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Jury Acts Declared Unconstitutional. Judge Gary Renders a Very im? portant Decision. The constitutionality of the jury laws of the State has been questioned, and a decree from Judge Ernest Gary de? clares that in his opinion the acts of 1900 and of 1901 relating to the draw? ing of juries are in contravention of article 3, section 34 of the constitution of IS95. The case will be carried to the supreme court, and, if Judge Gary is sustained, the legislature will be forced to pass a new law. '"Special legislaci?n" is the ground upon which the acts were declared un? constitutional. The constitution speci? fically forbids the legislature to pass special laws relating to certain sub? jects, and in the case of county offi? cers* salaries, etc., the courts have al? ready decreed that the legislature had enacted special legislation for the several counties. The decree of Judge Gary in the case of the jury laws is calculated to direct the attention of the law makers to the necessity of avoiding this danger. The fight upon the constitutionality of the law was made by Senator W. N. Graydon, of Abbeville. He was coun? sel for the defense in the case of the State against Wilson, in Cherokee County. Wilson was charged with murder, and the case was the first on the docket when the court was opened '$ at Gaffney last Monday. Senator Gray? don moved to quash the indictment on the ground that the jury had not been properly drawn. He declared that the law under which this jury was drawn is in viola? tion of article 3, section 34 of the con? stitution. This article states: "The general assembly of this State shall not enact local or special laws concern? ing any of the following subjects, or for any of the following purposes, to wit" : (Then are enumerated thirteen subjects for which special legislation cannot be enacted, and among these is *"to summon and empanel grand and petit juries" and "in all cases where a general law can be made applicable, no special law shall be enacted." Judge Gary sustained the contention made by Senator Graydon, , and the indictment was quashed. This prac ticaliy nullified the validity of all . juries drawn in that county for this term of court, although several cases werje heard by consent of both sides that no objection to the validity of the juries would be made. Solicitor Henry gave notice that he would take the Wilson case to the supreme court. Senator Graydon was in the city last night. He said that the reason the jury act of 1900 is specal ^legislation is because it permits one county to have ?one way of drawing a jury, and an adjoining county might have an entire? ly" different way. Charleston has a sys? tem of its own. In some counties the 5ury commissioners draw the jurors, and in other counties the county com ? missioners are empowered to do this. Not only is it unconstitutional, but it is wrong, states Senator Graydon, for ihe reason that in cases of change of Tenue, or in cases where a party has property interests in several counties ?the different methods of drawing Juries are confusing and perhaps do mot guarantee the same rights and .coffer the same protection. It is con? fusing to the judges themselves to have . different provisions for the several counties. Senator Graydon says he . can see why there might have " been some excuse for trying to make the salaries of county officers conform to 'Ohe necessities and resources of a .county, but there seems to be no rea ? son why there should not be a general .jury law, and but one. The act of 1901 merely validates the juries drawn under the act of 1900. -Senator Graydon contends that while ~dhe latter act may validate the former statute so far as inaccuracies are con cerned, it cannot make the jury law constitutional. It is said that this question was broached earlier in the year, and that the trial judge stated that he himself doubted the validity of the acts in -question but that he would not at that time assume the responsibility of passing upon so grave a matter, for it might affect and even interfere with trials by jury in every county in the State for the rest of the year. The following sub-division is the one over which the fight will probably be made: *""XIL The general assembly shall forthwith enact general iaws concern? ing said subjects for said purposes, which shall be uniform in their opera? tions: Provided, That nothing con? tained in this section shall prohibit the general assembly from enacting special provisions in general laws." The State, Oct. 4. Strides a Sici Find. **I -va troubled for several years with chroa is i.-i- i^r"!?t;<?n and nervous debility," writes F J G.-- en of Lancaster, N K. <4No remedy help? ed -n? ns til I begin using Electric Bitter?, agl'.L :i '-P : IP?;'? jjoad iban all the medi *?rr_- FT??-? ca.-ffl They have a'so Vept my .?-wiff i ? .^.tellonr be-lth f-?r jears. She says "?X?ar?r?e IF**??? are \un tplendid for female '-trw <hat'hey nre a grand tonic and in % ??-tft.-?.r ?o.- weik, ?un d< wa women. No other z;a?Vc.eCin i;ik? it* place ?a our family.' 'Try .-- m Only 5C>c. Satisfaction guaranteed t>v I-* W DeL rm; 1 Cuban Convention Dissolved. Habana, Oct. 3.-Gov. Gen. Wood ? today issued an order formally^ dissolv? ing tho constitutional convention with the understanding that if its services are again desired he will issue the necessary call. The salaries and allow? ances, amounting to 815,000, ceased today. A very large delegation of Habana bankers, manufacturers, merchants and other business men waited upon Gen. Wood at the palace this after? noon and presented to him a plea for the reduction of duties on Cuban pro? ducts on lines of reciprocity. Annexa? tion sentiment was strongly in evi? dence. Similar demonstrations occur? red in many other parts of the island. Shelbyville. Ky., Oct. 2.-Jimbo ! Fields, aged 16, and Clarence Garnett, aged 13, both colored, were lynched here early this morning, for the al? leged murder of Will C. Hart, a printer, iwho was stoned to death on Saturday night, Sept. 21. The boys were taken from the jail and swung from the Ches? apeake and Ohio railroad trestle with? in 500 yards of the jail. SOUTH AMENDA. HER HOPE IS m IMMIGRATION FROM EUROPE AMD THE UNITED STATES. St. Paul Pioneer Press 'Rep.) i : There isn't much room to doubt that but for the Monroe doctrine the great? er part of South and Central America would by this time have been ?colon? ized and" held as territorial possession by some of the great European powers. It is quite conceivable that as the Spanish mongrel governments in those regions have turned out, the South American contingent and its native inhabitants would have been better off if European civilization of the North? ern European type had been permitted to gain a foothold there, though it is quite doubtful whether the continued j rule of Portugal or Spain or other j countries that might be named would have resulted in any improvement over their present conditions. But the j South American republics were entitled to a chance to live and to show the world what they could do with the magnificent domains under their re? spective flags, and this chance the Monroe doctrine secured for them. They have not improved. Their gov? ernments, with scarcely an exception, have proved pitiable failures. They are behind the Chinese and Japanese -behind most of the native races of India-behind Turkey and Persia and Moroco even-in :.their industrial development and in the protection they afford to life and property. Such real civilization as they have exists only in isolated spots, as in the neigh? borhood of the capitals of Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. If the life and property of a foreigner are measurably safe at any other points, it is not due to the local authorities, but to a wholesome dread of the foreigner's home government. But the Monroe doctrine has at least saved them from the blighting influ? ence of Spanish and Portguese rule, and has kept alive the spirit of Re? publican liberty and independence pending the period of their coming regeneration. That regeneration can apparently come only through Ameri? can and European immigration. And to this immigration the Monroe doc? trine opposes no obstacle exept such as results from the insecurity of life and property under the feeble and un? stable governments which prevail there. Blaine's-conception of a Pan-Ameri? can congress may perhaps be utilized in the development of plans whereby the vast fertile areas and teeming op? portunities of these South American states may be opened to the floods of European immigration which we no longer need and to the joint capital and enterprise of Europe and America in building the railroads and planting the industries which are necessary to their progress in civilization. The ad? mission of the immigrant population to the fullest rights of Republican citi? zenship would be an inducement. Those from northern Europe and the United States would generally carry with them the spirit of representative institutions and a ready capacity for self-government and leadership in public affairs. Their participation in the government of these republics would go far to impress upon them the principles of orderly and enlighten? ed administration and.give them the strength, the stability and the pro? gressiveness which they now lack. The people of the United States are ieeply interested in promoting the civilization and development of the South American states not only as a guarantee of perpetual peace in this hemisphere, but because the higher they rise in the scale of civilization the more multiplied their wants and the wider their market for American products. --.?w Extermination of Moles. Being a steady reader of your most valuable paper I wish to know if you can give me a remedy for moles. The" are destroving mv garden. J. G. L. Valdosta, Ga. Answer-I do not know how to ex? terminate ground moles. The patent mole traps are the only means I know of catching them. Why should our correspondent want to get them out of his garden? They are not vegetarians. They will not eat his garden seed or vegetables. It is the grubs and worms that are eating the cultivated plants of the inquirer's garden, and the ground moles are eating up these ene? mies of the garden. There is no more voracious ca^niverous animal known than the mole. If he is deprived of his favorite bugs and worms, he will attack and eat animals of nearly his own size and strength. If my reading is right, the mole is the friend of the gardener, not the enemy. He is to be invited to assist in successful gardening, not hunted and killed.-Atlanta Journal. THE SEABOARD CHARTER. Columbia, Oct. 1.-The much talked of consolidation charter of the Sea? board Air Line was issued by the Sec? retary of State to-night and the char? ter fees, amounting to ?25,295, will to? day be turned into the State treasury, j this being the largest amount paid for j a charter fee in this State in a long ? time. While not quite all the j a- j pers the secretary ot state would de? sire bai'e been received at the office, those necessary for the granting of the charter are in hand, and it was deemed advisable to go ahead and issue the charter. The secretary of state has delayed from time to time in the mat? ter, but yesterday determined to delay no longer. The capital stock of the new com? pany is set down at one hundred mil? lion dollars, divided into one million shares. It Girdles tis Glob9. T be fame of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, as the be.-t in rb*; world, extends ri und the earth. li's j the one p?irftr?-t healer of cati, coma, burns, j bruises, i^'res. Scalds, hoi is. ulcsrr, felon?, ] ache.', pains ati-1 all -kin ?rupti-tns Only in. , fallibl s pile cure. 25c a box at J F W De- j Lorine's. 1 New York, Oct. 2.--The city com? mittee of Tammany Hall at a meeting tonight decided on Edwin M. Shep? pard of Brooklyn as the Democratic candidate for mayor of Greater New York, THE OBSTACLES TO A SEWERAGE SYSTEM. Letter of Council io Beard of Health Other Matters Before Board. - At a meeting of the City Board of j Health, held last night, Health j Officer Reardon was directed to request : Superintendent of Schools Edmunds to j require all pupils in the city schools ? who have not been successfully vacci? nated, heretofore, to be vaccinated at : once. ; The city will bear the expense of ! vaccinating only those children whose parents are not able to pay for hav? ing it done. In the case of such chil? dren city Physician Archie China will vaccinate them free when request? ed to do so by Supt. Edmunds.* All others will be vaccinated at the actual cost of the vaccine points-about 6 or 7 cents. The subjoined letter from the City Council in reply to a request from the Board of Health to have a survey of the city made for the purpose of ascer? taining the cost of a sewerage system was received as information, "inas? much as the letter contains much in? formation that is of public interest and that bear directly upon the ques? tion of sewerage in which the people of the city are so thoroughly interest? ed. The Board of Health in "compliance with the wish of the City Council, in? structed the Health Officer to furnish the press with a copy for publication. Sumter, S. C., Sept. 26, 1901. To the City Board of Health. Gentlemen : At council meeting last night I presented your letter of 8th inst., in which you renew the request that a competent engineer be employed to survey the city, and give an esti? mate of cost of a sewerage system : which you declare to be-in your opin? ion-a great necessity. Upon due consideration the council instructed me to say in reply that the financial condition of the city does not at this time warrant expenditure of so large a sum as will be required for this work. Particularly as it might prove a needlesss expense-and would be of no benefit whatever, unless the taxpayers or freeholders of Sumter shoula decide to have the system built. You gentlemen realize of course that the construction of a sewerage system is impossible, except by issuing bonds from sale of which the necces sary funds may be obtained. You further understand that the state constitution prescribes the steps to be taken in order to authorize a bond issue: First a petition of a ma? jority of freeholders, and then a ratifi? cation by rote of qualified electors. This being the case it follows that council cannot move in the matter until the petition referred to is pre? sented. When that is done council would have no option but to order an election as required. In this connection I am authorized to say that council is of the opinion that a bond issue at this time, for this purpose would be unwise. Notwithstanding this view they are ready and willing to carry out, as best they can, the wishes of the people. Council is not opposed to anything that will promote the health or pros? perity of Sumter: nor do they fail to appreciate the value and convenience of sewerage. But it is their province and duty to administer the financial affairs of the city in a conservative manner, and avoid if possible future conditions which might prove hurtful to the best interest of the community. They deem muincipial ownership of our water system an essential prerequisite to sewerage, and think the latter should remain in obeyance until the first is an acomplished fact. Inquiry we think will reveal the fact that towns of the size of Sumter that have sewerage " own their water system-and in many instances they own both water and lights. Our taxable property is assessed at something less than a million and a half dollars, and it would require an additional tax of two mills to pay in? terest on the new bonds-assuming the amount to be fifty thousand dollars and the rate of interest six per cent, which is the rate we are paying on all bonds now outstanding. And interest is not the only thing to consider. The Constitution of the State makes it imperative that a sinking fund be created which will pay the bonds at maturity. There cannot be a reissue. Nor can payment be left to posterity as has been the rula of the past. NThat would mean a further tax of about one mill and a half on twenty year bonds. Again, it is estimated that twelve miles of.sewerage pipe will be needed for a reasonably good service. That amount would not place sewerage within reach of a great many citizens, i but grant that st will meet the present ; demand ; then we must at once double \ our water mains. We have now only ; six miles of mains, and sewer pipes ; would be useless except on the course of water mains. Doubling the water mains means doubling the water rent which now amounts to about three thousand dollars annually. That would mean also additional tax of two mills to pay increased water rent. Even then there is no provision for flushing the pipes, and how much that service would cost we have no idea, but it would add considerably to our expenses. Should we issue fifty thousand dol? lars worth of bonds now that would be so near the eight per cent limit fixed by the constitution that we could not hope to purchase our own water or electric light system. We would there? fore be forced to continue contracts with private parties or corporations for these public utilities. Jf on the other hand we could own them, the income from private patronage would largely, if not quite support these necessary institutions. Then we would be free to make other improve? ments, among which sewerage might be first and foremost. Again, it might be well to remind you that within two years we must reissue a large part of our present bonds, and within the next few years there will be a reissue of them all. As they are reissued we must, provide, not only for interest as has been the case heretofore, but we must also create ;? sinking fund for their pay? ment. This will mean more taxes too, unless property values increase mate? rially. In view of these things, which ap? pear as undeniable and serious facts, council thinks a bond issue for sewer? age at this time means to tie our hands against future progress and improve? ment, and would not be good policy. You can readily see how we might ? j thereby get our city taxes np to twenty j mills instead of fourteen we are now levying, and which to the majority of . taxpayers is burdensome enough if we j may judge from their declarations at j time of payment. Council desires to i build up the business interests and i general prosperity of the city, but do ! not think it can be done by forcing j taxes up to the point where citizens will feel oppressed and outsiders will be loath to come among us under such I conditions. I have gone thus into de? tails, because it is just to the council that the reasons for their position should be known, and because all our citizens have a right to know what those reasons are. They at last must approve or disapprove the attitude of council in this important matter. Very respect'fullv, C. M. Hurst, Jr., Clerk. He Says He is Not Dead. Richard Green, the old man who has had an alms box at Osteen's Book store for some time, seems to have been forgotten by his friends lately. He came in today and on finding noth? ing in the box remarked: "I reckon that old man on the box is dead. ' ' He begs us to say to the public that he is still living-although at times quite feeble. He is now, he claims, 117 years old. Travels of a Big Circus. The Great Wallace Show is such a mammoth aggregation that it is com? pelled to visit points of the country where it is sure of liberal patronage. This fact requires it to tra rel from twenty thousand to thirty thousand miles annually, visiting only the big cities and the larger towns which are surrounded by productive territory. But whether it be in an Eastern city or in the prosperous town on a western prairie the Wallace Show is fully cap? able of pleasing the crowds in either place. Even in Washington City, ' D. C., the home of the official dignitaries and political aristocrats of the nation, a place where some people might think a circus world not attract, the Great Wallace Show was unable to accom? modate the crowds. The Washington Post said : . "If there is any city which is a bet? ter show town than the National Capi? tal, it is not down on the map. The Wallace Show pleased two big throngs yesterday, many people being turned, away. The circus was a success both for the management and for those who wanted good entertainment. The city was turned over almost entirely to the big attraction. The program com? menced promptly and in earnest from the start. No one but the child whose first visit it was to a circus could pos? sibly tell all that wa3 done. Hardly anything could have been more won? derful than the acrobatic feats per? formed by the justly celebrated Nelson Family, and especially of the five-vear old tot'; The Great Wallace Show will exhibit in Sumter, on Saturday, Oct. 12. Blown to Atoms. The old idea that the body sometimes neei?s a powerful, drastic, purgatiee pill has been e.x ploded: for Dr King's New Life Pill?, which are perfectly harmless, gently stimulate liver and bowels to expel poisoncos mntttr, cleanse the sy ter? and absolutely cure constipation and sick headache. Only 25? at J F W De Lorine's drug stt re. 1 Bloody Fight in Georgia. McDonough, Ga., Oct 2.-In a fight ; which occurred between a storekeeper,. T. J. Upchurch, his-sons Victor and Charlie, and Willis Goodwin, Jr., in. Upchnrch's- store her? today Charlie Upchurch. was instantly killed with a baseball bat and his far.her and brother severely wounded. Goodwin was shot twice, aad it is feared his wounds will prove fatal. There were no witnesses to the difficulty. Chicago, Oct. 2.-Mayor Harrison today ordered the police to prevent Emma Goldman's lecture here tomor? row night. The anarchist organ, "Free Society," was issued here today for the first time since the president was shot. In it neither the memory of the dead president nor the grief of the public is respected or even considered. The leading article, a review of Czol gcezi's. crime, is by Emma Goldman. 0? ' itt j ! After He Comes I : * * ? he has a hard: enough time? Every- g thing that the expectant mother p <? can do to help her child she should ' J* do. One o? the greatest blessings; 1 ?; she can give him is hea?th, but to ?j *F do this, she must have health her- <* ? self. She should use every means * ?f> to improve her physical condition. ? She should, by ail means, supply & J* herself with g 1 Mottler's i %^?mL Friend* ? O^-^^P^i lt win take her 5 '?A ^ through the crisis f* rc *?SM easily and * ML>jX4^e?\ y?&ly. It is a $ rf \I (?f?>\ linin;ent which <d W N<S^L^,,*^--A S'v^s. strength ??^^^---?r'v^ j muscles. Com- fe flft ^^^^^^^^n^n sense will j* S TQ~T??, ~~ ' I^Maj^^"^ stronger the j* WHBBBS^ fBW muscles are, fe > u V^STj wnica Dear the ^ f / strain, the less g J* pain there will be. ^ t? A woman living in Fort Wayne, ^ I .f Ind., says: " Mother's Friend did * ^ wonders for me. Praise God for fe $ your liniment." ^ Read this from Hunel, Cal. fe ? " Mother's Friend is a blessing to ft *? all women who undergo nature's ? J* ordeal of childbirth." ' % fe * Get Mother's Friend at the 'fe ? drug store. S! per bottle. ?, * THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., | %. Atlanta, Ga. & j fe V.'rite for our free :!!ust-:ited book, M Before fe ? 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The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend* GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of Mt The Kind You Haye Always Bon In Use For Over 30 Years. TMCrerrrrAUR COMPANY. TT MCHSAY STHEET, NEW YORJC crrr. QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION AND BUSINESS OF fie lat of Suter," Suter, S.e. M the close of the quarter ?nding Septem? ber 30, 1901, published in conformity with the Act of the General Assembly. ASSETS. Loans and Discounts, ?307.949 43 Bonds, 12,000 00 Furniture and Fixtures, 1,500 00 Cash in hand, Cash Items sad Cash due by other Bacis and Bankers, 55,043 20 Total, ?376,492 63 LIABILITIES-. C?-pital steck paid in. ? 75.000 00 Deposits, 172,119 83 Rediscounts, 81,344 96 Bills payable, 35,000 00 Undivided surplus, 13,027 484 Total, ?376,49263 The State of South Carolina*. \ Sumter County, ) I,. W. F. RH AME, Cashier of "The Bank of Sumter,?' do solemnly swear that the above statement is true,, to the best of my knowledge and belief. W. F. RHA3?E, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of October, 1901. E. C. HAYNSWORTH, [L. g.] a Notary Public for S. C. Correct Attest : W: E: BL HAYNSWORTH,. \ President. f ^ R..L. COOPER. r ^recio.s. MARION MOISE. ) Oct. 3, 1901. TURNIP SEED, Onion Sets-leading varieties. Aiso assortment of Garden Seeds. Havana Segars. Large line &f fine Havana Segars. Toilet Articles. A choice lise of Toilet and Fancy Goods to which atten? tion is invited at DeLor?ie's Drag Store. CH I CH ESTER'S ENGLISH Orifflntl an?? Only Genuine. ?.SAKE. Alway* reiiab>. Ladle*, ask Drnerist io* CHICHESTER ENGLISH ila KED an-1 Gol?! metallic boxt*, waled I with blue ribbon. Take no oilier. Rcfa?c J Jjnnjreroua Substitution? and Imita tiona. Buy of jaar Prui?fci't. or ?nd 4c. ia .umps for Particular*, Testimonial? aaa "Relief w Lad I ca," in Utter, bT rc tnra Mall. KV.000 Te^tinoaiaU. SnMby I Druggist,. CJjIche?t<r< hcm!ealCn.f Mestlon tola paper. MadUon Squan,, 1*111 LA., VJ?. Dyspepsia Cure Digests wh& yon eat. This preparation cc a eins all of the digestants and dige.-tf all kinds of food. Itgives instar : v. befand never fails to cure, lt allows roi? lo eat all the food you want. The n > ^ sensitive stomachs can take it. By ic. use many thousands of dyspeptics have been cured after everything else failed. It prevents format ion of gason the stom? ach, relieving all distress after eating. Dieting unnecessary. Pleasant to take. lt can't foeBp but do you good Prepared only by E. C. PKWITT & Co., Chicago The $1. bottle contains times the 50e. size J S HUG-HS0N & CO THE BANK OF SUMTER. SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depositary Capval stock paid ID. .. . ?75.000 OG Undivided surplcs, . . . 16,000 00 Individual liability of stockholders io excess of their stock-, . 75,000 00' ? Transacts a general banking business : also has a Savings Bank Department. Deposits of $1 aad upward received. Interest allowed aj. the rate of 4 ;er cen?, per annuDC, payable semi-annually. W. F. B. HAYNS WORTH. President. MieSBOt MOISB, W. F. REAMS, i Vice-President. Cashier Jan 31. Estates of Mrs. Fran ses L. Din kins and Miss Wiliiaanetta Din Mns, Deceased. I WILL apply to the Judge of Probate of Sumter County on October 12th, 1901, for a Final Discharge as Administrator of aforesaid Estates. ROBT.. B. DINK1NS, Sept ll-it Administrator. OF SOUI CAROLINA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. I WHEREAS petitions-signed by the qual I ified electors of certain sections of Sum? ter,. Sershaw and Darlington Counties have been filed with me, and from said peti? tions and accompanying papers it appears that one-third of the qualified electors re? siding within the area of each section of the said counties proposed to be cut off for a new county have signed ?aid peti? tions, and Whereas the boundaries of the proposed new counties, the proposed name, the num? ber of inhabitants,, the area, the taxable property, as shown by the last tax returns* and the proposed lines for the new county do not run nearer than eight miles of any Court House building now established^ and set forth in said petitions, NOW, THEREFORE, I, M. B. Mc? sweeney, Governor of the State of South Carolina, in compliance with the require? ments of an Act of the General Assembly, entitled "An Act to provide for the forma? tion of New Counties, etc." approved March 9th, 1896, do hereby order an elec? tion in the territory to be cut off for the new county on the 22d day of October, A. D., 1901, to be held in accordance with the requirements of said Act, at which elec? tion the electors shall vote ''Yes" or "No" upon the question of erecting a new coun? ty and upon the name and county seat of the proposed county. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State, to be affixed at Colum? bia, this 7th day of September, nine [L.S.] teen hundred and one, and in the one hundred and twenty-sixth year of the Independence of the United . State. M. B. MCSWEENEY. By the Governor: Governor. Secretarv of State. Oct 2-3t Land Surveying. IWILL GIVE prompt attention to all ca?3 for eurvevine and Dlatn-e lands. BANKS H BOYKIN, Oct 10-o Catchall. S. C "FOR SALE l? A BAM. For Cash or' on Approved Papers. 2 ?0 Saw Luz-oKia GID3 with Feeders and Coriden=ers 1 60 Saw Hall Gin with Feeder and Con? denser. 1 Extra heavy Wiiibip Press, a 6ne one, complete. 40 feet of 2 inch Shafting. All in gool repair Apply to W. W. DssCHAMPS & CO , Wisai-kv, S. C. Or to A.A. STRAPSS, April 17-tf Mayesville, S. C.