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e.J a E-ATABLISHlED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., T1UES[-)AY. JANVUARY 1, 11901.TIEAWK.15AYA1 MANY MILLIONS GO INTO COTTON MILLS. SPLENDID BIECORDJ TillS STATE HAS MADE IN T HE YECAIt--AL1, RECORtDS IAVE IEEN BROKEN. Nearly Fifteen Allillons l'ut Into such EU terprises iu the Last Two Years-Flue showilng. The State, Dec. 27.-No state in the union will be able to keep up with South Carolina's record this year in the matter of building cotton mills. Including the increases and the charters granted this year, cov ering of course actual subecriptions of stoe: -nd organizations the total is Fl,795,000. To this for the year must be added the companies com missioned, but which have not man aged to file their returns and get their charters in time for the annual report. This adds $1,495,000, which makes the handsome total for the year of 1900 of $9,200,000. There have been 31 cotton mills actually char tered this year, while 14 have made increases and enlargemonts. With last year's charters this makes the maguilicent showiug of $13,499,000 actually subscribed and invested in cotton mills in a period of only two years. Then there are the mills commissioned this year which have not sent in tWeir returns yet, but will doubtless do so, aggregating in cap ital $1,495,000, making a grand to tal of capital projected in new cotton mills in South Carolina in two years of $14,994,000. The figures speak volumes for the smallest of the south ern states. Here are the names, location and capitalization of each of the new mills for the year 1000: THE CHARTERS. Charters were granted to the fol lowing: The Clear Water Bleachery and Mfg. Co., Aiken ....... ..$ 300,000 Anderson Yarn and Knitting Mills. Anderson .......... ..... 200,000 Cox Manufacturing Company Anderson........................... 50,000 Williamston Mills,Anderson.. 100,000 Rosemary Knitting Mills, Barn well ..... .................... 30,000 Blacksburg Spinning and Knitting Mill, Cherokee..... 15,000 Limestone Mills, Cherokee .. 200,000 Wylie Mills,- Chester............ 100,000 Hartsville Cotton Mill, Dar lington ............................. 250,000 Fork Shoals Cotton Mill, Greenville.... ..................... 50,000 The Carolina Mills, Green ville................................... 5 0,000 lFranklin Mills, Greenville 45,000 Monaghan Mills, Greenville.. 500,000 DeKalk Cotton Mills, Ker shaw.................. ......... 200,000 Goldville Manufacturing Co., Laurens....................... 50,0C0 Dillon Cotton Mills, Marion. 160,000 Iceman Mills, Marlboro... 200,000 Octoraro Mills, Marlboro ... 30,000 Glenn - Lowery Mfg. Co., New berry .................... 300,000 Newberry Knitting Mills, Ne wberry ..................... 25,000 Orangejrurg Mig. Co., Or angeburg..................... 200,000 Orangeburg Knitting Mills, Orangeburg................... 10,000 Easley Cotton Milll,Piekens 200,000 Liberty Cotton Mills, Pickens 100,000 Capital City Mills, Richland 100,000 Woodruff Cotton Mills, Spar tanburg............... ....... 250,000 Saxon Mills, Spartanburg... -200,000 Monarch Cotton Mills,Union.. 200,000 Alpha Cotton Mills, UnIon... 100,000 Buffalo Cotton Mills, Union... 600,000 Sutro Cotton Mills, York...... 50,000 Total (81) ..............$...4,850,000 INCREASE OF i'APITAL STOCK. The following shows the net increaEe of capital stock in cotton mills: Andersoni Cotton Mills, An desn...............,... 100,000 Cox Mfg. Co., Anderson.......150,000 Riverside Mig. Co., Anderson 150,000 Beaumont Mtg. Co., Spartan. burg... ....................... 70,000 The Courtenay Mfg Co., 0cc nee............................ 10,000 F. W. Poe Mfg. Co., Green ville........................... 250,000 The Greenwood Cotton Mill, Greenwood................... 800,000 Manchester Cotton Mill,York 60,000 Williamston Mills, A uderson.. 100,000 Fairnoeld Cotton Mills, F~air field ............................ 185,000 Olytnpia Cotton Mills, Rich * land................. ......... 250,000 Lincaster Cotton Mills, Lan caster,......................... 850,000 -Glenn-Lowery Cotton Mills, 19ewberry,.................... 200,000 .Eureka Cotton Mills, Chester. 90,000 Total (14) ..........,......2945.000 Charters as above ..... 4,850.000 Total .- .........................$7,795,000 FORMER PIGURES. Capital Number. Stock 1898...-----.---..............0 $ 510,000 1899 (including Olyi pia) .....................11 :3,275,000 1900..............31 4,850,000 This refers only to new charters granted and does not take into consid cration corporations commissioned or increases of capital stock. THE COMMISSIONS. During 1900 commissIons were issued to corporators of the following project ed mills, which have not as yet filed their returns and secured charters: The Croft Mg. Co., Aiken... $ 200,000 The Winona Mills, Alkon...... 100,000 Wilmot Mills, A uderson....... 200,000 Barnwell County Cotton Mill Barnwell .... -.. .............. 100,000 Cheraw Cotton AlIlis,Chester field .. --- .... ... .......... . 100,000 Illacksburg Cocton Mill Co., Cherokee........................... 100,000 Johnston Cotton Mills, Edge field ...... ........,................... 50,000 Verdery Cotton Mills, (reen wood ................. ........ ...... 100,000 Kershaw Cotton Mill, Lan caster........ ....................... 125,000 Ashby Cotton Mills, Marion .. 100,000 St. Matthews Cotton Mill, Orangeburg ........ ............. 100 000 Inminan Mills, Spartanburg.... 200,000 Total (12) ..... ............ $1,495,000 Reported above..................... 'i,795,000 Tot at ................................ 9,290,000 And among these mills could be in eluded two others which are assured. One is the mill at Carlisle for which the money has been raised, and the other is a Union mill now under con struction; yet neither have even asked for commissions. ' C . W. T 3OM. x.A.. Bears the The Kind You Have Always BOUght Signature of WHVEHE THE (EN'UriY DAWNs. It Landed On Antipodes Island, In the P& - cine. [Pearson's Magazine.] Where will the Twentieth century first dawn? If the change of the centuries took place at either of the equinoxes -March 22 or September 22 -then, since those days the earth's axis is at right angles to the plane of the orbit and there is equal day and night all over the world, the matter would be very easily decided. The dawn line would coincide with the date line, and from pole to pule thd first sun of the new century would rise at the same moment. But, unfortunately, this is not s->, and the consequence is that the line of dawn, as it sweeps around the earth, first touches the date line to the south of the equator, and then gradually creeps up this line till it leaves it far to the north. So the first sun of the twentieth century will rise on the places along or near the date line in the order of their position, from the south upward. Now there is no land along this line from the Antartic Circle to Anti podes island, hence this tiny spot of earth will first see the Twentieth century dawn. A few minutes later Bounty island will see it. Then it will sweep along the northeast coast of North island, New Zealand, then over Vanua Levu in the Fiji islands. Next it will shine on the scattered coral islets of the Ellice group, and after traveling about nine degrees more to the north the light tide will touch_the crossing of the dawn line and date line at 6 o'clock. Two hours and five minutes will have to. pass before it reaches the banks of the Yarra. In six hours and twenty-five minutes it will gild the temples and palaces of Calcutta. In nine hours and fifty minutes it will be flowing over Lion's Head, and down the rugged sides of Table mountain. In twelve honrggog\ twenty-five minutes it will hav~e crossed Montmarte and touched the base of Eiffel tower in Paris. Five minutes later it will have passed the cross of St. Paul's and be flowing up Fleet street. In seventeen hours and twenty minutes from the time it crossed the dawn line it will b?e flow ing around the feet of the Statute of Liberty, and in three hours more it will have reached the Golden Gate. Thence it will cross a stretch of ocean unbroken by rock or islet back to the dawn line, and so will be accomn plished the evening and morning of the first day of the Twentieth century. STRANGE INDEED IS KINGSTREE'S STORY. TilH DISPENSER UOEV.1 OF A VERY LAOK NUM. He,d Up by Four Malkml Aleni-111a hInd lHad ixpired hut A rev Iatya hlefore nud Nobwly i Rerpon.i1blo for Min iges. (SI-e.ial to The State.) Kingstree, December 28.-Early this morning, as business people were entering upon their duties for the day, it was whispered around that the dispensary had again been robbed and that Dispenser F. M. Player had been "held up" and ro lieved of over $1,800 in cash just be. fore daylight ths morning. Mr. Plavr, i. appeaxs, had re lated ,ull particulars to Mr. R. It. ituuts, town marshal. Mr. Stutta Fayr i and Mr. Lemon were in the dispensary last r.ight with Mr. Play er until nearly midnight, couning up Monday's siles of liquor; that he had been robbed, and gave the fol lowing particulars: Player stated that he heard soni one calling him from the outside, at the back door and was immediately covered by two guns, in the hands of masked men, who demanded hi-i money or his life, and, being unarim ed and unprepared for any such emer genoy, he was poweriess, and offered no resistance, simply saying: "Gen. tlemens, I is in your power." Two others, making four men in all, then came forward and entered the dispensary, and took all the con tents of the safe and (w.) bogs of liquors, and deliberately walked oft, telling Mr. Player to be careful and not give any alarm for at. least 30 minutes, or his life would be in dan ger. As soon as Player thought they had left he ran to Stutts' house, which is directly in front of the dis. pensary. Mr. Stutts says that after being aroused he distinctly heard the bug gies going across Black river bridge, which is on the west side of Kings tree, nearly half a mile distant from the dispensary. Mr. StuttB says he went on to awake Mr. H1. 0. Britton, the county jailer and also clerk of the board of control of this county. Stutts recited everything to him, and then went on to arouse Mr. Lom on, whom he found drunk in bed, and being unable to arouse him, he and Mr. Player stayed there antil daylight, when Mr. Britton came and ordered dispensary looked up. It is a heavy blow to the town, to say the least of it, and will give Kingstroe a black eye for many days to come. Mr. Player has always been looked upon as a straight nman, and the business people all seem to have con fidence in him. He had not depos ited any money for about two weeks, and up to a short time ago he had been depositing his money in the safe of Messrs. 1-iller & Co., which made it perfectly safe. The county treasurer states that Mr. Player's bond expired about the 15th of De cember, and he promptly notified H. 0. Britton, clerk of the board, and Mr. Brittea states that he promptly notified the State board of control, that Mr. Player wvas without bond, and they paid no attention. The county board, knowing Mr. Player to be without bond, quietly let him go acting dispenser, in the full dis char~ge of his duties. To say the least of this, it amiounts to almost criminal careless[ness, and the senti ment of the people demand at least the promp)t removal of the board, as 'by this act alone they have shown their unfitness for filling any snch important business p6sition. Mr. Stutte says that he is confi dent that he knows the four men who robbed the dispensary; that he bas no proof, but that one of the men wore a peculiar kind of macintosh coat that gave him dead away. I,f this wholesale robbery be al lowed to pass unnoticed as has been done in the case of every other rob berry connected with the dispensary here, the people will vote to put it 6ut of town. The graded school is almost wholly run by the profits of the disnananey at thi. plnae andif the town were to lose this money it, would cause the school to be closed ono your or longer. Capt. W. 11. Keiiedy, mayor of Kimgstroe, has tried timo after timo to got Mr. Player to deposit the dis ponsary monoIy, ats the law requires, onco Ia week, wit h1 the conlity treas uror, but Without avail, ats it seems that he deposited wh1en ho ploaseod. Mayor Konnedy further states that he appealed to Mr. Britton), who i.; managor for tho board, to help huin to get Player to deposit tho money, but was given no satisfaction. The county treasurer, It. ). lHollinw, states that ho also advised Mr. Player to be moro regular in depositing money. Mr. Player hald depositod only $25 during the month of I)o comuer. It. is not known iow much the shortago vill aggregate, prob. ably $1,800 or may be is nuch as $3,000. Player has been dispenser about a year and in that, timo hIas had tIbr( robberies, lhi aist timliv being a coi ploto cleaniig up. Every dispens who has been connected with it here has been robbed. Oov. McSwvenoy is appoaled to to offer a reward for the approlben sion of the guilty parties. 'THlE INSPECTORI TIHIRE. (Special to The State.) Kingstree, Dec. 28.-The State au. thorities have at lasIt begun to takO some aiction in the great dispensary robbery. Inspector Stansoll arrived hero tonight and will endeavor to put the officors on the t:-ack of the robbers. Mr. Stutts claiimjs that he heard burglars leaving town and yet not, an oflicor or any one lso has raised ai finger toward making an effort, to catch them. Mr. Stutts, the (lay be fore the robbery, told Mr. Player that this very thing might happen. It is rumored on the streets to night that the shortago will exceed $3,000, but as I said last night no one knows what it is, and will not know until the inspectors make it known. WELL EARNED PROMOTION. somelhing About Mr. R. H1. Ilardwick of the Houther. (The State, Dec. 28.) Mr. S. H. Hardwick, the former assistant general passenger agent in this territory, who has just been giv en a noteworthy promotion, has scores of friends, won by his un changing courtesy and kindness, who will be happy to read the following from the Atlanta Journal: The promotions announced by the Southern railway on Saturday are of special interest. The officials affected are all eit her Atlanta men or so wvell known here as to be regarded as home folks. Mr. S. HI. H-ardwick lives here, Mr. W. H. Tayloe was located hore until three years ago and Mr. WV. A. Trurk( had his hieaidquarters in Atlanta just prior to the absorptioti of the Rich mond and Danvillo road b)y theO Southern, and( he has been a fre quent visitor here since. Mr. RI. E L. Bnnch, Mr. Turk's chief clerk, who also gets a deserved promotion, was once stationed here. Atlanta's chief interest in tile changes made centres in the promo tion cf Mr. Hard wick to the position of general passenger agent of the Southern railroad. The position of general passenger agent of a system so impIortanlt ias tile Southern has be come is in the first rank of modern American railroad offices, and the p)romotion of Mr. Hardwick to this high place is a dleserved r wvard for one of the most energetic and initel loetual young railroal men in the country. This is said1 in no spirit of perfunctory compliment, but in sin. core praise of a man in whose record as a modern, p)rogressivo, honorable, resourceful oflicial the whole south takos pride. Mr. Hardwick's career is in mainy respects remarkable aind in every way admirable. He is thle very type. of the self made man. Hie started in life poor, frail of body, with scant prospects of getting up in the world, but with a headh full of brains andh a man's will. At 1., a pnn litle fel loW for vvnm that. agv, ho m11ado a itodest. ('ntry illto tho Illilroad lifo as i tolegraiph op'rator. It was a ho. roic strugglo that. tho hoyish tolo. gra1per fought, for ho wia filr from robulst, or strong, and only fni 1ncoinCIerallo will sutainlod himl. Tho timo calme wholn his lihaltll forced him to givo up activo work for moro tha a year and go to tho North Car olin 111miulitinils to sook it ronowail of h1vnl 1h. It Was of tit( characteristic Ovidenilt-s of thiti stroinuolus Will that a1gainst sovero odds It gradually re built Ihis broken healtI and bveaimo strong again. Through sucevssiivo grades in both tho freight anlld pas songer departments of tho Goorgia I'lacific, the Iichioiid and Danlvillo and tho Southorn roads ho roso to tho position VIhich for hoveral yoIrH ho has occuipied, assistant general passeiger ageont of the Southern. Tompting ofrors of higher titles % ith other roads havo bven mado to h1im often inl tIho past. hillf dozen yIars, but ho refused them all. Ito Wtit his fortlines witi tho Southern. Mr. 11ardwick, porsonally lovable, with a happy kfack of winning frionds, is widely regardod ats one of tho ablest railroad men in tho cotin try. Ht has ben siniigled out for years ats i railrolld mlianl Wii it fli. t itre. A mai of etiorgy, groat ciipae ity for vexetivo management indi a coinservativo intellect, ho 1ha1s gono to tho front by sheer forco of merit. At latai regrets to loso him, but the en iro city, togother witi him frionds all o ver 1 Iho southi, rejoice ii Iis p) ro motion. Tho olovation of Mr. Turk to a higher position inl the cervict of the Soliiern systemi will b receivod with pleasuro by his Atlinfit friendh. Mr. Turk is a railroad intin of a raro Rbility anvid leads the) all in the nimbor of his personal friends. Beara tha V;. A!%asNto Yigiitnro Reorgitalittioni, Cont loney. [Courior-Journal, Louisville, Ky., December 1,] Tho Interstate Commorce Coi mission in announcing a decision last wook with reference to corlain rates -larged to Lynchlburg, Danvillo and other cities, mado at stateoment which must have harrowed the fool. ings of the stockholdors of the old roads beloiging to the Southern Riailway system. Tho Commission in its decision, wvhich wan against the Southern Itailwvay, assert.ed thait the $120,000,000 of common stock in that road had never had anything pa1( idIuonl it, and1( finally, "that ij do0e8 not rest in tihe whim of a1 Roor ganzation Committee in WVall Street to impose a taix upon01 the wholo Southern country." As the Southern Itailway's com. mon stocks of tihe old ltichmon,d Toer minal system, the sharon were paid for and( v'ery dearly aIt that, as any of tthe old stockhIolders wold( b)ear witn[eos. Wh len the reorgamization w~as (effeecd it was iln the dlarkest period of rail road1 depjression and1( tihe moost that wasl e'xpected1 mi the new company was to save the chargos onl the old bonds(1. Mlost of thiose 1)01n(1 wore aissessod and( tIe sitocks were aill heavily taxed. T1he IRich mond1( Terimnal shairehiolders had to pay $10) a share and tihe Ea~st T1en 11o8800 common stockholders $7.20 po share, and1( give up 410 per cent of their stockholdinggs. Th~lo 1,nrdon wan tio heatvy and1( the Southern Rail.. way commnoni stock offered1 in ex. many hIotler wVould( niot pay tile as sesennnits anrd thbrew the buirdeon on theo reorganiizat ion committee. TheIi ratos complIained1 of b)y the citizeins of D)anvillo may haive beenr Loo high, but anty man who has owe d stock in a1 reorganized corp)orationl will bear test imony that tile process in at costly 011e. Thei colmmn stock of big indut.riall syndicatos whose cont ituonit compa)fnies wore bought ont att high prices in frequontly given away to the p)romIotors, but in tile case ol banruript railroads the re organ i/.ed sHaros, however worth less theiy may be, have co.st tihe originia stockholders a great dleal of molney MAJ. WM. H, MAULDIN BREATHES 111S LAST. ('0-SF. OF A LI F EN IICUV A N) nUSi INESS ENXiCICTION. stil sii-sNiua41or Fromut limi.np10on WaVn Fnther ofr To wn of I innp41 onm (3n Owimtr of the1 11, liossl ato siti Iirnetchlviila Railronti. (Special to The State.') J1.ampton01, Dec. 211)-Major Wil liam II. Maiuldil, Iho Statosenator from Hampn c 1 ouit.y, died today it I I -25 o'clock, atfior an illnoss oxtend. iig over nearly a month. lJo died of at coim plicat ion of typhoid feor and kidney it roublo. The funoral services are to bo held tornorrow af tomoon t I lamptoit. (icv. MeSweo ny, who has hen tho lifIlong friend of tho dad selator, and it nuiber of others from ditrelint, portiotim of tho State, wvil ll avo Columbia it midtlight, tonight to attend the funer. MAjor MAitnill wats 0110 of the most vnergOtiV buiSsil88 111011 in the Sitato of South Ctroliia. lIe was the solo owner of the 1Ham1pton andl(] Branichvillo railroad and had largo inteorests in the section of the Stato in which he resided. I Ho wits t he father of the town of 1Hmn11iptonl, having dono the work necessary to the sectir ing of the location of the court, house at thiatL point whe the county of Hampton wits formed. lie wits it gallant, Confederaoo soldior, known aulong 1is coirados is ithe "lighting (juratormastor" of the famous Hampton legion. 110 wits i strong 11m, aill valst mn, aild at mall geoeral 1' beloved by thoso who kIew him. Dur ifig his illness mny i(Iuiries havo poured into his home from poo plo all over this and(] other States. On hearing of his dat?h ysterdmvay fternoon Gov. Mft-Swooney wired his Son Col. W. C. Mlauldill, as fol lows: "My doopest symplat.hy goes out to your mother andl(] ill the famjily. The (death of your honiorod father is at dlistinct loss to South Caroliit. MA' God console you and a1ll of the be reaved ones in this time of sad aillic Lion." ImTClCII 1118 . 1Fi. William 11. Mauldin was 63 years of age. Ie was born in William. stonl, Anderson courty, and cano of the well known Mauldin family. He was sotn of the Rov. 13. Frank Mauldin. His mother is still living and now resides inl Auderson. He had two brothers, 0one of whom (lied a year ago. The other, Mr. B. F. Mauld in, is nlow the cashier of the Bank of Anrdersoni and( thle pre'sident of thie Bank of Duoi \Vest. lie also had two sisters. 113 was t he lirst coulsin of L4iout. (Gov. WV. L. Matul dlii, of Greenville. W~hen the war broke out Major Mauldin entered t ho Coinfederate service and1( becatme quatrtrmaster of Haumptont's legion, serving under Matrt Giray. When it CameiI to fight. inig he was always in the front tad eatrned the soubritinot of "thle fight inig qjuartormalstor."' H1( remiaimned in the army throughout thle war. Ini 1861 he marItried Miss Leoiiorat Connors, w'ho was the daughter of Col. Georgo WV. Conniors, of Anider. 501n county. Col). Conno1Irs was for somo1 youtrs in charge of the experi. mont sIiation dlepartmonlt of the South Carolina college. Surviving him b)esI(dos his wi(dow ard t wo sons, Mr. .Joab Matulin, of UJlmers, and1( Col. WV. C. Mauldin, of IHampton, who 113s beoa thie g'.neral mnager of his father's bu.iiness. Hio also loaves three daughters, Mrs. Lily Lightsey, wife of Mr. J. C. Lightsey, of 11am p toni, Mrs. Leonora lloper, wife of the 11ev. Mr. Roper, of .Spartanburg, arid Miss. Helen. Just after' the war Major M1auldin went to Charleston, where lhe enga<.r eoi in the lumI)bOr business for a period of about two. years, ntiloting with much success. Thon ho moved to Altman stattion inl Bleaufort county, andi later to Hoover's station, which latter placo b)ecamne a p:>rtion of the present town of Hampton. This weas in 1874. lie engaged in the lumber business at this point under ihe firm name of Mauldin, Owings & (9. A littl late the loatn. of tho county saot of the county of I Hampton becane a live issue. The building commissionl appointed by tho legislaturo (am to Hampton County to lovato th b County seat. It was duo almost entirly to Major tauldin's efforts that the present site wits selected rather than Varn ville. In connection with George 11. loover he offered onohialf of a 1,000 acro tract ald also $1,000 worth of lumber if tho commission would de 6ido on that location. I He told them t hat, this land would bo worth $5,000. 1hey), asled him if he would give $5,t1011, and, though ho was only worth about. $2,00() at the time, ho said Ie would and fulfilled this prom iso. Major Mauldin bmit a hand some home at Hampton and was one of tie original corporators of the 1lampton and Branchville railroad. Ie was a inember of the house at tho timo and was instrumental in securing tho charter for this road. I liter, when those who had gono into the projiet, with him abandoned the railroad, he secured a charter and formod the lHampton and Branchville Railroad and Lumiber company in which Oen. Moore, Gov. McSwooney and ot hers woro intorestod with him. This was in 188-1. (r'.fually Io bought the 11nterests of the others and becamuo pract ically the solo own or of the road. lIo procodod to build it upon the profits of his mill business, and at the tino of his death the road was being built on to a jnction with the Southern railway at. St. GeorgO's. During the coning year Major Mauldin hoped to ba able to make this connection. His family will doubtless carry on the work. It was not until 1892 that Major Mauldin ontored politics to any ex tent in this State. Ie had, of course, taken a great deal of interest prior to this timo in county affairs. He first. camo to the general assembly in 1892 at the head of the legislative ticket. Ie his since that timo sorv od almost continuously in the logis laturo, being elected to tie sonate in 1891, succeeding Gon. More. He was reelected at the expiration of his turmu and at the time of his death had two more years to servo. Major Mauldin was always thoroughly patriotic with regard to his section of the country and frooly invested in local onterprises. ieo was interested in tho Mank of Hampton and other business establishmnonts. lo was a member of the Baptist church and for a long time was a deacon thorein. Heo was instrumental in the building of the church. In tine State legislature lhe was al ways alive arnd widbe a wake and was ever found in the ranks of those ad vocatinug p)rogress and dbevelop)ment. lie was a sound butiness mamn, hay ing made and lost soveral fortunes, yet ini his personalit.y be was a man wvho made friends and held them. I1lo was regarded as one of the truest meon in the State. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signaturo of A Higa, Mark. TIhe New York Almanac for 1901, fs sumed by Chas. II Fletcher of New York City, has set Ia high mark for similar p)ublications auring the new century, andc shows "emarkablo enterprise on the part of the publisher when we con sider' that,it Is int-ended solely for free (list ribuntion. The numerous publict. tions of this character are usually got. tenm up with the single idea of cheap ness, while the thought of expenseO has certainly been set aside in the case of thne New York Almanac. Thu artistic colorings of the cover, the accuracy of its calendars and its fund of information all go to make iti well worthy of p)erusal and preserva t,ion. Its has innumerable hints for mothers as to t,he care of children. A unique page is the "'Baby's Record" page, which is in blank, to be filled in with baby's name, (late of birth, cub fle'st tooth, etc. The whole Is a very credits ble piece of work rind may be procured at any drug store or direct on ren.'s ', free. Bears the IN idYou Have Aiwa8Bought iatre