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PI NEVI LL] ".A. Nignt in About two years ugo thc people in Pineville WOB| almost alarmed out of their seiisef- by a ghoot'what made its appearance evbry night iu tho? grave vard Tho niggers seed it ?rst, und they told sich terrible talcs about it that the wiuihieu aud children was afraid to go to bed in tho dark for a month, aud you couldn't git a nigger t0 go a hundred yards from tho house after dark not for all Georgy. It made a monstrous talk for more'n ten miles round the settlement, and everybody "?o anxious to fiad out whoso ghost it was aud wbot it wanted. Old Mr. Walker, what haa been chested out of all his property by the lawyers, hadn't been dead a great whilo, and as he was a monstrous curious old chap anyhow the general opinion was that the old man had come baok for something. Sammy Stonestreet seed the ghor.t, asd Bob Moreland seed it, ?ad old Miss Cur loo seed it, when she was comin to town to seo her daughter, Nancy, the Dight she bad her baby, sad they all gave the same account the niggers did, about its bein dressed in white, and talking to itself, and cryin and walkin about ainong tho toombBtones. Bob Moreland paid he heard it sneeze two or three times, jest as natural as any human, and cry ever so pitiful. A good many of the boys sed they Tras gwine to watch for it some night and speak to it; but their hearts al ways failed them about dark, and no body didn't go. Gue day Bill Wilson como to town, and was about half cornered down to Mr. Harley's store, when the boys got to banterin him about the ghost. "Ding'd if I don't see who it is," SOB Bill; "I ain't afraid of no ghost that ever walked on the face of the yeath." With that some of 'cm offered to bet him five dollars that he dassentgo inside the graveyard after dark. "Doue!" ses Bill, "jest plank up yer money. But I'm to go jest as I've a miud to?" "Yes," ses the boyB. -"And shoot the ghost'if I see it?" ses ho. "Tobe shore." "And I'm to have a bottle of old Jimmaky, to keep me company?" "?cs," ses all of them. "Nuf sod," ses Bill. "Put up the stakes in Mr. Harley's hands. The money was staked and tbs bis ness all fixed in no time. "Now," ses Bill, "give me a pair of pistols and let mc load 'em good my selfrand I'll show you whether I'm afraid of ghosts." Captain Skinner's big brass horse pistols was sent for, and Bill loaded me of 'em up to the muzzle, and after gettin a bottle of licker in his pocket, ind takin two or three more geed stoat horns to raise his courage^ he waited till it was dark. Everybody in town waa wide awake to see how the thing would turn out, and some of the wim min was monstrous oonsarned for Bill, or fear he'd git carried off by the host shore enough. Jest about dark Bill sot out for he gravoyard, with a whole heap of ?Hers, who went to see him to negate, so be oould give 'em no odge. "Never you mind," ses Bill. "But member, I m to shoot, and-" "To be shore," sea all of'em. Bill marched into the middle of the' aveyard, brave as a lyon, singin 'Shiny night" as loud as be c'ou'd ot monstrous ont of tune-and Mk a seat on one of the gravestones. The gravoyard in Pineville stands ? the siae of a hill about half a milo rom town. The fence is a monstrous 'gh post an-! rail fence, and tho lot is tolerable big one, estonding a good >js down in the holler on the tot her !<le, whar ther is a pine thicket of hom a acre, in which ther aint no faves. The night was pretty dark, and Bill 0Qgln it was monstrous cold, so ho ept takin drinks ovcry now and then kcep himself warr% and singin all e songs and ealm tunes he know'd keep awake. Sometimes ho thcught heard something Sown in tho bush land then his hair would sort o' *1 up, and he would hold his breath d grab hold of his pistol, what he eld cooked in his lap, ready to shoot, "it was so-dark that he could see thin ten stops off. Two or three ?>e3 he felt like baokin out and goin Be; but he knowd'd that wouldn't v*r do; so he'd tako another drink u striko up another tune. Bimeky - got so sleepy that he couldn't tell aether ho was singin "(Ip in a bal ?>hoys," or "I'm bound for tko ?mised land"; and bimeby ho only pg a word here ?nd inar, without 0 vsry ^ertioklor what song it be ted to. Be was so bominable nleej^ and ed together, that he couldn't keep I STORIES. a Grraveyard.'" asvuko. and in spite of his fears, he be gun to nod a little. Just then something sneezed. "Ugh!" ses Bill; "what's that?" But ho soon como to tko conclusion that ho must have been sneczin in his sleep; aud after scein that his pistol was safe and takin another drink, ho was soon in tho land of Ned agin. About this time old Mr. Jenkins's gang of goats como out of thc thicket, whar they had got through the gap in tuc graveyard fenoe, and with old white Bellshazer in the lead, come smcllin about whar Bill was watohin for the ghost. Old Bellshazer is a monstrous big goat, and one of tho oudaeieueest old cusses to but in all Georgy, and the old rascal, seeiu Bill settin thar all alone by himself, he goes up and smells at him. Bili noded to him in his sleep. Tho goat stepped baok a step or two and Bill noded agin. The cid feller took it for a banter shore enough, and oomin forward and raisin up on his hind legs a little, he took deliberate aim, and spang 1 he took Bill right between the eyes, knockin him and his horse-pistol off at the same time. Bang!goes the pistol, roarin out on the still night air, like a young five pounder, so everybody in town heard it, and tho next minit you mought heard Bill hollerin "MurderI murder!" for more'n a mile. The whole town was roused in no time, and everybody that could go vns out to the graveyard as quiok as they could git thar. Thar was Bill Wilson laying sprawl ed out on thc ground, with his nose knouked ns fiat as a pancake, and both h?3 eyes.buuged up so he couldn't tell daylight from dark. Thc gouts was skecred us badas Bill was at thc pistol, and was gone before he fairly touched tho grouud. Bob Moreland and Tom Stallios, who had gone out to the graveyard to skeer Bill, havin tuck care to change thc pistol what he leaded for ono that had no bullets in it, got thar jest in,timo to see his encounter with old Bell shazer. They was thc first ones to git to him, but it was so dark and they was rapped up in white sheets so Bill didn't know 'em. The more they talked to him and shuck him, the louder he hollered, till they thought he would go into a fit. After awhile he came to his senses. Somebody struck a light and Bill seed whar he was. He swore he was wide awake all the time and that when the ghost come up to him he tuck a fair crack at it, when all of a sudden a clap of thunder and lightnin knocked him olean out of hid senses. Bob Moreland tried to explain to him how it was. But ii was all no use. He swore that the ghost was six foot high, and that he smelled thc brimstone and seed the lightnin jest as plain as he ever seed lightnin in his life. The next day Bill olaimed the stakes, and everybody said he ought to have the money, which was given up to him. But you may depend Bill Wilson wouldn't have sith another ghost-fight, not for all the money in Georgy. The fence was mended whar it was broke in the thicket, and ther has never been any more ghosts seed in that graveyard ever sense. MAJOR JOSEPH JONES. 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B. freo by addressing BLOOD BALM CO. Atlanta, Ga. Describe your trouble, and wo will include free medioal ad vice. B. B. B. neyer fails to cure quickly and permanently, after all fails. Thoroughly teated for 30 years. Over 3,000 voluntary testimonials of cures by B. B B. Hill Orr Drug Co., Wilbite & Wilhito and Evans Phar macy. - Some people would rather do a thing twice than doit right in the , first place. Wouldn't be ?utti ?ne. "John," ?cid Mrs. Cro?b?d, thought' fully, "everybody in society seems to th i ii I a lot of gencaology in these days.' "Jennie what?" exclaimed John, looking up from his evening paper. "Genealog,," repeated Mrs. Croe sus. "What's that?" "I don't exactly know," replied tho good damp. "Hut I think it's a tree of souie kim'-at least, I've heard some ladies refer to it as a family tree." "Well, what of it?" he asked. * "Why, it scents to bc a sort of fad, you know, aud every one who is any one has to have one." "Buy ouc, then," he said irritably. "Buy the best in town." and have the bill sent in to mc, hut den't bother mo with tho details of the affair. Get OTC and stick it up in the conserva tory, if you want one, aud if it isn't too largo we-" "But. I don't know anything about them." ."Find out, and if it's too bin for the conservatory, stick it up on thc lawn, and if that isn't big enough I'll buy the next lot jo order to make i oom. There can't any of them fly higher than ?e can, and if it comes to a ques tion of trees I'll buy a whole orchard for you."-Philadelphia Inquirer. Some Childish Humor. Here are some specimens cf childish humor from the Chicago EJWB: "Oh, mammal" exclaimer-.4-year-old Flossie, as she observed the moon im its second quarter, "como and look at the moon. Half of it is pushed into the sky, and the other half is sticking out." Tommy, aged 5, had been busy whittling, and managed to raise a blis ter on his hand, which caused a Blight break in the skin. Running to his mother, he showed it to her and said, "Mamma, I guc?s I'm beginning to wear out." "Did they si?g any pretty songs at Sunday School?" asked a mother of her little 4 year-old daughter upon her return home. "Only one,'' re plied tho Huh) miss. "It was some thing ubout "Greeland's icc cream mountains." Papa-Well, Willie, have you been a good bey to day? Small Willie Did you ask mamma? "Why should I ask her? Don't you know whether you have been good or not?" "Yes, but mamma's idea of goodness differs from minc, and I don't want to go back on anything she says." To Cnre A Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo-Qoinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W, Grove's sig nature is on each box. 25c. - A young St. Louis housewife qnit her grocer because he tried to sell her oured ham. She informed him that she didn't want any that had been ill. - Another new religious sect has been started in New York. They call themselves the Eabists, and follow the teachings of one Abbas Effendi, whom they hold to be a son of God. - Marriage seems never so much a failure to a man as when something goes wrong at home that he can't pos sibly blame on his wife. This season there is a large death rate among children from croup and lung troubles. Prompt action will save the little ones from these terrible diseases. We know of nothing so Certain to give instant relief as Ono Minute Cough Cure. It can also be replied upon in grippe and all throat and lnng troubles of adults. Pleasant to take. Evans Pharmacy.' - No mac need expeot to play on a golden harp in heaven who only con tributes to the church collection on a mouth harmonica harp. - What do you think of a man who will at tho table tell the Lord ho is thankful for the things before him, but as soon as he says "Amen" will begin the storming about the cook ing? There is always danger in.-using counterfeits of De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. Tho original is a safe and cer tain cure for piles, sores and skin dis eases. Evans' Pharmacy. - Thero are two classes of things in the world that is unwise to fret about: First, tho things whieh can not be helped. Second, things that can bo helpod. Experiments show that all classes of foods may bo digested by a preparation called Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, whioh digests what you eat. It is tho only combination of all tho digestantB ever di vised, and has never failed to cure the very worst case of indigestion. Evans' Pharmacy. M rs. C. E. VftsDenscD, of Kiibourn. Wis., was afflicted with stomach trou ble and constipation for a long time. She says, "I have tried many prepara tions but none have done me the good that Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets have." Theta Tablets for ?sie at Hill OiT Drug Co's, drug store. Price, 25 cents. Samples free. - The Egyptian fellah ?9 apparent ly tho worst taxed man in the world. Even on the palm tree, which gives him food and shelter, ho pays 50 cents a year. Headaohe often results from a dis ordered condition of tho stomach and constipation of tho bowels. Adoee or two of Chamberlain's Stomach au.i Liver Tablets will correct theso disor ders and enro the headache. Sold by Hill-Orr Drug Co. The Great Nile Dam. /"rom the ages of tho dynasties of shepard kings and Pharaohs a "low Nile," or a "high Nile" has meant dearth or plonty in Egypt. In pro portion as the river spread its fertil izing waters in Hood timo along its bank?, thc crop of the season was as sured. If for one or moro years in succession its vuiunie fell short famine stared tluj people in the face. Imperial Home depended largely ou the granaries of Egypt for tho daily bread of her populace, but in her great constructive days shu failed to insure the constancy of supplies in grain and other products of Egypt's soil, which is confidently anticipated by the approaching regulation of thc rise and fal! of thc ancient rivoi. lust two years have passed since tho foundation stone of thc great Nile dam at Assouan was laid. It wus bed ded on a high portion nf toVii rock and was placed by the Duke of Con naught. Across tho river i mile broad thcro, the massive wall has been steadily built up of ashlar gran ite, welding together the rocks which form the dangerous First Cataract. Tho length of the dam is about 0,000 feet. Its strength had to be designed to hold in reserve for purposes of ir rigation a great mass of water. When the river is in flood its wa ters will gush through thc massive sluice gates. In tho autumn months the sluice gates will be dosed until the reservoir thus formed ii full and ready to bo distributed by ohannels over the agricultural land on each side. When the water is most wanted (in August and April) for the crops of corn, sugar, cotton and rico, tho sup ply in the lower river will oe increas ed from the reservoir, and thus a fair ly even supply of water will be afford ed throughout the year. A canal with numerous locks is to bc construct ed to give passage to thc Nilo steam ers and other traffic. Commercially the value of the dam to Egypt in the future can hardly be estimated. Its immediate effect, ac cording to thc Egyptian government's engineer, will be to bring under culti vation 000,000 additional acres of land. This is in addition to putting certain districts and levels beyond the ordinary risks of flood and drought. An area of 5,000,000 acres, uow in fair cultivation, will bo converted into ands of the first efficiency in crop producing qualities. Over the whole area Sir William Garstin, thc secre tary of stato for public works, believes thc value of summer crops will bc in creased by as much as $30 an acre. Egypt's resources for growing corn and cotton will thus bo immensely enchanted and aro likely to bring her forward a* a competitor in the world's markets. * From the engineering point of view the stupendous nature of tho under taking will be realized from the effect it will have in practically creating a lake 144 miles long, impounding more than 1,000,000,000 tons of water. At some periods of the year, it is said 900,000 tons of water a minute will gush through the sluices. The dam will raise the river about 66 feet above its usual previous level. It is broad enough for a carriage road to run along its top. Nowhere eise in the Nile valley, says Sir Benjamin Baker, who has carried out the work, were to be found suoh advantages of site, sound rook, numerous islands and shallows in whioh to work. Thc openings of the sluices aro to be lined with cast iron one and one-half inohes thick, so as to effectually guard against the destruc tion from the constant impact of large volumes of water and high velooity. The width of tho base of tho dam has been made such that the pressure on tho solid granite masonry will be leBS than that on any other of the great dams of the world.-Baltimore Sun. The Ideal Schoolmaster. "A schoolmaster should, above all else, be a man eminently just, abso lutely true, and ono who has been, is, and always will bc, a boy at heart," writes Caroline Leslie Field in thc Ladies' Home Journal. "Such a man wiP not only deserve und command his pupils, love and respect, but will have also a knowledge of human na ture whioh will enable him to dis criminate wisely and to draw his lines of illustration straight and clear. Such a mau has his rights. His work begins at a fixed point, and the material for that work should have been properly prepared before presenting it. It is too much tc expect that, taking in hand fifty or a hundred odd boys al ready on tho outer verge of childhood, ho should do for them not only hie own work, but also what their parents ought to have been doing for them from their cradies. Yet often this baa not been done, with thc result of overwork and anxiety to the master, weariness r.nd discouragement to thc pupil, -. loss to both which can never be made good." -- A young wife who lost her hus band by death, telegraphed tho sad tidings to her father in these succiant words: "Dear John died this morn ing. Loss fully covered by insur 2, - -- 1 . Had Proved lt. A good story was told at an election meeting the other night. An Irish man obtained permission from his em ployer to attend a wedding, lie turn ed up thc next day with his arm in a sling and a black eye. "Hello, what is thc matter?" *aid his employer. "Well, you pee," said the wedding guest, "wc were vory merry yesterday, and I saw a fellow strutting about with a swallow tailed coat and a white waistcoat. J And who might you bc?' said I. 'I'm thc best man,' seas he. and begorra he was, too."-Scot I if fi Anu rican. - If women were all b:!?? they would ?irobah?y still buy hair-pins so they would have thom to put in their mouths. - You can always tell an old bach elor and :.?. married mau apart hy the way they hold a baby. The old bach elor keeps bia arm outside tho clothes. - Fish frozen alive have remarkable vitality. Carps frozen 30 hours have been known to hop about lively when thawed out. * - Thc maiu disadvantages about being married is that a man never dares to brag any more about what his ideal woman is like. - She-I'll never marry a mau whose fortune hasn't at least five ciphers in it. He (exultingly)-Oh, darling, mine's all ciphers. -It took 500,000 pounds of candy to satisfy the Christmas demand in St. Louis. - Boiled alligator flesh tastes vory muoh like veal. It is much oaten in lodi?. - One man oan makcG,000 tin cans in one day by thc aid of improved ma chinery. - Thc British museum has three copies of tho Bible written on tho leaves cf the fan palm. - A Missouri murderer has been , on conviction, sentenced to 1)9 years in the penitentiary. - Tho first American cotton fac tory was established in 17S7 at Eart Bridgewater, Mass. - Fourteen women received tho doctor's degree last year at thc Uni versity of Zurich. - According to the proverb, "Money I makes thc marc go." This is prob ably due wholly to her sex. - If a tuan always docs his duty on little occasions ho will know just how to act on great occasions. - It is easier for a young man to fool his own mother than it is for him to fool any other woman. - An irreverent writer says that Satan's fall was probably due to his having slipped on a peal of thunder. - When some men get religion tho very next bone they give their dog will have more flesh on it. - Not oountiog the national capi tal, there aro 44 towns and cities bear ing tho name of Washington. - A few days ago at Littleton, N. H., the mercury changed from 40 be low to 40 ab^e inside of 24 hours. - The Persians give names to every day in the month, the same aa we give them to the days of the week. - They who misjudge aro apt to bo misjudged. - Sure things aro more or less un certain. - "Not guilty" isn't necessarily an innocent remark. - Stimulants seldom hurt a man - if he leaves them alone. - Bo sure you are right-then pause a moment for reflection. - A good conscience is the most re liable, witness a man eau havo. - That which cost no thought is worth no thought. - Ten per cent, of tho men who go to Capo Nome never come back alive. - Accusing another often means nothing more than excusing yourself. BANK OF PENDLETON, PENULKTON,, W. ?J. SOLICIrS Accounts of Firms and In dividuals, feolinir sure it can give as ROIHI service as any Hank outsldo of tho la ruo cities. Iutprest allowed on Timo Deposits by agreounont. J. J. SITTON, Cashier. Foti 13. 1901_34_4 FOR SALE. ren Cars Ear Corn. CELY & BRO., Greenville. - - - S. C. WARNING. THE following pnrsons aro under Con tract with me and havo loft my employ without cause. All persons art? warned not to hire them : li KN HALL. WILLIAM HOOK. CYRUi R Ll Zf^U, PRBHH MOATES, JES E ll . UM'?N, LA WREN CK ORR, BUTLKR ii ARTIN, JOHN WK-LEY, WILLIAM Mo F A LL, DAVE SCOTT, ISK \ KL JACKSON, SAM JOHNSON, JOHN OLINK-CALKS, LEM CLINKS<'ALES, 8QJIKK H -> KRIS, ARTHUR R? SA MOND, NOAH REKVfN, El LA C. RE KV ES. W. S. HAMMOND. Feb- 2<?, 1001 30 3 ARE YOU PEELING BADLY? flf 'RICKLYA5K BITTERN WILL CURE YOU. *^ EVANS PHARMACY, Special Agents. OM se F uro. i sh i ii g G ood s O? A IL Kinds Kew Stoves Exchanged for Old Ones. R< ?po* tinily. JOHN T. P. S.-All those who owe mo for Stoves and Accounts must positively come in and settle. If I have to send to see you it will bo at your expenso. Hope to see you at once. JOHN T. BUKRISS. Nowfor Another Century ? THE nineteenth century is gone forever ; the echo of the rumbling wheels of Time reverberates down the vista of the age?, and the noisy clang ing of our never-resting trucks keeps pace with tho rapid progress of this panoramic show-those trucks that howl from morn 'till night carrying from our warerooms tons upon tons of DEAN'S PATENT FLOUR to satisfy the hunger of the craving thousands who constantly cry for itB picsence in their household. Dean's Patent is one thing they WILL have, because it is pure and wholeeomo, and our all-leather SHOES are things they MUST have, be cavse they can't afford to be without them. The people of this century demand good values for their hard earned money, and that is what we give them in every yard of DRY GOODS, in every pound of COFFEE, in every gallon of MOLASSES, nod in every bushel of CORN and OATS. We give them thc only genuine and original Bliss' Triumph Trish Potatoes on thc market, and this is just what they want. lu fact, we give them thc bett there is to bo had, and if they are not pleased, it gives us pleasure to refund (heir monty. That is our guarantee open to every one. Then celebrate the Twentieth Century hy hooking on to tho friends of tho trading public. DEAN KA I Lil* rt. NOTICE TO DEBTORS: Our Collector is now out on h?3 rounds, and will call on you in a short while. Be prepared for hin), for wo MUST have our money. If you want to save yourself the expense of his trip to see you, you must como at once to our office and arrange your account. DEAN & RATLIFFE. Now is tho Time to Buy You a . . . WE can give them to you at any price, and any kind that you want. We have a good No. 7 Stove with 27 pieces of ware for $7.75. We have a big lot of IRON KING and ELMO STOVES which you know are the beat Stoves on the market. Now we just want to speak to you one word about our HEATING STOVES, Especially about our Air Tight Heater, which you know is the greatest heater on earth. If you would see one of them in use or try one of them, you would not have anything else. And just look at the price-they cost almost noth ing-only $1.75 up to 86.00. We want to call your att?mion to our big Stock of Tinware, Glassware and Crockery Now we have just got too much of this and it must bo sold, BO we iuafc want you to come and look and let us price you through. We have Borne of the prettiest bieces of Odd L>hina you ever saw. Would make nice Wedding, Birthday and Christmas Presents. Now we are just opening up tho biggest line of TOYS y?u ever Baw We want you to como rouud and bring the children and let them see a grand sight in Toys. And remember that all of these Goods must be Hold at some price be tween now and the 25th day of Decembor. Come now while you can get a good selection of everything. Yours truly, OSBORNE & 0SB0BNE. SH a ? Li t? Pi s 'S? S Sa g ? cd 0 td M 55 C < ? M H GO > < O SJ ? M H H ?ti K? w . ? 0 O hrj M CO ft > I co M rt > a o 2 3 g BS ? w M > *1 Q M 2 w co . o o * I s? p ? 09 a 4 OATS, OATS, AND RICE FLOUR. WE ARE HEADQUARTERS for all KINDS of GRAIN. Three Thousand Bushels of TEXAS RED RUST PROOF OATS. One Car of that famous HENRY OAT (or Winter Grazing Oat.) Tho only Oat that will positively stand any kind of weather. Have just received Two Cars of fine FEED O VTS at lowest prices. Have just received Three Cars ol' RICE FLOUR f->r fattening your hogp, and it comes much cheaper than any other feed and is much better. Yours respectfully, O. D. ANDERSON ? BRO.