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THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL VoL 12.-NQ. 19. PICKENS. S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1Q02 NA 1111414 A1111 ON ''ll l JIOR i)IS ,l'he Accounts of 1)isnaters llakc llau Sud1--''hey Seemt Now to Iucreaae. Atlanta Constitution. It is utterly impossible -for a man to grasp the horrors of Martinidue. lCvery individual case has its heart rending anguish and there are 40,000 of them, and 1,000 more at St. Vin cent. Ilee are 300 in the coal mines near Knoxville and 3,000, mourners outside, and every day tells of somec new disaster. The world- seems to be getting used to calamities and terrible things. They are now a big part of the battle of life, and if we are not re conciled to it we do not stop a moment to ponder the suffering and crime that is going on. No, we cannot take it in and the head lines in the daily paper8 are all that we have time or inclina t'on to read. Last night my wife and I read the pitiful story of Captain Freeman, of the Rtoddam, as he told it at the hospital at St. L,ucia while ten derly lying upon pillows his face and hands charred and blackened, his flesh raw and his eye balls bloody, and how one after another of his crew sank in a fiery death until there were seven teen of theni dead upon the (leck, and this was the'only vessel of the sixteen that brought away a living sold. Oh, it was horrible and filled our hearts with sorrow and our eyes with tears. But this was only one case, atid there are thousands who would have had as pitiful a tale to tell if they had lived to tell it. It is good for us that we can not know but, a small part of the hor rors of Martinique and St Vinemtil. au on the seas and ritrmvs -- ,ie case is enough. Oie case i,r : mther trying to save her child on a hiur. in_- bat, on the Mississippi river a lew weeki ago saddened us all, but 'th: memory of such things soon passes away and we forget it until another comes. Only last week the papers told of a man, a brute, who got angry with his little boy of 6 years and after slapping him to the floor picked him up bodily and raised him above his head and dashed him down and crushed the life out of his little body and his mother picked him up i corpse, whUe the life blood spouted from his mouth and nose. The recital made me sick and sad. The little boy, I believe, is in heaven, but the poor IhearL-broken mother has to stay to keep guard over the other three. Merciful Father, when will these things ceaso to be; when will woman learn that it is better to live and (lie single than to chain herself to a man whose character for loving kimdness has not been established in the coin munity. Girls, let me beseech you to take no chances' 'Be a shop girl, a typewriter, a seamstress, a )ook agent or anything that is pure and honest rather than the wile of a heartless brute and the mother of his children. Take no chances. The young men of this genertttion are a hard lot-not more than two in ten are Lit to marry. Count them up in your own community and ask your brother about them. How inatly does he know who he would be willing for his sister to marry. But I was ruminating about these horrible disasters and the grief that - ftllows in their wake. Death is not so terrible a thing. Very often it comes in mercy and1( is a blessing. A -peaceful (leath to the aged is a trium plhant change-the end of trouble and the beginning of happiness. But it is the time and the manner of death. Fitz Greene Hcalleck never wrote a more beautiful verse than his apos -trophe to dheath: "Come when the blessed seals * That close the pestilence are broke And crowded citIes wall its stroke ; Come In consumptio n's ghastly form, * The earthquake s shock, the ocean's storm; And thou art terrible-the tear The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier ; And all we know or (dream or fear Of agony are thino." It looks like some of these awful things are getting close t,o us. These Windward ielands are on our side of the world, and not so far away. Even now the wind is blowing their ashes on our coasi,s, iund the earth is quakiog * under Florida. The explosion of the coal mines at K'noxville is the first horror of that kiind in our Southland, and no pen can picture the scene of| those imprisoned men writing their last loving words to wives and children as they gaspedl for breath-may the Lord have mercy upon them and tenm per the wind to the shorn lamb. T1o all who are in peril and all who are bereaved, we would breathe the poor fisherman's priayer; "Oh Lordl, goodl Lord, I am a broken down pnoor man a fool to speak to Thee-I am too 0ok1, Lou old-my lads are drowned-i've buried my poor wife-my little lassies died so long ago .that I forget what, they were flke. I know they wvent to Thee,but I forget their little faces, .thouA I missed them sore. Merciful plr, ease comfort those who have heAyy hearts. I cannot pray with finer words; I have no learning-too old, toold;. but, good Lord, have p)ity on t hem 4L. - It 48 -sff have to .write of sad -thlhgs, bMx the,wilse man said: " It h -- bet,trato go to the house of mourning than. to the house of feasting.", It ii godd for us all; to.stop anid thin'k ani le,nthearts opoil WIde in sy mpathy - .MaW..ds' to- blaie 'for mo'st of hii Sogn' *-f,bubles~ and - " man's hu - -mgn1Ey'to .mIan makes countlesi -theysands mourn;" b'ut that is no - the darkesti sidle of the picture. It i m\. ,ian's-lnhumanit that brings most al dlyen su er. f everybody 'was goo d' kind, What - a blessed - woild w wpuld havo. May the Lord pity its all is my prayer, and We may all die the death of the righteous and our last end be like his. Illl.i. Ani'. l'A'lI'11 FOR' C UHlA To T1ARC F. F'irst Messakge of P'residet im'luta to the Set}ate of New Repubhlic. President Palma, in his lirst message to the Cuban Senate, gives thanks to the Almighty for Ilis assistance in car rying out the work of obtaining Cuban independence, and asks divine aid in the establishment of a lirm anid stable government. Never did a people light with m1ore perseverance," says the l'rebidlhnt, '' and sacrilice more for liberty' than have (he Cubans. No people, there fore, are inore entitled to see tleir ju(w. i efforts crowned with success. Together with our own heroism is the attitude of i the great people who were impelled by i their own love of liberty to put them selves on our side in our tenacious light for the independence of the country. Their motive was one of generous sen timent,'pure and disinterested in origin. Impelled by this, cntiment, the power fut republic of the North recognizes, t through its illustrious President, the republbc of Cuba. The promise for- c mally made has been carried out. In f this moment, when we feel our right V as an independent nation, it is ilpos- t sible to suppress our greititu(e to the t United States. To recognize this.debt y of gratitude to the great nation is anl act which exalts us and which makes us worthy of the consideration and re spect of the 1nt ions of the wo ld. " It is 'ece "ssary now to dictate all c the laws-isid down in the constitution. 1: We are capable of fulfilling all the ob- t hgatioins and compromises which have v been eontracted, aintd we should pro- h pare the budget with the greatest o care." s President l'almntit'recommends the y encourag( mont of the agricultural in- b dustries of the island, the raising of t cattle, the establishment of agricul ural i stations to improve the cul.ure of sugar-cane and tobacco, and the intro (lulction of varied agricultural indus-' tries. " While the question of reciprocity i is still pending,'' the message says, t " it is impossible to state in w what measures should be adopted to meet , the pending crisis. This crisis is due a to the ruinous price of sugar caused by excess in production of beet sugar in o Europe. An immediate remedy wbuld I be the reducLion of the American tarifT t on sugar, to obtain which the executive i will' at once devote his elloi ts, and 1 will negotiate a treaty in order to ob- i Lain beneflts for the Cuban sugar pro- li dhucers. " If security of life and propeity in a Cuba is to be firmly sranteed, the r rural guard must be reorganized and c imcreased, as tljq )resent tranquility in I the island is (fieleo the people them- 1, selves and their desire to maintain the a prestige of their country. t " We recognize that during the 1 American intervention the sanitary t conditions of the island were greatly c improved, but it is necessary to con. tLmue this work and make these ini- e proved conditions permanent. ' . 1 " The ollice of judge in Cuba should be0 per'manent, aind t,o constitute thlis t prlinlciple of immnovality should be n one of tihe lirst, duties of Congress." President Pailma declares it is tile r. purpjose of thle government to devote f its at,t.ent,ion to education, andl espe- t cily to primary schools, lHe eays the government of intervention deserves y great credit for thle educational system 't it estab)lishled, b)ut there is 1need for ~ st,ill more schools, as tile future of the a republic depends upon education. It a will be the (Iut,y of the governmlent to encourage the construct,ion of railroads y in the island, andl to protect the capi- t tal already invested in railroad ent,er- r prises.:] The executive says he realizes the i obligation which the government con tracted with the Cuban army, and thlat if means are not no0W taken to make good this obligation, it, is because of the bad economic situation of tile coun try. Presidlent Palmia says lie does not I yet know how the ordinary expenses ofi administration are to be met. " It is very satisfactory to us," says the P'resident, " that the republic of Cuba has been ofilcially recognized by the United States, Great Britain, France, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicara gua, Santo D)omingo, Ecuadlor and Paraguay, and we hope that other countries will also recognize our repub lic. We must cultivate cordial relations with all nations and make treaties of amnesty and commerce favorable to Cuba. We must also take especial care that ibe relat,ions bet,ween Cuba and the United States be most friendly, in order that there be no dIflicult,y in arranging the political and conmmercial questions which affect both count,ries. " It is also of extreme importance that there should exist, uninterrupted concordl between all t,he people of Cuba, andl that they should resolve t,o pro serve the Cuban nationality." Herbert G. Squires, the first minis ter of the UJnited Stat,es to Cuba, was formally received by the Cuban gov ernment. Mr. Squires was escort,ed. from his hot,el by a squad of the mount. edl rural guard. A company of Cuban soldiers, who were lined up in fronl; of t,he palace, saluted Mr. Squires as' he -entered the biuilding. l'hie American minister was auinouniced in a 10oud ,voice,: and: President P'alma received i him in the .p'arlor of the palace with 1 thee Cuban~eabinet. I bNr..Squire presented his credentials, I and Lh~wmawde a short address, ill of President Roosevelt to Presideni 'alma. Replying to Mr. Squires, President Palma said : "I I aim faithfully inter. preting the sentiments of the people of Cuba when I assure youi illiustrious President, through you, that our most ardent desires are for the happiness and prospority of the American people and their worthy President." Mr. Squires is the first minister to present his credentials to the Cuban govern ment, and he will be denn of the di ploniatic corps in Havana. TIlIIE QICSTiION I8 1DE4ID10i. Fnntor Mca4ini1l Will be Ap pointed to a J udglteship. It .s eonceded that the -'resident will aie S4nator John L. MeLiurin, of iouth (Carolina, to fill the v.acancy on he court of claims in WVashington, tld this fact produces much cotn'nent n one way or another. The Va,hing on correspoildent of the Atlanta onsttitution says: Senator McLaurin, of South Caro ilia, is understood to contemlplate ome sort of a grandstand play in the >ennte in the near future when lie will unounce his resignation of the posi ion he holds. A great (eal of mystery 3 maintained by those in the Senator's onfidence and it is impossible, there ore, to say just when this performance till come of'. It is, of course, possi. le that he may change his mind about lie manner in which he will let the rorld know that lhe has been taken are of by a Repubhican President, but lie understanding now is that either oincident with the announcement of is appointment to the court of claims r before that announcement is made, e will again air his grievances tc.ward lie party which has honored him, and rill endeavor to get some notoriety by is manner in doing it. Tihe friends f several candidates for the judgeship aem to think that the matter has not et been settled in McLaurin's favor, ut I have it from a souico very close > the President, that lie has decided. pon Mcl.aurin for the place. The resignation of the Senator is kely to add interest to the South ,arolina situation. Politicians from bat State believe Governor McSweeney 3 anxious to get into the Senate, and hey are wondering whether lhe can ake an appointment to fill the acancy which will in any way help long his ambitions. The old line Republicans of the tate have heen turned down again by 'resident Roosevelt in the appoint. lent, of a p)ostmaster at, Ch-irleston, ut, the appointment is not particular y ileasing to -thoso Democrats who ave been trying to get on the ltepub can band wagon, some of whom ranted the place for themselves. The ppointee is W. L. Harris, who is a cent citizen of the State, and while lassed with the so-called Commercial )eniocratic element, does not distinct belong to it. He is a Republican ni has lived at Charleston for less han a year, having come from some forthern State to hold a small govern ient position. He seems to have re eived his ap)ointmuent largely because f the fact that lie married a relative f Major Micalh Jenkins, who is one of 'resident Roosevelt's favorites. The Washington correspondlen1t of hie State makes tihe following comn lent, upon01 the situation: l'resident lLo'osevelt's friendship andl sgard for t,he Senator are known, and urthermore lie would be carrying out Lie wishes of Presidlent McKmnley in roviding a comfortable berth for enator McLaurmn. A judgeship on he court of claims carries a salary of '1,500 and a life teniure. Its social dIvantages makes the of lice much ought after. 1I, has been suggested in ease the enator wore niominlatedl for the ofice, hat his colleague would end(eavor to revent his8 confirmation by the Senate. ~riends of Senator Tillman declare hat the suggest,ion is purely a grat,ui ous one, andl that in their opinion he vould do nothing of the kind, either firectly or indlirectly. Because for nersonal reasons the Senator has seen it t,o hold up certain Federal- ap)point cents mfadle mn South Carolina at the netance of Senator McLaurin, is, they irgue, no0 indhication that lie would do he same by his colleague's ap)point nent. The reasons for which Senator L'illman has been keepmng McL aurin jppointees on the 4"anxious bench" re not, it is thought, such as would ~ause him to hold up McLaurin's ap ointimenit to an ofllce that is entirely ~emote from South Carolina politics. In this connectioni, it is known that, i number of personal friendls of Sena ~or McLaurin in the Senate, among the Democrats, have been exerting strong niluence to have the Senator ap)point att to the court of claims. The DIe mnocratic Senators who have been ad vocating Senator McLaurin for the allice happen to be among his most pronounced opponents on certain political issues and1 are supporting him entirely because of their strong per sonal friendship for him. Bunt what is of more vit,al interest in South Carolina circles Is not the ap poinitment of the Senator so much as the consequienices. It is believed that Senator McLaurin will accept the judg ship. Ihs Senat,orial ternm expires next March, and as he is out of the raco for reelection therd is really very 1it4le that lie could accomplishl betweer now and the end'of his term. If he In tendered the appointment and accepts he will of commet resign his seat in the Senate.. And then what? It will bn up to Gov. McSweeney. 'No 'one has suggested that the Governor will abov any reluctance this time about, accept :ng resignations from aenators. N could he very well dteclhne to appoint i MUecessor to till out the unexpired terim of Senator Mclaurin, as there will be any lumber of important. questions cou mig up next December when Congress convenes. 1"riends of the Governor declare that he will meet the issue and deal with it Iiruly when he is otlicially introduced to it, but. further than this they will not discuss hi:3 pos sil)le course. The report that the Governor is himself harboring Senato ral aspiratiot b complicates the possible situation very greatly. 1).IAT 11 OF 1)It. 1B. 11, l'A1.i11E;1t Fit camous Ptlpit Orator Wis Fit tally Ilnj ired by a Trolley Car. Dr. Blenjamin M. I llmer, of New Orleans, died on the 28th of May from injuries received on the 5th of May, when he was run over by a street car within a short, distance of his home and dragged for fully a block. Hiis right great toe was cut off and injuries were intlicted on the fore. .head, and his right leg was broken in two places just above the ankle. lie lingered f romt the time of his injm ies 3 days. Rev. )r. 11. M. Palmer was horn in Charleston, S. C., Jai uary 25, I18, son of Dr. Edward L'ahmer, who after sixty years of service in the church, died in 1882 at the age of 112. l r. Palmer passed his boyhood at Mc I'hersonville and was sent to Amtherst college when only 13 years of age. There he met Henry Ward Beecher, then a :tudent in a higher class, and the two became fast friends. At the age of 15 he returned to South Caro lina and taught for two years, thence matriculating at the University of Georgia, whence he graduated in 1838 and entered the Theological Seminary at Columbia. In 1841 he was l;censed and entered upon a career thi\t was destined to make him famous as a preacher. Shortly after his ordination lie was call, d to the First Presbyterian church of Savannah, taking with him his bride, Mary Augusta McConnell. In 184:3 he went to the First Presbyterian church in Columbia, S. C.. remaining there until 1857, when he came to New Oileans. In 1847 he established the Southern Presbyterian Review which he edited for a number of years, winning wide fame and in 1800 was elected to the chair of pastoral theol ogy in the Seminary at Princeton Uni versity, though he declined the -elec tion. Many other flattering offers were ma<te- to him throughout his career, mneluding the pulpit of I)r. Alexan der's e chrch in New York, but all these offers lie refused, preferring to remain with his old congregation in New Orleans. )r. Palmer was one of the strongest leaders of the South in the pulpit im mediately preceding and during the civil war and on Thanksgiving Day, 1860, preached his famous secession sermon in New Orleans. In 1861, when the Southern churches wit,hdrew from the Presbyterian Assembly at Philadelphia and met at Augusta, Dr. Palmer was chosen as moderator, tak ing his place as head of the Southern Presbyterian church. [His service in the army was irregular, but his inti macy wit,h General Polk and General Beauregard helped to turn his att,en tioin to t,he sp)irituial necessit,ies of the troop)s, anid at one time lie had full charge of detailing the Southern mini isters in the army of Tennessee. Dr. P'almuer was a piofoundly impressive orator and his reputatioin its a p)reacher was inational. His church in New Orreans, t,he First Presbyterian, has probably been visitedl by more strangers, (drawni by his reputationi as a pulp.t orator, than any church in the South. Two years ago Dr. Palmer delivered a notable ora tion at, t,he Louisville reunion of Umn ted Confederat,e veterans. Dr. Pal mier's wife died in 1888. HIe had six children, only one of whom is living. Dr. Palmer preached the cent,ennial anniversary sermon at the University of Georgia at the centeunial celobration at Athcns last year. Since the WVashington monument was opened fotirt,een years ago, 2,002, 000 persons have ascended to the top of t,he shaft. In spit,e of effort,s to protect the moniumnent from vandals t,wo of the large memorial stonies in the ii.terior were defaced recently by the remcval of the letters of inacrip tion. The work was done by two men, who escaped before it was discos ered. Ten nessee now has 1,445 names on its State p)ension roll of 01(1 soldiers, and( the total amount paid to thienm in t,he last year was $140,220. No more names can be add(ed unless the L egislature increases the appropriation. The pensioners are divided into three classes; the fIrst receive $300 a year each, the se,ondl $200) and the third $100. The.Woi GreatestI Cre for Maiaria .A ns,Ataint of Mailrl poison. - i yo-.ar blood( minas misery0 and iure. Blood meicnos cant cure aatlpoisoning. Th le antidote for it is OHNSON'S TON IC. Rssts ss Coats It it Carss. OF HATICSIUltw, S. C. ConiauteIt of Newsaipers on Isls Candiiaey for (overnor. Fron the Lexington I.ipath.: D)r. 11. II. Timm ltermain, the most promi nent candidate for (;overnor" before the people today, was in town Monday. The doctor is hale amid hearty, and is fully identitied with the people of I.ex Imgton among whoi he has cast his lot for weal or woe. He is doing ia good part iii the development, of L.ex ington by the investment, of his brains, energy and capital, and Lexington ap peciates his efforts. The liatesburg .Adeocet says of the above : The Mi.patch is exactly right in the above case. There is not, a man living in South (arolina who would a:ld Inore honor and rellect greater credit to Ihe State than )r. W. 11. Titumerman. In every department of life, lie has acted his pat t well, and stands before the people of this State as the Jioble Roman whose h(st thought and time has been given to his people. If there. are those who doubt the fact of Dr. Tiininerman being a formidable candidate, they had better change their way of thinking. le has friends in every section, who are among the lead ing people in inlluence. We are bank ing on I.)r. Timmermani as our'next (iovernor. From Another : Both of the above papers are right, when they say that I)r. Tiinmerman is an upright, clean, able and pure man. le would rellect. the highest credit upon the State as its chief executive, upon himself and upon his past life. We know and have heard nothing in his life which can be urged against him, and there is much that is honorable and creditable. We would be satialied if he were elected. From the Edgelield Advertiser : W. II. Timmerman, President of the First National Bank of Batesburg, was in Edgolield Monday, attending the an nual meeting of the stockholders of the Farmers' Bank. Though 1)r. Timiner man has moved beyond the confines cf Edgetield County, she is proud of.i clean public and olicial record. Dr. Timmerman is an avowed .ai 4, for gubernatorial honors. From the Edgefleld Chroniclb ,n old and honored friend, the iI . 11. Timmerman, of Batesburg, Las .r tually announced himself as i cindi (late for Glovernor of South Carolina. Edgetield loves him well and welcomes him cordially into the field. Idgeleld has every cause to love and honor W. II. Timmerman. le has served well and wisely in many public positions with clean hands and patriotic heart. And as he has served r dgelield, so lie has sei ved South Carolina. From the Eldgelicld Alonior : l)r. Timmerman has announced his inten tion to be a candidate for Governor im the primary this year. I )r. 'Timmer man is well known in this State as a cultured, refined and able mal ; not only this, he has a reputation.as being one of the safest and best business men and financiers in the State. le has a record of many years of public service which is cleau and without stain--up right, honest and fearless. He will no doubt make a close race. From the Bamberg 'iimes : The Batesburg A dvoeate announces that Dr. W. It. Timmerman, of that place, who was .formerly Lieutenant Gover nlor and late State .T'reasuirer, has en teredl the race for Governor, andl that, lie will be in LI) the finish. D)r. Tim mnerman is a good man and.hno dloubht will receive a large vote. From a corresp)oindent of the Flor enice T1imes : We have just reviewed the record of eminent services render ed his count,y and State is nyvarious re our former Stat,e Treasurer. We are not surp)rised to hear calls for him to the Governor'e chair. JFully qualified by intelligence and experience, faithful and ellcient as his services have proved, with a character ab,ove susp)icion and repiroach, why should he not 1)e called to this high oflice, and f111 it in t.hat high-toned, dign ified0 man nor that char acterizes him and WIts him for the of11ce of chief magistrate ? The JCitcrpris?e; Among all t,he puIb lie men of South Carolina, we know of none who have more ofj the sterling qualities that go to make up real char actor ill a vigorous malnhoodl t,hani can 1)e found in D)r. W. Hi. Timmernman, former State Treasurer. You may fInd better orators, better looking men and1( maybe more profound scholars, but nonei with more character.if character is to0 be measured by the injunction " Do unto others as you would have others (10 unto you." TO TIlE VOTEU$t OF SOUThl CAROI4INA Mr. A. C. Jepson OiVes thie Reni. sons Wy lie Woulti Make nu (ood Rn11lrond( Cotum Iisslioer, I of1'er myself a candlidate for the otlice of Railroad Commissioner and ask your support. I am a pract,ical railroad man, I think It best for the interest,s of the peopl)1 of the State and the proper working of the commission t,hat, there be at least one0 practical railroad man on ,the .board, and I think you will agree with me. I have had forty years experience In railroading, I have had fIve years practical- experi ence in the construction department 1: have been for the past thirty-tw< years a locomotive engineer andl thi .last eighteen years in the service o the Atlantic Coast ine and I an proud of my record them e and may rec ordi as a citizen of South Carolhna. The commission needs the servicei of a practical railroad man, not to di reet its policy- but.to advise and cnum The World's Great For all forms of fever take JOHNS It Is 100 times better than quinine an nine cannot do in 10 days. It's eple feeble cures made by quinine. COSTS 50 CEN sel the body in an Intelligent manner upon many points that men who have had no experience cannot be oxpected to have knowledge of. Such a man can often prevent inposition on the con mission and at, the same time be just to both sides in the controversy, be. cause he knows the problems that each have to settle. Other States recognize the necessi ty for a practical man on the board. it is as necessary to have a practical railroad lnan on this board as it is to have competent lawyers to ilIl the po sititons on the bench. i do claim to be such a man and my forty years of experience ought to be a guarantee of the truth of my claim. I ask y:u to weigh the subject and if you lind my record as a citizen -and my record as at railroad man satisfactory and myself worthy of your vote that you will give we your support. I will be pleased to serve you faithfully and well, as well as I have served the rail road company, and my record ther( is forty years without at single dismlis. sal, suspelsoion or even reprimand. Yours very truly, A. C. .JIPsON. Florence, S. C. Q u s'r:ION OF CONsul ENC.-A man was talking to his fellow travelers in a 'ullman smoker. "On one occasion '' lie said, "" 1 was down inl the iloui tains of Tennessee, where everything is primitive, and on Sunday I attended a Baptist church. Much to my sun prise and irerest the women were seated on one side of the house and the men on the other. 1 had never seen anyting of the kind before, and after services were over I spoke to one of the members about It, as he was a pil. lar of the church, and a man 1 knew quite well. "'We have always (10110 it that way,' lie said in explanation. "'1ut why?' I persisted. "'So's to worship God according to our conlsience, as the constitution per vides,' he replied ill a mat,ter of course 1(one.. "'But sitting on Opposite sides of the church (loesn't make any difference with your conscience, does it?' I kept oi1, " ' Don't it?' he said, with emphatic coiilitlence in the knowledge that it did. 'Well, it makes all the difference in the world. D>o you mean to say that a man kin set over there alongrside uv his wife, where she kin nudge him in the short ribs with her olhow every time the preacher says anything ahe thinks 4is his case? 1 say, kin a mar do that and worship God accordin' t( his conscience? Not much he can't, 1 reckon, nowhere, an' perticler not ir this neck uv the woods.' " The explination and the argument carried conviction beyond all contro, versy, and I had no more to say." Tai M . IlANY SMOKEnsH.-Some1 oi the clerks in the war department play ed1 a joke on a well-known clerk in the ollice the other (lay. They got a cheai cigar, filled it with small pieces of rub b)er and1( then gave it to the telegrapi man, lie is always playing practica jokes On lis fellows and they were merely trying to even up. IIe started in to work as usual and1( p)uffed vigor ously on the cigar, lie must have had a cold in his head, for he didn't seem~ to notice the foul smell that soon1 per'. meat,ed the atmosphere. IHis associ aLos could hardly stand it, however, but they didn't, know about the cigar. The odor finally became overpower ing, and the smell of rubber was un mistakable. As there had been some troub)le with the telegraphic apparatus the innocent victim concluded from thn smell that the mnsulators had caught fIre. An expert, electrician was sunm moned0( from the Western Union oflce and1( spent some time examining the switchboard connect,ions. It, was not unt,il after lhe reported t,hat, there was nothing at all the matter with them that the trut,h dlawned upon the op erat,ors that it was merely a case of " bad cigar." It was a curious cow mentary on the smoker's t,aste that lie didn't know lhe was not smoking to. bacco until those around him mnformed him of the fact.-Washington Post. A London medical journal says that Americani apples are coredl, sliced andl dried, sent to France, andl there con verted into cider. With the aidditlin of carbonic acid gas and yeast, and a lIttle Ilavoring p)owder the eider be comes champagne, and much of it goes to England sand is drunk umder the dlelulsion that It is of the best brand. Two pews in a fashionable andl wealthy WashIngton church wero re cently sold for $2,75i0 and $1 ,600 re spectively. Comparing these figures with the $75,,000 paid for a seat on the Now York Stock Exchange, the Boston Transcript thinks the contrast, shows " where most people are looking for t,heir treasure.'" CASTOR IA For Infants,.and Children. est Fever Medicine. )N'9 i[IL.t" and FEVER TONIO, d does in a single day what slow qui did cures are in striking contrast to the TS IF IT CURES. A curious custom obtains among the peasantry of ,he Isle of Man. The Sun day following the funeral of a relative is called '' mourning Sunday," and as many of the (lead person's relatives as are available moot together and go to church. Throughout the entire services they remain seated, and do not enter at all into any outward par ticipation in the worship. Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Don't Know it. Row.To rind Out. Fill a bottle or common glass with your water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a sediment or set tling indicates an u unhealthy condi tion of the kid neys; if it stains ,o your linen it is evidence of kid . ney trouble; too * frequent desire to - m..pass it or paiti in the back is also convincing proof that the kidneys and blad der are out of order. What to Do. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage, It corrects Inability to hold water and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extra ordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its won derful cures of the most distressing cases.' if you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists in 50c. and $1. sizes. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful discovery * and a book that tells more about it, both sent absolutely free by mail, addb ess Dr. Kilmer & nome of owamp.Roo. I Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing men tioni ;ading this generous offer in this paper. I HCKENS RAILROAD .1. E. Ito os, President. 'IE 'I'ABLE No. 2. 4*-NuIpersede8 Tie' ''able No. 1. Ef feetive 12:(i1 A. Ml., Feb. 1st,, 1901. Read Dlown. leud Up. No. 10. :Tl'''1ON . 'No. -. Mixed. Mixed. 1(1:40 a n... .Lv. I'iekens Ar......2:55 i 10:45 i m........*l ergui on'H.'.......2:45 p i 10:55 a Im...... ...*Parson '..........2:10 p m 11:00 a in...........Ari,l'H. .2:25 p n I1:05 i II.......... l a ldin'H......... 2:20 p im 11:15 a m........ A r Ensley Lv.......2:15 p [ No 1" '1A'lTON.s -o 1-. 4:00 p in ......Lv. Pickens Ar..... 6:40 p m 4:05 p i ........ F' rguson'H........ 6:30 im 4:15 P m..........'Parson's........ 6:15 p m 4:20 p in...........*Ariai l's.......... 6:10 P m 4:25 P im .Manhin's. 6:05 p m 4:40 p m....Ar Easley Lv.6:00 p mn * lag 8tations. ~ -- All trains daily except Sunidaiy. No. 10( Jonncts with Southecrn Railway No. 33. No. 9 Connects with Southern Railway No. 12. I No. 12 Connects with Southern Railway INo. 11. No. i1 Connectsa with Southern Railway No. 34. *i'For any iniform ation a>y to General Manager. THE YOUNGBLOOD LUMBER COMPA.NY. AUGUSTA, GA. )rros 'an WORS. NOaR AUGSTaA, B. U eor.., Sash, Blinds and Builder's Hardware. - LOORING, SIDING, CEILING AND INSIDE~ FINISHING LUMBER IN GEORGIA PINE. All correspondence given prompt at tonti'on Why Not Save The Middle'-Man's Profit? The McP'hail Piano or Kindergarten Organ direct to the buyer from fac tory. Write me if you wish to buy an ' Organ or Piano, for I can save you money. I travel South Car'blina, and would be pleased to call and show -yo my i anos and Organs. A postal card will bring me to you. L. A. McCORD, Laurens, . .. South Oarolina. ii ... J[AYNEswoR~TH, 0. E. ROBINSON ', W' PA^KKII, Plckens, 8. 0 (Ireenville, S. C. HI ayneswor'th,Par.ker & RbInson, Attorneym-at-Law, Pickenst 0. HI. - . - - South Carolina Praotice. in sill Courts. Attend to a usinse profapti?;A S"'Monev to' oan. T. Cured.In thirty tos exyday DropsJTen days treatment FUR~) Would be glad to have nlames . of all suffering with Dropsy 0. E. COLLUM DILOPSY MEID CIECO..-312-18 Lowndes BuildIpg g~1 Af,lanta, Ga. .