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Items from Rhems. The holidays are over nnd . veryihing is quiet. The farmers :ne .busy preparing their lands, : s?d the outlook is bright tor large Vips this year. Quantities of Vrtflizers are being shipped to ' his point, and we hope the results iil be good. Mr. <J. II. -Baker, the hustling .: (>!ion buyer for Alex. Sprout vfc :von, is now gathering up the reniti ints-ol the last year's cropland svilleoon return to his home at * t. Charles. We regret to see him reave. .Mr. II. M. Blrzzorfl, bookkeeper ?;r F. Rhem & Son, has been " immoned as a witness to the S'iorence court. He left last Satiiday, the 27th inst., accompanied Civ his wife. She will visit relaiivestn Timmoasville during his absence. Mr.G. W. Erwiii, of Baltimore, Sias been the guest of Mr. D. O. EJhem for the past week. lie hae been hunting partridges, and wilh the assistance of Mr. W. J. Coop ? r to show him the country, they 1 killed quite a number ol birds. j There was also a party of hunts-; men, consisting of Gen. Wadej 3lampion, Judge Mriver, Lawyer Wilcox and others, the guests of Mr. F. Rhem, deer homing. They killed ?ev?raI deer and smaller game. The General is quite an old man, but still enjoys the sport. We learn that Mr. R. J.Nesmith die prominent merchant of Coop-' / ors, will be a candidate for clerk <>f court. We wish him success, sis we think lie is fully competent for the office. Mr. V. C. Bidham, of Columbia, was in out community a few days ago on business. We would be glad to hear from c!;e MoTrisville uFox,*- and to know it he feasted 011 fat fowls during the Christmas holidays. We wish The Recozo a successful New Year and good luck to > t s readers. Jackfrost. F' ?-? benson Briefs. Mr. Julius McCants has opened up an assorted stock ot merchandise in the storehouse ot Mr. 1?. w . Spann, at this place. Mr. V. E. Strong has also opened shop for the purpose of running his farm the coming season. We hope these young men may have abundant success in their business. ! I Mr. Hampton Snowden and Miss May Snowden were visiting in this section last week. ?[ * Thursday of last week wasap-j pointed to meet for work at the! .Methodist Church at this place. O :ite a number of men accordingly * i met and shingled 1 hut part of the roof which needed it most at this lime. The ladies were in attendance also, they sweeping and cleaning up the yard. Dinner! was then served, which was en-! joyed bv all present. W. S. G. I His Life was Saved. t'' ! Mr. .T. E. Lilly, a prominent citizen <t i Oiim'it.-.il Lit el v had a won t.cri'ul deliverance from a friirlitf?i! uea'll. Ill telling of it lie says: "I >.as taken with typhoid fever, that ran into pneuinoiiia. My lungs l>ecauie j burdened. I was so weak I couldn't j [ even sit up in bed. Nothing helped; ine*t 1 exjK'cted to soon die of Consumption, when I heard of l)r. King's; .New Discovery. One bottle g.:ve great .ciief, I continued to u-e it. and now j am well and strong. 1 can't say too f much in its praise." This marvelous r medicine is the surest and quickest;' cure in the world for all Throat and Lung Trouble. Regular sizes 50 cents and $1.00. Trial bottles free at. Wallace S: Johnson's Drug Store; twry hotxlc guaranteed. /lTr.lt<.'... St: erg Me n So??elv Needed. I _ The fir^t congressional district, J because it includes most of the j South Carolina seaboard, the ! State's largest city and all her ports, is the most important dis{ jtrict ot'the seven, ll is ol the ut i mc>t consequence, not only to the I di-t rirt hot to all the Deo pie ol j the Slate, that it be represented by a-a able and practical man <>' affairs who will-command influence ; in Congress and take high position lhere Who represents the , 1st district is a matter more near- ] | ly affecting the 4th district linn , who represents the 5th, 3rd or( j any othei* district, because the j proper development of the whob interior hangs largely upon tin development of our water facilities. J*or that reason the Advertiser has no hesitancy in express , ing its sentiments as to the aprvrr* ?/> 1?ir>ir oluntinn in <llp (Mllll-! leston district. , Mr. Joseph W. Hani well, t h< present Senator from Charleston Conuly is a gentleman who possesses intellectual gifts of the firorder. lie is an eloquent, expt rieuced, thoroughly educated unsound lawyer. His personal record and character is without blemish. When the redemption of th commonwealth trembled in thbalanee he was distinguished foaggressive courage. In the sti more acute struggle ior the re-, demption ot tne cny 01 unarie:-, ton Irom negro misrule he waequally conspicious. The selection ot Mr. Barnwell for the Democratic nomination in his district will insure for the State a mem- ' her of Congress worthy of th State's best traditions and in hi- i person the State will have in tin halls of legislation a force which ; wille be felt and beard throughou' 14 he nation. In our judgement, tin 1st district lias a ricn opponumiv | in the candidacy of Mr. Barnwell, : for hi3 election would insure to tin j good of all South Carolina. Stron [elEeieut men are sorely needed b\ (he South at Washington, and Mi ; Barnw II is thoroughly representative of the South'* best. Jury List. GRAND JURY. { Munroe Gamble, J. C. Christmas, J. C. Young, W. D. Bryant. ; S. J. Marie, W. P. Brown, J. L i Tisdale. A. J. Coekfield, Isaac STimmons, J. M. Kennedy, J. C Haselden and J. O. Carraway. PETIT JURY. J. T. Baxlev, Julian A. Thompson, R. M. Miles, Gns Bradham, S. 11 Frier.-on, J. C. McElveeu, R D Blakeley, S M Lee, Legrand Graham, A JL> Wilson, W P Maithews, J M Godwin, L Stackle.v Seth Phelps, G W Gist. W J Tisdale, C M Kclley, J C Parsons, J \V McNeill, W E Nettles, 11' Mouzon, Hugh McCntchen, S J Gastej, lieese il Graham, 8 T Godwin, A M Gamble, W J Nesmith, J J McCulliun, 'lorn Ilogan, J P Ilatina, W K Cooper, 0 II Whitfield. .1 G Lifraire, W F Iiodgerss, W L Tisdale. W B Brown. A Cure tor he^r.burn. That burning sm-ati >n in ilie sto uac:i, thepiius ami >u!Toriug whim ; eXJHTiem eu lur me luoj; \ cms, un. I, on by continued ccii<iipauor, ami oi,ioushess aie almost ind scnoable. J tri<-d every known ieniedy without el feet. Finally 1 tried Ramon s Livei Pi iIs and Tonic Pullets, following tin direclons carefully. After takihg a lew doses I began to improve, i have not used more than turcc boxes an?i feel as well as 1 ever felt. My restoration to perfect health 1 attribute soleh to tile use of Ramon's Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets, and I only wish 1 could persuade others io do as I did and he cured?Logan >1.Nails,Amsterdam, Ya. The Duke ol'Teckdied at Rich- < ruond Park, England, in! his$63d IO* * i * year. f f' - 4 BfJII SHIt. The iinnncial statement of the dispensary for 1S09 has been completed. 'i'he profits going to the counties, towns anii cine? amounis in $2-0,492.35: the net profits of the State, which goes to the school fund, is $193,689.40, making the total net profits $41s,lSl.S4. Union is soon to have a new paper, the Progress. J. M. Wise, of Hymanville, has been arrested on the charge of counterfeiting. Thegyascutis still roams around Florence. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wilson died -i'lddenly within a few hours ot acrh oilier last week at Tirnnionsville. Ihey were over 70 year.*, id. ; The city of Spartanburg pro-. uses to spend $50,000 improving J er streets. j T. E. Younger, serving on the partanburg chain gang tor /orrery, escaped last week. The store of Dukes & Son, in' )rangeburg county, was burglarized last week by professionals. 1 he sale was blown open and $300 i i cash taken. More hogs were killed in Colleton county this winter than any vear since the war. The farmers <re living at home and boarding ti the same place. The Daily Times, an afternoon :?>?ner of Greenville, has suspend J I' ?d alter a short existence. The [jreenville News will publish an afternoon edition, intended especially lor the mill operatives. The skeleton of a man has been found in Wedgetield swamp, lie had been dead some months, anu two bottles of laudanum near by leads to the supposition ot suicide. The Atlantic Coast line vestihnlo rpppn11 v made a run o! 46 miles in 4S minutes, including two s ops, between Flrod and Florence. The police are waging war on t ie slot machines in Charleston. Oilier forms or gambling will be c msidered later on. Nearly nine hundred chaingang convicts rendered free service to ihe city of Charleston last year. Geo. Cannon, an employe on I lie Florida special, was seriously wounded by an unknown assailinl at Ashley Juneiicn last week. Major Aiken, a mill hand at Factory Town, is in jail charged villi the murder of an infant hild. The Seaboard Air Line will have J L -- . 11 i neir roaa ueiween vncian .um 'olumbia in operation by February 15th. Mr. Gibson Cat let t has issued' an Industrial Art Edition of the Spartanburg Herald, descri pi ive< 1 he industries of Spartanburg. More miles of Railroad were milt and more money put in col on mills in South Carolina las /ear than in any other Slate in lie Union. Darlington has just subscribed i?100,000 for the improvement (f iier cotton mill. A Dnuirlar Mill Exnlosion rjjUcmovcs everything in sijrlit; so do .lUStic mineral pills, but both are mighty dangerous. Don't dynamite ,h?* delicate raaeliinery ?>f your body \ ith calomel, cmton oil or aloes |?ill?, .rhen l)r. King's Jiew Life Pills, which are gentle as a summer bronze, do the vork perfectly. Cures Headache, (.on* 'tipatjoii. Only 25 cents at Wallace & Johnson's Drug Store. Inlluei.za hub causcu 193 deaths in a week in London* . . . A Full I GENERAL Ml I hcIV6 jUSt I i p I I Tin A AT 11110 U1 i CALL AND EXAMIXK MY f I 1\v trading with us your hills w brighter during the holidays. Stack ley's W. T. W Nice Complete stock, Latest i ttt nn t W. J. V Good line of Staple DRY GOODS at ^ Shoes to bur Saddles, Bridles, Harness, etc., at W. T Hard-ware, Pot's Spiders, Ovens, Fa Best Family Groceries at W. T. WILK Nice linceO rock Tobacco from 25 to 50 cents at W. Cotton, Corn, Ptas, ( hickens, Eggs, you may have. A Country man?V Bes Come to see Wilkii YOURS, W Gigantic Sea Weed- | '(jtiantlUes tnat targe meauuvi "ilftt I j islands are formed, which are olI leu so Ug as lo impede navigu-> j tion. The ropes made from the j stems of the plant are used foi building purpoes, and the bal I loons, when dried, make serviceai hie vessels. j No Right to Ugliness. The woman who is lovely in face, ! form and t uiper will always have { friends, hut. one who would he attrac- j ( : tive must keep tier liealrli. If site is I ? 1 "'i Mm ii.iwn she will i WejIK, SUMt 4lii\? m. ..... ......... i benervous and irritable, If slie has s ! constipation or kidney trouble, lior impure blood will cause pimples, blotch- a cs, skin eruptions ami a wretched coin- ^ plexion. Ekclrie Bitters is the best medicine in the world to regulate the 1 i stomach, liver and kidneys and io pa- ^ i rify the blood. It gives strong m-rves, I brighr eyes, smooth, velvety skin, ri b r J complexion, it will make a goo ilooking, charming woman of a run- ^ ; down invalid. Only 50 cents at "Wul- ( lace Johnson's Drug Store. ^ The absence of solt water is | some men's excuse for drinking !hard. If there is such a thing as a spoiled child, it belongs to one ol the j neighbors. i The largest plant in the world, , said an eminent naturalist theotlx r ' day, is probably a gigantic sea;,' weed known as the neieocytis, which irequenlly grows to a height ' i of more than three hundred feet. J The stem of the plant is as strong i as an otdinary rope, and large!-1 quantities of it are dried and used |> | as rope by the South Sea island-11 jers, where the curious vegetable i: ropes are found. This sea weed j usually grows at a depth of from N 200 to 300 feet. As soon as the j plant take*; root a pear-shaped ! I balloon is formed, which grows i j with the stem towards the sur jj j face Ol the center. This balloon j j J frequently lias a diameter of six J j feet or more. It lias, of course, an ( upward tendency, and therefore L keeps the stem growing until it h floats on top of lite water. This i j enormous weed grows in such j . i o~... I;l.? l 1 Line of. . . 1RCHAMDISE s G&slh ?t?ir?o . .. ? eceived a fail r ka ?Wr>' sj&tiM \j - "'? ** -*^ m M STOCK BEFORE BUYING, ill be lighter and your thoughts Cash Store? H-P L_J I? 1 }_ 1 a i Jrtn ri, ILKINS. styles in FURNITURE at 7HKINS V. T. WILKINS n. so CHEAP at W. T. WILKIX&, Wilkins. .rming utensils at W. T. WILKINS* IX S. erv, cheap at W. T. WILKIS. T. WILKINS. and any country produoe V. T. WILKINS. t Lot Room Fur Benefit of Public is. 1LKINS. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. Notice is hereby givon that I will risit the following places on ihe days , neiitioned below, for the purpose it w ;aking Tafc lletnrns forth fiscal year, f .omnienc njr January 1st lOoo. " t All male persons Ixlvrei u the ag<* ,f twenty-one and sixty year*. who arc lot exempt.arc liable ?o a full 'lax. Jreclyeviile on the m ,.i.u 2nd of Jan .lOuniins " '* 3rd suttons 44 44 4th 44 uth " Harpers 4 4 4 4 Oth 4 4 44 44 Irio 44 4 4 ?ih 44 0th 44 4 4 stIters 44 44 10th 44 lltii 4 4 44 [viogstree 4 4 4 4 1 2th * 18th 44 4 4 _ukc City 44 44 ntli 44 18th 44 44 Miuoii r?,ston's Store 4 4 44 10th 44 20th 44 44 vltinnns 44 44 22nd 14 44 44 lohnsonville 44 2 hd 44 44 \rds 44 44 24th 44 25th 44 44 Lamberts 44 " 20th 44 44 king-tree 4 4 44 2i?tli 44 44 4 4 >dar Swamp 44 Joth 44 31st 4 4 4 4 [lloouihigvaie 44 1st " 2nd 44 ?e kingsirec 4 4 . 44 2rd 44 44 Iidiatltown 44 44 5th 44 6th 44 44 IConic " 4' ?tli " " " hurrisviile44 " ?ili 44 4 4 44 [them* " 44 Oth 44 44 Jonc??rd 44 " loth 44 44 Jaises " " UiL u 13th " jowd.v's Store " 14th " 15th ' " douzons " loth " " vinjrstree * " 17th " 20th ,4 ** achieve. " II '/. Hanna, Auuu-r. Founded 1842. CTIEFr /pIAMOS * "Sing their own praise.'* If you reckon the endless joy and >ennanent value, you will get one >f those celebrated STIEFF I'lAN)S. They are made with all the kill which only years of constant md careful attention to every deail of their construction can eoninand. PISFIT MA TKI* fherefore, we won't burden you vith an unnecessarily big price. Jonvenient terms. FINE TUNING. OIIAS. M.STIEFF, 1'iano Manufacturer, Baltimore, M. D. Factory branch wareroom, 21 'i North Tryon Street, Charlotte, N.C. C. II. WILMOTII, > a .ager. > . r W-JMiu iJ. _ ^ di