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SARGE PI Industrial Heroes I Her Atlanta Co Henry Grady did more in an hour's i speech to conquer the North than an j anny's guns could have done in years, if ever. Ben Hill appearing at Davis's ball at the time he did was the most sub lime courage of all the war. Grant was a bulldog, Sherman a firebug and even Lee, who deserved to be loved by all the world, did never so great things as keeping up the com missaries. The truth is that honors do not fall where they are the most deserved, and false sentiments are created and the* minds of men are warped. Take our histories-is history his tory? Take a ''Northern" history , and a "Southern" history and put them side by side and read them together. Do this and you will not wonder why a great many people have become skep . tics on all histories-history is not history. The histories of our own times as given us from a "Northern" ora "Southern" standpoint are so at vari ance in- sentiment and in "facts," as to make it clear to the veriest clod hopper that prejudice has played the largest part and sycophancy and par tiality most all the rest in the forma tion of what is termed ''history/' We old people know that this is a fact as to the history of the years through which we remember, and it is justly calculated to make us doubtful of all the time that is behind us. Who among these readers but what could put their fingers upon names now upon the'roll of "fame" which have arrived upon that roll more through the methods of the schemer than through the merits claimed or implied from their position in the hooks. Of course I am not fool enough to undertake to correct these things, but I would like it if I could impress the youthful mind of the fallacy of war and the glory thereof, and I write in confidence that what I impress will be made plain if the war now so much talked of is accomplished. Stick a pin, and remember that I tell you these things. The biggest talker is not the great est fighter-they don't fight much. A private soldier is not much more than a yaller dog-in fact, ii you get into a first-class, war you will wish you was a dog before you get through. I could go on and on, but I prefer to let you digest these first. A few may get some glory out of a war-if they stand in with the "historian"-but the individual private is not known. I will mention a case or two in this connection that comes under my own knowledge, as it is as easy a way as any to impress what I desire upon the youths-I could mention hundreds. Near Nashville, in 1864, a man by the name of Summers, Compauy F, Forty-second Alabama regiment, caught a shell which had fallen into a company of troops just as it was to explode and threw it to where it hurt no one-this was considered a most heroic act at the time, but there was no to do made over it, and the man himself turned right around and fin ished putting the bark on his oven lid with no more- to do than if he had stopped to take a chew of tobacco and then resumed. I venture that this.is the first time it was ever in print and will be the last time you ever hear of it, unless you chance to meet some of the old vets of Company F, Forty second Alabama-you'll never sec it in history. Another case. We have in our County a man by the name of Borne Jim Borne, of Cobb's legion. From accounts, heard from his comrades, Mr. Borne performed some of the most desperate and heroic acts of the war. At Sharpsbunr he captured a flag of a New York regiment and fought hand to hand with several of that regiment in his effort to retain it. Through the most trying circumstan ces he held the flag and brought it away and turned it over to his supe rior officers. You have heard of Cobb's legion and you May have heard of the brave and noble T. li. li. Cobb but I venture this is the lirst time you .ver heard of Jim Borne. One more and then I am through with this part. We have a gentleman among us here at Decatur who per formed the most unusual thing of tho ; whole war, and perhaps saved the ; entire army from defeat. This man is j Mr. Jim Hunter, of the old Seventh ; Georgia regiment. Ile, with his regi ment, had retired somewhat in the rear for a much-needed rest and to cook a little of what they had. At ; the time of which I relate. Mr. Hun ter was frying some meat in a small frying pan '?vcr a little campfire. Heavy firing suddenly broke out in front and before it could ' bc told a brave set of Texas troops had been surprised and overpowered and came running pollmell to the rear. Hunter at once took in the situation. Fie knew that it was a stampede and that . JUNKETT. better Tl ian "Warrior oes. nstitution. much depended upon a rally of the men. Rising with his frying pan, he scattered meat and gravy and rushing in front of the Texans, he soon rallied them and led them forward to a most glorious victory, using his pan the while in place of a sword. This story is known locally from hearing the old veterans laugh at the way Hunter looked walking up and down the bat tle line waving his frying pan, but in a few years more these shall have passed away and the name of Plunter will not be found in history and the incident will be Jost, with the thou sands of others, to make room for pa ges of gush or a parade of prejudice and sycophancy. I was talking to some young boys yesterday about the way they gathered taxes during the war. Then tbe far mers had to give one-tenth of every thing produced. Money would not do. Produce was far ahead of gold or any thing and it certainly took a fine quality of brain to handle it and find the men and tHe teams as they were fed. After doing all that could be done, mountains-at least piles as large as houses-was burned at almost every station along the railroads. I venture to assert that fully as much of this produce was burned as ever the sol diers received, and even as it was burning thousands of women and chil dren were almost starving for bread, not to mention meat-and not to men tion the hunger of the soldiers at that very time. You will never learn of such as this from history-not in its immensity and intensity. A line may be devoted for the remark that much property was destroyed and much suffering undergone-this is about the extent while they will greedily devote page after page to the magnifying of some great officer, and so pleasing will the picture be made that the youthful mind will be lost to the terrors of war in the warship of the warrior hero. I feel it a great privilege to admire and love such men as Lee, Johnson, Longstreet, Jackson, Gordon-and I don't mind throwing in a-lot of admi ration for Grant, Sherman, Sheridan such as these-but Iventure to assert, and I hope it will not astound you, that if all the talent which has been exerted to the magnifying of such men, had been devoted to giving a true history of their times in all the details, it would be mighty hard to get up a war with Spain or with any one else that has any gumption. Perhaps it is good policy of govern ment to encourage hero-worship. I don't see any way around sucha thing, nor do I have any particular objection to heroes, but I do assert and believe that they could be created and a trend for the youthful mind, guided into a more worthy and exalted channel than that of the killing of soldiers and the destruction of wars. I believe that the commissary of an army had need of a finer brain than the man who marshaled the army. Especially did it take the clearest heads and the most indomitable courage to feed the army of the Confederacy, and the Federal army, also, when they were away from their base of supply, and yet you will never hear of a hero emanating from the commissary-rather it would bc a subject of reproach, so much for the tutorage we receive-for the impres sions of history. The men who went into Atlanta after the war and raised the city from the ashes, the least oue of them was greater than Sheridan and they more deserve the plaudits of thc world. They have done greater things than ever Sherman dreamed of. Count the men who waded into thc rubbish that filled the streets and blocked them. Just study on how they reared build ings, started factories, opened streets and built bridges-think upon them as building thc greatest city of the South -and say if it is not a greater tiling than ever Sherman did. These arc the kind <d' men the most worthy of imita tion and the ones that should engage the greatest reverence from the youths -they should be our heroes. Industrial heroes is what this land of ours needs. Brave men and brainy men who will risk their money and give their energy to the industrial pursuits-gi ring work to the poor and blessing the conn try with peace and plenty. West l'oint Academy nor all the wars has never produced a man so de serving tlic homage of thc people as docs the men who have opened thc mines and started spindles to hum ming, built the railroads and set the trains to moving. This is flu- finest quality of brains, thc highest type of greatness, and they should engage thc future historian as example-, in shap ing sentiment for the measurement of men and thc selection of heroes. Thc way that prejudice and senti ment has eutcrcd into nur later day "histories" is s<> damaging to truth that it would bc well to wipe thc whole thin-r out and start new with men ol' the industries as our heroes. The glow and glimmer that the writers are predisposed to give to militar}' warps the mind of the youth and cultivates an administration which the science of war does not entitle. Industrial heroes is thc need of the world-we have enough of the warrior heroism-and please let the old "hay seed,1'who has done nothing more than plan for a good terrace or hillside ditch, have a share. SARGE PLUNKETT. Dun For Church Members. After careful consideration, the Centenary Methodist Church, of Port land, Oregon, has decided upon a nov el plan of raising funds necessary in conducting the affairs of the congrega tion, says the Chicago Chronicle. It was suggested by the Piev. J. J. Wat ers, who was determined to run his church as a democracy, giving every body an opportunity and inducement to contribute. At ii meeting of the influential members he explained his plan. Ile showed a large roster, with all the members of the church on it. Opposite each name are fifty-two spaces for credit marks. The roster is placed in the vestibule of the church, where it remains, in plain view of everyone entering the church. At the close of every month the roster is taken down, and all who have contri buted anything to the current expen ses of church are cheeked up in the spaces opposite the names. The amount paid is not given, but the check indicates that something, how ever small, has been paid toward the support of the church. Thc contribu tion comes into the hands of the clerk by means of envelopes, and the amount and name are obtained in this way. The roster will show just who has paid anything and who has not. It; is claimed for the system that the delinquents get tired, after a while, seeing the row of blanks after their names, and begin to pay something in order to fit up the blank spaces. It isa sort of ever-present dunning board. It. looks down with significant silence on every member who enters the church door. The delinquent canuot escape its all-seeing eye. Whether present or absent, he knows it is there and thc blank spaces seem constantly to say, "pay something." The meet ing adopted the plan unanimously. A Novel Barometer. It has taken a clever Frenchman to discover a kind of barometer which may be safely called unique. An English Journal says that it is noth ing more nor less than the figure of a general made ?f gingerbread. He buys one every year and takes it home and hangs it by a string on a nail. Gingerbread, as every one knows, is easily affeeted by changes in the atmosphere. The slightest moisture renders it soft, while in dry weather it grows hard and tough. Every morning, on going out, the Frenchman asks his servant, "What does the general say?"' and thc man applies his thumb to the gingerbread figure. Perhaps he may reply, "The general feels soft. Ile would advise you tak ing an umbrella." On the other hand, if Ihe gingerbread is hard and unyield ing to the touch, it is safe to go forth in one's best attire, umbrcllalcss and confident. The Frenchman declares that the general has never yet proved unworthy of the confidence placed in him, and would advise all whose purse will not allow them to purchase a barometer or aneroid, to see what the local baker can do for them in the gingerbread linc' - fforjttr'x llmunl Tnl.1t. Liberal to the Devil, Sthitry Willi (?od. A '.nan once said to Sam doues: "Jones, the church is putting my as sessment too high." Jones asked. "How much do you pay." "Five dollars a year.' was the reply. "Well," said Jones, "how long have you been converted?" "About four years." was the answer. "Well, what did you do before you were converted?" "I was a drunkard.'' "How much did you spend for drink?" "About two hundred and fifty dol lars a year." "How much were you worth?" "I rented land and plowed a steer." "What have you got now?" "1 have a good plantation anda pair of horses." "Well, said Sam Jones, "you paid the devil two hundred and fifty dollars a year for thc privilege of plowing a steer on rented land, and now you don't want to give l?od, who saved you. live dollars a year fur the privilege of plowing horses on your own planta tion. ^ on area rascal, from thc crown nf your head to the sole of your foot. - ? . - CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Haye Always Bought Signature of (^y^fJ^^^C liest They Could Afford. It was in the early days of the church and the singing, of which thc congre gation is now very proud, was in an embryotic condition, owing to the scarcity of funds, and not very good. But the church was struggling to do its best and its people were working hard. Thc warden was one of these, and he had the interest of everything very much at heart. He is warden now, and he tells this story with much of a Christain spirit or otherwise, accord ing to whether or not people believe in a millitant Christianity. Any way, this is what happened: "I find your singing very poor," said a showily dressed woman to the warden, in pompous tones, as she left the church one morning. The warden happened co have been thc man who had taken the contribu tion on thc aisle on which the showily dressed woman sat. He knew the amount of her contribution. "Don't you think, madam." he said, "that wc had as good a 10-cent concert as you ever heard in your life?" "Oh, said the woman," appreciat ing his meaning, and a little abashed, "I can't afford to give more/' "Well," said the warden, "we can't afford to give any better music." Slight Difference. A gentleman riding through ono of .the pine wastes so common in middle (?eorgia some years ago overtook a young man whose sack of corn under him on the farm horse he rode, gave evidence that he was bound for the grist-mill. Some conversation between the two developed the fact that the young man was a son of the author of a popular almanac. The gentleman asked the young man jocosely, "And do you ever make cal culations upon the weather, like those for which your father is so celebra ted?" "Oh yes," he replied readily. "And how do your calculations agree with your father's?" inquired thc gen tleman. "Very well, indeed." replied the young man. "We are never more than one day apart in our reckoning." "Why, that is wonderful, certain ly!" exclaimed the gentleman. "Only one day's difference?" "Yes," said he,with a twinkle in his eye; "he can always tell the day before when it is going to rain, and I can always tell the day afterwards!" The Probable Result. Clerk John E. McGaughey, of the c riminal court, is thc proud father of several bright, intelligent boys, one of whom, a 12-year-old fellow by the name of Harry, is an inveterate wag. says the Indianapolis Sentinel. One eveniug recently after John had reached his comfortable home in Irv ington, donned his smoking jacket and slippers and had seated himself before a cheerful grate fire in his library, waiting for dinner. Harry entered the room, and. seating himself at a table, began apparently to work out an arith metical problem. Finally he casually looked up and said: "Papa, suppose you were to give mamma $4U in gold and $20 in silver right now, what would she have?" Mr. Mc<!aughey takes a lively inter est in his boys' progress at school, and, whenever possible, has made it his duty to assist them. Ile turned about in his chair and replied to Har ry's question: "Why she would have $(i0, of course." "No, she wouldn't," answered the boy. "She'd have a fit." Then John turned his gaze thought fully upon thc fire and Harry gathered up his books and left thc room. - Johnnie Kcwscads and (?us De Smith were talking about matrimony, and the latter remarked: "They say that the happiest marriages are be tween people who are not at all alike." "That's so. and that's thc reason I'm not going to marry until 1 find a wo man with lots of money." replied thc impecunious yearner fur domestic hap piness. There aro lh.ee little things which do more work than any other three little th i nus created-they are the ant, the bee ami DeWitt's Little Farly I tisera, the last .ein? tho famous little pills for stomach ami liver troubles. Evana Pharmacy. - A young woman in Chicago sup ports herself by taking care of other people's birds and flowers. She goes daily from hou>e to house, feeding and watering pet birds and cleaning their cages. She then turns her at tention to thc plants and window boxes, cleaning leaves and giving a dose of fertilizer when needed, and in other ways keeping her feathered and floral patients in excellent condition. Whooping cough is the most distress ing malady ; but its duration can he cut short by the use of <>no Minute Cough Cure, which is also the best known reme dy for croup and all lung and bronchial troubles. Evans Pharmacy. - .Men are more apt to usc specta cles than looking-glasses; spectacles to behold other mens faults than looking-glasses to behold their own. A thrill of terror is experienced when a brassy cough of croup sounds through I the house at night. Hut tho terror soon j changes to relief after ?Mi* Minuto Cough j ('ure has been administered. Sile andi harmless for children. Kvans Pharmacy. | A self-made mau nc\ er censes to praise his maker. Don't annoy others by your cough ing, and risk your lifo by neglecting a cold. One Minute Cough ('uro euros coughs, colds, croup, grippe ami all throat and lung trouble.". ICvans Phar macy. #/JK-ss-,..:,>(/ ... m-mf. -2 Grimy finger marks seem to t<7r<?7?,' on the woodwork about the house. They come easily and they stick, too-unless you get rid of them with 6^ O?Sfpowd Ki. It makes all cleaning easy, THE If. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago. St. LOU?B. New York. Boston. Philadelphia. ti? rift Powder THE FARMERS LO?W AND TRUST CO. Is Now Ready for Business. ? Farmer? ??'????ti eut, 3Ioney to Lend at Reasonable Rates. Interest Paid on Deposits. The Farmers Loan and Trust Co. will set as Executor, Administrator or Trustee of Estates and Guardian for Minors. NIKE rieh men in South Carolina out of every ten commenced lifo poor. They letame rich by spending less than thev made. No one gats'rich who docs not spend leal thin he makes. Any one will get rich who continually spends less than he makes. Every young man caa and shcild save something each month or each year. The man who will n t save a portion of a smalt salary or small earnings will not save a portion of a large salary or large eai nings." The boy who saves something every month * ill bc promoted before the boy who spends ?ll he makes. True manhojd is required in order to deny ones salf aud save. It is weakness and lolly to spend all regardless of tba '"rainy day." Industry, economy and integrity cause prosperitv-not luck or good fortune. For reasonable Interest and absolute security deposit yocr savings iii tue Firman Loan aid Trust t'o. Office at the FarmerB and Merchants Hank. UIEFCTOKS. E. S. HILL. President. tiEO. \V. EVANS, Vice President. ELLISON A. SMYTH, HENRY P. McOEE, S J, WATSON, JNO. C. WATKINS, Ii. M BI RKISS. WM. LAUGHLIN, E. P SLOAN, J. R. VA NUI VER. Cashier, J. BOYCE BURRIS?, Assistant Cashier. J. E. WAKEFIELD, Jr., Book Keeper. Jm^THE BEST WE HAVE SECURED A LOT OF G-enuine Seed-Tick Coffee, Which is famous for its cup qualities, and will sell you Seven Pounds for One Dollar. We have just received a lot of SILVER TELA, A nice present with every package. We guariutee the Tea in every o artic ular, and if it don't suit you it conies from AUSTIN'S-bring it back aud get your money. Here are some of the Presents : Dish Paus, Teapots, Cups aud Saucers, Plates, Carving Knives, and mauy o:her? too numerous to men tion. Call and see them. JNO. A. AUSTIN & CO., The Best Tea and Coffee Store. O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. WANTED CASH. Got to have it. Koli "era out-Short 3?i-oiits. Seed Oats, Corn, Timothy Hay, Bran, Molasses, in Car Lots. Can fill any size order-compare prices. CAR HALF PAT. FLOUR. Bought 50c. under market. Sell same way. Lower grades So 90 per barrel. We Want Your Business, Large or Small. 8?*u Wanted at once, 1,000 bushels Molasses Cane Seed, and all your Peas, Raw Hides, green and dry, Tallow, Beeswax, Eggs, ?fcc. Pay you spot cash. Get prices and look at our stuff. Will save you money on Corn, Hay and your barrel Molasses. All kinds Seed Irish Potatoes. O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. Nineteen New Graves. There are within the borders of this r*fl Af?vU?? county alone nineteen newly made ORGASMS graves, little mounds of earth scatter ed through the various cemeteries, as 1 cau *lv0 vou ir> Pei> cent ou Or monumcnts to the system. Some of g??3 and 20 per cent, on Pianos by these citizens thus cut down in the j ordering direct from Manufacturer, flower of a vigorous manhood, were: Sample Piano and Orgains can be not violating any law, but merely at- j seen at my residence South Main St.. tending to their ordinary duties. ; Personal attention given to eorres Otherswere driving along the highway pmdence. in pursuit of a calling the law has de- A[. L. WILLIS, clared to be legitimate, and in the j darkness of night met the murderous j bullet of these extra-officers. Others | - - still were on patriotic business for i SOUTHERN RAILWAY? their State and fell before the deadly j tire without a word of warning. Hut ! Iff-3> so deeply has this octopus fastened his ilFlL tentacles into the minds, the hearts ' * and the consciences of the peuple. SO I Condensed Schedule In Effect corrupting and blighting lias been his ? .JULY 4, iso?. touch, that juries have often failed to '? STATIONS I eon viet, and when they have, there j _ . * _I Ko. iL has been in each and every ease a ! fry?Charleston...~. io a m (?overnor standing ready t'o pardon j ^gSSSfy;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;15?? J S without rhyme or reason. Men eon-i " Newberry. 12 22 p sn victcd of red-handed murder by fair A'r.^oofl."!.".'.'.';:!.'.':::.':.':.'.*:.'.' 1 S J ra and impartial juries have been freely j " Hodge*.i 2 25 p m pardoned by the (.'?overnor and placed j Ar. Abbeville. 2 ss p m hack as ofiecrs to enforce thc law. ^-BeUon.- - . J'J'UUH .. . / 11.11 ? Ar. Anderson. 3 85 p tn - ,S/>tirinn/inr</ il'Vilii. ? --rr-.--! ' .' _ , Ar. (ji-ei'iivillo. 4 20 p m '"" ; Ar. Atlanta.777777.77. "I'Tftl p m - China possesses the largest and . STATIONS Pni,v richest coal mines in the world, which : .--%- -..-?-7^'.?[-^= Lv. irreenville. lu :t0 a ni are destined some dav to play a great " S?&"out.?'io 55 a m . ... . . ' " VMlliaiuston.: ll ls a in role in the worlds industry. 1 he ' CrT?ndcrson." . n'Yij a ni mines in the Shansi province alone arc tv. Belton . 1135 a m * i Ar. Donnnlds._12 u2 p ni estimated by Professor Richthofen to j CvT"?hi>.-viik?77.'....7 "." 77. "ii 45 a m contain lHO.000,000,00? tons. Ly.Hodges.. .f?f? P m ? " Greenwood.j 1 U0 p ni - Klisha \\\ Keyes, who has been I " Ninety-Six.! 1 25 p ni !" Newberry. 2 25 pm appointed postmaster at Madison, " Prosperity.1 2:17 pm .... i-i . Ar. Columbia. II .VJ p ni Y\ is., served in the same capacity un- Ar. charleston. ~T.~-Sw [Tm der Lincoln. Andrew Johnson, (?rant ? Daily|Daily| <T*TIOV?? tf)aily;PallT 1 TT : y?- 9'y?"1!{l MAUU' ' _ N0.UX0.lU (twice), amt Haye?. j 5aOpt 7 lOajLv....Charleston... Ar T??p U twa - 880a|11 30a ....Columbia.. "V" 3 35pj 9 3S~p VOTTfir 9 07a;i215p ".ANt..n..' 2 45p S58a 1> Ul lt; Ht. 10 0-la; 125p ".Santuo. " 1 25p| 7 4rtti - 1020al 202p ". Union." 1 ??p 7 30p IF tho Notes and Accounts due the Ks- I JOg?' o-rp " ?..?*??.*.*?.? " Jj*P ?5?1? tate of A. S. Stephens are not settled gg: 5gJ Ar/. g?55SS^;;;LT frig immediately .hey will be placed iii the 114fo 333p;Lv..Sp?rtaabur?r.. Ar ll 2Sa'tfUSp hands of an ollicer for collection. 2 45p 7i?p Ar;... Asheville. Lv! s J hi. 8 (ftp Remember, we ar?? headquarter* for all "P," p. m. A," a. m. kinds of Repairs on BuagiuH and Wagons. Trains 9 and 10 carry elegant Pullman and keep a lull line of lirst-clns.s Material Bleeping cars between Columbia and Asheville, nt bottom prices Paint i ne a specialty. enrouta daily between Jacksonville andCincin v. .''?li15, ST Kl* HENS, AdniT ^?:njns ,,.nYfl Spartaabnrifi A. & c. (iivisjODi .Maren H. ls!?s ?>< ".in n<>rtlil)>tuid. a. m., 3:47 p.m.. <?.\^ p.m., (Vestibule Limited); southbound 12:20 a. m., ' 'WfiTTP'F 8:15 p.m., 11:37 a. m., v Vestibule Limited.) ^ iiv/xxvJj. Trains leave lirrceuville. A. and C. division. 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