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?rer Four and a Half Milliobs in Cotton Milk Investment in tbe Industry, Bxo*ptio? Sundays, Almost 171*000 a Day 8inoe Ntw Year's. Tie record of Sooth Carolina, in the Metier of tbe projection of new ??pile. Id eotton mills since Jen 1 ess do longer be eteeeed merely ee vonderfu ; it it phenomenal, end redtsd it te to be doubled if tbere bee ever been suob a spun in any industry during ibe en me length of issue in tbn world Sorely ibe cation mills ere coming to tbe cotton fields Tbey arn being eeoved from ibeir old ueete, bot tbe people el bom** ere building them end potting ibeir money into tb>m Tbe rein si wbiob cotton mule eie being eeeab<tebed in Booth Carolina joat oow tJseejw? tbat tbe Stale ia in tbe midst of an industrial revoluttoo tbe like of which bee aot been koowo in tbe wietoiy of tbe Slate Tbe cold Sporne, ?ffi tally recorded in Ibe eflJO of tbe secretary of Mate tell the late m .re forcibly Iben it can be - presented in any other way Tbey ?how tbat 80010 Carolina at ber Cieeot break neck pace will oot be g in ? ending at tbe fore front of the) manufacturing duiricte of tbe oewotry Taking.into eoneiderr lion yeater ? day a new mills eud ibe fact tbat there have been 10 Sundays amoe Jan 1, the daily average of capital put into Cotton muis since the opening of Ibe year ie veiy Dearly $71 000 0? J rdueed?y ?b?- papers filed in the ? fBoe of the secretary ot elate ewt?w?)o $300 000 pot iu new mills ; y?eierd*y ibe iiU'p wee e greeiei ewe b*4ng $460,0 0, making eery ?early a million dollars ot new cot ton mill oepital iu 1 w . days This drives up ibe total capitaiiz* tino of new mil s sin. e Jan 2, tnc ud ieg ibe E*?ley mill, chartered a few e%y? ?gt*. 10 tbe aetooiebing iota) ot $4 6*6 000. over four and one half aatntoo dolla?s V^sierdsy's official record was ae follows : A commission wee ieeued to tbe leesaao mills of McColl Merlboro ?nwDiy, the capital of which ie to be $*00 OoO Tbe corporators are F P Taium, T B Oibeon, a W Morrison, Obarlea loemec and A K Odom Theo e charter waa granted to tho Atpna ootloo mills of Jonesville, U ion county capitalized at $100, tOO Tbe offioere ere W L Little juOo, pieeideui, end J J Littlejohn, secretary and treasurer Tbe Adereoo Yarn aod Knitting ?ilia filed with ibe secretary of slate Donee of the increase of its capital worn $50 000 to $200,000, aod tbe Changing of ibe name of tbe concern to tbe Riverside Manufacturing com petty Tbta means $150 000 of new capital If tbe company continues in tbe knitting bosiueee it will per hap* har? tbe largest knitting mill in the south. OTHER ENTERPRISE* The secretary of slate also issued commiasiona yesterday to several otner fen.da of enterprises Among tbeee waa e real eaiate and insurance company which propoaea to do business in this Slate Iis headquarters are to be Hamburg Aiken county, end tbe corporators ere F M 3utt aod Meiner Braoob. both of Augusta. Oa Tbe capital dock ia to be $1 000 A coma iasion wae fssued to T C Ketobiu, J E Matthews, * C Catocari and F A Neill, all of Winnsboro as corporators of tbe Winneboro Cream ery company Tbe capital slock it to be $1,000 A commtftsion waa also issued to the Greenwood Grocery company of Greenwood which propoaea to do a wholesale grocery busineee on a Oap ital of $2 000 Tbe corporators are W R Cotbran and C G A aller Then tbe 1 B Gordon Mercantile company of Y ?ikville was chartered. It ia capital / d at $4,000. Tbe 1 ffi oera are VY 11 McCouneil pnsideut, aod I B Gordon, vice president, sec retary and treasurer.? Tbe State, March 16 The World's Progress. Cincnnaii. M?reh 17 ?\r rh bi*lYc.p Kl't( r tn unable to h- a N n Orleans tonight to Sellfaf hit a<idiess at th" ?pen in* ?f 'ho Oeibtlti wiotei soh tel ie the Creseevii C?t? Hu delivered the eddrMS at St >Jary*a ibonl<>rxieal lesii tsry <<n I'noe flail, in 1I1 ; western subu'b* el thm city. |f m? preteoej el iha n'odrntA ard ?thefs, and m ?an tran m itteo! t y lejofi Siaiecct lelephoas 10 N w 0 sees A abhebet < kaeelle ?aa ajee 10 ha?< ??ehea If, N ? U l"*?>* t..i Ig v. B? f.?r0 leetieg for tan I*btiip) it e? s taral met h< uk ?. Aro. to-h ? Qoep>tM ittlitrred hi* Spaeob in a i?> .c. k' ph ?1 <J SS It as* givro i?v ii.e ebeeeefapk ie the sa it snro ia N ? 0 leeei r ? irieeoMtti d alto hy leiepb nc ?o S- Met f*?sesatOSjt j in tbie etiy at d rt'irrt hy 1 ? ?? aaejis aodienee that em addre???^ b? Arc' bl?bnp Elder Tka trat.anii??ioo ffi m ibe pkoeograpb by telrphu* n ?mm New ? least eas as dltllDOl tl ibe ?uman e IfJ Distress in Porto Rico. Haif Starved Women Walk loto 8an Jaun. Sen Jsun, de Puerto Rico, Merob It ? At e special meeting of tbe chamber of commerce today it wee decided to close ell business houses on Monday afternoon to enable tbe merchants to attend tbe open air meeting on tbe place with the object ot drawing up a petition to Got Gen Davis demanding immediate congree aiotial deoiaion on tbe tanffone way or tbe other. Telegrams were sent to ell town ? tbrouguoot Puerto Rioo requesting like demonatrations Tbe feeling of uncertainty regard log tbe tariff holds busfnsss practi? cally at a standstill, the merchant be ing afraid to order gooda or to advance funds ou the plentern' accounts The meeting todsy wss conducted in a calm and business-like raanuner The merchants here will be sstisfied to sccept any de cision of congress either free trade, tbe '25 or 15 per cent tariff but tbey a*k for a settlement of the question so tbst business activity may be re resumed Tbey deeided to take tbis unparalleled step only sfter msture deliber stion Sixty country women msrehed from Nareojito, arriving last evening, and p-thioeed Got Qeu Davis to save them from stsrvatioo and to provide work and food The women present ed a most pitiable sight Tbey were barefooted aod ragged, half naked, dost covertd and weary from their journey Home of them were lame ; all were disooruaged The petition which tbey presented to the governor general tells tbo story of the depressing times?no work and the price of rice beans end bresd beyond resch fruits destroyed and tbe relief supply discontinued, bringing them and otbera where tbey OaiDf fr m almost to starvation. Gnn Dtvie promised relief to the party aud r?-qu?*eted the mayor to provide transportation Hie reply wae that there was not a peao in tbe treasury snd tbst tbe police were yet unpaid for tbeir lest two months' woik Tne j arty of women dispers? ed quietly, some retrscing tbeir eieps atoot othere begging easier con? veyance to Naranjito, which is 20 milee from Sen Jaun, a portion of the road being almoat impaaaable Similar partiee are ezpeoted from other town ?i I? aw? Georgia to Get a $500,000 Mill From 8outh Carolina. The Spsrtanborg Herald of Mar oh 16 say*: Tba direetors of tbe Paoolet Maou fasturiog Company held a meeting on Wedoeedey night. A good attendance was oat on this oall meetiog. It wae decided by the directors to build a 50,000 spinale mill at some plase in Georgia, tbe site not having bacn deBnitely 6xed upoo. At tbis 'net ting tbe figures* of options on Itnds in snd near Paoolet were fubmitted By a glaoee at these 6gures, it was dearly secu that the pnoes asked by tbe property owoers were high, out of reach of Eastern capitalists, who do not oare to spend $30,000 for about two hundred aeres of laod fourteen miles 'rom tbis oity. Some of the land oouid n t be purebased at all. S<> tbe direotors determined to build s J.iOO.000 eottoo mill io Georgia Cape John H Montgomery will be president and treasurer, and Mr Viotor M Moatgomery, assistsot treasurer ai d manager. Mr Vtolor Montgomery left for Geor? gia yesterday to defioitely settle tho a?te for the mill, after whton, work will at oooe bt-gio. T'h ? Paoolet mills of this county era tbe best paying and most suooessfolly conducted oottoo faotorios of an section of tba South. Tbe stook bring* nv? r double snd oinoot bo pnrobase^ at tbat priee. Tbe management led Item - bolders have reulitid good in..my from th ir investments Tr s people of tbis oily and oountv regret bat tbe direotora bsro to task s ?poi bey -nd the Savaonsh river to ytace a mill, which ia tbe natural offspring of tbe prob a of tbe Paoolet mule ot bis oounty. Spsrtanborg County has a I no oiber of nig oottoo mill*, and Uad? all ibe oouotiua io the 8>>u h in h maoolaotore of iho fl?3oy staplo tut sao wants more lo tact she war ts srery coitno mill that cao bo hor.estly U"d in her borders, aod It is a diMppniottnrot when a good thtn(! s'ip by her. winch, cho presumes, na ur A\y bulonga here Ihn tine mill in Qeefgia will he bull by an additional ishseripiion of eapitui stoak. ???a> ???? aa?>? Dewey ou His Way South. Wa^hwaton, March IS ?Admiral and Mfl UsW< P left here loeigBt fjf n trip South . They ripeet ie vi? it S?vjnnah, MsfOS St AufcU-'ine, Jaok? sonvii'e and l'tlrjj H ach Tne admiral aid M's Jewry probably, will uot re*urn to lbs cry until the Istier p?rt nl r,t x' month, a' whw h lino* it is -aid ihpy will 11 tor Kur. pa, Visilieg he sapostttaSJ see*S limi during the kii'itiioT y\f* I)e?v?y has been u>a<io ibattmas <?' 'he battleship cemmit s? ? n >?nl of ihn Children's KtOfSf t? ativ? I rev h^ t'tit.an otphai i^mm A meet me of lb s mxo. iy was held during Admiral and Mrs I) wcy'a stay at fi kewnod at which time the latter eoaseuted to beoome ebairmau. Next Operations in Natal. London, March 19. 4 30 a m ? The news from South Afrioa today Ia entirely eatiafaotory to tbe British pohlio. Tbe relief of Marking ia not yet announced bat it fa extreme ly probable that tbie ie elready ao oomplisbed by Gol Plumer's advance Lady Gharlea Rautinok, at Cape Town, haa received a telegram from ber hatband in Mafeking Merob 12 ssyiug that be expected to join ber ebortly. Tbe actual relief movements have not been publicly developed in detail but it seems tbat Lord Methuen only etarted very recently and is rather engaged in diaperaing tbe Boers of tbe district than aiming at actual relief Gol Peakman baa dispersed 500 Boers at Fourteen Streams Lord Roberta probably ascertained from Mr Fraaer. tbe new mayor of Bioem fontein, before dispatching Gen Pole Garew southward that, in all likeli hood the railway waa clear The next move will be to collect at Bloem fontein by railway sufficient ttoree tor the army Lord Roberts will have when the Orange river forces have joined him Tbie will probably occupy from two to three weeka Tneretnre tbe next important operations may be expected in Natal Tbe eavalry brigede which L-?rH Roberts bss ssnt to Thabaooho, 35 miles east of B'oemfontein, is destined to out off some 2 000 Bjers Oo sre escaping from tbe southward. Tbe Boere are reported to have destroyed the railway in the neighbor boot! of Rroonstadt Lord Kitoheoer is still quietly organ ?stag io tbo northeast of Cape Colony Predictions aod be'tiag are beginning here that tbe war will be ended by tbe middle of May. 1 Dispatches from Durban, Pietcrmar i'sborg aod other South A'noan point* describe most enthusiastic celebratioos on St Patrtok'e day. A London newspaper oredi's to Lord Roberts the suggestion to tbe qipeo rhat the wearing of he shamrock bi permitted Whether this be so or not it has been a most advantageous politieal move Gathering in Rifl a. Loodoo, Maroh 19 ?A dispatch to tbe Daily Mail from Bloemlooteio dated Friday, Marob 16, ssys : "We are getliog rifles surrendered faster than a faetory eould turn tbem out It is quite oertain that if a British offieisl oan reaob tbe northern Isagers witb Lord Roberts' proclamation tbe whole Boer population will deolsre for peace Butler Will Attack Biggarsberg Range. London, March 20, 4am ?The war office has bad no oews up to this boor confirming the report of the relief of Mafeking, but George Wyndham, tarlismentary under secretary of war replyiog to a private ieqntry in the lobby of the house of commons to? night about midnight, smilingly said : ??I think it is all right." The Free Staters seemingly hsve not quite nollapsed Tbey are in con? siderable foroe around Smitbfield, al? though much dispirited. A British spy from Rouxville re? ports tbat Commandant Oliver and a oommando are going co Krooostsd. Tbe agents ho loft behind are using desperate means to raise recruits, oom miodeering British Boers under pen? alty of'death. Krooostad, where tbo Boers are con? centrating, is 137 miles from Blom fonteio. It is surrounded by a ooootry 0? hills aod joogles. Gen. Gataoro is now resting at Springfontein preliminary to joining Lord Roberts Gco Buller's bill work before Ladysmith has given him an ezperienee which is about to bo used io forcing the Biggarsberg range. (? is believed that 25 000 of his 40,000 sre about to eogage Gen Bjtha's foroe, and the next news of fighting will pro'aMy oome from Natal Tbe leaders of the Afrikander tund are circulating a petition io Capo Colo ny asking tbe imperial government not to take away tbe iuaepeodeooo of the B ers Thirty two thousand additional troops for South Afrioa aro now at sea THE PLAGUE. - 5 vYsthiogtOD, Maiofc 10 ?Word was received by iho Davy department today that ibe Cbieago aod .lont^ mery i?f Admiral fceoley's iquaJrou have left Montevideo im Babtt, Brasil. Tbe Wilmiogtoo will join ttm other chips e. looo as she is out of quarantine Tbt fchtps r.ro going to Babia to avoid Ibe rubottio plague, wiiuh hat- sppear* ed on t be Piaitu General Miles and Btaff in Ch arleeton. Cherte?t"o, S C, . March IS -Msjo< Quarrel N l?n? A Moes and s ail nrriv?(i ill Ubarlevluo *r B WaabieglO' na tho priva'n o>*r () :i amo lonignl The p^t'y etil spene ioev*rr< w it Charleston Iveadsj ii P??ri U'?j?t ? d go to Savant ah Wmotsriay io be presout at the D?.wey rcoep lun. Wny P??aionera Muni be Pa tieot. Every year about thin time those interested begin to write to the Slate board of pensions asking when tbe penaion money will become available, uone understanding the complications and vexatious delays tbat bave to be encouutered by tbe board in getting things in shape for tbe mouey to be psid out Alresdy such inquiries are being received, and so thai some idea of the woik might be obtained by the public, tbe following atatemeut has been made public : "Seve.il petitions bave b?en re oetved by the Stale pension b >ard, ssking that the lond be distributed as soon ss possible to tbe poor, needy vetersns and widows The delay in ?be matter of paying out tbe penaions is generally ?upp-eed to be the fault of tbe Mate board aud tbis statement ia made with a view to explaining a few of the d ffi u'ties with which we have to contend So far only 13 counties out of 40 bsve sent in their rolls ; after the rolls are received here, tbey bave to be checked over with last year's rolls aud in nearly every oaee many old pensioners are left off. rVe then have to make a liat of them and scud back to tbe county boards asking for information, and fr* quently wait several weeks before we receive it, as the boards are scattered ; besides tb s, we have to return many applications which are defeotive for correction lu many counties pension township board* bave bad no meetinge yet. ao we Cftonot hope to receive the la?r rolls before tho latter part of April, if then In one county iher* were 45 old pensioners unaccounted for. and it baa taken two we^ke einet the roli wss checked over and the names sent to get the proper information con oeruing tbem. and this is one ol many instances ; if we copied the -oils in the condition in which they are received we wou(d be doing great injustice to the pensioner*, a* by ii quiries regarding those It ft off we invariably find they were over looked and should have been report ed When the roMi? are fi tally in, aud after considerable w<?rk done on them here in proper order, it is theo necessary to m?ke ou the pay rolls As there were over 7 000 pension* rs lest year and likely to be 500 more this year it is s matter of considera ble time and work to wri e out ihe pay rolls for tbe clerks of court We theo send tbem to the chairman of the county board to verify and then only are we prepared to pay out tbe pension fund "?State A REUNION OP WOPPORD ALUMNI 8partanburg viem. 19 ?The ?Inmni association of \V"fforo Qu lege, of w t ch fj.pt W E Burnett is p>e>td a , ha determined to have a great r- uoion o the alumni of this c 'Hege, ?o b< held in June during o tnofoemetit At a reoout meeting a numher ot com? mittees vit ro appointed Io ki g to thin ond These committees soum ot the kind of genii* men who are c?pa Is, willing, and ar xmua to make the reunion a success This wnl be the tast commencement io which present or former students will so- I)r JH Carlisle as president ol VV ffo d College, aod it it f. fe to predict that 'h attendance, will i/e larger ibio ever bet?re at ihn well attended commence moot exeroires of Woffird A Cbeap Receipt For Soak? ing Corn Eiitors Journal anu H view : In order that other (armors mal profit by my expericnoo I ask that you publish this receipt I out from the Cotton Plant a few years ago nut did not use it until last year. I planted about 8 aores soaked a- uireoted in this receipt The crow-, and worms oil not bother it, but the crown picked up that I did not soak, only a foot, path divtd ing tho two fields. Brother farmers try it. It will uot injure ibe stund I feel assured that Mr Walke, will not objeot to its being published Jas. S KlSL Mootmorenci, Marou 1. 1 uotioo in tho last issue of (he Cotton Plant, a receipt lor snaktog sum ?10 keep bud w.iraiH from killing tb? corn ? I will give you and your readers a receipt I h*ve neon ytog tor twenty I yesrs or more, (I gel a fi ur barrel,St d till it three parts lull of cha'ey manure fron the horse Btabto ) 1st Potting straw in the bottom ol it (suffioient) to keip tbe inanuro off ol the bottom ol tbe barrel, :\ d then filling i' ibree parts luil ol tin u ai ute, aud then pour erntet in the barrel no the manure oatil ibe waiei btend* on tbo j top of tbe mauu o, aod let it h and ' twenty four bours, and thou lake 1 much oorn ;?s > u wish to plant the next day, and put ihi oorn in a iub, and born an med soger hole in ibt barroi, near the bottom, and lot tbo i (j iid if tu ;It ? barrel, rnu ooi t" ihi 4un ihai contain* the oorn, and lei tht Bt.ro r? uiB n iti B'talt until ibe o x morn ii g sou di aiu nfl ibr* u^h a banket, I and it la read) io bt pu> to ire |l'iuu , ! ?nd nenboi ibe bud worm, cui worm, j oro* i i bud v it o n h it I did th b 1 iar?i i ai, *?' ti its I'U'i worm, of??wa sou 1 UwOr- ao up u.y iiilfcbboi'a e in wOOae lai m at j m? me? ?I L. Walk Kit Chester, 6. C. A Very Poor Showing For Gov Gen Otis. Admits That Manila ia Moat Troubte8ome Centre in Luzon. Manila, March 18 9 SO p m ?Gen 0 >a couBideia Manila tbe must trou uit-awDje ceutre in tbe situation today 1 no tnnuigent junta here, io con junction witfj ihai in Hong Hong is giuwing acuve Tbe military au ihoinita nave been forced to put a eiop io Maoiui a intercourse witb tbe public. Toe local and foreign preea couaiders bia recent utierancea cal cumied to incite tbe Filipinos to a couiiuued revolt aud prejudicial to Auiencau control. Fiores, woo baa just arrived here, sa>a ne uuuiea truanug to American leniency, aud tual be would not have dareu come to Manila if >pain were >ct in ooutrol He cherishes tbe Dopes aud aspirations which actuated nun wiicii iu tbe fi.-id, and desires to watcu concessional action upon tbe question oi tue Priihpptnea Tbe in auigeuis, no aa.a do not expect to va qa au tue Americans.but are main taiu.ng a reatsiaiioe with the idea of torohig cougiesa to accoid them tbe beat pwasib'c letms A nuuiuei ot repreaentative insur gem ie?d< ra from diffeieut parts of Luzon nave tecpntly been in conter tui.e iu Alaun* dome have been plaOed uuuVr arrest, but the others luue iar nave out been interfered WliQ Louie BpfisVl, head oi the fi m of Lou.s &pi?Sja>| A (Jo, coutractoia In tue Vybineae government and himself a aucpecied fi ibuater, came fr? m tloug rv >ug to Manila last week and waa i< m^vjiaiiiy detained in custody ou Scia^iCtou u is asserted up- n g.n>Q ouioor ty that three, loads ot ?nun ai.d ammunition bave recently b?-eu lau?ed on ibe east coast ot Luz <n Uepi Taylor, of the Tntny ninih regiment, recently captured 12 uew Aiuu-eitt near Lalamba Kepous are current here of active reoel reorganization io tbe province ot St?rung where tbe insurgent leaders aie said to be assisted by or* mmeut Spanish residents In baDiiante of ibis province who are now iu Manna bave been adviaed not to teiuru to their homes, but to r# mam under tbe protection of the Americans it ia also reported tbat the rebels are reoigan z ug iu tbe province of Z mbalea under Mascardo, Brigands aie commuting atrocities iu tbe pro viu e ol Nueva E ;>ga, where tbey have murdered 20 natives and China* m? n. ? gbt other murders bave been c tumiiied uear Tarlao Nueva Ejtga itiHurgems are heavily taxi g local traders and farmers with the leeuit that business is paralyzed and there is a general scarcity ot food The funds for maintaining this I B I ???!CBeieB9aeBBei*Baae?ofi9 1 Beautiful I fWomen j 3 There are few women as beau- ? J tiful as they might be. Powder J ? and paint and cosmetics don't ? make good looks. Beauty is ? simply an impossibility without m health. Beautiful women are ? few because healthy women are ? few. The way to have a fair face and a well-rounded figure is to take BradliekTs { [Female Regulators This is that old and time-tried J medicine that cures all female ? troubles and weaknesses and ?) drains. It makes no difference J what the doctors call the trou- ? ble, if there is anything the ? matter in the distinctly feminine { organs, Bradfield's Fe* ? male Regulator will help ? and cure it. It is good fur IT- ? regular or painful menstruation; ? for leucorrnoBa, for tailing of the ? ^ womb, for nervousness, head- 2 ? ache, backache and dizziness. ? S Take it and get well. Then o 5 your old-time girlish features 9 ? and figure will be restore.]. J K Sold by JrtiorKists tor $1 a bottle. W 2 THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ? ^ ATLANTA, GA. JJ aa?i*ae*tf3??aesy#BeceBeBOBu ea ii.y \ c ' DX v. ? ? H x i If SI in cm - > , \W ' ? :\: '. C' - - _i ' ***** ever before A Write for our elci ant TI ' cal i r v,'c can *>ve yftu " *-. ?tUc I 1 '?) and the easy ( i ^ ? ntgn I factory or thron^li ou jular ui ^ tunity you cannot affoi I ? ; ?? ^ \ its manufacturers. Tl ci 'fore, n u j .i.i wm ? .I, ? nur? f \ itscoustrnc ton iaunnecei ary. ? we can offer most liberal terms. SITE StWINti H?CKiNf: COKP guerrilla warfare are collected from tbe various towoa of tbe island wbetber occupied by tbe Americana or oot, even including Manila In tbe province of Albay, tbe in surgents bave ceaaed barraeeing tbe Americana owing it ia reported, to a lack of ammunition, bnt tbey con? tinue ravaging tbe countryside, burning and looting, Tne natives are tiring of tbie eort of tbiog and threaten to turn against tbe marau? ders. Tbe townspeople of Legaapi, Albay and Donaol are alowly return? ing to tbeir homes Msj Allen, of tbe Forty third regi? ment baa beeo appointed military governor of tbe Island of Samar, wbere Lnkban, tbe former leader of tbe rebels in tbst iocsluy is still in tbe mountains Gen Kobbe bos opened 20 porte in the south, ro psrt of Luzon snd in the islsnds of Hamar and Leyte. tbe reault of which ia to atimolate trade there, altbougb only temporary as tbe country opened ia non productive and appaianlly non-consuming Ow? ing to the political conditioos of the last 12 months, products sccumulsted during tbe blockage These will be shipped to Manila and then the porte will be empty Evidence accumulatea of tbe trea? son sud perfidy of tbe municipal presidents in tbe provinces of Gen Mac An bur's district Tbe presi? dents of several tnwns in Lrpsnte snd Union piovince bave declined to continue io their positions, saying tbat they do not desire any further identification with tbe Americana Travel between tbe towns garri s >ned by the Americans ie becoming mote dangerous All wagon trains mom be escorted by besvy gusrds in order to insure tbeir safety. Two ambushes were narrowly averted recently ; small traveling parties w**re attacked ; single travelers t tquently disappear or are found dead .-panlards and Filipinos who are conversant wnh the Tagalo charac? ter unite io asserting that Aguinal do's c*p>uie would determinate tbe revolution Tb ee months bave passed since he was actively pursued South Cat uiioa Press in Cuba. Grand Hotel Iogiaterra, Habana, t'oba. March 16?Tbe party of Sooth Carolinians arrived here iast night at 10 o'clock. Tbe sea trip was exceed? ingly rough Tbe bsggage wss all inspected by the customs officer, snd the party theo went to tbe Hotel Inglaterra, wbere rooms had beeo engaged All are well and are having a good time. There bave thus fsr beeo no mishaps or incidents. It is warm, very warm dowo here Everyone ie wearing lomoer clothes. Tbe botele are crowded with Northern aod East? ern visitors. There is oot near as mach Americanization as one might bave expected. The city seems to be in a bustle and business is apparently aottve. The party, at 10 o'clock tbis Friday morning, is getting ready to go cot on a sigbt-seeing expedition ?Maw* aw? Old Maud S.t tbe Famous Mare, j?ies at Age of 26. New York. March 17 ?Maud 8., bo famous trotter, died at Sobql;s's arm. Port Chester, N Y , this morn? ing Sho was brought to rbe farm from N-w V ?rk a week ago and it was inicnoed to use ber for breediog pur? pose She was sick when she arrived ncre, and had been under tbe care of a veterinary surgeon She gradually oeoame worse noweter, aud all efforts to save tbe life of tba valuable animal were fruitless Mau? S was owned by the Bonner estate and was 26 years old Her trotting record of 2 08J was made io 1885 Dr. Cady'a Condition Powders are just what a horse ncedi when "Jin bad coa lition Teaie, blood purifier and vermifuge. They are not feed but medicine, and toe best la use to put a horse hi prime condition. Prica If pent? per package. For sale by Dr A. J Cbina. D?c 30?o Tetter, SaU-Khcuni aud Kceeraa. The intens?: itching and smatiing incident t these" diseases, is instantly allaved by applying nhawbarlaia's Eye and Skin Ointment. V aay very bad case* h ive been pcrmaneily cured by ir If i< equally efficient for itching piles 8wd a favorite remedy for sore nippte??, cbappet* hands, chilblains, frost Sitae and ehr?.nie sore ev?'s. SSetl per box. For sale \<y Dr A ?J. I t'hinn. Dae 3??o i ^. V%r%,%<%^h/w/%'w/v mmtl in Marketing Methods ? p| ' to Sewing Machines! 5 ? . p*i * under which you can obtain "'!"\ ..' ter value in the purchase of "Wlul hewing Machine than offered. !?>? ne aud detailed particulars. How rclm.se of a high-grade sewing machine ; vre can offer, either direct fro:;: "ltorized agents. This is an oppor hi know ' ie ??White/* you know Btai ! I cE-'v ri, lion of the iiiaclumTand ? ? ."ii old machine to exchange Write to-day. Address in full. OT, fDep't L) Cleveland Oil*.