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COW PENS. Celebrating the Battle?Morgai and His Heroes. As announced in our last issue thi executive committee of the Cowpen Memorial assocition have fixed th< 27th of next May aa the day for thi oelebration. The committee is mad< up of enterprising aud patriotic mei and they will do their part towardi having a celebration worthy of thi glorious eveut which it will comtnem orate. It will be an occasion of na tional importance aud many men o! national celebrity will honor it witl their presence. While this is true, it it also true that the complete success o the celebratiou will depend in a greal measure on local interest aud spiric If the people of the Piedmont regioi will actively support the committer in their plans aud eflbrts there will bt no doubt of a grand success whicli will have lar reaching intiueuc.)? patriotic, material, aud political. It will attract the attention of the United States congress, widely advertise t'si? part ol the couutry, allay political and Bectional animosities, and stirj;h< emotions of a common patriotism al over this broad land. This is the second time in the history of our couutry that any gouera attempt has been made to commemorate the battle of (Jowpena. In l#oU the little mouumaut tha now stands on the battle ground wu: ereoted by the Washington Light Infantry, an historic military cotnpauj /of Charleston, commanded at tha /time by Capt L. M. Hatch, who alter wards was the gallant commander o / Hatch's batalliou duriug tho grea Civil war. Major Hatch died only a ew year ago, at his home on the French Broad n?ar Asheville, N. G. Ho brottgh his company, in liJoli, by railroad t Laurens C. H. aud from that poiu the men marched across t!ie c untr with their baggage, wagons, and equip menis ia true soldier fashion u> tn battle ground at C'owpena. There tb monument was creeled uuder thei auspices in the presence of a va= concourss of people, with simple h i imposing ceremouus. Rev. John C .Landrum had previously been scicc ed as tho orator of the day, ou aec;>u:i of his having beeu recommended t the company as being more thorougt ly conversant with the history of tii country than any one else could b found. We havo hoar 1 the spaech < Mr. Landruia on thiaocjuaion compi moated as one replete with inform, tion, patho3. and power. There is goo authority for stating that Dr. Thoni.i Curtis, who beard both, pronounced i superior to Preston's great oration a Kings Mountain. A few years ago we had tho privii ego of reading an u-..count ut the eel: hratiou as giveu in the iSparlunbur Kxpress in its issue of May 1, l>j-ot from which wo infer that it was hei< in latter part of April, of that um la taut acc uat . was aiateii taat in Itev. Dr. (Jillmar, chaplain of ill company, tuade a lew remarks appro pria'c to the patriotic as well r.s tin sacred solemnities in which the eemblnge was about to engage, rem the 21s. chapter of Deuteronomy am offered up a most fervid prayer, 'i'hoi Hon. W. D. Porter, state senator fron Charleston and former captain of th company, who was preseut us a guest was called fur ami reap uuled in a lev well-chcasn an 1 patri Jtio remark". After this the main speech <>t tin day was delivered by Mr. Li;: inni These fuel?, meagre as I hoy art we think wili he of iu^rest to mm; of cur reader.1, now tnutnU-. r l',/r. three years, ito ill lueui >rm of Cow.?ciih arc again revived, aud new generation are m-'vecl by t' spirit of their ancestors. P^jThe battle i.t Cov.p.u.s was a \v imp and n i.iy terN i li n ew been nolo t f \ >!u?u i. <>,i i.iiv rati.ii al the ify. 1'. vi 1 ! v ry ; i pie .*f (:111Hr> ci no . i' :m 1 an tantaK/. <1 human :i : l .vi tlosn, it bade I::rn: t > iitm u; i . :. and philxophy. T/.e vicl. 1 w r ovcrvuwini.d w i \ a'.irptiii' an.' t: vaMjiihel p .r.t. r ;-i v. i; i touiahm n!. L'.;r:.i?c:i i-.i.im-it i nieinci.s, aaid i' Vtxp'ie.d one cf tin se t hi: in;: v.;; i .< I........ . ... i ... ",,v' " ' ' " why. Morgan, v.is' ed and ; r t ! . it he w::-i ui cv ;i . . w .. liia victory i<. ;!). i'rwc t y > *. r : <. <{ In Ida later ye.u*' v.'. ) i :t i h ' religious, he t.?! ! ? 'u :V: ? ! . i t:-1 people thought, ?1 ;t1v.1, ;i.-. old Morgan v.:m cc si \ '' ? ! .< people didn't kn >w. II ,v! ! ; si jiignt I) ! u'j Hi" i ?: !;? of witt :i !;?> I? '!.?.? o would be on bin: . r.oxt, : . . -it was nuuviv.<1 es* i sioi : vi r,? r ed wit'* a*. i t . \r !.* Bilurl l)i it: . * ' - V . / i. ' , 1 I SUoli fl o ii the I t houra of th? night wiser: t'-.j m*v sill nrmild ?i v > . : /.'o .1 . woo ls, k iC ! . I : . : ; ;t . pourc 1 hi.-: \- i i ( }>j(l < >i t>-t. 1h J ] : t > ' dying d:iv liod .:i r j.;*.?v?:.- ). tell strens the 1 Is I al power, .'! . ; j -.v.*. t n.' . ..i/:* ba'tle tu;ly asrswr < vie* .r**. The battle wis ;.ify .1 by i .i t. c tJal magnitude v-us ku ir.jigu :Uant affair, but wheu measured by its effects, j it waa oue of the most important battles ever fought ou this contiuet. It tired the patriot with enthusiastic hope ; ami struck terror to tho heart of the iuvader ; it destroyed British prestige, b vindicated American valor, and pros claimed iu thunder tones that the e days of the proud oppressor were nuia3 bored and the era of liberty and iude- { 3 pedeuce was dawning. < i What wonderful changes since that \ i cold winter day one hundred aud 1 ; uinoteea years ago! How much more t did Morgan and his heroes tight for * than they over kuew! If the veil i f which hid the future could have been i lifted aud the January sun, when he i rose that fateful morniug, could have I flung his searching beams down the I track of a huudred coming years, { what a wonder-laud he would have ( i revealed to the astonished gau of that ( ; little baml of tattered heroes who rose \ > from their hard cold beds, to measure ? i strength with a stern, releutless, and t hitherto matchless ioe! How their uearts would have leuped iu a wild j ecstasy of joy aud how their steady j courage would have caught the map:- 1 I ration of a magic pj.ver aj their eye* ; > beheld the Vision wh.ch that day iu a j i" large measure hung upon their valor ! ?a vision of a sun-bright laud of - liberty euiiling in prosperity au l cov 1 ored with happy homes aud thriving - towns, and alive with the marvels oi , steam aud electricity. t They have loug ago passed from * this earth, those Titanic heroes t'ua. - battled for their country's freedom iu the woods of Cowpens. But the scene t ot their sublime deeds remains. They were Sout leru men, and as long as : ilia rivejs Hows iut> the sea, will Cow priis he a memorial of Southern valor Vet they were Americans too. And s though a deep, dark, bloody chasm , yawns between this aud the day that i gave us Cowpens, let that chasm he - spanned by u:i arch uf common pai triotism, aud let all unite in reviving r afresh the memory ot the deeds wiueti ' have made our country string, pros e p.rous and glorious, aud in hallowing a p ace forever sacred ti patriotism r aud valor. >t ' THE TALE OE A SIIiKT. it .1 Relic of the Johnson Llood That 0 Turned L'p in Cuba After Many \ Yeats. 11.* ii- "Tne taie of a shirt is an old out1 and has oficu been told, but I have a i now chapter to add to it, a chapter of v my own experience in Cuba, last. sum .1 mer," volunteered a member of Ohio i?j regiment to a Star reporter. "Some \i vears ago, fullowirg closely upon the a Johnstown fl sorl, tiioro was ail appeal made lor clothing for those made deslitute by the llood, by several ties >eiu' - lions, among them branches of the Red Cros3 society. I was in Cincinnati ; at iho titm, sad had just purchased a i half dozen undershirts. Upon open , ing tho bundle on arriving at my house my mother made a remark that c I should share the shirts with sou.e . Johnstown eugerer. Tno idea scerntd e a good one to me, and I ;>ut three ? f tne.u iu a box and left it at a drug j store where collections were being : received for the Johnstown sufferers. I wrote my name 011 a card an 1 piuii ucd it on tho insiuo of tlie sleeve of i each shirt* Tho card I u el was the , business card of tho drug store. That w ' q fho IfsQt T (uthri! r.f f uV*. ir! j tttwl I had no rea o.i to think taut I would r vt-r hear from them again. We.!, limo went on wit!i :tu whirling and j 8)on tlie Johnstown 11 >od b. -cnir.s aj i 'niii^oftha past and was forgotten. | Iu the same whirl g g of time] av wa) \ . ue-eiured aguinst i-paii-, ?n>t last apr.::g t nin t ine a Holdier in nil O ;i > iegi-, meat. 111 the rummer T was one of iHe many volunteers in I'ub.i, ill ami , .bout dcHiituto <-t clothing, having; lost in/ feninsaek ail 1 the si >cc of . undcie'. ??11: i't < ntai't !. An agent I t.;.- lie : t'rw.'S ty visited our ciiiip h>v>i:il .and di-itr i.-.ued uipi.m-' . i;i ot >:si.!ei\ 1 di- u;,* that ha-1 be-a. for dii-tilh.ni-m. "It win aiy tortine t > rrcsive r. fu'l k a.ii.i.t u-idare' -fi u;. wiiai I attire y i i 7n very highly appreciate-1, ; ?r, i - 11*. > others who rjaeive'. -i.il'ar gilia I was very hi sly in no d . f it. I i ir>i.i ' to put o:i the .-hit". I i.u: d;t!i.".illy i? g iti-ig "iv arm into the 4 . (),) investmating the r. is . . ?r i! I found th t! hs.d l?:v\i : :;.i .! j :>. .1 j .-?? !? / v.-o I'f. rruv.t \?h?'-s i pu'lel nut the o.ird I n .-'onvo . ie.o very curd I w?* L'e.i and :? :?? ? < ut, . j i i > i i.. . J ) : m >' i '.v i i i < m , : i : ; > , i:i .I.i ? jv > i?? nvs a 1:1 "d lr.klii(\j t ? t ct'.slit* ; :i i waters and ratura in i : i. A a I r>... t I he r-i I It. j t : ,y -ilil'S; 1 i >11;T*?.iJtt ): >' - hiri.. it .u i 1 11 o ) i ?rt ;; Little did I ever think that liionoiu woi 1 i (voir c btc . - I- , of lit U I v i .?v. c ;;'h y . I 11 . I. i > 11 l ' tM!(?;', j i I f ' ?< ! .1 , and from appcarancea !. t. nov . ;? (i 'i it l; l J i i mii ! .; < )in j' tlic ?, hut later? on !;. ..X t.V.0 i arid 1 th' ' ; , lij L Tl ... I . ili lliO il- \ Ct - 1 r c.-iv ! > r :-.t <j mil My "I oiol*i'.* ? ' al' .T they iirt-! ;n . !>t u'l ihe dietrib;: 1 tioii i?ry -t dob::.,town, and ha i ' st t wed bo me ot the surplus in this city, ^ [t was lroui this surplus that some A the clothiug that was seut to our regiment came, that is. a few of the pieces, ami among the lot was my shirt returned to me, ami at a time, too, when I needed it as badly as auy of the Johnstown sufferers ever did. What became of the shirt ? Well, I woro it for several weeks, aad on my return to Ohio on furlough put it away. 1 jarao on to this city to attend my sin's wedding, and a part of the clothing ae will wear on that occasion will he bat identical shirt. Aud he will be is proud of it as I am."?Washington Star. Our Country. The United States is our couutryi; )ccur>iea the o?ntral and must imnnr ant part of North America; ami re ,*eut events plainly pound to the fact :bat its position ip the rank of the Great Powers'' of th? world is not wcoudary. This country of ours extends from .he Atlantic to the Pacific oc.'an, aud :rom the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. Its area lucluding Alaska is 3,556,600 sqpare miles. There are t'?rly-five States aud five Territories. Texas is the largest state, haviug a population of 2,235,523 au area of 265,780 square miles. It is more ihau thirty times as large as the State of Massachusetts. The smallest State ui the uuion is Rhode Island, with au area of only 1,250 square miles, hut has a population ot 345,506 Lying bet woe u these two States, Texas the largest Rhode Islau 1 the smallest, arc the remaining forty-three States and vihen we place these forty tWo States before ua we see the country we call ours with a population according to the census of lft'JO, of 62.622,250 souls. Doubtless we may saf dy say that, tlio population in 1800 is in | rouud numbers 70,000,000. Tnese United States have a govern incut, * ith ail of its detects, (and no government is pciLet) among the best, if n it the best, the world ever knew, file Prerideut is elected by and is of the people. The position ho fills, the honors he wears are given him by the voters, who are his friends and fellow citi/.Mis. The Senate of the Uuited States is composed of .88 members; each State having two sous tors, and in this way the rights of the minority are guarded. Fifty seven of theso senators are lawyers. This would teem to indicate that lawyer* are not the moat nnpopular ni3.i among ua. The Vice President pressLlea ov,.r the senate- The House of Representatives, four-huu'Ireel ami forty tix in number, and divided amoug the Siats according to population, New York standing at ttio head, with tairty lour members, flicss with her thirty-six voles in the electoral olloge. There is a aayiug amoag us us goes Ne.v York, so goes the Union." There arc seven states with only one member each in the lower h ruse. The State of Delaware for example. The lower house, with four hundred and forty.six members has two hundred and eighty-five lawyers, and is presided over by lion. Thus. B Reed, ot Maine. At borne future time I may go more into details and tp.-ak ot where and how bills originate, and how managed until they become u law or suffer defeat. \V. L. B. What it Cost. Iu our war with Spain we had 329 soldiers killed iu battle; 123 died ol ffiiuu Is and 3,277 of disease; a total loss of 3,731. Tuisis a mueh heavier loss ttia.ii most persons arc u.vare of. The ue.vs of each victory on laud and sea t i!d of the rent u k ihly sui ill num. her ot our sddters and *aii >rs who wore even struck and h slice the general impression that tew lives were aacrilieed. Wuen we look on a death roll that goes up li nearly we reaiiz) tiiui the war was a much more serious tiling wo .hat supposed- i'he deaths from Filipino huilets and the poison of l.iu Puilipplue climate are j l.>J...I ..... .?... : w ? vv iitviuuvvi i u l?iV Ct) ^ 1 V U ti j above. i :i?j death roil ia /eus;lkoDed ; over iliyra every ?iay ami tlie iu-mi; drooled 8JB8?i is ju-sat KCiliug i; . , v' ? IIi?.:rf: 1 l> the JOJ-J uf th,Uganda ot i. .es !.?. m >:iey exjis.j led in the war rti'.-j S-).i:u ii i oji'jrlnne?. but ! r. make hii <>t SOO J 000,0l)d hi rjiiad nuimor3. o What : >'!')'!i /it ' Doci.ir cirriv'-t i is v> i j 1; if i ; > stand i ily by ?: d t.e '?i: * i n>- > .it > i If r while uwai: inn : l!'.? .| n| the d-.j-.' nr. A j A lb iny iv'l i y fix.) ! i i. d it' k dru^stn! . i" i r i|i c >r i < liiie ?.4 n- e llii ' i. i . ii v -.v . i lv. wit'.i N : '.i : .1- Ii. . d n'l )T i I, li !e!? \v if i I a" . iii 1 > 'lit .( i i li's ri:!i . i .i -i .!> ? ; *1 x b t i,? 'I ' 1 i.ii.i ;<-r !.? :? a l' :i ; Sim . !. t h" h' |* ! i Ill * >' 1. i I'll? i I i! i! .?r i' ' a. riV. 1 I A So.V I'd t;?* :? i i" <t c r sm c- i ?t . a. t ; c i w i* m>i" i i hi oruv.'i'If. 1 >:t > ScV/7. !*. 1.. i:I ! r !l ; f n .ifn l? iS i> r?.?(' it'^ii Iiainaily >(!.<:.r < i." rs J 1 ri?**i?i% 11.11i* Ii I: n ??. : hw;.it i{ Jiui:: ! . r it ;< ' ! ? I. a' |-;tr .. lh-j < uul-y. ]*'.>r e.?ie Iry I):. 1". fJuko. Sacrificed to Blood Poison. Those who have never had Blood Poleon can not know what r. desperate condition it can produce. This terrible disease which the doctors are totally unable to cure, is communicated from one generation to another, inflicting its taint upon countless innocent ones. Sonic years ago I was inoculated with poison fcv u nurse who infected my babe with blood taint. The little one was unequal to the struggle, ,, and its life was yielded fered untold "misery. 1 L^, was coveted with sores ?wPA and ulcers front head to R' 7^ fjm foot, and no language CHII e^iyc.-ix my UVIIII^S w phystcifins succos t?? no' purpose. T!ie mercurv and poutsh seemed to ndd fuel to the awful dome which was devouring nie. I vu advised l>y friends who had seen wonderful cures made by it. to try Swift's Specific. We got two Imtiles. and I felt hope again revive la my breast?hone for health and happiness again. I improved froin the start, and a com* plele and perfect cure was the result. S. S. S. is the onIv blood remedy which roaches desperate eases. Mas. T. \V. ],ek, Montgomery, Ala. Of the many blood remedies, S. S. 8. is the only one which can reach deepseated, violent cases. It never fails to euro perfectly and permanently the :r.'-sf desperate cases which are beyond the reach of other remedies. S.S.S.rTLBlood is rritr.T.v vegetable, and is the only blood remedy guaranteed to contain no mercury, potash, or other mineral. fVaiuable books mailed free by Swift Speciiie. Company, Atlunta, Georgia. Summer Homes' Folder, 1899. Mr. W. A. Turk, General Passen- i ger Ago.nt of the Southern Railway, I is collating iuformatiou for Summer Homes' Folder tor the ensuing summer, giving the names of proprietors, post oflico addresses, at or near what station, conveyanco used, number of guest?, t3rrus per day, week and month. i IIm ju lurumuuxi win ijc jinuiLMi in uu attractivo form arid a large editiou published and distributed by the various agents of this immense system throughout all sections of the country. Persons contemplating taking boarders for the ensuing summer are requested to apply to the nearest rail road agent for blank to bo filled out by giving the above information and forward at once to W. A. Turk, General Passenger Agent, Washington, D. C., so that it may reach him not not later than April 1st. 12-U. _ \\ c:<t Point Examination. For the purpose of selecting an appointee and ulteruate to Weal Point from the Fourth Congressional District of Sauth Carolina, I shall have an examination at Spartanburg court house on the 25th day of May, next, beginning at 10 o'clock a. m. and closing at 5 p. in. The i hy.dcal examination will he held at tbo office of Dr. DeFoix Wilson, at Spartanburg, on May 24th. The qualifications areas follows: Cadet must bo between 17 aud 22 >ears'of ago at the date of his ad mis u:..:. :ii u.. T..?^ 1??. innn. I 7IUU) HUiUU VVIIl IJT5 UUU 131, i ?71717, ! must be fit leafct 5 ieet 3 itichen in height, free from any defor nity, disease ur at.y infirmity calculated to render him ut.lif for military asrvice. | The branches embraced in the ex. ! animation will be reading, writing, ; spoiling, arithmetic, grammar, descrip[ tive ge-graphy, (uiore particularly of | our own country,) including its political hisiory. It will besufhcie.it for theapplicai t j lo simply personally report to tue on the 24th of May. htanyakne w ie-os. _________ IIow to Save Doctor Dills. We have sived many doctor bil's since v.e began using Chamberlain's t ough Remedy in our home. We keep u bottle open alt the time aud whenever any of my family or myself begin t> catch co'd we begin t) use the Cough Itemed)*, and as a icsu't wo nev<r have to send away for a doctor and incur a large doctor bill, f. r Chamocrluin'a Cough Remedy uover fails to c tre. I: is certainly a me liv ir.e of great merit and worth.? 1). S M- arhle, general merchant and farmer, Mattic. Bedford county, Pa. F.?r sale by l)r. F. C. I)uke. Notice to Creditors. \ !i r.'.ri .r*i h-ivit.ir cbiwria r'fr.infi? I .5 *" O ih" <.t Augusts A. Nanca are : ' it;' I ;<> j":if .'iii'no i ? tho n 11 <!. rrgis"! tv:a< 1 th"Sd owi':g ft.iM tstale iMis: .oaky settlement ? otn/e. F. M. A i>a*h, 1?- It. Administrator. j SALE NOTICE. 1 * J... , ! :"s;>rrz< ('< mpmy on | A '! i at N:choS-ct'sStoro li iom, | t j N . I: >!s mi's [jirii;, will euli .t ;.;i ;? hnot ion ; >; 'ic M^neat i.i iiler, ' ;! i.'.r) i. .ciiiiij.e ! expr^ea j)U.;k.!g'8. l. tTiij-. ol a iio t'jfch. \V. II. Donny, Agnt Southern Kxjmds Co. ot. ALASKA'S BROWN BEARS. H?7 Art Got* BttAmalitrt sad DtaftroM Sport for the nantvr. "The brown boar Is the groat road-1 maker of the Alaska peninsula," said a guide of many years' experience In that region. "Not only are the banks of the streams Inxldcn into good trails hy tlie huge, lumbering brutes, but tile swampy plains are crossed iu every direction hy paths leading t? the kills. The traveler will do well to follow them in journeying across the country, as they invariably lend to the best fording places of streams and form the easiest routes to the hills. Tb? northern side of the Keuni peninsula, bordering the shores of Cook Inlet. Kaodluk Island and the Alaskan peninsula as lar west as L'niak Island are favorite stamping grounds of tho Alaska brown hear. He is a huge, shaggy animal, varying in length from six to twelve feet anil weighing from Son to 1,100 pounds. Tills hear posseses all the courage and fierceness of his southern cousin, the grizzly, and he lias been hunted so little as yet that he is absolutely fearless of inun ami is an exceedingly dangerous adversa ry. "In dealing with the Alaska brown near a hunter should never go alone. [ A companion is almost as essential as a gun. If possible, a man well ac| qmiintod with the peculiar habits ?f I this animal should he engaged to net I as guide. Good hear dogs are of great assistance; but they must be brought Into the country by the hunter, j as there are very few dogR there. ' There are no trees as far west as Portage Hay. and the hunter must be exceedingly eareful how he enter* the heavy thiekets which cover the river bottoms, as the hears favor thla kind ol' ground, and if aroused or wounded will unhesitatingly attack. "Being an expert lisher, the bear frequents, during the salmon season, all the rivers emptying into the Beliring Sea aud the north Paellic and their tributaries as l'ar aa the tlsh go. After the salmon mu is over the anlmal retreats Into the recesses of the hills, where berries and nuiali game are plentiful. "The Alaska cranberry is an especially toothsome morsel to the brown bear, has a particularly sweet tooth. The Alaska cranberry grows ou marshes that are 2.000 and even :i,000 foot above the s< a level. When ripe they are almost deep purple .lelly made from ilt.se berries is of a rich claret color, and as transparent as the most flawloss glass. The flavor of it is delicious. Pear hunters liauut. these elevated marshes when the berries are ripe, for then they are sure of a p roll table and easy bear harvest." .Temped 11 CIihmo of Sixty FtftL '..tough the Italians arc not equestrian people, the Italian army axe oi late bcginn.ng to cultivate thfe art ,r H..-I - >mokei* in general will lu?tt consult t licit- own interests in avoiding spotted cigars. for reasons already lueuUoued, and the additional one tliat isiauufaeHirei ore able to soil a cigar bcttw quality wui-ii the wrapper it plain. A N Aslilciul ntom. I'aj.vi istite is a new artificial stone, made from purified paper pulp uud other ingredients, Wy Fr, Ochre, a eiril engineer of Zurich. It is an Improven-.ent on papro htte, invented by the srnne man. It is especially intended for Joint toss rtofs or floors, aud Is a non-conductor of heat, cold or sound, j M is hard as a stout, but has a toft, 1 linoh um-iike feeling untlyr foot, ani is noiseless. It weight less /mi stunt or cement, and 2-0 pounds of the pre- j pnraunn in powiion-d jorm. spread .4 I inch thick, will cover ninety square feel. The cost is said to he exceeding J.V low, and it can he laid wit hunt special machinery; it is dry in twentyfour hours, MJiU cam then lie highiy fMilislicU. TJ?? C?cko?*? |iC?f. Qt British birds the cuckoo lays the 1 m*>?> ? to lis sine. ? I.v 4 ov liiuiimii^. ' Iincw jrpr JVXUJS4t N leutenant of the calvary, recently performed a feat which f?u dore-tfovH GIUSEPPE MASl'S WO.VDKKKOr. LEAP, courage and finesse of execution exeels anything heretofore attempted. In tlie neigh orhooil of Quiule. a suburb of Koine, there lies a vast stretch of plateau, environed semleireularly by a long range of steep rocks. In order to win a wager, the either on his horse jumped from the ..ighest of these rocks over a yawning chasm, a sheer descent of sixty feet. Horse and rider escaped unhurt. on lniincu'n, "It is really astonishing that so many manufacturers of cigars desire to use spotted leaf tobacco." says a dealer in that commodity, "for when you come to consider that the spots on ilie leaf are due lo artificial causes in many instances, and that these met hods are positively hurtful. Mince strong aeids have to he employed In the of spotting, one would think they would wish to avoid it for ihis reason alone. It is not to bo denied tli.it some kinds of leaf tobacco, notably Sumatra become spotted from natural causes, but this adds nothing to its quality, as such spots are a disease. and are not fouml in health# leaves, and a proof of this is that Havana tobacco with a spotted wrapper is Inferior in taste to the same tobacco with a plain wrapper. It is well known to experienced manufacturers that tlie bust fermented and highest flavored tobacco is without spots and of a rcddisli to brown color, and Citation to Kindred and Creditors. State of South Carolina, ) County of Union. ) By Jaaon M. Greer, Esq., Probate Judge. Whereas, H. W. Dueker has Made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration with will annexed oa the Estate of and effects of Adeline C. T-v % a loucxer, deceased. These are, therefore, 16 cite and admouish ell end singular tke kiedred and creditor* of the aaid Adeline C. Ducker, deceased, thet they be end appear, before me, in tke Cowrt of Probate, to be held et Union C. H., South Caroline, on tke 31st day of March, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to ahow cause, if any they have, why tke said Administration shoald not be granted. Given under my hand and anal this 14th day of March, Anno Domini, 1899. Jacov M. Greer, Probata Judge. Published on the 17th day of March, 1899, in the Union Timee. 10 2t GINNING. The Union Oil and MPg Co., will gin cotton only on Saturdays .from now ou to end of season. W. E. Tuousox, President * i " " I NOTICE. All persons iudebted to Robinson aud Allen by note or account are thereby notified to make payment at jouce. All past du9 claims will be placed in the hands of our Attorney, II. L Scaife for collection. W. A. Robinbox. Feb. 21st, 1899. ^(HERE ISi^r Something You Want! 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