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HY JAYNE8, Sil 12 LO lt, SMITH ?V STUCK.
WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 1, IOOO.
NEW SERIES, NO. 100.-VOLUME LI.-NO. D.
Best Standard
In Short Lengths.
If your Shoes don't
*-Tm
We carry the Most
Come to see us, for
FAIR PLAY FACTS.
Dad Hoads and Bridges-Woodmen ol thc
World Elocl Now Olficcrs.
KA in PLAY, S. C., February 21.
(Delayed in transmission.)-The
weather has been very lunch in the
majority for thc past day or two,
bul not without its advantage to thc
small boy. Little liol) sat close up
to the lire as he talked to his brother
lilllie about thc big bait of eggs they j
were expecting for breakfast. "We
haven't had a bait since Christmas, ;
have we, Hill?" Hillie looks out
from under his Hopped over hat with
a smile that reaches from car to car, j
ami all thc way down to his appe
tite, and says : "Hob, them eggs will
sho' freeze to-night !"
Thc following pupils are attend- 1
ing the Fair Piny High School from
a distance : Miss Katie Longue,
Clear Spring, S. C.; Mr. Judson
Baiton, Anderson county, ?md .Al i s s
Kita Giles, Townville. The school
has enrolled, up to the present, l'2f>
pupils.
'IMie friends of .Mrs. Stephen
Marett will be glad to know that
she is recovering from her recent
sickness.
Messrs. 11rs. York ami Faulkner,
of Cornelia, (Ja., and Mr. Reynold,
of the Southern Hallway, were the
guests of Dr. .1. ll. Moore ami family
lust week. Thc gentlemen had some j
linc sport gunning while herc.
Mr. Hud (irani, who is clerking:
for Sloan it Co., at Clemson College, :
paid us a living visit on Sunday.
Mr. .1. A. Sheriff is tho champion
muskrat killer of this section, having
caught forty during the winter
months.
Tile heavy rains have left us some ?
bad bridges, roads, &c, uotwilh- |
standing thc gab of Morgun, Cook
Co., sandwiched with Lcmmon(sj
juice.
Mrs. A. H. Mandl is quite sick at
the present writing.
We beg leave to differ with Tun
Cor Kl KU about Christ having noth
ing to do with the management of a
newspaper. We believe if Christ
were to come lo the earth now that
he would with as much righteous in
dignation set about to cleanse and
purify tho press as he did to drive j
tli(! money changers from the lem- i
plc at Jerusalem. All hail to thc
Christian daily of Topeka, Kansas! I,
Mr. and Mrs. Cl ayton Davis, of h
northern Texas, have been <>n un ex- '
tended visit to Mr. K. M. Davis since ' |
the holidays. Wc trust Mr. Davis, | 1
with his estimable wife, will decide \ 1
to remain in our midst and make ; 1
this their future home.
Mrs. Kllen Knox, of Lavonia, (ia., *
M
was visiting the family of Mr. D. V.
Wright last week.
Our friend, October Day, has ob
served thal the best thing Spain has -
lett in America is "Spanish goobers." '
The following is a list of tho o Hi
cers of Hickory Camp, Woodmen of '
the World, of Fair Hay : M. C. '
Harton, consul commander; IL W.
Nelson, advisor lieutenant ; IL ll.
Marett, banker; D. V. Wright,
(derk; W. .1. Compton, escort ; \Y .
.1. Knox, watchniMii ; .1 I. Cromer,
sentry ; Dis. J. II. .Moore and I .1.
Hu rr ?SS physicians; K. ('. Mareil,
.1. D. Sheldon, L. L. Wooten, mana
gers; Kev. A. I*. .Marett, chaplain.
Hi ..i l .
How's This .'
Wo oller One Hundred Dollars Reward !
for any case of catarrh that cannot, he
cured hy Hall's Catarrh Cure.
K. .1. Cheney St Co., Props., Toledo,!).
We, Ibo undersigned, have known K.
.1. ('heney for the last l."> years, and be
lieve, him perfectly honorable in all busi
ness transactions ami linaucially able lo
cai ry oui any obligations made by I heir
iii in.
West. St Triiax, Wholesale Druggists, ''
Toledo, ( >.
Wabling, Kilman Si Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, <>.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intel
nally, acting directly upon Hie blood ami -
mucous surfaces of tho system. Price,!
7?C. per hollie. Sold by all druggists.
Testimonials free.
Hall's Family Kills arc the best.
TllO more modest a < ;rl is and thc
more she blushes, the more some
mon admire her cheek.
HOW IS
Calico at 4? C
wear as long' as you wai
f BATTLE
Reliable and Popular Brai
we arc going to sell the
_ Respectfully,
I For ( 'our i o i". |
Roberts Now and Britain's Onllnnl*
Of late Hool Hullor has ho?un,
To try lo light as well as run,
"And ho who lights and runs away
May live to tight another day."
lint Kritain docs not trust, him nundi,
Sonds Roberts down to light the Dutch, '
And fondly hopes, with purpose stout.
That III: will early wear thuin out.
Kxporiencu proves there's ott a slip
Itutwoon the goblet and th * lip,
And he who lifts to sip once more
May let it fall to splash the Hour.
We learn from Hard of Scotland's pen.
"Tin? best laid schemes of mice and moil," i
That look so safe and strong throughout, 1
Oft end in unexpected rout.
Of late a SAINT, HUMMUS by name,
Hy Mormon votes to Congress came;
Hut lie was bounced and forced tu tramp, ,
Hecause he had three wives-(the scamp!)
A gibbet, Hf ty cubits high,
Proud Haman built for Mordecai,
Hut Moidccai arose in state,
While 1 tainan's rope sealed Hainan's fate.
Ambitious pride, in great or small,
To ruin tends, and has its fall.
And it is show ii by ages past
That what blasts men will Km pi ros blast.
Chaldea's pride, groat Itahylon,
Of ancient powers the greatest sun.
Hike Lucifer, fruin heaven foll,
Uer site a waste w here reptiles dwell.
Ohl Kgypt, once so proud and strung.
Still famcil in story and in song,
Now, thrungli her length, shows scarce a
t race,
Of her ambitious primal race.
lim- pyramids and ruins great,
Hut magnify her dreadful fate,
And strangers now make their abode,
Where Joseph once with Pharaoh rude, j
Ka mod Modo-Persia, ( i reece and Hume,
In turu, tu power and Kmpiro cunio,
On weaker States, groat armies hurled.
With aim tu conquer all thc world.
Hut each, in turn, as Kmpiro spread.
Pursued Hie path tu Km pi res dead.
And their vast ruins left behind.
Are beacon lighis to warn mankind.
Poor Spain! Knur hundred years agu,
The widest Kmpiro earth could show,
Has lost her prestige, power and fame
Wo pity when we speak her name !
Just two and twenty years ago,
strong Hussia fought weak Turkey low
And would have1 slain thc monster foul.
Hut for the llritish lion's growl.
She told her gunners bat tlc scarred,
: 'oiistaiitinoidc lo bombard,
When linton's Hit, with shot and shells, I
steamed np the angry Dardanelles.
A ucl signalled Hussia, "-'ease tho si rife,"
Pu Tm key, "Take new lease ol life."
Six years agu Armenia's bl.1
iVa? shed by Turks, abhorred of Coil,
\nd Hritaiu saw thc grewsome sight,
Dut did nut ulcrpusc her might,
)r lift a voici', ur feeble hand,
l'u save the ancient Christian land.
'ur savage bends, unlit lo live,
1er sympathy she's prompt logive;
.'ur humble saints she's no regard,
int gives them up to lire and sword!
inch conduct in a ruling power
dust hasten fast, bur coming hour,
Vhen she must sink to lower plain,
Vnd take her place along with Spain.
iront iii Ruin's power may so decay,
\nd lose, by greed, her world-wide sway,
That w here now sits her Parliament,
I'he Arab yet may pitch his tent!
V nation's sins are punished here,
I'huu this no truth shines oui more clear,
\nd w hen her judgment day is come,
Nicies naught thai can avert, her doom.
Ve n ?sh her well in all thai s i ?ghi,
Vlul when for lilith she makes her light,
Vith peaceful weapons named by Paul,
?he'll have esteem and praise from all.
in! w hen she's cruel, like Ibo Tin k.
Slid pushes on ber bloody work,
l'u mush the free, and rub and spoil,
\ freeman's blood is made to boil.
Ac love tin- llritish, lo our mind
I'hey'vc done tin- most lo bless mankind ;
their government must bear Hie blame
If all that brings the blush of shame.
DUR?S v/nmt All Etsi DdlS.
it < 'mitfli Syrup. Taste? doini. II
In limn. Solil liv ilruifKlsl*.
father Sells His Datiijlitor.
I'm: i .II-:I:VIS, \. \ ., I'Vbruary "7.
I lessie Tilswurl li, who is only six
roars nhl, thc only daughter of Si
non Tilsworth, of Milford, I'ike
?oiinty, Da., Hv :i second wife, was
old liy her father for *l lo Dov. \V.
,'. Ncl?, pastor of tho .Methodist
episcopal church, last Wed nest lay.
l'Ile Hither rclinquislieil nil rights
iud claim to the child. Au instru
neut in writing was drawn up ami
??riled hy thc coiilraclinjr parties,
iud the custody of l?essie was trans
erred to Mr. N'ei?.
THIS?
Dents, ,
it Standard Pri
U them to
-AXE SHO
lids of Footwear sold fror
goods. 1 am overstocked
y__C. V
DISPENSARY PR0FI1F
Tlic New Law Will Give Iowas and Coun
ties More Money.
Tho now dispensary law weat into
practical operation last week. So
far ns tho operation ol' it is concerned,
lhere is no visible difference between
tho old and the new law.
Assuming that tho business will ho
equal this year to what it was last,
the counties and cities will derive
much moro pecuniary benefit from
its operations. It is now provided :
that Kl per cent of the profits shall 1
go to tho State ?un? the remainder!
to the counties and cities. Ninety
per cent will be divided between thc j
cities and the county.
Dispensary oflioials look for even'
a bigger business this year. The
publie schools will not get as much
as formerly. This fund was so di
vided that counties which bad no
dispensaries gol tho benefit of thc
fund. There was always objection
lo this, as it was contended that I
these counties which bad the trou
ble and expense of providing police
where dispensaries were established,
should have ?ill the profits.
The actual amount of money to ho
received, however, depends upon
the pri?e of liquor and in the calcu
lations it is presumed that tho prices
will be the saine ns now prevail.
Eight Hundred British Killed.
A dispatch from London says:!
[.ord Roberts' list of li? killed ?indi
wounded officers, including two
generals, in the engagements up to
Sunday evening, february I Xiii,
causes anxiety, especially as in the
tflicers' list. Neither the losses of
Lhc Welsh and risse x regiments, nor
those ol' the mounted infantry are
included. This is about the number
that fell ?it Colenso, where the non
commissioned ollieers mid men
brought the total to 800.
It is considered strange that when
tending his casualties, I.ord linnells
gives no information as to thc result
d' the lighting. If he bas sent ruell
i report the war oflice is withhold
ing if. lt is estimated that the o 111
.ers ?iud men killed ?nu) wounded
will number ?it least SOO.
That Fin-do-sioclc Query.
That much mooted question whe
ller :i new century began willi .lanu
u v I, this year or .lanunry I, 1001, j
?till sticks unsolved in the craw ol !
nany people. A solution of thc pro
?lem can bc found in Webster's In-j
crnational dictionary which gives j
his explicit definition of the word
"iiturv :
"Century is the reckoning of time,
iltliougli often used in a general
vay of any scries of a hundred oon
leculivc years (as a century of lem
icrancc work), usually signifies a
livision of the Christ ia ii era, con
listing of a period of hui years ond
ng with the hundredth year from
vliieh it is named ; ?is, thu first cou
ll ry (A. I). 1-00, inclusive); the sev
.nth < tnt my (A. I >. OtM-700) ; thc
lighteenlli century (A. 1). 1701
HOti)."
The authority of such a personage
is l'io?. W. II. M. Christie, the ils
ronomer I ?oyal of langland, is con
?doled by the Chicago Tribune as
milicien! iii settle the question. That
oumul wrote the prosessor whose
inswcr was substantially the same as
jiven 1 Webster's. So we aro not
s yet living in the twentieth cen
II rv.
free of Charge.
Any ad ult sn Hering from a cold set I led
m Hie lucas), bronchitis, throat or !nng
roubles of any nat nie who will call ai .1.
I. Darby's will be presented with a
?imple hollie ol' I loschen's (?crinan
iv rup, free ?if charge. Only one bottle
iveii lo one person, ?uni none toehildren
vithoul order from parents.
No throat or lung remedy over had
Heb a sab- as IJoschec's (?crinan Svmp
ii all pails nf Hie civilized world.
Twenty years ?go millions of hollies
reit- given away, and your druggist, will
ell you its success was mai vidons, lt is
cally Hie only Throat and laing Remedy
generally endorsed by physicians. One
."? cent bot Ile will cure or prove its value,
nih) by dealers in all civilized countries
A crank pin is the big diamond
vorn in the negligee shirl front.
Ils at 5 Cents
n any market.
and must unload.
V. BAUKNICHT.
i
i National Populist Convention.
TIH> next National Convention of
tho Populist party will bo held in
Sioux Fulls, S. 1)., on May il. Pop
rosontation is baaed on the vote for
(Jen. J, Ii. Weaver for President in
1802, or if any candidate for State
ofliocs has since polled a larger vote
that vote shall ho the basis. Two
delegates at large are given each
Slate.
This was thc d?cision reached in a
somewhat extended hut harmonious
meeting of tho fusion wing of the
National Committee, which con
cluded last Tuesday. The feature
of the meeting was tho unanimity
with which the members accepted
and endorsed tho declaration of
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, that W.
J. Brynn would bc thc candidate of
both the Populist and D?mocratie
parties, and the coupling with his
name that of Judge Henry Caldwell,
of Arkansas, as the logical and most
promising Vice Presidential possi
bility.
The bolting Populists have issued
ntl address to the Populist and lude- j
pendent voters of the Putted States, i
(.ailing a convention in Cincinnati in
thc second week of .May.
Japanese, at Vancouver, 1>. C., j
have organized a corps which has j
offered its services to thc liritish j
government to fight against, the
New (
. . . al
The Niel*
I have sold my i]
of goods and busin
ducted by me at the
In the future I can be
Stand, two doors
where I will have a
ing, Shoes, Hats, (
Goods, etc.
TH KSK HOODS WI I.I. UK KltKSII A
Old) STOCK i:
Call and sec inc and I will treat you r
you want to huy or not,
ItoHpec
CASH BARG.
LOUIS BLOOr
"llloom Kidls lt Tor Loss."
Big Lumber Corni) ic. s
An associai iou of banking houses I
n New York and London is said lo '
KI interested in n new combination .
i i
lesigned to control thc entire lum- L
>er business ol' North Carolina, lt i
s proposed io unite seven different ' '
?oinpanies, who own about four bill- j
on feet of lumber and control about
lix hundred miles ol' railroad. Their
mw mill capacity is one million, live,
mildred thousand feel a day, and
hey have large phning mills and
lo.v factories.
Together they sell about SI) ncl
ient of all the Noi l li Carolina pine
lisl i dulled, Ihe total out put hoing
ibout six hundred million feet ni
.car. The tangible assets of these!
even laree companies are estimated ;
d $'.?1,000,000, and it is proposed lo
.apituli/e them at $'28,000,000, upon
vhich il is expected that dividends
.an Le earned through thc economics j
?f consol ida! ion.
The Mormons have been holding
I
i Convention in South Carolina,
.'ort y elders met in the Capital of
he State. They arc ceaseless in
heir activity, bul us yet have made
ml little progress except among thc
noni ignorant.
IMPERIALIST IO THE CORE.
W. H. C." STANDS FIRMLY FOR EXPAN
SION AND IMPERIALISM.
luo mm nu mum. ?UUI?I
Ihoir Islands than tho American Indians Had
to this Country -An Able Paper.
CllAUl.KHTON, February 2(1.-Kditors
Courior; I was pleased to read, io tbo
papers of lato dato, tho broad, cnlight
onod and statesman like views of Senator
McLaurin, in regard to our Asinti? posses
sions, and little influence as 1 may have,
it is willingly given to encourage and sup
port bim in Hu- position be bas taken. Ile
is not disposed to regiert nor fail to take
Advantage of "om grand opportunity of
extending our commerce, inlluenco and
civilization," ami 1 believe tho people
will sustain bim when they are properly
informed, lt may be an attempt will be
made to read him out of tho D?mocratie
party, but. in regard to expansion or
annexation of territory, ho stands ex
actly where that party has always stood
and where they have been opposed by
the Republicans. Tho acquisition of ter
ritory in tho Weat was bitlorly opposed
by the Republicans, v. ho denounced it as
dangerous and worthless. Daniel Web
ster, in ins opposition, declared that Cali
fornia was not worth a dollar.
Heginning with the purchase of Louis
iana tho Democrats have been expansion
?is and have added immensely to tho
wealth and pewer of the republic. What
has caused the same policy when adopted
by Republicans to be fraught with dan
gin' and unconstitutional? If unconsti
tutional, it would seem that tho Demo
crats are barred from that plea. Hut
there is nothing whatever in the Consti
tution of tho t'nite?! Slates to prc vont
them from acquiring and holding terri
tory which they have ol) tai nod hy pur
chase or conquest.
How holding and governing n w terri
tory is inconsistent with republican in
stitutions and runs into imperialism is
not readily percoive?l and has never
heforo been pretended. We belong to a
liberty-loving people, a race which has
built up in (treat Britain the noblest
institutions and freest government on
the face of the cart li; and her people are
better protected in life, liberty and pro
pel t,y than any others, in spite of her
imperialism. We are their kinsmen and
will preservo our riglils ami liberties.
.Inst what is meant hy "imperialism,"
vs now used in this country, 1 am at
doods
i Stand !
iterest in the stock
ess formerly con
Ritter store room.
) found at tho Nield
east of Postoi?ice,
, full line of Cloth
jrents' Furnishing
ND NKW NOT AN AHTICI.K ul-'
S' TI IK LOT.
i>;ht. Will he glad t?> see you whether
(fully,
AJN STORE,
1, Proprietor.
onie loss to know. It is a common trick
if demagogues to apply ugly names to
irnjudico tho unthinking ami ignorant.
Ve all know whnl an inlluence words
lave. Caricature a handsome face and
t appears ludicrous, and call a man by
mino absurd nanto and it holds him up
o ridicule. Deceptive words blind the
ninds of even fair-minded men, and so,
take il, this word "imperialism" is
ised to deceive, excite prejudice and
mike odious a thing against which ren
ou ami argument are waining.
?Expansion has proved of incalculable
'allie heretofore, and why should il not
in still for tho best interests of the
vindo country? Wido dominion ex pan
iou, the heirdom of the world, pushing
he people til the ends .' tho earth was
great blessing promised Israel, and thal
dossing is ours. Wo have come into
lossession of islands which, under tho
onfroi of our government, will develop
ufo Hie gardon spots of Hie (suth and
dil enormously to om greatnoss and
lory, ami more (han compensate tor tho
reasures expended in acquiring Hiern,
rho South is particularly in torea tod, for
hey will open a splendid market for all
hat wc produce. Cuba and Porto Itico
re al our door ready to pour (heir riches
iilo our lap, ami when controlled hy
vii ito pooplo will be in sympathy with
ml have common interests willi th?;
louth. To abandon Hiern would he
oolishness.
Our commerce with Asia must grow to
.asl. proportions. Wo are nearer that
.outillent than HM? other groat commor
.ial nations; ami with the great I'aciih
ocean, wlioro wo uro without a rivai, at
on:- command, there ?8 no estimating tho
proportions our commerce may reaoh,
and this greatly cullane s tho valu? of
tho Philippine Inland? to tho United
States.
It would ho unwise and ruinous to
admit tho negroes and mongrels of theirn
islands to tho rights and privileges of
American citizenship, and tho oxporiouco
of the Southern States would suroly pro
vont our government from such a wickod
course. It is absurd to BUppoSO tho
inferior races of thcHO islands capablo of
civilized govornmont, and for tho United
States to loavo tho whito inhabitants to
bo governed by tho black and yollow
masses would bo unmitigated barbarity.
Theso races havo no moro right to tho
lands they occupy than tho American
Indians had to this great continent, dod
never intended these rich and beautiful
islands to bo undeveloped and unculti
vated in possession of the present major
ity. Ile made them to ho useful and ii
blessing to the world, and that thoy can
not bo until controlled by the Caucasian.
Tho objection that a largo army and
navy woe.ld ho needed to preservo thoso
possessions is a mere assumption, and if
true would bc without force. Tho United
States aro a great people and should bo
proparod to oxerciso a controlling influ
ence in tho al?airs of nations. There is
au altruism of nations as well ns of indi
viduals, and they aro alike hound to do
good according to ability and opportu
nity. Tho United States have tho wealth
and powor and should uso them wherever
civilization, civil and religious liberty
and the general welfare of tho world can
he promoted. A nation cannot exist for
self any more than an individual.
1 havo always been a Democrat, but if
Hie Democratic party abandon their for
mer polioy of annexation ami go beforo
tho country on the issue they call anti
expansion and anti-imperialism, thoy
will bo overwhelmingly defeated, and
might to be. w. If, c.
Since writing thc abovo I havo soon
something of the speeches before tho
New York Hoard of Trade, and mako
tho following extract from ono hy Sena
tor Perkins, of California-tho Stato
which Mr. Webster said was worthless:
"For fifty years California has looked
eastward over tho mountains and deserts
of the interior of the continent, for east
ward ran the linos of trade. In futuro
sho will also look westward over tho
broad Pacific, for westward will thc fu
ture lines of trade bo run. Tho United
States havo been made known to 500,
(HK),(MK? of Asiatics through Dewey's
Runs, and the American Hag han been
planted almost within sight of tho
Asiatic coast. Through Manila wo havo
been put in touch with half a billion
nf people, for a share of WIIORO trade tho
great nations of the earth aro striving.
Steam and electricity have broken down
the barriers between nations and havo
made the world very small. Tho United
States can no longer isolate itself unless
it desires lo enter upon a period of decay.
iVe are in Hie midst of a world-struggle
ill which the littest will survive, for chat
great rule applies as well to nations as
o thc individuals of whom they aro
;om posed.
"Hut California is not tho only Stato
oohing ilium the Pacific which hails
.villi joy tho new ora. Oregon and Wash
ngton, and Ibo great Torritoiy of
\laska, parts of territory once under
orcigtl rule, aro ready for the new life.
Iiiin varied resources, whoso ellar
ictcr and extent are hardly real
zed, they have before thom a
future of gio* h and prosperity
.vhich will surprise the world.
The vast riches of the mines, of the for
ints and of tho soil will bc developed and i
nade to contribute to tho common
ivoalth. The harbors will bo lilied with
?hipping and tho products of tho Orient
A'ill bo brought to their doors.
"Tho same enterprise and cnorgy
.vhich made California what it is will bo
diown throughout Hm vast region which
sweeps up toward tho North Pole, and
Westward towards tho shores of Asia.
That coast, lino of thousands of miles
.viii exhibit evidences of a new growth
>f commerce. The wheat grown in tho
groat valleys, thc. timber cut from the
Forests, and Um gold washed from tho
ianda on the shores of tho sea and rivers,
?Ivo hut a faint, idea of the wealth of
his vast region."
Such speeches as this ami that of Sena
or Beveridge in the United Stato Son
ito ought to he scattered broad cast.
iver the land. w, ll, is.
fis Your nair
Turning Gray?
Just romemhor timi gray hair will
nover bocomo darker without help.
Ayer's
Hair Vigor
fi will bring hack to your hair tho color
U? of youth. It novor fails.
? It cloanaon tho nridp niuo, nnd
I prevents tho formation of dandruff,
jj lt foods and nouriahen tho bulbil of
I tho hair, making thom produco a
I luxuriant growth. It stops tho hair
I from falling out, and gives it a fino,
I soft finish.
il.00 a bottle. At all .1riig?nu.
H rf you dei not obtain nil Um tionnfltn
fl yon cii.nor.l from tim mo of tho Vigor,
? wrlto tho doctor about lt.
/ AddroM, lm.J.e. AVKII,
i Lowell, MAIS.
Master-"White, this is an exam?
?dc in subtraction. Soven hoys went
town to a pond lo bathe, but two of
.hem had been told not to go into
thc water. Now, can you tell mo
low many went in?" All the Class
-??Vos, sir. Seven."
BRIEF BUT IMPORTANT.
A Fowol tho Short Acts Passod by ?ho Recont
Session of tho General Assombly.
An Act making it unlawful for any
municipal officer to make a con
tract for work for tho muncipal
corporation of which he in an offi
cer, and to provide a penalty for
violation? of thin Act.
Section 1. He it enacted hy Ute
General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina, That from and after
the passage of tins Act no municipal
officer shall take a contract to per
form work or furnish material for the
municipal corporation of winch he
is an officer, and no such officer shall
receive any compensation on any
contract for said purpose : Provided,
that in cities of over .'{0,000 inhabi
tants sueli contracts may bo allowed
by the unamious vote of city council
upon eacli specific contract, such
vote to lie taken by yeas and nays,
ind entered upon council's journal.
Section 2. That any person viola
ting thc provisions of this act shall
ie guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished
jy linc or imprisonment, in tho dis
iretion of the Court before whom
inch conviction is had.
Approved February 17, 1000.
\n Act to regulate thc granting of
hail by magistrates.
Section 1. 15c it enacted by the
jJoneral Assembly of the State of
South Carolina, That from and after
lie approval of this Act, when any
nagistrate commits a party to jnil
"or a bailable offence, such magis
trate shall state on commitment tho
imount of recognizance required,
ipon entering into which the party
ihall be released from custody, and
ipon entering unto snell recognizance
jefore any magistrate, or the Clerk of
.he Court of the County, such party
shall bo released from custody.
Section '2. Any magistrate, or thc
Jlerk of Court of the county ip which
,hc party is imprisoned, when de
manded by such party, shall take the
.ecoi?ni/.ance without extra compon
lation.
Appro veil February 17, 1900.
\n Act to prevent the spread of for
est fires.
Section 1. He it enacted by the
?enmal Assembly of tho State of
?^outli Carolina, That in ease of for
>st fires occurring in any county it
shall be the duty of every member
>f the township boards of assessors,
n whose township the fire occurs,
,o immediately call out, through a
vainer appointed by him, as many
lersons as they may deem necessary,
lubject to road duty, for the purpose
jf extinguishing such fires.
Section ii. That any person rofus
ng to obey such call immediately
ipon notice shall lie subject to the
tame penalties as now provided in
iases of refusals to work upon the
midie roads.
Section 1'crsons so wai ned and
vorking as provided in Section 2 of
.his Act shall have the time ho has
io labored deducted from the time
ie is required by law to labor on
inblic roads.
Approved February 0, 1000.
An Act to regulate the expenses of
examining lunatics and conveying
them to the State Hospital for the
Insane.
Section I. lie it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State o?
South Carolina, That the county
man?s of commissioners for thc seve
ral counties in this Stale bo, and
.hey are hereby, authorized and ein
lowerod to fix the compensation,
marges and expenses to bo paid and
ncurred in the examination of luna
,ics, and in conveying them to the
Hate Hospital for tho Insano, and to
unlit and pay claims therefor :
Provided, that the same shall not be
greater than now allowed by law,
md that no claim for conveying
unatics to tho State Hospital for
.he Insane, in excess of tho actual
md necessary expenses incurred in
Icing so, shall be audited and paid.
Approved February 0, 1000.
Twelve pounds is the weight of
ho new automatic, machino gun
uuler experiment in the H juted
Hates army. It fires 450 shots ,
ninute, and can bo carried hy one
nan.
lirious and wholesome
MR CO., MEW YORK._
Stony Point Paragraphs.
STONY POINT, february 21.
(Delayed in transmission.)-Kev. G.
F. Fuller is touching at this place.
Ho lias a good school.
Tlie infant of Mr. and M's. J. J.
Cox died last week.
Mr, J. F. Lyles is repairing Iiis
dwelling.
Mr. Jim Hutt lias moved to Dr.
Walker's plantation.
Mr. John Whitfield, of Georgia,
lias been on a visit to f-iends in tho
Hrasslown section. Ile says Unit
thc people in UHR section need more
religion.
Mr. S. M. Hutt lost Iiis turkeys
last week. At night he was raising
Cain about and tho bedstead fell
with him.
Mr. J. M. Moore has the lumber
ready to build himself a new house.
Mr. John Phillips is building a
new residence.
Mr. W. M. Roach lias been very
sick.
Mr. Chapman is sawing shingles
on Grier's creek for Mr. (). I. Wal
ker.
Mr. S. ..I. Hutt recently traded for
a line mare.
Mr. M. F. Holmes recently moved
on S. M. Butt's place. Ile will farm
with Mr. Hutt this year.
The water courses lia ve been very
high in this section. Much damage
was done to roads and bridges.
Mr. Moore arrested Turner Smith
and carried him lo Walhalla last
Monday.
Thc hickory willis in this section
are prepared for the Mormons.
A. M. ACORN.
Federation of Woman's Chilis.
Fd i tors Courier: Nono of us, I fear,
fully appreciate, the work dono in our
Slate hy the Federation of Woman's
Clubs.
Mrs. M. W. Colonial!, of .Seneca, at
tends to the sonding out of libraries in
Oconco county. She has th roo or moro
at work already.
Who can estimate, i ho results of this
noble work'.' No greater power for good
can bo put into any community than a
library of sound hooks. How quickly
wo distinguish botwoou a well-read por
son and one who is not.
Mrs. Coleman has recently sent a
library to the Pino (Hove community, in
caro of Miss Lizzie Hruee. We Hunk
she could not have made a botter (dioico.
Miss Hrucc has a lino education and ia
altogether a brilliant young lady. No
one eau come in touch with her and not
realize that sho lias a wonderful intel
lect. She finished school at (J reen ville
Female College last spring, which is no
mean thine;; and 1 have il from a rcspon
Bible source that she is one of the
brightest girls Hint ever attended school
there, Hosnies this Miss Hrueo has au
exceptionally pretty face and very amia
ble manners, which make her a favorite
in any circle, capable ol' what true cul
ture means. Her community may well
he proud of he?' and feel grateful for tho
valuable time ? .c is gratuitously giving
them. *?*
Fobruary UT, llKMl.
Loans lo Counties.
For thc information of the various
counties desiring to make loans,
State Treasurer \V. II. Timmorman,
who is also Secretary of tho Com
missioners of tho Sinking Fund, au
thorizes the statement that any
county in thc State may at once ap
ply for and obtain loans from the
Corni lissioners of the Sinking Fund
to tin extent of one-half of thc esti
mated proceeds of said (.(.tully's fax
levy for "ordinary county purposes."
These loans, under tho law, aro
being now made upon joint otlicial
note of the County Treasurer and
County Supervisor, bearing h per
cent interest, payable one year from
date, and giving a fust lien mi the
whole of the ordinary county levy.
Skull Crushed With an Axe.
LaF? 'cite I lorkins, living in tho
eastern part of Kabuli county, (?a.,
was fatally wounded hy Thomas
Hleekley last .Monday night a week
ago. The wounds wore inflicted
with the poll nf an axe in the back
of the head and it is said Dockins
cannot recover. The cause of the
difficulty cannot bo fully ascertained.
There is a woman in the case,
"Charlie Youngpop's baby is be
ginning to talk now." "Has Charlie
been boring you with stories about
it?" "No, but I sat near him at tho
lunch counter to-day, and I heard
him say absentmindedly to the wai
ter girl : "1 Minino a ?inky watter,
please.' "
