Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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J School Books. In connection with Supci internment McMahan's statement that it is "claimed that many children are prevented Iron attending echuol because of the iaabilitj of their parents to provide tbcm with the necessary books" aud that "some even say that the ech.m'? are beyond the reach of the poorer elaeses unlets the State supplies ti x . books te the children/' this article from the Nashville American will be fated of interest i The teble following will show the difference between the prices of schorl books in Tfeunewee and Indiana. The Indiana law was passed Un years ago and any attempt to rescind it wuul hot find a corporal's guard iu the tkht*. The table is : Ind. Tenn. First Reader $ .15 S .20 (Second Header .25 .35 Third Reader -35 .45 Fourth Reader 45 .Go Fdtb Reader 00 .WO Third Part Arithmetic.. .45 .GO Elsment'ry Geograhpy.. .30 .50 Com piste Georgraphy . .75 1.25 Int'd. Geography 20 ; *> (Spelling Books 10 .20 It.tialiaVi nremmaw 111 TT 1\/ 4 t} U.S. History GO 1 2a Physiology HO 1 25 Copy Book No. 1 05 .10 Copy Book No. 2 .05 .10 Copy Book No 8 05 1*.'4 Copy Book No. 4 05 .12* Copy Book No.5 05 .12^ Copy Book No. 6 05 .124 84 GO SO 15. We called attention to the fact the Other day that under the Indiana law every school concern of importance in the country was competing for the State contract. This knock a into u oocked hat the argument that cheap and inferior books would bo furnished the Ten neater children if wc had eUtd a law as prevails in Indiana. In comtneutiug ou the above the Columbia State saya it docs not know tha prioes paid for school bookt? in South Carolina but tbey nre douhtifs* higher than those paid in Indiana. The State is right. The price of school books in South Carolina are higher than they are in Iudiana, which should cot be the case. There is no reason why 8outh Carolina should not get echo d books as cheap as Indiana or any other State. The yitaie reports Superintendent McMahnn as saying that the sums ex peuded for the luxury <-f school charthave reached the astounding total oi $60,000 in a State where the heaviest taxation bearable is sufficient t<. keep the schools open six mouths in the year. U pastes u iderstanding how this folly could have been permitted by those w'/O have* been charged with the economical and effective management of our punlic school svstem. We agree with The State that Mr. McMahau "did not take charge of i ho office of superintendent of pdneaf'v day too soon. Hia statement shows that he appreciates the ohligstion? of his position and the necessity for rsdi cal reforms in the system, and we hope that he will Continue unflinchingly in the path he has entered This State, as a State, cannot give more money to its public schools than it does now, but the eflectivenefs of wh? it does give can be greatly increased by wise admini*trati< n. This tin people now hope for." Whea you ask for Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine, fee that you get it and not some worthless imita Hon. A Long Prayer. "It happened," raid Col. Jack Chinn, at Cbembcrlin'a, that there ware two colored preachers inhabiting cells in the penitentiary at Frankfort it the same time. If I remember aright both were sentenced for r< Ivg. amy but Old 8am was a Methodist parson, while Old Jake was of the baptist faith. It seems that Sam had done something to greatly offend the warden, and the punishment derideo en was an old-iashioDed lashing. Borne weeks after the atfair came oil, the Rev. Sam, whom I had known from boyhood, was telling cue about it. ' 'I didn't mind de whippin' bo much, Mara Jack, ef it haudu't been for de way Old Jake acted. You see, de warden he said to me, 'Sam, i's* gwine to whip you. and I Mow de whip nin' will do you a whole heap uv good. I'm gwine to let Old Jake pray fer you, and de blows will continue to fall on your black bide while Jake's pra'r ii going on. W ben be conv-a to & | final stop den de punishment will I likewise end.' " 'Land aakes, Mars Jack, I knowed it waa al^up with mo deu, tor tlmt ignorant old nigger never did kimw when it wai time to get up otru his kneei. De fac' dat a |m>' human he in' was in distress wasn't gwine to make a bit of difference with him. Well, sir, it wes jes' like 1 spected it <1 be. Dey brought me out, an Old Jaks, de old vJlun, started in, and as fast as he prayed de warden come down on me wid a whip dat cut like a knife. 1 never did want to hear a pra'r come to an end so had in my life, but it weren't any use Kvery time I thought he was most through, Old Jake took a fresh hold, and down come de licka harder'n ete". Shorely it aeemed .to me like he prayed a mo ltli and lirlirs Jack, I wants to tell you right now dnt 1 am sot against long pra'rs for do rest of my lit.:." Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine clears the complexion, gives buoyaucy ; to the mind, cure* head hvv, reguatea , the stomach, b ?we's and liver Rocky Creek Rinitlvs. The farmers have bten using time lately with all energy t ? gt t the ground ready for planting. More potatoes arc being bedded this year than usual. J lifet now our people cannot imagine what is to be done without fruit." But with melons and some late fruit they will have to he satisfied Where the ground is suflL-iety dry, tiie busy housewife is nUiitimr 1 I ?6' ua,uo il,,u seeding the garden. The school closed on the .'Ust until summer, when the farmer's children will have leisure liuie again. For some unkuown reus m the new school house has not yet been occupied. L ist week Mr Tom Hyatt,of West Springs, visited ihe echool and made a short talk?Miss I.ila Scott an 2 Mr. John Scott were also visitors. We nndeista d that Mr. Johu Scott has left Fuion with the good wi. hes of his foi mer employers to take a position in Charlotte, N. C , with Messrs. llurry, Be Ik & Co., of thai : city. His many friends will mist his I visits to our neighborhood; but he carries with him their best wishes for 2.is success, which, as he is a JLlocky Creek boy, is assured. M-*. Johu Palmer returned from the West last week on a visit to his relatives. He spent the first night at his sisters, Mrs. Amanda Little's. He is now visiting his mother and friends | near your town. 1Issu)h things look brighter in Oklahoma, but that taxes urn k crroiit " **_ 11 1 b.v?. "Ufjuinm, iur, iminer | will remain for some timo. i v\ c- ?i<. fcinn i . : e the Elocutional t'oluiuii improving, i.o it the proper merest wan taken n ong that line oeieiy would be mm h improved. Your e >rr? ypMii !. regrets the uuth of Minn Suilie Mvinro and thus , mother chair in ! ft ve.caut in the ( .teller's circle. .She will be sadly missed. Z. A torpid liver causes depression of ' spirits, indite stent, constipation, head- M rche. Va?- l)r. M A. siiniuons Liver j Medicine to stimulate that organ. ; * -o - I I The I'diitcntiury Scandal. j < The News aud Courier takes the j following view of the penitentiary , scandal: , The committee appointed by the General Assembly to investigate the , atlairs i f the State penitentiary began ( itr: investigation on March 8, contiuu- , ing its st-snion uutil the afternoon r.t , March 11, when it took a recess, re- , opening its investigation on March j ] 22, and has been steadily in se-sh n j , since. The News and Courier hits en- j j deavored to put the evidence taken at j, these sessions before its readers as fully ! as possible aud we think that all i f ( those who have carefullv follnwpd tb?. J " *"x/ I J investigation will agrte with us, that the trouble in the management ot the ! | penitentiary has arisen from the lack ! ( of know!e<igo of business methods and . , and a proper sense of responsibility. , We do not think that the evidence shows any where a deliberate iuteuiion ( to commit Iraud, hut certainlv, accord- j ing to business ethics, frauds have been I ( committed. . Various notes have he^n discounted ! by the superintendent Xeal, the only l ( real security on which was the "Supt" j, attached to his own endorsement. He ! has hirtd out convicts with no security ! for their hire being paid, except his ! opinion that the contractor was a goo ' ; man. Convicts have been hired for his own use in the name of another | man, it being against the law for the ( superintendent to hire convicts to him- j self. Various State iiftifora i.r.civ allowed to use convicld to plant th? ir crops without any charge being made j lor such lal)or, even when the product ] of such labor was bought and paid for ' by the penitentiary. These, it ap^ pears to us, are constructive frauds. Other matters seem to have bee.i j the remit of mere negligence and ig ! norauce. No records were kept of1 the bricks manufactured by the pen j itentiary and used in the improvement of the penitentiary ard the farms. No record was kept of the produrt < f the lamia used in feeding the i-t ek on the farms. Kstimates of the cr p made on the farms were mere gu . ;s work ; Indeed, the whole institution eenin t;?! > have been run at haphazard, llv. n j *ueh books a* were kept appear to have been full of errors. The testi inoay ot the chairman of the hoar I of directors himself, taken on the lirst day of the examination, is | somewhat confusing ami leaves the | general impression that he was not | very well informed as to the affairs of the penitentiary, and had not taken 1 any great pains to so inform Ionised. j in one place, speaking ot the contracts I for convict labor, lie nays: "A con- i tract id required and a suflicient bond i i.i alao required," and in another place, I he says, speaking ot Mr. Watson s j i Contract, t i:?t Ik- conld find I: ?!; 1 1 with the contract." In comment on ' this, it may he mentioned that the t ilt-xl nfwil Neil, k'!! / u ?it ?. r ' - i> e nviot i b >r .?*> ti >i .,k I thought a man good he did u >t q tut a boud-, and I'm hoard lett th??e matters largely ?? him." TheeT'.dnDCe at to tho confessed relations between Superintendent Neal and Col. J B. Whim >u, i* almost unaccountable to oue ac JiiBtoiued to s mud business m.'thods. Ot coarse, it cioitot be l'l.nfciu o that (JoVorii'T Tilimi", 2VIr. (hu s and oilier-', who uhlani convict h?b and various articles from ttin peoiteu liury without paying for ihem, had any idea of taking that whieh did not belong to them. In some cases, undoubtedly, they expected to pay when ever a bill was rendered, while in others, they may Imve suppise t that thev were entitled to the labor and tilr product* as perquisites of their ol* lioesf. If the institution under iaves u^aiion had been conducted by the superintendent on busince* principles, or if business methods had guided the b >ard of directors in their supervision of its uiiairi', the hills would have been rendered as expected, and uu uiisap prenei.siou as i<? (tnqosiUs ?ou'd nave been allowed to exist We do not know if our State is any worse off in this respect than * onit her State*, i?u* e ot dnlv no |?ovi e busiuers, in vmg the d??t>nr? ui i? of so much money am u; l\, would be entrusted to so iucMupoeni niuiege meut. Malaria cannot find a lodgment in the system while the Liver is in perfect order. Dr. M. A. Simmon Liver Medicine is the he t h\tr legwlaior. SfOMCEV COTTON PICKERS. Southern I In titer in Pleased With His Experiment. A special from Vieksburg, Mis-?, gays: The tangled forest of darkest Africa, wbicti, in the early days of the nation, supplied the southern planter with -fives to cultivate liHC'ttou fields and either his crops, have agiin been drawn upon by the farmers of the south. Professor Garner. of Washington, liscov r^il tii?* the monkey can pck 2 >t. ?io h w 'I th? s eithero negro, lie persuaded Mr. W. W. Mangum, >f Yiokshurg, t attempt the experiment, aud the latter has just made his report t ? Professor Garner. Mr. Mangum eay* he has found it profitable. On his place near Srnedea .his winter he ha I 50 trai ed monkeys it work. The ii alc9 weigh about 110 pouads md the females av r'ge 01) pounds ?aeh in weight. Bags wero made for jsch monkey that would hold 25 lb?. >f cotton and the bag placed over ?ach rnonkey'H shoulder. It was eur prising, M\ Mangum says, how the monkeys learned to pick cotton. Bas Sets to hold cotton were placed at uili col <>t ilc r w? nod "15" nun bin. s ttie monkeys' trainer was n<-ces jtrv l > tat- the eot' -n m?t of 'he bag and put it in the baskets provided. The planters throughout the south have watched the experiment with a <reat deal ot interest. Many have visited the plantation near Smedes to see the monkeys at their work. Mr. Mangum is enthnsia-tic over the Miccesa ot his experiment. "The introduction of monkeys as notion pickers means more to the South," said he, "than a cotton pick ing machine; for the monkeys are a success* a* pickers, while the machines, so far, have been failures. The mon. keys arc iu every way superior to negroes as pickers, ami the cost of [licking is about one thin!. "1 believe this discovery is the greatest that has been made for the cotton planter since Whitney diecov Bred the cotton gin." Next fall Mr. Mungum intends to import 1,000 more monkeys from Africa, and he desires others to join with him in importing a lot more to be scattered throughout the south. W. F. K;wl, New Bro<'kland, S. S., write?: "Have used I)r. M. A Sin moos l.;ver M do me u a >y \ears. ami e-insider it tie h??i 11v? r m dieim made I re onrd it a iniruc o (oiiipaien with Z dlin's Regulator /'(liter of (iwily Mothers. Whether tn~ next gem rati n if Americans is to he a gem ration of drain?or.okers tiegci da, not so much on the org t> i/.-d * 11 rts.ifthe church. ea a; <1 i?*inperanee Htc-U'ltea hs it does mi the teaching the i xumple of the Christian ti.olhers of the land. Ififey will only l?o?/in early, instruct wis ly. ami pray fervently, ill-y may be mire that their s >us *i 1 *?? saved from the brer mil); an I the wine glass. IVr hap" the statement needs Home modification. The mysterious faculty of free will putH it in the power of eve.y man to determine his own course for him nelf; ami it is possible that young men may go forth even from Christian liomes to piling into drunkenness and la accompanying sins. Hm the rule ? ii"i that v. iv ,N >?v is if oil the Aid It an e ! i hi! t is I ki ly t>> abide in lie paths of righuousutss. i . J (' t if. we ^ i .1 i t, , No t-xi ii" tor I it w The Small Hoy on the Farm. The Hmali hoy on the farm haa a lireut tot ore before him. Hi* eervicei ami efforts are not very highly ap1 pr?-t- at. .I l?y t?.e ulifer on mh re of ?hif .111 v A? h fo !? ii?* s I >t t t?v*. t i t-a fti- ' < ( -it e '? r>t i n fff. befo e lltiii xe- p I t> tlnllt'S MU.1 i'llt l?* r % , doll !? > H.rtkin u I- ui visits to 'h-* or-di ?r i o?t*eo. urn!s. Il?* is required o h the baby half the lime, f?u 1 ? i tirt-s, currwater, nuiiil gaps Hu?i gat-*, ti d ue!, ruu errands ami keep employe lining various ml ' jol?n between tnue. liiyi> may be a in uh e, bo* ?h< troud o nuly begins w leu we have I iln.-i in p ami th- enjoyment "f iui?cbiev?iu<> prauXs. Co nee mud ball ?iieknjg t< the barn, bin! lines n ?ot very where, "whir ig'g-i" galore, is but h straw in liC'vtiog tliov niMV tie taught if ed? u rated The tuel >ti pat'di would tint grow, bird's u s?* wo iM mt b pr"P erly made, ihe ig;< w it t not Ofound and the diminutive ox y- ke would s'nk into inunctions eu-out tn It.w.ire it not tor the em til boy on the fjirui. The small boy on th.? farm, nays the Farmers Guide are its be.! products and s mid tie well lire The fu'ure matt is tlie htual. b y in. the farm. "Give me a hv?-r regulator and I Cao regula'e th wor.il,'' said a genu.-. The druggist handed huu a bottle 1 Do Witt's L tile Etr y Risers the faun us little pilla. Garrises and Garys Galore. The State explains that the Garris who got the B,ckrodge truuk from the dispensary is the railroad cnmnus> stoner ami the a ui of the pnitentiary direet'T Garris who got the pigs ami hricktiats The family motto, the State adds, i.-, "any old thing " \*r i rye learn with alarm that there are two Garrire.'. We rise with anxiety to e:iq lire it there are any more or them. The State cannot afford to have a large family wi'h the acquisitive and adhesive instincts that mark these two. The Gary connection is enough t take charge of. If there is a !arg? accumulation or collection of Harrises anywhere we shail advise tax payers to despair immediately and break for tall timber.?Greenvillo News. J. Sheer, Sedalia, Mo., conductor on electric strret car line, writes that nis tittle daughter was very low with croup, ami her life saved after all physcians had failed, only by usiug One Minute Cough Cure. STATE S. S. WORKERS. The At,mini Convention to he Held in Spartanburg April 20 and 22. The Executive Committee of the outh Carolina Sunday School Afs>. ciatioa has issued the following rir inlar, which will interest thousands of workers in the cause: Spartanburg. S. C, March 20, 'Of). ?The annual State Sunday School Convention will beheld this year at Soar-an burg, April 20-22. A suggestive programme, which includes many int-re-ting and practical topics has been arranger!. It is with great, pleasure that we announce the expected presence at this Convention of the veteran and distinguished Sunday School worker. Mr. B F. Jacob?, of Chicago, the chairman of the International Execu. live. This announcement ought to impel the attendance of workers from every nart of the St?io 5? /i....i-?i- - ^ 4 ???vj *ij iv vi'tvi 111>n*nij will do. It is the pj-vilege of a life, time to hoar such a man. Another privilege also will beoffort d the Sunday school workers of Sooth Carolina. The great Interna tional Convention will meet in Atlanta April 20 30, the week following the State Convention at Sp.irtanburg Those wt?o attend the State Convention may go to Atlanta, either as dele* gates or visitors, and ii is expected fat the railroads will give wptcial low rates. It is hoped thai SuthCa; >'ma will -col a large numb i ,?f ctive -onilav school w. rk< rs o. h.>tb ?d th -e Conventions, ai Spat *?.burg and Atlanta. Fraternal I v, C'lAs H. CaKI.ISLK, Titos H. Law, *. H. Kzki.i, Or,.:e Slat'- Executive Coin. Happy is the m m or woman who can eat a go. d in-arty meal without suffering afterward. If you canuol i .1, it. lakt* Konoi, Dyspepsia Cukk It digtsts what you cat, ami cures all firms of Dyspep-d* ami Indigestion. hi formation for Veterans. Charleston will open her ic nine, as well ?; her boarding housesand hotels for the con f rtable and pleasant, hoconimi datimi i f all of the vi-itors who will attend the Conitderate reunion, May 10 to 1.1 next. The following as to rates of board and lodging is official, ly given out. Private homes ami boarding houses, odgi'.g />(> eeotfi to if I a day; sing' meal- 2 i ?o fit) c nis; boa d and > dg tug, SI to 82. fi 1 'to iuu ? & V \ Results Fatally in Nine ? ; Gasas Oat of Ten?A nits ' Cure Faund at Last. operation poison in tho blood, circulating thr the sore or ulcer?known as tho poison remains in tho blvxal, and 1 renewed violence. 1 The wonderful success of S. S. 1 I blood diseases which were consid ] spairinjj sufferers to try it for Can ; tho physicians without a cure. Mi 1 equal to tho disease and prompt I; anread ranidlv. rm<l it wnu < 1 beyond doubt that a euro had ! found for deadly Cancer. Eviden ! ululated which is incontrovertibl j tho following is a specimen : "Cancer is hereditary in our family ' sister and an aunt having died from , disease. My feelings may bo imagined j riblo disease made its appearance on ir : a malignant Cancer, eating inwardly in to cause great alarm. The disease seen skill of the doctors, for thoir treat men whatever, tho Cancer growing worse Numerous remedies were used for it 1 ; grew steadily worse, until it seemed tha | to follow the others of the family, for 1 | when inherited I was advised to try Sv ! first day, forced out the poison. I contii j bottles, when I was cured sound and v j dreadful atllierion. though many years : for Cancer.?Mas M. Idoi., Winston. Our book on Cancer, containing ; information, will bo sent froo to ; Company. Atlanta, Georgia, Holms, boirdand lodging 82 aud up ?arils R '?taurant, meals 25 cent* and up. wards. I) irmit irie< for 'adies 50 and up. wa d.?; also restaurant ui d -r the control of ho King's I).night rs. Dui.-h terH of the Confederacy and Uov du ? tion and churches of all deuoiniuations will bo established. Dormitorees for men with abundant accotumodatious will be opened at JO cents. Visitors are urged to make all ar^ rangernonts for board and lodging in advance and all information can be obtained and quarter# engaged by addressing Mr K ?bert P. Evans, chair man of committee ou information, Charleston, S. C. If you have a cough, throat irrit?? tion, weak lungs, pain iu the chest, difficult breathing, croup or hoars-*, ness, lot u? suggest () 10 M nute Cough Cure. Always reliable and safe. Iirond 1 ires. Our friomi, i|? Y rkville Eq-iirer. tlrg? s tfie use of wide ;ir< a on vetiich s fall kinds, and favor* a state la v looking to the enforcement of the use of broad tires. If our respec ed contemporary would urge the dealers in wagons t? I *y in a stock of wide tired wa rons the people would buy them. Our dealt- s bought a few of the Wider tires, and th-y seil readily. The usual widtn of the tire fa two hor*e wagon has b en an ineh-and a-halt, but two inch tins are not a rare thing now, and tires two?an l-a half inches 11 are to be eeen. O >r own opinion is that, the wide tires will he the tires of the future in this section Wide tires and lower wheels will serve the people better J than the old wheels. It dealers would pmper'y present : the wide tiro wngona their sale would I he common. Ttiey appeal to the ap i provul of our cnmmnu sens.;.? AbbeJ villi Press and Banner. For frost hitifr, burns, indolent sores. e< zenix, i-kin disease, and esp<>o liaily l'i!e?, DeWitt's Witch Hnz-d ,i Salve stands first ai d beet. Look out for dishonest people who try to imi: tate and counterfeit it. It's their endorsement of a good article. Worthless goods are not imi'ated. (ict I)eWilt's Witch II z 1 Salve. i Mortgage Sale. By virtue of a power of ja'e contained in u mortgage from S. B. Sims to f. ('. Hunter, dated January 27i.h 18<S7 an t recorded in tl:e < fli.-e > f the (Ilerk o' the Uourt and ex-ofti--io K gi?ter of M ?ne ConveyancH for, U ?ion t'oUtity, State of Suitii f'aro ! linn, in Book of Mortgages J, No. 9, page (19, I will sell at public auction i?ef ?re the court home do ir, at Union, | S (', on M niday, sal-'sd tv. A pril JJrd, i 1899 during the legal hours of ra'e, to M.e highest. bidder for cash, "all thai cer-aiu tract or parcel of laud, j cont.iiniug two hundred and sixty ' (200) a res more or less, adj doing lauds of W. L. Sims, L. F. Hunter j limit)io Tygart place, and known in the division ot the lamia of Ann G. j Aughtrv, m >rttfnged to J <Hunter, na trae< No, /> >?i h ?u?e trai t. b'ing tin* name land lhi> d.iy co"V<*yed to me, and thin mortgage l> ing given to aecnre the payment of the purchase j money." ( i.koka A T. Sims, Assignee ot ,J. C. Hunter. March 1 tt, 1 Htrj ! !pv ; * XX m / CURED with vcki'IiiIiiii Va V:\.y " V ; ' , n ! -:i | uti. U ai . if tiA/on J 9 ut a i> i ? i . M.I. ? ?, >.?M. ; fearful disease often first appear* aero scratch, a pimple, or lump in east, too small to attract uny until, in many cases, tho deadly ? is fully developed. cr can not bo cured by a surfricnl . because the disease is a virulent oip'hout the system, avd although Cancer ? may be cut away, the promptly breaks out al'resli. with in curing obstinate, deop-ncate:l orcvl incurable, induced a few decor, uftec exhaustui * the skill of ich to their delight S S S uroved ,* ofFectod a euro. The glau news lcinonst rated. at last been ee has accue, of which fW ' -7t?9r <?>" 't-v (rmy father, a hi y~ .. ri i this dreadful ,/4^ when the h<>r- ^ / Ov. ty side. It was * i such a way ns '^ led beyond the pjZ|. V. h t did no g?< d ?n i, all the while but the Cancer mks. s. m. idol. t I was doomed [ know how deadly Cancer is. especially rift's Specific (S S S i, which, from the iued it8 use until I had taken eighteen roll, and have had no symptoms of the havo elapsed. S, S. S. ib tho only cure N. C. r> j other testimonials and valuable uiy address by tho Swift Specific jMTMtwmaro j Tho Times Offers a Now Plan to Its Subscribers WhoTako Tho Constitution in Combination Offer. i OPPORTUNITY OF THE SEASON. Wo have mulo HriniigviiientA with Thw Weekly Constitution ol Atlanta, (in.. t<? publish the coupon l'or their uu.\i great missing i word contest. a. gj 11 Times-Constitution Coupon. | "I was immediately con- $ $ scious of the effect which ^ % his produced on ^ his companions." * ^ J Signed i. $ -ClWfc ! Fill in the blank spaco with the proper I word sign your name ami enclose it to thin i otlicc with $1.75 to pay-for The Times aad Weekly Constitution for one year, ami if yon have been a ciosti reader or good fruesscr you may win several hundred dollars. Tile word is takeu troiu a eliartniilg, living southern author and is otfurwd to tent tho | knowledge of our pcopluoT t heir own writers. The missing word is a plain every-duy Kng I lish word, not a cornpouud word, not a proper name, and is used in its ordinary acceptation. ! The prize to be givuti will lie 10 per cunt of all | the subscriptions received from contestants by The Constitution, Atlanta, (in., between I now and March 31st. l.ust year Kebrunry and March subscription amounted to3'-J,lMV, which I gave tho contestants a sum of o\er $3,1X10. That paper lias paid on missing word contests I alone nearly $1.(?M in cash prizes. To one I party, Mr. I., liri'taiu, was givuu a check for $1,033.50 for one success I ni g uess: other* have received huge sum* ranging from $5.hb to over : $yiMon similar propositions, j Kvcry subscriber who takes advantnga of our clubbing otter with t he Const i tut ion i see j the clubbing list at head of editorial column* , may enter Ida own word to till tho blank in I the sentence. It is plain, lair plan and wo feed sure tliut many will ha interested and i bunt lll> tee. word III ml"' ? =a..? ... ' ...?v ? oaui hi ii, j no | subscription orders under t It in combination ' utier must liu sunt directly to thin ortire ?r 1 tfivon to any ot' our authorized agents ami , not to Tho Constitution. If you are already a subscriber to I either or both paper* you can get a chance at the prize by using Tim Times Coupon ami renewing through this otHce. Citation to Kindred and Creditors. State of South Carolina, ) | County of Union. ) I By .Jason M. Grer, Esq., Probato i .Judge. 1 Whereas, F. C. West has made suit to me to grant him Loiters of Administration with will annexed on t i o Estate of an I ellects of Win. C. West, Sr., deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of tho said Win. C. Wci-t, Sr , deceased, that they be aud appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Union C. 11., S >uth Carolina, on the 'Jljt day of April, n^xt, alter publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in tho forenoon, to show cause, if anv they have, why the said A I ministration should not tie granted. Given under my naml and seel this 1st duy of April, Anno Domini, 1mb!). ) ar'O.v M. Gkkkk, Probate Judge. Published on the 7l.U day of April 1<S!K), in the Union Time*. 14 2t BLACKSMITH SHOP I havo opened a l>Iackhihith shop on thee ?rner buck of Pailey'n restaurant. and am prepared to do first class work in thin line. Will shoo horses all around and furnish material for 50 cents. UAL IlSoKEIt.