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lan e o + VOL. VII1. ' [{peeg^Mi i ' consn^oei 1 , il Do not think for n sinnln 'i moment that consumption will . ever strike you a sudden blow. t It does not come that way. It crpcps its way along. (i / 1 First, you think it is a little y + Cold; nothing but a little hack- . j ing cough; then a little loss in !l weight; then a harder cough; then the fever and the night ^ sweats. r The suddenness comes when o you have a hemorrhage. .1 Better stop the disease while it is yet creeping. j v ^ You can do it with t ?jcllerry | k|L ^?u ^rst ,': it y?u '1 17 cough less. The pressure on 1 ,, PJt the chest is lifted. That feeling r of suffocation is removed. A cure is hastened by placingonc of 11 \t Dr. Aycr's Cherry |s f Pectoral Plaster e over the Chest. i h< A Book Free, I \ It is on the Diseases of the I a ') Throat and Lungs. p I Write um f~rorjy. I . > R If vi.ii invo imy . omplnlnt trlift'.v.r H , H ninl ilmtri- til" t?">l ln< ili< :il a'lvlrn \ oil il rnu |>usillily writ" tortor JH } | H| fri-Hy. You w ill r-< i'iv.1 a |ir<'in|>l rvjily t? 1>K. j"e. A\I.K.V.on.11, M.is?.^^/tf| W . ^ _ | li We * Make m A Specialty ?' Of Pvinfiner x A "luiiibOOOO [| NOTE IIKADS. LETTER HEADS, * ENVELOPES, L HILL HEADS, I(1 n STATEMENTS, ! ti PROGRAMS, p PAMPHLETS, '] / MIN PTES, ? ii CIRC I'LARS. n POSTERS? I Jin fact, everything done in a i P j'irst'b] ass (iflice. 11! Enterprise | Publishing * Company, j | LANCASTER, S. O. f A i^cvv lot of New J ljme sewing ma- [ $ 'pt; nn lmrwl nt tViic . ^ - V * * ? V% V4 Ml V %1 A I KJ J] fi ii Ii you Paid 3 ubscription to y ~WRRRISE ? I \ i ASTE LANCASTER, TEE MIL INVESTIGATION. j dumber of Damaging Facts Brought Out Yesterday, MEAL EXPLAINS. iurpi Siiiiim Paid Him as Penitentiary Superintendent l'naccuunted For. reerxvillo Daily Now* Columbia, March II).?The pententiary investigation to day deeloped material evidence. J. II. Watson swore that 011 March , 181)0, ho signed a contract with lie penitentiary tor thirty con lets. On the same day he con rai ted with W. A. Neal tor the estoration of his plantation to ?eal tor $11,000. to tic paid tor in 2,000 installments. with interest. ; Neal and Watson had a private! ontraet that Itie convicts werc-to e paid for and used entirely by ' i ea I. The State has not. received any ay whatever tor convicts under j hi, '07 and 'OS, although the "0(i nd '07 aecounts are credited as | eiug paid. They were really paid i nh notes discounted by the en 1 ors-ment ol W. A. Ne.il, super iiteudent. I he notes were made I y the two Uagsdale, torenien ol he farms, and were discounted .ifhout any knowledge or conr?iit of the penitentiary manage I lent. The notes average if2,000 ach The '08 account is open. Wat- i cii says lie made the labor con- I ract with lull assurances that j WolIM til.ike tilt) -ft t It'll!.-II t s ml believed that ho had done so. Iti 1MM5 NVill being sick, Wat : 11 sold tho crop, and alter tak !ig out Ills annual payment not a eeeipt Iroin Neal tor $1,4 do, hich was supposed to go to settle lie convict lure. It was never! a used. 'Micro is a good deal on these nes. J. J. Fretwell sunt a re-| elpt tor $d50 lor oats piild last . tpril, which money the pemteniary has not received. Contractor Fowler showed a raft for $500 made on him by leal, which was paid, and tlie enitentiary lias received none of his. W. <v>. Hammond paid his aeon nt lor $S5C by ten day draft, rhich was paid. Hammond's $800 and Fowler's 500 were deposited on th *ne ay?$81'J of this was cred, r\ lie two accounts at the pe, iary and js'5110 to Colonel J, s ersonal account. At the afternoon session Coloel Meal said that when he left i Lnderson he owed Watson $0,000 n installments and tried to pay t hack. Kagsdale, the farm foreman, became dissatisfied and the ontract by which he again asunied charge of the farm was to acify Kagsdale. He, Meal, said hat ho owed the penitentiary for lie three yeau' convict labor. !e said that he had made Watson en payments of about $0,000 on he $ I 1,000 debt and that the only eason he had not paid anything n the convict account was that he farm had not made it, but hat he was still liable to Watson or the convict hire, and Watson o the state under his contract. The Kagsdules whose notes vero discounted with his endorsencnt as superintendent, to pay ne accounts on the penitentitary ooks had no responsibility. The 1,400 receipt, he said, was for! noney he paid out in Anderson or farm expenses and lie mildly ntiinated thnit ho did not know osv it was signed W. A. Neal uperintendent, hi \ ho 'id not eny it. lieforo taking a r ^ess the one ther item touched iikon was the 'owler draft for $50(1 which was aid in 1805. llo sanLthat he ecoived this money an*J had o \ REN 8EMI-WEEKLY. S. C., SATURDAY, M placed it to his personal account and used it for expenses. He j had periodical settlements with the penitentiary as to these items ot expense, traveling and otherwise, hut that lie had had no set tlement since this payment was made, therefore there was no' record or credit of this on the. penitentiary hooks. The investigation will he re- snmed tomorrow and it is likely ! that a recess will he taken so that | an investigation can he made on j ^ private lines. I Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup pro-,^ vents consumption. One fifth i.. the deaths in cities is from con j ^ sumption, caused hy neglected M1 colds. Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup a 1 , p was cures colds. TIMES HAVE CHANGED. !" I ai VL'IIV caiiai ? ? mu Mi.....".- ' I' ? ?ii< < umri Hi UIYI l',r I IU.>i ' i:XTKNl)KI) TO SUM ATOK .W TILLMAN. ' r i O 1 I! All of the-Congressional Tal ly Delight flit' Home Folks Ilv , ' ll 'I heir IJenial Manners and' Cloqucnt Speeches. Times certainly have cl/ 'aged, j ^ Hut a lew short years ago/.nyono i who would have suggester a ban ' quet to. Senator Tillman would.' have been considered a lit subject I pf tor the lunatic asylum. Hut on j yesterday he was received most^C cordially and was cheered as it , he had been the idol ot the people (' of Columbia. Such an event ?' proved beyond peradventurethat w peace and unity does reign among ?r the people of Columbia ' he entertainment of the <ena- " tor and his party was a sponta-j^ neons evidence of appre iation n on the part of the business men ' of Columbia. Over 250 men sub scribed toward paying expenses : and yesterda>"!mfternoon those I d who had hold aloof applied for tickets and over 100 additional ** had to be printed. The visiting congressmen were w Representatives .J. II. Lewis, of Washington; W. 8. Cowherd, of Missouri ( J.J. Showater, of Perm- t( sylvania; John Shafroth, of Colo- n rado ; Israel Waterhouse, of Mas- P sachusetts; J. A. Connoly, of a' Illinois. From our own state were Senator Tillman, Congress- a men Wilson, Norton and Latimer. w The following ladies accompanied the party. Mrs. B. R. Tillman, ei Mrs. Latimer, Mrs. Norton, Mrs. *1 Connoly, Mrs.Shafroth, Mrs. Cow- d herd, Mrs. Showater, and Misses I H Latimer and Norton and Mrs. |d Waterhouse, who is a native of j u Statesville, N. C. The reception was appointed h for o'clock, hut before t.hut tionr a a groat crowd assembled at thu n hotel aud called tor speeches.!8' There wore loud calls for Tillman, lie responded, but excused him- w self from making a speech on the ground of illnoss. Congressmen J. Hamilton Lewis, Cowherd and Cl Connolly mado short speeches, n The latter had been to Columbia i? Kefore, that he was with Slier-, an's army, but he said that the! nospitality of the people now was i much more agrooable now than I v then.? | a Congressman Wilson made a^g stiring speech, lie spoke glowingly of Columbia's future and re- i< ferred to the fact that sectional strife *as now at an end. Theie were again calls for I * TER ~-V- Win J ARCH 11, 1899. Absolutely Makes the food more d< HQVAt BAKIWQ PO tor Till in a. i?, who responded, nngratulating Columbia on her right proxpeets. lfe sai<l : U1 |l ^>ny thanks," he said: i **nr done mv duty. ColU B C ' J ^^5Ta is in Sff..o 0 C irolina. not outh Carolina in Columbia, and rorn the bottom of my heart I ongratulate Iter upon her good mil nt>." ' (/ongressmeti Latimer, Showal ?r and Waterhouse m.ade short ddresses expressive of their upreeifition of the hospitality 'low 11 them. The banquet v is served at ID 'clock at the Gran i < ?ntral. Mr. \Vr..Sh.ui'l presided and Mr. hney welcomed the quests in a appy speech. The following were the tea.-': nd responses : "Manufacturers as a source of ealth," Congressman Showater. "The old and the new South," onjjressman Cowherd, of Misuiri. "The American soldier," Con ressnr Conally, of Illinois.. "The iiftv fifth congress," hv dngressman .1. Hamilton Lewis, F Washington. I le is connected .... . . - i mi .->?>11rri i ?roi- |. .ng de ended from (Jov??rnor 11amil ton, ml li?? thoroughly charmed the anquoters hv his eloquence, mce coming on this trip he has ?ceived . information from the ivernor of Washington stating tat his certificate of re-election ad been signed. First reports inicated his defeat, but the count lowed hini ro-electmj by a small lajority. "The United States ('ongress" as responded to by Congressman haforth, of Colorado. "South Carolina" was responded i by Senat-o.* Tillman, who was ?ceived with tremendous aplause. Among other tilings he lid : "We have a state of which we re proud. Von have a city of ' K i /? h U7n Iwinn ti\ coa mu roln n<v kit VI* ?f v liv; p V l< ' O W ili(?I Vyll I 11^ :eadily to the front.It is not necssary to discuas the occasion of lis assembly. I have simply one my duty. I am glad that you re willing to honor nie. Let the ead past bury its dead, and let s move forward together. I congratulate you that one alf of these visiting gentlemen re Republicans and that there L ow less sectional feeling than ince the war. (('beers). 'I ho la-;t. toast was "Columbia,' diich was eloquently resp >ndt?<] j by Congressman Wilson. This ended the banquet. The ongressional party left this lorning via\the Suith Carolina ml (loortria ^or Chalestou.?Dai t Evening ^ionl. i Mi . l)r. Bl Nj'r,,P i* ?! ory efli' -dy. For cough? nd f M equal. It if ".hildren. Foi ugh it i? / ( . Bam, PoWDEw Pure elicious and wholesome GERMANY'SFRIENDLY FEELING. ~1 Admiral Vnn niwlriclu ^?< - ded Jl?\ause He Have Offense to the ,ttniericaiis at Manila. ' Herlin, ."Vfa^ch 6.?A high nfJi? >;?.! of the Gerikany na.'y depart-** ment has infornmd the cvr re-pon Int here nt the /mHOciaied 1'res. that t he a ppnintme IVi ?iee | Henry of Prussia, brot. Kmperor William, to the ? ^Lnd i of the lva?*t Asiatic squadr. % : l)"en considered l'?r month? j and was finally decided Upo Iheinix the nnett available, t 'emperor d'-iriinr to show thoi I American people that he is thorfriendly to theui, knowim that Prince Henry ih popular i j the I mted .States. W llWIl I W? *1 -1 .. .. i?i% wiuviai icin iru was asked if the appointment Wu equivalent to the disgrace of Admiral V.dii Diedrichs, ho said : "Not exactly. If Adinira' "* 'Diedrichs had shown mor< | last sumin.'r before Man i would iindouiably?tiavo boo <bi live <>f good result-- all ? <)ui governnient, unfortu : was advised too late of a I of occurrences before ! none of which was really taut, tint they showed gra o| tact upon Admiral Vc richa's part. The main was that Admiral \'<?r was insuUiciently garding mternatio. ges in sucli a delic Consequently, he on : movements, drill aim ' practice, as if elsowl ju blockaded port, thu | distrust on the part of ! : " leans. The air ve is 'impo1 inn th first Uerma mission that there 1 trouble between (je. Americana in Manila b first regularly appointed G naval attache at Washington, Kebeur Peschwit/., starts for a York tomorrow on board North German Lloyd stean Lahn, which sails from Ifremen. i m "A SITTING ANGEL." The Design lor the JWonumc"* Late Winnie Davis. Richmond, Ya., March 9.desinn ot tlit* statute to beer* in Hollywood over the gr ' Miss Winnie Davis, "the I tor of the Confederacy chosen ami approve^ b> vis. I I ho design, which is by Zol ; jof .New \ork?ia the figure 01 i, Hitting angel: 11 is to bo of I ta tan marble hti'I will be oreetei I by the Daughters of the Conf eracy. 1 The rice crop in the low( ' of the state has been aerie ' ,jure*l by the freshets. *"'4 ' Vr*vorth heet in*.