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f?*i#g Manufacturing Plants. Colonel Wiflr&m H. Palmer, who has been clpsel^. identified with the business and financial interests of this commmiity for years, said in his speech at the Bijou Theatre Monday night that he knew a number of cases where manufacturing plants which had been retired from service -were sold for what they would bring, and that the price obtained was less than one-tenth the original cost of the ma? chinery. Colonel Palmer is very con? servative in all his statements and no citizen has a highar sense of justice. In view of these facts, however, he is satisfied that it is unfair to tax the machinery of manufacturing concerns upon the basis of its cost. Machinery is valnble only when it is successfully operated, and it is snccessfully operated only when it has the direction of an intelligent man or set of men who understand their business. Even when thus operated, because of adverse conditions, it may be operated at a loss, andi if so, for the time be? ing at least, it is worsa than useless. One of the largest manufacturing con? cerns in this community was operated j for several years at a loss to its own-1 ors, and if conditions then existing had continued it must inevitably have gone down at last and the machinery which cost hundreds of thousands of dollars would have brought the price of junk. lt cost a great deni cf money to equip the shipyard which was operat? or for some time in Bichmond, bnt it proved to be an unprofitable venture, and had to shut down. The machin? ery has not all been disposed of, but it goes without saying that it will bring in the aggregate far less than it cost. If Richmond enlarges her borders and takes in outlying territory, in which manufacturing plants are situ? ated, these facts will doubtless be tak? en into consideration when the assess? ment of the machinery is made.-Rich? mond Times. English Colony for South Carolina. I have read much in the newspapers in regard -to the interest taken and 0- efforts put forth to locate immigrants ifc tn South Carolina. I am now interested in such a movement as an amateur, and may become so as, a professional. I am an Englishman and I know my country men are greatly in favor of South Carolina, North Carolina, and old Virginia, jfc. over ali other states. Among my English acquaintances I have par? tially arranged for one hundred good families to come out to this country. They will need farms ranging from one Lunhred to two hundred acres and some larger size. Now these farms may not be adjoining; in fact I think it better that they be some what scattered with native families IF intervening. We shall .need as a starter some fifteen or twenty thousand acres of land. Prices and terms should be made favorable However excellent may be the immigrants coming from the various European nationalities, I believe the South Carolina people will be pleased with the English, as they speak the same language and have similar habits, customs and manners. Through the courtesy of Commissioner E. J. Watson, orCoiumbia, I shall at an early day visit Soi th Carolina and select, a suitable location for the beginning of what I trust may ulti? mately result very satisfactorily to the English families and the people ^ of South Carolina. Any suggestions or information tendered? by * any of the readers of this. letter will be gratefully received >5Tours respectful? ly* jr.-"A. Saloman, 756 Maiden Lane, New York, j Uses For Cotton. j The Charleston branch of the South? ern Wholesale Grocers' Association i has adopted a resolution recommend ing that all merchants and shippers j use cotton bags, instead of jute or burlap, for the shipment of such commodities as rice, com, meal? grits, sugar and the like. The movement is a good one and should be extended. Not only is the cotton bag neater -in appearance than the jute bag, but it is more economical in that it is strong? er and will last longer, and when empty is of greater value. Further? more, cotton is a native Southern pro? duct, while hemp and jute have to be imported The use of cotton bags would largely increase the demand for the South's great staple crop. A Charleston merchant is quoted as say? ing that a test had shown losses from certain shipments of rice in jute bags to be nearly 10 per cent, owir-g to the bags becoming torn and spilling their contents. Similar shipments ?in well made cotton bags had shown practic? ally no losses. Another great open? ing for the use of cotton is in the twine trade. Immense quantities of cotton twine are now used, but the farmers of the North weitem con? tinue to use hemp twine with their reapers and binders and for sewing their filled grain sacks.-Savanah Morning News. The Monroe doctrine was promul? gated to deter foreign powers from ex? panding in our direction and in plant? ing their autocratic systems of gov? ernment under our noses. Now, be gob, Dr. Roosevelt wants to use the ancient and hcnerable doctrine to ex? tend our system of collection among a lot of insurrectionary republics.-' Wilmington Star. Warsaw, March 27.-Baron Von Nolken, chief of police of Warsaw, who was injured by the explosion of a bomb yesterday, owes his life to the bad aim of his assailant, who threw the , bomb behind instead of underneath the carriage. The body of Von Nalken is full of innumerable splinters of the bomb. His assailant has not yet been arrested. Charleston, Mar^h 28. -A rear-end collision occurred this afternoon on tbe Consolidated Street railway on Upper Meeting street, in which the motorman of the rear car and two or three passengers on the platform of the front car weie injured, none of the injuries being of a serious na? ture, however. The cam were badly damaged. Tama ta ve, Madagascar, March 28. It has been definitely ascertained that the 'Abele Russian second Pacific squadron left the waters Madagascar March 16 for an unknown cleotination. THE FUGS OF FORT SUMTER. Stars and Stripes Lowered by Major Anderson Now at the War Department. j Washington, March 27.-Secretary Taft bas received the Union flags that were displayed at Fort Sumter, Char? leston, when it fell into the hands of the Confederates in the spring of 1861, and marked the actual beginning of hostilities between the Nor?h and South. Gen. Anderson, who commanded the fortress at the time, retained pos? session of the flags up to the time of his death, and they were since among the cherished possessions of Mrs. An? derson and her children. They have now been tnrned over to the War De? partment, in accordance with the with of Mrs. Anderson as expressed just before her death recently. Secretary Taft bas directed that the historic flags be placed on es i bi ti on in his reception room, together with the Appomattox table and other memen? toes of the civil war. TEN YEARS FOR CHADWICK. Notorious Woman Swindler Sen? tenced to the Penitentiary. Cleveland, March 27.- Unless the higher Court interferes Mrs. Cassie L. ^Chadwick will spend the greater part of the next ten years in the Ohio state penitentiary. A sentence of ten years was imposed upon her by Judge Bob?rt W. Taylor, in the United States District Court at '5 o'clock this afternoon. The sen? tence came at the close of a busy day for the Court in hearing arguments on a motion for a new trial, which lasted .all day. The motion was overruled. Mrs. Chadwick was convicted on seven counts and sentenced upon six counts. For four of these counts a sentence of two years each was impos? ed. Upon two counts a sentence of one year each was imposed, making a total of ten years. Shot Dead In Chester. Chester, March 27.- One of, the most shocking tragedies ever enacted in this country occurred today at the Wylie Cotton Mills, just outside the corporate limits, when W. E. Perry, an operative, shot and instantly killed Langdon L. Boozer, manager of the mill store. T^o shots were fired, one entering just below the mouth, the other penetrating the left breast in the region of the heart. The trouble arose over a $? account, which Ferry refused to settle on Saturday night. He went to the store today -with a pistol io bis hip pocket and renewed the trouble, addressing an insulting remark at , Boozer. Boozer was unarmed ario* told Perry he, was a coward or be would not carry a pistol, whereupon the latter drew his weapon and? said: ''I'll show yon whether I'm a coward of not," firing twice in rapid succession. % His victim j fell dead in his tracks in the store door, fie at once took to the woods and made good his escape. A i sherri's posse went .immediately in pursuit, but up to a late hour tonight, othing has been heard from him. - ^ * m g-. - - Carnegie Library In Marion. Marion* March 28.-The N. P. Smith property, on the east side of the Court House square, has; been bought by Mr P. Y. Bfethea, president of the Library Association. It is currently reported that the new Carnegie Library building will be eiect?d on the . Int. * Mr Smith has mooved away the store building and is now moving hie dwelling house, preparatory to turning over the property to Mr Bethea. He will put his dwelling on his farm property* just outside of Marion, near Bose Hill Cemetery. Cleveland, 0.n March 28.-Henry L. Woodward, an attorney of New York city, and Charles A. Brouz, a travel? ing salesman for the National Supply company of Tor ledo, Ohio, committed suicide in their rooms at the Hoven? den hotel someaime during last night and today. The bodies of both men were found today. The coroner's verdict in each case gives despondency over domestic and business troubles as the cause of the i ni cides. Both men bad used a pistol and had sent a bul? let into their heads in almost the same spot, death in each case being instan? taneous. Leslie's Weekly says: "A tax on posters is suggested- Why not? What reason exists for permitting the dis restraine? A man who covers a dead wall facing on a public street is really grabbing a pudlic franchise. In Italy, Belgium and France this fact is recog? nized and billposters pay a franchise tax There is no question of legality of such a tax. Municipalities have a right to levy it. Furthermore, the courts have repeatedly held that the taxing power can be exercised to the coint of confiscation. There is no limit to it. The posters are usually an offense to the eye and sometimes to moroi8. Wherever they are, in the subway, or on dead wall??, they can be readily put out of existence by the taxing method. Tax them te death !" Town Topics explains the whole matter as follows: "Charley Anderson, a negro politician, as col? lector of internal revenue in New York is the outcome of a dare. When Crum was appointed collector of the oort at Charleston, S. C.. -the Southern papers and politicians said that Roosevelt would not dare to make such an appointment in the North. Collector Anderson's") the President's retort. Nevertheless, no Dinahs and Sambos danced with the President and Mrs. Roosevelt at the inaugura? tion ball." j The brilliant wife of Field Marshal j Oyama holds about the same place in ! Tokio society as the sccety papers say j that Mrs. Astor holds in New York. ' The Japjinese woman has won ber i way to the top with her brains and ! charming manners. Min are not drawn to the church by nsinq tho eren i as a club. Yon cannot blame a bas: of wind for ! steering ciear of pointed facts. THE STRAWBERRY CROP. t Prospeeas Xortli ot Charleston Said to Be Best in Years. % According to advices from the princi? pal berry sections, in the South the prospects for a large crop of straw? berries islravorable. In the sections north of Charleston, S. C., the vines were not seriously injured by the ex? tremely cool weather during February, and now the season is so far advanced 'that, according to competent authori? ties, there is little probability of the occurrence cf periods of weather un? favorable enough to injure the buds, blossoms or young fruit. The advices say: "Where the buds and. blossoms are injured by the cold the vines will bud out again in a short time so that at the present time the effects of any possible cold spell are not feared by the growers. "All that could possibly shorten the crop is the ocurrrence of dry period of weather while the vines are budding ont or after the fruit forms. Last year while'the crop was a large one it was cat short by a dry period of weather just before the fruit began to ripen. In consequence many of the berries dried on th? vines and did not ripen, buch an occurrence bnt seldom happens two years in succession. Growers all through this'section are much elated over the favorable pros? pects. "It will be about the first of May before the crop in this teritorry is ready to maaket. Already, however, northern buyers have sent representa? tives here to look over the land and ^engage what crops they could. Local growers, however, have shown dis? position to hold off for a while yet before selling the* crop. Year after year th? demand for berries from this section has grown in the northern ?and eastern markets." Confederate Flags "Cheerful .'things do happen," insists Collier's for March 25. "The vote of Congress, a month or so ago, to reen rn Confederate flags, was one of them. It showed bow much the North has improved in temper since 1887. The South is improving, too. Stupid arrogan?e on one side and plind haughtiness on the other, have 'given way to human decency and some compehension that the shield has two sides. Congress voted unanimously to restore the Confederate battle flags. Why slould any- man of heart object to the rmemories that are so deeply burned into men and women of the South? If their cause was mistaken, it ? was not less nobly upheld, and the deaths and privations which were i endured for its sake were not less real. When Mr. Cleveland wished to return these flags, Governor Toraker of Ohio opposed the measure, not, as he elegantly explained, "that I have any affection for the dirty rags, but cecause they are emblems of treason, and are wanted for no other purpose than public parade, and to fire the So them heart with pride for a lost cause, the crime of the age.' Foraker introduced the bill providing that the Government mark, the graves of Con? federate soldiers buried in the North. He has improved along with the rest of us. The flag incident continues to give satisfaction everywhere, and it refreshes ns to dwell part of tb^e -time on such indications of a spiritually better state." Folowling the lead of Kansas in its fight against the Standard Oil com? pany, Nebraska will fight the binder twine and cordage trust, and to that end the state legislature appropriated 1250,000 with which to build and equip a factory for the manufacture of binder twine. The plant will be con? structed at Lincoln within the walls of the state prison and the convicts of the penitentiary will do all the work. The finished article, which is used io binding grain, will be sold at cost to the farmers of Nebraska. Should the experiment prove a success, the mar? kets of adjoining states may be invad? ed in time. Work is expected to be? gin immediately, and if possible, the output will be ready for use in har? vesting this comingfsummer. Habit may be one of our best allies as well aslope of our worst enemies. A veneer of religiosity has none of the virtues of religion. Among those spoken of for election to the state senate to succeed Hon. D. E. Uydt?ck who will resign to accept a seat on the bench as judge for the seventh judicial circuit, are: H. B. Carlisle, E. L. Archer, Mayor A. B, Calvert, Dr. S. T. D.'Lancaster, Hor? ace L. ?omar and Capt. C. C. Chase. The license tax receipts from domes? tic corporations up ' to Wednesday amount to about $30,000. The foreign corporations, such as the railroads and telegraph companies, have until May 1st to pay their tax, under a recent ruling the revenue from this source will be cut off about $30,000. Durban, Natal, March 29.-The British steamer Dait, which arrived here today from Rangoon, February 28, reports having passed on March 19 thirty war ships and fourteen colliers steaming eastward. 250 miles north? east of the Island of Madagascar. -m ?iii -- The executors of the estate of the late F. G. Stacy of Gaffney, have brought suit against the Fidelity Cas? ually company for $5,000, the amount of a policy carried by the deceased in that company. The complaint states that the death of Stacy was due to an accident, he having struck a man a blow in the face and the teeth of' the mar. encountered the knuckles of the deceased, .causing blood poison, which I was the immediate cause of his death. The contention of the defence is that the death was not accidental, neither sudden'nor violent: that when the de? ceased engaged in the encounter with the fellow he assumed all personal risk., Paris, March 21).-Although official information is lacking, it is asserted in well informed quarters that Japan has permitted RUFS i a'to learn that the peace conditions will be severely rigor? ous and will not be responsive" to the recent sentimental plea to .Japan's magnanimity. In particular, it is "said, that Japan's indemnity figure is 8S0 . - 000,000, and that this stupendous sum has proved so staggering to Russian diplomacy that it is the chief canse why the preliminaries do not ad? vance to a decisive stage. OHIO BANK FAILS. Officials Steal Ninety Thousand o\ De I>ositors' Money. ( Lorain, Ohio, March 31.-The doors cf the Citizens' Savings Bank was closed this morning, due to a short? age of $90,000 which was the result of speculation of persons connected with the bank. The notice on the door announced the assignment and the appointment of T. W. Francher as assignee. The statement also saj^jthe depositors will be paid in full. The shortage, according to Cashier Kan I sen, was not known to trie directors until yesterday. The bank was organ? ized by T. C. Beckwith, the president of the Citizens' National Bank of Oberlin, which was wrecked by Mrs. Chadwick, but he later withdrew. MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANCE. French Ambassador Confers With President Roosevelt. Washington, D. C., March 31.-The French ambassador had an hour's conference with the president this morning, but what transpired is not known. The ambassador when asked if the conference had any bearing on the peace negotiations said the meet? ing was only to bid the president good bye befo're he started on his Western trip. -m im? -m What Watterson Escaped. You will observe that I speak trip? pingly of Jhe older New York. In a desultory way I grew up there and there about. In ante-bellum days my father was not an inconsiderable real estate owner in the then upper end, now the heart of Manhattan Island. The war of secession came, and, be? ing a southerner, he let his holdings go otherwise I might now be of the original Four Hundred, with an ocean-going yacht over on the deep waters of Ville-franche, and a thou? sand horsepower IV^rcedes in the pala? tial coachhouse of ra^e Grand Hotel de Cimiez, instead of a wandering scribe and your humble servent;, dear, my friend and fellow-student, of the mor? alizing ilk and the didactic vein, whereby-if yon don't mind my being a little prosy, instead of witty and pic? turesque -believe me, there is always a design beneath my dullness-where? by hangs a tale.!-Henry Watterson in Louisville Courier-Jon mal. The Witty Butcher. .Miss Marian Winchester, the Amer? ican ^irl who is known in Paris as the " Sngar Queen" on account of her successful sngar speculations, has a reputation for cynical humor, says the Salt Lake Tribane. "Miss Winchester", said a New^ York woman, " was recently called on' for a toast at the annual dinner of a woman's club. "She spoke very brightly. She made many keen, swift thrusts at the fanlts of women. I remember how she attacked woman's vanity. "There w? a butcher," she said, j "who in a season of depression went to a great expense. He put up behind his counter a tremendous mirror. Con? cerning this innovation, some one said: " "Why bas the butcher put up that large and costly mirror behind his counter?' The answer waa : "To prevent the servant girls from watching the scales.' " A new form of post-card originating in France is one to which :1s attached a thin, transparent gelatine disk which bears a gramophone musical re? cord. A hole is pierced through the center of the disk, and the post-card can be placed on an ordina ry talking machine and played in .the usual way. The musical post-carol opens up an entirely new field for the craze. Pho grapfis of great singers and composers will be accompanied by extracts from their works, pictures of national flags by. the anthems of the different coun? tries, and so v on in endless variety. Can?datps for political honors, instead of sending merely their photographs to consti tuten ts, will be able tc .aecem pany them with the phonographic re? cords of an election address. Tho ad? ditional cost, as compared with ordin? ary cards, is very slight.* The disk,be? ing perfectly transparent, does not in any way interfere with the picture be? neath. AB a novel advertising medium the new cards are certain to be popu? lar. Freneh champagne firms are al? ready having pictorial cards printed which will literally sing of their wares. The dispensary investigation drags its slow pace along. Forth3r time has been granted the executive i'orce of the institution to prepare the information wanted dy the legislature commission which was appointed to pi.-obe its af? fairs. That will be perfectly agreeable to the public, which is not excited in the slightest degree'over the investiga? tion. Nothing much is expected to happen in the matter of the dispensary nntil the State campaign of 1906 comes on and the people will await their time in full patience. .When the moment comes for them to speak they will make themselves nuders!;ood quite clearly.-Charleston Post. One of the most remarkable results of a primary for the nomiuaon of a public official is reported from Pros? perity. There were two candidates for mayor. It lue first primary an even hundred votes were cast and each of the candidates received fifi;y of them. A new primary was ordered to settle the issue, at which ninety-eight votes were cast, these being dividsd equally, alsu. lt has become necessary to hold a third primary. Sometimes a citizen is heard to say that he won?t bother to vote, ns Iiis one ballot will make no diiVerence in the result. The even division in Prosperity snows tho fallacy of such reasoning. A single vote one wa? or the other would have named thc mayor for that prierons town in tither of two balloting^. Charleston Posr. Rev. J. D. Huggins, of Paxville, lins resigned his pastorate of tin- four churches in his charge. THE LONG DISTANCE STATION". j Southern Bell Telephone Company Anxious for Uptown Office. _ Mr.. D. McL Therrell, superintendent . of the Bell Telephone Company in Charleston, who spent two days in the city this week looking over the long distance situation, stated in a conver? sation with a representative of this paper that he was anxious to place the long distance service of the Bell*. Tel? ephone Company on a basis in Sum? ter that would make it both conven? ient and useful to the business of the city. He said that he fully realized that the present location of the' long dis? tance station is inconvenient to those who have occasion to use it. The lo? cation is a detriment to the company and prevents it from obtaining the business it would otherwise receive. He- said further that the Bell Tele phone Company is not only willing to establish a station up town but is anxious to do so, and th? only thing that stands in the way is one clause in the ordinance adopted by city coun? cil. This clause gives the council the authority to arbitrarily fix the location of the long distance station, and it can j be construed to give' authority to council to require the company to move the station at any time 1 it sees fit. The original -ordinance that passed one reading in council did not contain this clause, although,, practi cally ?the same,as the ordinance finally adopted. It was. accepted and would still be accepted by the Bell Tele? phone Company, said Mr. Therrell. All that stands in the way of an uptown station is the fear of the company that the power of the city council to fix the location of the station might be used to ?he detriment of the company. Aged Dowager Dead. London, March 31.-The dowager Duchess of Abercorn is dead at the age of 93. FIRE TX STTMMERTON. Depot and Oil MOS. Warehouse Burn? ed Last Night. Summerton, March 31.--The North? western Railroad depot was burned, last night about 10 o'clock, and the building and its entire contents was a total loss. There was a large lot of freight in the depot. One. box car and a warenouse of the Independent. Cotton Seed Oil Company were also burned, ashwell as a section of the track near the depot. > The cause of the fire is unknown and the extent of the loss has not yet been ascertained. The tracks were repaired in time for for the morning train to leave on schedule time. . , Until a new depot can be built the Northwestern^ Railroad will use a warehouse owned by the. Independent Cotton Seed Oill Co. as a depot END OP ECONOMY. By a decision handed down by Judge J. Sharp Wilson of Beaver County, Pa'., tjie old town of Economy along the Ohio Rivery for almost a oen? one of the landmarks in this, section ceases to es ist, and merges its identi? ty with that of the new town of Am bridge, which, by the ruling, is incor? porated into a borough. The formation Of the . Borough pf Ambridge, says the Pittsburgh Dis? patch, is the result of several attempts to form Economy and * the town of Ambridge separately into boroughs, and which was opposed during the, past two years by the American' Bridge Co., which Aad erected great works near Ambridge. Efforts w.ere made to incorporate Ambridge, leav? ing out the works of the American Bridge Co., but the movement met with opposition and failed. The com? pany then started a movement to in? corporate both towns as one, and met opposition in the relatives of John S. Duss, the bandmaster, and trustee of the Economite Society. The compa? ny overcame 'this opposition, and se? cured the ruling which allows the works to remain outside the limits of the new borough, which will have a population of 5,000. With but four of their former num? ber of several hundred thrifty pioneers remaining the Economies fought sturdily against the abolition of their town. The place is fnli of memories of former days when the society was nu? merous and strongly entrenched. Founded by George Rapp,in Wur? temberg, Germany, the Economites came to America in 1803, settling in Harmony, Butler County, but remov? ing to New Harmony, Ind.,..in 1815. The settlers became dissatisfied with the new location and returned to the banks of the Ohio, where they formed Economy Township and started the town of Economy. Of a thrifty nature their material prosperity grew apace, and they have been considered one of the wealthiest sects in this country. The customs of the society were not favorable to increasing numbers. New members were never received into the fold, and the opposition to mar? riage relatious brought the organiz? ation to a standstill in membership. With the death of Senior Trustee Jacob Henrici, abont 12 years agc, there was left remaining but a half dozen members of tnese quiet living folk,with John S. Duss, senior trustee Recognizing the inevitable extinction of the society, Trustee Duss promptly accepted an offer of ?8,000,000 for the property and transferred the title to the greater portion of the old town to Pittsburgh capitalists. St Petersburg, March 29.-Trust? worthy reports from-Georgia, Russian Trans-Caucasia, sav that the insurrec? tionary movement is growing in the mountainous districts, lt is added that the authorities have been depos? ed, that a provisional government has b^en proclaimed and that the troops declino to carry ont the orders given them. At Batum, Erival and Karns an arch* prevails and business is at a standstill. NO PLAGE FOR NEGRO. Yazoo Refuses to Accept Negro Assistant Postmaster. Washington, March 30 -M. J. Hornsby, a young negro, who twice passed a civil service examination and twice has been appointed to clerkships in the postoffice at Yazoo, Miss., has" complained at the White Honse that he is prevented from holding his pos? ition by reason of the brutality of white citizens of Yazoo. Hornsby was presented at the White House by the Rev. S. L. Corothers, but the President was unable to take up the case because practically all that rer mains of his time before leaving" for his Western trip has been filled with engagements. The case was stated to Secretary Leob, however and Hornsby was-referred to the civil service com? mission. According to the negro?s story lie entered on his duties at the Yazoo post office, whereupon certain white patrons of the office thrashed him several times when he was caught going, to and from his duties. This, maltreatment resulted in the resigna? tion of Hornsby, but he took the ex? amination for the vacancy that was created by his own resignation. Others who took the examination were two negro men, one negress and twa white men. Hornsby passed the best examination and again was appointed. Vj h ile returning from Jackson, Miss.,, w'here his bond was fixed up, Hornsby notxed a gathering of white pepole? near the train after it had entered the Ya/.oo railroad yards. He left the? train and attempted to escape, but was overtaken and carried off to ant oil mill, where some of the members of the mob counselled lynching, others whipping the negro. Hornsby promis? ed to write out his resignation^ and leave Yazoo never to return. The resignation was sent to Washington; and Hornsby followed it. He is seek? ing relief, but is not sure of tha character of relief he wants. He says he is afraid to return to Yazoo. Martin Ansel Against Dispensary, The Pickens Sentinel- Journal* speaking of the dispensary, sayer "Should the people rise np in their might they could wipe it ont. All the State needs is to see that the !-counties, singly, are determined to re? move it from their borders, then ifc will go. How do you propose to re? concile your conscience . by voting a. dispensary in Pickens, y?t next year you will vote for Martin F. Ansel for Governor and his platform is anti dispensary. He will get lots of vote?, in this town and county ont of menu who are now working their.hardest tat keep this rum sibop in our borders.'* The District Attorney of New York has brought suit aggregating $287,060 against the American Tobacco Com? pany and all subsidiary concerns for alleged violation of'the lottery laws of that State. "The suit?,'\ says a, Neir York correspondent,"grow ont of th? guessing contests organized by tba concerns. A bout a year ago the com? panies off ard $142,000 to those who* made.the nearest guesses to the num? ber of cigars of certain brands which would be taxed within a stated period of time by the Federal government. Later they offered $145,000 to those wh<* made thev nearest guesses of the actual: number of votes cast for the winner of the last presidential election. H?h. John L. McLaurin has been, invited to address a mass meeting of farmers at Sumter next saiesday. . The* Senator is in demand ?ow to do that. |. very work he wanted to do five years ago?-Marlboro Democrat CASTOR IA <. For Infants and Children. Tile Kind You Han Always Bongin Bears the Signature of Weak Hearts Are due to indigestion. Ninety-nine of every one hundred people who have heart trouble can remember when it was simple indiges? tion. It is a scientific fact thai all cases of heart disease, not organic, are not only traceable to, but are the direct result of indV gestion. All food taken into the stomach which fails of perfect digestion ferments and swells the stomach, puffing it up against the heart. This interferes with the action ci the hearty and in %he course of time that delicate but vital organ becomes diseased. MK D. Kauble. of Nevada. O , says: I had stomach trouble and was in a bad state as I had heart trouBta with it. I took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for about four * months and it cured me. Kodol Digests What You Eat and relieves the stomach of all nervous strain and the heart of all pressure. Bottles only. $ 1.00 Size holding 2 Yr times the trial " size, which sells for 50c, Prepared by E. C. DeWITT & CO., CHICAGO* Por Sale by all Druggists. The L?t and lost t Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF COORS, SASH, BUNDS, Moulding & Building Material. office and vTarerooms. King, opposite Can non Street, , CH A Tl LESTO]tf. S. Ct ??B~ Pr.rc?ms? our tunke, which we caarant* superior to any sold South, and thereby ?rtvv> money. Window andFsn?v^?ass a Specialty October 16o