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Main St. 9 f, (1 Ill Addition ' to our large line of clothing, hats, shoes, and furnish ing goods wehave added a full line of trunks, traveling bags, suit cases and telescopes. All siz es;.air grades. Courtney's, IS Pattou Ave. Asheville, N.C. L . W Cure all foiis ot !..-: ae caused i a The S. B. .io-'-e. pi ('.recti si nirc i" v.. ays " i w- s v-rv bilious lor lone '; Undiallci fwf and tfeuiu ill i-atl htaiih I 'J nv pr-nsia and suit ': my. iod. ' hrsun usinx iTXion's I.-vcr Hi! on l To'tiif Ptilets hc (:-iUtn? to the Doctor's Mo.'- Sir '1 "S nre 'led liVe t new person." The !i! V ' tw 'or s Vrnk " a . abrni Hu m. an-1 a wrft ' Tri tiK iit f-'rr- vrn:t ev-f rv wort! Jrn Comni. Trra'ni''iv '- C ' .1 W TsTnawnon. President. aaveiou Jf rs .f I . ha i - - Erwiu Binder. Assistant Cashier. - , I The BJue Ridge National Batik, V ASHEVILLE, N. C. I Ceirpiteil $100,000. I unit nnrrsDondence and the accounts of banks, corpora tion. firms and individuals. . . , Promptness, accuracy and safety guaranteed, j No interest paid on deposits. I Safety deposit boxes for rent. ,. ' co!iections and re- We are prepared to frive prompt attenUon to cpriecu mit at lowest exchange rates on day of payment. I3ITTia,I'OT J. 8LAYDEN, JAS. A. RURRmJGHS, 0 j E. R. LUCAS, 8.P.McmVirT J.W.NORWOOU 1 The Largest ABOUT 25G0Q id hi iTOHS CAPTUREDBY BOERS General White Suffers Heavy ; Loss at Lady smith. J . . i FORTY OFFICERS; TAKEN English Troop, Wjith Big. Gtn., Sur. rouiutrd I the Hills by Joubert'i Forces anil Compelled to Capitulate After Hard Kight, .Lokdon, Oct. 31. The war office has received a dispatch from General White. cominmauding ' the British forces at Ladysmith, reporting, that the Rojal Irish fnslleers, nnmberms ten monn- tain batteries and the Gloucester regi ment, were surrounded in the hills by the Boers, and after losing heavily. obliged to capitulate. General White adds that the casualties have not been ascertained yet. The folio-wing is the text of General White's dispatch to the war office": "I have to report a disaster to the column sent by me to take a position on a hill lying to the left of the troops. In these operations today the xtoyal Irish Fusileers, numbering ten mountain bat teries ana tne Gloucestershire regiment, were surrounded in the hills, and after losing heavily, had to capitulate. The casualties have nocyet been ascertained. "A man of the fusiieers employed as a hospital orderly rauje in under a flag of truce with a letter from the urvivors of the column, who asked for assistance to bnry the dead. ., "I fear there is no dnubt of the truth of the report. I formed a plan in the carrying out of "which the disaster oc curred, and I am aloue responsible for the plan. There is no biame whatever to the troops, as the position was un tenable. " General White send9 a list of tht offi cers taken prisoners, 41 in ail, some of whom were wounded. Ni ws SlnggTS London. While minor reverse were not wholly unexpected, nothing like the staggering blow General Joubert delivered to Gen eral White's forces yesterday was an ticipated. The full extent of the disas ter is not' yet acknowledged, if it i3 known at the war office. The loss in effective -men must be appalling to a general who is practically surrounded. Two of the finest British regiments and a mule battery deducted ffom the Ladysmith garrison weakens it about a fifth of its total strength and alters the whole situation very materially in favor of the. Boers, who have again shown themselves stern fighters and military strategists of nomean order. The disaster cost .the British from 1,500 to 2.Q0O men and six 7-pound screw guns, and as the Boer -artillery is al ready stronger than imagined, the cap ture of these guns will be a great help to the Boers. Further news, must be awaited before It is attempted to fix the blame where it belongs. General White manfully ac cepts all the responsibility for the dis aster, which, apparently, was at least partially due to the stampeding of the mules with the guns. The interest in the news was univer sal, pervading all classes and conditions of London's populaee. The newspaper extras were eagerly read in busiuesss houses.Vou the streets and by womsn in their carriages. j Anxious KorDf ttttl. . Then there was a rush to the war office, whioh. by noon, was surrounded by private carriages and hansoms, while many of the humbler ol people came on J" foot, all waiting and watching for th names they hold dear. Never was the old saying, "bad news travels quickly. "better exemplified heru than today. By noon gloom and bittei sorrow prevailed throughout the Britisr metropolis. At the government offices ho effort was In ado to conceal the feeliug of dis may prevailing. j?(Jue omoial said to a representative of the Associated Press: "It ia inexplicable, and I am sorry to say that it a moral effect is inestimable. We have lost heavily in many wars and have had regiments aimost wiped out, but to have regiments captured, and by the Boers, is terribie. " An official of the war office said to a representative of the Associated Press: Tub ditaswr i- more likely due to Every inch one "pushes otf" be yond the n .rmal distnDce of 12 inches after eye failure begins at 38, mean? au inch of danger. The man "who has- the best eyes when old age comps will be the one that heeds the FIRST call for HELP. Examination Free. Sat isfaction guaranteed by BAKER & CO., SCIENTIFIC OPTICIANS, 45 PATTON AVENli'E. K. K LrCAP, Cash.er I i VOL. 6. . " ERWIN 8LUDEII f 'Circulation the craze of our younger omcers to dis tinguish themselves, obtain mfintion in the dispatches and earn the Victoria cross than to the fault of that splendid Indian veteran. General White, in spite of liis avowaL " As the day wore on the crowd around the war office swelled to enormous pro portions, and at Gloucester, the home of many of those engaged, the wildest excitement prevailed. The Bpecial edi tions of the lccal newspapers were speedily exhausted and the same thing occurred at Bristol and other towns in that country. . Comiug-so soon after the engagement for the Reitzfontien, where the Glou cestershires suffered heavily, broughl the keenest sorrow to households all over the country whose name the regi ment bears. ' A Second Army Corps. It is learned by the Associated Press that the war office has ordered a second army corps to be in readiness to be called out. The military officials have not yet de cided whether the consummation of the plan will be necessary, but they are de termined to have everything in readi ness either for a demonstration in Eu rope of Great Britain's capabilities or for sending even a large force to the scene of action. Until the receipt of the news of the Ladysmith disaster, the latter course was considered out of the question. But now there is no know ing what steps will be decided upon. The war office has sent the following dispatch to Geiferal Buller: "Three extra battalions of foot and one mounted battery reserves will leave during the course of ten days to make good the casualties." Reports are current here that General White may retire to Pietermaritzburg, where the railroad is intact. . There is much divergence of opinion in military circles as to the advisability of such- a etep.- , It is reported from Barkley-West that the Boers are constructing forts around Kimberley for the purpose of shelling the town. : Stock Mnrkrt Aft", cted. "The disaster had au immediate effect on the btock .exchange here, where con suls fell one half. South African secu rities dropped heavily. Rand lines fall ing 2 points. Rio Tiutos fell three quarters. The afternoon newspapers made only brief editorial comments on the news from Ladysmith, but their headlines voiced the general feeling of sorrow. The tone of the editorials can be summed up in the following statement of the St. James Gazette: "It is evident that the patriotism and fortitude of the nation are to be tested in real earnest by these operations of ours in Natai again ft great odds. Gen eral .White bad a difficult task set him and we muse take the disaster with the dogged coolness which Britons know how to display. . We shall await the final result without apprehension." The Globe calls upon the British em pire to receive this "bitter and unpala table dispatch with the spirit ;of a great nation that xelies upon its invincible re serves of strength." .J- Aj special dispatch from Ladysmith Bays the Boers suffered severely during the engagement, some persons estimat ing ! their loss, at 90 .to 100 iilled and wounded. j A STORM AT WILMINGTON. Wharves. Submerged tiud Much Dam age Done to Property. WiLMiNGTpy, N. C, Oct: jll. On ao count of high tides incident to the Car ibbean sea disturbance,, which was storm central over the Carolina coast last night, at 9:15p'clock, many wharves in the city this morning at 8 o'clock were submerged and considerable damage done to merchandise In storage ware houses. . ' At 9 o'clock the tide began to recede and it the wind changes, which is now becoming a gale from the southeast, no further damage will likeiy result. Ihe tide rose rapidly during the night and merchants and warehouse men had very little notice to move their waraa to a safe distance. Reports from Wrightsville and Caro lina beaches this morning tell of much havoc wrought by the storm there. There is thought to be no loss of life at those piaces,;but considerable damage is thought to have resulted to property there. The tide is said to have been the high est since September, 1893. ISo reports have yet been received as to any loss in shipping, though telegraphic communi cation has been cut off with Southport. The Clyde steamship Oneida, Captain Staples, which cleared yesterday after noon, did not put to sea, but is' still eafelv in port. Nothing has been heard of the Clyde steamer New York, which was expected here this morning, but it is thought she is safe. ' Damage to the rice' crops on the lower Cape I ear river is said to be very heavy, DEWEY TO WED MRS. HAZEN. Adin r.il Will 3Iarry the Sister of John II. Mf tlcTjrfitii. V ASHINQTQN,' - Oct, t. ' J 81.1 Admiral Dewey' has announced;. .tol,8ome of his more intimate friends the fact of - his euaasement to Mrs. W. B. Hazen of this city. Mrs. Hazen is the widow of General Hazen. formerly chief signal officer of the army, who died about ten years ago, and is a sister of John R. McLean, Dem ocratic candidate for governor of Ohio Mrs. Hazen has no children, and since her husband's death has made her home with her mother.. She is a woman of large means, about 40 years of age and popular in the best Focial circles of Washington. The date-of the wedding has not been fixed. r The admiral's ijrst wife died in 187S She was the daughter ot a lormer gov ernor of Vermont. One child from that marriaee. a son, is now living in New York. General Hazen, the former hus band of Mrs. Hazen, died on Jan. 16, 1887. and a son from their union died last year. . COLONEL HOWELL IS OUT Atlanta Union Ticket Agent and His Assistant Resign Atlanta, Oct. 31. Colonel Albert Howell, union ticket agent here, and his assistant, Stephen A. Hook, retired this morning- Colonel Howell is succeeded by Lewis H. Hill, city passenger agent Central railway The change comes as a surprise to the public and has excited considerable talk F r . i i tt - t i t. in railway circles- uoionei noweu nas been in charge of the union ticket office for a number of years, and his reason for eiving up the place is not known There is the usual sensational gossip on the streets attending sudden changes in public office, and rumors of resigna tions, of other high officials in the rail vav service. Cure Constipation forever ' Tnke Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c c C. C. fail to cure, drujar'sv refsn-i morev v OA Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought of Any Paper in the Ninth Congressional District ASHEVILLE, N. C, iiBSOlUTEiy'PjJBE M&kes the food more delicious and wholesome ROVAl SK"NO POWDER CO., HEW VOWt. NSURANCE AS COPMODITY. uprrm Court Fix- th - Negotiable Stntiis of Li .f.- Polices. Atlanta, Oct. 30. The commercial value and negotiability of life insurance policies were the subjects Saturday of decisions in the supreme court of the state. V In one case it was decided that, "while valid contract of insuraace cannot awfully be taken on the lite of another by one wh6 has no insurable interest therein, yet, as one has an insurable in terest in his. own life, ho may lawfully procure insurance thereon for the bene fit cf any other parson whose interest he desires to promote. A contract Bo'en- tered intois in no Eense a speculative one."' In another case in which the assign ment- of an insurance policy was at stake, the supreme court held that a creditor of a person having his life in sured, who takes an assignment of the policy to secure his debt, is only enti tled to retain, after collecting the policy. such an amount as is sufficient to pay the debt, together with all advances the creditor has made to keep the policy in force." TOOK WHISKY TO CHURCH. Proafher App'-al1! to tlm Courts and L Won His Point. Gr.iFFiK,:Ga , Oct. 30 Justice Rea gan has decided that a sick wire in church does not excuse her husband for carrying aloug a bottle of whisky. The decision was the result of a. drive by a Mr. Bruce to a country church with a supply of whisky under his bujrgy seat. It did not - lane the clergyman who was .. preaching long to discover that there was a greater attraction outside than inside the church, and that Mr. Bruce's buggy was more popu ar thau the pulpit. lie rnaao an appeal to the courts, in which the legal decision was that f the provision of law is violated when a per son attending church has in his buggy a bottle ot whisky and the buggy is left standing wihiu 200 yards of the church building." Ihe defense was that the liquor was carried to be used by Mr. Bruce's wife in case of iliness. Mr. Bruce will appeaL ROAD NEARS COMPLETION. Jfew Link of the S ul hern , Will He KeHdy In Hi-ci-mber. Columbia, S. O, Oct. 30. Southern railway contractors announce that the construction of the new S3 mile link in the Florida line is nearing completion, and the fast trains will be run over the road Dec. 1. ' The Edisto river bridge was completed yesterday and all other bridges and grades are complete. Track laying is progressing night and day at the rate of lj-o miles a day. The boutbern s lease on the Florida Central and Peninsular, expires Jan. 1, and the latter road goes to the Seaboard, which is building from Columbia to Cheraw, 80 miles, to tap its main line. Suit Agaiust Arthur Srwall. Raleigh, Oct. 30. United States Marshal Dockery has served the papers in a suit for libel brought at Beaufort against Arthur Sewall of Maine, one of whose vessels, the Carrie, a derelict, was taken to that point a few days ago. Two crews sighted the vessel. The i one which first sighted her did not reach her until after the other crew' had boarded her. Sewall paid the first crew on board $1,300 for salvage. The vessel and cargo are worth 40,000. "Now the crew waich first fighted her sues for salvage. New Hotels at Charleston. ; Charleston, Oct. EO. Charleston is discussing the prospect of having two new resort hotels. One, it is claimed, will be located not far from the battery and will be for millionaires only. Plans have been drawn for the other, to be erected on the site of the St. Charles, recently burned. It is to be six stories high, with samarium and court and will contain abont 100 rooms. The name of the projectors and exact locations of the hotels are withheld. 31 Iirir-1 His Older Kival. I Huntsville, Ala., Oct. 30 Bartley Lewis, 50 years of age, was shot and in stantly killed by Frank -Ellis, a young man, at the ; home of a woman with whom both' men were in love. The only eyewi.ness was the woman. Ellis remarked that he did not believe in two men loving one woman, and killed Lewis without explanation. Lewis was prominent, and his friends threaten a lynching. Ellis escaped and is still at large. . : Negro Wields an Iron Bur. Atlanta, Oct. 80. Willis Talliaferro, a demented negro, killed John New decker and fatally wounded John W. Brooks, both white men. . The killing was done with an iron bar, Talliaferro slipping up on his victims unawares The negro had twice been sent in to the authorities as "dangerous," but was dismissed because his case was not thought to be serious. He is now in jail charged with murder. Liirge Pig Iron Shipments. ; Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 30. The figures showing the shipments of pig iron and cast iron pipe from the field of Alabama and Tennessee and from the Birmingham district evidence a grati fying increase in all departments of the business for the period of nine months ending Oct. 1, 1899. The total pig iron shipments from Alabama and Tennessee were 1,162'. 2 16 tons, an increase of 202, 774 tons. ' From Wilmington to Atlanta. Wilmington, N. Oi, Oct SO. Dr. W. C.Wertenhaker, in charge of the ma rine hospital here, has been ordered to Atlanta. Ga., to report to Governoi Candler for temporary duty; it is Bup posed in connection with the recent re ported outbreak of smallpox in the south western portion of Georgia. Smith Reported Lynched. Dalton, Ga , Oct. 30, Smith, the young-desperado who murdered Chief of Police Hannah several weeks ago, is reported to have been caught in the mountains by friends of Hannah and lynched. NOVEMBER 3 1899. RESOLUTION BY STEVENS. A iTftter Method f Classifying Cotton Is Wanted. Atlanta, Oct. 27. At the morning session of the third day of the conven tion of the Association of tho Cotton States Commissioners of Agriculture, President Stevens offered the following resolution on the classification oi cotton: "Whereas, The annual loss accruing each year in the handling of the cotton crop, growing out of the loss of weight and failure of bales to come ur to the sample of classification, which is due to the fact that there is no standard sys tem of weight and classification, and. Whereas, these reclamations destory the profits of the business to the mer chant and indirectly is taken from the pockets of the producers; '"Be it resolved, by this convention, That we use qur earnest and energetic efforts to bring about the proper stand ard of weights and classification of the staple, by urging such legislation as to bring about the desired results, and, "Beit resolved further. That we in vite the assistance and co-operation of such exporters of cotton who realize the importance of the movement and who are, from experience, in position to fur nish substantial aid." The resolution was adopted. LABOR TROUBLE SETTLED. Grievances of 31111 Kmployes Submlt tri to a Committer. Jacksonville, Fla , Oct 27. The la bor troubles at southern Alabama and western Florida sawmills have been set tled and work will be resumed at once. Settlement of the differences is to be left to. General Secretary John W. Hays of the Knights of Labor and William A. Blount, a prominent Pensacola lawyer. All the parties concerned bind them selves to accept the decision of the arbi tration committee as to the rate of wages to be paid, the time of payment, the number of hours in a working day, the matter of company stores, of insur ance men and the employment of doc tors. A conference between Hays and Blount is to be held at Pensacola as soon as practicable after Nov. 25. Until the committee reports the men are to work at the same terms as existed prior to the strike. FOURTEEN ARE CREMATED. Dwellings of Two Families Catch Fire and Inmates Perish. Mobile, Oct 27. In Baldwin county, 80 miles northeast of this city, fire de stroyed the dwellings of. Henry Good low and Samuel Smithson, cremating all the occupants of. both houses 14 per sons in all. The Goodjow family consisted of father, mother and six children, while there were six persons residing in the Smithson home the husband, wife, three children and a sister of the hus band. No cause could be discovered for the fire, and it is believed to have been of accidental origin. The pine trees sur rounding the house caught fire from the flames, added to the destruction and pre vented any assistance from reaching the persons iu the houses. RAN INTO AN OPEN SWITCH. A Savannah, Florida and Western Train Wrecked. Valdosta, Ga., Oct. 27. A passen ger train on the Savannah, Florida and Western railroad, bound for Montgom ery, was wrecnea here, ins switch was open, and the train, with five passenger coaches, running 25 miles an hour, ran into the switch and collided with three freight cars, . thus making a terrific smashup. A mysterious part was that none of the passengers were-seriously injured. The engine and two coaches were smashed tpieces, besides the freight cars on theNtfsidetrack. A sleeper and the rear passenger coach were saved. The damage will perhaps go to f 13,- 000 or $20,000. No Out In Prices of Yarn. Charlotte N. 0., Oct 27. The Southern Hosiery Yarn Spinners' asso ciation met here yesterday. President Charles Adamson presiding. A com mittee was appointed to draft a consti tution and bylaws, and secure a charter and report at the next meeting, the sec ond Thursday in December. One hun dred and nineteen thousand spindles were represented. Une of the main ob jects of this meeting was that no one cut prices, ancr to agree upon a scale. North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor gia and Alabama mills were represented. Cotton Sells For 15 Cents. Port Gibson, Miss., Oct 27. Mr, James B. Allen of Port Gibson, who cultivates land infwiis vicinity, has just sold to W. U. Craig s Uo. of Vicksburg, Miss., 125 Dales ot ootton ne raised in this county at 18 to 15U cents cash per pound net in Port Gibson. This crop of ootton was considered by expert cotton men to he the nnest ever seen in this section of the country. The staple measured from to inches long, with great strength and nigh grade. N-gro Lynched Near Macon. Macon, Oct 27. John Goosby, a ne gro, was hanged at Kregin's mill, abont 6 miles from here, late last night, by a party of men from Twiggs county, Goosbv had a fuss with his employer. John Tom Robinson, a Twiggs county planter, and cut nis throat with a knife. He was pursued by a posse of neigh bors, caught at his father's home and promptly swung cp to a limb. Mr. Rob inson win proDaDiy recover. Not Tried For Cannibalism. Charleston, Oct 27. The Norwe gian government has instructed the re lease of the two shipwrecked sailors held here on a charge of murder for killing and eating their shipmate on a raft in August last The consul secured their release today. The men will be gent home. ' " R- quemorq Opposes Morgan. "Montgomery,!, Ala., Oct 27. Hon. John D. Roquemore of this city today announced his candidacy for the United States senate to succeed Hon. John T. Morgan. ". Senator Morgan, Governor Johnston and former Governor Oates will be Colonel Roquemore'a opponents, OLDS AND EITDS'OF NEWS. - m WHAT IS ;U!S. ON IX ALL I'AKT O." i il.. WORht1. The people of Marion, S. C, have presented Lieutenaiy Victor Blue with a loving cup, " Leota, a lion tamer, wa( severely bit ten on the thigh by one of three Leasts she was training at Atlanta. The Tennessee conference. M' th disi Episcopal church, south, bus raised it total subscription to tho twentieth cen tury education fund to $10,00. The Forty-eighth volunteer infantry, now at Fort Thomas, Ky., has been or dered to proceed to San Francisco preparatory to embarking for the Phil ippihes. The Kansas City and Eldorado rail road has been sold to the Missouri, Kan sas and Texas railroad company for the amount of its bonded indebtedness, $225,000. The governor of Mississippi has par doned Charles O. Summers, the noted express robber and ex-Pinkerton de tective, who voluntarily returned to the prison several weeks ago to serve out an unexpired sentence. i v , Macon tailors threaten a Etrike for higher wages. , New Jersey has presented Admiral Sampson with a sword. E. W. Carmack has announced that he will enter the race for senator in Tennessee. A giant brass combine is being formed, which, it is stated, will comprise all the plants in the Nangatuck valley, Conn. Grant Allen, the author, who has been in ill health for some time past, is dead. He was born at Kingston, Ont, in 1848. Michael Davitt, Irish Nationalist member of parliament for South Mayo, has given formal notice that he will re sign as a protest against the Boer war. The Southern Musio Teachers' asso ciation has been permanently organized in Atlanta by the election of James Mc- Claiu, Atlanta, president; 14. H. Peters, Spartanburg, S. O., vice president, G. W. Bryant, North Carolina, secretary: B. 0. Davis, Atlanta, treasurer. 5 t ; Rear Admiral Schley will visit At lanta on Nov. 4. Guatemala has agreed to arbitrate an American claim. The W. O. T. U. in national conven tion denounced the war in the Philip pines. Senator Mallory of Florida, who has been very ill in Washington for several days, is now better. A Yale undergraduate and a young woman have been sentenced to jail for kissing publicly in New Haven. D. H. Rhodes, an employe of the quartermaster s department, has de parted for Manila to make arrange men t.- for bringing to this country the bodies of American soldiers whe have fallen in battle. Henry Irving and his company, com prising 66 persons, among. who;u, aro Miss Ellen Terry, Miss Etael Clark and Lawrence Irving, has reached New York from London for a brief tear cf this country.- - v 4 A state of siege has been proclaimed in the province of Bacelona, Spain. Miss Helen Gould has given $6,000 to the League For Social bervice, to be used in a crusade against Mormonism. . The United States transport MUsoun. with a large quantity of mdical sup plies and a number of nurses, has ar rived at Port Said euroute to Manila. Pearl Thurman, who was fatally wounded while attempting to rob the Sevierville, Tenn., bank, in company with the Derrick boys, Oct. 13, is dead. A colossal bronze statue of Christ blessing mankind, which - was being hoisted into a niche in the new cathe dral at Berlin, fell 100 .feet No one was injured. The Manufacturers' Record of Bal timore reports that southern industries nave, during the past week, been marked by a steady improvement, and by the efforts of men interested in iron, lumber, phosphate and textiles to meet the in creasing demand for them. v 4 . Successful tests of Marconi's wireless telegraph have been made between the warships New York ana Massachusetts. Famine expenditures have compelled the Indian government to suspend tele graphic transfers and restrict council bills. Senator Petti grew of South Dakota, in a speech at Woon socket, eulogized Aguinaldo and declared that he was ashamed of his country. Two running horses collided on the racetrack at the state fair in Atlanta. One of the animals was instantly killed and both jockies were seriously injured. According to George W. Perkins, president of the Cigar Makers' Interna tional union, a bitter fight ia to be waged by that organization against the Annexation of the Philippine islands. - A verdict 'of not guilty has been re turned in the suit of Joseph Oday for $50,000 damages against the Chicago and Northwestern railway and the Wa bash railway for alleged blacklisting. 4 - The cruiser Marblehead, in pursuance to orders from Washington, has sailed for Panama. General Wheeler, writing to a cousin at Nashville, says the Filipinos are not as highly educated as reported. The new postage stamps of Germany will bear a bust representing Germania in place of the present Imperial eagle. A heavv frost has fallen at Jackson, Miss., and the board of health expects all auarantines to be raised in a few -a - days. Johd L. Lafar, superintendent of St Paul's I Lutheran Sundayschool at Sa vannah, fell dead while reading his re port An understanding has been reached by which it is expected that negotiations will be opened soon at Madrid for a new treatv between the United States and Spain. The Presbyterian synod of South Car olina, sittinff at Newberry, Has recom mended that the synod raise $50,000 to endow a chair in the theological Bern nary located at Columbia. UinUCV Is a deceptive di&ease- VTiirrif thousands have it and TROUBLE don't know it. If you want quick results you can make no mistake in using I)r Kilmer's Swamp Root, the trreat kidney remedy. At druggists in fifty cent and dollar siz es. Sample bottle by mail free, alfo pamphlet telling you how to find out if vou have kidnev trouble. Address Dr. Kilmer fe Co.. Binghampton.N.Y NO. 45. May we have pleasure of the you showing ... - v r Our supply of seasonable things is large they were carefully bought for cash they are in ark eti at a moderate profit w o a selling very freely We deal in Dry Goods, Clothing. Underwear, Fancy Goods, Small wares, Shoes, Hats, Trunks, Bags. H. Redwood & Good Goods Honest Prices -"J-J--JLi'-Til 1 " 1 "wi Li .i iiuijji. ,m ... i ..m ji.h.uiiiiii,i im im -- BMM, !,.,! , M .Mi, Polite: Service. We've built up bur large trade , on these. 1 We always expect to use them or go out of business; and . WE ARE HERE TO STAY. - Ashtiville Hardware Co., S. E. Corner Court Square. ! BON MARCHE. Fall Autumn is here; we must pre pare for it. We are in a posi tion to help you at the least pos sible cost for the best materials. Wap "Our cloak -department is full of excellent styles at-bargains, and more arriving daily. Underwear. Is one of the first things asserted &tock we have ever Excellent, well made fleeced pants and vests gray, each 25c. r , Heavy camel's hair Jersey " fleeced paut-i and vests, each, 50c. - f Part wool pants and vests, each 50c , 1 Excellent stock better "grades, including silk and wool and all silk. Our line of union suits ia very large. Yt- ran fit tbf smallest child or the largest woman. Pricee, from 50 to 2.50. Dress Goods and SilUs. They are very important, much consideration. In this department nr most of the new weaves and shade?, at quick ? lljin p Pin Hosiery niul- Corsets. Tln se ' dopaiMnonis me very strong and are probbr irhsur lHseJ l y any in th i'y. In a few days a larire an-ort n ent of woolen hceierx wiil unive. Folioiis. I Almost anything y'. wi.y take a iiolhm fir can be f- ut.l 1 in this department. ! ; -w things arriving" !aUy t tht (Jit! l eiu.i j Rootbeer time is here TOE CHARLES E. HIRES CO., Philadelphia, Pwl juaxert of Jliret Oondenttd Milk. our Co., 7& 9 Patton Avenue. 15 S. Main Street V ! ! ! W M W W ar t f if ? f W Goods 8, to consider. We havi the bct offered. therefore v.Je lmvrjvr !1 th 111 found rice?. w V! fiii iftifi 1 1 si) VI ft X 4. ie 1 .1 15 8. ft i r all;. goods? -"UNI j m m "1 - 1 white or m T). sir ' r