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Cost of a Cursed Crime. THE DISPENSARY AGAIN BATHED IN HUMAN BLOOD. Two Moonshiners Murdered in Spartanburg and Two Con? stables Wounded. Special to The State. SPARTANBURG, Juoe 28.-The lat? est sensation in connection with the dispensary system of South Carolina is furnished by Spartanburg. This morning at the hour of 1, two citi? zens were killed and two State con stables were wounded ; one mortally the other seriously. This is the sto? ry of the awful happening so far as mortals can ever know There were no disinterested witnesses of the war, only the constables and moon? shiners saw and heard. Since the dispensary system went into effect the people of the wild Blue Ridge Mountains, which are distant about twenty miles from this city, have been giving the dispen? sary people a great deal of worry, the close proximity of Spartanburg to the North Carolina hills has made it extremely difficult for the consta? bles of Governor Evans to keep mountain whiskey out of the town and county. In spite of all that could be done the moonshiners would bringdown the product of their stills The result has been that the Spartan? burg dispensary has been unable to prosper. Very recently the consta- ? bles, about five or six in number have been on the alert and have planned to ? catch the mountain meu. Several days ago Constable Toland, j a resident oflicer, applied for help to j execute his plans. This help was j granted by the chief constable, and \ this morning the plans were tried, j However, several nights were put in trying to catch the game, but with no success until this morning. The constables stationed themselves at a point on the mountain road about four miles from the city and waite?! for the mountain schooner with its cargo of "whiskey. At 1 o'clock their watch was rewarded. The wagon came in sight, sud Constable' Steven? son stepped into the road, and catch? ing the bridle of a mule, told the men to surrender. The constable said that a man on the wagon expressed a preference to surrender, but began immediately to shoot. The firing j then became general. The consta bles used their shot guns and pistols j upon the crew of the schooner, and j received in return a volley of bullets j from the wagon. How many men j were on the wagon no one knows ! When the firing ended two moon? shiners. Jack Fisher and Bill Dur? ham, weie.found dead and two con stables wouuded, Pettigrew by a ball j just below the right nipple. Toland through the right long. The former will die. Toland has good chances of recovery. There is no account other than that ! given by the constables The coro? ner held an inquest this afternoon and the verdict was to the effect that the men came to their death by gunshot wounds from the guns of un? known parties. A strange feature of }he affair is that the guns found on the wagon of the mountaineers con? tained their lull charge ; they gave no evidence of having beeu fired. There is great excitement in the mountains Fisher and Durham were kings of the mountains from Spartan? burg to Ashville, and have a host of followers. The constables are not in custody of the law. ANOTHER STORY. 'SPARTAKB?RG, June 28.-Last night a fight toole place on the Howard j Gap road, about five miles from here j The constables had heard that a load I of whiskey was coming from the di- j rection of Polk county. Constable Eichelberger sent out Constables Pettigrew of Faiifield. Toland and By are of this county, and a man by the name of Stevenson, to intercept the wagon. They met in the road I about five miles from town, not far ; from the scene of the recent Pisgah j fight The constables divided their I force?, and made the attack in front j and rear. One of them in front or- ? dered a halt and surrender, stating 1 that they were State officers. Some j one in the wagon said *'all right," j but before they had time to dismount and deliver the wagon aud contents, a pistol was fired and Pettigrew fell ? The firing then became general. When the smoke cleared away it was ascertained that Jack Fisher and Bill Durham, of Tr3'on, N. C., were _ killed. Pettigrew was very severely wounded, with little chance of re- > covery. Toland was shot in the ! breast, but the ball ranged round, and j the wound is slight, lt is also said that a youth by the name of Brown, ! a driver of the wagon, was wounded. One of the mules drawing the wagon ; was shot, and i? is believed that he will die. Stevenson was left in charge of the wagon, and Toiand came on to town last night. Mark Durham, a brother of Bill Durham, is in town this morning. lie was in the neighborhood at a private house. Fisher and Durham were shot in | the wagon, and fell back with their O' heads resting on a whiskey barrel. There they were to remain until the coroner arrived. The Fisher family ; is rather a prominent, or rather a j notorious one, about Tryon. Pbysi- ? cally, they are finp specimens t mountain manhood- Durham was relative or special friend o?* the Fish ers, and they could always count o him when they needed help. The had two barrels of whiskey and pei haps more in the wagon. It is no known what the destination of th whiskey was No one from this cit; was mixed up in it in any way. It ie said that Pettigrew canna live. The coroner held an inquest and the verdict was that Fisher am Durham came to their death by gui] shot wounds at the hands of partie unknown to the jury. The con stables refused to give testimony and there were no other witnesses It is believed that Fisher and Durban did not fire at ail. Their guns wer all loaded, and the testimony wa tLat they were shot while lying dowi in the wagon, lt was a pitiful sight Fisher was killed instantly, but Dur ham lived for several hours and die< from loss cf blood TOLAND TELLS HIS TALE Nothing could be ascertained hen yesterday as to the details of th) affair until Mr K. E. Foster, specia deputy sheriff of Spartanburg county arrived in the city in the afternoon t< bring a lunatic to the asylum. H< had been one of the first to visit th< scene of the tragedy, and had had ? talk with Constable Toland H< gave Constable Toland's story of th< encounter as the constable had giver it to him It was as follows : Toland says that on Saturday las he got reliable information that Jae! Fisher, Bill Eurham and other moon shine kings, had been hiding a large amount of liquor in a secluded spo: and were preparing to move it ot their schooner. He advised Chie Fant of the information he had, anc the chief sent him some picked mer to watch for this move on the part o: the moonshiners The chief sent Constables Pettigrew, Stevenson and Allsbrook, they beiug at the time stationed in Greenville. Most of the squad were Fairfield county men Toland heard that the moonshiners were to move the liquor on Tuesdav night, and they went out that night to watch for the prize. They had along with them J. H. Brice, Trial Justice Surratt's constable, who came over from Gaffney city. Toland says they kept the watch up. and on Thursday night they Went out as Usual. About 2 o'clock in the morn? ing the schooner hove in sight. Toland says that he and Pettigrew stepped out and up to the side of the wagon and called upon the two men on the front to halt and surrender, telling them thar they were State liquor constables The two men on the front of the wagon replied that they would surrender. This, To? land says, they did, in order to reach down and get their Winchesters. When the supposed prisoners raised up from their stooping posture they had their Winchesters and began to fire on Toland and Pettigrew To? land and Jfettigrew, though both wounded, returned the fire, and shot both men dead as they sat on the wagon. Toland says fuither that there were two other moonshiners in the rear of the wagon who were on horseback : that these two men began to fire immediately after the first shots and the constables fired upon them in return He says one of these ru en was seen to fall after jumping off his horse, but got up again and continued to run into the woods. Toland did not fall when he was shot, but Pettigrew sank to the earth at once. Toland is now resting easily at his boarding house in Spar? enburg, being brought to Spartan burg about 4 o'clock yesterday morn? ing by Constable Brice. Pettigrew was removed by his surviving com? panions to a house near the scene of the tragedy, where he now is. suffer? ing from a mortal wound. Durham was shot with n shotgun. Pettigrew told his cousin Stevenson that he "was not going to die, but would fight it out and get well.'' Mr Foster says that he was out at j the scene of the tragedy, ne says that when he left the bodies of Fisher and Durham were lyiug back on the wagon, il?e feet hanging over the j front just where they died He did1 not see any Winchesters about tha ! wagon or in the vicinity thereof; on the contrary, in Fisher's belt was his j pistol, which had not been removed or discharged. This statement, it may be remarked, is in strange con- j trast to the constable's statement that the moonshiners fired first Thc two dead men's heads rested against the '?, whiskey barrels As to the statement of the con? stable that two other moonshiners were in the fight, he says that astray horse and a mule were found near the 1 scene of the trouble very shortly after the news had been made known. Mr. Foster says also that the mules which were pulling the schooner were pretty badly shot, indicating ; that the constables used shotguns and fired pretty generally from other than . at short range Ile states further that Stevenson came to Spartanburg and surrendered himself to the sheriff. He says he supposes the liquor on the wagon was about one hundred gallons. The rev? enue officers were on their way to the scene when he left to take charge of it. --<mm> . ? ? ? -n^ Blood-purifiers, though gradual, arc rad i cal in their effect. Ayer s Sarsaparilla is intended as H. medicine only and noi a stimu? lant, excitant, or neverag^ Immediate re-j suits may not always follow its i se; but after a reasonable time, permanent benefit is certain, to be realized. A Fire in San Francisco. Property Loss One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars. SAN* FRANCISCO, June 28.-A fire started at 6 o'clock la9t night and de? stroyed four blocks io the heart of the manufacturing district of the city, in? volving a loss of $1,500,000 in proper? ty and sacrificing one life. It raged unchecked for over four hours, feeding on a succession of wooden buildings, and might have been beyoud control for many hours longer but for a lucky change in the wind. The burned area ig bounded by Townsend, Bryand, 3d and 5th streets The flames made occasional invasions outside of these limits, but only to the extent of a few houses. Miss Gilroy was burned to death This was the ooly fatal result reported. She was attempting to save some of her property and was covered with burning oil The people who lived io this district inhabited wooden houses, scattered among manufactur? ing plants They are mostly of the poorer classes. They worked heroi? cally to save their household goods but were successful io only a few in? stances. During the progress of the fire a steam boiler exploded in the French Laundry. 'The foroe of the explosion sent about half a ton of the boiler fly? ing through the building. A piece lodged in Shirley's Hotel. So great was the shock that all the windows not destroyed by heat were blown into the streets. There was a thrilling scene while the convent and parochial school attached to St. Rose's Cburch were in flames. A few moments before the roof fell io a boy was seen at one of the \pper windows A cry of horror went up from the crowd and the firemeu yelled I to the boy to jump. A blanket was | held out. but just then the flames and j smoke enveloped the building and the j next, moment the roof fell in with a i crash. Everybody thought the boy | was lost, but he jumped into the blank- \ et held by the firemen and escaped un hurt. Supervisors Salaries. A Result of the Supreme Court's Long Delay. A long time ago Senator Butler brought a case in the State Supreme Court to test the constitutionality of the registration laws of the State of South Carolina. At least some peo? ple have reason to believe that he did, though since the argument of the case, nothing has been heard of it, so far as the court is concerned. But whether it be generally known or not, the various supervisors of registration in the State have dis? covered that such a case was brought and they are now very much concerned to have the court "sav something." When the case was first brought the court issued an injunction to stand until the further order of the court prohibiting the State authori? ties to pay out any money '*to the supervisors of registration in the State uutil the further order of the court." There has been no funner order of the court and the supervi? sors seem to be in a bole as to get? ting their salrie8. They have been writing to the Comptroller General about their salaries, and un? der the order of the court in this case, he cannot issue any warrants upon the treasurer for their salaries and is so notifying them And so the matter stands. What will be done about it of course remains to be seen.-State. Freights on Fruits. Georgia Growers Make a Vigorous Kick-The Hoads' Arguments. ATLATA, June '2S -The fruit grow ers brought up their case before the Georgia railroad commission to-day and the hearing was full of excite- ; tnent, the fire between the fruit grow era and the railroad men becoming so intense as to almost precipitate a ! personal encounter between Maj. Snellman, traffic manager of the Cen- ; tral Railroad of Georgia, and Mr. M. I F. Hatcher, a leader among the fruit j growers The trait growers complain that the rates charged by the iailroad6 for hauling peaches to market are axces- j sive Their comblaint is in general iud the warfare against the roads is \ red hot. They want lower rates, j particularly on peaches The toads ; :Iaim that the fruit traffic is the most ; expensive of all, that it costs more j in the special quick schedules that j have to be made, houling from six to , ?ight tons of ice per car, for which ! they do not receive any freight. ! They claim that they cannot haul I fruit with such advantages without charging for lt. They claim that theie is no profit in the traffic for them even flt the rate they get. The case will be continued to morrow, ???i W li. Nelson, who is in the drug business nt KiogT?lle, Mo., has so much confidence it; Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoen Remedy that he warru:?? every nonie and Briers to refund the money w> any customer who is not satisfied nt'ter using it. Mr. Nel? son takes no risk in doing this because the Remedy is a certr.in cure for the diseases tor which it is intended and he knows it. !t :s for sale u??^Mn. . J. China. The Epworth League. Second Day of the Great Gathering at Chattanooga. CHATTANOOGA, TENN., June 28. The large gathering of the Epworth Leaguers in this city was to day corr siderable swelled by local organiza? tions. The greatest addition was a train of twelve heavily packed cars from Knoxville, carrying 800 dele? gates. Although 12,000 visitors are here, the city has experienced little difficulty in accommodating them all At sun up on the second day of the international conference the work began. The cars began moving to? ward Lookout mountain from the city at 2.30 o'clock. Fully 1,500 people participated in the sunrise prayer meeting on Lookout moun? tain. At 5 o'ch "k Rev. George R. Stewart conducted the service, and rom Ellis rgck the speaker likened the scene and devotions there to memorable occasions in Bible his? tory ; the prayer of Elijah on the mountain to the hallowed sermon on the mount, the transfiguration and the crucifixion. This service will be repeated to-morrow morning. Noth? ing like it was ever experienced be? fore Over 5,000 will attend to mor row's service on the mountain. In twenty-five minutes 110 testimo? nials were given and len songs rendered by the North Ohio confer? ence on the quartette An hour was taken up in meaiugs of State con? ferences At 9:30 the big crowds met again at the assembly tent, which was filled The general topic of the day was "Methodism, Its Life and Mode of Expression." During the morn? ing the atmospheric conditions were as feverish and heated as the blood of the warmest Methodist present, but tiie grounds became much cooler! in the afternoon. Owing to the ill? ness of Gen. Evans at his home in Atlanta, Judge L. II Estes pre 6i"ded. Perhaps the feature of the after? noon's session was the address, i "Christian Citizenship," delivered by Kev. Carlos Martyn, president of the Municipal Reform League of Chicago It is only three weeks si nee he resigned the pastorate of a church to devote himself entirely to his work of reform. He applied the lash mercilessly to Chicago's city government. Many could not gain admittance to the tent tonight which Chaplain C. C. McCabie, of New York, Bishop Homer Thoburn, of Indiana, and | Rev. W. R. Lambaith, of Nashville, j the drawing card of the entire pro? gramme addressed the conference. Rev. Frank A Hardin, of Freeport, Ills., conducted the sunrise meeting this morning on Lookout Saturday there wiil be another excursion, and not till Monday will the delegates begin to leave. The high water mark of the attendance will be reach? ed to-morrow. Last of the League. CHATTANOOGA, Juoe 30.-The last day of the international coofereoce of the Epworth League was con>ecrated by sermon and song. Every church and chapel from river to mountain and for miles into the surburbs aod even to Cbickamaoga Park, in Georgia, was eurreodered to the league and such a < grand anthem of praise aod exhortation j ? was never heard before in the Cbatta- j, uoojra valley Local di vi o es enjoyed a ' rest day and became laymen for the j Donee. Event Hall of Lookout Mouo tain lao was used for services, at wbicb Dr. E. A. Kell presided. The sermoD was preached by Dr. Mickel! of New York City. All the city churches turned away worshippers, for the choice orators of Methodism had been assigned to the pulpits of Chattanooga. People who ; 1 counted it a joy to hear a bishop preach i 1 were in evidence and every church ? 1 where one of the bishops was an- < nouced to preach was densely crowded. I 1 Chaplain C. C. McCabe preached to j and imense congregation at the court ! f house, aod after the sermon, Miss i 1 Stella Rula of Knoxville, made an ap- 1 pea! for the Methodist orphanage, ( which the Epworth Chapter, 916, of ; 1 Knoxville, is establishing. A good j * sum was raised for this charity. j ' Rousing old-time "platform meet- j I inge" were conducted at twelve points ? 1 in the city and suburbs this eveniog. j 1 At the court house a scene was present- j ? ed that suggested a revival well under I ' way, designed specially for colored ; I people, but the attendance was divided ; c betwe.Xo white and blacks. Rev. R. R Doherty, of New York, the record- * ing secretary of the Sunday school ? 1 union, preached aod he delivered the ? c finest sermon of his life. The vast \ ? audience shouted at.d wept by turne j * Rev. "Jim" Ha?oey, of the Central j 1 Illinois conference, made a cbaracteris- ? tic talk. [ An elaborate "watch night" service 1 was held to-night in the assembly tent ! where standing room was at a pre- 1 tniuiu A testimony meeting was held, c followed by altar and consecration ser- j 6 vices. This closed the most successful r religious gathering of a single society, perhaps, ever held on the American continent. The respective delegations 1 have held together remarkbly well to ^ the final hour, for but a few hundred i delegates have departed t,> their homes. ? 'l ilt- leaguers will linger on io the city H for some days and n<>t for another week j. will Chattanooga see the last of the e great convention. ? t The Convention Will Meet It Cannot be Prevented, Says Mr. Douglass. Columbia State Professional business bas brought Mr. Charle* A. Douglass from Wash- , iogtoo, D. C , and he wili remaiu io ( Columbia for the next t wo weeks. Yes- ; terday Mr. Douglass was seen in his room at Wright's Hotel and asked con- \ cerning the status of the Mills regis? tration case. j Mr. Douglass ?aid : "The appeal pa- ; ( pers in the case have been prepared ( and the appeal is perfected, and will be ready for docketing during the pres- ? ? ent week. The case cannot come up before the fall term of the court and will not be heard, probably, before No- I ( vember. The case will be so presented ? as to enable the Supreme Court to de- ! ? cide it on its merits, or the court may ? decide it along the narrow Hues fol- ; ' lowed by the Circuit Court of all Ap- , peals It will be so presented that the !, court will have before it fairly all of the I * issues, including the merits. We will ? . not make any effort to prevent the j j holding of the convention, and I do not believe that it can be prevented from meeting "Is the impression a correct one that Judge Goff, by his decision, attempted to prevent the holding of the conven? tion ?" was asked Mr. Douglass. He j replied : t "Emphatically he did not. On the , contrary, the effect of Judge Goff s or- ; ? der was not to prevent the holding of j j the convention, but it was based upon j i the legality of the election, and simply } removed the registration harriet s so I that all qualified electors could partici- j pate in the election of delegates." "Suppose the Supreme Court were j to declare the registration law unconsti- : rational after the constitutional con- ; ? vention shall have met and finished its ; work, as will be done by next Novem- I ber. What would be the effect of ibis | decision on the work of the conven- j . lion ?" was the next question asked by j fi the reporter. Mr. Douglass replied : j j "I do not know what the effect would ! t be. It might invalidate the work of i the convention, or it might not be held ! to be so far-reaching. Upon a question \ . of so grave importance as the one : asked I would not venture now an !. opinion. As to the results of a victory j by the complainant in this case we can | hav? nothing to do. We are discharg- j ^ ?og here a professional duty merely and are following the instructions of our ', clients io appealing, and if the results ; -, of this litigation shall io any way and ? ] to any extent affect the validity of the ? 5 convention, we shall not hold ourselves : ? at all responsible, or if it shall have j c any other effect we will feel the same ! a way about it. j t "The issues upon the merits in this I t case cannot forever be dodged. Some ? ? time or other they will have to be do- j ; cided. and I have always thought it t would have been better that they 1 should have been fairly met and dis- 1 g posed of in advance of the election of a delegates and the holdiog of the con- \ c vention. However, that is a political ? ? matter with which we have nothiog to ? a do." 8 The next questian asked Mr. Doug- j lass was : "Have General Hampton or 1 General Butler anything to do with ! c these registration cases?" The reply ? 11 wa6 : ; . "No. They have nothing more to do ^ with them than you (the reporter) j i have. They have not employed us, and j 8 as far as I know they have nothing to | jj do with the cases whatsoever." I ' After Sunday Excursions, j " _ ! ! ! I The Attorney General Will ? * Take Action. i ti - . I; The Attorney General is about to s' take legal proceedings to stop the run? 1 {. uing of Sunday excursion trains and ' tl :he offering of the cheap Sunday ex- ; 1? jursioo tickets by railroads doing bust- * sess in this State i CJ It 6eems that the law6 of the State j pi rorbid the running of special excursioo j rt :rains 00 Sunday, or of any train other ,hao a regular mail train. It is also f? ?iaimed by the State authorities that tc he railroads have no right to offer a m ?pecial round trip Sunday excursion j J? .ate. Attorney General Barber says ?c lis atteutiou has been called to this i natter, and he would have takeu it up ? ?' ast week had he not been obliged to j ?0 to Washington. He says that he 30w intends to proceed at once to ! p< )ring the matter up aod have the laws w ;o rn plied with ac It is generally conceded that the di State has a right to prevent the run- pe )ing of special excursion trains on Sun- ?5 lay on road-? running only in this .tate, but is thought that the State viii have some difficulty in stopping he sale of cheap round trip tickets on ; Sundays It is also doubted if the run- ! | ling of special trains from this State uto another State can be stopped. If the runniug of the special trains j 0 the coast and the sale of cheap tick its be stopped the general public will : uffer greatly and will have ?au>e for o'jrct. - The Stufe. A bor?? kicked H. S. Sharer, of trie Free nyer House, Middleburg, N. Y.. on the knee, vhich laid him up ia bed und caused the mee joint to become stiff A friend recom nended bim 'o use Chamberlain's Pain Balm, vhich he did, and io two days was nble to'ne iround. Mr. SbAter bas recommended it to nany others and says it is excellent for any Lind of a bruise or sprain. This same Rem dy is a!so famous for its cures of rheuma ism. For sale bv Dr. A. J China. Poor Gilreatli! His Slayer Set Free by an Anderson Jury. ANDERSON, June 24-The jury in the jase of J Miras Sullivan, charged with ne murder of Herman G. Gilreath in jrreenvilie on June 14, 1892, after be? ug out. from 2 p. m. yesterday till 12:10 p. ?ii to-day, returned a verdict )f "not guilty." This case was first called for trial at he July, 1892, term f>r Green ville aud :ontioued on affidavits of the absence )f material witnesses for the defense. .\t the October term of the same year, ;he defendant moved to quash the janel of jurors ou the ground that the sheriff of the county was a half brother )f the slain mao. Judee James Ald? rich graoted the motioo aod as the sheriff had just beeo re-elected for four pears, ordered a chaoge of venue to \odersoo. At the Aoderson spriog< :erm of 1893 the defeodaot demurred to ;he jurisdiction of the Aodersoo court, rhe demurrer was overruled aod ootice ?f appeal was giveD. Circuit Judge fzlar decided to try the case, but was ;ojoioed from doing so by Justice Pope )f the Supreme Court. It was at this term that the stir ibcut alleged attempts to bribe jurors )ccurred. The Supreme Court sustaioed the ower court and remaoded the case for rial. Io October, 1893, the case was .ried before Judge Wallace and a ver lict of guilty was rendered. The de eodaDt was seoteoced to be hanged December 22nd, 1893 Execution was itayed peodiog an appeal to thej Su )reme Court for a oew trial. Io 1894 the defeodaot moved for and ;ecured suspe?sioo of his appeal to al? ow a motioo oo circuit for a oew trial 10 the grouod of after discovered evi leoce Judge Eroest Gary heard the oo?ioo and refused it The Supreme Court sustained the ap >eal oo the groaods, chiefly, that the udge erred in excludiog evidence bowing that the State's witDess, Fio ay, had made statements regarding he shooting different from those he oade on the witness stand, aod bad .rred io bis charge regardiog the tak Dg of life ; aod ordered a oew trial., vhich was begun two days ago, and he evidence was practically the same is that given at the former trial when i verdict of guilty was rendered and a leath seoteoce passed-The State. mm +-~-mmm The democrats ot Kentucky are over? whelmingly io favor of sound money. Chere is no doubt about that. The State democratic convention Wedoes lay reaffirmed the money plank of the tatiooal democratic platform of 1892, nd eodorsed the interpretatioo giveo 0 it by Mr. Clevelaod's admioistra ioo. The vote by which this affirma ion was made was 644 to 233. That rote shows how the democrats of Kep. ucky staod on the silver questioo. [hey arc against free and unlimited ?Iver coinage at the ratio of 16 to 1 by . big majority, and so are th ? demo rats of most of the other States which he silverits have been claimiog, as will ppear wheo they have occasion to peak their miods. How many lives has the dispensary ost the State, io addition to gettiog ?to debt to the rime of $19,000 ? We ecall eight or teo meo who have beeo one to death by the operation of the reat moral institution that curtails the ale of liquor by keeping open for that indable purpose from 5.30 a. m. until p. m. Down the Cape Pear Hiver ! On the Steamer "Wilmington," is a trip ihicb possesses a charm on account of its ariety of picturesque and historical scenery. t gives tourists an opportunity to see some moog the most Doted places io the history f the United States. Old Brunswick, set ed about 1716; St. Philip's Church, erected 1 1748 (now standing). Fort Fisher, the ?Story of which every North Carolinian lould be familiar ; The Rocks, one of the reatest pieces of engineering skill of modern mes ; Southport, a delightful little city and ie most chnrminp summer resort on the At mtic Coast. A visit to Furt Caswell, erect 1 in 1S27, is alone worth the trip. Ball ead Island, a gem of the Atlautic. Tropi 11 scenery, palm groves and balmy atmos here. Carolina Beach, this famous summer fsort is unsurpassed for surf bathing and eep sea fishing. The tourist visiting Wilmington should no: .ii to take this trip, which will enable him > see roany places of iotesest, ride more iles in comfort and with pleasure than can ? done in the same length or time and tor ie same money than auywhere else in Araer a. Special and liberal rates made to excursion srties. For further particulars a-idress, J. W. HARPUR, Captain. --~^^mmw- w "One of ray sick headaches," you will hear ?opie frequently say, as if the complaint as hopelessly incurable. As a m ilter of ct, Ayer's Pills not only relieve sick head :he bul effectually remove the amie of this stressing complaint, and so bring about a .rmanent cure. AYER'S Hair Vigor Prevents BALDNESS REMOVES DANDRUFF ANO Restores Color TO Faded and Gray HAIR THE Best Dressing