Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BW . ^ntmntmrnntmrnmntnttt?! 5: w\?\vmw\w\%vww' I FR?HJBI I DERAF ^ wwwv?*w%wwv%vwv ' &uuiuuiuiuiiuuiuuuauu The Tale of a Trunk. Editor County Record: TU? m/)imilnlln Ol d lIlO SllhlilllP A IJC 1 JUJl U I-/IIO MHU ? V , often touch each other, while the joyful and the sad are locked in close embrace. When a boy in the printing office it fell to my lot . to uset" a story of a company of English soldiers who wanted, not a flying squadron which could 'light upon the enemy in any thicket and clean him up, but a , galloping artillery. 80, in furth rranee of a bright conception Dy their Oaptain, they got a small howitzer, strapped it to the back of their biggest, best old mule,! and went out to try it. When th-?y read ed a nice piece of tableland with a precipice along one edge, they determined to fire the howitzer over the precipice where ? ? J :LI. 1 11 COUIU UO no JJUFMUie Jiaiui. uucj of the biggest Englishmen took' the shell in his hand and standing at the business end of the mule, shoved the shell into the howitzer. The whole company stood and saw the fuse lighted; but, instead of the thing going off at once it began to "sizz'\ The old mule backed one ear, heatd thess s-hh-e, rolled one eye> saw the srooke; then began to lift up be? J 1 .1 . _ ? ? lore ana eievaie ine rear; iu uui in front, pace in the middle and gallop behind. To such extent did that old mule gyrate that those Englishmen, of whom Gen. Soult said, "they'll die on the ground betore they will leave it," those Englishmen, who couldn't tell when the thing was going to shoot, where the thing was going to shoot, or whom the thing was going to hit, took to their heels and left the mule alone in his glory with the howitzer upon him. And now, even while I laugh at the night of the red coats, there comes to my mind a strange ly sad occurrence in the history | of our beloved State. By mystic .dDacoaveriug or other strange f ' proceedings, our great and good Board oPControl became possessed of a harmless looking thing in the shape of a trunk, and because of its general peaceful appearance it was stored in one of the choicest rooms of the big dispensary at Columbia?in the room where other articles of immense value were kept, and to which only the great Commissioner and his wisest, most efficient bookkeeper; with tore Af nppnlinr Hocifn harl *? M J ^ VVUAlMt tJMU right to enter. Bat there came a day, a dark, gloomy day, when all nature seemed to be a saviog, "there's somthin' bad a brewm", when that old trnnkywith an awfnl sizzing sound, brought on by spontaneous combustion, or spontaneous consumption, or other wise, began to gyrate, irotn wall to wall, from floor to ceiling. O! j 'twas carious to behold the strange1 antics the old thing cut. Finally j the fire reached the charge and she went off. Blessed be ray stars' what tearful execution that peaceful, placid thing did do. She seemed to have been loaded to the brim with all manner of infernal machines. One of them in the shape of a pair ot shoes struck the great Commissioner right plumb amid-ships and bent him double, and he's never been able to walk i straight since; and they tell me it j will take a generation of vipers,! however long that may be, to cure the dear, good man of his ailment. Then there were other machines devilment; some in the shape of peaches, which must have been hand grenades, you know; and eorae in the shape of cigars, which must have been torpedoes or tor- r wwwwwwwwwww TJ?N ri\TiENT. 1: WW WVWWWVW W WW 3 o pedv> boat destroyers, lor oneof:e them destroyed that wisest of wise ;e bookkeepers, who never could N liave been killed by any ordinary * w-e a p o-n of war. 80 great was the havoc played ^ by that innocent-looking infernal, machine, that man* of the good v people,then and there, determined ^ to raise a monument to the slain, c the corner-stone of which was laid with great eclat in the State j House on the 18th of May. when the friends of the fallen heroes ^ j with shouts of applause, declared themselves in favor of perpetuating their memory and their work, even should it require the appropriation of millions ol the people's money and the sacrifice of thousands of the youth of the State to preserve the glowing record of these glorious, mighty men. All South Carolinians?Luciter Gaunt excepted. Ole Glim. Clf MM lit 1 ^1. J (Continued from first page) ' city were strolling through the camp the other evening and stopped in front of my tent in which I was using a spade, lu reply to a question from one of them, I said I wa8u6pading up my bed as it had become very hard," and the idea seemed to tickle them nearly to death; but I have no fine wood bedstead to keep polished, and my laundry bundle never contains any sheets or pillow-cases, as my sleeping apartment is fitted out with a blanket only. The boys are much pleased with r the arrangement made by the postal authorities perraitti ng the soldiers to mail their letters without postage stamps on them. The soldiers just write on the evelope "soldiers letters; Camp Fitzhugh Lee, Columbia, S. 0.; Col. H T Thompson, commanding,'' and has it approved and no stamp is neccessary, but this arrangement is pretty hard on sweethearts, as the postage has to be paid by the person to whom the letter is ad- j dressed before it is delivered. t Louis J. Bristow. j The most complete assort ( ment of men's boys' and children's t clothing from the cheapest to the best, at S. M. Askins, Lake City, j S. C. / a Vnnno men I hnvp ? nrpffv line of neckware. Come and pet q pleased. S. M. Askins, Lake City, S. C. 1 i A Clever Trick. r I It certainly looks like it, but there ^ is really no trick about it. Anybody can try it who has lame back and lame kidneys, malaria or ner- S vou8 troubles. We mean he can a cure himself right awey by taking 1 Electric Bitters. This ."fliecliciue e tones up the whole system, acts as a F stimulant to liver and kidneys, i6 a hlrLwi rmrifipr uml riorvp Initio Tf fi cures constipation, headache, faint- j ing 6pells sleeplessness aud melan- c choly. It is purely vegetable, a mild h laxative, and restores the system to t its natural vigor. Try Electric Bit- s ters and be convinced that they are j( a miracle worker. Every bottle a guaranteed. Only 50c a bottle at c any drug store. ^ Win your battles against disease ^ by acting promptly. One Minute h Cough Cure produces immediate b results. When taken early it pre- s vents consumption. And in later ^ stages it furnishes prompt relief. Wallace & Johnson. fi To Coiy Co??Up?tioii I'orefer. Tuke Cuscoreti^^udy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. P IX C. C. C. full to curtfrtirucKists rtfumi money, g CheCounty Keoord one dollr a yearu ^ (Continued from first page."" < 3i* whatever office he pleases, which : I iUL HUUWIUIO IU1 HIC UUlllt/Ci Ui 1 aiidiclates for the office of Chief < lagistrate. There is no principle i f ilemoraey which makes it incnincut upon the people to elect a Govrnor to serve a second term; you can lect him or not, as you see prop- , r. You may ask why I should ask on to elect me instead of giving Governor Ellerbe a second term. I av in reply that I sincerely believe I an make you a better Governor tliuu le has done. If I do not, I will not isk you for a second term. Something has been said about there king too much money spent on edu:ation in the State. The democratic mrty is oound by the strongest ties hat bind man to man to support the ^.1 ttnatt 1/vrtnl ittofiiufiAn nf Q^nfa 'uuuuiuuai liJoiiLut-iv/ii \jl buu kjiavt. [ was opposed to the dispensary law in til it became engrafted in the Constitution that liquor should not >e sold except by the restrictions that ire put around it by the dispensary irhe 11 I accepted it as the best solution of the liquor question. Col. Schumpert concluded by thanking the people for their attention and the und reception that had been accord?d him. His speech evoked considerible applause. Col. Watson being introduced, said ae was sorry that he had only fifteen uinutes in which to make his speech. L'he time was too short to do himself ustice. He avowed that he was a temperance man, hiiu nau no use rur whiskey, but the people wanted it ] ind would have it at any coBt. He avored the disp eneary, because it was ;he best system yet devised. Barber lad told him that he and the friends >f the dispensary had to hold Got. Ellerbe up. Why did not Gov. El-i >rbe close up tho hotel di spensaries lefore the campaign? He had never aid anything but the truth about >ov. Fllerbe. Gov. Ellerbe had nade oue good speech at George's md that was the only one he had ev;r made. Col. Watson referred to he Governor's military appoiutments. the Uov. nau written down auotner nan's name for Col. of the new regment, but they made him mark it rat and insert Jones. He closed by thanking the audience for their attention. Applause followed. Mr. Feather*tone, the prohi bi ion candidate, spoke forcibly and iloquently, and the audience gave he closest attention to his speech. Mr beatherstone said prohibiion had succeeded in Maine so nnr?h en that it had hppn inrnr x>rated into the constitution of hat State by a three-fourths maority. He appealed to the fathers. asking them to be consistent, lot to pray "lead us not into temp ation," and then go to the polls ind vote for the dispensar}\ Mr. <eatherstone's address was loudly ipplauded. Next came Senator Archer, who poke pleasantly for fifteen minites. He said he believed in edicatincr the massess. Two much ooney was spent for higher edication and not enough for comnon school education. If he was lected Governor, he would veto ome of the wasteful educational ppropriations. Mr. Archer was requently applauded, and apparntly his speech made a fine imiression. Mr. G Walt Whitman, the canlidate who is making the campaign on a wheel, rolled into town in Monday evening, and was on and Tuesday to ask the people o vote for him. Mr. Whitman aid he had been in the guberna orial race for several campaigns nd that he was confident of suce?s this time. The people had een fooled and "bamboozled" Dng enough, and they were going o show their good sence this time y electing him Governor, His peech was good; but apparently he man was not taken seriously. Six of the candidates for the ofce of railroad commissioner were resent Stansell, Evans, Garris, ligh, Thomas, and Gray. Messrs. . ligh ami Thomas bad a spat> Ihomas called SIigh a "dead beat" J ind the latter returned the compliment. The other candidates >poke vigorously and expressed I : heir regrets at having sach a short ^ time in which to discuss the issues | Df the office for which they were & running. k Mr. G Duncan Bellinger was in troduced as the "hero of tlie Brox Ion Bridge Case." Mr. Bellinger k ^ t> spoke on'v a lew minutes and re- ? tired amidst applause. The other l candidates lor state offices were ff Messrs. Epton, Bradham, Tomp- ? kins, Floyd, Watts, Rice, Brown 1J and McMahan. All ol these used the time alloted to tliem. J Mr.JE Ellerbe and Congressman ? Norton, candidates for Congress from the 6th district, made their appearence for the first time in f this campaign. Mr. Ellerbe said 1 he would not have re-appeared ^ as a candidate, if he had been c treated fairlv in the last cam f paign. Norton had agreed with him to have seven friends decide which one of them should drop out of the race. A majority de ? cided that Norton should, but r that he refused and greatly to his 1 surprise, after the election, he 11 ascertained that it had been cir y culated that the majority had decided iu Norton's tavor. lie was a candidate 10 correct some lies that Norton's friends had ?:ir colated on him. It had been rumored that he had been ex pelled from South Carolina col lege for stealing $250. This was a damnable lie, and he read letters j from President McBryde and Nor J ment stating that there was no truth in the report. Col William Elliott, as a candidate for Con j gress in the first district stood on \ his past record, and was willing to [ abide by the decision of his con < stituents in the coming election. Col. Elliott has many friends around here who greeted him 1 uMth a cmilp His snpprh was vociferously cheered. Congressman Norton was the last speaker. lie declared that he had looked after the iuterests of his constituents in Congress. He J spoke eloquently for the possibili ties of the American youth brought about by the war. He had never voted to involve this country unnecessarily in war, but when the issue came he had not been recraent to his trust. The last speaker having finished the people dispersed, tired and worn. The most of the candidates left for Florence to be present at t the next meeting, ^ ANNOUNCEMENTS. > a FO a CONGRESS. 1 I hereby announce myself a car.- 1 didate for representative from the 0 6th Congressional district, subject t to the rules of the Democratic pri- I maries. 0 J E ELLERBE. g I hereby announcemyself a can- ( didate for Congress from the Sixth * Congressional District of South c Carolina, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. JAMES NORTON. Please announce that I am a can didate for re-nomination for the position of Member of Congress from the First congressional district at the Democratic Primary Election. ? Very respectfully, WILLIAM ELLIOTT. . t< FOR AUDITOR. t* Please announce H Z Hanna as a candidate for re-election to the office of County Auditor. Voters. FOR SUPERVISOR. I hereby announce myself a can didate for County Supervisor, subject to the rules of the Democratic c. party. p J. P. EPPS. P( P I hereby announce myself as a (j candidate for re-election to the office of County Supervisor, at the ensuing Democratic primary elect- 1C ion, and I pledge myself to abide by the result of said election. B B CHANDLER. 10 UK GREATEST BOOK OF TEE AGE' Should b? In Eterj Horn rod Ubnr;. He People's lie Using written by Right Hon. William Fwart Gladstone. t-Premier of Great Hritixn and Ireland. Chester. an.; Her. A. H. t?u>r?. yawn'* College. Orford. Eng.; sr. Samuel Iree d.iirtisa. L). lb. Chicago Theological iminair. Chicago III.; liar. Frederic W. Ferrer. I).I)., .K.H.. Dean of Caaterbur), Cnnterbuo. Fog.; Re*. Imer H.Cupen, D.D..Tnft* College, Somerrille, Masa^ rr. Frank W Gnn?nulu?, I). lb, Armoor Institute, aicago, III.; Iter George f. Pentecost. D.I).. .Marylame Presbyterian Churcb. London, Fng.; Rer. K. 3. acArthur. D.U.. Calrary Baptist Chtircn, New York ity. N. Y.. Her. .Marty* Sammerbelt, D.D., Male ;r??t Proa Hapti.t Church. Lewi.ton. Me ; Rer. Frank . Bristol, l>.Lb. F'ir*t Methodist Episcopal Cbnrcb, renston. III.: Rer. IV, T. Moore, LL.D.. "The Chria ... .. T V-. . P.. FAward llD ronnnonwriuiii, . . ?erett Hale. D.L>.. Smith Congregational Church, o*ton. Matt.; Ker. Jowph Agar Beet. D.D., Metleyen ullece. Richmond. Kbit.: Ret. OftM>ar Rene Gregory, eiprig Vuirereity, Leipzig. Germany: Ber. Wm. Iea?er Wilkinton. D.l), Cmrertity of Cbioago, Chiigo, 111.: Rot. Snmuol Hart, f>.D., Trinity College, art ford. Conn.; Rey.J. Monro Git?oo, D.D..3t. John'a ood Pretbyterian Church, London, F.ng Key. Geone . Lorimer. LL.D., The Temple, Bo?ton, Maw. Poril.iH auiriov 182 pua??, 5* foil-page ill tut r aone. gilt edge*, cloth, $1.50; naif levant, |6.(W; fall THnt, fd.O). qr**T? r.DITlOI. l^fln page*. art foil-page illuitraont. Stylo A gilt edget, full loTeot. one jolnine, 16.11): Style R two yolamee. fall leveat, tafted, t-SJ 00 : i If PARTS, quarto tize. re*iew quertiena to each, it IB ipor coTere, tewed, trimmed elightly, fl.OOeach part. For tale at alt boo k? to ret and by beolteellert. For irther information, write HENRY O. 8HEPARD, ubliaber.212i?nd 211 Monroe Street,Chicago, I llinoin. The next examination of ap 1 ilicants for teacners' certificates ivill be held at Kin>;stree, Friday I fune 17, 189S, between the hours ir 10o?olock a. m., and 5 o'clock ). ra. Js'abor D. Lesesxe, Co. Supt. of Ed. "I think DeWitt's Witch Ilatel talve Is the finest preprationon the nurkpt for nilp.s." So writes John C )unn of Wheeling, W? Va. Try it md you will think the same. It alo curesezcma and all skin diseases. Vallace & Johnson. Am Old IdM. ' Erery day strengthens the belief of eminent physicians that impure blood is the cause of the majority of onr disease*. Twenty-fire years ago this theory wa* used at a basis for the formula of Browns' Iron Bitters. The m&nT remark able cures effected by this famous old household remedy are sufficient to prove that the theory is correct. Browns' Iron Bittera is sold by all dealers. Ladies1 sailor hats; all colors rrades and styles. $ M Askin s !^ake City, S 6. Ertrrbsdr Bays So. Cascareta Candy Cathartic, the most wonJerful medical dt'scoverv of the age, pleasint and refreshing to th? taste, act gently ind positively on kidneys, liver and bowels, rleansiug the eutira system, dispel colds, :urn headache, ferer, habitual constipation ind biliousness. Please buy and try a box >f C. C. C. to-day; 10, 2T>, SO cents, sold and guaranteed to euro by all druggists. The Chief Burgess of Milesburg, ?&, says Dweitt's Little Early Ris;rs are the best pills he ever used in lis family during forty years of iou*e keeping. They cure constimtion, siek headaehe and stomach ind liver troubles. Small in size nit great jn results. Wallace A fohnson. < An Uncertain Dlseaac. 'fTiare U nn riiaeaa* mnrn nnrerialn in ita nature than dyspepsia. Physicians say that the symptoms of no two casw agree. It is therefore most difficult to make a correct diagnosis. No matter how severe, or under what disgnisedyspepsia attacks you. Browns' Iron Bitters will cure it Invaluable in all diseases of the stomach, blood and nerves. Browns' Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers. Millions Given Away. It is certainly gratifying to the mblic to know of one concern in he land who are not afraid to be fenerons to the needy and suffering. Dhe proprietors of I)r. King's New Discovery for Consumption, coughs, nd colds, have given away over ten nillion trial bottles of this great nedicine, and have the satisfaction f knowing it has absolntely cured housands of hopeless cases. Asthma Ironcbifcis,hoarseness and all diseases f the throat, chest and lungs are urely enred by it. Call on auy Iruggist, and get a trial bottle free, egular size 50 cts and $1.00. Ererj >ottle guaranteed, or price refanded. Vklntbli to Womt. Especially valuable to women ie Brows*' Iron Bitters. Backache vanishes, headache disappears, strength takes the place of weakness, and the glow of health readily oomes to the pallid cheek when this wonderful remedy is taken. For sickly children or overworked men it has no equal. No home shonld be without this famous remedy. Browns' Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers. Bob Moore, of LaFo.vette, Ind., ays that for constipation he has jund DeWitfs Little Larly Risers r> be perfect. They never gripe, 'ry them for stomach and liver roubles. Wallace & Johnson. If- Are Tra Wetk T Weakness manifests itself in tha loan of ambition and aching bones. The blood ia watery; the tiaanea are wasting?the dpor ia being opened for disease. A bottle of Bfowps' Iron Bittern taken in time will reatam fgnr strength, soothe jour nerrea, make nor blood rich and red. Do yon mora wood than an expenaire special course of midjfine. Browns' Iron Bittern ia aold by all ffifgrs. . ( )ne Minute Cough Cure is the best reparation I Irave ever sold or us- \ tl, and I can't say too much in its raise."?L M Kennon, Merchant, dell, Ga.?Wallace <fc Johnson. Krinrata Tonr Hnwtlt With C*?carrt?. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. *>.>??. If C. C. C. fall, drneelsts refund money. I Educate Your Bowel* With Cutcarrta. i Candy Catliartlc, cure constipation forever. I c,25c. If C.C. C. fall, druggists refund money I 1 BUELL & ROBERTS' Cash Dry Goods Store is the Place for Bargains. y.r) 11.-1C II New Goods This Week. 100 do7.en Ladies' Black and Tan seamless hose, at. .V a pair. 6 cases ladies' and child ren'shits.of the latest styles. Five hundred yards of Organdi ai 4c. Five hundred white plaids at 5c. They would be cheap at 6c. Onr case ileavv undressed lonecloth at fir. Three thousand yards of beautiful ribbons, belts and many other goodsFURNITURE DEPM1XT. Walnut suits, ten pieces. 165, $75 $95 Oak suits. 10 pieces. $17 to $65. Oak wardrobe, $10 to $20. Walnut wardrobe $19 to $30. Imitation Walnut wardrobe $8 50 to $12. Oak chiffoniers $6 50 to $12. Book shelves $1 50 to $2. Hammocks 75c, 80, $1 25, $1 50. l>oor Mat-* 50c and 75c. Easels 50c, 75c and $1. Library lamps $2 and $2 50. Six foot .Jute Bugs 98c. IVInrXiktv wh'jHnc 11V* ti* 41 ?? 11JUVV1 W W* ?*?*' Sofa cusbious and Head Rest* 25c, 30c, 33c, *KK\ 50c, 75c. I INKS, VLISES. i Canopy nets $1 25 and $1 30. | Excelsior, Husk, Mors and Cotton I Mattre-aes. Chinese and Japanese mattings at old prices. Stair oilcloth at 18c, 25a and 80c a yard. 10-picce chamber sets 12 19 to KJ 50; 12-piece chamber sets 110. Buell & Roberts, MS Jl.^D 57? KH 1 NTREET Corner Cannon Street, i Ghariestsn, IC. ATLANTIC COAST LINE. North-Eastern R. R.of S. C. CONDK5SKD SCffEDFitv Dec. 2t>. 1897, TRAINS GOING SOUTH. No. 3o.* Leave Florence 3:25 a. na Leave Kingstree Arrive Lanes . 4:44)a. ml Lfliivo I.utiud 4 *40 a. nit Arrive Charleston 620 a. m No. *23. Leave Florence 7:45 p. ml Leave Kingstree 8:66 p. m Arrive Lanes 9:13 p. id Leave Lanes 9:13 p. ir Arrive Charleston 10:50 p. in No, 53.* Leave Lanes 7:15 p. im Arrive Charleston 9:46 p. m TRAINS GOING NORTH. No. 78.* Leave Charleston 5c28 a. ro Arrive Lanes 7:05 a. m Leave Lanes 7:05 a. m Leave Kingstree 7:23 a. in Araive Florcnee 8:25 a. ro No. 3a* Leave Charleston 5:17 p. m* Arrive Lanes 6:53 p. m* Leave Lanes (5:53 p. m* Leave Kingstree Arrive Florence 8:15 p. nr No. M.? Leave Charleston 7:00 a. mt Arrive Lanes 8:32 a. rah Daily. tPaily except Sunday. No. 52 runs throiuzh. t,o Columbia via fentral R R of S ('. Trains Nos. 78 and 32 run via Wilson and Fayetteville Short Line and make close connection for alt points North. Trains on C & I) R R leave Florence* daily except Sunday 8:45 a. m. arrriver Darlington 9:18 a. m., Hartsvllle 1149 a. m.. Cheraw 10:30 a. m.p Wadesboro 2:2.5 p. m. Leave Florence daily except Sunday 8:25 p. m.f arrive Darlington 8:50 p. m., Bennettsville 9:4<V p. m., Gibson 10:10 p. m. Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6:25 a. m., Bennettsville 6:49 a. m., arrive Darlington 7:40 a. m.. leave Darlington 7:55 a. m.. arrive Florence* 9:25 a. m. Leave Wadesboro daily except Sunday 3:00 p. m., Cheraw 5:14 p. m.. Hartsville 2 15 p. ra., Darlington 6:24 p. m., arrive Florence 7:00 p m. JNO.F. DIVINE, Gen'l Sup't "**? A WoBitrlW Dlmmy. The last quarter of a century record* many wonderful discoveries In medicine, but none that have accomplished more fcr humanity than that sterling old household remedy, Browns'Iron Bitters. It seems to contain the very elements of good health, end neither man, woman or child can tai? It without deriving the greatest benefit. Browns' Iron Bitters is sola by aO dealers.