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V GEN. "LEW" WALLACE. Author of "Hen-Hur" Conversation With In. gersoll-Dies in Peace. During tho night of February IC tho author of "Beu-Hur" closed his eyes on this world, saying to those il> mt him : UI am ready to meet my Maker." (?ion. Wallace waa born in Brook ville, Franklin county, Indiana, in 1827. Hi? father was Gov. D.?vi? W. Wallace. As a schoolboy young Wallace cared more for books out- J sido of his course of study than fori the lessons assigned him. Uc de-1 lighted in maku.'g on his slate pic tures of his teachers and fellow-pu pils, and took an active part in all outdoor bports. His first ambition was to become an artist, but bc was prevailed upon by Ins father to study law. This he discontinued to servo in the Mexican War as second lieutenant. On his actum he resumed tho reading of law, moved to Covington, and later to Crawfordsvillo, which placo was I his home as long as he lived, except! when lie was abroad in the Diplo- j .n.nie Service. (-icu. Wallace achieved his highest fame as an author, although he mado for himself an honorable placo in tho history of his country as a military character. Ile also accomplished something aa an artist, as is evi denced by the excellent oil portrait of Sultan Abdul-Hamid which hangs iu thc General's library. Speaking of this picture, the General said : "I had to be very sly about the sketches I made ; for if I had been caught at it, it would have mado a great row, even if I was a member of the Diplomatic Corps. Mohammedans regard picture-painting as a sacri lege.? Gen. Wallace did valiant service in thc Mexican War, and also in the Civil War on thc Northern side. Of the several books written by <3eu. Wallace, "Ben-Hur" is by far the most popular. It was published hy the Harpers ou November 12, 1880. Tho first year it showed no signs of popularity, and did not im prove ntuch the second. Thc nub Ushers hesitated for a time about ac cepting tho book, for four it might not prove a financial success. We can fancy sonic member of thc finn of publishers saying to others at tho beginning of the third year : 'I told you so." But just then it began to grow in sales ami io popularity, and has grown steadily, until now, twenty-five years after its fust ap pearance, the ?ab' ls greater than it has ever been, ll ia said that tho book has been translated into every ?m por taut tongue in thc world. A newspaper correspondent who visited Gen. Wallace at his home last year gives some interesting in formation in regan! to the man and the book. He saul to tho correspond ent : MI listened to Robert G. Inger soll ono night, all the way from Cin cinnati to Indianapolis. Ho talked infidelity all the way, ami, while I was not then a religious man, bis con versation so stirred mc that when I got off tho train at Indianapolis I j walked in thu streets an hour, to quiot myself before going to bed. Prior to that time I bad paid almost! no attention to the Bible or to rc- j ligioti. My life had boen a busy One, and I had overlooked matters j of the soul. I then decided that these were thc great questions for enan to study, ami also that every man must investigate them for him ?elf. I began at once to read the ! Bible, devoting my time chiefly to the New Testament and the life and sayings of Christ. The result was that I came to believe in thc Bible. I gave up all doubt as to tho existence of a God, ami that fact is as (irmly fixed in my mind us thc fact ol' my own existence. I came also to be lieve in Christ as the best embodi ment of tho Divine Spirit in man and to accept him as my model." It may not be known that. Gen. Wallaco was a most painstaking writer. He wrote first on a slate, HO that erasures might easily bo made; then ho copied from tho slate with a soft pencil on paper and, when all was to his satisfaction, ho copied vvith ink with such precision that ono fcxage of his manuscript mado exactly .one pago of the printed book. He Jhas been known to write but ono line ii a day, and Iben to craso it entirely ^within twenty-four hours. He be lieved that a thing that is worth do i og at all is worth doing woll. President Garfield, who was bim? j/.t vN* .V-. . > self a deeply pioua man, waa so favorably impressed with "Bou-Hur" that ho appointed Gen. Wallace Minister to Turkey ou condition that he write a book duriug his stay iu Constantinople. He said : "I want you to give the world anothor book as good as 'Hen-Hur." Gen. Wal lace, roali/.ing that, although his di plo m.nt ic work might require all his time, he could at least gather mate rials foi auother book, accepted tho position on tho condition specified, and soon received his commission, with the words and initials, "Bon Hur, J. A. G.," in the lower left hand corner. The book resulting from this agreement is "Tho Prince of Irdia." When one reads "Ben-Hur," the second title of which is "A Tale of the Christ," realizing thattbo author of the book accompanied evory pen cil stroke with a heart throb of genuino devotion to his personal Saviour, and that at the close of bi? lifo, in his 78th year, he could say, "I ara ready to meet my Makor," ono is not surprised at the overgrow ing popularity of tho book and tho likelihood of its being a permanent contribution to tho literature of thc world.-The Children's Visitor. Award for the Cherokees. Wa&biugtou, March 23.-Tho cases of the Cherokee nation of In dians and of individual Cherokees agaiust tho United States wore de cided by the Court of Claims yester day. They involve a largo amount of money, and are of an unusual and extraordinary character. The United States bought the Cherokeo Outlet, agreeing to pay for it *8,300,000, hoing about *l per acre, and also agreoing to reopen a long standing controversy between themselves and the Chorokees. In 1835 a treaty was made, under which tho Chero kees were to move or bo removed from Georgia, Alabama and Tennes see to thc Indian Territory. Tho Cherokees contended before they wore removed thal uuder the pro visions of the treaty they were not to bo made to pay tho cont of re moving from homes, which they dbl j not wish to leave, to a country to which tlicy did not wish togo. Thc; government, however, held to thc , contrary. When the Cherokee Outlet was sold they stipulated that all of their accounts should bc reopened and tho ' matter equitably settled, and for that purpose thc Unit od States should ; make out an account and transmit it j to the Cherokee nation. If the ; Cherokeo nation adopted it Congress j should immediately appropriate for whatever balance might be found due. The account was adopted but Congress did not appropriate the money, ami for some timo did Mottling. In the present suit the Court of Claims decides that thc account transmitted by the Secretary of the Interior, billowed by, thin inaction of Congress, renders the United States Hallie for the balance of $1,111,284, with interest from .lune 12, 1838, which amounts approximately to $4,500,000. What a Fortune Teller Knew. Tho Greenwood correspondent of Thc Suite says : Several days ago a young widow was told by this traveling clairvoyant that if HIIC would look among her de ceased husband's papers she would find a title to a valuable town lot in a certain town in Virginia. A search revealed a title, whoso existence was till then unknown, and replies re ceived from ollicials in the town in Virginia assure the holder that her title is perfectly valid. The fortu nate owner is Mrs. W. C. Harris, formerly Miss Chipley, a sister of J. I. Chipley, a prominent merchant and thc owner of tile Chipley block, a very valuable section of the town. Si \ I K ol' Ollie, CITY OF Toi.KOO, I LUCAS COUNTY, j S8, Frank J. Cheney makes oath that be is Hie senior partner of tho linn of F. J. Chonoy A CO., doing business in tb?! City of Toledo, County and state aforesaid, and that said linn will pay tho sum of One Hundred Dollars for each and evory casu of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by tho uso of Hall's Catarrh Cure. PRANK J. Cn KM ; v. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. . -, A. W. (ri. KA SON, < SKAL I ? -~> Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on tho blood and mu cous surfaces of tho system. Send for testimonials, freo. F. J, ClIKNKY * Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills aro tho best. Vaccination Law to be Enlorced. Compulsory vaccination will now bo onforcod in every county in the State. The State hoard of health, at its mooting on March 21, passed a resolution, which in a genoral way meets the requirements of tho act passed at tho last session of the Legislature, and the Attorney Gene ral lias been instructed to draw up a skeleton ordinance, which will be Bent to all towns and oities requiring compulsory vaccination. Tho board has so far pushed its campaign for compulsory vaccination throughout tho State and over $800' has been spout this year in vaccinating tho peoplo of tho State. Tho board will now appoint agents in each county who shall BOO that thoso people liv ing in unincorporated villages are vaccinated, and there is a heavy penalty attached to thoso who do not comply with the law. A com mission of five cents is given tho agent and a nominal charge of ten cents ?H made in e^ch CSBC. The Old Time Way. Our grandmothers gavo us powdorj and teas because thoy knew nothing of modern medicino and motbods. In this age of progress and discovery, uicoly coated, compressed tablots aro fast suporcoding tho old timo powders and teas. Kydalo's Livor Tablots are com pressed, chocolate coated tablet?, e?M?y to swallow, pieasaut in offect, always re liable. Thoy contain ingrodionts that cannot bo usod in powdors and toas; in grodionts that havo an effect upon tho liver that is novor obtained from the so called liver powdors, otc. A trial will provo their merits. Walhalla Drug Com pany. Mistakes About John C. Calhoun. The Anderson Mail, of March 18, says : "Just 123 years ago to-day, on March 18, 1782, there was born in tho home of a 1 resbytorian preacher, where Clemson College now stands, 18 miles from Anderson, a little child, who was christened John C. Calhoun, and afterwards became the 'Great Commoner'of South Carolina, and ono of the triunvirato of greatest American orators and statesmen, Webster, Clay and Calhoun." There is a slight mistake in thc above, for John C. Calhoun was born in Abbeville county, at thc homo of his father, and had nothing to do with Fort Hill, where Clemson Col logo now stands, until he was a man of distinction. "The Great Commoner/' was applied to William Pitt, the great English statesman, and is properly used only in connection with him.-Abbeville Medium. How to Kill Hawks. John II. Penny, leading farmer and good citizen, advises tho people to mix a little strychnine with mo lasses and put it on thc heads of chickens when hatched out. It will soon dry ami the first hawk that eats one of those chickens will bc a dead hawk in short order.-Abbeville Medium. Sure Ho Was a Presbyterian. In a certain town of Western Massachusetts two of thc most promi nent oitizens are a Methodist brother and a Presbyterian brother, accord ing to Harper's Weekly. These arc neighbors, and, for the most part, dwell on good terms, except when they try to effect an exchange of horses, or to talk religion. On one occasion the two had traded horses and although tho out come rankled in the breast of thc Methodist, they had met and started a discussion on tito subject of pre destination. As usual, an altercation ensued, when thc Methodist lost con trol of himself. With mixed emo tions concerning horse trades and John Calvin in his mimi, he suddenly exclaimed : "You're a robber, a liar, and a Presbyterian !" This proved too much for thc Presbyterian, and a light began, in which the Presbyterian got tho best of it. As he sat upon his prostrate opponent, bumping his head on the ground, he Haid : "Take it hack, take it back, or I'll bump your foolish bead off !" "I'll take it back," gasped thc van quished Methodist, "on the first two count? ; you're not a robber nor a liar, hut you're a blamed old Presby terian if I die for it !" ? ??? It seems practically a certainty that Senator lt. I. Manning, of Sum ter county ; lion. M. L. Smith, of Camdon ; M. F. Ansel, of Greenville, and Senator Brice, of York, will bc in the race for Governor in the next primary. WE ARE DETERS! LIVERY E 81 Cabbage riant* for salo and now roady for del ton Lanco fyiw Wakefield," two earliest sharp-h "Succession," "Augusta Trucker" and "Short 8t< tics and hoad In rotution an named. Trices : Sin 10,000 und ever, $1 por I.OOO. Terms : Cash with < return charba on money. Our plant beds occup; understand growing thuin in tho open air, tough injury. Plants crated for shipment weigh 30 pou prompt transportation hy Southern Kxpress Co. than mine. I sell good plants. No cheap "eut-ra those that I ship to he true to typo and name, ant two of the most roll?me seed bouses in tho Uutte< satisiied customer at the end of the season. OUR COTTON 8KKD. Lint of our Long Sta] Charleston on December 2 at 32c. j>er pound. Soc ?.er bushel. My specialty : Prompt Shipment, Truo Varlet plant business thirtv-ftvo years. Wm. C. Qeraty/i^?? JOB PRINTIE Sond youi tionery un ter to Thi ' iV'Jrie Bo8t is Aiwi Songs by Afflicted People. Many of the moBt familiar hymns were written hy a blind woman. A writer in the Denver News says : "Few persons amoug those who attend prayer ruootiugs or revivals and join in the singing of such hymns as "Rescue tho Perishing," "All the Way my Saviour Leads mo," and other familiar ones-a score or more all told-are aware that the words of the hymns were written by a woman, blind since six months of age. Miss Fanuy Crosby, the writer of the hymns, is now a resident of Bridgeport, Conn., and was on last Friday, March 24, 85 years of ago. Sho is said to have enjoyed tho friendship of Presidents Tyler and Van Buren, Henry Clay, William H. Seward, Gen. Winfield Scott and other men conspicuous in American history. In a recent interview she said : "I believe everything happens for a purpose, and what may acorn io some a misfortune is part of thc great plan that bas enabled me to bring happiness to many through my hymns. Not that I desire any credit, for if I have this gift it would be wrong not to usc it. Wo arc in spired to do thii^ hy a higher power and should not take credit to ourselves." Thc hymns quoted and others of her writing, such as "Safe in thc Arms of Jesus" and "Saviour More than Life to Me," voice a sub lime faith and confidence rarely found in man or woman. After Gun. Robert K. Lee's last attempt was mad?! with Gonion and Fitz Lee lo break through the lines of thc enemy, Col. Venable informed Gen. Lee that it was not possible. Ho .said, "Thcti there is nothing left mc but to go anti sec Gen. Grant," when some one near him, hearing this, said : "Oh, general ! What will history say of the surrender of thc army in the field ?" Ile replied : "Ves, I know they will say hard things of UH. Tiley will not under stand how wc were overwhelmed by numbera? But that is not thc ques tion, colonol. Thc question is, is it right to surrender thia army? If it is right, then I take all the responsi bility." And be did.-Recollections and Letters of Gen. Lee. On March 1 there remained in the hands of the farmers of the United States 111,000,000 bushels ot' wheat, 046,000,000 bushels of corn and 347, 000,000 bushels of oatH, besides other grain and Horne hundreds of thous ands of bales of cotton. Our na tional store hotiHc is pretty well Htip plied for either a famine or a Hiegc. It is estimated that the income to thc Stato from innuranco companies this year will amount to about ?12, 000. Tho license on each company ?H ?100, and HO far all of them havo complied with the law. They have, however, until April 1 in which to pay up. IToCti Toke Laxative Broi Seven Minion boxes sold in post 12 t INED TO DO THE BUSINESS for this community. Come on and get your teams. Hanling Teams, Single and Double Buggy Teams and Saddle Horses, Always on hand. Prompt aud polite service at reasona ble pt ires. Teams sent out at any hour, day or night. Phone 10 o: ll for quiok teams. Houcliins & Neville? Walhalla, s. C. ;H ISI.fi! COTTON SEED. ivory. "Karly Jersoy Wakefield" and "Charles ead varieties and head in rotation as named, jm Flat Dutch." the throe luv , flat-head vai:e gie thousand, $1.60; 5,000 and over 81.26 per 1,000; >rder; or plants sent C. O. I)., purchaser paving v 39 acres on South Carolina Bea Coast, ann wo ' and hardy, they will stand severo cold without nds per 1,000 and we havo special low rates for 1 know of other plants you can buy ch aper to" plants shhinnd from my farm. I guarantee 1 grown from nigh grado seeds purchased from 1 States. 1 will refund purchaso price to any dis ide Variety of Sea Island Cotton sold last year tn id 81.2? per busliol; lots of 10 bushels and over fl les and Satisfied Customers. I have hoon in the fra ?ee Youngs Island,S.C. r orders for Sta d Advertising Mat 9 Courier and get iys -tne Cheapest. [ I As an illustration that advertising paya farmers as well as others, an en terprising farmer of South Carolina last year invested $224, in advertis ing space for cabbage plants alone. As a result he sohl $20,000 worth of plants, selling out all his stook be fore the orders ceased to como in. This year he is spending $1,600 in advertising and expects to receive $50,000 worth of orders. THE HEGE LOG BEAM SAW MILL WITH HEACOCK-KING FEED WORKS ENGINES ANO BOILERS, WOODWOUKINQ MACHINERY. COTTON GINNING, BRICK M A KI NO ANI> S II I NO I. E AND IjATH MACHINERY, CORN Mn.I.S. ETC, ETC. GIBBES MACHINERY CO.. Columbia. S. C. THE GIBBES SHINGLE MACHINE The Ullmann-Philpott Mfg. Co. READY MIXED PAINTS. COVERS MOST WEA RS I.OX (JEST LOOKS ll EST STRICTLY PURE MOST ECONOMICAL NONE BETTER MADE This Paint Guaranteed, Matheson Hardware Co., Westminster, S. C. Carter Hardware Co., Walhalla, S. C. Writo or call for 2f> COLOR CARDS AND PRICES. FOR CHEAP RATES TO TEXAS. ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, OKLAHOMA, INDIAN TERRITORY, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, UTAH, WYOMING. OREGON, MONTANA, WASHINGTON, and Other Point? West, Northwest and Southwest, Write or Call on J. O. HOLLENBECK, District Passenger Ajrt LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R. R. No. 1 North Pryor St., Opposite Union Depot, Atlanta, Qa. ire a Cold sn On no Quinine Tablets. nonths. Tliis signature, J. H. MOORE, M. D., , Physician and Surgeon. Calls left at residence or J. llDarby's nrn?? ?tere will receivo prompt attention, DAY OK NIGHT. Phones : Residence 98\ Dru* Store 18? 12-8-04 ' _ WM. J. NT-K p.? t.: N.J. } i E. L. HBRNDON. & Attorneys-At-Law, WALHALLA, 8. C. PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO AI.I, BUSI NESS ENTBUSTBD TO Tn KM. January 6, 1808. J. P. Carey. Piokens, S. C. J. W. 8helor, Walhalla, 8. C. CAREY & SHELOR, Attorneys and Counsellors, Walhalla, S. C. Will practice in the State and United States Courts. Business entrusted to our care will re ?oive prompt and careful attention. R. T. JAYNES, Attorney-at-Law, WALHALLA, - - S. C. Bell Phone No. 20. Praotice iu State and F?deral Courts. Business entrusted to my oare receives prompt attention. 1-05 OWEITJ. -Dentist Office two doors above the Bank, in Carter's Pharmacy. Westminster, S. C. Dr. G. G. Probst, DENTIST, Walhalla, S. C. Offloe Over C. W. Pitchford Co.'s : : : Store, : : : HOUBS : 8.30 A. M. TO 1 p. M. AND 2 TO 6 p. M. DR. J. H. BURGESS, Dentist, SENECA, S. C. OFFICE OVKB NIMMONS' STOBK, DOYI.K BUILDING. OOico Hours: 0 A. M. to 1 I*, M. M " 2 p. M. to 0 P. M. April 20, Ht04. Ki-tf Dr. W. F. Austin, DENTIST, SENECA,.S. C. Ojllce Over J. W. Byrd ?fc Co. / AM NOW LY MY OFFICE KV Ell Y J) A Y. PHONE NO. 5i. BLUE BID&E RAILWAY CO. BETWEEN BELTON AND WALHALLA. Time Table No. 8.-In Effect Jan. 9, 1905. 10 EASTBOUND 12 Walhalla. West I mi ii,. Seneca. Seneca. .Jordania Junction .Adams. .Cherry. Pendleton. .Aunin. .Denver . .West Anderson_ Anderson -Pass Dop Anderson-PassDep .Anderson-FrtDen Hulton. A MP 8 3?!.. 8 40!.. 8 68 .. M. '.I 00 il 14 ll 17 9 25 9 a -> 9 39 9 5ft 10 110 6 P.M. ll) (Kl III 2 00 2 03 2 lt! 2 10 2 2? 2 331 2 40 2 53 8 oo a io 3 12 3 36 8 18 PM 3 00 3 06 3 36 4 12 4 IG 4 31 4 36 1 64 6 03 6 12 6 27 6 33 ? 10 5 43 3 12 6 46 3 35 (J 10 AM 8 18 8 20 8 46 WESTBOUND Helton. .Anderson-Kr*l no Anderson-Pass De Andorson-Pass Do .West Anderson_ .Denver. .Ailinn. Pendleton. .Uhorry. .Adams. .Jordania Junction. Seneca. Seneca. West Union. Walhalla. ll i 9 v M 3 66 4 20 4 22 4 27 ?I 40 4 47 4 62 1 69 6 03 5 18 6 21 6 89 6 44 ! I AM. 10 46 11 06 ll 07 ll ll ll 21 ll 26 ll 32 ll 3? ll 42 ll 64 11 67 1 06 I 20 1 25 M PM ... 0 30 ... 6 65 0.67 . Flap; stations. Will also stop at tho following stations to take on and lot off passengers: Phinnoy's, James's and Sandy Springs mid Toxaway. Nos. li ann 12, llrst class passenger, ?lally; Nos. 9 and 10, daily except Sunday; Nos. 6 and 6, Sunday only; Nos. 4 and 7, scoond class, mixed, dally except Sunday; Nos. 3 and 8, second class, mlxod, daily It. C. BEATTIE, President. J. U. ANDERSON. Superintendent. IHE SOUTHERN RUY. THE SOUTH'S GREATEST SYSTEM. Unoxcollod Dining Car Sorvioo. Through Pullman Sleeping Cars on all Through Trains. Convoniont Schedules on all Local Trains. Winter Tourist Ratos aro now in offect to all Florida pointu. For full information aR to rates, routes, etc., consult nearest. Southorn Railway Ticket Agont, or R. W. HUNT, Division Passongor Agont, Charleston, S. 0? ie Day Cure? Crfp> in TwoDay*j on every box, 25c.