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important to Farmers.

On the fret Monday the cotton grow
ers of Richmond passed these import
ant resolutions looking to the improgs-
ment of the cotton industry In the c0uA-
ty and State: Resolved, First; That
we advise the farmers of the county to
cut the acreage at least one-third or
more, if possible, and be certain to use
every effort on the farm. Second,
That we use very little commercial fer
tilizers, if any, knowing as we do that
guano manufacturers haYe combined 70
hold the prices out of our reach, that q,
at the present price of cotton. We ass
not making war against guano COM
panies nor do we wish to have ths
profit knocked ont Of their businesA
But we are sure we can't pay past prices
with 5-cent cotton.
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Nav MOI Have to Move,

1t is likely, says the Register, that
the State board of control will hold an
extra meeting soon to consider condi-
tions arising from the fact that Wesley
will have control of the agricultural
hall. The State aA Wesley will come
to some agreement about the rent, bat
it will be necessary for the board to
meet and make the necessary arrange.
ments. There is no prospect now that
the dispensary will have to leave the
building. *
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| on the question of county courts was

on the question Of county courts was
killed.
Verner's bill, exempting Oconee,
York and Pickens counties from the
operation of the dispensary law, was
given its final reading and sent to the
Senate by vote of SO to so, as follows:
Yeas-Ashley, Austsll. Bacot, Bsden,
Burns, Carraway, Colcock, Davis, w.
c., deLoach, Edwards, Epps, Fox,
Gadsden, Gage, Gasque, Graham,
Hamilton, Hollis, johnson, n. E.,
Johnson, T. E.. Kibler, Limehouse,
Livingston, Lotion, Mauldin, Meares,
Mehrtens, Miller, j. H. Mitchell, McCul-
Iough, Mcdaniel, Nettles, Owens, Pat
ton, Perritt, Pollock, Pyatt, Rainsford,
Reynolds, Robinson, Sanders, Sea.
brook, Siukler, Simkins, Smith, ]. r. ,
Smith, E. d., Stevenson, Sullivan,
Thomas, Jno P, Jr., Thomas, W. 81. ,
Werner, Vincent, Wolling, Whisonant,
Wilson, Wingo, Witherspoon. Yeldell-5S
Nays-Speaker Gary, All, Banks, Be.
thune, Breeland, Carson, Caughman,
Crum, Davis, C. NJ, Davis, G. W., De.
Bruhl, Dukes, Efrd, Fairey, Garrls,
Goodwin, H. P. Goodwin, o. z. :, Harvey,
Hazelden, Henderson, Hiott, Humph.
rey, Ilderton, Kennedy, Kinard, II. j..
Kinard, J. D., Lancaster, Lester,
Lennon, Miller, J. H., Mishoe, Moore,
McKeown, McLaurin, McWhite, Phil
lips, Price, Prince, Rogers, Russell,
Skinner, Speer, Sturkie, Zimmerman,
Welch, West, Westmoreland, Winkler,
Williams, Wyche-50.
The claim Of w. W. Grayson, clerk oi
court of Williamsburg county, was re.
iected, as was also that of the commits.
sioners of election of Edgefeld county.
The petition from the Cotton Growers
association of Marlboro to repeal the
lien law was tabled.
FRIDAY, 11TH.-The House passed the
Lee county bill compcs sed of portions
of Darlington, Sumter and kershaw
counties, with Bishopville as the county
seat. The judiciary committee reported
favorably on the bill relating to courts
in the Seventh iudicial circnit The
committee on bill making Jefferson Da.
Wis birthday legal holiday was given
third reading.
AZ tuC oltO1 aOOA oCooioA III AASooO W
q vote of 4S to 81 refused to con.
cur in the Senate amendment to the
South Carolina College appropriation.
The House concurred in the $500
amendment for militia inspections.
The board of health's 81, 500 was down
in the bill at $25. The Senate evi.
dently intended $3.50 The House
refused to concur amid laughter.
The change in regard to supervisors
salaries was agreed to.
The House was about to refuse to pay
for the piano in the Governors man.
sion when Blythe stated that it had
been put there by the present Gov.
ernor's predecessor and said they could
not refuse to pay for it By Q vote o.
40 to 81 the House accepted the amend
ment.
Thn Hosse refused to agree to thu
81, 500 for the salary Of the phosphate
commissioner. Also the amendment,
appropriating . loan to the State Fail
Association. These matters will doubt
less be referred to conference com
mittee and may be settled with diff
Guilty.
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A Mule the Murderer.

A special from Darlington to The
State says a few days ago o young
white maa named Charles Anderson
Dew left his home in the Lydia section
of this county riding mule. The mule
came home later, but the young man
was not heard of until after three days,
when he was found dead. The coroner
held O preliminary and decided that the
man came to his death by being kicked
by the mule This was the opinion of
the physician who was acting with the
coroner. 1t is supposed that the mule
threw his man and then kicked or
stamped him.
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The confederates Are Coming.

The Confederate veterans Of South
Carolina are coming to Charleston in
April. Their next annual reunion Will
be held here. President Wslch. Of tho
Young Mems Business League, upon
whose invitation the reunion will b
held in this city, has appointed aspeciat
committee to provide for the receptioa,
entertainment and comfort of the vis-
itors, and we have no doubt thatall the
people of Charleston will aid in the pa
.rlotic work.
The time fixed for the reunion win
soon be here, and there is u great deal
to be done to make the event yhat il
should be. 1t is hoped that every old
soldier in the State will attend. There
will be room and welcome for all -
News and Courier. ~
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VIII Make it Hot for Some One.

The friends Of Capt. John Black, Of
Walterboro, says The State, will learn
with much pleasure of his intention to
be candidate in the race for adjutant
and inspector-general of the State. He
had not intended to make the race, but
the earnest requests of SO many of his
friends, from different parts of th>
State, has at last persuaded him u
make it hot for some one in the neza
campaign
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In Favor Of Lyles.

It seems that the famous Agricultural
Hall case, involving the possession OF
the hall, is at last at an end. The State
has played its last high trump and has
lost. At least that is how the matter
presents itself at this time. The decis.
ion of the United States Circuit Court
of Appeals was handed down on the 1st,
and it sustains the decision OF Judge
Simonton, ID which he refused the Pc
tition of Commissioner Vauce. The de-
cree of the court was written by Judge
Goff. Mr.. Lyles' client mas judgment
for the rent of the building since it was
taken charge of by the dispensary,
which will amount to q large sum.
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Raise Home Supplies

If every farmer would enter more
largely upon the production of such
things as he could consume at homo
and curtail the cotton proportionately
prosperity would soon come to him.
As an evidence of it We have only to re-
fer to those who are trying the expert
ment. nt.-Kershaw Era.
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A HIDDEN TREASURE.
An Old Cheat Found to Contain $4,000
, in Gold.

An Old Chest Found to Contain $4,000
/, in Gold.
"You may talk about the wonderful
discoveries of gold In the Klondike re-
gion," said a prominent lawyer to a
washington Star reporter a few days
ago, "but one Of the richest gold finds
Of this year occurred right here IN
Washington. will not mention names,
but the gentleman referred to was
known all over the country before he
died as one Of the wealthiest pension
agents and publishers Of the present
day.
"a short time after the captsin u Will
call him captain throughout tae story
died his executors were engaged In
making an examination Of his effects.
His will had been carefully drawn and
all Of his real and personal property
was supposed to be distributed among
his relatives and friends, according to
his last wishes. One day in. clearing
out the safe in the building which still
bears the captains name an old chest
was discovered in one Of the dark cor
ners of the vault. 1t had been there for
years, and was supposed to contain
only plates and drawings OF war pic
lures, used in connection with a book
of war stories. The executors had
passed the old chest BY without exam
lining its contents, supposing, Of course,
that it contained nothing but the plates
and drawings, as indicated by the
marking ON the outside One Of the
clerks engaged in the work had curl
osity enough to take a peep into the
chest. When the loose drawings were
removed sight met his gaze that fair
ly took his breath away. There, nest
ling among the sheets Of war pictures,
and at the bottom of the chest, was an
immense pile Of gold coin, which, when
counted, amounted to something over
$4,000.
There were gold pieces of every de-
nomination, from 81 to $40. The dis
eovary was SO unexpected that the ex-
ecutors were at loss for some time
to account for the pile Of treasure. The
latest will was carefully scrutinized,
but nothing in 1t could be found rela-
tive to the unlooked-for gold deposit.
Various theories were advanced to ex-
plain the accumulation of coin, and 1t
was finally concluded that the captain
had followed the example Of other eau
tious capitalists during the last raid
ion the treasury gold reserve. and hoard
ed the amount found In the chest. The
coin looked as though 1t might have
been dropped into the chest carelessiy.
for the various denominations and
dates were in happy confusion. The
executors were unable to account for
the omission Of the gold pile in the
will, for although the captain was a
great spender, he usually kept clear
account of his securities. It is possible
that he may have been quietly engaged
in boarding gold pieces for number
!of years prior to his death, and when
his fatal illness came on he may have
forgotten the gold lining to the old
chest containing the war pictures. OF
course, the gold was carefully counted
and entered up as very desirable part
oe the estate"
A Inst onnortunity seldom finds It's
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Penitentiary for 81 Months.

AT Camden, the case of the State W..
Jas. Mcleod for murder. was tried lsst
week, and resulted in verdict Of
guilty of manslaughter. The sentence
Of the court was three years and one
months imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary at hard labor. Both the defend
ant aud the party killed were negroes.
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Reward for Firebugs.

Governor Ellerbe has offered re-
ward of $3.50 for the apprehension aud
conviction of the party or parties who
burned the barn and stables, with the
contents thereof. of E. II. and j. A.
Hearn, in Sumter county.
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Dry Goods Company Chartered.

The Secretary of State has issued
commission to J. D. Brondt, w, s.
Rivers, A. II. Mowry, Jr., d. A.
Cochran and w. F. Fleming, corpora
tors of the Charleston Dry Goods
company. The capital stock of the
company will be S25, 600.
To be Robbed Of It's Colored Member.
Columbia correspondent News and
Courier says, It is announced that the
House is to be robbed of its only col
cored and Republican member, Rep
resentative r. b. Anderson, and he il
to made postmaster at atGeoreetown
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A lost opportunity seldom finds IT'S
way back.
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together
( the acts
J for filing.
attel mort
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on personal
6t secured is
prohibit emil
hg their ,voca-
ht first obtain
Id for other pur-
b 4 Of an act en-
e the school dis


purpose of purchasing
and building public
in the town Of Green
we'd December 16, 1891;
Ict entitled IAN act pro-
master for Che county Of
approved nec. 81, A. D..
\ Adevolve the Gnties of the
Fkeley county upon the
nkurt Of common pleas; to
United States Of America
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The legislative appropriation bill was
presented by the committee on waye
and means.
At the night session favorable ma
jority report on the Lee county bill was
presented. The Senate notified the
House that it had agreed to the resolu'
ton fixing Wednesday as the day OF ad'
tournament.
The Senate made some amendments
to the school book bill of L. Z. John
son, 80 rs not to make it mandatory tc
have school book repositories In GER
tain counties. The Senate also put or
a rider to the bill "That in oil schools
and colleges within this State which
are supported in whole or IN part from
the free school fund it shall be unlaN
full to use any.text book which has beer
condemned or disapproved by the State
hoard of education. House adopted
t :e rider without debate.
THURSDAY, 10TH. work OF the
House was very brief. The news Of
the death of one of Its members, the
Hon. J. NJ. Glenn, of Anderson county,
was received, and as a result held an
afternoon session, adjourning over al
night out Of respect to his memory. The
big fight of the day was over the ques-
ton of the establishment of Pee Dee
county. The minority of tie com.
mittee had proposed concurrent reso'
luton providing for another election on
the question. Finally vote was
reached, and the House refused to kill
the resolution. The vote was 80 to 70
Then the resolution was passed and the
vote was clinched. The advocates of
the new county are consequently jubi-
liant.
SINNERS bill to authorize an election
The times., 1898-02-01

cases Of kidney anu bladder disorders or
troubles due TO weak Kidneys, such Is
catarrh of the bladder gravel. rheuma-
tisia and Bright's Disease, which is the
worst form of kidney trouble. 1t currects
INABILITY 20 hold uune and sniarting in
passing il, and promptly overcomes that
unpleasant necessity OF being compelled
TO get up many times during the night,
lie mild and the extraordinary effect Of
TINS great remedy is seon realized. 1t
stands the highest for its wonderful cures
Sold bY druggists, price fifty cents and
one dollar so universally successful is
swamp Root in quickly curing even the
mos distressing cases, that TO prove its
wonderful merit yon may have a. sample
bottle aud book of valuable. information
both sent absolutely free by mail, upon
receipt or three twu-cent stamps To cover
cost OF Postage on the b.atie Mention
Tie Evening Times, anu send your adj
dress TO Dr. Kiimer Co.. BingnaRlton.
\. \. This generous offer appearing in
this paper is guarantee of genuneness.
The times., 1898-02-01
kIdney and Bladder Troubles Quickly Cured.
YOU May Have Sample Bottle Of the Great Discovery
Dr.. kihners Swamp-Roo Sent Free by Mail.

Men and women doctor their troubles SO
often without bHaelit, that they rel dis.
couTaged and skefiicai la lm.st such
cases serious mistakes arc IAaac in doctor
ing and in not knowing xaat oar trouble is
u 5" ''ai ''''iS-> ii..-.st5rk5iilc
evidences o. kia.ey tInab,e arc is,in or
duh aone IA tie isl'-S ;.., I,,.i,.e.,i e sire.
10 pass H'.ts+- IS T:fi- Y as'lt >;,ar;ing irfi,
tation. A. 's!nef '.s.a Sc - a5.z,.s tie
face look s.:l9.T i.,.t, isis, ar dark
circle uHt'ei 'ae = -, l and
sometimes i'r E,,,-l ..csT.-. Si.oaid
1arther |stdes = .i.i s,et be
cause of sc -" SIC ;s;,ia Cor
twenty lnai ef1-, isa.-, iS !. csii;: cat
or ser lisl, IS :. ss' i-sS.il. 3i,,%5: that
cut kidneys aad iit'il&t> n,>>ci rn;uflnc.
fac; oleH oreiioske,i. - thl; T-,.s,.ea
suffer as i...i a FROM Ei'neY rna bladder
trOuille I,ci ID.
Dr. ki!i .Szsaa aii' .iooi is tn discov-
sfy or ,,. er.s:srl- it' - a.. 4 M scientist
and IS ''e: con iica,ied fr c5c9y1liing,
bas VII "a. ,e,:.il insa ssnaJ is needed in
The times., 1898-02-01
The DEBATE Over.

Five o'clock had by this time arrived
and the Car was in his seat, prepared
to see that his creatures did as they
had been directed He put the motion
whether the resolution should pass and
would have declared it carried viva
toce had not the ayes and nays been
demanded. Tire result of this vote was
as given above.
Speaker Reed requested that his vote
be cast against the resolution, making
the total vote against it 49,
The times., 1898-02-01
CENTRAL LABOR UNION.
Building Trades Councils Dele
gate Seated.


The Central Labor Union last night adj
mitted WiliiaIu Marsh as q fraternai dele
gate from the Building Trades Council. and
elected JoIi.l Webber. of the Bakers and
Coufectioners' Union, o reciprocal repre-
sentative to that body.
W. II. Meghan, q bricklayer was elected
vice president, to serve out the unexpired
term of Mr.. keaue, who was not returned
as delegate from the Bakers Unioa.
The legislative committee read bin,
which was 'ndorsed, which it wiz intro
'iuce in Congress. governir. the employment
OF labor on municipal work in the District
of Columbia. The proposed law provides
for day labor on aH District work.
\ special committee was appointed TO
act with the stage Alliance. with d view
Df effectiRe stronger organization.
The times., 1898-02-01
Interior Work on the .Postoffiee

Nessrs. Hess x Co., of New York.
who are the lowest bidders for finish
ing the interior OF the new city post
office, viii II seems probable. be award
ed the contract therefor within a short
time. Their bid was 1929 900, and the
firm agrees to accomplish the work in
eight months, but it will probably he
the 1st OF March before they can begin
opcr atiOns.
The times., 1898-02-01
DIED.

MONROE on Saturday. IaL. 90. 1s9S
at 2:30 p. n, MARY MONROE beIovs
wife of John Monroe and mother Of X. II.
and j. Z. Monroe, at her late residence,
s25 Twenty fourth street northwest.
Gene but not forgotten.
Funeral aC Nineteenth Street Baptist
Church Tuesday, February /. at O'Cfocs
p. m. Relatives and friends invited.
Item
The times., 1898-02-01

The Jackson city tMich.1 Printers Union
protested against certain theatrical firms
having work done at unfair printing offices,
aud requested that the Central Labor onion
use It's influence 10 have the printing done
In union offices.
The times., 1898-02-01

TO CURE COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Brouo Quinire Tat blets- All
druggists refund the money RI IL faiisto cure.
csc. The gen uine has l. b. @ OH each IA bl st.
The times., 1898-02-01
MARRIED..

HILL-HAMfLTON In Baltimore. by tI.
Rev DR.. Way, WE HILL and Miss SUE
ELIZA BETH HAMILTON, both Of wash
int gon, T.. G. 1T
The times., 1898-02-01
Mr.. Mcclellan, of New York, among
other things said.

Mr.. Mcclellan, of New York, among
other things, said:
II cannot understand how this reso-
| luton is capable of misinterpretation,
and yet it has been misinterpreted both
on this floor and on the floor of the
Senate. 1t contains plain statement
or declaration of existing law; no more
and no less. Its opponents concede
this, but contend that national honor
requires that the law be administered
in manner which the most liberal
Interpretation does not permit; that
while we have the legal right to re-
deem the bonds in coin, either gold
or silver, good faith requires that we
| shall always redeem them in gold.
'The refunding act of July a. 1870,
provided that the bonds whose issue
ii authorized were redeemable in coin
OF the present standard value, not coin
OF the market value of some future
date, the purpose being to protect the
bondholders against any possible adj
vantage in standard by future legisla-
ton. Again the word gold is conspicu-
Gus by its absence. Nor was~it claimed
directly or indirectly that the word coin
meant gold and gold only.
The act of 1875, known as the re-
sumption act, in order to carry out its
provision, authorized the Secretary of
the Treasury to issue bonds, not gold
bonds, but coin bonds redeemable
either in gold or silver. On July IA,
1873, three years later. the Stanley
Matthews resolution, was introduced in
the Senate and passed that body, and
after being amended passed this House.
There can certainly have been no
doubt at that time of the meaning OF
the word coin. Congress solemnly de-
clared that the bonds We're payable in
gold or silver, at the option of the Gov
Il ..1 4 s.,,Ix
which the creditor might see fit to
claim From that day to this none of
the statutes has been either repealed
or amended, and yet it is asserted that
a reaffirmation of the law would be a
breach of good faith on the part of the
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-02-08

The house owned by Mrs. Jane
Flippen, and occupied by Mrs. Levy,
on Olive street, caught fire last
night at an early hour and the up
per story was pretty well damaged
before the fire department reached
it. The bows soon had the blaze un-
der control The building was in
sured in the OGenhauser agency for
$1,000, and the loss will be about $500
to the insurance company to put it
in repair, Mrs. Levy and those who
occupied the house with her, were
all fully insured and only lost by
damage of water.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-02-08
Your Last Chance.

Mr.. E. D. Lngold, who has been
advertising Systematically tor the
past fifteen days of a clearance sale,
or rather a sale to reduce stock,
has in an advertisement this week
calling attention to the fact that
this is the last week sacrifice prices
will prevail on his entire stock, as
the reduction has been sufficient
to enable him to meet all the de-
mands he aimed at when he insert
ed the first advertisement. This
week, shoes heretofore and now
selling elsewhere at 50. so and 50. 25,
he is selling at S125. This only
lasts this week.
The dress goods to be found in
this stock go at equal low values.
The ladies union suits, $150 and
$500, can be purchased at IS cents
and s15O.
Mems furnishings can be bought
at half price.
Read all the big ad. on first page
head of column, and rush off TO this
good house for bargains.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-02-08
. Catappl to
Consumption

Catarrh invariably leads TO consump-
ton. Growing worse and worse each
winter, those who rely upon the usual
treatment OF sprays, washes aud inhal-
ing mixtures find that il is impossible
TO check the disease with these local
applications which only reach the sur
face. The offensive discharge increases
all the while, aud gets deeper until Il Is
only a question Of a short time when
the lungs are affected.
The importance Of the proper treat
ment can therefore be readily appre-
ciated. But no good whatever can be
expected from local applications, as
such treatment never did cure Catarrh,
aud never will. Being a blood disease
Of the most obstinate nature, Swiits
Specific (S.S.S.) is the only remedy
which can have the slightest effect upon
Catarrh. II is the only blood remedy
that goes down to the bottom Of all stub
born diseases which other remedies
cannot reach.
Mrs. Josephine Polhill, Of Due West,
S. c., writes:
"I had such seyere case OF
Catarrh that l lost my hearing in one
ear, and part Of the bone in my nose
Sloughed of, 1 was constantly treated
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-02-08

Marshal Stanley Edwards went on
a man hunt few days ago away up
in Polk county, Arkansas, and
caught one Charles Townsend,
whom it is supposed was one of the
parties who robbed the ]. H. Smell
ser residence a short time ago. He
will by given a hearing today or to-
morrow, on the charge, before May
or Hardin as ex officio justice of the
peace.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-02-08

About the only thing to be gain
ed by changing to city of the first
class, is to take the burthen of the
Mayors holding sessions of police
court every morning, but this is a
thing to be sought after, The last
legislature passed law empower
ing cities of the second-class, like
this, to force property owners to
MAINTAIN good sidewalks.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-02-08

Judge Larry says he will give 5000
toward paving Broad street. Let
us hear from a few others of this
calibre, and then we can pass the
hat and get the balance and our
street will be paved at last.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-02-08

c. C. Brengle has an illuminated
sign calling attention to the fact
that he has chewing gun for sale,
Breugle always keeps up with the
procession in making his house at
tractive.