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the gmttvifi QAvtrtim* PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY. ON 33 HOLLAR ? C. u ?> .i.J_? ????? ?????!? TAKE AWAY THE PROFITS. A 1*L A N TO I'< >lM I, V IU /.I. THE DIS PENSARY. Own. Farley Arum-. Agaliuit the Profit Feature?One of the etiler Obatruo tiouN to tho '.ni.i ? Mr the Dlapeii' nary System. Now 'that the dispeusary law has been In operatlou for eome time, aud has been subieeU d to the criticisms of tho pulpit, the press, tho peoplo and tho courts? including both lawyers und Judges?it would seem that we ought to have arrived at something like, h definite opinion or conclusion, and be ablo to discuss the question, both intelligently aud dispassionately, with a view onlv to the good that can be accomplished by it, and tho per manent settlement of the liquor ques tion, and not for the sake of mere ar gument or controversy. Being an oc casional contributor to the press, and to your paper, this Is the standpoint from whioh I write, and as I have never been an advocate of strict pro hibition, this dispensary law as it now stands, or any of tho forms of hlgii or low license, but still realize the <Vlls of an ill-regulated liquor traffic, I hope that I can treat the matter somowhut impartially. Of course in discussing the dispensary law as It now standB, wo must make allowance for tho fact that it was passed at tho end and in the confusion of a closing session, when the Logislaturo seems to have recoilod from the passage of an Iron-clad pro hibition law, and to have, substituted, as a compromise measure, tho dispen sary law, without having lime to con sider it, in all its bearings, or perfect it in all of itsdetails. Thoso had neces sarily to bo loft for time and subsequent legislation to Bottle, and thoroforoas the day for tho mooting of tho General As sembly is approaching 1 hopo that this article will not be considered inappro priate, or ill-timed. Keeping in mind tho fact that a ma jority of thoso voting on tho question in the last primary (who, however, were not a majority of the, wliolo voters, white or black,) demanded prohibition of some character, still if called upon to say what I bolievo to bo the senti ment of tho intelligent voters of the State on this question I should answor, " that while tho public are convinced from both observation and experience that prohibition, with drug stores for dispensaries, has proven a failure, still it demunds a better regulation of tho liquor traffic, or prohibition of some kind or character. I believe also that the thinking public, although it roalizos that tho dispensary law is imperfect, has become convinced that it is decreasing tho consumption of liquor and intemperance, and there fore tho law has come to stay, at least until it has been fairly tried and proven to bo a failure This hob", truo wo might as well mn'r? up Our minds to oboy tho popular sentiment, or tho will of tho majority, und com mence to carofully consider the provi sions of tho law and its proper amend ment with a view to giving it a fair and impartial trial, and if possiblo to make it n final success. A very large proportion of our peoplo uro interested in this question purely from a moral standpoint, and entirely free from whut we cull party or partisan politics. Tho most striking, important and distinguishing feature about tho law, is that the State government in obe dience to tho demand for prohibition, has taken tho liquor traffic into its own hands, and bus undertaken to regulate its sale and use through its own offlcors and appointees. I believo it Ib generally conceded by its oppo nents, and by tho courts, that under tho law and former decisions thereon, it has a right to do this as a prohibition, or police measure, as tho traffic is acknowledged to bo fraught with evil and danger to the public health and morals. The main aud only quostion now be oro the courts, tho Legislature and the people is whether the law as it now stand is in compliance or har mony with tho fundamental law?the constitution of the land?and also whether it complies with the popular demand for prohibition of some char acter. Wo may well leave tho legal ques tion with the courts, where it is now being tested, and come down to tho main question before the Logislaturo and the people, which may bo stated as follows: 1st. Does tho law comply with the public demand for prohibition? 2nd. Should the State, in the exer cise of its right to regulate and con trol the liquor traffic, either as a po lice or prohibition measure, make it a source of revenue or a means of taxa tion on its people V Tho answer to tho first question is tl that while tho law may not be strictly prohibitive, except as to certain per sons, it is sufficiently so to satisfy the present demands of tho public, and moreover can bo easily amended so as to place additional restriction around tho sale aud purchaso of liquor. Tho answer to the second question is not so oasy. Tho idoal and fundamen tal principlo of taxation in this coun try is that "all taxation should bo uni form." This principle is violated in every special tax or tariff, which has eventually to bo paid by consmnors and falls unequally upon the tax-payers. It has long been one of the chief com plaints of tho Democracy against Re publicans when they violated it for protection uako, or ovon in a tariff for revenue, it is not uniform. In all such taxes tho poor are mude to pay as much as the rich man. If tho dispensary Hhould realize as great a profit as its most ardent advocates contend, thon the consumors, who are mainly tho poor pooplo, would to a certain extent be paying tho taxes of tho rich by tho reduction of taxes on their property. This would be particularly true in this State, becauso tho Conservatives will not to any largo extent pntronizo the dispensaries, which will have to bo supported by tho Reformers who re present more largoly the poorer poo plo. Railroads, banks, factories and other corporations with their largo capital drink no liquor, and every such reduction of taxation, by profits.on liquor made out of the massos, would reduce thoir taxos, as well as tho taxes of fcheeo who do not drink. Is thero not great danger that whon thoy onco reallzo this by tho success of the dis ponsary as a system of taxation, and as a moans of raising rovenue for the State, that they will become its most ardent advocates and that it may lie ham to get rid of?if it doos not become as corrupting its infiuonco ns tho Louisiana lottery or tho Republican high tariff laws r Is thero not danger also, if it is to bo inado a money-mak ing machine that it may some time, or undor somo administration, with its largo profits and largo mimbor of em ployes, bo inado tho moans of por Iiotuatlng tho power of a party whioh ias bocomo corrupt, as experience has shown that all parties are likoly, if not certain, to become. This matter of profit is what Induces all tho viola tion of our tariff and revenue laws and is but a premium for illicit traffic and adulteration. It is exact I v what has beaten down prohibition horetoforo and made the success of the drug fctoro.t as disponsarios an impossibility. It iu the love of monoy (or profit) that is the root of all ovfl. There is no doubt that tho dlsponsary law has, t-ome good feature*, and is doing, and undor proper regulations can be mado ; to do, much good, but from this stand- ( point I am afraid the profit or revonue i,rtturo cannot bear a close analysis or investigation and be successfully de fended. Then again, the question naturally ariooH, why should the State adopt this indirect system of taxation and what excuse or necessity is there for It V Why not ?eil the fie,nor at cost with expenses added and leave the money In the hands of 'the people, to be paid out in taxes, it may be, but under a more uniform eystem. This would accomplish the same pur pone, for "money saved is money made," as (foor Richard said. Everything con sidered, it seems to me that it would be best to eliminate the profit feature and sell the liquor for cost, with only so much added as may be necessary to pay the expenses of bringing, keeping and Belling it, or to maintain the dis pensaries on an economical footing. Besides meeting the objections to the law, as indicated above, there is also, it seems to me, certain advan tages to be gained by such a course, all of which I recapitulate, without much discussion, as they are mostly self vident. 1st. To eliminate the profit feature would be to eliminate also the consti tutional question now before the courts as to the State making a monopoly for profit of the liquor traffic, because no one questions its right to control the traffic as a prohibition or polios measure. 2nd. It will relieve not only the State of the oharge of monopolizing the trade for her owu benefit, out also the various dispensers of being engaged In a business not countenanced by 'he church or aoclety iu general. 3d. Under proper management it would furnish the best and purest liquors for the lowest price, and In this way save " tho profits " to the peo ple. 4th. It would eliminate the " blind tigers," as tho State buying at wholo saio could make it unprofitable, as well as unsafe to broak the law. 5th. Tt would make tho employment of a large constabulary to watch tho "blind tigers" and other people un necessary, as thoro would bo but llttlo inducement to break tho law, for good, pure liquors could bo bought moro cheaply from tho State than elsewhere. Oth. It would bo a fair test of both the prohibition and dispensary laws. 7th. With proper regulations and restrictions in regard to salaries, It would satisfy tho prohibitionists and eliminate tho liquor question, for the present, from polities. 8th. It would avoid the inducement or necessity to ovorrldo tho local op tion law, and forcing dispensaries on unwilling communities in order to make the law a success financially, and It is probable that it would then be ac cepted without objection. 9th. It would then become roally and truly a roform measure in every sense. Writing from tho standpoint of a reformer, as I have heretofore said, I consider the reform movement as al ready a success so far as all of its original and essential planks or fea tures are concerned, and If wo aro now, to hocomo responsible for the dispen sary, >xa wo m"st be, because It was passed by a roform Legislature, let us maae It moot the demands of both tho reformers and prohibitionists and give it a fair trial on its merits and not for tho purposo of making money. There aro but two questions that aro likely to cause much agitation or bit terness in State politics in the ap proaching campaign. One is the pro hibition or dispensary question and tho other Is tho constitutional cimvention. The firstcanbe eliminated by e'im'nat ing tho profit feature, then I hopo and believe our people will unite together and send wiso and safe men to a con vention which will give us a constitu tion in accord with the demands of our people and with which we can all be satisfied. Boing thus froo from all unnecessary agitation and bittornoss in State politics wo could thon turn our attention to national affairs, and largely help to secure that relief In financial affairs which tho great ma jority of our peoplo demand. If wo pursue a wiso and prudent course, it is more than probable that wo will have plan sailing in State politics next year, and our whole energies and attention can thon bo turned not only to tho progress of the State, but to the securing of financial and tariff relief from tho only source from which It can can come?tho national government. I am, very respectfully, H. L. Farley. -WHAT IS SEIGNIORAGE? A lilt of Iiiformat Ion that Very Few People Huvo Learned. Strictly speaking, seigniorage is tho charge made by any national govern ment for coining bullion on private ac count. It usually takes the form of a certain percentage, fixed by law and deducted from tho metal brought to the mint. In other words, when an Individual brings to a government mint a quanti ty of one of the precious metals to bo coined on his private account, he will receive a weight of coins equal to the weight of pure metal brought; loss tho percentago deducted as compensation to the government for Its services and incidental expenses of coinage, and plus the weight of the alloy. At the present time the United States government makes no charge for coining gold, and does not recolve silver, copper or nickle for coinage on private account. Therofore the term soigniorago is notstrictly applicable to any transaction that takes place in connection with Federal mints. However, us used in current discus sions of tho silver question, tho term is taken to mean tho nominal profit mado by tho government on its pur chases of silver and tho coinage of tho same. 'PPTTTTustrate : Tho present market price of silver is almost exactly 70 conts an ounce, while its " coinage value " is precisely $1.2!1 an ounco ; so that on every ounce of silver bought and coined there is an apparent profit of 50 .cents. For reasons that have been moro than once carefully ox plained, this profit is rather apparent than real, seeing that tho "coinage value" is rather technical than actual. When it Is proposod to coin tho seigniorage silver now In the Treasury the meaning of tho proposition is that all the silver bullion purchased undor the act of July, 1890, commonly called the Sherman act, not already coined and over and abovo tho amount that would bo neodod to furnish standard silver dollars to match each dollar represented by Treasury notes issuod undor tho law, shall be coined Into standard dollars. Road IMPROVEMENT.?I regard tho movement for good roads as one of tho most important of social reforms. It has in it groat material benefit to tho peoplo genorally and to tho agricul tural interests of tho country particu larly. In tho Fast especially wo have reached a stago of dovolonmont whero a network of smooth highways is essontlal to our prosperity and growth. Our cities and villages must bo brought into closer contact with the farms. In many sections the limit of communica tion by railway and canal has been reached, and dopondenco must bo now upon goodjj roads. To the residents of tho farms, to tho merchants in the towns, to tho canals, to tho railroads, to tho largo army of employees, to the consumers In tho cities, In short to all interests and eiti/.ons, the close com munication of farm and city is most dcslrablo for business and commercial reasons alone. Good substantial roads leading out to tho rural towns from iho principal business community In eaoh county cannot help stimulating business in that community and de veloping tho country round aboutyit. But beyond all this they aro as ad vantageous in olevating tho social and intellectual life of tho rural population as thoy are in improving its material condition.?Governor Flower, .of New York, In North American Review. HAND, HEART AND HEAD. An Eloquent AOidreM Upon Educa tion Before the Georgia Legisla ture. Few men In this country excel Dr. J. L. M. Curry as a platform speaker, and his favorite theme is education, to whfch ho has devoted the greater part of his life. As general agent of the Poabody fund, he has olosely studied the educational needs of the South, and he hi entitled to be heard on this topto. The Georgia Legislature last woek invited Dr. Curry to deliver an address on education, and he compiled with the request. A synopsis of the speech was given by the Atlanta Con stitution, and it is copied herewith in order to extend the benefits of this ad mirable effort to the people of South Carolina. Dr. Curry is a native of Georgia, 'and this fact will aexplain somo of his allusions : Tho speaker began with a compli mentary allusion to tho capltol build ing aud referred to the fact that it had been constructed within the appropri ation and without smirch or stain. He was proud to speak in such an edifice and in the prejfence of so distinguished an assemblage, gathered here for the making of laws. Law making is the highest function with which humanity can be intrusted. It demands Integrity, intelligence, pa triotism, political economy and finance and a knowledge not of the demands but of the noeds of the per o. Divine law is the expression of om nipotence ; human law is a condition of civilization under the provocation of atrocious crimes; communities have been rousod to such indignation that they have taken tho law into their own hands and summarily and somotimes with savage ferocity?' deprived a sus pected or guilty person of life. In pioneer and frontier lifecommuni tios have sometimes in self-protection organized vigilaucocommittees. Such extreme exigency doeB not exist in the South nor excuse illegal proceeding. The race of tho criminal has not pos session of tho government. The white peoplo, tho race wronged and outraged, IS in powor and as they aro the judges, jurors and sheriffs, there is not tho slightest possibility of the escapo of tho prisoner. A mob is a sudden revolution. It does not reason, has no conscience and its violence is unrestrained whether it burns down an Ursullne convent in Massachusetts or tortures a negro ruf fian in Toxas. A mob of civilized but infuriated men, or of hungry, enraged women, would violate all law, human and divine. A mob saps the'formation of society, uproots all government and regards not God nor man. Our free institutions cannot survive a day oxcept upon tho union of liberty and law. President Harrison uttered an ominous truth at Chicago when ho said that "all social order, all domes tic happiness and all legal institutions aro dependent upon the acceptance by all the people of the principlo of obodi I ence to the law.'* It is a gravo error to suppose that domooracy means tho right of the peo ple to any whero and ovory whore oxo cuto that popular will. Ours Is a rep resentative government. It has been strikingly and truly said : " Justice is in the hands of tho poople only when it is in the hands of organized" tribu nals." There is a wrong estimate of tho powers of legislation. Too many peo ple regard it as a sort of second-hand providence and are eternally asking ! their representatives, " Woll, what aro j you going to do for us?" In cases of commercial disaster, agricultural do Srosslon, financial crisis aud national ankruptcy wo are too prono to look for legislative cures, for political nos trums. Legislation cannot increase the real wealth of the land which is to bo found In tho returns of agriculture. Thero aro a good many knaves, dema gogues and fools who aro trying to find a short cut to national and indi vidual prosperity, but troating wealth as if it wero a thing that created it self without tho intervention of labor. Great changes and new systems in trade and finance are not to be ordered as you would order a suit of elothes. History condemns south sea bubblos, John Law schemes and shin-plaster eurroncy. Building Chinoso walls around commorco never made a nation prosperous, nor tho absurd idea that what one nation gains, another loses. Wo have had a sorious agricultural depression. Tho abolition of slavery and tho war impoverished tho South and paralyzed Southern industries. The remedy is to increase, to diversify and make more valuable our products. We noed intelligent and skilled labor. I heard a man say tho other day, "I ain't got nothin' and don't want noth in\" Now what good wim he? What we want is an alliance of brains and hands. Labor is the sourco of wealth, and tho more skill the more produc tion. In the United Statos ovor 2,000,000, 000 horse-power toils for us. Science in the engine has found practical ap plication and ceases tho mere thoory when it becomes a partner of tho uso ful arts. Scionco has relieved labor from a weary struggle in almost every conceivable avenue of labor. Lower ing cost, cheapening necessaries and giving toil an increased reward. This machinery of wealth-creating industry demands educated intel ligence. Of paramount importance to tho Stato is education?univorsal educa tion. Hero is a scope for tho highest statesmanship. Education is tho basis of civilization and tho ono vital condi tion of prosperity. William Evart Gladstone is tho great est statesman the world has produced in this generation. He is not only a statesman, but he is a scholar, a writer, an artist and a critic of matchless ability. He has shown his apprecia tion of education by giving tho com missioners of schools a place in tho premier's cabinet. Recently ho said, '"Tho department that deals with ed ucation is tho most important in domes tie administration. " Ono of tho most important and pro found changes in the onds of modern education is the incorporation in the curriculum of manual training. It brings oducation into contact with every day pursuits and our moBt im portant intorests. In tho past the three R'h havo boon the cabihstie dogma und the univorsal rule. To them let us add tho throo H's ?hand, head and heart. The ordi nary graduate with his arm full of di plomas is a sad spectacle. He has boon educated away from tho practical duties of lifo?educated to boa clerk or a professional man?educatod to bo a lawyor, a doctor or a preachor. If without special literary tastes ho is liable to becomo idle or dissipated. If ho had boon taught the uso of tools and their application ho might havo gone oroditaoly through tho world. Our greatest thinkers testify to the value of manual training in tho devol opmont of tho intellect. In tho public schools of Philadelphia tho uso of tools is taught as part of the coin-so and young mon aro graduated who noed not tramp tho city in search of a job as a clerk, but aro equipped and rondy for a usoful place in the great field of life. Franco and England havo both loarn ed tho losbon that to hold their place in the groat marts of tho world It was necessary to givo thoir young mon manual training?technical oducation, industrial instruction. Kngland dis covered that her trade was fast slip ping away and that is the means she took of retaining it. Franco Instructs both sexes and as a result manufac tures articles of taalc and ornament for the entire world. America is far behind Europe in thin respoct. Russia has 1,200 technologi cal schools, Bolglum 2f>,000 pupils in Bimtlar institutions, Denmark ovor 0,000, Italy 10,000?Georgia no trado sohool, but thank God one toobnologl cal school that deserves the warmest encouragement and support. I was at Newport News the other day and visited there the ship yard and the largest dry docks in the womr At the close of the day I saw a vast army of laborers leaving work and my friend who was acting as my chaperone remarked that many of them received as much as tip a day for their labor. 11 Are any Southern men or ex-Confed erates among these well paid work men?" I inquired. "No," said my friend, "thoy are Northern men * and foreigners who have become highly skilled mechanics In the great schools in the North aud abroad. The poor ex-Confederate was receiving his dollar a day, the same as the negro." What a lesson ! What a lesson ! But we must begin at the beginning and the teacher must be prepared for his work. The trainlug of teachers Is an urgent need. In the normal the student learns to teach, to communi cate his knowledge in the manner best adapted to mental development. A year's technical training is of inesti mable value to the teaoher and enables him to accomplish vastly more than would be possible without it. It's im portance is not to bo underestimated. Teaching thoso who are to teach in volves a ntstory of education, of educa tional methods and of the practical ap plication of education. The true prin ciples of teaching are founded on the laws of the mind and child nature, and are hence educational psychology. The processes of growth from the con crete to the abstract, the specific to the general, the known to the un known, the thought to tho clear ex pression?these Bhould not bo dead rules, but should enter thoroughly Into tho toachor's work and bo applied habitually and unconsciously to overy act of teaching. Goorgia has one normal school?at Milledgovillo. T was recently there and would advise every member of this House to visit It as a solemn duty. It is a great and wonderful success. It Is tho salvation of the children. Oh ! the criminal wasto of years! The years lost pouring over lessons without method, without system, no plan, no Inspiration ! You ought to give this normal school every aid and oneourago ment, and one of the first things that you should do Is to provido for co-edu cation. Why not educate the young men as well as the young women ? There is no reason under heaven why it should not be done. And horo lot mo say that tho very worst thing that 1 have hoard of my old mother, Georgia, is that you com pel your teachers to wait for months for tho poor plttanco thoy earn. This is an outrago that for very shamo should bo corrected. Lot the teachers bo paid well, but above all lot them bo paid promptly ! I am growing old. In my boyhood days I havo ridden ovor tho site of this beautiful elty when tho old Whitohall tavern was tho only building bore. I remombor whon it took ino five days to ride from my homo in Alabama to school at Athens, Ga. Now I make the trip in six hours. Everything has I changed and scienco has brought the ' ends of tho earth into neighborhood. But still education is tho dominant factor of civilization, aud tho forces of naturo are harnessed as servitors to man only through the operation of the dcvolopod intellect. In conclusion tho speaker made a powerful and oloquent appeal to the j patriotism of his hearers, and urged I them to spare nothing in tho devolop ' inent of tho rising generation. He Sayed a splendid tribute to Governor F?rthen as the great school Govornor I of tho South, and finally closed amidst ' a burst of warm and hearty applause. Had Full Instructions.?The late William J. Gibbous, i of Wilmington, Uolawaro, was known in his day for a number of things, and not tho least of theso was his great fondness for a joke. Ho was president of a company having considerable trade with tho Amazon and other South American rivers. Part of thoir work was tho building of boats for these rivers, called in the language of the shop " knock-downs," that is, boats set up in tho yai d of tho company and bolted togothcr in shape, and thou |taken down, packed abour sailing vossols, and shipped to their destination, whore they wore put to gether finally and for good. On ono occasion this oporation was performed according to programme and the captain of tho sohooner that was to take tho boat was about receiving his flual orders. Among these was an or der not on tho regular programme, to stop at a certain wharf near tho mouth of tho Christiana Creek, and take aboard about two tons of dynamite. Tho captain was a little disturbed when he learned tho naturo of this diversion, and said : "Well, I don't know, Mr. Gibbons, about the infornal stulT. What will wo do if it should go olf?" Quick as thought came the answer : " Present my regards to Saint Peter, please." But the dynamite went all right.? " Editor's Drawer," in Harper's Maga zine. ?Representative John Davis of Kan sas is determined that the. government shall do something for the farmer. His latest scheme is a bill providing thai the treasury department ascer tain tho amount of farm mortgages, and lend the debtors money to pay what they owe. Tho money is to bo lent on twenty years time, at ono per cent, a year. ?The Senate rojected tho nomina tion of Henry C. Astwood, of New York, to bo consul of tho United States at Calias. France. Mr. Astwood is tho colored man against whom tho light was made on account of bin having boon mixed up in tho Eliza Plnokston matter in Louisiana, at which thno he was a Hopublican. They're Complete ly Disguised?all of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets?with a sugar-coating whioh surrounds their concentrated vege table extracts. You do not get the taste. This means more than com fort. The offensivo tasto of oils, or of bitter pills is apt to upset diges tion. They'ro tiny, hence easily swallowed. They're easy in action, and after using them you feel well instead of Bilious and Constipated ; your Sick Headache, Dizziness, and Indigestion arc gone. Good nature belongs to an active liver; irritability to a morbid liver. Take Pleasant Pellets that you may cultivate good naturo, happiness, and health. They'ro tho cheapest pill you oan buy, because guaranteed to give satisfaction, or your money is roturned. fA squabs offer of $500 in gold is made by the proprietors of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, for any case of Catarrh in tho Head, no matter how bad or of bow long standing, whioh they cannot cure. Highest of all ia Leavening Power.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking Powder ABSOU/TELY PURE ?The man supposed to have stolen the money package sent by tho Amerl- i can Express Company, from New York to New Orleans, has finally been found, and is under arrest in New Orleans. The robbery was a very clover oue, and for a time puzzled the detectives. The Bank of Commerce of New York sent a package of $50,000 to the Whit ney National Bank of New Orleaus. The money went by way of St. Louis, a rather round about way. When the package was opened by the bank it was found to be short $22,5uu. Detectives immediately began operations. They were at first inclined to think tho theft occurred between New York ami St. Louis. Finally Pinkerton himself took up the case, and the result of his investigation is the arrest of A. G. Guerney, money clerk in New Orleans, who stands charged with the theft. ?Frank M. Reeder, clerk at tho Carleton Hotel, In Jacksonville, Fia., loft suddenly for parts unknown, tak ing with him $1,000 in cash belonging to T. S. Humphrey, a guest of the houso, whoso wifo had placed it with tho clerk for safe-keeping in tho hotel safe. Reeder did not show up the next morning and the theft was soon dis covered. Mr Humphrey is a wealthy lawyer of Tacoma, Washington, and has been in Florida a little over a week for his health, confined to his bed most of tho time. Reeder is about 25 years oh", live feet six inches in height, and weighs ono hundred and thirty pounds: his complexion is fair, with deepset blue eyes, light brown hair. A reward of one hundred dollars id ofi'orrod for his arrest. ?Attornoy Gohoral Olncy, in view of the Chinese bill, has issued orders to United States marshals having in custody Chinamen reported by tho United States courts todisehargo them. T< is estimated that probably lOOChina mon havo boon arrested, who will be released, nearly all of these being on the Pacific coast. By an understand ing between tho United States govern ment and tho government of China, it is said, all Chinamen will comply with tho requirements of tho Geary law as to registration now that it has been ex tended six months. ?When Governor Tillman visited the storm sufferers on tho coast in September ho found that many people j who depended upon fishing and such like for a living had lost their boats. He therefore ordered fifty boats made, which has been done and ho has been informed by Lieutent Beardsley of the i marine sorvico on the coast that fifty i families are now using the boats which aro a great help to them. Tho boats were paid for out of the funds con tributed for tho relief of the sufferers. ?Mrs. William Youmans, tho aged mother of Genoral LoRoy F. You j mans, died at her homo in Hampton ? County on Tucsduy last, at tho advanc ed ago of 70 years, after a painful ill ness Tho remains wore interred at Law Neuville. Mrs. Youmans was a lady of noble character and was gen erally beloved. ?Miss Jessie Ackerman, an English missionary, recently put on a diving dre?s and went down sixty-feet to tho bed of tho ocean on the greatest pearl ing grounds of tho world, between Australia and Singapore, where 1,300 mon are constantly at work. All wo men have a desire to get at tho bottom of things. ?Tho suicide of Miss Daisy Garland, daughter of tho Ex-Attorney General, is undoubtedly attributable to hysteria or to temporary insanity. She was a girl of many beautiful qualities, both of heart and mind, and her tragic end is among tho saddest of the several similar events that have occurred at the capital. ?Tho nomination of Mr. Hornblower as Associato Justice of tho Supreme Court was not acted upon by tho Son ate, and so was the nomination of Hebert E. Preston to be director of the mint at Philadelphia. ?In a lire at Magnolia, Sumtor Coun ty, on Wednesday night, the stores of J. S. Potts, G. E. Timmons and S. Cope land were burned. Total estimated loss $8,000: insurance $0,000. ?It is said that Senator Allen, of Nebraska, who made the fifteen hours speech on the silver question, is to be Mio next Populist candidate for the Presidency. ?A cold wave and half an inch of snow was reported from most parts of Minnesota, South Dakota and north ern Wisconsin on tho 3rd inst. Constipation and sick-headache posi tively cured by Japanese Liver Pellets; 50 pills 25 cts. Sold at Carpenter Bros., Greenville, S. C. Fits, dizziness, hysteria and all nervous troubles cured by Magnetic Nervine. Sold and guaranteed byCar ponter Bros., Greenville, S. C. Japanese Pile Cure is an unfailing euro for every kind and stago of the disease;. Guaranteed by Carpenter Bros., Greenville, S, C. Johnson's Oriental Soap imparts a delicate odor and leaves the skin soft and volvoty. Sold by Carpenter Bros., Greenville, S. C. Notice. Bo modern. Don't harass the system With noxious drugs. Monterey cures Malaria, Nervousness, Indigestion and Bowel Complaints. It is simple, pleas ant to taste and leaves no bad effects. A Now ami Onmplete Treatment, comkUds oi SUPPOSITORIES, OapsntM of Ointment ..nd two lioxoHof ointment, a never-failing euro for Pile* Of evory ni'.turo nnd decree. It iniikfw nn ..|-<?...?!-... '.vlth tho knlf? or Injoctlonx of cm hollo add, \vhl< li are nnlnful anil seldom a nern.anont euro, and often 10 suit Ins In dcatli, unuucoHtuiry. Why orxluro this terriblo diaoase? Wo gunriintno O boxes to euro any enso. Yon only pay for benefits received, f 1 a box, ? for fS. Sent by mall. Ouorantcoa Iwiuod l>y our iiKcnt?. (JflN^TIPATinN Cured' p"es Prevented, wUllO I Ii M I IUI? by Jann.-iosa Liver Pellets the preaf I IVKIt and STOMAOH lU'OUl.ATOK and 1)MK)I> PURIFIER, Hn.all, inltd and pICAtailt to take,especially adapted for culldrou'suto. fx) i... . . 33 coat*. OUARANTEErl i?mod only by C ARPRNTER Bit OS., GRP.ENVII.LK. S (' Flooring, Geiling, weatherboarding, Mouldings And Base Boards, Sashi Doors an?. Blinds. Now is the timo to put up your wire screen doors and sash. Wo are selling them cheap. T. C. G0WER & SON, City Warohouso, - - Greenville, S. C Astronomical Forecast for Novem ber. For those who love the silent majesty of the "star lit night," tho November skies will possess more than usual in terest. Besides the advantages of the clear and homogeneous atmosphere usual at this season, four of the most interesting planets may be seen in their most favorable positions for observations, and a host of bright con stellations of fixed stars will elicit our admiration and study. On the even ing of Nov. 6th tho planet Mercury will attain its greatest eastern elonga tion, and for several days before and after that date, a sharp eye may eaten glimpses of this shy member of the solar system a fow degrees above the western horizon at dusk, a little to the south of the sun's track. The extreme southern declination of Mer cury at this seasou and its position in t.'ie'orbil will render tho planet visible for only a few days. Mercury shines with a bright, white light as a star of the first magnitude, and in our latitude it may be easily seen if tho observer knows just when and where to look, but many astronomers of Southern Europe have expressed regret at not being able to see it in all their livesi VENUS. Tho highest star in the west at dusk Is the 1 planet Vonus, now moving almost directly towards us at tho rate of twenty-two miles per second. In the telescope Venus now appears like a half moon, and while the visible disk will become more and moro crescent I as it approaches us, its apparont ' brilliancy will continue to increase by reason of its proximity till about five weeks before its inferior conjunction. Venus will bo almost stationary this month, moving eastward very Blowly till December uth. It will be roinom bcred that the ancient Greeks gave two names to this planet. When evening star they called it IIc3perus, and when morning star, Phosphorus. They considered each a separate star. Venus is 7,000 miles in diameter, aud revoles around the sun in 22;"? days. * ' MARS. Mars is now morning star, and ; almost on tho opposite side of the sun from us, hence it cannot be observed with satisfaction for several months yet. JUPITER. On the 18th this Titan of tho solar tystem comes to its opposition, and hence at that timo it is nearest to us, aud in tho best position for observa tion. It may now bo seen in the east at 8 o'clock, blazing with splendor, just below the Pleiades in tho con stellation Taurus. Jupiter is nearly fourteen hundred times as large as our earth, and is attended by live moons, four of which may be "easily seen in a small telescope. It revolves around the sun in about twelvo years, and rotates on its axis in about ten hours. Tho telescopo shows its disk to be traversed by parallel bolts resembling clouds, thought indeed to be clouds formed by the congestive currents of ; its atmosphere. There is good reason for thinking that the great mass of tho planet is still quite hot, indeed slightly incandescent. It is most probable, then, that Jupiter is inhabited, but it seems to be in a preparatory stage, which, in tho ages to come, may render it a vast theatre of vital ac tivity. I "MONTEREY. ON. THE MONK'S REMEDY. ISIS. m3E ?.3V V, wa ATONIC, NERVINE, BLOOL PURI PI ER T/TKli CURES LIKE*.?The Poison of the Swamp has its Antidote in tho Swamp. For Malaria, Nervousness, Indiges tion, Dysentery and Bowel Complaint, ask your dealer for MONTERISY. If he does not keep it. we will send you a large bottle, express prepaid, on re ceipt of $1.00. MONTEREY CO., Florence, S. C, Props, and M'f'rs. F. YV. WAGENER S$ CO.. Charleston, S. C. State Agents. 7 ?!>"> am, l ?!."> pin H 17 ami '2 (.*> pin 8 80 ami :t <>7 pin DORT ROY A Ii & WESTERN CAR I. olina Railway. Condensed sched ule taking effect Sept. 21tll, lKOtf. Lv Greenville Lv Shnpsonvillo ... Lv Fountain Inn Lv Gray Court .. . A r Laurona. Ar Spartauburg . Lv Lauions .... Ar Greenwood Ar Augusta . Ar Savannah . Ar Jacksonville Lv Jacksonville " Lv Savannah. Lv Augusta . Lv Greenwood . .\ r bau rens Ar spartanburg. . Lv Laurena . |io in pm Lv Hnrksdalo .... Lv Gray Court. 110 bl pin Lv Owing* .11 04 am Lv Fountain Inn . . il 82 am Lv Simpsonvilie . In r>;> am \r Groonvlllo j 12 00 pin| 8 AO am !> it? (Uli 40 pm 10 05 am 11 05 am 1 40 pm 8 15 pm 7 .">."> a m - 00 pm H 45 p 111 !) 01) am 11 43 am 12 47 pm 2 40 pm 3 48 pm 4 80 pin ? 40 pin ?*> 05 j ?111 (> OS pin 8 40 pin t? 15 pm 1*2 00 111 f. ?-!(> pm (> 50 pm 1 45 pm 4 20 pm .'. 24 pm 0 4,"? pm B 80 1 mi fi 55 pm <> 00 pm <i 15 pm 0 '21 pin 7 00 pur, DKTWKBN M'COaMIOK AND ANDRRSON. Lv Mc orinioK .. 1*2 40phi f?00ani Ar Ande rson . I 4 55 pm !i on am Lv Anderson . 10 30 am 4 50pni irMeUormlck 112 45 pmj 0 10 pin ?Dally, fExcept Hundav. Close connection via (1. c. ? S. 10 ami from Atlanta. ?\ Hi rough coach is run between Gic 1.? vilie mid ( liarleston, leaving < Imrlestun i.t 7.30 n. in., arriving st Greenville hi U.oop, 111. liGnVO Greenville a 0 80 a. in., and ar rive at cirirloston k 80 p 111, For rates <>r Information apply to any agent of the company, or to 'V.J. CK A10, Goo, Pass. Agent. Augusta, (in. ' It. L. TODD, Trnv, Pans. Aipnt. Itooni No. soi. Dyer Building. O;. ItONAT.IiHON. A.U. BON AI.nsON r. Q. & A. II. DONALDSON iVltoTH?ys ''id Counsellors ai i\aw. GttEKNVlLLK, S, C. ' Crsctlos in the Stato and United ?t?te Courts. IS-lt-lr FOR SALE BY WHO ARE WHITE1TEB & MARTIN? They are our Fashionable Hair Cutlers and Shavers. Hen-Delia Tlote THE FRESHEST Groceries, Fruits, Canned Goods, and CONFECTONS AT anauaanaaaaaaaaaaaaauuaaao IKennedy Bros-! bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbebbbbe We have a supply ot SEED RYE. You had better purchase before it is all disposed of at KENNEDY'S. NEXT DOOR TO THE POST OFFICE. Is Life Worth Liv.ng? That Depends On THE LIVER. For more ills lesult from an Un healthy Liver than any other cause. When you are Bilious TAKE LIVER-A ID. When you are Constipated TAKE LIVER-AID. When you ieel Dizzy TAKE LIVER-AID. When you have Dyspepsia TAKE LIVER-All). When you have no Appetite TAKE LIVER-AID. When your Skin is Sallow TAKE LIVER-AID. When you are Out oi Sorts TAKE LIVER-A ID. No Pain?No GitiPES in I.ivkh Aii>. A graduated medicine t^lass goes free with each bottle. LIVER-AID Cost nly 51) et>, And it Curca You. All of the above Manufactured by -THE HOWARD & WILLET DRUG COMPANY, AUGUSTA, GA And Suhl uy H. MARTIN and B. F, POSEY, Agents. LAURENS, S. C. HAPPV SALESMEN That the salesmen of the " Davis Sewing Machine" arc the happiest and most contented men on the road, is accounted for by the fact that "The I Davis" has only to bo known, and the advantages of the "Vertical Pood'1 explained to effect a sale. The slm* ! plioity of the machine and the ease with which its every detail may bo mastered, makes it the most desirable of sewing machines. No better proof is required that it excels all other ma chines, than the fact that never in tin experience of any sewing machine agent oan it bo honestly asserted that a Davis Machine has been replaced by one of a different make. Its superiori ty establishes its permanence In every home wllOI'e it has boon used. TllO best is always the cheapest in the end. No caution is necessary to thoso who know ''The Davis." Toothers wc .-ay buy it and bo happy. Alexander. Bros. & Co., Greenville Music House Pianos, Organs, Sewing Ala chines and Sheet AAusic. 07 and 111 Washing ton Street (h<<n villo. S. C. THE LAURENS BAR. It. V. Simpson. c. b. baRKSDAI<R SlWrsON A: i: A H USDALK, Attorneys nt Law, LAURKNS, SOUTH CAROLINA Special ntienlloti utvou 'In* Investi ert! ion oftlllrs : * 11 * f collection t>f claims. 11. \V. IlAttt.. I.. W. SIM KINS, w . W. n.M.I. BALL, KLUKINN ? li A LL, Attorneys nt Lnw, Lauukns, South Caiiohna. Will |.i ?<?:???.. in nil si.nt. unit United Stale* C< nn. Spoelitl munition given collections. J.T.JOHNSON. W. It. KIClSKY. JOHNSON A} HICUKY, ATTORN K Ys AT LAW. Offiok?Fleming's Corner, NoiHtweet si.I- of Publio Square. LAUREN'S, - SOUTH CAROLINA. XV. II. M AKTIN? Attorney at Law? Lauukns, - Mouth Cakoi.ixa. Will priutiifo in hII C nrt? of this Slat6. a'uni'.oi given to tMilli.eliunM. MACHINERY! Wood Working Mneliiimry. Brick und Clio Itiinrl Stave Olntiinif " Oral i! Tii1 calling " Saw Mill Rloo Hulling B N 0 I N E S AND li <) I I. K R S. State AifiiM'y lor T.nlbul.1 A- Suns' Eu? tri lien ami Roller*?, Saw ninl Urisl Mills; Brewcra' Brick Muchmory, Double Screw ('?aton Presse?; Thoietis' Dtroct Acting Sh hiii (no bidi* : i lion n^' Si nd Cotton Elevator?; II ?y Luiiimua' Gins; Emrhberu: Rie?> Hollers; H. B. Sn.id .V <?.)?- Woo-: Workltm M i liiu ery, Plsnei'v, [tuik) S-iw?, M on Piers, Mor tiseis; Ti?u?.<ihiis' ennui Ising ?oniolote equipment l'?ir Sssli, Door und Wmcou Puetuiins; D<-I.oatdi?'s I'lttntulion S.tw MON, vailable iced. ItELTlKO, [-TTTINOS AND MACHIN ERY SUPPLIES. flVff- Write loo I??> i ; lei s. V. c. RA Dil A M, Manetrcr, c iiin Li , s. C. _^SPrHCSAUSTS (BcffMlav Oruduntea.) Uli most QUCCCSSflll specialist! AllJ '.'oiiiik und mld illo <?K0il men. Itontarkeblo ra il'.llSVO lollow Cid "iir treut incut. Many y tun of Vii ? I mid success' fill <'\?vrlcuce In On' 'isi- of cnre> llvu methods that ? '^^f?jBgp?fi V-v oideieofmon'who lift l U WOHk, llllllo ,. ' - '*'-| ?IVO Ill-O.od? that >?.,.*>' rf'>5>? '*?<" i?lo.i??o\vnanA < ' 'i > tf&i.ti.r* control for all dls filctula and com panlon*. tends u* to ?:?-.>- tr? to ail |.?tt.-ntrf. if ihey van possibly j..- rot.ton- ., >?? >? own oxcittalvo tceafmena \i in offofd n "?t ? ? ?? WtlMRN't Oon'i you whh; to {{ft cured of that tVOAl.ll?.'ws Wttlt a I real IH'UI lllfd roll run uto at h ? lioiii li.iinnni iotV Our wonderful treats meiit hie ciii'od o:li m. iviiynotyouv Try it. e.tTAWRn, nn.i dUcasoa of tlio Bkln. Blood, E..: ., Liver and Kidney*. a""C'i * ms 'The inn tiantd, Hf.fo and effective rf mtidy. A coniploic C'uro Ouuruntoed. H'O V nVflVlANrs of all klnia eared where m.-..-.;- otlice iuivo failed. V 5f "V a It inSftlA ROl.W proiiiudy em ecf in nfew dn)'!1. '.."i1'-^. sure and ?afe. Tiifs IhctuJe >.?.? n andOonorliaia. TRUTH /.M> FACTS. ? i.'ie .-.ire^il Cfltua of Cliroiito Otrengen that b:i .i ? t < ' i-i nt iho liftudnof oilior epe'iUl It ? - :?.! i II ? II Uli' tllte?, . i..--. u K ' ( MBF.R that there l* Iiopb f .- v ?, i iooHi I*, oe you may waste valuable (fine, oiiiatn o.ii Iroatnifiitatottco. ??? ti( fi e and Cheap treatment*. We air* t! ?: ?. . i' i ? o !? ntliio treatment *t :.. '? .r i i; ? -. ' \s i e?n he done f >r ?ifu and ikniful (re-.i t'tiBK eonnnltntlon ?t tlieoU);eot f,> : ??? n ex*intnattOtl mid e?refnl dlnif ii... . .'. ' treatment rnn Riven In aiuMoriij of i . ?'i i .' r Pymptom blank No. I for Men flu : ".Vo.nu 11 No. 0 tor BKInlJlseases. All corn ? i ? If'ieo -r.-.i promptly. ItuaiucaastrU'ilv. B.'i'f.i d. IJn' ro trentmentsent free from pbacrva il. ... lie'' t to or..- pu'tents, l>unl:s and bualncaa nn il DR? HATHAWAY & CO , *-i 2 i'j.illi lirosid Street. ATLANTA, <J W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE noTKtp. Do you wear them? When next In noed try a pair.' Best in the world. $250 $2.00 FOR LADIES ?2.00 ?1.75 TOR BOYft thl* 53 If you want a fine DRESS SHOE, made In the latest stylet, don't pay $6 to $8, try my $3, $3.50, $4.00or $5 Shoe. They tit equal to cuttotn inado and look and wear as well, If you v. Uli to cconomlzo In your footwear, do so by purchasing Wi L. Douglat Shoes. Name and price stamped on the bottom, look for It when you buy. W. I- DOCOLA8, ItrocktoD, Mum. Sold by iL J. ?AYSSWOKTtl. L. W. PaKKRR HAYNSWORTH & PARKER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. OOiMaiuSt - - QreonviUo, S.O