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THE BIBLE ORCHARD. DR. TALMAGE'S SERMCN ON THE FRUITS OF PARADISE. The First Orchard Described la A!! It* Beauty and Perfection?The Lbhscb of Its Creation Before the Fieh acd P?ids? Solcmon'a Orchards and Gardens. .Dr. Talmsge finds the divine hard in ttU thedaroinions of the natural world, and this sermon presen t3 T6* ligion in the mest radiant attractiveness. The text is Genesis i, 11, k?be fruit tree yielding frait after his kind." It is Wednesday morning in para dise.. The birds did nothing their opening pi?cd nor the fish take their first sw:ti ndl the following Friday. The sola* lunar lights did not T /*K*> rvri/? fncr or6S& mruu^u mo of the world's manufacture until Thursday. Before that there was light, but it was electric light or phcs phorescent light, not the l':ght of sua or moon. But the botanical and pomological productions came on Wednesday?first the flowers and then the fruits. The veil of fog is lifted, and there stand the orchards Watch the sudden maturity of the fruit In our t*aoe rr>nc!* TZ&n TAflrfi VXIXftC ?/^AJL A?v? T v !.? J before they bear fruit, and peach trees three jears, and apple trees five years, but here instantly a complete orchard springs into life, all the branches bearing fruit. The in9ectile forces, which have been doing their worst to destroy the fruits for 6,000 years, had not jet begun their inva sion. The curculio had not yet stung the plum, nor the caterpillar hurt the apple, nor had the phylloxera plague, which has devastated the vineyards of America and France, assailed the grapes, nor the borer perforated the "fr Vi C* WUWI) UUJ. liilO apjxiu&a x UiiiwvL cherry, nor the grub punctured the nectarine, nor the bligut struck the - pear. There stood the first orchard with. a perfection of rind, and exqnisiteness of color, and a lusciousness of taste, and an affluencs of pro deletion which it may take thousands or years more of study of the science of fruits to reproduce. Wny was the orchard created two days before the fish and birds and three day before the cattle? Among other things, to impress the world * with a lesson it is too stupid to learn? v that fruit diet is healthier than meat diet, and that the former must precede the latter. The reasoa there are in the world so many of the imbruted / and sensual is that they have not improved by the mighty, unnoticed fact that the orchards of paradise preceded the herds and aviaries and fish ponds. Oh, those fruit bearing trees on the banks of the Euphrates, on the Gihon, and the Hiddekel? I wonder not that the ancient Bomans, ignorant of our God, adorned Pomona, the groddess of fruits, and that all sylvan deities were said to worship her, and that groves were set apart as her ten pies. You have thanked God for bread a thou sand timts. Have vou thanked him for the fruits which he made the first course of food in the menu of the world's table?the acids of those fruits to keep the world's table lrom being insipid, and their sweets to keep it from being too sour? At this autumnal season how the orchards breathe and glow, the leaves removed that the crimson or pink or saffron or the yellow or brown may the better appear, while the aromatics fill the air with invitation and reminis once. As you pass through the orchard on these autumnal days and look up through the arms of the trees 1 TTrifV* fwiif trmi nDO* flmmnin/* .tkavtw** nibu XJL luu j xjkjl U^CU oa the ground that "?rhich is fully ripe, and throwing your arms around the trunk you give a shake that sends down a shower of gold and fire on all sides of you. Pile up in baskets and barrels and bins and on shelves and tables the divine supply. But these orchards have been under the assault of at least 60 centuries?the storm, the droaghts, the winters, the insectivora. Whatmust the first orchard have been! And yet it is explorer's evidence that j on me site ol that orcnaru tnere is not an apricot, or an apple, or an olivenothing but desert and desolation. | There is not enough, to forage the explorer's horsa, much less to feed his own hunger. In other words, that first orchard is a lost orchard. How did the proprietor and the proprietress of all that intercolumniation of fruitage let rich splendor slip their posses sinn ? Tt WAS n? r.nw nf thp r-.v chards are lost?namely, by venting more. Access they had to all the fig trees, apricots, walnuts, almonds, apples?bushels on bushels?and were forbidden the use of only one tree in the orchard. Not satisfied with all . but one, they reached for that and lost the whole orchard. Go right down through the business marts of HUO gjLcab MbicD anu. JLLUU. auuisug tire weighers and clerks and subordinates men who once commanded the commercial world. They hud a whole or shard of success, but they wanted just one more thing, one more house, or one more country seat, or one more store, or one more raiiroad, o? one more million. They clutched for that and lost all they had gained. For one more tree i* they lost a whoJe orchard. There sure business men all around us worried nearly to death. The doctor tells them they.ought to stop. Insomnia or indigestion or aching at the base of the brain or ungovernable nerves tell them they ought to stop. They real ly have enough for themselves and their families. Talk with them about their overwork and .urge more prudence and longer rest and they say: t * \A/Vfl TT * AWV A tT U amp/V ! juu aic n^ut. xxifcCi: x nave accomplished one more thing that I . have on my mind I will hand over my business to my sons and go to Europe ? and quit the kind of exhausting life I have been living for the last thirty years." Some morning you open your paper, and, looking at the death column, you find he suddenly departed this life. In trying to win just one more tree ha lost the whole orchard. Yonder is a man with many styles ui uuiwxui tflienammeiii ana. amusement. He walks, he rides, he plays tenpins in private alleys, he has books on his table, pictures cn his wall and occasional outings, concerts, lectures, baseball tickets and the innumerable delights of friendship, but he wants a key to the place of dissolute convocation. He wants association with some member of a high family as reckless as he is affluent He wants, instead of a quiet Sahbath, one of carousal. _ He wants the stimulus of strong drinks. ^ He wants the permissions of a prolli gate life. The one membership, the one bad habit, the one carousal, robs him of all the possibilities and innocent enjoyments and noble inspira tions of a lifetime. By one mouthful of forbidden fruit he loses a whr>lf? nr. chard of fruit unforbidden. You see what an expensive thing is sin. It costs a thousand times more than it is worth. As some of ail kinds of quadrupeds and all kinds of winged creatures passed before our progenitor that he might announce a name, from eagle to bat and from lion to mole, so I suppose thera were in paradise specimens of every kind of fruit tree. And in that enormous orchard there was not only enough for the original famTITT ttrrA ^11 w w m v, K/Uki* nui'. iu* u^v lU j tne ground arid was never pickeu up i to suppij whole tcwns ?nd villages, | *>' ! if tfcey had exis'ed. But the infatuated couole turned a^ay from all these other trees and faced t'lis tree, and t'ce fruit of that they will have, though i it cost thena all paradise. This story of Eden is rejected by some iis en improbabilitv if not an j impossibility, but notbi^g on earth 1% | easier for me to believe ih^.n the truth I of this Edenic s-tory. fori have seen J the same thing: ia this year of cur Lord | 1S97. I could call them by name, if | it were politic and righteous to do so, 'he m-n wbohave sacrificed a paradise oa earth and a paradise in teaven for* OE&siQ. Their house weot. Tneir library went. Their good name west. Their field of usefulness went. Their heal'h went. Their immortal soul w?nt. My friends, there is just one j sin that will turn you out of p*raeise j if jou do sot quit it. You know what j it is, and God knows and you had bee-1 ter drop the hand and arm lifted to- j ward that bending bou^h before you | plucK year own rum. vvcen a-cism, stood on tiptoe and took ia his i-ijrht band ib.si one rcuna pe .chcr apricotj or appl?, shUc reached up and pulled dovn the rsunc', beautiful worM ! our trssent residence. Overvroi* d ariist. ovftfxroughfc rmrcba&t, ambi ticus politician,, avaricious speculator, better ;.ake t'oat warning from Adah's j 1 1 __J u. ? ormasru iiiiu siuu un=jrz jvu vui for that ore thir>g more. You think religion is a eood thing for a funeral Oa, yes! Religion is a good thing no* when you are in i health and prosperity and" tbe appetite ! is good for citrons and apples and apricots and pomegranates. Come in without wasting any time in talking about them and take the luxuries of religion. Happy yourself, then you can make others happy. Make jast one person happy every day and in 20 years you will have made 7,300 people happy. I like what Wellington said after the battle of Waterloo and when he was in pursuit of the French with his advance g'uard and Colonel Harvey said to him, "General, you had better not go any farther for you may be shot at by some straggler from the bushes." And Wellington replied: ''Let them Sre away. The battle is won and my life is of no value now." My friends, we ought never to be recuiess, out it tarouga lae par doaiag ana rescuiag grace of Christ, you have gained the victory over sia and death aad hell, you need fear aothiag oa the earth or under the earth. Let all the shamshooters of perditioa blsz* away. You may ride oa ia joy triumphant. Religioa for; the funeral. Oh, yes! But religion ' for the wedding break'ast. Religioa i for the brightest spring moraiagapdj autumn's most gorgeous sunaet. ?C3- I ligion for the day when the stocks are upju&t as much as when stocks are down Religion when respiration is easy ss well as for the last gasp, wnen temperature is normal as well as when it reaches 104. It may be a bold thitig to say, but I risk.it, that if all people, without respect to belief or character, at death passed into everlasting happiness, religion for this world is sucli a luxary that no man or woman could afford to do without it. Why was it that in the parable tfce prodigal son the finger ring wa? ordered pat upon the returned wanderer's hand before the shoes were ordered for his tired feet? Are not shoes more important for our comfort than finger rings? Oh, yes! Bat it was to impress the world with the fact that religion is a luxury as well as a necessity. "Put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet." If in sermonic; or ex hortatory, or social recommendations of religion we put the chief emphasis on the fact that for our safety we must have it when the door of the next world is opened, poor human nature will take the risk and say "1 will wait until the door begins to open. But show tbem the radiant truth, that the table of God's love and pardon is now laid with ail the fruits which the orchards of God's love and pardon and helpfulness can supply and tney will come in and sit down with all the other banqueters, terrestrial and celestial. Oil, fetch on the citrons and the apples and the walnuts and the pomegranates of Solomon's orchard. But h&visg introduce J you to Adams orchard and carried you awhile through Solomon's orchard, I want to take a walk with you through Pilate's orchard of three trees on a hill 70 feet high, ten minutes walk from the gate of Jerusalem. After I had read that cur "greatgrandfather and great grand mother had been driven out of the first orch| ard, I made up my mind that the Lord I would not be defeated in that way. I i said to myself that when they had been poisoned by the fruit of th&t one tree, somewhere, somehow, there would be provided sn antidote for the poison. I said. 4 'Where is the other tree that will undo the work of that tre<:? Where is the other orchard that will repair the damage received in tbe first orchard? And I read on until I found the orchard and its center tree -as z? Lt- -r ~~ ^ I ujigiiiy lur uuro Lais uiie iiau uc-u for ruin, ana as the one tree in Adam's orchard h#d its branches laden with the red fruit of carnage, and the pale fruit of suffering, and thespotted fruit of decay, and the bitter fruit of disap pointment. I found in Pilate's orchard a tree which, though stripped of all its leaves and struck through by an iron bolt as long as your arm, never theless bore the richest fruit that was ever gathered. Like the tree of the first orchard, this was plan ted, blossomed and bore fruit all m one day. raul was impulsive and vehement of nature <wid he laid hold of that tree with both arms and shook it till the ground all around locked like an orchard the morning af ter an autumnal equinox and, careful lest he step on some of the fruit, gathered up a basketful of it for the Galatians. crying ou:. "The fiuit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffer ing. gentleness,goodness, faith, meek ness, temperance." Tne other two trees of Pilate's orchard were loaded, the one with the hard fruits of obdur acy and the other with the tender fruit of repentance, but the center tree? arrflw f cot I ijyjrt Tll.il Jm ^ v x v C.J ?. cab vw the exact place where it was planted! ?the center tree of that orchard yields tin antidote for the poisoned nations. There is in old England the hollow of a tree where a king hid, and there is in New England a tree in which a document of national importance was kept inviolate, and there have been trees of great girth and immense shade and vast wealth of fruitage, but no other tree had such value of reminiscence or depth of root or spread of crancn or mnmtuae or iruitage as me center tree of Pilate's orchard. Befcra I pass this d3v frora under it 1 would like to drop en both kaees, and with both hands outspread and uplifted to ward the heavens, cry out with all the nations of earth and he-.ven- ' I be lieve in Gjd, the Fattier Almighty Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son our LordH, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of tne v lrgm Maiy, suffered under Pontius Pilate, vras crucified, dead and buried. He descended into hell. The tnird day he rose from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sittetfi on the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence he shall come to jud^e quick and the dead. Now in this discourse of the pomol~ F ~ T>:1 - O _ J :J - ogv sji wc ?>iuie, ur \xca amia me or ch&rds having shown you orchard and Solomon's orchard and PiIs. te's orchard. I now taks you imo V St John's orchard and I will s'.ov there, for. having seen ihat. you *-i\i vraat see nothing- more. S\ John bims&lf, having seen that orcuard o'is charofd a whole volley of Come! j Ome! Come! aaJ then prjnouncea i tre benediction: "The grace of o^r ! L">rc Jjsus Christ be with you al!. J i ir.on " Tho,i th?i Kar.icSiin ?T7>5rii7f~ I Hst closes the book, and the Bib.'e if done- The dear old book opened with : Acam's orchard and closes -*ith St. John's orchard. Ss. John went into this orcaaid through a s'one gate, the black t>--Si.it of ihe isle o* Patsaos, to which he had heer. exiltrd. That orchard ^hica he Siw was ar.d is ia heaven. Oaa person v?i;] err ia sp-aking: o> heaven as all material and a^ota r person de>crib*s heaven as all fwura iive and soiriru^I.and both an; v.roasr. j Heaven is both materia! snd spiritual, ^ r. A e,.-nifQn) j we a:'j uuiu mairi in axaia zzyn j While much of t-ie 3ioie acco ant of j heaven is 10 tak^n figuratively and j sr?iv)tual?y. jr. is piain to me thai heav- i en has also a material existence. ! Christ said, "I ?o to prepare a p'ac* j for you." Is not * place material? Goo, who has done all the world buiicinsr, the statistic? of stars so vast as to be a bewilderment to telescopes, coaid hnve somewhere ia his astrox:oraT piled ur? a tremendous world to ! make the Bible heaven true oath as a mats-rial rp'endor aad a sivr'tua) do main. I ao not believe God put all thy fljwers, aad all the precious stones, and all ihe bright metais, and I all the music, and all the fountains, acd all the orchards in this little world of ours. How much was literal I and how much was figurative I cannot j say. Bat St John saw two rows of j treps on each side of a river, and it differed from other orchards in the i fact, that the trees Dore iz maaner ci i fruits. Variety? O'a, yes! Nat an eternity ! witn nothing but music. Not an eternity of pri,C3ssion on white horses.! Not an eternity of plucking fruits j from the tree of life. But ali manner of varieties, and I wili tell you of at least 12 of those varieties: Joy of di-1 vine wnrsiup, jjy over tuc vi^iuiiea of Iho Lamb wno was slain, j >y over ' the repentant sinners, joy of recount- i ing our own rescue, joy of embracing j old friends, j jy at recognition of pa I triarchs, apostles, evangelists and martyrs; joy of ringing harmonies, joy o? reknitting broken friendships, joy at the explanation of Providential mysteries, jjy at walking the boulevards of gold, joy at looking at walls j green with emerald, and blue with j sapphire, and crimson with jaspar, ! ALLU Willi amg^UJ OU, through swinging gates, their posts, their hin-?-, and their panels of richest pearl;. joy that there is to be no subsidence, no reaction, no terminus to the felecity. All that makes 12 different joys, 12 mariner of fruits. So much lot variety. But if you ta?e the i other interpretation and say it means j 12 crops a year, I am with you still, j j?? ~i j ? ? i i i.ur uicdua aujuuaucc. ^.uai win 1 be the first place we ever got into where there is enough of everything, j enough-of health, enough of light, | enough of supernal association,enough or love,enough of knowledge, enough joy. The orchards of this lower world put out all their energies for a few days in autumn, and then, having yielded one crop, their banners of | foliage are dropped out of the air and j all their beauty is adj turned until the blossoming of the next May time. Bat 12 crops in the heaveuly orchard duri ing that which on earth we call a year \ mean abundance perpetually. While there is enouga of the pomp of the city about heaven for those who like the city best. I thank God there is enough in the Bible about country sceaerj ia heaven to please those of us who were born ia the country and never got over it. Now .? j i,. l yua may nave aurcoia ui guiu ;u ucav- $ en. Give me the orchards ^ith 12 j manner of fruits and yielding: their j fruit every montn, and the leaves of j the trees are for 4'the healing of the J nations, and there shall be no more | curse, but tha throne of God and of} the Limb shall be in it, and his serv- j ants shall serve him, and they shall 1 see his face and his name shall be in j their foreheads, and there shall be j no night there, and they need no can | die, neither light of the sua, for the I Lord God giveth them light, acd th ;y : shall reign forevar and ever " But) just think of a place so brilliant that j tbe noonday sun shall be removed j from the mantle of the sky because it! is too feeble a taper. Yet mcst of ali j am I impressed with the fact that I ] am not yet St for that place, nor you } either. By the reconstructiag ana sanctifying grace of Christ we need to ba mads all over, and let us be getting our passports ready if .we want to get into that country. An earthly nass port is a personal matter, t*lliag cur height, our girth, the color of our hair, our features, oar complexion and our age I cannot get into a foreign port on your passport, nor can you get in on mine. Eich one of us for himself needs a divine signature, written by the wounded hand of the Sen of God, to get into the heavenly orchard, under the laden branches of . which in God's good time we may j meet the A.dam of the first orchard. { and the Solomon of the second orch ard, and the St. John of the last orchard, to sit down under the tree of which the church in the book of canticles speaks when it says: "As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great dalight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste." And there it may be found thai today we learned the danger or nansering auer odb wuik more, and that religion is a luxury, and that there is a divine antidote for all poisons, and that we had created in us an appetite for heaven, and that it was a wholesome and saving thisg for us to have discoursed on the pomology of the Bible or God among the orchards. Secre'ary Wilson's e&ti nateof $400,000,000 sent out of the United States annually for farm products that could Ha cr-nom American farms mav seem at first sight to be overdrawn, but the secretary has been making a study of the subject sinca he went to Washington, and he has the officii figures to back ud his estimate. The things that people see are inside of them and not cutsids. No two neo pie see the same thin? sxactly alike. Oa<j woman may look out at a beauti ful landscape and see all the beauty ani restfulaess ana grandness that thire is in it. Another one will look at the same scene and see nothing. The man who is perfectly well and vigorous euj ?vs life to the full. Dr Pierce's G-oiden Medical Discovery makes people well. There isn't anything miraculous about it?it is the most natural thing in the^ world. It simolv nuts the digestive organs, the stomach, the liver, the bowels, in perfect order and thereby makes the blood pure and rich. All diseases live and thrive on impure blood. Keep a stream of pure, rich, red blood flowing into a diseased spot, and the disease will not stay. A man lives on rich, pure blood, and disease dies on it. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Duxov erv mases pare, ncn oxoon. o?na zi ceats in oue cent stamps to World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buf fa!o, X S\, and rtceive Dr- Pjerc^'s 100S page "'Comaioa Sense Medical j Adviser,1' profusely illustrated. LOOK OUT MERCHANTS. TJioso Who HaveXot Made Returns Had Better Do So. Controller General Epton has sent out circular letters advising the county au3it'?rs of the statute with reference to the returns from merchants ' which do Dot appear to have been generally enforced Mr. Eaton. does not intend any revolutionary policy, but simplv wants the law as it stands enforced. Friday he directed the , sending cut of two additional circu \ lars, which bear on the matter of ] '"merchants'returns " It is to be noted , that in the circular which dtfiues \ ^hat is a merchant that it is likely ; that the original package dealers wiil j c:)me under this he*d. The circular J to auditors upon the question reads as j lollows: ( Uoiurnoia, jNovemoer iy, lay/. i Mr. .Auditor County: J Dear Sir: B^:ow I give you that Dftrt ^ of section 229 or" revised statutes 1S93. , which defiues merchants, and that part of- section 367. which provides the manner of asse*sin?? those merchants whoengag-diu business after January 1, of any year, and section 268, showing the duties of count.v au ; | ditor* und^r s^cti^ns 2290 and 267: Seation 220 (17?); 44Any person who | shall at any place in tais State be en j gsged in the business of buying and ! selling ne^sonal property or in selling , I p?rsouai property consigned to him ; I from an?- place out of the State, or , j pzopsrty not the product of this State : i consigned to him from any place within the State, shall ba held to be a merchant." i Section 267 (21G): 1 Auy person, , ' company or corporation commenc'ng , | any business in any county o? this , ! State after the fi i'st day of January ia | aey year, tli* capital or persona! proj perty employed ia which shall cot j have beea previously listed fcr tasa lien ia said county for such jear, shall wiihin 30 days after commeac- ( ins? such business report to the audi- , tor of the county under oath, the average amouat of the capital intend , ed to be employed ia suc'i business | from the titne o the commencement , i to the first day of Jaauirv nest en !?iog." j I Sectioa 268 (21?); '"It shall bj the ^ [ amy or eaci county auanor to ascer- i \ tain the names of all persons com- j ! mencing any business m his county ( after the first day of January annually | whcse capital or property employed in ; such business was not listed for taxa- ( ! tioa in his county for the.then current } fiscal year." ' I Where parties, as defined in section j 229, have engaged in the business of a ( merchant since January 1, 1897, and } have not made reoort to the countv ( ! auditor within 30 days, as provided in section 267, you will at once furnish ] jour county supervisor with a list of such names, who will proceed against same as directed in section 269 revised ] statutes 1893 , Re-pactfully, \ L P. Epton, nnnrm-mllpr ftrt?ftral. i Thers is a statute which provides that in case such returns are not made on time that the party or corparation j besutdio. the name of the CDunly : supervisor. Mr Epton, as the follow- ( ins circular will indicate, intends to ( seek the cooperation of the couaty ] supervisors in the work of getting returns from merchants: ( Columbia, S. C., November, 1897. , Mr . Supervisor County: Dear Sir: Your attention is directed ( to 26? (218) revised statutes 1893, j V7U1CU 13 as iuauwj; ' If any person, company or corpo- j tton shall commence aDy business in ? any county of this State after the first ^ day of January in any year, the capi- ^ talor property employed in which , shall not have be9a previously listed ? for taxation for said county, and shall f not within 30 days thereafter make ] such report to the auditor o' s*id couc- j ty as r? quired in section 267, he or f th*y shall forfeit and pay the sum of ] $LUU, wnica saau oe conec:ea dj civu \ action ia the name of the county su| pervisor and paid into the county } treasury for the exclusive benefit of t the county and process in such case f may issue cut of the court of common pleas of the cDunty in which such business was commenced, directed to the proper cSBcer and be served in anv county of the State" * 1 Your compliance with the provisions t of this sectioh will oblige. - t Respectfully, L P. Epton, < Co? ptroller General. t Mr. Epton stated -that the statute i relative 10 merchants' returns has not < been generally enforced and that it ! see ems to be a most difficult matter to ? get its provisions rscoguized. * High Pr swire Farm'ng. Editor Ne^s and Courier: Whilst in Columbia lsst week, on r Qtato owinnHs in t.h#? midst, ftf ' a great crowd. I met an old boyhood companion, Mr. David H. Rush, now ^ farming in Orangeburg Couaty, and incidentally asked him how he had ^ succeeded with his farming operations this year. I was dumbfcuaded at his reel*. Said h?: "I had m 140 acres t o'c t o l. which mare 150 be Iep,av3r8g- t log 5t0 pounds each, 21 acres or whica j made 39 bales, or at the rate of 936 e pounds lint per sere. ImadeeDOugh ~ corn to last me for tn?) ye irs. I made t mn-rr rrrn cilDnlw OrllPftt ftTril n iixjr u..u j--r i and ric% and whi st my neighbors last fall were not sowing oats, I put in j to work sowing them, and have made j 40 bushels per acre. A day or so ago c I sold my neighbors seven hundred ^ bushels for seM. tmade great quantitles of potatoes, and actuary suptilipd from mv smoke house all the * nands on the Dlace without the pur v chase of a siagle pound." 3aid I, t ''Good gracious, Dave, you must b1; c stretching the blanket." '"Oh, no," c s&id be; "it is every word the truth." * If he says it is the truth it is the truth, t and that is all that can ba said. There $ is no use to doubt it. I shall expect ^ you to carry out your promise to send a a Reporter up to Elloree to get Mr. Rush's methods more fully and to give ms and other farm; r; the benefit t ereof tbnugh the columns of The News [ and Courier. I will only add that Mr. u. 11. Jttusa was norn in opar- tanbure County, at the South ^ crossing of the Tyger River by c the Southern Railway; that he j went to school in the old tield schools j near home, then two year at theTbaHan Acaaeuoy under th? Rev. J, L. Kenneoy, in.a.nGerson *jouni7;inen t*o years at Reidville Male High School, from wheuce he went to war in Hampton's L?gion, and was wound u ed in the first battle of Manassas, in ? const quence of which he lost his left f arm He as placed in a hospital in ? Culpepsr, Ta, where I went to his rescue with his mother. He was the 5 first wounded man I saw durirg the ^ war, and he knew ho*- to fi>ht then a; he does 10farm now. Heisacr:>ss s of an OraDgebuig Dutchman upon a s S-v?rt<?nbiir^ Scotch-Irish woman. Da a t~~ ? _ ? ?y not forget to send your Reporter to q see him, for I feel sure that such a splendid example of high-pressure farming can but stimulite tbe balance of us to do better. T. J. Moore o On the Breckinridge, Ky. News i four young ladies were employed in ti selling type. The presumption is tbat they talked a good deal, for the fore- 1 man placed on the wall the motto: b "A still iO"gue means a full stick" e The youon;. wom^n walked out of the li shop in nign dudgeon and have not p returned. r ...... .. ??? . - I TO COTTON GROWERS, j ^ f ft CALL FOR DELEGATES FROM j SOUTHERN STATES Its Work Prog-s-si-s-Prpald nt Wllbnm j A:ka Governor JBlieib* to H&vg 0:her Gsvrraers Nann Delegates. When the Cotton Growers' con restion mat here duriog Fair week it was reii.'z-d t'dit ih-iri wouid not be much time for the { .election of dele zatestothe convention that has been j sailed to meet next mouth in Atlanta. President Wilborn does not wish to interfere with the selection of delegates from an7 of the counties or States, ar.d all who wish to a tend tbe ! 2onventi?n will be welcome. Ir, is, aowever, desired that every Stale should be weil represented, and on that account Mr. Wiiborn has addressed a letter to Gov. Ellerbe asking him to have tbe Southern governors r.sme delegates to th? couvemnn. P.-e&id^nt Wilborn, in compliance with i'ie suggestion of tbe'convention, yesterday issued an address to tne cotton growers of t&e south, which reads as fol'o^s: Columbia. S. C . Nov 19. 1S97 To the Cotton Growers of the Souih: At a large and enthusiastic ineetinar ??f me c Sut-i of ! 3ia^feJara]iua wherein ai! sec ioJsj of this State were represented, it was 1 resoived that every State in iae SouiD j he invued. to seed delegite> to & c:>a j ven-ion to becillei to miet ia Atiaa-j ta, G-a , Dec. 14, 1897 The purpose 1 of this convention is to organiz i the co .ton gro*e.-3 of the South, thereby j :ef?n?iria ii*-,ir w rtf s^.tirsn in thft marWpt- i Laz ana sale of this great stapie, a.so ! 1.0 device ways and means bv which we may bs able to break &nd ihrow off Lhtj shackles cf busiatss slavery that DOiP binds us With foreign exsaanges dictating the price, -.?e csn oal v expect ruin and distress in the future. We can achieve independence r\v? 1 ? k?r A>?/>Qn?7i3tirtn l/Ul V p U-JLiii^blU U. With a view of securing an exchange of ideas and perfecting an or [ranizjtion which it is hoped will result in good. I have been instructed to call a convention of delegates from all the cotton growing Stales to meet in Atlanta, G-a., cn the 14th of Decern b?r, 1897. All who are interested jn this ciusj ire most earnestly requested to c> . i_ mi. . ... . ^ .1 . . JI operate- ine governors 01 me coion jrowlDg States have bsen asked to se iect delegates and all State orgaiza;ion3 interested in the prosperity of the jotton growers are requested to name md secure the attendance of delegates it this general convention. J. C. WlLBORN. President South Carolina Cotton Growers' Association. President WilbDrn has, in the following letter, asked Gov. Ellerbe to seek the cooperation of all the south jrn governors: Columbia, S C., Nov 19. 1897. Pfic T??r/??il]iaTi/kTr W PT T?.I]OKKA LXIO y ' ? . JU.. !.X^X W V4 ^ * j ernor of So uh Carolina. Dear Sir?Will you kindly ask the j jovernors of the cotton growing j States to app not delegates to the Co*.- j 3-rowers' convention which has been j j*]Jed to meet ia Atlanta, &<*., D-c. i LI. 1897? j Ttie purpose of this convention is 10 ;onsider the marketing, sale and ar c's of cotton ard to devise some plan, if possible, by which th<5 producers of this great itiple may rcceire a ari^e above tiie cosi of production. Werealizi that concert of action imoDg tbe farmers of the south is es ientiai, therefore I urge that earnest, practical farmers be appointed from :acii State The representation we rauld ask for is one for each congresrional district and two from eacn. S*ate it large, to assemble in Atlanta, Ga , Dec 14 1897 With tha hope of your rind co operation, 1 am, most respectully, J. 0. Wilborn, President S^uth Carolina Cotton Growers' Association. Gov. Eilerbe has already indicated lis intention of doing what be could ohelp tbe cotton growers along in iheir work ?Columbia State. T Ortn nt?? The strac ge infatuation for c ty life, which has seized the county, is one he worst signs of the times. It used 0 be, especially in the South, that the :ountry was the seat of the wealth, he intelligence, and the best social ife of our people. But times have j^gnged. The old plantations have seen, for the most part, deserted, and 1 CDnstan'-exodus has been going on 1 rom the country to the city. The ;lare and glamour of the crowded < nartcave exercised an unwoniea ras:ination upon the minds of our peo >le, and thousands have flocked tothe ' :ity. We believe, however, that This > nania for city life has reached its \ leight, and that erelong we will wit less the return of hundreds to the arms and plantations which so much < jeed the touch of intelligent, well di ] fc'.ed industry. The exigencies of he situation will denoand the depleion of our crowded centers, and idle < lands wili find useful ana proncaoie implovment in that oldest and molt ssential of ail occupations, agricu,- , ur?. This will be a glad day, ( nd will mark the beginning: of i new and better order of things. ' t has ever been true, that county < ife is test suited to the- grotvth ' if those higher and better qualitits ' rhich go to make up sturdy manhood ,nd virtuous woman-hood. And when , iur people get back their old time love or the country and return to build up he waste places, we will see again K he splend'.d civilization of the 0id South. Don's leave the country. , Itand by the farm, and build up , .round the country home. Davelop , here a social life so attractive that the lin and noise and stir of-the city fill not be needed to give it interest ,nd vivacity. There are more intelli- < ;ent farmers at work in the South 2 mw than we have had for man wears f last, and there is a greater opening in 5 hat field than ever before. There is < 'et a great deal of hardship, privation } nd suffering among those who rush 1 0 the town. With industry and econ- ? may these could all live lives of com j ori and independence on the farms. ] )on'i leave the rural districts. There 5 the normal home of man. \ Hilton'a j Iodoform Liniment is the "aee plu ( dtra" of all such preparations in re- < aoring soreness, and quickly healing resh cuts and wounds, no matter how iad. It will promptly heal old sores if long standing. Will kill the pois- ] n from ''Poison Ivy'1 or 4'Poison j )akM and cure 4'Dew Poison." "Will ] ounteract the poison from bites of i nakes and stings of insects. It is a ] ure cure for sore throat. Will cure ( ny case of sore mouth, and is a supe- 1 ior remedy for all pains and aches \ iold by druggists and dealers 25 cents i , bottle. A nprsnn with a considerable amount 3 f 3pare time on his hands has collected i he foUowicg list of word* which may J ? spelled eimer forward or back *ards s -paliDdromes, first they are called in 1 earned larguage: Asna. bab, bib, 1 ob, civic, dad. deifiad, did, dewed, i cce, eve, ewe, eye, gog, gig, gag. I ?vel. madam, noon, otto, pap, peep, i ip, pop, pup, redder, refer, repaper, I ] eviver, sees, sexes, shahs, tat,tit, toot.' i ?.a" ? SHARK TOOK HIS LEG A Brlt'8t Dive*'* Fierce B?ttle With ? : I Sea Monster When yr.u n.eet a. hhark 80 feet b*lo" the surface cf Ue sea yr.u don't shake bands *rh hi>r Bui: soa^e times ha saak^s lets wiih y.u T- at's the v?:ost of ihos- creatures They j h<tve no sens-* of courtesy. Andre* j Cameron will tell yo? ail fcisout it. Andrew sot icto New Yo.-k rtceL'.lj on the steamship Yuc-ztan with part i of his left leg almost ia uulp, due to j the fact that a shark red become too j intimate with birn. "It was a bottle-nosed ?hark. j moaned Andrew. ''No'hutr with, u j bottle every hurt me before." Cameron is a cLepsaa divt-r. Hs is j in the employ of the British govern meet a&d holds a nav&l ceriiacate He was sect to Vera Cruz to inspect so Tie of the pieis there, and it was while doiiig thsi work that be mad? the scquaiDtacce of the sha)k. For three months there was not a &isn of asha>k. Tae only thirds thai Cameron savr when he went down into the depths v^ere ?io&fi->h Bui on October 16 there came a chacgfi Three men were in a boat Vucnpine dgwn air, wbil? Cameron. mov<-d slowly ab iut oil tba bottom, He wore a metui helmet, a rubber suit, tkerubfa"* a ^an ir"'h thic-K, ftud djvin,/ !v> Os | tr-e-ttU--om_of each bGot was 28 po i- c s j of Jea^. U?*r?~oir-jfa? *'*!sitj; K-j swe ii some < i t e pi w- w < a icaduw above him. It 5tq ii?d only one glarce t i s?e ihit the subitacce oi the st-ado * *vas a sbark tea feet long. He made slr&igbt for CaaercD. Tne dirt-r tried to get cut of the way, but cr.uld not. The sLark struck Lim a powerful blo^ on the left kg, aid tried to turn him ov??r at the same tim1?. Cameron drf w his diver'd diik, which has a blade 18 inches long. He plunged it into tae belly o? toe sha?k. T^e st-a tige<-, returciDg the complinnfcht eor.lr f xn larop ?? ? nf i^AtVs ifitr* Cameron's leg. Cameron, not to be outdone, slit the shaik from his middle down to the tail. Bui: the shark kept his grip on Cameron's leg and bit througn the rubber suit, crushing the bon s of the kne*. The shark rose to the surface ard floated there, iying. When Cameron was pulled to the surface he was so weak that he cou)d not climb into the boat, but be said, "I killed him, didn't IV He was cared for by Dr. Feral, Jn ore of the Mexic-m hospitals. He is now in tfce Sailor's hcnv\ in o* w) "Mam "V ^ v- 1r VUCXJ V OtlCCb. Careless Shooting. The Suuter correspondent of Tbe State says. English Cooper, the 11year old son of Capt. Eli M. Cooper, who iiV" s near Mayesville, was painfully wounded in the bead Wet nesdav"by a pistol bill firfd by a reckless negro The facts ar? about as follows: Robert Singletary and another negro whcse name could not be . eari&d were pissiDg along a road in a wagon and od nearing Miss Brearley's school, of which youDg Cooper is a pupil, a dcg ran out ai)d began barbirig. The unknown cegro told Singletary to shoot the do? He puljed hispistnl, pr?sum ably to do so, but a covey of partridges fl-!w up and he fired in'.o them instead. The ball went into the open window o* the -chcol t o isb and s rack yourg Co ?per ia the oick or the h?ad, wlo was for':unitely beadio? over his desk, wincn caused tna Duller to glance upward, thereby causing a painful scaJp' wound. Tha little fellow was rendered unconscious for some time, but the physicians attending him do not apprehend any serious results from the wound. Both of tbe negroes were captured and they at first denied the shooting, but liter 3ia/? lttery csnfessed that he fired tbe shot They were bound ever for tmi aT, me ntxr, lerm of court. t 2 hey Must Get Marrifd. Jacob Buikhart, of St Louis, the father of four beautiful grown-up daughters, tired of the long courtships that seem necessary to marriage nowa days, has given his daughters their choice, either that they must all be m&rri'xi before December 1 or leave their home to make their own way in the world. Mr Buikhart savs there i3 too much dilly dallying and court ine among young people, and has no use for the young men who part their hair in the middle and call upon young women with no intention of marrying them "My daughters have ixen cour ted enough to be married long ago/' he said. "a':d t'vy rut either ?e' married at once or shift for ihemsalves." M anshiletke foar teaitiful and accomplished daughters, either one of whom any man migh't be proud to wm for ins wite, laaisrnanuy protest against what they caU their fath. er's injustice, at.d declare it is only a scheme to get possession of their prop erty. Tte eldest, Miss Ella, wis to have be<n inarriad before Dec mber 1, but has postponed her W6idirg because the will not ba compelled to tra-ry. Allibc^ifls say they will lei?ve th? ir home i n 3 eira their own liv'ng rathor tban yield to their fathult:matum. Fell In * l>ciir?i i'rsp H. Wiswall, a capitalist of Boston, fell into ihe basement of the G-ratd D.jera House building at Atlanta Tuesday Dight, and was foatd Wednesday morning, able to move about, but speechless and uacoo3cious on account jfinjary to his brain The hospital physicians .decided upon an operation, ind the skull was trepanned in the i aope that pre-sure upon the brain night be relieved. He is in a dying condition. Wis wall was stopping at J ;he Aragon Hotel, and was trying to | ?nter the drug store in the building when he fell in the cellar, striking on 1 tiis head, producing concu-sion of the I jma. Great JFlro In London I A fire started in London, Eaeland, ?r? last Fridav afternoon at one o'clock ind burned until after four o'clock 3aturday morning. Tbe district ravaged by the fire is bounded by Aldersr jate, Rjd Cross, Maidenhead court ind Brad ord avenue, and includes ;he intermediate streets Jewin, Ham jell, Well, Edmund, Jewin Cresent ind part of the Australian avenue. Paul's allev, Cripple Gate church pard. Wood Street square, Monk Well street, Nicholl fquare and Forrest street. One hundred and fifty ware ? ?-j ?:xl ~ ~ [louses w re g.uueu wuu a, iwsa ui *>*?>,}00,000. It is the biggest fire in Lon icn since 1666 * I Jack Frost W,is Law. ^ I The Columbia Register says: Jack Frost bas teen rither late in visiting ;his section of the ountry thnyear. Mr Bauer says there have b:en two or :hree very lig^t visitations, but no ' silling frost. L'st year a killing frcst 1 lame on October 19, wUch was s^me , *hat bebicd schedule time, the regufc- i ;ion period bring about the 6fii. We i ire grad tosaj he has airivtd at last. Hilton's for tie Liver and Kidaeys is topmost corrplcte re?ulatirg Bdeictne It is mild la its operatioD. 1 15 21UU pirowm wo ug obuui* j icV' Ic will cirtaio'y build up a weakened and broken down di^estior. 5as none of the bareh action of pills md other drastic purgatives. Is tbe jest of all aope'.'z rs. ^ licit m us jeneficial effect oa the Iddv.eys. Is surely veg-fable Can betaken at any ime. 25c, 50c and $1.00 bottles. __. Kojs are Burglars j | A spfcial dispatch from Greenville ! fAthr. (Vlitrr.Kio cot>P TN^KAA A# I j WV v/viu I .Wit. ^ .aj-o UA J ; that citv Thur.-day msd? su ?rregl! ! "which tbfy be'v-ve wii 1 !e ?rf to *he ap- j pn-bersion of ire of hurojp.rs : who nave b*'-c ? sci^" fo? the j>?st ! th?e^ months ?a- rffic rf ba^eaHi ?l>rg siid rr. was s> cro^a or bo\s wi^h j Jesse James potions and itturrscut thai taere ir?s been iu < xi-iencea gacg with an oath to mufdtr the first one who turns-informer It was on tha m>ht of Auc 7. that the Hum phiz 's shot bonatz* and Fel on's Hock store were broken into. Fr-"ira" -the first a lot of monev va> s'oieo and Ftion misstd suxero'js gfld j*-ns arid b^c?s of cigars. Niglt before li?t youug Comm?dore Peiglrr, with a comyanioa. I r^s setn draiiiriog the Springwcod cjraetf rv lake and today Peigler was i rrested. "The police found fifty go;d pe-.s acd several boxes of cigars in the ake. Peigler this affcrucoa confess'd tc have knc waj the gocds were in the xv&'er, out denies any p'rticipation m the robberies, of which t^ere Juive h?-en a number hic* th? jraag brcan r-ork. The plaice say there areat lef.st fire bojs in the i>Hrg, but one of tfcetn has 1-ft town. Peigler is being ur^d to inform on the others, but reuses to doso. Heisab'ut2i tears old and the son of a well knowu atd energetic shcrmcker The rffi.;e-s ha-e bad i"Ul wVUU UlUtJiJ J UVti o li vi^ iime ate other amsts ed soon. His gtrsiiaf?r?arv *1J2 >lje -leJcSatu.'d>yr A Nc>t!b?-r?5?r Praiafa L^o. Richard Henry S:odda>-d sajs in the N-w York SSnil ard Expn-S4: "Today the north ss well &3 the south recognizes in General L-e or:e < of tho-e magnificent characters who ' ir.i.K? a jauarcarx in ice annais or a ration. A man of purity ai d probity, J a cit-'zcEtf the highest intelligence, public spirit and benefcsnce, a sol d-e of rare bravery, ability ana culture, a general of trarscendant genius ?th: Si were but a few of the many phases of his wonderful individuality. Measured by what he accomplished, h;r earted a place in the -rant rank of fame; measured by the difficulties overcome, lie earn* d a place among . tbe immortals." This tritute by a northern writer in an intensely partisan northern pap*r is one of tflG>igns of tbe present which give assurance oi the future. ' Killed by a Train. A white man was run over and killed by a freight train in Charlotte, N. O., Thursday morning, while drunk 1 and asleep on the track. Cards on the body identified him as Dennis Cannon of Syracuse, N. Y. The body was buried at the county hom*, the auhorities being unable to hear aj&yhiug from his relatives or friends, t ? Out into the Darkness. What mother would turn her yornsj daughter out &jgf?wSCPs&fiS| alone unpro1 tected into the SS?$^S!ll? 3 stormy night? i Yet^y loy** Sil ^ir d?u?htets> Wm^mm ^h?^e%st?m" j|Pj^ijiS|ffl inio ^e 11136 u 1X1 proceed with^>^P'*^vr-^ out proper care /^l 2^^ advice all un' ^ggy/7///;": 1 T V alone into the ws~s?&i\ II mm perils of this crit- I WAMviih JRMlcal PeriodIfwt youn? woncn SKMWjg// iy 3 at thts time ->f?ea WkdM. ; WQi/g *niy ana weas// IffiPlllB ness wn"'-h. may w \ jv /z wiSSijifS afterwards d e"y%%i /p&Z- ^iiijifw velop into dangerous disease \^?w^c-^-S and 511 their . _ Pj whole lives with 2=iwretchedness.. : : ?9 jt is ~ mother's duty not to pass over such matters in silence, but to promote her daughter's womanly health and regularity by every reasonable means. These delicate ailments are easily overcome in their early st:;ges bj judicious self- I treatment without any need ot' the obnoxious examinations which doctors uniformlv 1 insist upon. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a positive specific for all diseases of the feminine organism. It restores perfect health and regularity to the special functions, and vital vigor to the nerve-centres. It is the only medicine of its kind devised for this one purpose by an educated, experienced physician. During nearly 30 years as "chief consulting physician of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, of "Buffalo, N. Y., Dr. , Pierce Lai acquired an enviable reputation. ' His med jines are everywhere recognized ] as standard remedies. His "Golden Medici nic^Von.11 ?i,.,-1 1 VV Ijr UAVV.U V> 1 til IU^ ia" vorite Prescription " constitutes a thorough . .and scientific course of treatment for weak .and impoverished conditions of the blood, s A headache is a-symptom of constipation. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipa* ' tion, promptly and Dermancrtly. They do ( aot gripe. Druggists sell thtm. ^ From Maker Direct to Purchaser. 1A Good W- ? i 5?v n* - ? I 1 Mathushek I Is aiway* Good, always Reliable always Satisfactory, always Last- (jgS Sew" log. You take no chances in bay- *BB inffit .. S?> seb It costs somewhat more Uian a aB5 i.titMA Knt 4c mnoh fV>A t?t s?? cheapexi in the eDd. * ' SB* I Noo: her High Grade PianosoJdeo I Sa reasonable. Factory prices to retail "SB I ?Ki buyers. Easy payments. Write xu. ^gB I m LUODEN & BATES, ?| I 5t5;' Savannah, Go., and Sew York-City. tyJ V Addres: D A.PRE3SLEY. A_ent, COLUMBIA. <5 0 . . ' MCMILLANS GRIPPE COETGU C'RE. WILL RELIEVE THAT ''nl.Ga AND b GIVE rOU HEALTdFUL RtfST. h I GOOD FOR ??V'A- ; GOOD FOR SraNDjI V WALTKRBO JO. S, (I F.'lf 27. 18 -7. DEAR *it?iiA-'indMiff?i>ij M-v?- k mta "Li Gnppe" and Kettiaij QJ leuet from many otaer cooefc medicine, I tried McMtUau'd (rc:ppe Crana' Cir-*, t 'an rutbfally say I foa id it ih"? best renudy 1 ? lave ever nried, bafore finisbiog the oottie va-5 curea, Ttespe^tuuy, " OOL. B. STOKES. C 25 cents for large bittld Fjrsale by all Uru^etsti. Ic your drug?ist doesn't ke?*p c, send us 25 peats aad we will send It by L 'Hturn exores*. W. C. McMlLLiAN", Druggist, Oct 29 UjIambi^.S. C. injtmia. ?Hu AMwuu tuoMi^ Ht m W_ oMd WMX ?WNtfO. MUSOTWMpi J ~D *-* -vs ^Vi * -?^ /-^ _13fcLJL"???LLIJL? IN -^?r. PIANOS. M m SPEHAL I : m Announcement. ?! : y^m -pi* Ui nm/\ JL lanu and Organ Exliibit at 1509 Main st: Columbia, S. C. BF>T GOODS I At Fair Prices, i Remember I Exhibit at Sly store, see my bargains. M A MAT.HWP. 1509 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA,-8. 0., LIQUOR, M ' *' M OPIUM AND 1 TOBACCO | HABIT 'J irnADnvrnm "wr i^vrikvik Z VfUKJ M. vt/nuvv* RE910TED FROM COLUMBIA o THE KEELEY INSTITUTE ?BEENVILT K 8. C. Adnce to tote We Uke yksttuo la cyour ?-cr? Ion to a remedy so toasj reedw? hi eanr> ' ng <flUldxCB safely throne* thffage of testtini- It is fcu inauoobi ni riming to n>oth*r an* cvlld If yoe *r tlstnrbed at night vita a tick. fr??/3 settling child, qae Pitts' Oi-mlh^re ' rill gir? ta?t*nt relief, aoq nWnt*** ?v ?cweli and jcske teething ttf? an<^ er?j \i ?ill care OvwratHry wsJ OUwrtw*, ntto OrnrtTitttr? if an \n*txat -?Kef *> nJV of It wffi proniov# n p>e '0i? *od *-< th>? wowiaefc aa-I rtie licit, pvor *R*erfcs ?j"-; *m? becoro*- ?h* f*t *n<!. fro? fc'n$ o? r {i r? '?ry . ? ^ *a?t? aitf aoiy ?*i i- csiifc i>ei ??. ?:d -JrcwTw >55 'lHiS MUBKAT DRUG CO., * y Columbia, S. C. * ^ I '-* S ^ KIDMtYS. as tts ram-B Is a stimilator *n ? r.vu'dtjr t< - flj . H these organs. l< - be?*- a'tet I ' >js x&cvvm** BtJl!0'JSLe:&* in tD- Kic- M H n ys.wUliin Tuiny minuW< i frer Bf H takirg, relieving tc-iea in U. ? H back from disorder if tfct?s.eo!-|H gans. Kelkves ajJ ' fci?-macb gg troubles. la entirely vegetable. fljl 25c. I 0 and fl 0> ft bottle, bold B Hfl by ceaiers generally, auo o. TLt-H Hi Hirrsj l)rtigCo, CuluiubiA. S.S iTr. H Bear,. Cb*il? too,V HI C. m -"? V b. B - - - - M ? iu ujr ucuucjo |cvuoi fujj 2?* * THE MURRAY DRUG C0? ' COLUMBIA, 8. G. Til TflOIAS ^ i the mast complete system of elevating andllng, cleaning and packtn/ cotton* mDroves staple, saves labor, makes yoa ~ lonoy Write for catalogue* no othar )aaJ? It I handle the most Improred OTTON SINS, -Ss fBKSSSS, XLKVATOKS, 2NCHNJSS AND B~ILT5R3 to De round on the market jv?0 [y Serjeant Log Beam da# jfil: is. a simplicity and efficiency, a wonder OK* MILLS, r PLANXBS, GANG EDQ2&9 . and all wood working machinery. ,IDD?Ll. TilFOTT IKGl^IS , ."H are the beet. Write to me before baying. V. O. Badham, Gene.-il COL1 MB1A, S. O. ajaafcrfr: r$*.