The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 15, 1905, Image 3
THTF: DOINGS OF SOCIETY FOLK
WHAT THEY FEND TO 31 IKE
THE TIME PASS PLEASANTLY.
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The Tuesday Afternoon Whist Club
had a most delightful meeting at the
Hotel Sumter, Mrs. Armstrong being
hostess for the occasion. Mrs. Hazel
Sanders was the fortunate winner of
the first prize, while Mrs. Rivers took
the booby. A salad course was en?
joyed by the guests. Those present
were; Mesdames J. L. Alnut, R. L.
Temple, E. K. Coyner, A. C. Duck?
er, M. Rivers, Archie China, C. H.
Dorn, W. H. Ingram, Breeden, Philip
Finn, and Schumacher.
The Shirt Wist Club met with Miss
Jessie Moise on Tuesday afternoon,
and as usual with this charming hos?
tess the time passed pleasantly. Whist
was the game of the afternoon and
Mrs. Nina Solomons won the first
prize* a bottle of Violet extract,
while Miss Rosie Cooper captured
the booby. Grape fruit cake, and
cherry cobbler were temptingly served,
during the afternoon. Those playing
were: Misses Lydia Lee, Edith Du?
val!, Marsnerite Cromer, . Annie
Graham, Sharlie Graham, Kate De
Lorme, May Brock, Kate Moses,
Hosie Cooper, Theo Lopez, Emily
Sinkler and Mesdames Lewis, Nina
Solomons, and Henry Hill.
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On Wednesday, afternoon Mrs. Perry
Moses, Jr., entertained the Ladies
Social Club. Notwithstanding the
severity of the weather four tables
wree filled with enthusiastic whist
players. Mrs. S, C. Baker and Mrs.
Lewis tied for the first prize and each
selected a partner and played a game.
Mis. Baker being successful, was
awarded the first prize, a beautifn?
pink satin ,?love box. Mrs. Hubert
Osteen cut the consolation prize, ai
hand*?ome brass candlestick. After j
the game, charlotte russe and hot
chocolate were served. Those ?presen t
were : Mesdames S. C. Baker. F.
M. Spann, Hubert Osteen, Agnes
Bogin, Nina Solomons, H. M.
Stuckey, D. J. Winn, Jr., Felix
Moses, Lewis, W. H. Ingram, J.
M. Knight and Misses Jessie Moise,
Moneta Osteen, Theo Lopez, and
Aline Ward.
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The Thursday EM >ning Club was
entertained by Miss Edith Duvall,
and for three delightful hours every
one did honor to St. Valentine. The
rooms were cieeorated with garlands of
pink and white hearts, which idea
and color scheme was carried out in
most elaborate style. The number of
each table was indicated by pink pa?
per hearts? and in the center of each
table was -a heart shaped box filled
with candies. The score cards were
dainty hand painted hearts, and the
delicious refreshments were pink and
white heart of ice cream with a silver
arrow in each one, and almond cakes. !
Everyone was asked to write an im?
promptu valentine, and these were
read amid great laugher and en joy -
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Oct i9_o Catchall, S. C.
J ment. The judges decided in favor of
I Miss Jessie Moise, whose clever rhyme
; of "Edward and his automobile" won
the prize-a pink heart fall of candy.
Instead of the customary whist,
j "hearts" were played, Miss Cooper,
j winning the ladies prize, a beautiful,
i valentine. To Mr. Herbert Osteen fell
I the gentleman's first prize, and Mr.
j Warren Moise carried off the
"booby." This Valentine party was
the mast beautiful and attractive
way in which the club has been enter?
tained, and the guests iouud it hard
to leave the dainty "Palace of
Hearts* ' and its Queen. L.
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JUVENILE CLUB ENTERTAIN?
MENT.
The . ' Entre Nous" club met at the
home ol! Martie Boyle, on Broad street
on Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Re?
freshments were served, after which
games and music were engaged in.
Those present were: Carrie Bee
Breeden, Mabele Randall, Mamie
Ch andi ar, Marvin Nash, Annie Mar
Vogel, Mabel Parrott, Clyde DuRant,
Martie Boyle.
MORE FIRES IN THE MINOR STORE.
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Fire Endangered the Adjoining Buildings
Insurance Companies Have Taken
Precautionary Measures.
From :he Daily Item February'll.
This morning about 4.15 o'clock,
without the remotest indication of its
existence, Police Gallagher was star?
tled to see the reflection of a large
fire, and upon investigation he dis?
covered that the roof of the Minor
Store was a mass of flames.
The fire burned furiously and the
fi?mes leaping up for many feet set
the heavens aglow. The dense vol?
umes of smoke that enveloped the fire?
men hampered them in their fight,
and nearly an hour elapsed before the
fire was under control. The fire com?
panies responded very promptly, bet
it wa? some little tirae before streams
were brought to play upon the fire.
' The entire stock of dry- goods de?
partment of the Minor Store is now
thoroughly waterscaked, and all that
was loft unburned on the second floor
of the building was consumed last
night The wall between the ?Minor
Store and the building occupied by
Levy & Moses grocery store was badly
cracked, and it will be necessary to
make immediate repairs.
Another alarm ' was given in about
7.30 o'clock this morning, from the
Minor Store. Some of the fire had
not been completely extinguished,
and which had been smouldering for
a considerable length cf time ignited
some of the wood work on the second
floor of the building, and the flames
burst out anew. One stream was all
that was necessary to control the
small blaze, and the Bre was completely
oat i a a short time. As a matter of
further precaution, until the terms
of the adjustment are definitely agreed
upon the insurance companies will
have one fireman on duty air day in
the Minor Store and two will be post?
ed in the building at night. If this
had been done at first, the losses caus?
ed by the number of recent fires would
neve:.* have been sustained.
Bowling Tournament.
Tte Sumter Bowling Alley has sent
a challange to the victorious Ridge?
wood team in Columbia, requesting
them to come to the Game Cock City
for n tournament before claiming the
State championship. The lovers cf
the sport here, are very anxious for
then to accept. - The Sumter team
will most likely be composed of D.
W. Reeves, James Calk, Darby White,
H. W. Hood and Harry Weeks.
Typewriters Seized.
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Si;. Petersburg, Feb. 9.-The
police of the town of Eomni,,in the
province of Poltava have confiscated
all the typewriters in the place,
which has over 15,000 inhabitants.
No reason is assigned for the action,
but as it is taken under the law of
"increased defence," equivalent toa
minor state of siege, there is no doubt
that typewriters are regarded as dan?
gerous organs of sedition.
Since the first introduction of type
writers in Russia the authorities have
looked upon the machines with more
or less suspicion. They can only be
acquired in the smaller towns of the
empire under special permit of the
police, who are thus easily able to
locate every instrument. Up to a
year or two ago a permit was needed
even in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
All the "proclamations" which have
beon in circulation this year were
lithographed from typewritten copy,
the typewriter having enabled the
discontented to circumvent the ex?
tremely stringent laws which regulate
th 3 possesion of printer's type and
th 3 use of it
Willing Witness.
T?iere Are Many More
In Sumter.
Gratitude makes thousands of willing wit?
nesses. There are many grateful people in
Sumter. The testimony of friends and neigh
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dispute. Read this statement made by a
Sumter eitizen :
B. B. Breeden, the well-known dentist of 4
N. Main street says : "I have used Doan's
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them. I think they are good and I cheerfully
recommend them to those suffering from kid
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and permanent action upon the kidneys. My
back caused me considerable trouble and
misery which was aggravated by standing on
my feet much. My back became tired and
pained me greatly across the loins. 1 obtain?
ed a box of Doan's Kidney Pills at Dr. A. J
China's drug store, and since using them I
find my back does not trouble me at all.
though it is some months since I used the
pills."
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WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Synopsis of the Proceedings Wed
nesday.
House Refuses to Enact Marriage Record
ing Bili-Scandal in Secretary of
State's Office Discussed.
By AV. H. McCaw.
Columbia, Feb. 10.-The honse of
representatives is firmly set in its
preudices, or principle, or whatever
it may be called, not to permit any
change whatever in the laws regarding
matrimony. The conditions which
make this the easiest State in the
union to get married in and the most
difficnlt to again get released from
these bonds, will not be changed in
the near future in any particular.
The^ house by decisive majorities kill?
ed three bills in rapid succession yes?
terday looking to records cf marriages
being kept by clerks of court. None
invalidated the marriage contract in
case the provisions were not obeyed,
and Mr. Hutto's bill made it entirely
voluntary, his bill being intended to
assist the historical commission's
work by "allowing" persons to re?
cord their marriages past and to come.
The D. C. Herbert bill merely re?
quired the person performing the
ceremony to file a certificate of the
fact with the clerk of the court and
the Fishburn bill went a bit further
and made it a misdeamor for either
the person performing the ceremony
or the contracting persons to fail to
observe the law. Altough the consti?
tution forbids divorce it was argued,
by even such able lawyers as Mr.
Fraser of Sumter, that these bills
were a step in the direction of divorce
and no change should be permitted.
The Herbert and Fishburn bills were
strongly supported on the ground that
their passage would greatly relieve
conditions in the cotton mill com?
munities where there were many
young abondoned women with chil
den, who had married worthless
scamps as are always to be found
among these transient populations,
and it was also urged that a law of
this kind would break up such "mar?
riage industries" as has been built up
by "Squire" Bailes kand others. A
pi escher of the house also asked its
passage as a protection to the preach?
ers, who did not desire to be imposed
upon as is the case under the present
lack of law. Mr. Moses of Sumter
favored the bills.
The senate passed the tenth circuit
bill amended so as not to interfere
with the present arrangements regard?
ing judges and solicitors. It makes a
ninth circuit out of Greenville, An?
derson, Oconee and Pickons and a
tenth circuit out of Charletson, Beau?
fort and Berkeley.
Answering the invitation to address
the assembly on the 9th, in the interest
of the Jamestown exposition, Gen.
Fitzhuhg Lee wires his regrets from
Washington, saying that on that day
the matter would come up in Congress
and he could not reach Carolina, He
suggested that the matter could be at?
tended to next year, but thought it
might be best for the assembly to take
action no w*along the lines suggested
in his letter of a few days ago.
One of the interetsing features of
house legislation so far was the decis?
ive majority with which that body has
passed the Toole bill, which elimi?
nates the tax feature from the Brice
act allowing counties to vote out
their dispensaries. The senate has
killed a somewhat similar measure,
but the senate bill went further and
allowed not only counties but com?
munities to vote out their dispensar?
ies, and the friends of the Toole bill
are no means discouraged with the
prospects of :*ts passing the senate. To
hold this previse of half a mill tax
over the heads of those counties de?
siring or which might desire to vote
out their dispensaries is looked upon
as a threat, which is being resented.
The handwriting upon the wall has
been brought into bold relief by the
action of the honse, which comes
freshest from the people.
At the nights sessions of the honse
and senate the reply of Secretary of
State Gantt to the charges of the in?
vestigating committee was read. Mr.
Gantt denies the substance of the
report and declares that it can be dis?
covered that his records are straight.
Mr. Richards of the committee op?
posed the motion to refer both the
report and the reply to the ways and
means committee. He reiterated all of
the charges of the report and said
that the issues between the committee
and Mr. Gantt were squarely before
the house, which should pass upon
them without reference. The matter
went to the committee.
The bill to repeal the law allowing
specal terms of court and special judges
was then given its third reading.
The bill meets conditions brought
about by the passage of - the ten cir?
cuit will and becomes effective at
once.
The motion to continue the ten hour
bill failed, 42 to 41 and Mr. Toole, of
Aiken, its author made a gocd speech
on its favor. He gave the working
mill population of the State as 30,000
children under 16 years old, 35,000
women and 70,000 men. Referring
to the petitions against the bill from
Greenville and Anderson be said those
counties had opposed the Auld labor
bill. He said the Anderson petition
showing so many " X" marks in the
signatures indicated an ignorant
citzenship for Anderson. He had tele?
graphed four of the Andereson signers
at noon but no answers had been re?
ceived. Efforts to phone bad ailed.
The State required only ten hours and
even the convicts were required to
work only ten hours. It has always
been difficult to get the newspapers to
give both sides of this question, but
bow many marked copies of newspa?
pers had been sent out carrying ar?
ticles arguing that there is no demand
for labor legislation.
Mr. Ashley said it made his ambi?
tion rise to think of stich a bill as this
being introduced. He said he had
promised after his ll hour bill was
passed to let the matter rest. It was
time to let the operatives alone. We
now have the same law as Georgia,
North Carolina and Virginia. If the
children's hoars in the mill are to be
limited why not limit their hours on
the farm. He said the union men
from Now England had inspired this
bill. He had visited the mill district
here and was told that the operatives
were not all against the bill since find?
ing out that it would result in reduc
tion of pay as all are working" by the
piece." The lase legislature had
j made a mistake, he declared, in pass
i ing the child labor bill and it should
j ncc make more and greater ones,
i Mr. Cloy of Aiken, was suffering
j with a frightful cold and had to limit
1 his remarks. As usual he spoke well
in favor of the bill. He received
close attention as he always does.
Paraphrasing the little boy'*s expla?
nation that the use of the pug dog's
tail curling so tight over his back
WPS to give the fleas opportunity to
loop the loop, Mr. Cloy said in a few
years there would be lots of political
fleas oloping the loop on this question.
This ten hour law is coming and the
only way this question will remain
disposed of is to pass the bill. Out?
side of Georgia, South Carolina and
North Carolina there is not a State in
the union that requires ll hours, Mr.
Cloy declared.
There was then recurrence to the
morning and consequently no action,
the hous8 shortly afterward adjourn?
ing. No test vote of any kind was
taken.
The senate spent the night amend?
ing the omnibus county officers sala?
ries bill.
Columbia, Feb. 10.-The house has
finished letting off hot air on the ten
hour 3abor bill and by a vote of 65
to 40 has killed it. Members from
the up-country mills districts where
nearly^all of the mills are located, op?
posed the bill in the interests of both
the mill mangements and the opera?
tives. Representatves from the mill j
sections over next to Georgia favored
the mill, as did the Newberry delega?
tion.
An effort was made on third reading
yesterday to kill the bill establishing
au industrial school for boys, but it
failed by the decisive vote of 60 to 30,
and the bill was given its third read?
ing and sent to the senate where it
was referred to the finance committee.
A resolution passed the house calling
for the appointment of the usual com?
mittee to investigate the accounts of
State officers in the recess. The com?
mittee is increased to five members
and is authorized to employ a stenog-'
rap h er.
Mr. D. O. Herbert's bill to codify
the military laws of the State passed
without objection, but his bill to im?
pose a tax of one per cent, on inheri?
tances, bequests and legacies over and
above $10,000 beyond recorded debts
was kiilbd by yea and nay vote of 55
to 3S. It was looked upon in the
nature of a double tax on property.and
unconstitutional,?although Mr. Herbert
said that 35 supreme courts had de?
clared the law constitutional in other
States, lt was the tax commission's
bill of last year.
Over in the senate the bill to re?
quire school trustees to make annual
j reports to patrons, the house bill to
prevent cock-fighting and the bill to
I extend the powers to the railroad ccm
I mission with regard to telephone com?
panies were promptly killed without
debate by the adoption of unfavora?
ble reports.
Senator Johnson's bill to enact the
Dick federal law with regard to the
military passed after an effort to kill
it.
Pamphlets had been laid on the
desk of members in opposition to the
bill authorizing dams across the Sav?
annah at Gregg and Cherokee falls in
Anderson and Abbeville counties,
and Senator Earle thought the matter
should go over for an opportunity to
look into the matter. Senator Hoed
resented this interference and the bili
passed.
Several hostile motions were made
against the ten circuit bill in the
senate yesterday. But it finally pass?
ed 26 to 9, with an amendment from,
M rv McGowan taking Laurens county
Out of the Spartanburg circuit. The
motion of Senator Blease of Saluda
to continue the bill failed 23 to 14 as
did Senator Johnson's motion to re?
commit 23 to 13.
Senator Mauldin has withdrawn his
bill to refer to the several counties the
question of prohibition, dispensary or
high license
Columbia, Feb. 10.-The house IIMS
I assed the appropriation bill, all ef?
forts to amend it failing.
The house is debating th? senate
dispensary bill in connection with the
house substitute. The feeling is that
the bill will be killed.
The senate has unfavorably report?
ed the Toole dispensray bill.
Bills have been introduced in both
houses authhorizing the state house
commission to erect a new dome on
the state house and sell the old boil?
ers;
The house has adjourned debate
on the senate dispensary bill. It will
be killed by a combination of the
prohibition, dispensary and anti-dis?
pensary forces.
Columbia, Feb. ll.-Between the
see-saw of the house and the Senate
in the matter there seems to be little
chance of any important dispensary
legislation at this session in spite of
the talk about the strong and grow?
ing sentiment throughout the State in
favor of changes. The dispensary,
anti-dispensary and prohibition forces
are hopelessly tang leeland it looks now
as if the contest will end in a dog fall
with nothing accomplished, in
which case there will be important
events in the primaries the summer
after next. The senate rejected the
Brice act allowing communities as
well as counties to vote out dispensar?
ies and repealing the tax feature, but
passed the Raysor bill providing a bat?
ter paid directorate and purchases by
secret, numbered bids through the
State treasurer's office, but today un?
favorably reported the Toole house
bill, which repeals the tax feature of
the Brice act of last year. The house
got in a tangle over the Senate Ray?
sor bill with an amendment from the
house committee substitute providing
for the directorate's election by the
joint assembly instead of appointment
by the governor. And the bill was
killed by a decisive majority. So far
nothing has been accomplished but
the passage of the investigating reso?
lution.
The appropriation bill passed the
house yetserday without a screech,[and
rapidly, money being appropriated at
the rate of about $50,000 minute.
Chairman Moses of the ways and/
means gave notice of amendments
from the committee on third reading.
Efforts to cut the appropriations for
the South Carolina, for Winthrop and
for the colored coll?ge failed and Mr.
Ashleys' motion to strike out the pro?
visions for the immigration depart?
ment was almost s^ept ont of the win?
dow,- by the force of the majority
aganst it.
Bills have been introduced in both
houses to authorize the State house
commission to put up a new dome on
the capitol building and sell the old
boilers.
The senate has killed the bill pro?
hibiting the sale or manufacture of
Coco-Cola by adopting the medical
committee's special report.
It also killed Senator Hood's bill
prescribing the proof cf incompetency
of witnesses and continued the bill
increasing the pay of court steno?
graphers.
The snpply bill was introduced in
the house yesterday.
The house last night killed Mr.
Ashley's bill to abolish the immigra?
tion department. There were only
twenty votes in its favor. A few
days ago he said in conversation that
the sentiment over the State was over
whemling against the bill and that if
the house refused to pass his bill (a
thing he did not at all fear) he would
stump the State afc the next election
against the bureau, running for gov?
ernor on a platform containing no
other plank that be could think of for
the present but the abolishment of the
bureau. He said he was tired of pol?
itics and "wanted to quit '-em,' but
that if necessary he was going to run
for governor to kill the immirgation.
Since he has witnessed the decisive
majority against him in the house it
is doubtful whteher he will feel like
bearing the expense of a State cam?
paign to lead in a forlorn hope.
The two houses having failed to
agree on the ten circuit bill a confer?
ence committee has been appointed,
which will likely straighten out the
tangle in a few days.
In this connection there is stro'ng
talk of the Charleston bar's man Mr.
R. W. Meminger, having opposition.
There is a disposition on the part of
a large cumber of members to resent
this action of the Charletson bar as
interference and efforts have been
made to get Mr. Huger Sinkler, of the
Charleston delegation to run, but
though he is working hard for Mr.
Meminger, whom he is showing about,
there is strong talk of electing him
over his protest. There is also talk
of another Charleston man, ex-Solici?
tor St. Julian Jersey, and an effort is
being made to get his consent"to the
use of his name and though this will
likely fail as he is committed by the
Charleston bar's action he may be put
up in the face of any protest he may
make. There is no objection to Mr.
Memminger except that he was put up
by the Charleston bar and this legis?
lature likes to butt into any kind of
Charleston politics. There is talk too
of ex-Senator Grubre of Colleton and
Representative Fishburn of that coun
:'v will be nominated it is said. Al?
together it is a very funny race the
outcome of which will be watched
with keen int?r?ts.
The supply bill, as reported Friday,
carries a levy of 5^4 mills. This is an
increase of y% inill for general State
purposes, and the ways and means
committee regards this as necessary
to eet the State in time on a cash ba?
sis.
The levy is mills for general
State purposes and 1 mill for pensions.
The committee figures, that the ex?
penses of the state aggregate 81,225,
000, and 5 mills, with the other sources
of revenue, will raise ?1,185,000. The
additional half-mill put in the snpply
bill this year will raise S105,000.
This, with S100,"000 from the franchise
tax law, it is figured, will allow a
surplus cf 875,000 to 8100,000 with
which the State may catch up and
get on a cash basis.
The committee regards this increase
of-half mill in the general supply bill
as necessary, and has made it plain
that 1 mill is necessary for pensions,
8200,000 being appropriated annually
for that purpose.
Columbia, Feb. H.-The ten circuit
bill today went to a free conference
committee consisting of senators
McGowan, Hay and Brown and repre?
sentatives Whaley, Otts and Gaston.
The bill will pass.
Mr.Beamguard's bill to make all vio?
lations of dispensary law punishable
by imprisonment only was killed after
a short debate 43 to 26. It was direct?
ed at the Charleston and other city
professional tigers.
The supply bill raising the state
levy half a mill passed with notice of
amendments on the third reading.
Mr. Moses explained that the raise
was made to get the state back on a
cash basis. -
The general appropriations bill
passed and was sent to the senate
without change from the way it came
from the committee.
The senate after several hours de?
bate today passed the Manldin bill to
prohibit beer and hotel privileges.
Before this an amendment that would
preserve hotel privileges was tabled
by a vote of 19 to 14. Just before
this Senator Blease's motion to indefi?
nitely potspone the bill failed by a
vote "of 16 to 17. An hour after his
motion to continue the bill failed by
a vote 17 to 16 and the bill went to a
third reading without amendment.
By a year and nay vote of 63 to 19 the
house adopted the free conference re?
port on the ten circuit bill, which
now becomes a law.
Saluda and Lexington members
tried to kill it because Saluda is
taken from the Lexington circuit and
for half au hour the debate was spirit?
ed and the tension great.
Representative Bruce today w. .1- 1
drew his Jim Crow Pullman car bill.
Representative Moragn also with?
drew bis high liense bill which had
no chance to pasas.
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Fraiid Exposed.
*A few counterfeiters have lately
been making and *rying to sell imita?
tions of Dr. King V New Discovery for
Consumption, Cougns, Colds and other
medicines, thereby defrauding i:he
public. This is to warn you to beware
of such people, who seek to profit,
through stealing the reputation of
remedies which have been successful?
ly curing diseases for over 35 years.
A sure protection, to you, is our name
on the wrapper. Look for it on all Dr.
King's, or Bucklen's remedies, as all
others are mere imitations. H. E.
Bucklin & Co., Chicago, 111., and Wind?
sor, Canada.
WRECK IN COLUMBIA. .
Miraculous Escapes in Head-on
Collision-Fast Passenger Train
Sashed Into Shifting Freight.
Columbia, Feb. IO.-A collision
occurred between the Southern's
southbound passenger train Ko. 33
and a switching engine with several
cars at the northern entrance to the
railroad yards at the old Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta depot a few
minutes 1 sf o re 3 o'clock yesterday
; afternoon.
j Twenty-four perseus were slightly
injured, the most seriously hurt being:
G. P. Harris, fireman on the switch
ingene. All of the injured passen
? gers were able to continue on their
way a few hours later in the after?
noon.
THE T?? T?X ?IS OFF.
Receipts of the State Treasurer
Short Fifty Per Cent.
Columbia, Feb. 7.-If the fertiliezr
tax receipts are any indication, the
f arme res will plant much less cotton
during the coming year.
The fertilizer tax receipts as receiv?
ed by the state treasurer this year
show a falling off of over 50 per cent,
for some of thee weeks, and at least
35 per cent for the .rest of the time.
The total receipts for the month of
January this year amounted to $16,
665, against 835,088.9 for January bf
last year.
The total recepbs up to Feb. 6, of
this year amounted to $20,707,50,.
against $43,8(56.40 for the same period
lats year.
The tax on fertilizers amounts to
25 cents per ton, and the showing as
made in treasurer's office forces the
opinion that there is a decided falling'
off in the acreage i;or the coming year
as this is the season in which the pur?
chases are made. An examination .of
the records show that if the same per?
centage of decrease is kept up during
the entire year lae receipts this year
will not amount to over $70,COO and
this is regarded as a very liberal esti?
mate.
SENATOR TILL? ILLNESS.
Senator Tillman Will Consult Dr,
Mitchell and Dr. SinkSer.
Columbia, Feb. 10.-Senator B. E.
Tillman, accompanied by his pbyy
cian, Dr. J. W. Babccok, of Colr m
bia, will leave Sunday afternoon lor
Pbildelphia to consult Dr. S. Weir
Mitchell and Dr. Sinkier in regard to
the trouble from which he ha3 recently
been suffering, a nerveus affection.
Dr. Babcock hss just returned from
Trenton, where he bas been to see the
Senator, and states that he does not
regard his condition as dangerous, but
ont of abundance of caution he has
advised consultation of the i est nerve
specialists in the country.
Senator Tillman has been at home
for several weeks, having left Wash?
ington after an attack of grippe. Be
is said to be looking very well and
is not sn tiering much discomfort.
This popular remedy never fails to
effectuaUy cure
Dyspepsia, Constipation? Sick.
Headache, Biliousness
And ALL DISEASES arising from a
Torpid Liver and Bad Digestion
The natural result is good appetite
and solid fies h. Dose small; elegant?
ly sugar coat ed and easy to swallow*
Take No Substitute?
De WITT'S
WITCH HAZEL
SALVE
3 THE ORIGINAL.
A Well Known Core for Piles.
Cures obstinate sores, chapped hands, co.
zema, skin diseases. Makes burns and scalds
painless. We could not improve the quality
if paid double the price. The best salve
that experience csin produce or that monep
can buy. ,
Cures Piles Permanently
Dewitt's is the original and only pure and
genuine Witch Hazel Salve made. Look for
the name DeWITT on every box. All others
are counterfeit, PREPARED BY
E. C. DeWITT & CO., CHICAGO?
is Larpt as?" M Complete
Milgi M
Geo. S. Hacker & Son,
-MANUFACTURERS OF
DOORS) SASH) BUNDS,
Moulding & Building
Material*
office and Warerooms, King, opposite Can
non Street,
CHARLESTON. S. G,
JSt" Pnrcaagp our make, which we gu?rante
superior io any seid South, and
thereby pavo money.
Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty
October \6o
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