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TO THINK OWN SELF BE TBUK AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN.
WAIIHAIJLIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 2?, 1800.
NEW SKRIES, NO. 60.-VOIiUMBI I*.-NO. 21.
ABOUT THE DARK CONTINENT.
REV. S. PHILLIPS VERNER LECTURES TO
A LARGE AUDIENCE IN ATLANTA.
SPEAKS FAVORABLY OK AFRICA'S FUTURE.
Prodictod (hat Sho Would bo tho Con 'ng
Continent lias Mado a Careful Study.
S. 1'. Vernor, who f?..r BOH?O yonrs
ima been engaged in missionary work
at Luebo, South Africa, under thc
direction of tho Southern Presby
terian churoh, delivered an exceed
ingly interesting lecture .".t tho Cen
tral Presbyterian church last night
to a largo audience.
The subject of tho leoturo was
"Ligia on tho Dark Continent."
Thc lecture was full of valuable in
formation concerning Africa and
was listened to willi a great deal of
interest.
During thc course of his talk Mr.
Vernor said that thc prevalent idea
a nong many Southern negroes that
they could return to Africa and gain
dominion over thc country was a
mistaken one. Africa, bc said, was
controlled by tb J Caucasian race and
would continue to bc so controlled
ns long as the white man remained
thc dominant race.
This idea of thc supremo domina
tion of tho white race Mr. Vernor
brought out in bold relief. At tho
very outset of bis remarks ho Haiti
that ho desired to put in as foi cible
words as possible bis strong belief in
the rightful dominanoy of the negro.
Ile then spout' of thc civilizing
benefits of peace that were tho
duties of tlic white tuan to thc ne
gro.
Beginning with carly explorations
under Livingston ami thc destitution
prevailing in Africa at that period,
so far as civilizing inlluenccs were
concerned, thc speaker outlined
briefly tho benefits that the while
man had wrought in half a century
of residence.
'''flic onward march of civilization
since tho time of Livingston has been
something remarkable. Thc mighty
Congo is now traceable from its
source to thc sea. Of the 8,000,000
of square miles not one inch is un
governed, and mission stations dot
tl?e continent from one end Lo an
other. Christianity lins wrought a
great work and to-day master and
man sit down to a common commun
ion table. And all of this lias been
the. work of half a century.
"A groat deal lias boon said about
thc unhealthiness of Africa. Thc
continent is divided into two sepa
rate and distinct districts-the coast
regions, wlii di arc malarious and ex
ceedingly unhealthy, and thc moun
tain or plateau legions, which aro as
healthy as any section in this or any
other country. It is in these high alti
tudes that the white man lives and
rules thc rest of thc continent."
Thc founa and llora of the conti
nent was next touched upon. Mr.
Vernor described at some length tho
extent of thc natural resources of the
country. In certain localities lin
mentioned tho fact that the rubber
industry was more profitflblo than
gold mining. Speaking of queer
freaks in fauna and llora, thc sper.ker
said :
"One day I went fishing with one
of my men. I carried a pole and he
carried a hoe. While my line was
dangling in the stream ho was in
dustriously digging in thc mud along
thc banks. Suddenly ho dug up a
solid cake of mud, out of which Hap
ped a live fish. After killing tin
fish he walked a few steps to a palm
tree, from which ho extracted a
quantity of oil. Then the bark of
another species of palm was removed.
This balk was placed on tho fire and
the fish, after being dipped in the oil,
was placed on top of it and cooked.
After eating tho fish ho disappeared
for a few moments and returned with
?i llagan of sparkling native cham
pagne extract"! from another spe
cies ol' palm.
"Thin may "com improbable, but
it is a fact that certain species of lish
makes its home in the mud banks of
rivers. It is also true that tho bark
of certain palm trees is impervious
to fire, and the nap from ?mother
kind of tree resembles form?n tod
oidor or champagne."
The ethnological differences of the
continent were then touched on and
tho physical and montai characteris
tics of tho natives nv plained. Ho
spoke of a visit to a nativo chieftain
named Dumboy, whOiU bc described
ns being one of the finest specimens
of physicial manhood that ho had
ever seen. Speaking of the bettor
(dement of tho natives, he said :
"An effort bits boon made to get
the negroes of this country to emi
grate to Africa in tho hopo held out
by certain of their rnoo that they
would bo ablo to do a groat evan
gelical work among tho native?, aa
well aa to become masters of
the situation. This hopo, I think,
is vain. I have littlo faith in tho
evangelizing influence of tho Ameri
can negro in Africa.
"Two of my boys carno to this
country and went to Alabama to
study. When they returned they
proclaimed thc belief that thoy wore
superior to tho American negro in
many respects.
"Certain crimes that monaco tho
South aro absolutely unknown in
Africa. Tho reason fortbin, I think,
is that tho native of Africa is a free
man. Thc crimes committed in this
country arc largely duo to thc after
effects of slavery, and tho criminals
inherit divitalized constitutions and
degenerate tendencies."
Mr. Vernor pictured tho futuro of
Africa in glowing terms. Ile
said that tho rest of the world was
rotton with n moribund civilization
and that Africa offered new bottles
for tho old wino of otbor continents.
-Atlanta Constitution, May 17.
Beware of Ointments that Contain
Mercury?
as merci..y will completely destroy the
senso of smell and completely derange
thc wholo system when mitering it
through tho mucous surfaces. Such
articles should ncvor bo used except on
proscriptions from reputablo physicians,
as tho damage they do is lon-iold iv tho
good you can possibly derive from them.
Hall's Catarrh Curo, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, act
ing directly upon tho blood and mucous
surface? of tho system. In buying Hall's
Catarrh Cure be suro you got tho genuine.
It is taken internally, and made in Toledo,
()., by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
freo. Sold by all druggists. Prico, 75
cents per bottle.
Hall's Family Pills aro thc best.
Farniors' lastitutos.
President Hart/.og, of Clemson, has
issued tho following circular, which will
greatly interest tiro farmers of the State:
Farmers' institutes will bo hold in a
limited number of counties thia summer
for tho instruction of tho people in vari
ous branches of agricultural science.
Tho courso of lectures shall bo arranged
to present to thoso in attendance tho
results of tho most recent investigations
in theoretical and practical agriculture,
and as far as possible to mako tho sub
jects discussed meet tho special needs
of tho locality whore tho instituto is
held.
All expenses of the meeting will be
met by tho college. Tho community in
which tho institute is hold is oxpeoted
to pr?vido a suitable placo for tho speak
ing, to advertise tho mooting and to ar
range tho minor details, lb is desirable
that local speakers and writers assist in
tho exercises of tho institutes by dis
cussing subjects in which they aro most
interested, or in which they havo had
successful experience
It may not bo practicable always tc
hold tho institute on tho day desired by
the community, as different places some
times ask for the same dato. Tho final
selection of the dato must, therefore, ht
left to tho college authorities, but thc
wish of tho community will bc observed
as far as practicable
lt is tho policy of tho college t:
lengthen, when desirable, the sessions ol
the institutes. Wo realizo that tho best
results cannot be obtained from a one
day meeting. Tho scope and charactei
of tho work should be broadened yeai
after year. Where sufficient interest ii
manifested tho instituto will bo con
ducted for a longer period than a day.
This work will begin about tho first o
August, and applications should ho ??on
in at once. Specify the timo and placo
and the names of tho geutlomon who ari
willing to servo on tho local committee
Tho subjects discussed at tho institut
should bo adapted to local conditions
Wo therefore ask those interested to des
igualo tho subjects that aro behoved b
be of tho most interest to tho locality.
Among the subjects that tho i ?ombor
of the instituto staff are prepared lo din
cuss may bo mentioned: Improvcmonto
soil, grasses and . legumes, horticulture
plaut disoases, botany, entomology, ir
sects and insecticides, methods of spray
ing, dairying, animal husbandry, fan
manures, veterinary science, feriiliy.cn>
chemistry of soils, truck farming, drink
ing waters, road improvement, indui
trial education.
Aftor tho county institutes, an inst
tute lasting ono woo? will bo hold r
(denison College. Hoi rd and baigin
will bo furnished at cost.
Distinguished lecturers from abroa
will be invited to assist in the Colleg
institute and every effort will be oxertc
to make thia meeting pleasant and prof
table
Tho auxiliary experiment statio
clubs aro earnestly invited to co-operal
by sending delegates.
The dato and programme will ho dui
advertised.
For further information write to Hem
S. Hart/.og, President, Clemson Collogi
South Carolina.
J. T. Heese, Modoc,S. C.,'writes: Hat
used Dr. M. A. Simmons' Livor Med
cine twolvo yens. Cured mo of indigo
tion and my v.-'ie of sick headache. Thin
it worth four ' i mea as much ns oithi
/odin's or 111 nek Draught I used.
Thc cotton report to tho agrien
tumi department at Washingtc
shows n reduction in tho oottc
acreage from 8 to 18 per cont, in j
tho cotton States,
Short of Convicts.
Tho picoo bonded thus in your issuo of
tho 28th instant is on tho linos I havo
hoon revolving in my mimi for quito ft
whtlo. The institution should ho shortor
of ?-onviet? than it now is, ovon. Think
of it, (KK) nores in cotton-1,200 Inst year,
and I guosB that ls tho rule at all thc
penitoutinvios South. There should not
a pound of cotton ho grown by convict
labor. Tho crops on tho Stato farms
should bo corn, wheat, pens, oats, rico,
sorghum, ribbon cano, poa hay, pork,
milk cattlo, hoof and shcop. Nono of
this labor should bo hired out to any ono;
just onough should bo sont to tho Stato
farms to raiso tho above mentioned orops
and animals ?r> nu to abundantly feed and
clotho tho balaceo and pay olllcials and
guards and tho balance should bo on tho
publia roads of tho counties they wore
convicted in. Think of tho amount of
tho crops mentioned could bo made by
ono-fourth of tho convicts of our Stato.
It might bo well to buy improved imple
ments, so ns to mako ono man count for
(in many duties on tho farm) live, oven
ton. 1 say it might bo monoy well spout.
Sond out each month from tho Stato
fauns rations for mon and beast to all
county chain-gangs throughout tho Stato,
and wo will in a few year? under this
plan have roads to bo proud of, and thou
other States, seeing our roads, will fol
low suit, and then, if not decreased, our
cotton crop will not surely incrcaso so
fast under this system.
Still furtbor, when all roads aro (I
think we all can seo tho end of this line)
completed and it takos only a fraction to
koop thom np, turn tho bulk of this la
bor into our rivers and crcekB (let ouch
county keep its convict? except its quota
to tho State farm) and let them bc
straightened out and diked.
At our next election wo should voto
for representatives favoring Buch a law.
G. W. COT.KMAN.
This communication, taken from tho
State at recent dato, strikes tho koynoto
of what should bo tho policy of tho
Slate in futuro in regard to tho convicts,
and is exactly along tho lino of what Tho
Advocato has boon preaching, with this
difference that wo want the State to sell
out her farms and quit tho business of
farming and turu its attention to tho
businoss of road building with her con
victs. Sho has no sort of business to bo
raising 1,200 nor (UK) nor (1 acres of cot
ton oven, to bo sold at 5 couts. There
aro about 1,000 convicts in tho peniten
tiary, and if one-half of thom are ablo
bodiod tbeso, added to tho different
county chain gangs would mako a force
of about 1,000 men, and if they woro pu:
to work building macadamized roads thc
counties and tho Stato at largo would
get 8omo permanent results to show for
her convicts. As it is wo have had a
penitentiary for .'to yu."*a and what havo
wo got to show for the labor and money
expended? Nothing, beyond tho prison
itself and tho Stato farms. During the
greater portion of that timo money bas
been appropriated out of tho public treas
ury to pay tho running expenses of tho
institution, and it is doubtful if tho Stato
is not a loser whoo the balance is Struck.
Hut lot the counties biro thom from the
State at tho same rato they are now hired
to work on private farms, and abolish
tho system of hiring thom out to private
parties and lot, thom bo put to work
building roads, and in ten years there
will bo such a dillorenco in tho public
highways that mon will wonder that it
was not dono long before. Wc hope to
seo tho peoplo agitate this matttor
and discuss it among themselves ami
make it an issue next year in tho election
and vote for candidates who will pledge
themselves to bring about this reform,
for this will bo a genuino reform that
will bring practical benelits to tho peo
plo for gonorations.-Anderson Advo
cato.
, fURES WHEKfc AIL USE JAILS" Efl
Host Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Uno WB?
In timo. Hold by druggies. Rf
Welcome, Dishop Key.
Wo voico the sontiment of South Caro
lina Methodism whoo wo oxtond to |
Bishop Joseph 3. Key tho heartiest and
sincerest of welcomes. Ho has cover
before been appointed to preside over
our Uonfoicn io, but wo havo known him
and his faithful sorvico, ami have hold
bim in high esteem as a man, a minister
and a Bishop. Ho will (Ind himself
among brethren who wdll pray and ex
pect his visit and labors will bo a bene
diction to us all.
Welcome, Bishop, not only to Orange
burg and our gathering Ibero, but to
Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, Spar
tanburg and all other places you may bo
able to touch while in our midst. Wo
would not tax you, but the longer you
stay with us tho bettor you will jilease
us. And if your honored helpmeet can
come w ith you, she will be most heartily
welcomed, and will greatly increase our
pleasure.-Southern Christian Advocato.
Humiliating examinations hy physi
cians aro avoided by uso of Simmons'
Squaw Vino Wine or Tablets, which euro
ninety out of every hundred cases of
female disorders.
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Welford commencement will begin
Saturday evening, Juno 10th, with a
gymnasium exhibition. The sermon
will bo preached nt ll o'clock Sunday
morning by Dr. C. W. Byrd, of Ashe
ville. Sunday night Dr. J. II. Carlisle
will mako an address to students mid
visitors. Monday morning Senator Mc
laurin will mako tho literary address.
The debate botweon tho literary societies
will be Monday evening, tho subject ho
ing territorial expansi?n. The prosonta
tfttlon of diploma? will take pla- o Tues
day morning. M. II. Mooro, of Colum
bia, will deliver tho Alumni address
Tuesday evening. Thero will bo jouerai
receptions Monday and Tuesday oven
ings.
Pots and Disease
Medical journals bore and abroad
aro again dismissing the danger of
contracting diseases from animais,
o8pcoially pots. Papers presented
nt tho French Congress demonstrated
that .'aviary and human tuberculosis
are essentially tho samo pathologic
process due to the samo germ modi
fled by a cultural environment, but
convertible under favorablo circum
stances ono into tho other."
Tho Scientific American, follow
ing the Medical News, in this field,
brings together an array of facts
which ought to cause pc pic who
koop pots or who havo littlo ones
that keep pets to do some thinking.
Says tho Scientific American :
"An Englishman has found that
moro than ten por cent of canaries
and other song birds that die in cap
tivity sucoumb to tuberculosis, and
parrots havo como iii for a sbaro of
condemnation in this connection.
By far thc larger number of mon
keys who dio in captivity aro car
ried off by tuberculosis, and while,
fortunately, tho keeping of monkey d
as boiiBC pets is not very goneral, at
tho same time thoro is some danger
of contagion.
"Nocard, the greatost living au
thority on tuberculosis in animals,
and thc man to whom wo owe the
best culturo methods for tho tubercle
bacillus, found in a series of autop
sies on dogs that out of 200 succes
sive autopsies on unselected dogs
that died at the groat veterinary
school at Alfoit, near Paris, in moro
than one-half tho cases there woro
tubercular lesions, and in many of
them the lesions wore of such a oha
actor ns to make them facile and
plenteous disseminators of infeotive
tuberculous matorials.
"Parrots arc known to bo suscepti
ble to a disease peculiar to them
selves, and a number of fatal cascB
in human beings of what was at first
supposed to bo malignant inlluonzn
pneumonia was traced to the bacillus
which is thought to bo tho cause of
tho parrot disenso. Cuts arc known
to sometimos have tuberculosis, and
that they have many casos been car
riers of diphtheria, und other ordi
nary infections, is moro than sus
pected."
Parents should bo careful in this
matter. It seems to bc a fact that
ninny children arc thus diseased, and,
no doubt, many die from such con
tact. Too much fondling of tabby
in baby's arms should bc discouraged
and kissing the cat absolutely pro
hibited.
If "out of sorts," cross and peevish,
tal e Dr. M. A. Simmons' Livor Medi
cine. Cheerfulness will return and lifo
acquires now zest.
Our Loss'js in Two Wars Compared.
Tho War Department lins prepared
a memorandum which compares tho
losses in tho Spanish war with those
in the first year of tho Civil War,
Tho nggregato strength of tho troops
employed in thc war with Spain was
approximately '207,000, covering
period from May, 1898, to April,
1800, inclusive. During this time
deaths from all causes amounted to
0,100, or 2} per cent. Tho moan
strength for tho first year of tho
Civil War was 270,871, and thc ag
gregate loss by deaths from all causes
was 10,150, a percentage of 0.8.
OASTORIA.
Boura tho li* Kind You Have Always Bought
Signatura
of
Dr. Chas. A. Briggs, ox-Prosbyto
rian minister, was ordained a priest
in thc Episcopal church Sunday.
Bishop Potter conducted the cere
monies in the pro-oathodral church
on Stanton street, "New York. Dr.
Briggs outers tho Episcopal church
after having been driven out of tho
Presbyterian church on account of
certain beliefs held by him in regard
to thc Bible. He believes that there
aro many old world myths recorded
there, that tho Book of Hutb is a
pretty pastoral story, that Job is a
fine drama, that Jonah's adventures
aro a sort of Arabian Nights' story.
In fact ho takes tho Biblo just ns ho
docs thc stories of Herodotus, or thc
theology of Socrates or thc Homeric
poems.
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Suicide by poison is not more censura
ble than by refusal to euro yourself of
female troubles with Simmons' Squaw
Vino Wino or Tablets.
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Tho election of Kev. It. A. Child to
membership on tho book committeo of
our church is eminently wiso and richly
dosorvod. Staunch and truo to tho
church, capable ami trained in business,
long a skillful and successful lawyer,
now a preacher of power, ho will bo a
most valuablo acquisition to that impor
tant body. Wo congratulate our connec
tion that snob a man '.'.as been oallod to a
post of such responsibility.-Southern
Christian Advocate.
H WANT GOOD ROADS.
CAPITALISTS OH ? HUNT FOR SOUTHERN
BONDS.
A GOOD ROAD CAUSKTH COHTKHTMKKT.
Can't Wo Got in tho Push?-Road and Send
for Some Litorature.
CHAUT.OTTH, N. C., May 20, 1899.
-Two financiers, representing Cin
cinnati interests, liave boon in Char
lotte tho past fow clays on a hunt for
bonds. Tlio demand for Southorn
bonds, it appears, wns novor so groat
as at present. Tho representatives
of tho Cincinnati capitalists aro here
for tho purpose of investigating the
proposed ?SRUC of bonds by tho vari
ous counties and towns of Nortli
Carolina, with a viow to purchase all
thoy can got. There will bo a Hood
of bonds issued in this Stato during
the year. More than one hundred
towns will put bonds on tho market.
Tho issues will rango from $20,000
to #100,000, and among tho towim
an'd counties that will put out bonds
aro Mecklenburg, Union, Rocking
ham, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Halifax,
Moore, Irodell, Anson, Alarnanco,
Clay and Beaufort counties ; Grcons
boro, Reid ville, Salisbury, Durham,
Davidson, Concord, Kooky Mount,
Murfrccsboro, Lincolton, Mt. Airy,
Franklin, Monroe, Fayetteville, Lex
ington, Asheville, High 1*01111, High
lands, Sanford, Elizabeth City, etc.
The county bonds n .11 bo issued
mainly for road improvements, and
indicates the spread of the good
roads movement in this State.-Spe
cial Correspondent Manufacturers'
Record.
Hon. W. B. Viall, Stato Highway
Commissioner of Vermont, in bis in
structions to township road commis
sioners, states that all permanent
roads should be not less than thir
teen feet wide and graded so as to
descend from center lo gutter at
loast one-half inch to the foot.
Tho county authorities aro build
ing some excellent roads around Co
lumbia, S. C., of clay and sand.
These can lie lound in ovory county
in tho State and 'our road builders
should utilizo them. With tho
proper effort there's no reason why
we should not have iirst-class roads
all over thc State, as nature has
placed an abundance of good mate
rial right whoro wo need it.
Thc ll igbie-Armstrong Good
Roads Law (being Chapter 116,
Laws of 1898, of the State of New
York) has been published in pam
phlet form for freo distribution by
the New York Stato Division L, A.
W., and can lie obtained from Wal
ter S. Jenkins, Chief Consul, Buf
falo, New York.
Good roads make better citizens.
They promote wealth and pros
perity. They promote sociability
ami good fellowship. They make
up-to-date communities. They are
the foes of provincialism and moss
backism. Investment in good roads
is the height of good judgment.
Agitato tho good roads question.
Several townships in Dubois
county, Ind., aro likely to vote on a
proposition to macadamize public
roads.
"Road building is as much a busi
ness as bridge building or block
building," says an exchange,
"and mon unfamiliar with tho struc
tural plan of either have no busi
ness to be engaged in such work."
Wide tires preserve roads and
horses.
Tho average citizen, when lie docs
take time to notice tho bad roads,
simply (l imns tho county court and
road overseers and there thc matter
rests. Now why not go for these
pooplo also, but instead of daming
thom, try to educate them to an un
derstanding of what is required of
them ?
"Good Country Hoads-how to
build and maintain thom," is thc
tillo of a little booie containing valu
able information to all who aro in
terested in good roads, and may bo
bad of Abbott Bassett, f>!i0 Atlantic
Avenue, Heston, Mass., nt f> cents
por copy.
Rock Bottom Roads Ncodod.
Wo have heard sovoral old mon
say recently that the roads of the
county, after all Of our expenditure
of labor and money on them, are not
an good as they wero forty or fifty
years ago., And wo s?*o inclined to
boliove ii, but it does r.ot ?> rove that
the sys(em"of working tho roads that
previrflod then was superior to the
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prosent pinn by any means. There
woro not one-fourth as many people
then and not one-tenth as many
vehioles and not ono-1 won tin th ns
much traveling then as now, and then
tho roads wore newor and tho olay
not disturbed. Neither docs it provo
timi oithor plan is tho proper plan to
moot tho condition of tho present
day. Any kind of dirt will make a
good road in tho summer when tho :
farmers do not need roads much, but
during tho fall and winter, when tho
farmors aro hauling their orops to ,
market and hauling their fertilizers
back to tho farme, they are praoti- .
cally without roads, ns wo saw this
winter. It is a " bnsio proposition
that wo cannot make good roads,
permanent roadways, out of dirt. (
That has been shown to a demon- j
stratton this winter. Wo must have
something bolter. It has como to j
bo au absoluto necessity. Thc blame j
docs not rest with tho officers of tho
law. Wo havo before rcforred to
the policy of tho State with regard .
to thc conviots, and wo repeat it, wo i
.vant to soo a ohango in it. Thoro
aro six convict farms in Anderson
oouuty on whioh thoro aro nearly 100 ,
conviots employed. What aro they
worth to tho public ? Nothing.
But if Supervisor Snelgrove had
those 100 convicts and a rook crusher
ho could build 15 miles of macada- j
mixed roadway in a year and ten
years of such work would give us
150 miles of permanent roadway.
Andorson Advocate.
f.election ol Roads.
Tho narrow tires whioh arc used
on almost all vehioles in this country
put one of tho chief difficulties in
tho way of maintaining good roads.
Narrow tics aro largely responsible
foi thu rapid wear of roads and tho
cutting of ruts in thom.
Tho old idea that it is easier to
pull a load on narrow tiros than on
wide ones has boon exploded, and a
gonernl widoning of tires on all vehi
oles would bc a groat benefit to tho
country.
The need of this reform is so
highly appreciated in California that
a law has boon onaoted there to en
force tho uso of tires of a certain
width, and owners of vehioles woro
given three years in whioh to pr?
vido those required by tho law.
The Massachusetts Legislature has
passed a similar law, though it is
not so stringent as the California
statute. It does not go into effect
until January 1, 1002, and <1OCB not
apply to vehicles used exolusivoly
in cities. Tho provision? of tho
Massachusetts law, which applies to
all wagons tho nxl.es of which arc
two inolicH or moro in diameter, and
to all stage conchos, tally-ho condies,
barges and Ci her passengor vehicles,
not built to run *n iron or stool rails,
and constructed to carry eight or
more persons, make it unlawful
to uso upon any road, street or way
in tho State a draft wagon having
tiros of iron or steel, or any substance
equally hard, which or loss in width
than ono and one-half times thc di
ameter of tho axlo at tho shoulder ;
but in no ease shall a tire of moro
than four inches bo required, and
wagons built with hollow axl t must
havo tires not less in width than
tho diameter of tho axlo at tho
shoulder.
Thr9 act ifl not all that tho advo
cates of wide tires nsked, but it will
bo a great protection to the roads of
Massachusetts and could be adopted
with profit in oilier States.-Atlanta
Journal.
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You cannot accomplish any work or
business unless you fed woll. If you
fed ''used up--tlrod out," tako Dr. M.
A. Simmons' Livor Medicino.
AU tho railroads aro competing t
haul Admiral Dewey aoross tho con
timmi on his arrival in thia country
Makes the food more del
no?Ai DAKIWa POWO
Tho South and tho Tariff.
Tho American Economist, 136
West 23d street, Now York, is de
moted to tho support of a high pro
active tariff as tho foundation of
iroeperity, high prices for labor and
iniversal progress. Thc editor is
mrelontiug in his opposition to a
,ariff for revenue only, and ho be
iovos that tho hopo of tho South
rests#orj tho protection of all indus
tries. Tho following is an editorial
from last wock's issuo :
"Sinco tho return of prosperity
indor protection, ns exemplified in
tho Dingley law, many factories have
joen built and many new enterprises
darted in tho Southorn Statos. Tho
people of tho South aro waking up
to tho valuo of manufacturing com
panies and aro willing to make great
efforts to Becuro tho establifthmcnt of
mell industries in thc South. A
?ommeroial club has been organized
in Greenfield, Tennessee, for tho pur
pose of promoting industrial enter
prise. Tho dispatch which an
nounced tho formation of this club
idded : 'Tho people of this commu
nity want manufacturing interests of
Iny and all kinds, and they are now
ready to offer liberal inducements to
o;et them.'
"As soon as manufacturing indus
tries become established in tho South
-and at the presont rate of com
mercial progress that time is not far
[listant-the people of tho South
will wako up to a realizing senso of
tho valuo ami necessity of a protec
tive tariff. Tho hour has struck for
tho disappearance of a 'Solid South'
united to support freo trade The
Southorn people will not, meroly for
tho sake of loyalty to a falso theory,
long adhered to, consent to givo up
tho great prosperity which lins come
to thom through protection in ex
change for the industrial ruin which
resulted from tho 'first stop' toward
free trade taken in 1894."
Pimples, boils and othor humors appear
when tho blood gets impuro. Tho host
remedy is Dr. M. A. Simmons' Liver
tfodioino.
Daniol Boono's Droani.
In tho pioneer days Daniel Boone
lost a companion in thc Kentucky
wilderness. He failed to find him
after prolonged search, but never
forgot tho incident. Tho Louisville
Post records tho following account
of a remarkable dream of Boonu,
given by his granddaughter.
"Several y oars after tho disap
pearance of tho huntor Boon went
back to tho woods where he had
parted from his friend. One night
wliilo sleeping nt his camp-fire he
dreamed of finding a human skeleton
and a gun in a big hollow tree. The
dream was HO vivid that when the
hunter awoke ho still had a distinct
mental picture of the trco and its
surroundings, and behoved he could
go to tho spot. Tho hunter lay
awake thc rest of tho night thinking
about his dream, and ap soon ns day
light came started out in the direction
his thoughts had tnkon when asloep.
Tho woods seemed familiar, as ho
lind seen them in his dreams, and the
hunter walked on briskly, guided by
tho impression thc sleeping vision
had loft. He found thc big hollow
tree just ns he had soon it in his
I sleep, and looking into tho large
I oavity near the ground discovered a
completo human skeleton and an old
rusty flintlock rifle. Tho fulfillment
of tho dream was so perfect that the
I hunter always believed that he was
! guided in thia way to tho remains of
his lost friend. Ho supposed that
his companion got lost in the woods,
and when night overtook him crawl
ed into the hollow troc to sleep, and
there diod of somo disease. Had the
Indians killed tito man they would
havo certainly taken his gun."
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Be?T tho ?0 Kind You Havo Alway3 Bought
s,c?r ?&^^?<
At, the May meeting of tho Bish
ops and tho Book Ommitteo of tho
Southern Methodist chu roh at Nash
ville, tho Bishops decided that, inas
much UH tho Scnato had oxonorated
tho church from any bl une in secur
ing tho war claim, thoy had nothing
moro to do with tho mattor. Tho
Book Committee decided that Barbee
nnd Smith had done oxactly the
right tiling in paying ?lfi per cent to
Stahlman and misleading tho Senate
as to tho transaction.
URE
?c?ous and wholesome
IA CO., NEW YORK*_ _
Mrs. Palmor's Victory.
Chiongo Booiety, niul society
throughout tho United States v.'as
moro or Ices agitated by yat ious emo
tions by an incident to tho visit of
tho Infanta Eulalie to our World's
fair.
Tho princess was entertained in
gorgeous stylo at tho Palmor house,
and thoro a very expensive reception
was given in ber honor by Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer, wife of tho proprietor.
Though Eulalie was Mrs. Palmor's
guest on that occasion, tho Infanta
ignored tho fact completely and
acted according to a code of social
ethics which is unknown in this
country.
When asked if sho was not
charmed with Mrs. Palmer, as every
body who knows her is said to be,
the haughty princess replied :
"I do not know her. I prefer not
to moot tho inkeepor'swifo."
Time rolled on, and ns usual
brought its revengo.
Last week a reception was given
in Paris in honor of Eulalie, and
Mrs. Palmor, who is now in that city,
was ono of tho invited guests.
Did she go?
Not muon. She simply throw back
her pretty head and remarked :
"I cannot meet this bibulous rep
resentative of a degenerate mon
archy."
That was punishment enough for
tho Infanta's rudeness at Mrs. Pal
mer's reception. Chicago and Ame
rica arc clearly ahead after nearly
six weary years waiting. Now loo
tho saucy Infanta try it again, if she
wants to.-Atlanta Journal.
You Can't Get Hesiod,
Beeauso that tired feeling is not tho
rosult of oxortion. It is duo to tho un
healthy condition of your blood. This
vital fluid should givo nourishment to
ovory organ, norvo and muscle. But it
cannot do this unless it is rich and pure,
That is what you want to cure that tired
feeling-puro, rich blood. Hood's Sarsa
parilla will help you "got rested." It
will give you puro, rich blood, givo you
vigor and vitality and braco you up so
that you may feel well all through tho
mummer. If you havo novor tViod Hood's
.Sarsaparilla, do so now, and soo how it
onorgt/.os and vitalizes your whole system.
Now Doctors.
Columbia Record, May Kl: "Tho Stato
Board of Medical Examiners is in ses
sion in tho Senate Chamber to-day ex
amining applicants who desire to practico
medicino in tho State. Tho number is
tho largest "class" that ever applied for
certificates. There aro sixty-four of
them, niuo of thom being negroes. Ono
lady is standing the examination."
Bill Arp .rays that a left-handed moon
was tho caiUiO of so much rain in tho
months of January, February and Mandi,
but that big crops will bo thc result for
tho year IMO, ns was tho caso forty years
ago when we also had tho left-handed
moon. It is ono on which tho horn
hangs down. But wo confess wo don't
know ono horn from tho other. Wo only
know thoro is hopo in tho left-handed
moon.
Simmons' Squaw Vino Wino or Tablets
soften, relax and expand muscles in
volved, decreasing labor pains and short
ening labor.
It. H. Tolbert, tho Republican nominco
for Congross in tho last election for tho
Third District in South Carolina, and
at present contesting Congressman Lati
mer's seat, has written to his neighbors
at Pheonix that ho wanta his exilo to ond.
Ho wishes to como home and mako pro
mises for tho future. Ho oiTors to
chango politic?, if it can bo shown that
ho is in error, and says he believes in a
white man's country.
A colton mill company has boon
organized at Holton, S. C., with $250,000
of subscribed stock. Tho citizens start
ed tho boom, Capt. E. A. Smythe, Presi
dent of tho Pelze.* mills, carno to their
help, and Charleston and Baltimoro
capitalists took largo slices of stock.
Capt. Smythe is at tho head of it and tho
mill will go. 125 ncros of laud havo al
ready boon bought.
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Ilealth, strength and norvo forco follow
tho uso of Dr. M. A. Simmons' Livor
Medicine, which insures good digestion
and assimilation.
Within less than three years, ac
cording to tho estimates of engineor
officers, tho government will havo
the most complote printing establish
ment in the world, with an equip
ment excelling that ci tho largest
printing noncoms and oapablo of
ovory kind of press work known to
tho art. Tho m w printing oflico is
to replnco a structme which foryoars
bas been declared uninhabitable, and
would hnvo disappeared years ago"
but for tho controversies in Congress
regarding the sito for the new build*
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Boarlng-down pains indioato displace
ment of womb. Curablo quickly by tistfi^
Simmons' Squaw Vino Wino or Tnblota,
