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^DVERTrsMKXTS inserted on Tilicra! j
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term*. Rate* made known iron application.
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upon express xirthority.
Thursday. Feb. 17,1898, j
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ellerbes appointments.
Governor Kllerbe last Saturday I
appointed Mr. J Frost Walker;
cleric of -oiirt of Richland conntv.;
to sncceed the late Mr.EK \rthur.!
The Governor could not have I
made a better appointment than he j
.. did, and Mr. Walker will prove to:,
\ ba one of the most efficient clerks j <
of conrt that the county of liich- ;
hind has ever had.
Governor Ellerbe has made
more appointments since his entrant*
into vtbe Gubernatorial '
office than any Governor of recent
yean.and while be did not always (
t win the favor of some ot his st rongest
friends by his appointment, no
one can say that he has ever api
' pointed an inefficient man to of m.
His annointments have al
* Virt been characterized by the
ability Md eharjder of Irs appoin
The appointment of McLanrin
to aauewd the lamented Earie was
UiilibmJ by the voters of the
0Mteby a vote of about two to
MM against the Held: the appointmot
of a comptroller-general,
i while not confirmed by the Legislature,was
as excellent an appointment
aa could have been made.
Eaton*i defeat in the General As
. seojbly was not a lick at his effi
osier at all, for bis ability to disrharfcetbe
duties of (he office was
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no* questioned, me ngni against
film being really a fight against
the Governor. The appointment
of A successor to sheriff Ferguson,
X,
of Charleston, was a gtol one,
The appointee, being a
' jnn well qualified for the
1t'* '
. position. In his selection ot a
clerk of the court for Charleston
county to succeed the late Kinloch,
Governor Kllerbe managed
, /^lolfiease the majority of the voten
of the city of Charleston,
which is a real hard thing to do, |
, end his appointment was one thaij
could not but be admired. The I
r appointment of an auditor to snc-j
eeed Kpton, of Spart fin burg, wasj
the selection of a man of signal
ability. Vhere is not one man in
all Ellerbe's appointment that can
he attacked from the standpoint I
of character and ability, 9"d the
efforts to minimize the chief executive
on account, of his selections
is a mean piece of business, and
will not stand against the the
E?'-v. 1
; troth.
While the Governor has madehimself
strong with some men by !
his appointments, he has gained
the enmity of some shrewd politi- (
rians, and he will have a difficult ,
limn being elected again this sum- i
roer. Beside having the opposi- 1
, tionofagreat number of politi- 1
eians, some of the best men m the !
State ere arrayed against him for }
the Gubernatorial chair, and if Ellerbe
is elected, it will be "by the r
akin of his teeth." it
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AN INTERESTING ARTICLE CONCERNING
FERTILIZERS.
It at Said that the Farmers Waste Their
Manure in Various Ways.
Read it.
Editor. Uoiintv Kccord:?
uPosso:n Fork" people, some of
them, s?v it will be a good crop
year, with favorable seasons, pro
vided fanners do not let their fertilizers
jro to waste, Iroth artificial
and naliual fertilizers. 1 mean
by ^artificial", such as is applied
to tire land l?v manual labor; by
^natural", I mean such accumulations
as nature supplies in prolonged
dry weather.
Whenever heavy rains cut irul
lies through the fields all know
the soil is goio? to waste: but i
want you to see that manure is
?oinz to waste lonir before gullies
are seen in the lit Id. The richest
part of the field is cm top-closer to
the ton than one things.
You sow your fertlizers in a deep
furrow and bed 011 it and think it
safe from harm; it is where the
crops can get the good ot it, and
you leel safe for one season, at
least. But did you ever hear a
farmer say, "Well, well, my farm
has done me very little good this
year"? Yes, I expect yon hare
said so yourself, and more, too.
You accused the guano company
of selling worthless stuff, and
many times I expect they do, but
give old satan his due; don't blame
the guano company lor your own
bad management.
But, to the point:-All manures
rises to the surface, or, rather, is
brought to the surface, in dry
weather. 1 mean the soluble portions
of them, (and no other oor
tion? are available as plant food).
Water, by capillary attractions,
is forever climbing to the surface
in dry weather, bringing with it.
in solution, any soluble
substance it may come in contact
with
Let me illustrate:?and, by the
way, I have written this be:ore,
but some of your leaders did not
see it, and if you did it won't hurt
you to read it agian: ?ome two or
three years ago I was walking one
afternoon on bank made that
spring across an old race field near
Georgetown. The weather was
dry and hot and I saw quite a number
of white spots, some two inches
broad, here and there on the
bank. It looked like salt; I tasted
it and found it to be alum. This
brought to mind that CapL Dag
get had told- me long ago that the
rice field mud contained alum in
places. Now how did the alum get
on top of the mud in little thin
cakes? It was not there when the
bank was made; nor until
hot, dry weather came. What
brought it to the surface? Why.
when the Lord made the world he
arranged, on purpose, that silent
little giant "capillary attraction,v
you may call it, which has been at
workday and night in dry weather
ever since old lather Adam was
born, bringing up w ater from lielow
to supply the field and forest
with moisture to live on, as well
as to dissolve such mineral plant
food as may be soluble and bring
up for the roots to feed upon. Yet
farmers walk over it every day
and give it no thought.
It jg patent, therefore, that when
dry, hot weather came the sun'
dried the surface of the new bank,
and water rose up to moisten it
again. The sun dried it every day
and the climbing water from below
dissolved any alum it came in
contact with, and when it got to
the top it was alum water. The
sun dried off the water and left
the aluoi.on top, which process,
being repeated every day, left
more and more alum on the sur-!
face until it was in little thin laminated-cakes.
Just this way it
>rings to the surface any other
oluble matter, guano, stable-ma?ure,
<&c. I have seen the ground
urn green where it contained
t-r)
I
Fifty Yecrs Ago.
This la the stamp that the letter here
U liich carried the story far and wide.
Of certain cure fcfr the loathsome sore
That bubbled up from the tainted tide
Of the blood below. And 'twas Ayer's name
And his sarsaparilla. that all now. know, j
That was juct beginning its fight of fame
With it* cures of jk> years ??o?
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
Is the original sarsaparilla. It
has behind it a record for cures
unequalled by any blood purifying
compound. It is the only
sarsaparilla honored by a
medal at the World's Fair of
1893. Others imitate the
remedythey can't imitate the
J KVfWAU
50 Years of Cures.
much manure, it being brougt to
the surface by the same agency.
But, Mr. Editor, busy farmers
will not read long arlicles.so please
tell them to read this and think
over it until next week, when
tiiev will hear again from
"Possum Fork'*
IflUlilOjo meaning
and about which such tender and
holy recollections cluster as that
of " Mother "?she who watched
over our helpless infancy and guided
our first tottering step. Yet
the life of every Expectant Mother
is beset with danger and all effort
should be made to avoid it.
_ . so assists nature
IflAYnfll* 0 in the change tak
muiiiei O ing place that |
pi Expectant
L 1*1 ft 11 fl Mother is ena|
I 11{ II IB bled to look for
I 0 VIIII war(j without
dread, suffering or gloomy forebodings,
to the hour when she
experiences the joy of Motherhood.
Its use insures safety to the lives
of both Mother and Child, and she
is found stronger after than before
confinement?in short, it "makes
Childbirth natural and easy," as
so many have said. Don't be
persuaded to use anything but
MOTHER^FRiEND
u My wife suffered more in ten minntes
with either of her other two children
than she did altogether with her
j last, having previously u*eu tuur out-1
(ties of * Mother's Friend.' It is a
j blessing t<> any one expecting to beicoine
a MOTHER," says a customer.
Hekdxusok I>alr, Carrai, Illinois.
Of at n.?, or ?rr.t by mall on receipt
of prioirWrtte fi>r hook containing testimonials
ana rateable lufonnation for all Mothers, froe.
The Bradflfld Bwalalor Co.. Atlaata, Ga.
A ton of oil has been obtained
from the tongue of a single whale.
Educate Tour ItoweU With Ounmref*.
Candy Cathartic, cure const ipailnu forcer.
10c.2c. If C. C. C. fail, drucv ist* refund money.
Neuralgia, and long depression,
cau<e the hair to turn gray prematurely.
Hall's hair lie newer
will restore the color, and prevent
the hair from tailing.
Snnff Worth a Million a Poo ml.
Snuff takers will bo interested to
know that somo of the richest Chil
namen use a snuff that is worth as
j much as $1,000,000 a pound. They
; buy the snitff originally from Portu|
gal, where some of tho munufactcr
era have old tiuie recipes and charge
from $200 to $800 a pound for it on
this account. The Chinese value
this snuff very highly, preserving it
for years and years in beautiful bottles
or Jars of porcelain, jade and
| agate, some of which are worth as
much ae $1,000. As the legal rate
of interest in China is 32 per cent,
it is not impossible to believe that
some of the old snuff in the Flowery
Kingdom is worth (theoretically at
least) as much as $1,000,000.?Pittsburg
Dispatch.
First-class job printing is done at
The Countv Kecokd Job Office.
To rum Cun?tl|>Mlto>i forever.
Take t-i.M.-ureis Cuiuiv Cathartic. I0o ortSc.
UCC-C. lull lo cure, Cru^iourifuiiii luuucr
A ;TORY CONCERNING
COMITABi-fe "DEN"
The Washington Special Tells of Hot!
Many Powers And
Virture^
Senator Tillman a ft w years ago
sNkxI on an improvised platform in
tlie rotunda of a great Denver hotel.
The six-stoned galleries that rose
from the marble Hour were literally
jammed with an enthusiastic awlience,
as was the tloor below. TluS
incident then oceurrng was as
unique as the public man those thousands
had swarmed to see and hear.
A handsome girl, clad in a frock
of red white and blue stood by the |
stalwart man in black, over whose
presence ail were shouting. The
girl held a farm implemeut in her
hand. The trues were of solid sil
vor, Colorado's production. ~A rim
of gold connected it with a poli&jied
oaken handle. "Sixteen to one" was<
thus embodied. As the Senator received
this significant gift?"Tillman's
pitchfork," as the crowd Culled
it?he shouted so that all heard
his words above the was of cheers
"I will use it there. I pramise you."
""here" meant in the United States
Senate, and he has kept his word.
Senator Tillman is as effective
and unique a men us that Chamber
has ever seen, and siuce the civil
war closed it has had parsou Brownlow,
Gen. "Billy" Malone, "Ben"
11 ill, KiddleUrger and genial "Joe"
Blackburn Hmonir its members. The
South Carolinian comes of the Palmetto
stock that produced Marion
and Sumpter, as well as John C
Calhoun. He is a thorough and
worthy representative of that individualized,
brainy, courageous state
hood clan that smacks of the soil
from which he and they have sprung.
The ex-Governor belongs to the
small-planter class that tilled Blue
Bulge Piedmont sands, and helped
to make a white man's conutry
thereof. lie has their characteristics
to the full, and intvusihed too.
What he represents in politics is
the tquare and Democracy of the land
tillers provincial, perhajw at times,
kiifr ainnlv nnil lmtriiitip mIwhva.
doffing hats to no man jis a superior,
and honestly idolizing tliomas Jefferson
and Andrew Jackson, while
while never, forgetting the sous of the
palmetto. It may seen a curiotv
evolution to many thatbroml nation> 1ism
and sound Democracy cometh
ont of South Carolina, but it is
nevertheless true and senator Tillman
is unquestionably its leader, because
he is himself possessed by it.
The South Carolina Seuator is a
mati of the people?first and foremost
of his own people. lie represents
tbem, and not the "smooth
Ephrabints" of the city marts and
the corporation board. Ilis pitchfork
is at work also on the political
muck heap just as the farm tynes,
when well handled, find employment
on the barn yard. Sugar trust bond
deals, tariff swindles, fads, falsehoods,
and shams, down to the
mockery mis-called civil service, and
the hoary Executive Sessions?he
has thrust his weapon into them all
and set their hideous contents
cv-iwling in the 0}*n day. When
the South Carolinian came to the
Senate, flnghed, with his congenial
task of worrying and defeating the
Bourbons of his state, whiskev ven'
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dersas well as courtly lawyers and
commercial planters, he was looked
at askance and talked of as a curiosity.
That day has gone by.
Senator "lieu" Tillman is a power
in the land, and holds such a place
in the United Suates Senate that,
peculiar, perhaps, bnt distinct and
assertive, as to give to the Senator
and the State he represents a wholesome
sense of power that some men
may shrill under, bnt which makrs
i^s possessor a personage of growing
public importance, who?e honor
is equal to his capacity, while both
are measured best by the occasions
for their use.
Aa Old IdM.
Every day strengthens the belief of eminent
physicians that impure blood is the
cause of the nuyority of our diseases.
Twenty-fire yean ago this theory was used
as s basis'for the formula of Browns'Iron
Bitter*. The many remarkable curee effected
by this famous old household remedy are
sufficient to prove that the theory is correct.
Browns' Iron Bitten is nld by ah dcalsrs.
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Feb. lotin^^^^H
the
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nicntSto the
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JOZ/iv^H
CHILL
FEVER B
If Hope assumes the
Easter bot.net it springs etcn^^H
the female bresist.
JOHNSON'S ^
CHILL AND I
FEVER TONIC 1
Cures Fever
In One Day.
If a man one*.* uses porous plasters
be is apt to become much attached to
tbem.
Johnson's Chill and Fever
Tonic is a ONE-DAY
Cure. It cures the most
stubborn case of Fever in
24 Hours.
If people did'nt have/hobbles the
world would soou'eeuse to revolve.
Johnson's Chill and Fever
Tonic is a ONE-DAY
Cure, ft cures the most
stubborn case of Fever in
24 Hours.
If a man releases a piece of property
he takes a fresh grip on it
Quhtine and other fe.
ver medicines take from 5
to 10 days to cure fever.
Johnson's Chill and Fever
Tonic cures in ONE DAY.
________
[ If a man does yon an ill turn he
will never forgive von for it.
JOHNSON'S
CHILL AND
FEVER TONIC
Cures Fever
In One Day.
Don't worry about trifle?; the hole
[ that leta water in your shoe will let
! it out again.
Why take Johnson's
Chill <? Fever Tonic?
Because it cures the
most stubborn case
of Fever in ONE DA Y.
Don't forget to tell your wife occasionally
that you love her;, otherwise
she might not find it out.
Quinine and other fe*
ver medicines take from 5
to 10 days to cure fever.
Johnson's Chill and Fever
Tonic cures in ONE DAY.
Don't judge a man by the character
given him by his next door neighbor.,
SfwrlHxJy tejra So.
Cnscareta Candy Cathartic, the moat wonderful
medical iliaooverv of the ope, pieat- j
ant and refrmlune to I bo tasic. ma jrently
and |?o?itlrply on kidney*, liror aiul Imtrrla, 1
clean*ini? tlie entire ayslem, dinjiel rold% ,
cum headache, ier??r. habitual constitution '
and hi inttanea*. Ploaso buy ami try a box
of C. C. C- tn-dny; 10, 35. 50 ecm?. bold aod
guaranteed to cure by ull druj.-gist*.
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The County Ilecord $1 a year
Ticim
street,
the
postottice
W? hh^h
net
to travel
house in
Monthly
close self-address^^^^^^^HP^^H^^H
ope. The
Chicago.-^|H^^H^^^^H
A Ik \A/zzjbi^^bb
new wall map of thin state^^^^H^^Nfl
inches in size, five colors,
p?per, h top nl HH
tomA With index of
er showing location <m
population figure. Sells
ular pajre. Se*?l 50c ^nrflPMr ntpie
and two* f?\" eounty-ffgency.
Raw, .ucXjrthY & Co.,
<'hicago.Il!.
Wanted AT
" 1 young man* to hano e
onr celebrated Lubricating Oil and
Greases. Salary and excuses. En loie
stamp for particu'a s. Address,
Orkscbst Oil Co.,
Minneapolis, Minn,
SMn Diseases. :
W? A* .J A ! i. M
r or me speeay anu permanent cure ok
tetter, salt rheum ana ecxema, Cham*
berlaio's Eye and Skin Ointment to
without an equal. It retirres the itching
and smarting almost instantly and
its continued use effects a permanent
cnre. It also cures itch, barber's itch,
scald head, sore nipples, itching piles,
chapped hands, chronic son eyes and
granulated lids. ,
Dr. daily's Condition Powders for
horses are the best tonic. Mood purifier ?
and vermifuge Price. 25 cents. Sold by
Wallace & Johnson.
~~CITATION.
STATE OF SOt'TLl CAROLINA.
* COUSTY OF WlLLl AKSBURO.
By E. M.' Smith Esq like.
Probate Judge.
WIIERKAS W W Grayson, Ork of
Court, of Wllliainshurr: Co. has made
suit tftmc, to i^raAt lain letters of administration
of the Estate of ami cflVctr
nf .l?wli It rhnnrlliir tlaaswo
to cite and admonish all and singula*
the kindred the creditors of the said
Josn B Chandler, deceased, that they l?e ,
and appear before me. in tiie Court of
Probate, to be lield at King>?tree S. C.
on March 19th after jnibrtcation liereof
at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show
cause, if any they have, why the said
admiiiistnition should not be granted.
Given under my hand, this Sth day,
of Feb Anno Domini, 1S9S.
Published on the IU1I1 d:iy? of Feb.
1808 in the County Record.
L. M. Smith,
2t. P. J. W. C.
Bridge To let.
The chairmen of the boards of
township commissioner* of Lafeu
and Lee townships will meet the ^
ounty supervisor at Bass's Bridge,
Lynches creek, on Wednesday
March 2, 1898, at 1 oMcock a. m.
for the*purpose of letting the contract
for building bridge at thai
ilace. I
B.B. CHANDLER, I
County Supervisor. J
r. J. B. Montoomekv,
Clerk. M