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THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL VOL 12.-NO. 22. PICKINS. S. C., TIIURSI)AY, )UNE 26, ,q02 _ _ _ _ _ O E D O L A R A Y E A R THE SENATORIAL CAMPAIG II1AVV OJNS ARI4 HROUGlI INTO ACTION. Tle First Rnjigaement Was ( the Banks of the Colingtree. The candidates for Iunited Stat 1ienator met in forensic display at ti theatre i Columbia on the 17th insl and not more than five hundred pa, ple out of 2.5,000 population wei present during the meeting, which ii eluded a large number of la" ies, mari of them the lea lers of social life i the capital, who were occupying ti: boxes, the parquette, (ress circle an balcony. The theatrical scenery ret resented a beautiful grove, in front c the grounds of a picturesque ICuropea palace, the terracet grounds covere with roses and statuary. E'ach speaker was given the closef attention and was generously al: plauded. Mr. lenderson's referenc to the Booker Washington inciden produced an outburst of applause The speakers touched on the great no tional issues, shipl) subsidy, isthmian ca nal, so-called " expansion," the Phil ippines, and so on. There were no striking features o the speech'es, most of them being ver: like those delivered in the preliminarl campaign last summer, save for tih speech of 'Ex-Uovernor .John Garq Evans, who told plainly why he wa in the race again, touched up Mr. I.al imer by implication, recited his ow: political record and stated that tht people had taken four years to find out that he was right when he had told them that McLaurin was a Itepub. lican. lie also paid his respects tc Cuba and Cubans in no coprnlimeentary manner. Chairman W. If. (ibbbIw:, ,Jr., calledi the meeting to order amid thanked the ladies for their attendance. lie then warned all present that no disorder would be allowed and said, in introduc. ing the candidates, he would simply announce the speaker.s Mr. L,atimer was the first speaker, and at the outset he threw some bu qluets at Columbia, speaking of hem great progress and the activity in buildings, and predicted a greatet pr.gress In the future. He said that last summer there was an issue, but thatt does not now exist and all the aspirants are agreed to what they be lieve to be the best policy for the gov ernlent. There are no iasues in volved between them and it will be purely a matter of personal choice among voters, and said that lie had a ten years' record in Congress upon which he would stand or fall. lie de clared the war in the Philippine is lands had ,been conducted in cruelty and inhumanity. Our trade with the islands only amounts to $30,000,00(1 per year, and every other civilhzed pow. er has the same trailing privileges. We have already spent nearly $500,000,O0U on the islands, and are spending near ly $(i0,000,000 yea'"' on them yet, and still there are people who believe that we should stay there and murder the Filipinos, who ought to be inde pendent. It is said that we ought tc Christianize the people, but nowlhler in the Bible can be foundt a sentence requiring that religion should b( spread by the sword. If we hold thi( islands, next we will t,ant to conquel amnd finally annex all Asia. Becausi we are taking t.he same steps the Rb mans took and eventually he p)redicte( our dlownfall would he like theirs. N< Democrat is more of an expansionisi than himself, but,it is not necessary t< own foreign territory in order to ex temnd our commerce. We have treatiei whereby we can have the privilege of trade similar t,o that of other na tionis. Hie denounced the ship subsidy bill If $9,000,000 a year is given, it wil go to the rich owners of railroads an: st.eamship lines. The masses woull not be benefit,ed onie iota. The ril road corp)orat,ions are the greates .trusts in t,he world. They make ani unmake cities and towns and Stat,et We dlon't need subsidies to send( thm American flag all over the worldl flyin from American ship)s. This can Ib done by the repeal of the piresenlt mm rine laws, lie favored a tariff for res enue only, and would have a la whereby all corporat,ions shoul compelled' to show their books, so th: the trust problem cani be inatelligenti handled. Mr. Hlend(ersoni followed in a got speech, and said that all issues shioul be discussed manfully and calmly. I qluite an earniest andl eloquent. burst I d'(eclared that it was not necessary1 South Carolina in ordher to be progre sive to b)e a Republican. Let us5 1 progressive, but let us not cast asih the p)rinceipies of the D)emocratic part He (declared that some things hi been settled by the war and some cm never be settled except in the rig way. Slavery has been abolished ft ever in the country and the negro hi his rights, but that will never Booker Washington or any other his class to sit down at the same tal with a white man (applause a cheers). lie said lhe was sick of t phrases " Old South " and " N South." We are proud of the Sotl * and as8 tile union is one and indestri tible it must not be forgotten that * same is true of t,he States. lie dleclared that tiusts were the gitimate offsprmng of the Rtepublic tariff, and in the good old days of I SDemocratic tariff such a thling v never heard of. No one but the m bJatant demagogue would prate agai corporations because they are su but when they stifle competition oppose the pecople then it is time t they shoul4. be shorn of their powem IIn closing, he congratulated Colh N bia on its grand advance within the pa live or six years. lie spoke of his f ,l miliarity with Columbia and her tria and tribulations and referred to It presence in Columbia in 1870 whc the great 1lampton redeemed lt " State. IIe declared the people of Ck lunbia had a sacred trust committe es to; them--the remains of the grandel e man of the country, Wade IIamlptorl (Cheers and applause.) Col. George Jlohnstone made a pa '- thetic reference in the opening to 'e Confederate soldier boy who caimo int I- Columbia soon after Sherman's van y dals left, and had been a witness o t that terrible dlevastat,ion which hai e been visitedl upon the cit,y. From tha d (lay lhe had determined to aid th, - stricken inhabitants in regaining thei f homes and property. As time wen 11 on and he had larger opportunities h Ii knew of nothing that he had domc which was not to the interest of Colun t bia. 11e had voted for the college, - for the canal and in other matters for D the advancement, of this city, and h rejoiced with her people at the marvel Ois development. Mr. Johnstone was quite liberally applauded. lie then - proceeded to discuss the isthnrian - eanal, which he favored, arguing that it would build up the South Atilantic ports. The completion of that canal would give the control of the Asiatic trade, for every railroad line from the interior would be compelled by coin petition to do business throuclh South Atlantic ports. Build that canal and we will not have to ask for the investment of Northern capital, for it must come. Where is Columbia in this ma'ter ? If the canal is built the Congaree will become a necessity and we will have capital coining here to invest and ask to be allowed to participate in our prosperity. The improvement in river navigation will be hound to fol low. As to the ship subsidy, he op. posed it, on the ground that the sub sidized ships would still run to the ports noith of us in order to keep the trade in that section, and would thus still keep us in financial subserviency. Our mission in the P'hilippines should be one of peace and liberty and not of despotism. In concluding he said that inl our ,rosperity now it is easily seen that in the near future this city will contain 100,000 inhabitants, with her business increased a hundred fold. In this increased prosperity he would rejoice with her people. Col. William E'lliott made a vigor ois speech, touching his own record, and declaring against the ship subsidy. Ile had signed the pledge and would heartily support the platform of the party. lie complimented the people of Columbia greatly on the material progress nade in the city. IIe re ferred to the fact that he had once in a while taken a trip down the Congaree and he was struck with the adaptability of the river for navigation. He went somewhat into the history of the at tempts to inaugurate a boat line on tl river and the physical and other ob structions to successfully carry out the the idea. IIe next took up the splen did advantages of the South and of this State especially. le also spoke of his great interest in the river and harbor bill and showed what great benefit it brought to people living in coatt ports and cities on the rivers. Water transportation in many instances is the only one available. Ile declared that since boyhood he had always done iis dut,y to his State, mn war and in peace, and he had succeeded in ridding t,he coast of negro dlominiation. Look at the condition of the coast, now in comparison to what it was t,wenty years ago. Mr. Hlemphill was the next, speaker, and humorously referred in the outset t.o the bouquet,s thrown at, the ladies, saying that lie thought it was conceded that the Columbia ladies were the pich .of the flock of the country, andl that I Columbia was prosperous, and that, the I only drawback to New York was its I dlistance from Columbia. lie treated -the sUbjects of expansion, retentioi t of the Philippines, tariff and trusts in I a most entertamning manner, saying .that following t,he theory underlying e these questions if adlopted1 wouldl lea< g us away from the timne-hionoredl pri n 0 ciples of the D)emocracy. - Ex-Gov. Ryans said that lie ha< -ibeen in the campaign for the Senat< y against McL aurin aind hadl toldl thb a peop)le that McLaurmn was a Rtepubli ~t can. They had taken four years t, y find1 out what, lie had t,old them was ec lIe had known that lie waus right. UI d had been a reformer from principle eTHE FIRE OPENED AT SUMTElF ~ ST4IATE CAM PA IGN STANT'1' Ic ON A 1HIGH1 PLANE. 1Caidaittes I)enioiunce Commer mu ciil Demiocrnecy and1( Favor thr lit I)ispensary. ur- The initial meeting iin tire campaig for State olicers was held in the oper of hrouse at Sumter on the 17th ins lo Chairman J1. M. Enight called til ad meeting to ordeor and introduced tL: hie speakers, who addressed about 30 iw people. Lb Mr. M. F. Ansel was first intr ic- duced, andl expressed his leasuire hre meeting friends in Sumter. It, wi not the first time, he said, that Smr lo- ter had fired the first gun. There w an something prophetic, he hoped, in 11 lie making the first speech, HIe hoped ti: ,as meant first votes hero and first in ti ost race for Governor. Mr. Ansel said . nist had been connectedl with the legislati oh, andI judicial branches of the gover md Imont and no0w desired experience bat Ithe execut,ive department, lie wor ,confine himself to only a few of t mm- many interesting isnnes befre. the p st ple. le lati always been in favor o ,. the primary system. Is Mr. Ansel stated that he would a!. is ways favor appropriation.3 for the gal n laut old Confederate soldiers. lie re. ,o ferred to the true dignity of labor, and . was in favor of the best andi highest (I educational advantages to be given to it the citizens of our State. lie is an ad vocate of education, which makes bet ter citizens of us all; the burn ug, imi - portant question of the day, a living a question. lie would not d1o a single a thing to any institution that would pre vent any boy or girl from getting an f education. This is a duty we owe to the coiing generation, to ourselves t and to our country. AMr. Ansel then showed our duty in r caring for the brave old soldiers of L the Confederacy at length. lie spoke heartily in favor of good roads, show. ing the real meaning of this all im portant question. lie cited instances showing how this work could easily be done on the instalment plan. (Good schools, where children can be taught; good roads, where we can trot up and down hill, means very much, lie was in favor of the dispensary law, and in favor of enforcing this law. So with the law regarding trusts --let laws he just to all and let them be en forced. He does not believe all the great men lived in the past. This is the great, age, because It is the reading age. If elected, he would discharge his duty in the fear of no mai. Capt. I ). C. lleyward was next in troduced and was greeted with ap plause. lie camo here to make friends and was glad to see ,hat he had them. lie was born near Sumter. lie de. sired to say to the people of South Carolina that he was iunning for this ot!ice on his merits. 1le witted it in no other way. Ide has the kindest feelng for each oppouet. The peo ple demanded a clean, straight can paign. Ile was glad that he saw a united people. ''he conunon develop ment of our great and growing inter. ests was the task to continue to com pletion. From time to time the pec+ plc of South Carolina have expresse<i themselves upon the (dispensary law. lie regarded this as a settled fact and properly coducted as the best solution of the liquor question. lie compre hensively and brielly reviewed the past industrial problems of the South, and these should now be discussed. We of this party should discuss State is sues. I am a D)emocrat; indorse State and national platforms. Mr. IIeyward then discussed the child labor in factories. lie is opposed to children working in factories. Next session of Legislature should enact such a law, gradual in its operation, as to age. The speaker gave thoughtful reasons for this and was not, by any means, unmindful of the rights and interests of the factory owner or the operat,ives. Tile most important question before the people of South Carohina was the subject of education, lie was in fa vor of maintaining the higher educa tional interests, but the great question was common and public schools. Mr. leyward showed he had been one of the earliest movers in the sub ject of good roads and was still decid edly in favor of this great need. It was, in every one of its numerous be neticent aspects.--- educationally, so cially, industrially, religiously- --t was of sp)ecml importance. Goodl roads should1( also bring the plel of the town and count,ry together. A vital question is drainage of swamp andl lowlands. lIe referred to the hill pr'e sented to the last Legislature on this subject, and showed that t.his quest,ion mueaut much t,o land owners all over Sout,h Carolina. i i-en nial sessions of the L egislature met with Mr. iley. ward's endlorsemient. Congressman W. ,J asper Tal bert, followed in a speech t,hat was largely dlevoted to a vigoi'ous (denunlciation of the trusts, lIe also paid his~ respects to " C.omumercial I )eimocracy,"' and vigorously dleniounced any man or men who would come among us in the dis guise of a l)emocrat and preach lte publih)icanismi and t,hie (doctrines fost,ered by trusts and( mnopjolies. IIe would have nothmng to say about our junior I Senator for lie is dlead p)olitically. iIe favored liberal suipport of t,he colleges 1 andl the upbmiding of common schools. - The tax which white men pay should go to support, white schools and taxes .Paid by ne~groes should go to support schools for negroes. The dlispenisary .law was the best poss5ible solut,ion of the liquor question, le believed it should be enforced in Charlest,on, Columbia and Sumter and14 all ot,her places. Lieuteuant Governor Tillman is out, to tauke the scalp of Col. Talbert. Speaking .iiedliately alt.er himi, li 81a1( that Col. TPalbei't was evidlently a - candiidatte for Unit.ed Stat,es Seiiator, e judging from the way he went on about the trust,s. lIut, he would like to know, and so would the peopile, why Col. Tlalbert left the halls of Congress, a where he might, do some good, and of 1,. his own volition came dIown here e seeking the otice lie exp)ects to get. e The greater part of his speech was S(levoted t,o explanations of his ruling in the Senat,e on the Kibler bill and ~. his subsequent exposure by The State t newspaper. le charged 10111,01 s Gonzales with putting words in hiu ~. mouth lie never usedl, and appealed t,< ~s the Senate journal as the only recor< is of thme matter for his entire vilication is lie dleniedl haviing ever said tha ~e Speaker Hlendersoni andl Senator Fry ic had sustained his ruling. ve I)r. WV. II. Timmermnan came next n.- and saidl his record anid platform ar in well known. " I am the Cincinnatu Id of this campaign. If I am not ent,itle lie' to the high and honorable ollice I seel n. bot.h on my personal character an f oflicial record, then I am not entitled to your Votes.'' lie was always a Democrat. Maty whites are entitely too lukewarm upon the subject of ed Ucatiou, especially with an cducational clause in the sutirage. Was opposed to forcing the dispensary law upon any people who do not wan t a dispensary, unless such is already the case. He was opposed to trusts and combines. I''avored the reorganization of the su preme court of the IJit,ed States and wanted laws passed to provent, such monopoles antl establish a gratluated icome tax. Taxation conecrns all of us. Said there was no hope in the im mediate future for i reduction. In terest onl State debt must be met with borrowed funds. Taxes would neces sarily be incrcased at next, legislative session. All of the candidatos for (overnor favor good roads; the liberal support of colleges; liberal pensions for veter ans; improvoment, of 1ublic schools; the child labor law, anud the nainten alnce of the dispensary. They cond(lemnt trusts, and all are agreed on points of 1Democratic doclrine. 111,1, AItP A 'EUl' SICi 1AN Tlhe. 1)oc"IcrM (live Mll Alc r lIine andl ll l& s 1 1 -' itF'tiI lDreanms All Night. Atlatnla ('onstittition. If anyone else was concerned I would not write this sick letter, but it may benefit others who are similarly iflfected. I have been ia very sick maln and hardly expected to see my next birthday, which is today, the 1,4t, la bt. I have :,cuttled thl-oighi un am ow (In the up-grade. One of my far-away boys wired me to wot k on my sto!mtch and I would get well. lie might. as Well have wired: "c Keep on living and you will keep living oi." No, it wasn't the stomuach. it was I higher up where the left ventricle of the heart had got walled in and the trouble was what the doetor culls the angmna let;toria, and mily left arm was helpless. For two days and nights I suffordc more of real agony tlhatn I ever suffered in all my ife. Our docto boy was here from Florida, and knew ex actly what was the matt,r, and I took all his medicine, but, got, little relief, and I was willing to die to get out of pain. Finally he gave me torphine in both arms and I weut off to sleep and rest. Those morphine dreams and visions are always a miracle to me. I thought that in his talk about, my trouble he called it angelina pectoris, for I don'I. hear well 1ow, and I got the refrain ou my min<d, that pretty verse from Goldsmith's "c Ilermtit:" "Turn, Angelina-ever dear - My charmer turn to see, Thine own, thine long-lost William here, Restored to heaven and thee." Ever and anon I could hear it, raiii ing on the tin roof, but it didn't rain a drop. All night long I wts murmur ing " Turn, Angelina, ever dear." I couldn't stop it nor think of anything else to say, but I wasn't restored-next day I got so:ue better and as I hadn't taken any nourishment for three or four days I craved something acid, and like a foohli boy eat, ft 81ma1l1 piece of huckle berry pie foi supper, which they tol me not to do. That set the dogs to barking about mdnight and set me back just where I had been, and the doctor's work all had to he dotie over~ againi. Emetics and hot baths and hot, water bags and more morphinie finally b)roughlt relief. TIhat night aifter sutpper the yountg pecople had the dmiting table cleared offl and1( were playing that p)rett,y litt,le childish game called ping pong or ding (long or sitng song or Ilonig Konig, or some out,lais~ih nameil with itsi tinklitng balls, atnd so I got upj another retfraitn and1( watS murmulrinlg pinig pong, ding donog and1( ding dlontg hell all nuight,. One of my boys, who is always punning, t,old his mother that, huckleberry pie business was simply a case of too much pie-eaty, and1( they tried to mnak inme snile, but they couldn't. I was past all wit, and( humor and puns atnd jokes. But I am dotne with hucekleberry pie ando huckleberry cor<hIaI and Iluckle berry I'mtn and any other huckleberry. Otnly last, Saturday my only brot,her (lied siuddoenly of heart failure taway off from home. hIis time was not, oult, for he was neatrly t,went.y years younger than I atm, and1 now, ailasl I have no brot,ber, atnd 1he was al ways a goodl brot,ber to me. Jiut al tmost everyb)ody is threat.ened wIth heart failure now, and( so I am lookitng out, for it, but dlon't, want it, t.o conme along the Atngelinai line. TVhe heart is the most wond(erfutl and1( mysteri"us organi of our atnatomy. It is calledl the seat of affections, the dlesires, the emuo tions. T1hec organ of love and hat.c and1 joy, but it, is not. It is met,ioned( iln the Bible more than Six huadred times, andl always ini ionnlctionI with outr goodl or bad traits, but, it has not,hmtg to do with feelitng or emotion or character. 1L is nothing but, a fleshy, pulpy organistm, a muechianicail contrl van1ce, and1( has t,o be carefully nursed The.Woe GreateSt,~ Cre for Malaria A X b'r gli formb, of Malariat noison-. n o take Johnson's cht andPever Eont. is taitof MadlrIal poilnon h ityce.Jr bi(o8x1 meoaniittsery and uaitre. locxtmii es1(can'tocure Malarial polisoningo * ho anttdote (or It in JOHPNSOsgB TONIC. 9et a bottle to-day. 3ne aEssi tEts or it will rebel. It is the engine tha drives the whole anatomtical maclune If overworked or overfed with ice of tobacco or anything else it will wort on faithfully until it can't work any longer, aid then gets dIiscour"aged aut dies suldIenly at its post. The book says that but little was known to medie:il science concei rnmlt the heart until the eighitmouth century, and that within the last fifty years many books have been wIitten, and now no part, of the humai system Is better un(terst(od or lore satisfactorily treittel. The :lisease called angina pectoris, is decled to le the mnost dnIgerous to which it is subject be cause of its distiessin. pain and a sense of inpendiiig death. If I had read that while I was -.uffering I should have surrendered1, but tle doctor wouldn't tell me nor let nIe read it. lIe says it is better to minify rather t.hani lagilif)' the apprehensions of his patients. Iiut the yotn,g peolIte ought to be tolId, told of-ten and earnestly, that they cii't I'ool with the heart. A boy who slokes cigarettes on the 81y is storiig ilp trouble that will surely :onte litille and bap his rianhood anI ihortcn his life. This is .i( well known int(v that good muen will not employ boys who smoke. ( )ne vice calls for tiiother and it news manager told ime he other day tIlut one of his newsb( ys kipped some of his patrons eveiy wveek so as to have a paper or two to tel I alnd1 get loney to htiy cigiretles. >f course lie discharged him. I t is pleasant enterLattlent to listen o a doctor tell his varied experiences intl this one uttered a truth the other lay that ought. to f provoke scii ous .houglit. in every parent's b osom. lIe says that his greatest, fte in the treat ni,nt of diseases of children is their ilisobedlience, to theit foarenits and it is nost, generally the lm(t.her's fault. l'hey will do things awl eat. things It,l tre forbidden, hit. she Ives the ittle dears so much she overtlooks their Iisobedlienee and so when they get sick they will not take the pllysiciin 's miedicisies without. force or it struggle, id if the doctor is not there to frlce it the nther lets the tiia pass rather than hear the screams or erie , of the child. Not hatf the partent5 enforce obedienee from their children. Ilrompt and willing obedlienlce sholi b: the first lession taught a child. 'l'heiI happiness depends uptn it alnt so dIes Lite mother"'s peace. We ol.fashioned people have but little patience Wit lilt generation that i tryiig to refori the %orld with new iiiitliod- -aioiishing the ways of thei forefathers--raising children on lovt instead of disciplino, and filling aill the schools In the land with athletic sport: and iiitercollegiato contests. What honor, what nanliness, is there inl kicking a ball or batting one or wrestl ing or rowing i boat? 'I'hese sporlt have gotten to be the most imnportani part of the curriculum and fill the daily papers with pictures and thrilling re ports of the gaines. It is Ill au t"ig;nis fatuus " that fools the boys and makes them think they have acquired on edu i:ation. When they went to college their parents had fond hopes of them --when they comie out that hope is ;one, for they are unlit for business or Llte duties of life. While I was half recovering from the morphine state I got to ruminating ,tbGut the value of thiigs and I com piaredl good health and omIestic hiappl.i. uess atnd t,he love and (devot,ion of wifle antl children with fame and power andt wvealthi and ambition, and the very thought, of theni sickoned me. I wouldn't give a good shower of rain just now for Roosevelt, and aill lie has 00o or evetr expcts to be. JBut I Jove lRoosevelt b)ecause lhe hates Miles, and I lovo Miles because lhe hates Rloose velt and I despise t,hemi bot,h --"' Turni Angelina "'--ping pong. And last, of atll caine Satan. They)% aire foir wvar. They kill a thousand negroes to our one. They iiake a land tdesolate anti call it. pea~tce. They have t,ramupled the love of libert,y in th.e dlust and all for Ilst of' power aiit peace. A woman from Kasnsas City sends mne a patper with a speech of a Glrand Army of the Itepublic oratfor on IDe corationi Day, in wvhich be says t,hat, lie wishes every CJonfederate mnonument, was biuried ini the bottomiless ocean andt other vindict,ive thiings, and she wants me t,o answer it.. No, it is 1no use. That Grantd Army of the Ilepub lie is full tof jiust, such 'onitempi~tblle creat,ures and I can't aniswer t,hem all. It, is a staninmg curse to the peac'e of the land. I se0 t,he ball roll on. Tu'rn Angelina---ping pong, ding dlong, (ing donig bell. We will survive the wreck of matter andt t,be crush of worlds. And so I went, olf to sleepi murmur ig, there is no Girandl Ariiy. It, is ai t,wo for a nickel or ftmr to onei con;cern. If I couldn't fight, better than that I'd~ apologIze and hide out. Somo of t,hen dtown here im Atlanta would like tc make friends, but they have novel apologized and the way they do re minds me of the old coutplet: "I know that you say that you love men But why did you kieck me dowa stairs'. Plug - -pong- dumg---don~ --Turn Angelina-wish I was well enough t wor'k in liy garden., ii t.L A nr'. We beg to call at tnitlin to thle advertist ment of the Metdical College of V irginlh which apipearst in ainotheor column. Tfhos iiiterested should senid for catalog and ii formation to the registr ir. CASTORIA For Infaints and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bougl Der he The World's Grea For all forms of fever take JOHNN II. is 100 times better than quinine at nine cannot do in 10 days. It's splei feeble cures made by quinine. COSTS 50 CEN CONVERSE . A I1igh-(rade College for Won of At I. 1(dllocution. For (;ataloge a ROB'T. P. PELL, Pres ST A'T', NEIWS A N I) N()T'1'N. The chinch hug Is making its ap. I)erance on the corn in several see. tl(ons of Chestertield County. I "nmense uia tit ititi of graite are being shippe(d from q uarries about (Co luambia to P-ernandina, P''a., for gov ernnent, jetties. ('hester is going to buibl another school house, the presenlt one built in I8112 at a coal. of $12,000 being insuIli cient for the accoInmodation of the children. Th'lle commllene'meIt IeXeri'(sea of the South Carol inn A illary Acalemly will take place in ('harleston, .1une :10. 'lhi Irty-seven cadets are in the graduat ing chass. RIeginald II. Gritlilh, a former pro fessor of F'urman Iliiiversit i, has been elected instruclor of Ienglish in the UIniversity of Texas over tmore than f0 comlpetlto s. lIxte)Sive forest tires raged for about at weekc in tho neighborhood of Laittle Ai ,r.ntain, Newherry County. The tire was left in the woods by some herry pickers. The State hospital for the Insane is in great :eed of muore room to accoml modlate its patients. The board of re.. gents is trying to inake some arrange. iubit to mleet the tecessity. Sumt r Is arranging for a big tire menl's tournamentoni t.ho 25tl and 2''6 I of this Imontl. N any prizes ate ilered to contt1;s'ants and re(duelce rates granted on all raulroadls. (Gen. I.eroy F. Youmanu will he in charge of the attorney general's olice until Sept.ember I while Attorner Gten eral lellinger and Assistant Attorney General (GIunter are conlducting their respective campaigns. The comptroller general is now send ing out checks to the beneficiaries of the artificial limh fund provided by (he General Assembly for one-armod and one.legged Confederate veterans. i:ach of the beneliciaries gets $22.1a8, Theodore Kohn, a prominent ier chant of Orangeburg and father of August Kohn, the well knowri news. paper correspondent, died at his home on Motday night. Mr. Kohn was 62 years old andI leavui a widow and seven children. At the instance of Coigrestmen .Johnson, T1albert and Latimer the United States governmenat has sent t,wo surveyors fr'om thle agricult.ural dlepartmient to investigate soil condi tins ini Abbe)vill, Andterson,Gen wood andl Laurens coutnties. Mrs. .Julia Anerumn D)avidson, a granddaughter of Colonel William WVashington, first cousin of George WVashington, died) at her home in Chi-. cago, hi' Tesday, aged 87 years. She' was ini Charleston whenm Lafayette waIs entertaiiied there in 1857. T'he Idgelield Coutnty D)emocratie executive comminittee has dCcideOd to zillow the countty dlispeniser to be voted for in the primary election. This ac tion is cotitraty to the itntructionis of the State ciontion, but is said to be approved by the great majority of IEdgefleldl people. Th i rty-th ree yountg womenOt were graidutat,ed from Winthrop last week antd received their diplomas from C. A. Woods, of Mariotn, a t,rut,ee of the college. Ti'wenty-one others were givenu certtilcates for hlavmng comp llet,ed sonic of the itndustrial courses. The en rolment for the p)aat year reached 459. The State board of equalizatton of railroad properly has fixed the valua tIOtn of all railways for next year. The actual increase onm valuationl of tenl lines Iam~ounts iln roundio nutmbers to a half million dollars. Three new lines were also assessedl amountmig to O'I, 500) in the aggregate. TIhe valuations of all other roadls were left the same as last year. Mrs. Mary II. Meltotn, widow of the late Judge Samuel W. Melton, died last week at the home of her sister, Mrs. D)r. 0. A. Da)r by, ini Columbia. Mrs. Melton has for thle past, few years Sbeeni making her home in Charleston, wit,h h1er chie(st, soni, Lawson D). Mel. Lon. She was a dlaughtter of the late Joshua I). (oore, of Yorkville, an marrted .Jutdge Melton in May, 1857. SShe wits about, 65 years of age. VTe many friends of Chief Justic< Melver will be delighmted to learn tha lie is rapily improvitig under th treatment received at a Savanna1 hospital, and( it Is stated that he wi return home In a week, ready to re sutme hIs duties in the supreme couri SiIe first went to Johns Hocpkins ft treat,ment of a sore on his tongue an received little encouragement, but Lih Savannah treatmenlt seems to hav been sucessful. best Fever Medicine. ON'S UHILI and FEVER TONIC. id does in a singlo (lay what slow uf idid cures are in etrikingoontrast to the ITS IF IT CURES. ,... COLLEGE, u'n. Conservatory of Music. Schools clliress ident, Spartanburg, S. 0. Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Don't Know it. How To Fin4 Out. Fill a bottle or common glass with your water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a sediment or set. fling indicates an unhealthy condi lion of the kid. neys; If It stains your linen it Is evidence of kid ney trouble; too frequent desire to pass it or pain in the back is also convincing proof that the kidneys and blad der are out of order. What to vo. 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 realizcd. It stands the highest for its won derful cures of the most distressing cases.l If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists in 50c. and$l. sizes. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful discovery and a book that tells more about it, both sent l{ u++ absolutely free by mail, " addi ess Dr. Kilmer & nome of swanp.oof. Co., l3inghamton, N. Y. When writing men-. tioli ,ading this generous offer in this paper. i-1KENS RAILROAD TiE TABLE No. 2. Y'Suap rsdulces 'T'ine 'i'able No. 1. Ef. fauctiva' 1":i51 A. Mt., l'eb. 1st., 101. iciad D )ow n. -itd Up. No. 10. STATIONS. No. 9. Mixvd- Mixed. A I1:4u a Im...7v.Pi, cns Ar.2:55 p u 10:45 a m........*Ferguson's.........2:45 p m 10:55 a m...........*Parson's..........2:30 p mn I 1:00 a mt...........*Ariall's............2:25 p mn 1 i:05 a in..........*Mauldin's..........2:20 p m i1: I5 a in........A r Ensley Ly.......2:15 p m i. 12 STATIONS. No. 11. M_xed._' Ifixed. 4:00 p i ......1v. Pickens Ar.... 6:40 p m 4:05 p m........ *lc rguson's........ 6:30 p mn 4:1 p m.......... *P arson's........ 6.15 p m 4:20 p m...........*Arinil'a.......... 6:10 p m 4:25 n..........M aialdin's....... 6:05 p a 4:40 p n.......Ar Easley Lv....... 6:00 p mt All trainas daily except Sunday. No. 10 (onnemcts with Southterns Railway No. 331. No. 9 Connects with Soutbern Railway No. 12. No. 12 Connects with Southern Railway No. i1. No. 1i Connmects with Southern Railway No. 34. MilFor any information apply to J. T1. TAYLOR, General Manager. THE YOUNGBLOO.D LUMBER COMPANY AUGUSTA, GA. O 111ca AND WORKS, NORTH AUGUSTA, B. 0 -nrs Sash, Blinds and Builder's Hardware. FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING AND INSIDE~ FINISHING LUMBER IN GPCORGIA PINE. All correspondence given prompt at tention Why Not Save The Middle-'Man's Profit? The McPhail Piano or Kindergarten Organ direct to the buyer from fao tory. Write me If you wish to buy an Organ or Piano, for I can save you .e.Itravel South Carolina, and , Uid be pleased to oall and show you my Pianos and Organs. A postal card will bring me to you. L. A. MIcCORD, Lauren., - - South Caroli. H..i AYNEtSWORTU, 0. R. RODINSON 1L. W. PAUIKR, Plckens, 8. 0 Greenville, 0. 0. H aynesworthi,Par'ker & BbIinson, Attorneyu-at-I.aw, L Pickens C. H., - . Mouth Carolina a Practice in all ourts. Attend to a 1 niniesa promptly. I gg"'Money to loan. Y ured in thirty tosi xy daya rnn Ten days treatment FREEII. Wol e glad to have name S UU of all suffering with Drop_Ds COO . LLUM DRPYM - e GINE 00., 812-1d Lowndee Building, Atlanta, Ga,