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ANOTHER CHAPTER IX MATTER OF NEGRO NOTARIES. Mr. A. J. Bethen, .secretary to Gov. Ansel, yesterday received a letter from a friend in Beaufort telling some inter esting facts in connection with the mat ter of appointing negroes to the office of notary public. There have been 25 appointments of negroes in Beaufort in the last 2?) years at the hands of the following governors, respectively: Richardson, 4; Tillman, 11; Evans, 3; Ellerbe, 5; McSwoeney, 1; Hey ward, i; Ansel, none. Mr. Bethea was amused at the man ner in which an unfriendly paper had dodged the issue, since the refutation of the malicious charges against Gov. Ansel. "This paper, the first to start the insinuation that Gov. Ansel was the only governor to appoint a negro as notary," said Mr. Bethea, "has not had the moral courage to come out and ad mit that it has wronged the governor? and it has wronged him more than once ?but has made a lame excuse for its fall down by saying that the governor's friends are trying to hide behind Gov. Tollman's record. "Of course that is untrue. All that my statement sought to do was to .-.how that Gov. Ansel's conduct was in keep ing with that of other governors and Senator Tillman's name was used to re fute the direct and untrue charge that Gov. Ansel was the first governor to appoint a negro as notary after Mr. Tillman had revoked commissions of all notaries. "I have shown conclusively that Gov. Ansel in two years appointed but two negroes as notaries and in one county Gov. Tillman appointed 11, it seems. This is published not to discredit any other governor, not to take any advan tage of precedent, but to give a fiat denial to the charge published in the same paper. Here is the verbatim charge they made: "'When Gov. Tillman went into bffico, it is said, ho found many negroes holding the office of notary public, and to get rid of them he had the legisla ture to revoke the law under which they were appointed and a new law enacted. After that there were no more ap pointed, so far as we kn >w, until it be came reported that Gov. Ansel had ap pointed a negro of Greenville a notary public' "--The State, July 31. Thinks it Saved Mis l ite. J Lester M. Nelson, of Naoi- 1.;^ says in a recent, IpAti. ' ?Wilint'' Knur's N<- '" 'hirveused Dr. -'???'.Vj rTTiseovery many years for , v .m.uTis and colds and I think it saved my life. 1 have found it a reliable rem edy for throat and lung complaints and would 110 more be without a bottle than I would be without food." For nearly forty years New Discovery has stood at the head of throal and lung remedies. As a preventive of pneumonia and healer of weak lungs it has no equal. Sold under guarantee at Laurens Drug Co.'s and Palmetto Drug Co. 's drug stores. 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free. To Buy Stock of Goods. Mr. T. C. Switzer and Miss Fannie Mae Wright leave this week for Balti more and New York to buy a stock of fall goods for the new store to be open ed up by the Switzer Brothers in the Enterprise bank building. This new concern will open up and he ready for business about the first of September. Miss Wright is to have charge of the millinery department. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that can not bo cured l>y Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F, J. Cheney for the last 1". years, and l>e lievehirn perfectly honorable in all busi ness transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. Waldino, Rinnan & marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials seid free. Price 75 cents per hoi lie. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipa tion. Partners' Union Did It. Mr. B. Ft Earle, of the Farmers' Union, is not inclined to grant Mr. E. I). Smith's claims as being the man who raised the price of cotton. He says it was the Farmers' Union that forced the price up and that. Smith op posed some of the best features of the movement. Ho seems to think that Mr. Smith is trying to ride into office on a wave raised by others. Chester Lantern. CATARRH IS CURA15LK. Successful Experiments in Abating and Curing this Disease. Catarrh is an entirely, unnecessary disease and should not bj loloratcd for a single day now (hid Jiyomoi is so gen erally known ami hu? made so many cures in Lfcurens and other towns. Modern ncionci has disproved the old theory thaf catarrh was a blood disonse It is a germ tOOUblo. and the remedy Is HyomoT, whji'n medicates the air you breathe, kilhng all calarrhal germs. As there is life and health in the air of the pine forests, filled with frafrant and healing balsams, so there is life and health in breathing Hyomoi. So Hiiro is this prescription to eure e^'en the word ea es of catarrh that Lauren . Drug Co. sell it under an abso lute guarantee '<> rofund the money If It does not do aU that is claimed for it. MISS NANCE'S GOOD WORK. Peabody Board Shows Appreciation of tier Work ior Rural School. State Superintendent of Education Martin has received a letter from Wickliffe Rose, secretary of the Pea boily board, with a check for $500 en closed. This check has been sent by the Peabody board to the School Im provement association to aid it in the good work it is doing, and is in recog nition of the work which has been done by Miss Nance. The check is signed by J. P. Morgan, treasurer of the board. The Peabody has given $12,000 to Winthrop this year, and its gifts to this institution for the past several years have averaged $3,000 a year. It will be remembered that the Pea body board has also helped the schools all over this State in days gone by, and was very instrumental in the develop ment of the school here in Columbia, which finally became Winthrop College. Attention of the board was brought to the work being done in South Caro lina by Miss Nance through the efforts of Mr. Martin. News and Courier. Bticklen's Arnica Salve Wins. Tom Moore, of Rural Route 1, Coch ran, Ca., writes: "I had a bad sore come on the instep of my foot and could find nothing that would heal it until 1 applied Rucklen's Arnica Salve. Less than half of a 25 cent box won the day for mo by affecting a perfect cure. Sold under guarantee at Laurens Drug Co.'s and Palmetto Drug Co. 's drug stores. Death of an Aged Lady. Mrs. Addie Brandingburg, of Union, died at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. Williamson D. Barksdale, in this city, last Saturday morning at 5.30 o'clock. Mrs. Brandingburg was on a visit to Mr. Barksdale and Miss Corrle Barks dale, her granddaughter, having come over from Union only a week before her death, which resulted after a brief illness. She was a very aged lady, be ing in the ninetieth year of her age. The body was taken to Woodruff Sun day afternoon for burial. A Grand Family Medicine. "It gives me pleasure to speak ? , , word for Electric Bitters," w:, a km Frank Conlan, of No. 430 *.r 'V"s ?/? Now York. "It's a graft ??.0" U\> icine for dyspepsia ^Hy lions, whihj L" , ?"'?,l,v,cr Compile* kidn/v kime back and weak , JUr ., s it cannot be too highly recom mended." Electric Bitters regulate the digestive functions, purify the blood and impart renewed vigor and vitality to the weak and debilitated of both sexes. Sold under guarantee at Lau rens Drug Co.'s and Palmetto Drug < !o, 's drug stores. 50c. ASCENSION ISLAND. One Place In This Busy World Where Money Is Useless. Now and then one hears of out of the way places where the conventions of lire, as they are understood, do not exist. One of these Is where money Is useless. This Is Asceitstoa Island, In the Atlantic. This Island Is the property of the British admiralty and Is governed by n captain of the royal navy. There Is no private property In land, so there are no rents, taxes, etc. The Rocks and herds are public property, and the meat killed Is Issued In rations So uro the vegetables grown on the farms. When a fisherman makes a catch he brings It to the guard room, where It Is Issued by the sergeant major. The only private property are fowls and pigeons, Even the wild donkeys are under government control. They are listed on the books of the paymaster and are handed over at stock taking. The population consists of a few hlucjackots, a company of marines and some Kroos from Sierra Leone. Thoro a marlno can do anything. The muleteer Is a marine; so arc the gardeners, the shepherds, the stock men, the grooms, tho masons, the car penters and tlw} plunders. Even tho island trapper, who gets rewards for the tails of rats, Is a marine.?Kx change. DEAN SWIFT'S CHANCE. His Marriage of a Country Couple Caught In a Storm. It Is related of tho whimsical Dean Swift that on ono occasion when caught In a shower of rain he took sheller under a wide spreading tree, where ho found a party of young poo pie waiting for the storm to cease. One, a girl, was weeping, and the denn learned that sho was on her way to church to marry a young fellow who was with her. Tho party were walking, as was then the enstom In country districts, but owing to tho storm it seemed very much as If the ceremony would not tako place that day. Never min,I," said tho dean; "I'll marry you." He took tip his prayer book and thoro and then performed tho cere mony. At the finish ho tore a leaf out of his pocketbook and with a pencil wrote ami signed a certificate, which he handed to the bride. Hosldcs the mimes and the date, thoro was the fol lowing: t'ndor n troo In stormy weather i married huh man and womnn toKothor. Let nono but him who rules the thunder Sover this man nnd woman naunder. ?Reynolds' Newspaper. It Hows like electricity through your Veins; it does the work. If you are wasting away take Holllster's Rockj Mountain Tea. ."15 cents, Tea or Tab IcLs. Palmetto Drug Co. Money Prizes to be Given. Manager Roman now 1ms on a now attractive scheme at the thcatorium in tho form of lucky numbers. These are issued with each ticket purchased and from duplicates each Saturday night is drawn the lucky number. The winner Will receive $2.60 in gold. Holders of numbers must be present on Saturday nights else their number will not count. A Good Memory. "Excuse me, sir, but haven't wo met before? lour face Is strangely famil iar." "Yes, madam, our host Introduced us to each other just before dinner.", "Ah, I was positive I had seen you somewhere! I never forget a face."? Exchange. We have just received a solid carload of Mason's Fruit .Jars in all sizes which are selling at the same prices that they have been all the summer. S. M. & E. II. Wilkes & Co. Henry Clay Flour Makes the Best Bread on Earlh We have in stock chicken feed, good corn,oats,hay, bran, Pratt's cattle, horse and poultry pow ders; a nice line of table syrup in cans, coffee and tea, fresh hams/ (picnic hams), bacon itnd lard, fresh corn m/al, cotton seed meal; A\ line line smoking a,iuf chewing to bacco, cigars and che roots. One 60-gallon oil tank, self-measuring. . ??"? Will sell Anything in tho DlOFo mighty low for cash. J. H. Sullivan We Can Manage To give you absolute sat isfaction in the way of quality and price. We are working for our profit but we realize that the way to keep that profit growing As by giving our patrons fair treatment. Barksdale & Franks Laurens, S. C. University of South Carolina Wide range of choice in Scientific, I literary, Graduate,,, RU.d,.APi'o?sS$ional CoursjBje^djft^to degrees of , Miiftenelor of Arts,Bachelor of Science, Licentiate of Instruction, Bachelor of Laws, Master of Arts, Civil Engineer and Electrical Engineer. Well equipped Laboratories: Library of over <1(),000 volumes. Expense moderate many students make their own expenses. Next session (101th) begins Septem ber 2:$, 1908. For announcement write to the Dr. King's New Life Pills The best in the world. PRESIDENT, Columbia, S. C. THE OV.ST FOH BlI.IOl'SNKSrt AND KIDNKYtt. Chicora College SOUTH CAROLINA. Owned and Controlled by the Presbyteries of the Synod of South Carolina. A HIgh-Grado College for Women?A Christian Homo Sehool. Graduate courses In the Arts and Sciences. Music, Art, Expression, Gymnas tics and Business; Large and able Faculty; Beautiful Grounds; Elegant Buildings; Modern Conveniences; Healthful (Miniate; location In Piedmont Section, and In city of 25,000. Expenses for the entire year; A. Tuition, board, room and fees :::::::: $lKl.uo It. All included in proposition (A) and tuition in Music, Art or Expression $203.00 to ::::::: : 218.00 The next session opens September 17th. For catalogue and information 47-10t Address S. C. RYRI), I). 1)., President. Littleton Female College One of the must successful and best equipped boarding schools in the South with hot water heat, electric lights; other modern improvements. 2.r,H hoarding pupils lastyear. 27th annual session will begin Sept. 1(1, 1908. For catalogue address .!. M. Rhodes, President, Littleton, N. C. C?M1 + f ?11 Ar'lAf*t-l-i1/ A high-grade Preparatory School VfCll II dl /^CrtUCI I ly for boys and young men, with in dustrial and agricultural equipment. Located on 7<Mi acre farm one milet from Littleton College and under the management of the same Hoard of Trustees. For new, illustrated catalogue address J, B. AlKRN, Principal, Littleton, North Carolina. SAFETY AND SURETY Safety of principal and surety of interest arc the two factors that make all investments, 1. n ? ? < ? or smalt, desirable. And that is what Nvcyoffcr every man, woman and child who opens a savings lilt with us. ( )nc dollar will mAke the beginning?and the 1st time to begin is right' now. Enterprise B Laurens, S. C. For Sale by Palmetto Drug; Co. Ribbo Ri bbo Plain Silk Taffeta, Satin Taffeta and Qros Grains in desira ble shades and widths. HOSIERY. Ladies', Misses'/and Children's plain and drop stitch. MERCERIZED wrilTE WAISTINUS In col ored wash fabrics; a complete line to select from. Also in Embroid erles and Laces at W. Q. Wilson & Co. DID YOU EVER TRY IT ON YOUR STOCK ? Nothing like it to put them in good condition, free them |^ from insect parasites and pro tect them from contagious dis cases. _ KRESO 0 KILLS LICE, TICKS,, MITES AND FLEAS.! /\; Cures Mange, yScab, //^W^'*' Ringworm andYOther as iilo?? Skin Diseases. Disinfects, Cleanses fand Purifies l?- r^'/#M m t ???? Use it on Hor*cs, Cattle, Sheep, Swine. Dogs, Goats and Poultry, FOR SALC DY Dodson-Edwards Drug Co. Laurens, S. C. cail or white for rntc doom i is 01 1131