The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 10, 1897, Image 6
The General Assembly.
COLUMBIA, Feb , 5 -To-day was
thc last day for the introduction of
Dew bills io the boase, and several
were introduced. The most important
were :
Mr. B?nks-To abolish the o2Ece of
couoty boards of control and chief con?
stables and State coostables acd de?
volve their duties upon other officers,
and provide for the election of a State
commissioner and county dispensers
The duties of couoty boards of control
are devolved upon the boards of county
commissioners, who shall be elected, by
the people. The State commissioner is
to be elected by the people as any other
State officer.
Mr. Ilderton-To regulate the diet
of convicts sentenced to work on the
chain gangs of the State.
Mr. Lancaster-To establish the
office of State geologist and provide
for mineralogical and geological sur?
veys.
Mr. Winkrer-To provide (or the
uH payment of expenses of new couty ?lec?
tions held or to he holden.
The Kibler labor commissioner bill
K ind all other labor bills were uofavor
?roly reported by the committees and
^^were killed.
The insurance deposit bill passed to
a third reading.
The Patton redistricting bill was
T;- ealied op for further consideration aod
a lively discussion ensued. Ic was
finally postponed until next session
The disposition is to let the matter go
before the people for discussion.
The bill to increase the pay of wit?
nesses to {1 per day was killed,
v At the night session much progress
was made in clearing the calendar and
a number of new bills were introduced.
One of tham, a joint icsolution offer
ed by Mr. Gage, was one of the most
far-reaching and important ye? present?
as, ed. It is directed at the enforcement
of a mandatory provision of the new
/ Constitution, which will cost the State
$90.000 and more.
H? This resolution directs the comptrol?
ler general to levy a tax on the.proper?
ty of the State sufficient to realize thc
som of $92 070 12, to be held and
used as the "supplementary school tax'7
Ere provided for ic the new CoostitutioD.
The resolution sets forth that the re
' port of the superintendent of education
shows that on Oct. 31, 1895, there
were enrolled only 223,021 pupils, and
that ?669,063 should have been the
total fund.
The resolution concludes as follows:
"And whereas, the 3 mill tax levied
for the year 1896 yieded only the som
of $338,322.14, aod the poll tax for
o ; * the same year yielded only $138,670.
74, aggregating the sum of ?476,992
88, to be expended for the public
T-schools of the State :
And whereas, no money from the
, sale of liquor bas been turned into the
treasury for school purposes ; and,
whereas, the aggregate sum realized
r from tbe 3 mill tax and the poll tax
does not yield $3 per capita for the
children of the State enrolled in the
public schools on 31st October, 1895,
' by $92,070.12 ; be it
"Resolved by the general assembly
^ of .the State of South Carolina, that
the comptroller general be, and he is
hereby directed to Jforthwith levy a tax
on the property of the. State sufficient
.v '"? to realize a sum equal to $92,070 12,
and to be held and nsed for the supple?
mentary school tax provided in the
Constitution
It is said that tbe comptroller bas re?
fused to make this levy, and the resolu?
tion is to force him to carry out the
mandate of the Constitution.
The committee presented a substitute
bill for tbe original bill establishing
Dorchester County.
The unfavorable report on Salem
Couoty was adopted.
The Bamberg Couoty bill was order?
ed to a third reading.
Mr. Bacot introduced a joint resolu?
tion for the payment of a judgment of
$3,000 obtained by Anania Cantini
against T. G. Gaillard, C B. Swan,
E. H. Pepper, C. B. McDonald, State
constables. Tbe case has beeD carried
op to the court of appeals aod the judg?
ment against the coostables stiii stands
The money cannot be rc?overed from
them and the proposition in the resolu?
tion is to reqoire the State to pay it, it
being couteodcd that the men were act?
ing as State officers.
Mr. Winklers bill to amend the law
relating to costs created some debate.
Mr. Stevenson opposed the bill. Mr.
John P. Thomas was in favor of the
bill. Mr. Winkler then defended his
bill at some length. He said it was
not right tbat the sheriff should get the
same fees for foreclosing a $50 mort
gage. Mr. Skioner said that the bill
simply proposed to put sheriffs and
clerks on the same footing with other
officials.
The bill was theo passed in this
^ shape :
1. The costs allowed by law in ail
cases of partition where the property
sought to be partitioned does not exceed
$1,000 in value, and in actions for fore?
closure of mortgage where the amouot
does not exceed $500, shall be one
half of the costs allowed in cases where
' the value exceeds those sums, and this
^^provisioo shall apply to all cost in the
cause.
> Tbe Marriage licence bill was con?
tinued to next session.
THE SENATE.
Tbe Scarborough labor lieo bill was
passed to a third readiog. v^,^
Mr. Ragsdale's bill imposing a pen?
alty on railroads operating a competing
line passed the second readiog.
The magistrate bill passed its tbir
? reading yesterday, after beiog am?ne
ed so that the magistrates can be sas
pended by the governor for caus
uotil the facts io the case could be !ai
before the senate at its first meetin
after such suspension.
The nigbt session was uninteresting
but considerable business was dispatch
ed and a number of second and tbir
readiog bills were passed
Columbia, Feb 7-The General As
secibly bas got down to steady, han
work and is clearing the calendar wit:
a dispatch that brings the day of ad
journment within the iimits of th
month No more new bills can b2 in
troduced in the house, save througl
commit'ees, and the calender wbei
clearad will stay cleared.
Yesterday a heavy days work wa
done, a great many bills were dispos?e
of and numerous claims were taker
from the calender.
The members of the house loot
back with longing and envious eyes U
to the day wheo all representatives hac
railroad passes in their pookets and
could ride np and down the road work
without end at the expenditure of not t
cent. They wish for a return of thos<
happy days, and therefore a bil! repeal?
ing the anti-free pass bill was passed.
It is not thought possible that the
Senate will become a party to the at
tempt to bleed the railroads by saying tc
them in this manner that the Legisla
tors are open to receive the courtesy ot
free pisses.
Yesterday morning the concurrent
resolution to fix the day for adjourn?
ment sine die was taken up and there
was some indication of a desire to fis
the 19th. inst., a fortnight hence, but
after some further discussion the house
decided to let the matter stand open for
a few days.
There was quite an interesting de?
bate during the day over the question
of the constitutionally of members
who are chairman of certain commit
tees serving as ex-oiHe?o members upon
boards in charge of State institutions
and other State boards, the house final?
ly deciding that they could do so.
The bill requiring railroads to carry
bicycles as baggage was debated for
some time but fully went over to Mon?
day without action.
SENATE. ,
The senate discussed two bills at
length on their second reading yester?
day. The first, the house- bill requir?
ing the sinking fund commission to
lend funds to the several county treas?
urers of the State for the use
of their counties in preference . to
leading the same to other applicants for
such funds; the second, a bill extend
ing the powers of the railroad commis?
sion to the telegraph and express com?
panies. The former passed without
very decided opposition, while tbe lat?
ter came in for its full share of discus?
sion pro and con.
A bouse bill to prevent the employ?
ment of other than convict labor on
any State farm was debated oe very
much the same lines as in the house.
Messrs. Moses, Hay and Connor spoke
of the demoralizing effect on free labor
of having the State te>compete with the
farmer*. The State paid more for
labor than the formers could afford
and of course secured it.
Messrs. Archer. Norris and Gains
objected to the bill
Mr. Morris also wanted to amend by
striking out the tbe proviso against
hiring out convicts except wheo there
was no work on the State farms to be
done By a vote of 20 to 9 the
amendment was rejected and the bill
passed.
Columbia Feb. 8.-The general as
sembly has decided that bicycles must
be carried by railroads as baggage. The
senate bas passed a bill to which the
railroads object, claiming that it goes
too far, and the house has passed a bill,
wbich is strictly a bicycle measure
Thus it is seen that one or tbe other of
these measures is almost certain to be
put upon the statute books.
I The house began its fourth week's
work at 10 o'clock yesterday morning
and during the day a good amount of
work was disposed of. Several of the
more important measures relating to
the operatioo of railroads were passed
! to a third reading. Some 10 third
? reading bills were passed and s%r.t to
the senate. TLe most important rail
road bill passed was that relating to the
stopping of railroad trains at ali sta
tions. The senate had killed a similar
bill before, so the house amended its
bill considerably so as not to interfere
with vestibuled trains. Mr. Thomas'
second count concealed weapon bill was
passed with a slight amendment as to
the disposition of the fines collected.
Mr. Childs7 prohibition bill was made
a special order for Thursday. The
bouse received the senate concurrent
resolution fixing the 19th inst as the
day for final adjournment, but there be?
iog objections to its immediate con?
sideration it went on the calendar.
An unfavorable report was presented
on the bill to require the school trustees
to apply 25 per cent, of the dispensary
profits to the purchase of school books
for poor children.
A favorable report was presented on
the joint resolution to require the
trustees of the South Carolina college
to turn over to tee city for school pur?
poses a certain lot near Science ball.
The senate concurrent resolution
asking the Peabody board to turn over
to the State colored college the Slater
fund was received, but went over for
consideration.
'SyAn unfavorable report was presented
ontm^iili to require tuition fees to be
paid io Mutate educational institutioos
except that for the deaf and bliod.
minority report favorable to the bill wan
presented by Messrs. Gage aud J D.
Ktuard.
THE SENATE.
The Senate discussed ar length a
joint resolution to provide for the pay?
aient of certain expenses incurred io
the Broxton Bridge cases, auci finally
passed it.
The Rainsford anti-trust bill caine
up for a second reading and passed
after several amendments, the most
important of which was the change
or title. Mr. Henderson offered an
ameDdr?erjt by adding a proviso "that
nothing in this act. shall affect the dis?
pensary law," wirb notice of genera!
amendment from Mr. ?Jower
Wheo the house resolution to ap?
pos?t a committee to investigate the
sinking fund commission was reached
on the calendar, Mr. Ragsdale moved
an indefinite postponement. Mr.
Henderson seconded the motion. The
motion was lost. Mr Moses then
offered an amendment that the com?
mittee should consist of two senators
and three representatives instead of one
and two members of each body respec?
tively. This was adopted.
A message from the governor was re?
ceived recommending that the eoolosed
communication be favorably considered
It was a petition fron President Childs
of the fair association statiog that the
$2,400 appropriated by the State last
year to tbe fair bad beeo returned
uoder the conditions by which it was
granted. He stated, however, that
the return of this amount had greatly
depleted the funds of the fair associa?
tion and asked that the money be re?
turned to the fair authorities by appro?
priation. This was referred to the
finance committee.
Mr. Brown's compulsory education
bill was repzrted favorably by the com
mitttee yesterday.
The provisions of the bill are as fol?
lows :
Section 1. That it shall be unlawful
for any parent or guardian living io
this State to neglect or refuse to cause
or compel any person or persons who
are or may be under their oontrol as their
children or wards, to attend and com?
ply with the rules of some one cr more
public or private school cr schools, for
a term of eight weeks or more during
each successive year from the time said
children or wards are eight years old
uutil they are 14 years old, inclusive,
unless they may be prevented by ill?
ness, poverty, inability or by reasons
of already being proficient, from at?
tending such public or private schools
and provided that iu such case they
shall be excused by the board of trus?
tees of the school district in which said
children or wards may live at the time
of such failure to attend such public or
private schools.
Sec. 2. That any person or persons
violating this act shall be subject to a
fine of not less than $5 nor more, than
$20 for each and every offense. Said
fine shall be imposed by any court of
justice having jurisdiction on sufficient
evidence of the same being furnished
by two or more creditable witnesses and
all fines so collected sha';'; be placed in
the school fund of the school district
in which the fines are colleoted.
The committee amended by striking
out the words poverty and inability in
section 1 and in section 2, after the
fines are specified, it is provided that
imprisooment in the county jail for not
less than 10 days or more than 20 days
shall be imposed io case of non-pay?
ment of the fines.
NIGHT SESSION.
The senate reconvened at 8 o'clock
and it was agreed that all second read?
ing bills should be passed to a third
reading without debate. The calendar
was cleared with thc exception of the
special orders, and one or two to which
there seemed to be serious objections on
the part of some of the senators.
Cost of an Exhibit.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Assistant
Secretary Dabney of the department of
agriculture has completed his report to
the President as chairman of the board
of managers o? the United States ex?
hibit at tbe Cotton States' Internationa!
exposition at Akanta, Ga., held io
1895 Io the letter of transmittal ac?
companying tba report Dr. Dabney
recites that uoder the sundry civil act
approved Aug. 18, 1894, the govern?
ment authorized an exhibit by the gov?
ernment of the United States of "such
articles and materials as illustrate the
function and administrative faculty of
the government" and appropriated for
the expenses of suoh exhibit ?200,000,
of which ?50,000 was for building,
and of tbe $150,000 remaining not
more than $10,000 was to be expended
for clerical services. How carefully
this fund was disbursed is shown by
the fact that the building cost ?49,700
and the exhibit proper $138,234.80, of
whioh $4,884.01 only was for clerical
services Thus, after carrying out fully
and creditably the purposes of the ap?
propriation, over ?12,000 remained to
be turned back into the United States
treasury. The report of tho chairman
concludes with a brief but earnest tri
bute to Dr. Geo B, Goode and Messrs
R. E. Karie and R. S. Ma.tth.ews, who
were associated with Dr Goode, iu the
installation and care of the exhibit, all
of whom have died in the progress of
the work.
Dr. Dab?ey's report an chairman is
followed by a list of the awards of the
board of awards to the United States
government departments, bureaus and
individuals, whose services were deemed
worthy of recognition in the prepara
tico and arrangement of the govern?
ment exhibits.
A Big Political Scheme.
South Carolina's Electoral
Vote to Be Challenged.
WASHINGTON*, Feb 5 -South Caro
lina is prepared to spring a sensation
at the counting of the electoral voto
in the House of Representatives next
Wednesday The counting of tht,
vote of that State for Bryan and Se
wali wiii be protested. Representa?
tive Murray has just returned from
South Carolina, where he was in con?
sultation with the leading; Republi?
cans of the Palmetto State Ile is
armed with a monster petition, sign?
ed by thousands of Republicans of
that State, protesting against the
counting of the electoral vote, and
asking for au investigation of the
election laws and the State Constitu?
tion. The claim is made that the
election laws and the State Constitu?
tion upon which they are based are
not in accord with the Federal Con?
stitution.
The petition set forth is in three
sections, the first and third of wbich
read as follows :
1. A vast majority of the legally
qualified voters of this State was pre?
vented from expressing their choice
for Presidental electors by the en?
forcement on the part of managers of
election of illegal and unconstitution?
al barriers.
3 Your memorialists further de?
clare that a republican form of gov
ernment does not exist in South Caro?
lina ; that the will of the people has
been overthrown ; that a military
despotism is in control of the State
Government, and that the people of
South Carolina appeal to Congress for
the fulfilment to the State of South
Carolina of the United S?ates consti?
tutional guarantee of a republican
form of government. Your petition?
ers aver that the late election, in
which more than a hundred thousand
electors were denied their right to
express their choice at the ballot
box, while in ai! less than sixty thou
sand votes were counted, was ille
gally and fraudulently conducted
The second paragreph of the peti?
tion deals exclusively with the al?
leged unconstitutionality of the State
Constitution, and the charge is made
that the Convention which framed the
Constitution refused to take tbe oath
to support the Constitution of the
United States ; that a vast majority
of the electors of the State were de
prived of participation in the elec?
tion of delegates to the Convention,
and that the clauses of the Constiiu
tion are framed with the purpose of
disfranchising a large majority of the
electors of the State. The ?ntire pe
tition is drawn with much care and
formality.
Representative Murray is now con?
sulting with leading Republicans
here as to the course of procedure.
There are two methods by which this
petition may be presented to the
joint session of both houses of Con?
gress while engaged in counting the
electoral vole, lt mav be forwarded
to the Vice President to be delivered
to the tellers when South Carolina is
reached ot: the call of States, or Rep?
resentative Murray may rise in his
place it) the House and enter a ver
bal protest and then submit the pe?
tition ?
While the dispute over the vote of
South Carolina Cannot in any way af
feet the result, it may give rise to
complications of a serious nature.
The best authorities agree that the
petition cannot be ignored, and the
investigation of the precedents shows
that when such a protest is entered
the count must immediately stop
until the question is settled.
Nearly all of the South Carolina
Congressional elections for tha next
Congress are to be contested on the
very grounds set forth in the petition,
so that if the House should decide
that the protest against the electoral
vote has no foundation it will pre?
clude the next Republican Houee
from unseating the Democratic Con?
gressmen who hold the prima facie
certificates of election. The debate,
therefore, is likely to be prolonged
and exciting, and of an intensely
partisan nature. Not only will this
be true of the House, but in the
Senate Senator Tillman may take
occasion to use his pitchfork upon
home materials. At any rate some
bitter scenes are quite possible
If the House, with its overwhelm?
ing Republican majority, should sus .
tain the petition, and the Senate with
its narrow, uncertain majority, shonld
take the opposite course, a deadlock
in the electoral count, similar to that
which precipitated the famous elec?
toral commission, would follow. It
should be remembered that South
Carolina was one of the States then
in dispute, playing a conspicuous
part in that thrilling page of political
history
Whatever the immediate result of
this attempt to discredit South Caro?
lina's vote may be, tiiere is no doubt
that the programme, which is to be
thus dramatically inaugurated, is a
part of a gigantic scheme on the part
of Southern Republicans to overthrow
the registration and election laws in
variore Southern States, where the
negro predominates, but where his
vote is not a factor. This pro -,
gramme wan talked over at the St.
Louis Convention, wasdiscussed with
Mark Hanna when he was in Wash?
ington, and has been outlined to
President elect McKinley at Canton
by the delegation of Southern Re
publicans who were at that city yes
terday. It is proposed by the pro?
moters of this big political scheme to
secure either the Republican domina?
tion in these Southeru States, or re?
duce the Democratic . representation
in Congress.-News and Courier.
Republicans Advised That the
Matter be Dropped-Mur
ray Weakened.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -There will
'ce no objection to t ii o counting cf t?;;:
electoral vo:c of South Carolin:: s.t the
joiot convention of congress on
Wednesday Mr. Murray ?hc colored i
representative from that State, who
originated the proposition and who pro
posed the memorial upen which the
objeotion was to be based, to-day stated
that be would not make the proposed
objection.
"No good would be accomplished by
it," be said briefly, io explanation of
his changed purpose, "aod mncb harm
might result "
The memorial io the case reached
Mr. Murray this morning, and to-day
be presented it to the house, through
the petitioo box, and it was referred to
the committee on the election of Presi?
dent and Vice President and represen?
tatives in congress.
Mr. Murray said to-day that he had
accomplished what he wanted ; that he
desired to get the matter before the
country aod had succeeded. A great
deal of pressure has been brought on
Mr. Murray since Saturday by Repub
Hean leaders to drop his proposed con?
test. It has been pointed out to him
that the law was agaiost bim, and that
be might bring on a bigger interrup?
tion to the electoral count than he had
figured on. Murray also found that he
could not secure the backing he had
expected
Visitors to Be Allowed.
Aboard the "\}7ar Vessels
While They Are in
Charleston Harbor.
The greatest degree of iotereot is
being taken by the people all over the
State on the blockade of tbe port of
Charleston by the Atlantic squadron of
the Usited States navy, despite the
fact that the Brooklyn and Indiana can?
not be on hxud. Aod in view of the
fact that the railroads have offered
cheap rates to Charleston on the occa?
sion of the blockade, hundreds of peo?
ple ate goiog to avail themselves of
the opportunity to be on hand. In?
deed, Charleston will have no end of
visitors.
The boats that will participate in the
display are the Amphitrite, Texas,
Columbia, Massachusetts, New York,
Montgomery, Newark. Raleigh, Mar
blehead, Castine, the torpedo boat
Cashing, dynamite boat Vesuvius, ram
Katahdio, monitors Terror and Puritan
and the dispatch boats Dolphin and
Fern The New York is the flagship
of the squadron
A great many have been iuquiricg
as to whether visitors would be allowed
on board the vessels. As will be seen
by the following latter from Admiral
Bur:ce to Mr. J. V7. White of Augus-'
ta, visitors wiil be allowed on board the
vessels each day while off Charleston
harbor :
Flagship New York,
Fortress Monroe, Va., February 2,
1897.
Dear Sir : Replyiog to your letter of
the 25tb, which bas been reported to
me by the secretary of tbe navy, I beg
to inform you that the North Atlantic
squadron will bc in and off Charleston
Feb. 3 Visitors will be permitted on
board each day, unless some special
circumstances should prevent. Very
respectfully,
F. M Bunce,
Rear Admiral. Commander-in-Chief;
U. S. Navy, North Atlantic Squad?
ron .
Thirty Three Miles an Hour.
NEWPORT. K. I., Feb. 5.-Torpedo
boat No 0. as preliminary to her offi
oial trial, was speeded to-day for up?
wards of au hour and a quarter, duriog
which she made eight runs over the
government measured line and devel?
oped a mean speed of 28-76 koots
Her best speed over the course for two
runs, once against add ooce with thc
tide, was*thfi remarkable mean of just
29 knots. For the uonautical mind it
might be added that this remarkable
boat was to day making just short of
33 staute miles an hour.
The Fate of a Little Girl in
Piedmont.
Special to The State.
PIEDMONT, Feb. 4 -Tuesday after?
noon, while playing around the fire
at her parents home, t#e five-year old
daughter of M. S. i?apps fell in the
fire and before sfo? could be rescued
was fatally burned. Last night she
died, after/offering agonies. The
sympathyfof the entire community is
with thrtTfamily.
Backten'* Arnica Salve.
?be Best Salve in tho world for Cute, Bruins
sjLres. Ulcers. Salt Rheum. Fevor Sores, Tettc
^happed .*!.?!.? Chilblains. Corns and ad
Syt n Emptions, and positively euros Piles or
?fo roy required. It i3 guaranteed to give per?
fect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
*hcants per box. For saie by Dr. J. F. W. De
?Arme.
The Women's Exposition of
the Carolinas,
Instituted by the Lidies' Auxili?
ary of the Y. M. G. A. of Gha?
lotte, N. C.-Opening in Char?
lotta May 1, 1897.
Wherever the Young Men's Chris?
tian Association finds itself located
in a permanent home, the young me:*,
of that community ?ava thrown
around them an additional safeguard
But the true association spirit does
not confine itself within the walls of
its own house nor among the immedi?
ate members and friends lt seeks
to extend its? influence and usefulness
in many ways, and the ultimate good
of many people Thus with the mo?
tive of affording instructive features
and entertainment to hundreds of peo
pie throughout the Southern States,
and particularly of the Carolinas, the
Women of Mecklenburg will inaugu?
rate a Fine Art Loan, Industrial, and
Scientific Exposition, from the pro?
ceeds of which it is hoped to greatly
broaden association work and create
new enthusiasm ior the Y M. C. A 's
throughout the length and breadth of
the Carolinas-and in fact, wherever
the influence of the exposition may
make itself felt, lt is expected to
gather together tue finest art exhibit,
the greatest collection of curios,
relics, antiquities, historical data,
specimens of geology, archeology,
ethnology, etc., ever shown in the
Carolinas. The industrial feature
will be of great import The manu?
factured, agricultural and mineral
products of the States will be pro?
fusely displayed. With the aim of
working up this exposition to an en?
terprise which shall reflect great
credit upon the Carolinas, it is hoped
that every individual will assist
in making the occasion assume the
splendid degree of success it so
richly deserves. To this end the
management urges that every person
constitutes themselves a committee
to search for and obtain a loan of
paintings, water colors, decorated
china, artistic needle work, and all
manner of decorative art work for
the art department. Curios and
relics from strange people and far off*
lands, articles of every form and
kind of use, from the early Colonial
and Revolutionary times. It is in?
tended to make a special collection of
personal clothing and ornaments of '
household furniture, and utensils that
were in use in the time of the early
settlers All manner of family heir?
looms and keepsakes of every de?
scription of any noted and well
known persons are wanted for this
exhibit. Articles are wanted to aid
in making attractive and complete
special corners, such as Chinese,
japanese, Indian, Arabian, Turkish,
Corean, Scotch, Welsh, German, etc.
A splendid collection of Confederate
relices must be secured. Let every?
one possessing old style fire arms
swords, cutlasses, lances, spearheads,
and objects of warfare of any pat?
tern-exhibit them. Specimens
pertaining to all the sciences are
solicited-in fact everything of
unique nature, and novel form that
conveys or suggests general informa?
tion. Let everyone institute special
inquiry among their friends and ac?
quaintances regarding a loan of such
curious to the Exposition-aud cor?
respond with the management
for any information they may need in
furthering their search and arrange?
ments for securing all objects of in
tetest
The Honorary and Executive Com?
mittees comprise many of the promi?
nent men and women of the two
states
An office has been opened in the
Y. M. C. A Building at Charlotte,
N. C , were all information pertain?
ing to loans and exhibits will be glad?
ly accorded by addressing a few
lines to Mrs Minnie Hebb Kellogg,
Gen'l Mg? of the Women's Exposi?
tion of the Carolinas
A cordial welcome is extended to
all to viisit the general office in Char?
lotte, and become interested in the
scope of this enterprise and the ob?
ject it seeks to accomplish.
"lier. William Copp, whose father
was a physician for over fifty years,
in New Jersey, ami/who himself
spent many ye ars preparing for the
practice of medicine, but subse?
quently entered t/ne ministry of the
M. E. Church, trites: "I ara glad
O'to testify that I have
had analyzed all the
sarsaparilla prepara?
tions known in the
.^p-Cy trade, but
llR ?YEB'S
them that I could
?Vv^j ./. rc com in (>nd as a
c^ biood-purifier.Ihave
given away hundreds of bottles of
it, as I consider ii the safest as well
as the best to he had."-WM. Corr,
Pastor M. E. Church. Jackson,Minn.
THE ONLY WORLD'S FAIR
'S a rs aparilla
When in doubt, ask for Ayer's Pills