The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 24, 1895, Image 3
Telegraphic Briefs.
July 19.
A large colony of meo formerly in
tbe employ of the Pu!'mau Uar Co.,
J* bave settled in St. Charles Parish La.
They have been out of employment
since tbe great strike last year.
A handsome building will be erect?
ed at the Atlanta Exposition for a
newspaper exhibit.
Johu C. Luck, of Nashville, Tenn,
killed his wife and himself in Los
Angles, Cal, yesterday He was
only 18 years old.
The Carolina Cotton Mills, a co?
operative concern was organized and
Y officers elected yesterday. The capi
I tal will be $100,000, and will be paid
in $1 monthly installments.
Pour negroes were killed by light?
ning at Varaville! Hampton county,
* yesterday.
Porter Stacks, a convict in the ;
Georgia Penitentiary, committed sui?
cide yeeterday. He was formerly a
prominent - society man of Atlanta, j
and was in the penitentiary for kill-,
ing a friend. ?
The gold fever has broken out in
Chattanooga and a ?500,000 company
has been formed to develop the gold
fields in Northern Alabama.
The summer school at the South
Carolina College closed yesterday.
The Richland County Executive
Committee has decided to divide
delegates with the Reformers-three
Conservatives and two Reiormers.
Col Jno. T. Sloane, Jr., and H.
Cowper Patton, Esq , have filed their
pledges with the committee as Con?
servatives and Col. Wilie Jones as a
Reformer.
Fordyce, Ark , July 18.-Wiley
Bonn, a negro who murdered J. Martin
at Grimmerville on July 2. bas been
chased to a swamp by a posse and killed.
He was surrounded by officers, but would
sot surrender, tamed and fled and was
shot down. This makes three negroes
?iiled for Martin's murder, the two
Ware brothers having been lynched on
Sunday at Hampton. J. Dickinson is
still iu jail and may be lynched also.
Great excitement still prevails and sev?
eral o.b.er negroes now at large are sus?
pected.
July 21. ,
The Four States Goal Combine was
formed cn Saturday at Lookout
Mountain by tbe coal operators as?
sembled with the avowed purpose
of raising prices iu the States of
Tennessee, ' Georgia, Alabama and
Kentucky
Jas. D. Lewis was acquitted of the
murder of Henry Rutledge at Green?
ville ou Saturday.
The Chicago base ball players
have been fined ?3 each for playing
ball on Suuday.
Commissioner General Stump has
ordered eight Cuban cigar makers,
who were brought to Key West, Fla.,
under contract to be sent back to
Cuba.
S, G. Lewis, a turpentine operator
at Hardeeville, was waylaid and I
murdered ou Saturday.
Samuel T. Lovett, a young white
mau, was killed by the 6. C. & G.
train uear Columbia ou Saturday
morning.
The police had to be. called in to
keep a crowd at Quiucy, Ul, irom
lynching a base ball umpire.
Four men were killed at a railroad
crossiug near Troy, N. Y , yester?
day.
The trial of Duran., the Sau Fran?
cisco murderer, begins to day.
Mrs. M. J. Black, of Ft. Worth,
Tex., is under arrest for poisouiug
her husband to get $7,000 insurance.
July TL
A mass meeting of the miuers of
Spring Valley, 111., which was held
yesterday, broke up in a riot, aud a
dozeu men are uursing broken heads.
The cause of the disturbance was the j
attempt to pass a resolution binding j
the miuers to pay a five cent contri- j
butiou ou each ton o? coal they mine !
to their striking brethren in Indiana, j
William Hosea Ballou, vice presi- ;
dent ot the American iiumaue As- j
sociatiou of New York, has appealed |
to Secretary Carlise to prevent the ;
importation i uto this couutry from j
Mexico of "6undry bulls and torea- j
dots," lor the purpose of bull tight- i
lug exhibitions at the Atlanta Expo?
sition. Mr. Ballou warns partici- I
pants that they will be prosecuted by ;
Uie New York society.
A young Milwaukee pugilist
named Schmidt was killed as a result
ot a mill held near North Milwaukee
Sunday night, lt was a private
affair and quite a number ol sports
were present. Schmidt was hit aud :
fell forward. The crowd saw he was
dangerously hurt aud ran away. No
marka of violence eau be found on
the body and it is supposed the man
died from the shock.
Yesterday near Jacksonville, Fla , i
Charles li. Gurney, from whom his
wife was appiyiug tor a divoece, was
shot in the back and probably mor?
tally wounded, by his brother-in-law, !
B. B. Turuer, who was enraged at
the revelations of ill-treatment made
by his daughter. Gurney sent for
his wife and she is now at his bed
ide. Turner is father-in-law of the
sheriff aud father o? the deputy
sheriff, aud refuses to be arrested.
Robert C Scott, ex-treasurer of
Jacksonville, Fla., assaulted E. A.
Eshe yesterday and would probably
have killed him had not bystanders
interfered. Scott's books are being
investigated and Eshe is a member of
the committee, which has reported
an alleged deficit of about $10,000
Scott denies the shortage and claims
the committee, which is composed of j
his political enemies, is prosecuting
him, and that Eshe intimated that a
bribe to the committee would "fix
it."
Miss Mary Belcher, of Russelville,
Ky , has gone crazy because a com- j
plexion cosmetic which she used !
caused a heavy beard to cover her !
face
The striking carpet makers, of
Philadelphia, aie still out, and will !
not return to work on the promise of
au increase in wages ou November I
1st.
An Indian uprising is feared in ;
Wyoming and the troops are held in ?
readiness to march at a moment's |
uotice.
The Southern Railway has come to '
an agreement with the Norfolk city
council for terminal facilities and
that city will be the seaboard termi?
nal of the Southern system.
The Gould Car Coupler works, of
Buffalo, N. Y., were destroyed by
fire yesterday. Loss $200,000.
The Princeton students, who are
on an exploring tour in Wyoming,
have so far escaped encountering the
hostile Indians, and have not been
massacred as reported last week.
John L. Walden, Treasurer of the
Wi?iimantic Savings Bank has
skipped from Hartford, Conn., leav?
ing a shortage of $26,900.
The yachts Defender and Vigilant
sailed a 30 mile trial race yesterday
and the Defender won by nine min?
utes.
SHOT AND SHELL FOR
SWAIN.
The Cutter M'Lane Fires on the
Tug, Geo. W. Childs.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla , July 21.-A
cablegram from Key West, Fla , to
the Times-Union, says: This city
was greatly excited this afternoon by
bearing reports of cannon, and it was
soon learned the revenue cutter
McLane was firing at the tog George
W. Childs, which left this morning.
Soon after leaving, the collector of
customs, upon information of the
Spanish consul, ordered the McLane
to overtake the Childs and bring her
back to port, lt is rumored that a
deck hand by the name of William
Lynch, who was shipped at Jamaica,
had furnished the consul with informa?
tion to the effect that she was bound
on a filibustering expedition.
Lieut. May of the McLane 6ays that
signals were set for the Childs to
heave to, but no attention was paid
to them, and seeing no chance of
overtaking her two solid shots and
one shell were fired before she came
about. She was boarded, by a crew
from the cutter with Lieut Hay in
command and brought into port at 3
o'clock.
Capt. Swain, of the Childs, is very
indignant at having been fired upon
and states that he knows of no rea?
son why such action should have
been taken against him. He says
that he was properly entered from
his trip from Jamaica and while some
slight iregnlarities did exist in his
crew list, it was owing to the fault of
his brokers at Philadelphia and had
been settled at the custom house !
here. He sailed from Jamaica on
June 12., and, after touching at Point i
Salina and Barrahona for repairs, he
sailed for Key West, where he ar?
rived on the 3d. He was ordered to
Tortugas to be fumigated, and, after
remaining there seven days, he came
back to Key West.
He said that yesterday about noon ;
he cleared his tug for New York, hav?
ing first surrendered his register and
taken out enrollment and coasting
license and that shortly before leav- ;
lng the assistant engineer reported to
him that he saw a party offer Lynch
some money and he was informed by
Lynch that it was ?20 to corroborate
what the fireman had reported. His
answer to the party was that he knew
nothing and could say nothing. The
captain sent one deck hand, shipped
at this port, to rind out the party.
Ile returned, stating that Lynch was
then talking to the Spanish consul.
The entire Cuban population turned
out to visit the Childs this afternoon.
A Deadly Duel.
JACKSONVILLE, July 22.-At Calla?
han, eighteen miles northwest of
Jacksonville, a deadly duel was
fought early this morning between
Deputy Sheriff Higginbotham, of
Nassau County, and a negro outlaw.
The negro some tim'4 ago shot three
men and Higginbotham had a war?
rant for his arrest. The officer found
the negro this morning in the house ;
of a negro woman and ordered lum
to surrender. The negro refused
and then both began firing, emptying
their pistols. When the smoke
cleared away, both were found on j
the floor dying. Every bullet had1
taken effect.
A SPANISH. BRIBE.
Evident Purpose of the Mora
Ciaim Settlement.
! WASHINGTON-, July 20 -The Span
j ?sh minister, Mr. Dupuy De Lome,
I whose unexpected arrival in Wash
j ington yesterday gave rise to numer
! ous sensational reports, had a short
talk this morning with Secretary
Olney before the latter's return to
Massachusetts, which began at 9
o'clock. Mr. Dupuy informed the
secretary that the Queen Regent of
Spain had. on the 16th instant, rati?
fied the action of the minister with
the council in agreeing to pay the
Mora claim. He explained certain
matters of detail connected with the
payment, and informally discussed
with the secretary the question of the
continued shipment of arms to Cuba
and the holding of meetings in this
country to express sympathy with
the rebels.
Mr. Dupuy De Lome explained to ?
! a reporter that the condition of lega
I lion affairs is such that he has now an .
; opportunity of traveling about the ;
I country to some extent and acquaint
tog himself with the work of the '
1 Spanish consuls in the United States,
particularly along the Atlantic coast.
I He left Massachusetts for that pur- j
j pose on Thursday of this week, but j
: learning that Secretary Olney pro
j posed spending Friday and Saturday
1 in this city, he concluded to come I
I down to Washington also and talk
! with the secretary whom he had not ?
j seen for a fortnight or more, before !
j finishing his original programme.
The minister's reports from Cuba ?
show that matters there are in a qui- ?
escent state Ile has received no
j confirmation of the published report !
of General Santocilde's death on the
117th inst., and is disposed to doubt,
its truthfulness. Mr. Dupuy says
,' the statement that General Santocil
\ des was next in command to General j
: Campos is incorrect. He was a brig- j
j adier general and the youngest of his
I rank in the Spanish army. He was j
! a colonel only a few months ago, and
j received his promotion for gallant
; conduct, but he was outranked by
several other general officers now
serving under Campos in Cuba.
General Campos will not begin an
active crusade against the rebels un?
til the rainy season shall have ended,
which will be in September next. He
will then begin a concerted move?
ment which he believes will soon
stamp out the rebellion. Thirty
thousand additional troops will be j
shipped to Havana in the autumn, if
Campos deems ?.heir services neces?
sary. Contrary to general expecta j
tions, the yellow fever has prevailed !
only to a limited extent in the island j
this summer, although it was feared
last spring that it would create great !
havoc in the Spanish ranks. The \
practical immunity of the soldiers ?
from the epidemic is due to the ex-1
I cellent sanitary regulations adopted ;
by Campos, one of which is a dose of!
quinine, which ie served with the j
coffee each morning to every mern- j
ber of Hie command.
The latest official report from puba
I shows that while the insurgents are !
j making accessions to their ranks that |
i these accessions are mainly from the ?
j lawless element in the island, who
are joining the rebels more in a spirit ;
of adventure than because of any ;
sympathy they may have with the i
principles for which the latter are
contending.
Monck's Corner Selected
As the County Seat of Berkeley
County and So Proclaimed.
Governor Evans yesterday issued j
the following proclamation, establishing :
the county seat of Berekley county at ;
Monck's Corner:
"Whereas, in pursuance to an act of;
the General Assembly approved 5th
day of January, 1895, the board to lo- !
cate a county seat for Berkeley has
. officially reported to me that at. an elec?
tion held ou 9th day of July, 181)5,
Monck's Corner was duly selected as j
the county seat,
"Now, therefore I, John Gary Fvans,
Governor of the State of South Caro?
lina, by virtue of the authority imposed j
in me by said act do hereby declare
Monck's Corner to be the county seat
for the couuty of Berkeley,'' etc.
NEW YORK, July 18.-Enoch W. j
Agnew, 47 years of age. who claims to
be a banker io Ocala, Fia., was found
wandering aimlessly about the Liberty
street ferry this attenoon. Agnew was
arraigued later by Magistrate Braue,
io tho Tombs Police Court, who com?
mitted him for examination as to his
sanity. The mao called himself Enoch
W. Agnew, who was found wandering
aimlessly in New York to-day. was
president of the First National Bank,
of Ocala, Fla., which failed recently.
The failure was a bad one, and is said '
to have been due to Agnew's misman- 1
agement. Shortly after the bank failed 1
Agnew was indicted by the United 1
States grand jury for violation of the (
national banking laws, and was released
under heavy bonds. Some time ago I
Mr. and Mrs. Agnew left Ocala for I
Klizabcthtown, Ky., to spend the sum- i
mer. It was said that Agnew intended to ;
go to Chicago to secure funds to reopen |
the bank. Many of Agnew's friends f
have thought that his mind bad been j
affected by financial trouble, and that (
probably accounts for his aimless | j
wandericgings in New York. j ]
Weekly Weather Crop
Bulletin
For South Carolina.
COLUMBI i, S. C.. July 23, 1896.
Correspoodeots, as a rule, report
that the condition of all the crops coo
tioues satisfactory, but there are many
exceptions from all parts of the State.
Good rain is the iodicated need for a
great portion of the State as it was the
case last week, ooly the need for rain
has become more urgent, for two rea?
sons, because in some portions of the
State very little or no rain fell during
the past week, and because it was a
very hot week with less than the usual I
amount of cloudiness to prevent the
ground from drying quickly even where
the rainfall was heaviest. The reports
indicate that in Williamsburg and
Union Counties the droughty condt- j
tions are most severe and there corn is [
firing badly. In portions of Aiken, '.
Anderson, Pickens, Greenville and
Barnwell there has been considerably ;
less than the usual amount of rain since
the crop season began ; in fact, with
the possible exceptions of Newberry,
Richland and Fairfield, where there j
has been plenty of rain, it appears i
that in every county there are large
tracts where the summer's rainfall bas ;
been below the usual amount, and in
such sections the crops are poorest,
being slightly under an average condi- j
tioo, otherwise they are above an aver
age.
There was a hail storm in the ex- j
treme western portions of the State
and in Chesterfield on the 15th, doing
but little damage ; it was accompa
oied by a hign wind in places that
blew down trees, stripped the green
fruit from the trees, leveled com and
cotton, fences, etc. The wind did I
matetial injury over limited areas only, i
Oo the same date there were heavy
raine in Newberry, Richland, Fairfield !
and portions of Lexington counties that;
did more or less injury by washing
lands, overflowing creek bottoms, etc..
The winds were generally from the j
south, southwest, aod west-very hot
and drying.
There was more than the usual j
amount of sunshine except oo the
'".mediate coast, where it was about !
normal.
The temperature was very even dur?
ing the entire week, with maxima rang?
ing from 88 to 102, and minima from
68 to 78 (exception noted). The low?
est maxima and highest minima oc?
curred along the coast, acd the greatest
raoge in tbe interior, so that the daily
mean temperature differed but little in
tbe different portions of the State.
The highest temperature reported
was 102 oo the 17th at Gillisonville ;
lowest was 62 oo the 17th at Bates
burg. The meao temperature of the I
week for the State was about 82, aod
the normal fer the same period is ap- j
proximately 82.
The raio of the 15th was the heav-1
iest aod most general for a week past, j
Oo the 20th (Saturday) aod 21st
(Sunday) there were light local show- !
ers in various parts of the State, but !
they were for the most insufficient for
the growing crops. Of the 37 sta?
tions reporting rain during the past
week, 31 report less than the usual
amouot aod 6 more. The average of
the 37 stations, including the raia of
the 15th is 1 Ol inches, aod the normal
for the same period is approximately |
1.39 inches.
As indicated above the general j
condition of the crops in this State is j
no longer as uniformly good as here
tofore, except that cotton has made ?
great improvement everywhere, the
weather having been just right for it. !
Io places it is turoiog slightly yellow, j
and in a few places growing too much i
to weed. Io some localities it continues !
small, and in others has attained a j
seasonable growth, but everywhere it ;
is fruiting well with very little shed
ding. Lice have entirely disappeared, j
Rust uas formed on sandy land io a ;
few places, otherwise the crop ts clean !
and free from pests. It is being, or has
been, laid by generally.
Io the eastero portions of the State
aud where rains were sufficient the
early corn crop is safe and is a fine one;
westward and where the rains were ,
wanting ic is in a critical stage, but as
yet looks promising. Bottom land corn
is looking fine everywhere and is being
laid by generally. The present pros- ?
pect is that, the entire corn crop will be
an extra large one this year, only a
small portion of which is already made, j
The pea crop has improved and a j
good stand has been attained in most
places Some being sowu even now.
In place pods are large enough for
picking.
Sweet potato slips are doing well,
but thc crop stiU promises to be less
than an average one owing to the re?
duced acreage. Second crop of irish
potatoes being planted.
Cutting and curing tobacco is the '.
order of work io Williamsburg, Flor
euee. Darlington, and to a less extent
in a few other counties. The entire
2rop is said to be a fine one of superior
quality.
General preparations are being made
for planting fall vegetables. Some
:uroips being sown and a large acreage
indicated.
Fruit continues plentiful generally,
DU: in Fiorence County is said to be
v ?. Apples anpear generally to be '
ntcricr and unsound. The second j
;rop of figs promises to be a large one
B tbe eastern portion of the Stale.
Large shipments of water and musk I
melons were made to Northern and
Western markets, nevertheless the local
markets are glutted aod prices very
low. .
Gardens are practically ruioed over
a large part of the State, as the weather
has been too hot and dry for them, yet
fine okra and tomatoes are in abundance
German millet is growing well, and
so are sorghum cane, rice, peanuts, and
pastures.
The prospects, in general, are very
encouraging at this the mid-summer
eeasoo, when nearly all crops have been
laid by and are entering their third or
last stage which ends with fructescence.
Where Irby Stands.
He Makes Known His Main
Constitutional Planks.
Curtail Negro Education, Cut Ojf
Higher Education, Increase the
Homestead, Support Clem?
son, Elect Judges Lg
Popular Vote.
Special to The State.
LAURENS. July 22.-The candidates
for the convention spoke to-day io the
court house, defining their positions.
There are only four candidates. ,
Senator Irby advocated white supre?
macy, opposed property and education?
al qualifications, favored giving the
election of judges to the people, ex?
tending the homestead to %9 500, pre?
serving the twe nil 1 school tax as paid
by whites for whites, by blacks for
blacks, leaving the poll tax as it is,
abolishing the South Carolina College
and the South Carolina Military Acad?
emy, giving the public school fund to
the primary rcbools, aod the liberal
support of Clemson.
tie could not solve the riddle of dis?
franchising blacks and oot whites, but
the eggs are setting that will hatch
and develop the plan of preserving
white supremacy and white citizenship
intact.
He was a friend of the dispensary
but violently denounced the feature by
which Circuit Judges sent white viola?
tors to the penitentiary for contempt
of court where there heads were
shaved as felons, citing United States
Judge Simontoo as committing them
only to jail for the same offence.
The Division in York.
The county executive committee
met at Yorkville on Saturday last and
passed the following rules, viz : That
every voter can vote for the candi?
date of his personal choice whether
he be Conservative or Reform, and
the candidate receiving the highest
number of votes will be declared a
delegate from the county irrespective
of the faction to which he belongs ;
also the two Conservative and the
two K ?former candidates receiving
the next highest number of votes will
be declared the other delegates elect?
ed to the convention. So that there
will be two Conservative delegates
from York county with a fighting
chance for the third.
$5,200,000 Belonging to Lou
I
isiana Planters Locked up j
in Washington.
WASHINGTON', July 22.-Represen?
tative Adolph Myer, of Louisiana, i
called upon Comptroller Bowler, at
the Treasury Department this after?
noon and had a long conference with
him regarding the proposed hearing
upon the constitutionality of the law i
directing the payment of certaiu
bounties to sugar producers, which I
the comptroller has fixed for the Tth
of August. Mr. Myer stated that;
sugar producers of Louisiana, in
whose behalf he had made the trip to
Washington, were satisfied with the
date that the comptroller had fixed
for the hearing, and ^otild ^e present
at that time with counsel to present
their views. Mr. Myer stated to a
reporter that his visit had no oilier
significance : that the sugar planters
knew that Mr Bowler had $5,200,
OOO of their money held up in the
department and they wanted to know
what their chances of getting it were.
Ile had promised to tell them on the
TtIi of next month, or thereabouts and
with that tiley would have to be con?
tent In the course of their con?
versation, the attitude of the comp?
troller toward? the question was dis?
cussed in all its effects and the rea?
sons for the course pursued by that
official. It is understood that Mr.
Bowler holds that it ts his duty in
view of the decision of the Court of
Appeals of the District of Columbia
in the case of Miles, et al , vs. the
Secretary of the Treasury and the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
to be satisfied of the constitutionality
ol' the act appropriating the $5f20i>,
000 to pay sugar bounty claims,
before approving the warrants that
have been drawn in favor of the var?
ious claimants. The case was a suit
to compel the officials named to have
the plaintiffs product tested for the
payment of bounty, and the Court of
Appeals affirming the judgment of
the Supremo Court of the District,
refused a writ of mandamus, holding
that the law providing for the pay?
ment of the bounty was unconstitu?
tional.
Privateer Personals.
PRITATSER TOWNSHIP, S. C., July 22, '95.
In tbe pretence of a large concou* e of peo?
ple, Mr. Hiott baptised seven young men and
five girls yesterday forenoon. The baptismal
font is situated about a quarter of a mile
from Bethel Church, and if fed by a pretty
woodlaod streamlet, which flows at the foot
of a bill.
This was the first time that Mr. Hiott has
baptised anyone since be came to the county,
and he performed the ceremony very impres?
sively. Amoog those baptised were sons of
two of Bethel's deacoos anda daughter of
another deacon.
Mr. Hiott expected to perform tbe ordin?
ance of baptism at Wedgefield last night, and
this week he commences a protracted meet?
ing at the Graham Baptist Church.
One of Privateer's farmers says that his
negro bands work better since the recent pro?
tracted meeting at Bethel.
Misses Julia and Fannie Riley, of Charles?
ton, who have been visiting in tbe township,
expect to leave to-morrow.
Cadet Whilden Nettles, who represents our
township at the Clemson Agricultural Col?
lege, has returned home.
Mrs. Mollie Beviel. of Florida, is visiting
relatives in this township and the upper part
of Clarendon.
The following wili show what a healthy sec?
tion of the country we live in. Mr. Joe Hud?
son, who is one and twenty years old, has
never taken a dose of what he calls "Dis
medicine," in his life.
During a storm one night about a week
ago the lightning split the mantle piece and
shattered a door post of a negro named
Frank Petigru, on Mr. Jack Neall's place.
McD. F.
~mm '?ti -i
Reunion of Co. "D," 2nd S. C. Vol?
unteers.
The Annual reunion cf the survivors of
Co. "D." 2nd S. C. Volunteers, Kershaw's
brigade, will be held a: Tem Burkett's grove,
about two and a half miles west of the city,
on Friday, July 26tb. Roll of the company
wiil be called at 12 m.
Every survivor cf the Company is requested
to be present, as business of importance will
be transacted. H. C. Mess?,
Chairman Executive Committee.
The reunion is strictly a Company affair
and no guests are iovited, except the news?
paper meo, and to these t. cordial invitation
bas been extended.
Holly Wood Camp, Woodmen of the
World, was organized on the 10th, and the
following officers eVcted : T. B. Jenkins, Con?
sol Commander; E. W Hurs?, Advisor
Lieutenant: R. S. Hood, Banker; E. I.
Reardon, Clerk ; V. H. Phelps, Escort: W.
A. Tribble, Sentinel; Dr. Archie China,
Physician. Managers, Shepherd Nash, 3
years, Geo. F. Epperson, 2 years, F. ?. Bait
man, 1 year. I. C. Strauss was elected Past
Consul Commander and delegate to the
Head Camp. It was decided to bold one
meeting each month, and to keep the roll of
charter members open until September 1st.
There were fifteen charter members present
at the organization last night. The Camp
was organized by George W. Rabb, Jr., of
Charleston.
In some sections of the county the crops
have suffered forraio. Corn bas been con?
siderably injured in places.
The lumber business on the South and
North Carolina Railroad, above Bishopville,
is assuming large proportions.
"Have tried others, but ?ike Ayer's best" is
the statement made over and over again by
those who testify to the benefit derived from
the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Diseasenever
had a greater enemy than this powerful
blood-purifier. It makes the weak strong.
A Trip to Florida.
The Plant Railway System bas arranged
an excursion from Charleston to Tampa Fla ,
at unusually low rates. Tickets are on sale
in Charleston to-oight and are good to return
until 31st instant. Round trip tickets S10
from Charleston. These tickets are gooden,
all regular traios going and returning.
Above Tue Clouds.
We call attention to Chimney Rock'
advertisement and advise those who contem?
plate a trip to the mountains during the sum?
mer of 1895 to go to this beautiful Mountain
Resort where the; can secure the best of ac?
commodation at a very small cost-only sev?
en dollars a week or twenty-four dollars a
month. The editor of this paper ?nd a num?
ber of persons from this p ace expect to spend
some days at Chimney Rock. Stop with Mr.
Geo. P. Horton when you go up. 6-12-6t
ST. VITUS DANCE.
A Physician Prescribes Dr. Miles'
Restorative Nervine.
Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.:
My daughter Mattie, aged 14. was afflicted
last spring with St. Vitus dance and ner?
vousness, her entire right side was numb
and nearly paralyzed. We consulted a phy?
sician and he prescribed I>r. Miles' Restora?
tive Nervine. She took three bot ties before
we saw any certain sijrns of improvement,
but after that she be^au to improve very
fast and I now think .she is entirely cured.
She has taken nine bottles of the Nervine,
but no otber medicine of any kind.
Knox. Ind., Jan. 5, *95. H. W. HOSTETTER.
Physicians prescribe Dr. Miles' Remedies
because they are known to be the result of
the long practice and experience of oncof
the brightest, members of their profession,
and are carefully compounded by experi?
enced chemists, in exact accordance with Dr.
Miles' prescriptions, as used in his practice.
On sale at all druggists. Write for Dr.
Miles' Hook on the Heart and Nerves. Dr.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
Dr. Miles' Remedies Restore Health.