Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Business Instinct on a Farm. A few years ago a comparatively 'oung- man was working as a clerk in - country bank in the Southwest. He lid not see much future in the bank .business, ,but he did see vast areas "land, belonging to the Indian tribes ^/ing unfilled. There seemed to be a future in the land and it appeared to "^^-him easier to acquire land than a bank. So he began to cultivate Indian chiefs, not in a hit or miss fashion, "but with as much system as an adver? tising man follows up a prospective stomer, only it was a different kind follow-up system. And it required the same character? istics the salesman requires, says the narrator in System He had his goal distinctly in mind; he knew the In? dians--how to approach them. He ?ured the Indians' consent to lease dm 50,000 acres at forty-five cents an acre. Then he secured the consent of the Indian agent, which was probably another ticklish task. That was six or eight years ago. The greater part of the money he began with was bor j^t?wed. Last year the earnings from this ranch were over 50,000; 8,000 cattle, one-half million bushels of grain; that is the way the results run. For the same system that was used' in acquiring the ranch is being used in its operation. This man, George ij^Miller, is not a farmer; he is a business man-a business man of the modern type, who works through or? ganisation. ?When you want a pleasant laxa? tive that is easy to take and certain to act, use Chamberlain's Stomach ^?b Liver Tablets. For sale by all druggists. Gov. Heyward says the Jim Crow b w must be enforced on the Aikci: Augusta trolley line. The company has hot been looking after the sepa on Ci races very good this season d there are many complaints. A Smooth Article. ?When you find it necessary to use salve use Dewitt's Witch Hazel "?Salve. It is the purest and best for J^es, burns, boils, eczema, blind, bleeding, itching or protruding piles. Get the genuine Dewitt's Witch Ha? zel Salve. Sold by all druggists. Governor Heyward has appointed S. T. Moore, of Dillon, as warden to jprevent the dynamiting of fish in Lit Pee Dee river. The law against such practice is being flagrantly vio? lated. . ?The pi-is thai act as a tonic, and not as a dra ~; ic purge, are De Wi t i > Little Early Risers. They cure head ?rv^^ie, constipation, biliousness, etc. J<lriy Risers are small, easy to take Sp and easy to act-a safe pill. Mack jj Hamilton, hotel clerk at Valley City, N. D., says: "Two bottles of these fa . mous -little pills cured me of chronic (^^constipation." Good for children or "||glts. Sold by all drugggists. /-^^The right of naming the new coun? ty which !s proposed to cut off parts \ of Aiken and Edgefield is being ques ? tioned. Some want it named after the governor and others for Thomas wJSeyward a signer of the decoration I' ^^"independence. '^?^^^ eating, persons of a bilious habit ? ,- will derive great benefit by taking one I of these pills. If you have been I DRINKING TOO MUCH, I ^ they will promptly relieve the causea, I >ICK HEADACHE : and nervousness which follows, restore I the appetite and remove gloomy feel i ^Plngs. Elegantly sugar coated. I Take No Substitute. i t. f% CHICHES'fLfi'S triGJSH raVpQYAL PILLS LCcL?^k CHICHESTl?frs ENGLISH I ?PT*^'*'?^ J=- *-'' OnM >ue??Uic boxe?, utaitj r' SrW? *"h ?"aeribsoa. Tut,- no other. KeJW E/?^Trl kg? ?fnizvron* .Vihx! :: ,:r for? und Imita p imyi J (? tf-.r-w Boy of ycxjr D-icji-t. or ?<-n l 4e. in V V K? .?! **J??-II*r for Lu,! ie?, ? in :er(?r, t.y r?. -?\. /. tur? li.tli. 1 ?>.<????? t>?tia?atal?. SrUtbj mora 'av ? ? ' ^-.???.- .?.?-, i> ? Weak 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 that ali cases of heart disease, not organic, are not only traceable to, but are the direct result of indi , jcestion. All food taken into the stomach Wtfoh fails of perfect digestion ferments and S . ells the stomach, puffing it up against the heart. This interferes with the action of "the heart, and in %he course cf time that delicate but vital organ becomes diseased. Mr. D. Kanble. of Nevad?. 0 , says: I had stomach trouble and was in a bad state as I had heart trouBle with it. I took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for about four I months and it cured me. SKodol Digests What Yon Eat nd relieves the stomach of all nervous Strain and the heart of all pressure. Sotties only. $ 1.00 Size holdine 2V4 times the trial size, which sells for 50c. Prepared ty E. C. DeWITT & CO., CHICAGO. For Sale by all Druggists. W Land Surveying I will give prompt attention to all calls for surveying, platting, terracing hill sides braining bottoms, drawing Mortgages Titles, Probating, &c BANKS H. BOYKIN, D. 8., Oct 19-o' Catchall, S. C. SILVER QUESTION ARISES. How Shall the Government be Sup? plied With the Bullion Necessary for Subsidiary Coins. Another silver question, or rather something of the old silver question in a new form comes up now through the enforced suspension of silver coin? age at the United States mint from lack of bullion. The last of the white metal purchased under the unfortu? nate Sherman law of IS90 has been minted. More than a year ago the perilous practice of coining this bul? lion into silver dollars was stopped; since then it has been used exclusive? ly for supplying the constantly in? creasing demand for subsidiary coins, and now there is none left for either purpose. The question arises, there? fore,, as to what shall be done to pro? vide the mint with silver; for while, of course, we do not want any more silver dollars, we cannot get along in? definitely with the number of half and quarter-dollars now in circula? tion. It is not, fortunately, a question of extreme urgency. There is still a small amount of bullion in the general fund resulting from the melting down of uncurrent coins; and the stock of subsidiary coins now in the treasury amounts to $13,565,663, compared with $11,937,229 at the corresponding date last year. The heaviest demand for these small coins does not come till the holiday season; and as the de? partment was able to meet the de? mand last year it will probably, with the larger supply now on hand, be able to get through this year also. But this assurance serves only to give more time for the consideration of the inevitable. After this year there will certainly be a shortage of subsid? iary coins, first felt at the holiday sea? son and later all the time, unless the treasury obtains more bullion from some source. This silver question is primarily one of a practical nature, but it involves considerations of sound monetary theory as well. Two ways of supplying the necessary bullion are open to us. The attorney general has decided that the secretary of the treasury has authority under the present law to go into the mar? ket and buy bullion for subsidiary coinage; and there is an enormous quantity of idle silver dollars now in the treasury that, congress might or der~recoined into smaller, pieces. Of j course the latter method is infinitely j preferable^ though thc former is aval-able in the event of the failure of congress to act with sufficient prompt? ness or of its refusal to agree to it at any time. It would be foolish indeed to buy more silver when we already have on hand more than we can pos? sibly get into circulation in its pres? ent form. To recoin into halves, quar? ters and dimes some of the dollars now stored in the treasury vaults would accomplish the double purpose of supplying all the subsidiary coins that will be needed for a long time to come and of reducing the quantity of sillver holdings that now constitute an element of weakness in the mone? tary system. Eut when the last congress was asked to pass a law for this easy and proper solution of the problem the fact was disclosed, that, though there may be few left who cling to the free silver delusion, there are many who are not sufficiently recon? ciled to the single gold standard to be willing to see the number of silver dollars reduced. It is hardly more than a sentimental prejudice, how? ever, that favors the retention of them all; for they do not circulate, and though they are covered by sil? ver certificates these latter derive their acceptability from the confidencf that the government, under the law ol 1900, will keep all its currency at par with gold. That is, it is not the sil? ver dollars lying idle in the vaults that give these certificates their value. Their place in thft currency might much better be taken by bank notes and gold certificates of small denom? inations, such as are provided for in the Hill bill. The incoming congress will doubt? less be called upon to deal with this subject before its term expires; and it cannot so easily ignore the call as its predecessor did.-Providence Journal. Three Good and Just Reasons. ?Theie are three reasons why moth ers prefer One Minute Cough Cure: First, it is absolutely harmless; sec? ond, it tastes good-children love it: thirrd. it cures coughs, croup and whooping cough when other remedies fail. Sold by all druggists. Thornwell Hayes, of South Carolina, has been appointed consul at Nan? king, China. Good for Stomach Trouble and Constipation. * "Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets have done me a great deal of good," says C. Towns, of Rat Portage, Ontario, Canada. "Being a mild physic the after effects are not unpleasant and I can recom? mend them to all who suffer from stomach disorder." For sale by all drruggists. NEARLY 400,000,000 PACKAGES of this most nutritious of all foods have already been consumed but CHEER UP! Good wheat is plentiful. Flour mills are grinding steadily. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY bakeries, the fcleanest, largest, most modern in the world, are working day in and day out to supply you with your favorite soda cracker. So Uneeda Biscuit are still in abundance-?the price is the same Don't forget Graham Crackers Butter Thin Biscuit Soda! Tea Biscuit Lemon Snaps Sf NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Warehousing Cotton in the South. The New York Journal of Com? merce says this concerning the plans for cotton warehouses throughout the South: "While the plan broached in the Cotton Exchange of this city for hav? ing licensed warehouses in the South in which cotton may be held for de? livery on sales made here is in abey? ance, with little apparent prospect of success, there is a movement - in the South for a local warehousing system the purpose of which is to hold cot? ton belonging to the planters from the market, with a view to distribut? ing delivery on actual sales over the year and maintaining the price. The movement does not appear to be mak? ing much practical progress and is still in the stage of discussion, but something of the kind is likely to be worked out in the course of time. Two or three different plans are under consideration. One of these proposes large warehouses at a few central col" lecting and distributing points to which the cotton should be sent from a wide tributary territory. To this the objection is raised that the plant? ers and farmers would not send their cotton away to a distance without first actually selling it, and the benefit contemplated would not accrue to them. The plan of many independent local warehouses is objected to on tin ground that a general concert of ac? tion is necessary to success, and it could not be secured without a central organization covering the whole tield. "The most promising plan seems to be that proposed before the Texas Bankers' Association at its recent convention by Judge Eugene Wil? liams, of Waco. He would have a system of warehouses, one at each town marketing 1,000 bales or more, easily accessible from the surround? ing country, but would have them owned and managed by a single cor? poration 'organized and controlled by the farmers, merchants and bankers of the cotton belt. Among the advan? tages claimed for this plan are these: that it would afford a place of storage "?inch would save much toss from 'country damage,' that would stop iie rush of cotton to market in the fall months, offer to the spinners the needed grades and quantities and prevent speculation,* and that it would reduce insurance rates and pro? vide available warehouse receipts, uniform in terms and backed by a warehousing cpmpany strong enough t/? guarantee them. It is also claimed ?hat it would increase the deposits of local banks from the higher prices re? ceived by the planters, afford the best collateral for farmers' loans, diminish the rate of interest while increasing, the bankers' profits, and encourage cotton mills in the vicinity of the warehouses. "Whether all that is promised "would be accomplished may be doubt ?L bul irrst of the objects enum1 ated are worth working Tor, and with lhe growth of enterprise and increase :>f capital in the south it is "io be ex? pected that something will be done for establishing a more business-like system in marketing the cotton crop." Buy it Now. ?Now is the time to buy Chamber? lain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It is certain to be needed sooner or later and when that time comes you will need it badly-you will need it quickly. Buy it now. It may save life. For sale by all drug? gists. WALLACE'S SUCCESSOR. Rock Island Railroad Official Gets Biggest Job at Panania. Washington, June 30.-John F. Ste? vens, forrmer vice president of the Rock Island railroad, has been ap? pointed chief engineer of the Panama, canal to succeed Wallace. A Surprise Party. *A pleasant surprise party may be given to your stomach and liver by taking a medicine which wil relieve their pain and discomfort, viz: Dr. King's New Life Pills. They are a most wonderful remedy, affording sure relief and cure for headache, dizziness and constipation. 23c at all druggists. It should be borne in mind that every cold weakens the lung?, low? ers the vitality and prepare the system for the more serious dis? eases, among which are the two greatest destroyers of human lift, Ipneumonia and consumption. s Chamberlain's . Cough Remedy has won its great popularity by lt* prompt cures of this most common ailment. It aids expectoration, re? lieves the lungs and opens the secretions, effecting a speed y and permanent cure. It counteracts any tendency toward pneumonia. LPrice 25c Large Size 50c. * Home Paint There are many little things about the home that could be brightened and improved by a little paint. THESHERV/IN-WILUAHS FAMILY PAIHT is made especially for that purpose, Comes in con? venient, small packages, ready for use. Can be scrubbed and cleaned. Is easy to apply. Comes in 26 good colors. Ask for a sample card. SOLD BY While you can, by using a Blue Flame Kerosene Stove, Just received, a car of Nails and Barbed Wire and it will pay you to get our prices before you purchase. Builders' Hardware a specialty. The Durant Hardware Co.