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5? made at reduced raies.
A? eommtttiic&ions which ?ubserve private
"sierests w\ii be charged forasadvert?ementa.
Obituaries and tribute? of respects will be
charged for. >
DSffT tEILIZE THEIR BLESSINGS.
People ?f Oconee Csunty Boycot
fkr? Local Telephons Company
Because Rates Have Been
Increased fro? $12 to
$18 a Year .
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Anderson, March L-There is con?
siderable dissatisfaction among the
.subscribers of the Oconee Telephone
company, which controls the ex?
changes at Walhalla, Westminster,
Seneca and Pendleton, and it is very
probable that local companies will be
organized at each- of those points.
The Oconee company recently raised
their rates, and many of the subscrib?
ers have had their 'phones taken out,
declaring that they, will do without
the service rather than pay the rates
demanded. * The price of ser?
vice has. been raised $6 per year,
making residence 'phones with the
ont of town* connection cost $18, or
the city service $12, while heretofore
the rate has been $12 for all the ser?
vice. The business 'phones hereto?
fore cost only $18 fer ali the connec?
tions, and the rates have beeirincreas
ed to $24 per year, and anyone wish?
ing the Bell service can have the same
; furnished at the rate of $36 per year,
with all the connections that can be
obtained thrfcngh the regular exchanges'
of^he Oconee Telephone company, and
in addition ? tbe lines to Highlands,
Cashier's Vlaley, Horse Cove, Whit
mire's and Russell's.
Origin of Baltimore Fire.
Baltimore, March 16.- The speeial
commission named by local insurance
people appointed to inquire into the
origin of the late fire here, has formu?
lated its "report. They find in
substance that the fire originated from
outside causes in the John E. Hurst
v company's building. The. electric
switches were cut off, the flow of gas
was cut off at the met?is and the fires
in the boxes of the boilers were shown
to haye been drawn before the blaze
started^ It is the theory of the com?
mission that a lighted cigarette or
cigar must have ignited inflammable
material in the cellar which smoulder?
ed until the firemen discovered the
smoke and began work. It is suggest?
ed that the opening of the doors caused
a vent for the flames.
Damage Suits.
"There xs no better or .quicker way
for the impecunious to get money in
considerable quantities without con?
sideration than by suing for damages
on every and any occasion where they
see an opportunity to fleece those who
have money. The slightest slip-up
in the speech or the slightest delin?
quency on the part of corporators or
individual manuafcturers or propriet?
ors becomes the basis of a suit at law
for damages, and the man who could
not ia his whole lifetime make $20,
030 wants that much for being slightly
injured by some alleged negligence of
others.'Montgomery Messenger.
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Costly Sanitation at Panama.
Wash insten, March 16.-The house
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce today further heard Prot
Wm. H. Barron tbe question of sanita?
tion of the Panama canal route. The
works of sanitation would be chiefly
the construction of waterworks and
a sewerage system for the cities of
Panama and Onion and the drainage
of the districts between those cities.
He estiamtes the cost at $2,000,000.
The completiou ol the canal, he said,
could be accomplished in eight or nine
yeax*..'
Another Pension STUB.
Washington, March 16.-Commis?
sioner of Pensions Ware, with the ap?
proval of Secretary Hitchcock, today
promulgated the most important pen?
sion ruling that has been issued in a
* long time, lt directe that beginning
ApriH3 next* if the?* is B#centrary
evidence and all other legal aguiements
have been met, claimants for pension
under the general act of June 27, 1890,
who are over 62 years old shall be con?
sidered as disabled ose half inability
to perform manuel labor and shall be
entitled to $6 a month, over 65 years
to $8 ; over 68 years to $10 and over
70 to $12. the usual allowances at
higher rates continuing for disabilities
other than age. The order will not be
retroactive. . ,
Pneumonia May Be Prevented.
If a cold lingers, there is danger of
pneumonia, li la grippe leaves the langs
in an inflamed condition, there ia great
(?anger of pneumonia. Prevent this fatal
disease by using Rydsle's Elixir ; it cures
colds quickly and leaves the throat and
lungs sound. It is the best remedy for
thst peculiar inflamed condition of the
: nr.gs that so frequently follows la grippe.
This modern scientific throat and lung
r< m edy is a safe remedy for young and
o-d. in ali threat and lung diseases. All
dealers. j
ANOTHER RUSSIAN
WARSHIP BLOWN OP.
Their Mines in Port Arthur Harbor
Dangerous Only to Russians.
Torpedo Boat Destroyer Sunk and
Entire Crew, Save Four, Drown?
ed by Explosion of Mine.
Missionaries in Corea Foolishly Decline
to Leave Scene of War While They
May-Russian Officer Shot for
Acting as Spy for Rossi ans.
London, March 17.-A Renter News
Agency telegram from Chefoo reports
that the Russian torpedo boat de?
stroyer Skori was biown np in Port
Arhnr harbor yeserday by a displaced
floating mine. The boat was utterly
destroyed and sack immediately, only
four members of the crew being saved.
MISSIONARIES WARNED TO
LEAVE.
Washintgon, March 16.-United
States Minister Allen cabled the state
department from Seoul, under today's
date, that the Cincinnati arrived yes?
terday at Chemulpo with 23 Americans
from Chinanspo. The minister an?
nounced that the missionaries in the
neighborhood of Ping YangThad refus?
ed to send their women and children
aboard the . Cincinnati, where they
could be taken to a place of safety.
The state department has made it
clear to the missionary representa?
tives in this eountry that in the case
of actual war it cannot undertake to
employ the United States army and
navy in expeditions into the interior
of a country which is the scene of war.
If the missionaries remain after a
proper warning the Unitedy States
government cannot remove them, and
they must take their chances with
other civilians. Commander Mason of
the Cincinnati notified the navy de?
partment today that he had taken the
23 American refugees to Chefoo.
SUSSIASPS TO INVADE COREA.
Paris, March 16.- The Temps corres?
pondent afc St. Petersburg asserts that
a Russian army corps is deseoending
from Vladivostock toward Corea. He
adds that Port Arthur has a garrison
of 30,000 men and is provisioned for a
year.'
The Russian ministry of marine, The
Temps' correspondent further asserts,
claims that Japan's losses since the
opening of thb war are four cruisers
and five torpedo boat .destroyers, and
the machinery of a 10,000 ton battle?
ship seriously injured.
The correspondent- conlcudes his
dispatch with asserting that the con?
centration of Russian troops at Muk?
den and Harbin is considered as
terminating the danger from a Japa?
nese landing in the notherrn part of
the bay of Corea.
RUSSIAN TRAITOR SHOT.
St. Petersburg March 16.-Capt.
Ivkov of the Manchurian commissariat
service has been summarily courtmar
tialed and shot for acting as a spy in
the pay of the Japanese. When arrest?
ed pn suspicion of espionage documents
found in ivkov's possession lsft no
doubt of the truth of the charges that
ha had long been revealing military
secrets to the Japanese. The tragic
story became public through a simple
announcement in the army organ to?
day that Ivkov had been excluded from
the service.
JAPS HAVE THREE ARMIES.
Paris, Masch 17.-The Tokio cor?
respondent of Matin sends his informa?
tion, which he says comes from reliable
authority, concerning the Japanese
situation up to March 10 :
"The first army of 70,000 troops
under Gen. Kuroki occupies northern
Corea. The brigade landed at Gensan
forms a part ot the second army of
similar strength. The mobilization of
the late, had been completed and the
troops will sail shortly for an un?
known destination. The mobilization
of the third army began on March 7."
STARK IS RELIEVED.
St. Petersburg, March 16.-Official
orders were published today relieving
Vice Admiral Stark from the com?
mand of the Port Arthur division of
the navy, ostensibly on account of
illness. No successor will be appoint?
ed, Vice Admiral Makaroff having
determined to serve as squadron com?
mander as well as commander in chief
of the entire Russian naval force in
the far east.
?OREANS BELLIGERENTS.
Seoul, March 16.-The Corean su?
perintendent of trade at Kyong-Hung,
os the Turnen river, has received a
note from the general in command at
Vladivostock saying that since Corea
bas joined Japan, Russia considers
Corea as belligerent and will act ac?
cordingly.
Thousands of Corean troops at Seoul
will be sent to the north next week.
The Japanese have ascetained defi?
nitely that a strong force of Russian
field artillery is on the north bank of
the Yalu river and that earthworks
have been thrown up. Advices from
Chou-Ju, a town northwest of An ju,
say that the people are in a state of
panic owing to the treatment of
women and the seizing of grain by
Russians.
SAW TWO DAMAGED SHIPS.
Port Arthur, March 16.-Another
passenger of the steamer Arguu, cap?
tured by the Japanese off the coast of
Corea Feb. 7, and taken to Sase bo,
who returned here yesterday, declares
that he saw two damaged warships
towed into Nagasaki Feb. 26, one be?
ing the Asuma(?) and the other a
cruiser, said to be a flagship, hav?
ing a heavy list.
London, March 18.-The correspond?
ent of The Daily Mail at Chefoo, who
has just visited Chinampo, Corea,
says:
"On the way to Chemulpo we passed
a constant succession of Japanese
transports. Three thousand Japanese
landed at Chemulpo at the end of last
week."
Th? correspondent adds that the Rus?
sians are retreating across the Yalu
river before the advance of the Japa?
nese outposts.
The Daily Mail's Wei Hai Wei cor?
respondent learns that Viscount Aoke,
formerly Japanese minister to Ger?
many, is going to Seoul to establish
practically a Japanese administration
for Corea.
Under date of March 17 the Chefoo
correspondent of The Standard reports
that provision trains are arriving
hourly at Port Arthur, the railway be?
ing, intact.
The Daily Telegraph's Tokio corres?
pondent, cabling March 17 asserts that
the Russian fleet has returned to Port
Arthur. If this is correct, the corres?
pondent adds, it is evident from Rear
Admiral Baron von Stackelberg's re?
port that the Russian cruisers which
left Vladivostock returned to that
port -without an attempt having been
made to unite the fleets, or if an
attempt was made it was unsuccessful.
The Chefoo correspondent of the
Paris edition of the New York Herald
cabling under yesterday's date asserts
that a portion of the Russian fleet
made several cruises within a radius
of 50 miles of Port Arthur without
finding any trace of the enemy.
The foregoing dispatches are the
only additional items of news appear?
ing in the London newspapers his
morning, with the exception of vague
rumors of alleged movements of the
opposing forces in the vicinity of the
Yalu river.
London, March 19, 1.30 p. m.-A
Renter News Agency telegram from
Chefoo reports that fighting between
Russians and Japanese on the banks
of the Yalu river has begun, but nc
trustworthy reports giving details
and results of the conflict have yet
reached that place. The Russians
claim to have made prsioners of 1,800
Japanese who were surrounded and
forced to surrender after a fierce fight.
London, March 19.-Again there is
no news from the far east printed in
this morning's papers, with the ex?
ception of vague rumors of unsuccess?
ful attempts of the Port Arthur and
; Vladivostock fleets to join hands.
The Standard's Tien Tsin correspon?
dent says that Pani Lessar, Russian
minister to China, has renewed his
protest against-the dispatch of Chinese
forces outside the Great Wall, and in?
timated that unless they are with?
drawn Russia may be compelled to -'act
on the assumption that China is aban?
doning her neutrality in favor of
Japan. The minister is also reported
to have renewed his threat that on
the slightest movement on China's
part, Russian troops will march on
Pekin. It is understood that in reply
to this, the correspondent adds, China
refused to recall her troops.
The New Chwang correspondent of
the Times, cebling under yesterday's
date, asserts that there are no Japan?
ese north of the Yalu River, and thai
not any of their scouts have been seen
there since the beginning of March.
On the other hand, the correspondent
says, the Russians are reported to
have crossed to the south, leaving a
small force to guard the river.
FLEET LEFT VLADIVOSTOCK.
Paris, March 19.- The Petit Paris
ien's St. Petersburg correspondent ca?
bles as follows :
"I learn from a sure source that the
Russian Vladivostock squadron has left
port. The officials absolutely refuse
to discuss the destination of the squad?
ron. Seventy-two hours have passed
since the ships left Vladivostock"
THE SKORI MAY BE SAFE.
St. Petersburg, March 18.-The ad?
miralty has no confirmation of the re?
ported loss of the torpedo boat destroy?
er Skori off Port Arthur.
THE VICEROY TO THE EMPEROR,
St. Petersburg, March 18.-Under
today's date. Viceroy A lexi eff cables to
the Emperor from Mukden, as follows :
"Gen. Mishtchento reports that Ping
Yang is occupied by Japanese infantry
with some guns, and that Corean carts
are carrying their supplies. The cav?
alry is not visible in large bodies and
only isolated horsemen are seen.
Their horses are poor.
"Our patrols discovered the presence
of the enemy's infantry on the banks
of the Cheng Cheng river, five ve rets
(about 3 1-3 miles) from An ju. The
enemy opened fire, and killed one of
our horses."
Disastrous Forest Fires.
Columbia, March 19.-Forest fires
are raging around Columbia, doing
enormous damage to the property of
land owners, and destroying hundreds
of feet of valuable timber. The fires
are on the lines of the Seaboard and
Southern roads and are supposed to
have been started by sparks from the
engines, although it is regarded as a
little .peculiar that all of them should
have started at once.
On the Seaboard the fire started abont
March ll, and has gone all through
the counties of Kershaw, Richland and
Lexington. In Kershaw the fire has
spread toward the north, and a pas?
senger on the south-bound train this
morning stated that the fanners all
along the line were fighting the spread
of the flames. On the Southern, the
fires are along the Charlotte road be?
tween Blythewood and Columbia, hav?
ing started about the lOtb, but so far
no damage has been done the road's
property. An attorney for one of the
roads thia morning said that this
meant a large number of damage suits
would be filed against the roads in the
various counties through which the
roads passed.
R. R. Woodside, second hand io the
weave room of the Saxon mill, Spar
tanburg, was seriously stabbed Thurs?
day afternoon by Will Berry, a former
employe of the weave room, but who
at the time of the difficulty had no
business in the mill.
FRUIT CROP IS SAFE.
But the Boy With the Gun is Get
ting in His Deadly Work on
the Farmers Bird Friends.
Section Director J. W. B?usr Comments
In an Interesting Way the
Two Subjects.
In the opinion of Mr. J. W. Baner,
the section director, the frosts of this
week did no damage whatever to the
coming peach crops here or anywhere
else in the State, with the possible
exception of Edgefield connty, where
ice formation- of the 11th possibly
destroyed some of the earlier varieties
wh*ck bloom early. The ' March cold
periods have not been severe enough
to injure the most delicate vegetables.
The danger of freezes is not yet
over, however, though there is no
ground for any great alarm for the
future in this section-so far as tem?
perature is concerned. The freeze
which occurred late in March, 1894,
and which practically wiped out the
orange and pineapple business in
Florida, was an extraordinary occur?
rence which may not be expected to
come again in a quarter of a century
or longer, if it ever comes again. The
general outlook for a full crop of all
kinds of fruit in this section is favor?
able so far. What the insects will do
for these crops later, however, is a
matter that cannot be foretold.
"Insects," said Mr. Baaer, "are the
greatest of the farmer's enemies
worms, grubs and scale insects of va?
rious kinds. This condition may be
said to be due to the steadily increas?
ing prevalence of the small boy with
the gun. These boys who are out
shooting robins ought to be spanked
every one of them. Every robin they
kill is worth from $5 to $10 in the
number of insects it would destroy if
allowed to live. I mention the robin
particularly because he is above all
others an insect:verous bird, though
of course all birds are more or less so.
Birds are, therefore, the farmer's best
.friends, . and unless more effective
means are adopted by the legislature
to protect them and encourage their
propagation the insects will become
increasingly victorious in their war
on the growing crops.
"If the birds had been let alone in
the last decade there, would be enough
of them here now to hold the army of
insects in check. Nature is amply
able to take care of herself. She has
provided birds to hold these insects in
check. To see people interfere with
the scheme of nature with their eyes
wide open and then to mourn over the
consequences is one of the most
pathetic sights I know of."
Reverting to the appearance of frost
this week, Mr. Bauer said that the
freezing condition bad not held an
hour and could not have harmed any?
thing. Even as delicate a fruit as the
banana could stand a temperature of
30 degrees over an hour without in?
jury, and the lemon could, see the
banana one' better both as to time and
degree of low temperature.
Mr. Bauer was asked why it is that
forest growth as well as fruit trees are
not killed outright by these pro?
tracted freezes such as occur, for in?
stance, at points as far south as North
Carolina, where temperature of 20
degreess below zero is not unknown.
"That such disasters do not occur,"
Mr. Bauer, answered, "is due- to the
wise provision of nature that there is
then no active sap in the trees. Yes,
on cutting into the tree at that time
you will see the ice ingrained as it
were into the very fibre of the wood,
but there is then nothing there but
the wood itself scarcely. If such a
freeze occurred when the sap was act?
ive death would follow. Several
years ago a severe late spring freeze
occurred resulting in the death of
forest trees throughout this and other
States. On the other hand when the
sap is active there is a certain amount
of heat generated hy the activity of
vegetable life that is able to resist
.more or less severe freezes.
"As to the effect of freezes on*the
budding fruit trees there is another
wise provision of nature which the
matter you directed my attention to
recalls. The buds are divided into
several crops as if in anticipation of
a freeze. Nature does not allow all
of the bads to mature at once, but
holds others in reserve in (case the
first are killed. Nature is thus gen?
erally able to reassert herself and
bring out almost a full crop even if the
first buds are caught and killed."
The State.
i- 11 -
The mileage book law which re?
quires the railroads to transport not
only the purchaser of a mileage book
but members of his family also, will
become effective March 25.
Dade City, Fla., March 17.-Safe
blowers dynamited the safes of the
Bank of Pasco last night and almost
wrecked the building. The charges of
dynamite were so heavy that the large
brick building was cracked from*roof -
to base and every one of the plate glass,
windows was blown out.
Ty-Ty, Qa., March 17.-Henry Wil?
liams was probably fatally shot by G.
S. Nelson here last nigh*. Both are
prominent citizens of Worth county,
Nelson having served several terms as
sheriff. The shooting followed a quar?
rel between the boys of the two fami?
lies. Williams struck Nelson and the
latter drew a revolver and fired.
The governor offered a number of
rewards Thursday for incendiaries.
A reward of $100 will be paid for the
arrest of the parties who burned the
barn of Mr. W. R. Bishop in Barnwell
county January 25th ; $100 for the par?
ties who burned tbe store of Mr. J.
T. Wideman in Greenwood county,
February 24th. A reward of $100 was
also offered for the arrest of Jim John?
son, who murdered John Christie in
Greenwood county
Pit inst received. They will be
gone soon, and hard to get more. II.
G. Osteen & Co.
DIG ROOSEVELT EDIT IT ?
Latest Sensation About the Bris?
tow Postal Reports.
Washington, March 17.-Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Bristow,
in testifying before the Houi-e special
ocmmittee on the postoffice report to?
day, claimed for himself responisbjlity
for only the first S?ven pages of the
report, which was sent to the post
office committee, and said that the
other portions of the document were
the work of otber officials of the de?
partment.
The clerk hire section, he said, was
prepared in the office of the first assis?
tant Postmaster General, and that part
relating to leases, by inspectors and
others, in his own' department.
Mr. Bristcw's testimony threw con?
siderable light on all phases of the in
quiry. He practically cleared mem?
bres of Congress from wrong-doing
touching the clerk hire section of the
report, by stating that it was the duty
of the first assistant's office to ascer?
tain the condition of the work in an
office where an increase has been re?
commended.
Mr. Bartlette, of Georgia, asked Mr.
Bristow if in determining thc three
cases which Bristow had reported him?
self as "technical violations of the
statutes," he had not found it neces?
sary tc review all of the cases included
in the report. The answer was that
certain inspectors-a half dozen-in
his office had gone through the lease
cases, and had selected the cases where
it appeared from the record an exces?
sive rental had been paid without pro?
per reason, and such cases were in?
cluded in a report, which was itself
made the subject of an investigation.
"Do you know whether or not this
report came directly from the hands
of the Postmaster General without
going into some one else's hands for
inspection or perusal before it was sent
to the postoffice committee of the
i House?" asked Mr. Bartlette.
"I don't know. I have been told,
but I have no knowledge of it," an
? swered Mr. Bristow.
"Have you ever had any conversa?
tion with the President that would
?lead you to believe"-asked Mr. Bart?
lett
"I don't think you ought to ask
that," interrupted Mr. Bristow. "It
is not within the scope of our investi?
gation."
"Well," broke in Mr. Bartlett, "we
cannot get the President here, and
there have been hints in the news?
papers about thia"
"Ought we not toinquire into whose
hands it went?" asked Mr. Richard?
son, of Alabama.
"I understand Gen. Bristow to say
he did not know. It would be (inly
hearsay evidence, declared Chairman
McCall.
Mr. Bartlett withdrew the question.
The questions of Mr. Bartlett, in?
volving the President,, were not touch?
ed on during the executive session of
the committee held later.
The committee adjourned until Mon?
day.
CAPT. MCBEEIISIHURSEC.
Conspiracy Case Dropped and His
Receivership is Ended.
Raleigh, N. C., March 17.-In the
I federal court today Receiver McBee of
the Atlantic and North Carolina rail
I road was dismissed by Judge Charles
H. Simon ton, the order having been
agreed on and submitted by counsel
for the State and for McBee.
The receiver's counsel had asked to
be allowed to do this and had given
up the fight after the hearing before
Cheif Justice Clark at which McBee
was bound over for conspiracy. Mc?
Bee is not to receive a cent of pay for
himself or for expenses as receiver,
and the complainant, K. S. Finch,
and his bondsmen, are to pey costs of
suit
The Atlantic and North Carolina
road, two-thirds of which is owned by
the State, is now back in the hands of
the president and board of directors,
and a full investigation of its affairs
has been ordered by the governor and
board of internal improvements.
-it m <
A Japanese woman at Nagasaki on
learning that her only son had been
exempted from active duty on the
ground that she was dependent for sub?
sistance on hid earnings has committed
suicide, says a World dispatch from
Tokio. In a letter she stated that she
was about to kill herself in order that
her son might be free to fight for her
fatherland. Then she plnjaged a
dagger into her heart Withdrawing
the weapon she banded it to her son,
who immediately volunteered for ac?
tive service.
The candidates in the Second Con
gresisonal district for the unexpired
term of Col. Croft are L. J. Williams,
of Edgefield; S. G. Mayfield, of Barn
.berg.; J. ^O. -Patterson, of Barnwell,
and T. G. Croft, of Aiken. Jim Till?
man and several other candidates who
announcedjtbemselves have withdrawn.
During the season just closed 7,500,
000 pounds of tobacco were sole! on the
Darlington market.
A Singular Wori
Oar language contains a word ending
with "8" that denotes anxiety, wo!?ry, etc.
Add to this word another u8" and it will
denote affection, joy, eto. Find this word
in the paragraph below :
"Cares** bring anxiety and worry, these
britg d?rangeaient of tie digestive or?
gans, usually resulting in indigestion. Ry
dale's Stomach Tablets care* indigestion.
It mattera n"t whether your stomach trou?
ble is caused by worry, over work, neglect,
malaria or any otber canse, Rydale's Stom?
ach Tablets will cure you. They insure
perfect digestion and assimilation. They
tone and strengthen the digestive organs,
restoring them' to health. Use them and
?ood heal.h will bless you and fortune
"Caress" you. All dealers.
SAVAGE WARFARE IN AFRICA.
Horrible Fate of Some of Some of
the German Settlers.
Berlin, March 16.-Letters frcin
German Southwest Africa have ar?
rived: here, giving details of the
ghastly treatment of German settlers
113 of whom were killed outright or
tortured to death in the District of
Okahanja alone. Women outraged
and dismembered, and with pieces of
their bodies nailed to the doors of
houses, and boys mutilated and left to
die slowly were frequent spectacles.
The expeditionary columns on com?
ing in sight of a farmer's house would
see the heads of its former occupants
fastened to the door.
. The sights appear to have excited
the rage of the soldiers. The letters
express longings for revenge and a de?
termination, as one writer says, "to
kill everything black." That causes
some papers to urge the Government
to telegraph instructions to CoL Leu
twem, the Governor of German 'South?
west Africa, that he order the soldiers
to restrain themselves and conduct
the war in a civilized manner. Col.
! Leutwein himself comes in for criti?
cism, as it is alleged that he left in?
sufficient numbers of troops in the ex?
posed districts, and was misled by the
temper of the natives, having fre?
quently had at his own table chiefs
who are now in rebellion, and who
are wearing decorations and swords
of honor bestowed on them by the
Governor in behalf of the Emperor.
The Tageblatt intimates that Cel.
Leutwein will be recalled.
It Saved His Xi?g.
P. A. DanfortH, of La'Grange, Ga^ suf?
fered for six months with a frightful run?
ning sore on his leg; but writes that Buck
len'6 ArDica Salve wholly cared it in five
days. For ulcers,, wounds, piles, it's the
best salve in the world. Core guaranteed.
Only 25 cts. Sold by J. P. W. DeLorme,
druggist. ,
Gainesville, Ga., March 18.-P. N.
Parker, chairman of the relief commit?
tee of Gainesville, has made an item
zed report to ytlie public showing the
receipts and disbursements of the re?
lief donated to the*storm sufferers of
June i, 1903. This report shows that
the total amount received and disburs?
ed was $55,924.68. The report al3o
shows that the total number killed, in?
cluding those who died from the effects
of the storm was 112, and that the to?
tal number wounded was 355.
Tragedy Averted
"Just in the nick of time our little boy
was saved," writes Mrs. W. Watkins, of
Pleasant City, Ohio. "Pneumonia had play?
ed ead havoc with him and a terrible
cough set in besides. Doctors treated him,,
bat he grew worse every day. At length wa
tried Dr. King's Kew Discovery for non
sumption, and our darling was saved. He'?
now sound and well." Everybody ought to
know it's the only sure care for cough?,
colds'and all lang diseases. Guaranteed
by J. F. W. DeLorme, druggist. Price 50c
and $]. Trial bottles free.
- liing -
Mr. K. G. Carrison hast been nomi?
nated for mayor of Camden in the
Democratic primary. He had no oppo?
sition.
Premature Age.
Sometime a Young Man Feels
Like an Octogenarian-Mr.
Reynolds3 Receipe.
Sometimes a young mai* who should be
vigorous feels like a ma? of .30, kidney dis?
ease will do it., They wiU weaken the back
and make the step drag. Dean** Kidney Pills
! make weak backs strong and lighten the
! steps. Read what a Sumter ma?? says about
I them.
W. S. Reynolds, dealer io spotting goods a*
IOS S. Main street, residing at 214 Hampton
Avenue says : "I can recommend Donn*>
Kidney Pills as 1 procured them at Dr A. J.
China's drug store and used them for hack
ache and kidney trouble and found thom alt
that they are claimed to be. They cured mt*
of backache which had been troubling me
for quit? a while. Tbe pal? across my loins,
was sometimes so severe as to make mc feel
like a man of eighty. .My back seemed t?>
give way with me and I hart ne strength in
it. The kidney secretion* were unnatural in
appearance and very scanty. 1 used reme?
dies and wore piasteis but might just as
well have saved my money bvr nothing did
me any good until I got Doan1* Kidney Pills.
They produced a not?ceabte change for the
better in a short time and since using them
ray back has not ached and N as strong as it
ever was while the kidney secretions hav?
regained their natural color aad are regular.
I ran recommend Doan's Kidney Pills as a
most reliable kidney medicine,"
For sale by all dealers. Price 30 cents per
box. Foster-Mllburn Co.", Buffalo. N. Y., soh?
agents for the United States.
Remember the uame-Dean's-and take co
substitute, ... 4
DeWITT'S
WITCH HAZEL
SALVE
THE ORIGINAL.
A WeB Known Dire for Kies.
Cures obstinate sores, chapped hands, ec?
zema, skin diseases. M ikes burna'and,scalds
painless. We could not improve the quality
if paid doubts (he price. The best salve
that experience cae produce or that money
can buy.
Cares Piles Permanently
Dewitt's is the original and only pure and
.genuine Witch Hazel Salve made. Look for
the name DeWlTT on every box. AH others
are counterfeit, PREFABED BY
s. c. rt WITT * ca? CHICAGO*
For sale by Olin #. Davis.