMBER COMPANY aijqusta. oa. | orncb and Works, North Ai uusta, S. C. I l'>tf)RS, SASH, TILINGS AND BUILDER*8 HARDWARE. FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING and INSIDE FINISHING LUMBER IN GEORGIA PINE, All Correipondenco given promp' "atton ! <ii-n July 2?ly Conway & Sea Shore Railroad I Daily Except Sunday. In effect Sopt 2, 1 GO I Southbound.?No. 16 L avei Conway 8 00 am L*avo Pine Island 8 8t? am Arritfl Vf wfiln n * * ... v V4V o 10 Am Northbound.---No. 14. Leaves Myttie Beaon 6 80 pm Leaves Pino Island 5 45 pm Arrive Conway 0 16 pin D. I'. McNeill, Ueu. Manager. NOriOE. Conway Lodge, No. 90. Kntghtc of I'y thiaa will meet regularly the nrst and third Thursday nights of each itloutli until otherwise ordered. 14. A.Sl'IVKT Chan. Com. . J. C. Spivkv K. K. & S May 14t.h. 96 o Send tor Catalogue, Add'ess W H. Macfeat, (Oflicial Court Stenographer.) President. , MAOKKAT'8 BUSINESS COLLEOE, | OOLUMBl\, 8 C | G. FRED STALVEY, Attorney and Counselor at Law Conway. S U. OrP101 *n Spivy Building Die H. H. BURROUGHS, LOUIS. ^.C. Calls prdmpilv answered nicriit _ _ ) v or day. R. B. Scarborough, Conway, 8 t). ATTORNEY AT LAW. H. H. WOODWARD, ! Attornov and Coun&ollor at Law, I Conway., S. C. I. P. K. BET HE . | Physician and Hurgeon, I Conway, P. C. ' Offioe in 8j>i7*y Baildirg.