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The Macon Telegraph asksr “What's
Ihe matter with Garrard? Isn’t he nil
right.'* It sometimes occurs that one
cannot win by all rightness alone. In
practical politics that is merely one of
the qualifications- In this case one has to
take into account various "pulls” in the
geographical divisions of the state.
There is some talk in Tennessee about
running Benton McMillin for the Gover
norship. He recently ran for the Sena
torshlp and missed it. If he should run
for the Governorship and miss it, he could
still run for the speakership. There is
always something for which Mr. McMillin
can run, and he is usually willing to make
the race.
It Is estimated that Joseph Lelter of
Chicago is now the owner of not less
than 20,000,000 bushels of wheat. To be
successful In putting his deal through, he
will have to dispose of this enormous
amount of the grain at a profit before
the next crop begins to move to market
and create competition with him. He is
under the necessity, therefore, of selling
out in the next ninety days.
One of the strong pictures in Kipling’s
novel, "Captain Courageous,’’ is the de
scription of the annual memorial service
of ihe Gloucester fisherman, which is
held after the conclusion of the season
for cruising on the banks, and at which
the names of the fishermen who have heen
lost at sea are read ouL The memorial
service for the season recently ended was
held’ at Gloucester last Sunday, and the
record showed that ninety-six fishermen
hod perished at sea during the year.
A special dispatch from St. Louis giv
ing an account of the “snub” to Gen.
Longstreet in that city the other day,
says that when his health was proposed
at the banquet by the Blue and Grey at
the Planters’ Hotel, every ex-Fedcral vet
eran at the table responded, but not one
third of the ex-Confederates joined in the
tribute to Longstreet. There are many
persons in the South who find it ex
tremely difficult to forgive and forget the
General’s political career since the war,
and his severe criticisms upon Gen. Lee.
M. Zola seems to be getting a few points
in his favor before the court from time
to time. However, it appears to be a
foregone conclusion that he will be con
victed, though it is not believed he will
be forced to undergo imprisonment. Pub
lic seutlment in Parts has become so
strong against him that it Is believed
it ivould not be safe for him to remain
there at present, without the protection
of a strong body guard. Possibly it would
lie a good iilea for Zola to run over to the
United States for a while, and permit
himself to be loaded with attentions and
American money. Americans dearly love
to pour wealth into the pockets of a for
eigner who has been able to get liimsrif
talked about.
Mr Rrynn'H Fusion Plan.
The question as to whether Mr. Bryan
is the real leader of the Democratic party
will soon be determined in all probability,
If the leading men of the party are will
ing to follow his advice, in matters per
taining to party policy, it is safe to as
sume that they regard him as the head
of the party. If they reject his advice
it may be assumed that they do not place
entire confidence in his judgment and do
not accept his leadership.
in the New York Journal last Sunday
there was an article from Mr. Bryan in
which he suggested that all the political
forces opposed to the gold standard bd
amalgamated for the purpose of putting
the control of the House of Representa
tives in the hands of the opponents of the
Republican party. The article appeared
in the New York Journal because that is
Ihe only important newspapers In the
East which supported Mr. Bryan in the
last Presidential election.
It is evident that it is the purpose of the
Journal to invite the Democratic leaders
to express through its columns their views
of Mr. Bryan's plan. On Monday it
printed an article on the subject in ques
tion from Senator Morgan. He writes
like an old time Democrat. He believes
in the Democratic party because of its
principles. He doesn’t agree with Mr.
Bryan that it would be a good plan to
have an amalgamation of all the forces
opposed to the gold standard; According
to his view- the best thing the Democratic
can do is to abide by its principles
and depend upon them for success. Tem
porary success might be gained by fusion,
but such success would not compensate
the party for what it would loose by going
into a fusion movement with other and
less important political organizations. It
would have to make sacrifices if it en
tered such a movement, and to the ex
tent to which it made concessions it would
lose the respect of the (teople.
Senator Morgan has no objection to
other political organizations supporting
the *Democratic platform and ticket. It is
their privilege to do that, but he decided
ly objects to fusion platforms and fusion
tickets, and he Is right. If the principles
of the Democratic party are right the
will be victorious in its contests for
the control of the government. It will
have reverses now and then, but it will
remain the party of the people and the
people will trust it.
The view which Senator Morgan takes
of Mr. Bryan’s suggestion is the one dic
tated by wisdom, and is the one which
will be taken by the Democratic leaders
who have confidence in Democratic prin
ciples. The leaders who think more of
temporary success than they do of their
party will probably approve Mr. Bryan's
suggestion, though there is no good rea
son for thinking that a political organiza
tion, which puts success above principles,
would stand any better chance to win pop
ular approval than would a party that
sought public favor on the strength of its
principles.
Whal More la Expected!
It is stated in the Washington specials
that the De Lome Incident is not yet clos
ed. that the President expects that the
Spanish government will express regret
for the words used by De Lome relative
to the President in y hls Canaiejas letter.
On the other hand the specials from Mad
rid say that the Spanish government re
gards the matter as ended. The first
secretary of the Spanish legation in Wash
ington, acting for the Spanish govern
ment, has called on First Assistant Sec
retary of State, Judge Day, and has been
received. Hence, the Spanish govern
ment thinks, friendly relations have been
resumed and there is no occasion for
again referring to the De Lome letter.
Besides, it Is contended that De Lome’s
resignation was received by the Spanish
cabinet and accepted before the cabinet
knew the contents of the letter. That
fact, it is stated in some of the Madrid
dispatches, is regarded as making it un
necessary for tile Spanish government to
take any further notice of the Do Lome
incident. Just what the status of the mat
ter is will be known, in all probability,
within a few days—that is if .anything
more is to be done.
But there is one feature of the De Lome
letter which ought not to be permitted to
pass without a better understanding of
it. It is that feature relative to the reci
procity treaty between this country, Spain
and Cuba. Negotiations in respect to
this treaty are now going on. Mr. De
Lome hinted that there was no sincerity
on the part of Spain—that the negotiations
v.-ere continued by that country simpiy to
keep down the sentiment in favor of Cuba
in this country. What our government
ought to know, and that too, at once, Is
whether Spain is sincere in the negotia
tions or is simply trying to prevent the
adoption of a resolution by Congress
granting the Cubans belligerent rights by
pretending to be in favor of granting the
United States special commercial privi
leges in Cuba. The De Lome incident, so
far as it relates to’his attack upon the
President, may be closed, but it is not
closed so far as it relates to the reciproc
ity treaty.
It seems that a divorce suit is lo be
written into the rather pitiable closing
chapters of the life of Gen. Cassius M.
Clay of Kentucky. He believes that his
“little peasant girl” wife has been drugg
ed by his enemies and is crazy, and upon
that ground he will ask that their mar
riage be annulled. It is sometimes to be
regretted that there is no way to restrain
persons who are in their second childhood
from doing very foolish things. Gen.
Clay's marriage with the "little peasant
girl” was ridiculous.
The Illinois Supreme Court has just de
cided that negro children have a right to
attend uny public school in the state. The
school authorilies of the city of Alton
tried to draw a color line in the school
house, but the Supreme Court says the
line will not hold good. It will now be
interesting to see what the white people
of Illinois are going to do about It. j t
would probably be safe to wager a wa
termelon that they will not accept mixed
schools.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1898.
The Zc.ln Trial.
The interest in the Zola trial increases.
It is not confined to France. The whole
civilized world is watching the trial—not
be cause it is concerned about '/■'•la parti •-
tilariy, but because of the feeling 'hat a
great national drama is being enacted,
the character of the final act of whi It no
man knows, and no man can predict with
any degree of certainty.
Zola Is on trial, of course, but the real is
sue is not whether he made false charges
against certain army officers. It is far
greater than that. It is an issue which
Involves the good name, and even the sta
bility of the French government.
The French people are now standing by
the government. They are still hooting at
Zola, but their hooting and jeering at the
great novelist are not yearly so pronounc
ed as they were when the trial began.
And why? Because enough has been
learned to show that Dreyfus was not le
gally convicted. It is in behalf of Drey
fus that Zola is being tried. He said (hat
Dreyfus was innocent, and that the army
officers who tried him and sent him to a
Jiving death did so knowing that he was
innocent.
It has not yet been shown that Drey
fus is innocent, but there is no longer any
doubt that he was illegally convicted. If
the seal of secrecy were removed by the
government from the lips of those who
testified against Dreyfus, and also from
the lips of the members of the court mar
tial which tried him, it might be shown
that he was innocent.
The fact that it has been shown that
Dreyfus was Illegally convicted has so
bered the Paris public. Let that public
get the idea fully in its mind that Dreyfus
is innocent and the government of France
would have to go. It wouldn’t be able to
withstand the fury of the people. Just
now the people are with the government
because they still believe Dreyfus is
guilty, notwithstanding the illegality (ft
his trial, but they would not be with it if
it should be shown that Dreyfus is inno
cent.
No severe punishment will be inflicted
on Zola. That can be stated with a de
gree of positiveness that amounts to a
certainty. The government is sorry prob
ably that it ever had him arrested. It
was an attempt to hush up something
that was becoming decidedly unpleasant,
but which could not be hushed up. The
attempt was a mistake. But the prose
cution of Zola, having once been begun,
could not be stopped. When the court
and jury have disposed of Zola’s case,
there will have to be a revision of tire
Dreyfus case. The people of France will
not be satisfied until they know all the
points of the testimony upon which Drey
fus was convicted; and the publication of
all the testimony might be productive of
grave troubles for the army and govern
ment of France.
Fresh Butter Microbes.
All microbes, or bacteria, or bacilli, or
by whatever other name the animalcules
may be called, are not evil. There are
a great many species among them that
are the good friends of mankind. They
make war upon evil microbes and destroy
them, if, unfortunately, they are not
themselves destroyed. Anew kind of these
good microbes has recently been discover
ed, isolated and propagated. In simple
language they may be called fresh butier
microbes, that name being in part descrip
tive of their functions. They are said to re
produce themselves very rapidly under
favorable conditions, and when a
few of the species are placed in
a tub of poor butter, strong and
unpleasant to the taste, they will
within a short while change the charac
ter of Ihe contents of the tub, making it
pleasant and wholesome; indeed, impart
ing to it the odor and taste of fresh grass
butter. It is said that the work which is
performed by the bacteria with which the
poor butter has been impregnated is to
kill off the germs of decay, arrest decom
position, and restore the mass to its orig
inal condition, if not Indeed to make It
better than it ever was. Not only have
these wonderful little microscopic creat
ures been found and put to work in labora
tories, but It is announced by a reputable
newspaper of Philadelphia that a com
pany has purchased the secret of the fresh
butter microbe, and is selling to dairy
men in various parts of the country the
’’butter flavor cultures” in small glass
vials.
It would not do to call this process of
rejuvenating ancient butter a fraud upon
the consumer. If the process is of itself
harmless, from the standpoint of health—
and it is asserted that it is harmless—then
the removal of rancid butter from the
markets, through the destruction of the
evil germs contained in it, must be to the
advantage of consumers. And especially
is this true in the case of those consumers
of poorer means, who are not able to pur
chase the finer qualities of “gilt-edge
creamery,” with a guarantee “blown in
the bottle,” so to speak. A process which
will Improve the quality of the food pro
ducts sold to the people should be wel
comed, even if it does involve the employ
ing Of an agenry having so unattractive a
name as “bacteria.” which has been made
odious through association with ideas of
illness. There are, as we have said, lots
of these germs which are good; but only a
few of them have come into the notice
of the lay public. It is to be hoped that
others will soon join the fresh butter bac
teria and stand up to be counted.
The rapidity with which changes and
improvements are made in modern naval
construction Is illustrated in the cases of
the cruisers Chicago and Atlanta of our
’’new” navy. These craft are only a few
years old, and at the time they went
into commission were regarded as being
among the finest and most efficient of
their class afloat. Now, however, they
are so far behind the fighting machines
of the day that it has been deerrted ad
visable to make repairs to them which will
amount virtually to reconstruction. Both
of the vessels have been in the navy vard
at Brooklyn for nearly two years, and it
will probably be a year yet before the re
pairs tire completed. The cost of rebuild
ing each vessel will be ’ something like
jU ,000,000.
A Denver genius has perfected an appa
ratus vyijlob he thinks will spring into
favor at once. It is a spanking chair,
and is designed to be employed in the in
dustrial schools for girls at Denver. The
apparatus conests of a seatless chair
®n which file girl to be spanked is placed
The chair Is high enough from the ground
to permit of the play of four paddies,
which are operated by electricity. When
the victim has been placed in position
and her wrists strapped to the chair, the
executioner touches a button and the pad
dles do the rest. It is said that there is
a spanking chair of Somewhat similar
design in use at the girls’ industrial school
of Kansas at Beloit. In that apparatus,
however, electricity is not employed. The
Denver genius, therefore, is so much ahead
of the inventor of the Kansas instrument
of torture.
New York has apparently awakened to
the fact that river and harbor improve
ments are a good tiling. Heretofore the
New York newspapers have been in the
habit of calling the river and harbor ap
propriation bills gigantic jobs, and refer
ring to the appropriations as “slices of
pork” which the members of Congress
scramble over. In the future, if the signs
of the times'indicate anything, New York
will try to secure the biggest slice of pork
in the barrel. That city sees her com
merce slipping away and going to Other
ports, and she has concluded that possi
bly some improvements in the harbor
might aid her in the struggle to hold her
own.
Mr. Anthony Hope Hawkins, upon his
return to England, expresses the opinion
that Americans are "conceited interview
ers,” and otherwise disappointing. He
seems to have been impressed somewhat
as Nansen was; that the United States
are not what they had been cracked up
to be. Y’ear after year we pay foreigners
big sums of money to come over here and
let us admire them while they discover
that we are boors and afterwards talk
about it. But we never mind a little thing
like that, and straight way look around
for some other foreigner to come over
and be admired by us at the price of our
plebeian dollars.
Gratifying evidences of the fraternal
feeling between religious bodies
and followers of the several
religions in this city have come
into evidence since the Cathedral
fire. Following the disaster, a Protestant
Church proffered to the Cathedral congre
gation the use of its house of worship,
and in the list of subscribers to the fund
for the rebuilding of the burned Cathedral
appear the names of Protestants and Jews
sandwiched With those of Catholics. This
broad and kindly spirit is one of the most
gratifying signs of the times.
PERSONAL.
—Gen. Lew Wallace has announced that
at his death the city of Crawfordsville,
Ind., shall come into possession pf his
handsome study, which has Just been
completed at a cost of $40,000. It will be
used as a public library. '
—Chancellor F. H. Snow of the Kansas
State University, whom the Populist3
want to remove, Waged a stibcessful war
against the chifleh bug some years ago,
and he once allowed a rattlesnake to
bite him so that he could experience the
sensation.
—Mrs. Tyndall, the widow of the late
Prof. Tyndall, has sent to the British roy
al institution a sum of $3,000, which she
states, that her husband desired her, at
such time as should be convenient to
herself, to present as an expression of
his attachment to the institution, with
which he was so long connected, and of
his sympathy with its objects.
BRIGHT BITS.
—Dangers of Small Talk.—“l had a nar
row escape last night.”
“What was it?”
“I asked Miss Zoozelbarun if she favor
ed annexation, and she thought I was pro
posing to her.”—pltoago Record
—Content.—“l can trace my ancestors
back to a hundred years before William
the Conqueror.”
"Well, I can’t trice mine that far, but
I haven’t the slightest doubt that some
of them were living even earlier than
that.”—Cincinnati Enquirer.
—Consolation.-C’And so my old flame,
Lottie Lightfoot, has become a queen of
comic opera! To think that I might have
married Lottie ten years ago! Ah! tf I
had—if I had! Oh, well! if I had, it isn’t
at all likely that we’d be married now.”—
Puck.
CURRENT COMMENT.
A Work of Morning-.
From the Macon Telegraph (Dem.).
Cotton advances as planting time comes.
Beware of the temper.
No neitianil for Sewall.
From the Washington Post (Ind.).
Those Democrats whe are demanding the
renomination of Bryan in 1900 are signifi
cantly siknt on the Arthur Sewall ques
tion.
Applicable In Goorgin,
From the Houston (Tex.) Post (Dem.).
As the Texas farmers are beginning to
discuss the question of crops for the year
it would be well to remember that it is bet
ter to raise hog and hominy than buy from
Kansas and pay in 5-cent cotton—even a
newspaper farmer can see the good busi
ness sense in that proposition.
The Quarantine Question.
From the Nashville American (Dem.).
One argument in favor of national con
trol is the superior financial ability of the
federal government, and this alone should
determine the question. No Southern state
is able of Itself to incur the expense of
proper quarantine regulations and for this
reason more than any other state quaran
tines are always weak and Ineffective.
However, the present quarantine status
needs to be greatly amended and such a
law as that suggested by the Mobile con
vention would work n vast improvement.
The very mild weather that
lias prevailed this winter gives
apprehension that the fever
may appear again os the Gulf coapt with
the coming of Warm weather. If it does,
prompt measures should be taken from the
start to prevent its spread and! to this end
Congress should not delay in passing a
proper measure.
lie Spoiled His Story.
Newspaper reporters are sometimes
thrown against strange experiences in get
ting the news that other folk comfortably
read next morning, says the Chicago Re
cord. But, believing ntmself in a fair way
to obtain a narrative which no other news
writer is aware of, the reporter is will
ing to go sleepless and foodless and to
undergo all kinds of peri! in order that
by all means he may get his piece of ex
clusive news.
Such a man was Ezra Hemming—one
of the kind which would now be denomi
nated as "yellow”—and frequently thrill
ed his town with startling stories of fact.
Hemming had a reputation for alertness
which was second to none, and as he had
a large circle of friends who made it their
business to inform him upon privately
known affairs, he was seldom at the short
end of an “exclusive” story. One day
John Boyd, who was the sheriff of the
county, captured a horse thief who was
badly wanted by a community in the in
terior of the state. The deputy from
the county, the officials of which were af
ter the thief, came down to the metropo
lis. and in his conversation with Boyd
intimated that there would be a lynching
when he got home with his prisoner.
Boyd told Hemming of the threatening
aspect of things, and the reporter had a
long talk with the deputy. To his dismay
he learned that the prisoner would not
reach the rural community which wanted
to do business with him until 2:45 in the
morning, an hour which precluded the
possibility of a good story. Hemming was
a man of resources, though, and as there
seemed to be little question of the details
of the epming event he went to the office
and wrote a three-column account of the
lynching, mentioning the name of promi
nent citizens present and adding flourish
es and ornamentation. To stretch out to
imposing length he caused one man,
whom he was prudent enough to designate
as “unknown,” to mount a box and make
an appeal in behalf of the culprit.
“Despite the prayers of Higginson's ten
der-hearted advocate, however,” Hemming
wrote, “the farmers who had suffered
from his depredations insisted on wreak
ing vengeance.” And he went on in that
strain for several pages, making the inter
cession a strong point.
He explained to Crawford, the city ed
iitor, that there was no doubt of the thing
coming out just as he had written it, but
to be sure he would wire a "Yes” or “No”
from the station when his train reached
the town, for he planned to accompany the
deputy.
At 3 o’clock in the morning Crawford re
ceived this jubilant bulletin:
"Big thing. Five hundred people. Mile
or more of rope. Now headed for tall syc
amore tree.”
And just as the foreman was sending to
the press room the page with Hemming's
glorious exclusive story, came this an
nouncement.
“It's all off. They’re not going to do it.”
Hemming came back looking like a mad
man. For two days he roved around,
stopping at odd times to butt his head
against Something hard.
“When we got there,” he said, “it was
a sure thing. They had it all ready, and
took Higginson away from the deputy
with a yell. Then I sent my first bulle
tin. They rushed him to the sycamore
and were just about to swing him up when
it occurred to me that it would spoil the
story if somebody didn’t rise up and make
an appeal for mercy for the thief. I wait
ed, hoping for the usual intercession, till
the danger line, and then, as nobody else
showed a sign of talking for him I jumped
up on something and started In on it my
self. I just wanted to make the facts fit
the story I had written, so I made the
speech attributed to the unknown. At
first they didn’t want to listen, but pretty
soon they quieted, and I poured it in,
thinking all the time how lucky I was to
have written the thing. I jumped down
then and stepped aside to let the regular
programme go on. As I did somebody
yelled. ‘By thunder, he's right!’ And
another voice declared: ‘lt would dis
grace the town, boys!” And a third called:
’Bet’s take him back to jail!’ And
before I knew it that lot of chumps had
turned tail and rushed my thief, my pri
vate horse thief, my own man, for whom I
had spread myself over three columns,
back to the town and to the jail, where
they left him and dispersed.
“That,” said Hemimng, sadly, “is why I
want somebody to break my head in.
Would you mind kicking me all afternoon
if I pay you for your trouble?"
Called Tom Johnson’s Blnff.
Thomas L. Johnson, when he moved
from Cleveland, 0., to New York, had a
baby elephant—the Duchess, says a New
York news dispatch. He walked to the
Cleveland depot with his big pet, and in
sisted that as dogs and other animals were
transported in the baggage car, “Duchess”
should be taken along. The baggage mas
ter refused until Mr. Johnson put a tag
on the elephant’s proboscis and insisted
that as a “trunk” the railroad was bound
to take it along. The bluff, so it Is said,
was successful, but as Duchess* weight is
about three tons the excess baggage charge
was a large Item, but Mr. Johnson paid it
Arriving at New York, Mr. Johnson pro
ceeded to the Waldorf, and upon the re
fusal of the factotum of the baggage room
there to receive the animal as "dog” or
baggage, he made his old bluff about Duch
ess’ “trunk.” Manager Boldt was called
in consultation and decided that he would
be compelled to take the "trunk,” but not
the whole animai, and sent for a carver to
cut off that that part of the baby’s anat
omy. Mr. Johnson compromised by send
ing his pet to the Central Park menagerie.
Partridge’s Alnwiuac.
A pleasant story is told of Partridge, the
one-time celebrated English almanac mak
er. Traveling in the country, he stopped
at an inn for dinner, and afterward pre
pared to resume his journey. The hostler
advised him to stay where he was, as it
would certainly rain. ’’Nonsense,” said
Partridge, and proceeded on his way.
He had not gone far, however, when,
sure enough, a heavy shower of rain de
scended. Struck by the man's prediction,
Partridge rode back and was received by
the hostler with a grin. The almanac
maker offered him half a crown on condi
tion that he tol l how he knew it was go
ing to rain. “Well, the truth is, sir, that
we have an almanac here, called Part
ridge's almanac, and the fellow is such a
notorious liar that whenever he promises
a tine day we always know it will be the
opposite. Now, to-day, your honor, is set
down as a flue day in the almanao.”
Busily Pat Right.
The trains in the Isle of Man are not
famous for their speed or punctuality, in
fact, it is said, that if a passenger wished
to alight at a point between any of the
stations he could do so by simply calling
out to the driver, and rejoining the train
afterward. The following incident, says
Answers, has some bearing on the sub
ject: *
An illustrious personage was recently
traveling through a certain part of the is
land, when the train came to a stand
still at a point where there was no ap
pearance of a station. Putting his head
out of the carriage window to ascertain
the cause of the stoppage, he observed
the guard walking leisurely along the line
“Anything wrong?” inquired the passeni
ger, with nil anxious countenance.
"Oh, nothing much, yer honor.” replied
the official reassuringly; “only the sign,"
was ag'inst us. But I’ve just put it rl’ ,t
and we’ll be off again directly!”
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U B. Neal, F. P. Millard
President. Vice President.
NEAL-MILLARD CO.
Bay anil Whitaker Streets.
Dealers in
Pills, Dlls ODD llllfc
Steamboat and Mill Supplies,
Sash, Doors and Blinds,
Lime, Cement and Plaster,
-AND—
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE,
SAVAWAH, GA.
SCOTT & DAVIS,
NATIVE AND WESTERN MEATS,
FISH, GAME, POULTRY,
VEGETABLES, ETC.
FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES,
ELEGANT REFRIGERATOR.
All orders carefully and promptly filled
and sent to any part of the'Gity.
219 HENRY, EAST.
’Phone 2296.
Happy New Year
will be all the happier if you don’t let
small things trouble you. Just telephone
or drop us a postal when you want oil or
gasoline and you will be nurprised how
quick we will serve you.
811. flit SNA GASOLINE DELIVERY,
P. O. Box 19. Telephone 461.
Also OAK and PINE WOOD.
Pine 75c; three cut 80c.
Mixed 90c: three cut 90c.
Oak $1.00; three cut SI.OO.
J. P. CORDRAY,
Broughton and Price.
SAVANNAH BIDINS IPPI! I! 1 !.,
Congress and Drayton Streets.
Brick, Lime, Cement, Wall Paper, Paints,
Glass, Mantels, fireplace Fixtures.
BUILDING SUPPLIES GENERALLY.
F.very stroke of the paint brush, every
broken glass replaced, every worn out grate
fixed means
Money Well Invested
You select the material, we furnish it and do
the work.
E. G. PACETTI & SDN.
Roofing and Repairing.
Roof Painting.
Skylights.
Cornices,
Agent for Cortright’s
Metal Shingles.
Telephone 2203. 136 Whitaker street.
Attention, Planter, of Sea Island Cotton
tor hate, a.wvi ousneis of the Seabrook
selection of Sea Island Cotton. This cot
ton is very early and prolific, is medium
fine and sold in 1896 at 25c per pound. Tha
1897 crop not soid as yet. Average yield
of best cotton to the 100 pounds of seed
cotton is 30 pounds of lint. Price, sacked
and delivered ut any railway station in
Georgia or Florida, $1 per bushel. Discount
of 5 per cent, oh lots of 25 bushels and ov
er. Cabbage plants also for sale. 5.000,000
Cabbage plants of the following varieties;
Henderson Early Spring, earliest flat cab
bage grown: Henderson Charleston Large
Type Wakefield, the earliest cabbage
grown. Prices, 1,000 to 5,000 $1.50 per 1,000;
5,000 to 10,000 $1.25 per 1.000; 10,000 and over
$1 per 1.000, packed and delivered at ex
press office at Young's Island, S. C. Send
all orders for cotton and cabbage plants
to GERATY & TOWLES, Young’s Island
8. C.
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CHOCOLATES !
RIR EATING DRINKING. S yfyßuNjL j
COOKING BAKING 69 | Qjj! \SfAj j
Purity of Material and \ fj'l '.) ‘ • j
Deliciotisnfss ■-njwlfciacelltd'v^. \
fOS SALE U OUR STORES
GRBCjIS EVERYWHERE.
bicvci.es.
AAPOLEON AND JOSEPHINE Blc7ri.ES EI.E
aant. up-to-date IfJS model,; none belter: sold bv
manufacturers to rider nt wholesale prices. Don’t
pay agents’ proflt, Sent on approval. Write
Jeuktns Cycle Cos., 18 Custom Bouse Place, Chicago i
Baby
Garments
JUST SUITABLE FOR
Tour Baby,
As nice n the IABY ITSELF.
Our siu liig Mtndk of INFANTS’ and
CHILDREN’S WHITE DRESSES is
NOW READY.
Our select trade Fill certainly appre
ciate these daintily trimmed ■ and well
made garments.
Note, too, the smalhess of the prices:
INFANTS’ SLIPS, made of Engli-h
Nainsook, bisJiop styfe, at 25c, 40c and .>■.
INFANTS’ DRESSES, made of f me
Nainsook and fine eabroidery trimm.i.L
from 75c to $3.00.
CHILDREN’S DRESSES, faultlessly
made and of good material. The style ,s
in them too—nothing better in any way
and the prices make them so attractive.
The whole line is cheap, and ranges frutn
25C TO $2.98.
INFANTS’ SACQUES.
INFANTS’ SACQUES, white lined, with
paie blue and pink china silks, hand em
broidery, exquisite in every detail.
INFANTS* GOODS are a special
ty with us and we make closer figures
than are usual elsewhere. The stock ia
always up to the standard and complete
In every detail.
EMBROIDERIES AND LACES.
In this department the Hogan store is
always at the front. We get the best
from every quarter of the globe and keep
it in stock. This season we have bought
advantageously, and can sell at prices very
close.
Daniel Hogan,
The corner Broughton and Barnard sis.
Coal, Cote, Wood
A large supply of all
grades and sizes. Consult
us before making your pur
chases.
Just received a cargo of
Foundry and Domestic Coke,
nice and clean. Just' the
thing for grates.
An enormous supply Do
mestic Dump Coal.
Office and Yard Foot Lincoln Street.
’PHONE 63-
C. H. DIXON & CO.
Beware of Imitations
Worcestershire^
JOHN DUNCAN'S SONS, AGENTS, NEW YORK. -
JOHN G. BUTLER,
DEALER IN
Paints, Oils, and Glass, Sash Doors,
Blinds and Builders’ Supplies, Plain and
Decorative Wall Paper, Foreign and Do
mestic Cements, Lime, Plaster and Hair.
Sole Agents for Asbestine Cold Water
Paint.
20 Congress street, west, and 19 St. Julian
street, west.
CTklcbe.ter*. Engltib Diamond Brand.
Pennyroyal pills
" Original and Only Genuine- a
•Art, always reliable, la Dies ask Druggist /
/.c for Chichester' s English Diamond Brand in /firk'S
WF It t*d and Gold metallic boxes, sealed withCOjf
CV Take no other. Refuse dan- Yy
w'ngerous nibditutions and imitations. At V
I / ~ iff Druggists, or in stamps for particular*, tS
I timouiaH and “Relief for Lad lea,** in letter, bj
\T5* D return Mail. 10,000 Testimonials. A'tinwPape
_Ar . _dhlotctTChcnlcaiOoa.M4lnfuißqßara
Sold by all Local Druggists. I*lll LAD A. PA
Sold by L. N. Brunswig. Wholesale Druggist, New Orlsfttuk
PLUMBING, STEAM AND GAS FITTIN3
By Competent Workmen at Reasonao.o
Figures.
L. A. MCCARTHY.
. All work done under my supervision.
A full supply Of Globes, Chandeliers,
6team and Gas Fittings of all the latest
styles, at 46 DRAYTON STREET.
■on
Idf y Cleanses and beautifies the ha.r."
w a luxuriant prowth. i
kftgm . JWlNnrrV Pail* to Bcstoro Orayi
•gj£?l| Hair to its Youthful Ool° r - I
Cures peal p diseases & hair lading. I
_ fIV, and J
LOVELY FLOWERS.
Beautiful designs, bouquets, plants and
cut flowers. Leave orders at office. 2236
Abercorn street, at Nursery, or telephone
240. KIESLING. Take Belt Lino Rail
way for Nnrsery on White Bluff road.