The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, November 24, 1897, Image 4
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 .
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MCMILLANS GRIPPE
COETGU C'RE.
WILL RELIEVE THAT ''nl.Ga AND
b
GIVE rOU HEALTdFUL RtfST. h
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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.
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Announcement.
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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.
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TOBACCO |
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RE910TED FROM COLUMBIA
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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
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r {i r? '?ry . ? ^
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'lHiS MUBKAT DRUG CO., *
y Columbia, S. C. * ^
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KIDMtYS. as tts ram-B
Is a stimilator *n ? r.vu'dtjr t< - flj .
H these organs. l< - be?*- a'tet I
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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
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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.
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