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LOVE OF T1II0 OlJp AN!) NEW. M interesting Letter Written by Judge Wil Um H Doyle. , The following letter, written by Judge William Doylo, who recently visited in Oconee, just prior to his return to his Texas home, will prove of interest to bis many friends of the olden days and to those younger ones whose good fortune it was to meet him during his short stay among the people of his old home. The letter was handed to us by Capt, S. K. Dendy, .lodge Doyle is now residing ut Alexia, Texas. lie has for some time held .with honor to himself and to lils adopted and na tive Stales a seat on the bench in the courts of Tex?ts: JtldgU Doyle's Letter. .(ter an absence of forty-three s as a citizen I have returned to tho scenerf of my childhood, breath ing the poetic prayer of - "Backward, turn backward, oh Time, in your flight, And make me a child again just for the night." And I can now close my eyes In meditation and see and bear, as lt were, as I saw and heard a half cen tury ago. 1 can see the llshing boles In Toxaway, In (.manga, in Conneross and in Richland, and the swimming li?les in the limpid Tugaloo; where the Red man of the forest-who. in his childlike simplicity could see lils god In tho clouds and hear him In the winds-once bathed and viewed his man!y form. I can see the ne groes, the happy wards of the best civilization this world ever saw, as they start oui at early morning to their daily toil and hear the loud Cohoes of their Held songs; 1 can see the happy, light-hearted children as they go to their wonted play, while all about the house ls order and bus iness; I can see those Held hands en joying their rest, giving siesta 111 the dense shade of the spreading oaks niter a hearty meal at the noontide. ? The evening shades announce their return, and the distant lowing of thc ?invs declare their, coining as they 'fazily step to tho'tintinnabulations of Hie long-used bell. The chores about the house and lol are soon done, and after supper I can hear the old plantation songs at thc negro cabins, accompanied by Hie loud "plunk, plunk" of the banjo and the sweet notes ol' Hie fiddle, answered by the shrill, familiar peals of the whippoorwill and harsh, lugubrious song of tho screech owl, whose soil plumage ls fanned by . tho gentle zephyrs as he perches on n swaying limb in tho pale moonbeams' mystic light. And during tho presentation of this wonderful medley I cali see the Old black mammy preparing tlie lit tle lots for bed as thev nod and bend to thc lovely thoughts of "Come, sister, come, and kiss me good-iilghl ; I my evening prayers have said; I'm Hied now, and sleepy. Loo (?onie, put me in my little bed." And ere ll'"., can complete the lit tle "Now I lay mo down to sleep." laden with the leaden ( bains of Mor pheus, they pass to the region;, ol' Dreamland's blissful repose, and io Hiern the world, willi all ils childish hopis and joys, is as silent as Hie dead--as dark as if Cod never had said "Lei there be light." Al Oconee Station, on the eastern slope of the Hine Ridge mountains, whore tho llrsl rays of Hie morning sun kiss in beauty til? lowering oaks on Hie mountain top*. I fl rs I saw tho Ugh! of tills old world; and having been raised up as strictly an old Behool Presbyterian as Paul was a Pharisee, perhaps my flrst religious duty was lo learn (bat same little ".Now I lay nie down lo sleep," and later on "Our 1'allier which arl in heaven"-while the day, perhaps, bad been spent willi my twin mate at Old Plckons Com? House catching Mr. Harris' ducks and throwing them in an old abandoned well, whose old oaken bucket had long been gnuc ah, hov. plainly I can now bear their distressing cries and the peculiar w hir ol' their wings, growing weaker nnd weaker as I hey descend in t he 'JLai'knoss to the w.'ler some sixty or seventy feet below. From Picketts Court House I went lo Pori Madison, where I roamed in freedom over hill and dale foi- six or seven years; then two years on the plains of Motility Land, where the love of friendships were formed, a few ol' which last lo this good day; I hence I returned to i be beautiful vale ol' Hie Tit ga loo, where I remain ed I ill called to arms in I si; 1. As a soldier in that immortal army com manded by a man named Lee l did niv duly as besi I could, suffering ?B six lon:' months all Hie horrors a Northern dungeon. Por hav ing been a soldier in (bat mighty army i have no regrets to suffer of apologies lo oi?er. Thc memories of tho "Lost Cause" me sweetly dear to nie. And I have tried to teach my children to understand and love that cause, and 10 continue to teach them thal les son shall be my theme while I live, and I would lo Cod thal angels make 11 my requiem when I lay me down lo die. And I tell my children also thal when Ibey have raised a stone to mark my resting place, where I am io fivvaii Hie resurrection morning, and they have Inscribed on it what may be pleasing to l beni. I bat they have inscribed thereon In plain, last ing let lers Ibis legend: "He was a Confederate soldier." Por I ?un per suaded that when all Hie men ol' all the age* who have been soldiers Hie .few and the Assyrian, the Creek and Hie Spartan, the Roman and Hie Cai'thogCuian, the Spaniard and the Moor,.thc [triton and the American, and (lie Confederate .md the Pedo ral? shall meet on one common level before tho great tribunal bar of (?od Where tho history of their deeds and the causes for which they fought is revealed in the light of Cod's (denial truth and justice, we will Hoar .In glorious plaudit resounding through out all eternity's Infinity, ' Let them come nj) highest ; they won- Confod ??r?ite soldiers." In my far-away Texas home I have lived nn honest and peaceful life. I know all the people around me from a few months of age to Huit of ninety four years. I enjoy their confidence and esteem, and they have accord0(1 me places of honor nnd trust. Here, If I eliminate Aunt Liz IJAYMBN'S MFIOTIN?.'!. Committee Ha? Arranged Itinerary anti' Named Speakers. Pursuant to tho resolution of the Hoaverdain Baptist ABSOclntlon the committee on laymen's work has ar ranged tho following schedule of meetings and speakors. The churches are requested to arrango for Binging and the program for the day's service. First Sunday-October 2. Beaverdam- -P. P. Sullivan and F. M. Cary. \ Bethlehem- .1. W. Shelor and lt. NV, Cru bbs. Bothol-J. C. Huff and K. NV. Marett. Changa -Wi M. I.eininons and J. H. Harris. Ohoswell-W. X. Bruce; and W. S. Prichard. Clearmont- T. D. Marett and C. It. I). Burns. Conneross--.M. A. Wood and T. M. Kl rod. Second Sunday-October 1?. Corinth-10. 1'. Wood and J. 0. Huff. Double Springs (A)-.). It. Bruce and .). B. Harris. Double Springs (O)-F. .M. Cary and .1. R. Karie. Damascus-W. M. Dominons, W. S. Prichard. Kant's GroVo-T, M. Cheek and M. A. Wood. Kirst Westminster-T. .M. Klrod and W. X. Bruce. Third Sunday-October IO . llopslbah - F. M. Cary and .1. B. Barris. Cross Hoads (2)-W. S. Prichard and W. M. Brown. Rocky Kork-P. P. Sullivan and J. lt. Karlo. Hopewell--C. H. D. Burns and T. M. Klrod. Jordania--W. M. Leinmons and .M. A. Wood. Fourth Munday-October SKI. Madison-IC, W. .Marett and F. M. Cary. Mount Tabor (A)-J. C. Huff and ,1. ll. Bruce. > Mount Tabor (O)-J. B. Harris and W. S. Prichard. .Newry M. A. Wood and T. M. Cheek, Xew Hope -.1. W. Shelor and .1. C. Shockley. I'M rsl Sunday-.November O. Pleasant hi.i.J. W. Shelor and W. M. I.enimons. Pleasant drove .1. B. Harris and K. W. M a red t. Poplar Springs -Iii.. P. Wood and NV. X. linne. Cross Roads (1)-F. .M. Cary and .1. c. Huff. second Sunday-November Ut. Old Liberty-NV. S. Prichard and ?.I. lt. Karie. Kock Hill-A. Bearden and w. X. ? Bruce. Third Sunday-November 20. ? Kong Creek-P. 1'. Sullivan and w. M. Leinmons. Pleasant Ridge-K. W. Crabbs and T. M. Klrod. Ketti I'll-.1. B. Harris and M. A. I Wood. Fourth Sunday-November 27. I Rocky Knoll -NV. M. Brown and (!. L. Abbott. Shiloh (O) K. M. Ca rv and M. A. Wood. South Dillon-.1. A. Durham and .1. R. Barle. Wolf Slake-J. C. Huff and .1. W. Shelor. 1 On every occasion the song ser vir? should begin promptly al IQ.SO and Hie speaking not later than I I. .1. R. Barle, .1. (!. Huff. W. X. Bruce, Committee. ? Xot a minute should be lost when a (bibi shows symptoms of croup. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy given as soon as tho child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough ap ! pears, will prevent the attack. Sold by Seneca Pharmacy; L. C. .Martin, , donison College. 'Hughs, and Aunt Bm Stribling, Un cles Marsh and Sam Dendy, Cousins Julia Doyle Shanklin, Cooler and Jas per Doyle and NVllbOrn Abbott, my old friends .1. D. Veiner, .lohn D. Perry, Tom Handy and Dave SI rib ling and my sister. Mrs. Alexander, I would be a stranger within your Kates in a sense a Dip YanWinkle. Yonder the sun is jusl as bright lo me. the moon just, as soft to me, the sky just as blue to nie. I lie roses just as red to me; and the carol ol' Hu1 song bird just as sweet to me as they ever were here; and Hiere my home I? not because I love South Carolina less, but Texas more. dod |ias answered for me the prayer of the wise man who pleaded, "(?ive nie neither poverty nor riches." Ami when that grief came thal the death of loved ones brings and the clouds ol' sorrow lowered most dark ly "they parted, and through the rill were seen oases of blue sky and gllntings ol' Hu? eternal stars." My impression now is that this will be the last vlsi! I will ever make to my childhood's happy home, and lliis thought brings to my mind re flcctlpns of sadness and melancholy, and when tho day of departure comes for me to bid this home and you a last farewell, my heart will be en gulfed with sorrow similar to the grief of the ancient Moors, who. in their enforced exile, paused and turned to take a last, lon ', lingering look at the white minarets of thc Alhambra. BrC I leave permit me to suggest that we will strive to so live thal when the time comes fo- us to cross over the dark, cold, mystic river thal separates mortality from Immortal ity, there will como resounding lo us from the Pearly Oates n great, loud "Yes" to the question propounded by Hie poet when he says: "I am thinking to-day of that beau teous land, I shall see when life's sun goes down. And I wake with the blest In tho mansions of rest - Will lhere be any stars in my crown V" Your COmplOXloil as well as your I em por is rendered miserable by a disordered liver. By taking Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets von can Improve both. Sold by Dr. J. W. Bell. Walhalla; Charles W. Wickliffe, West Union. Tailor Dress We are aol content to sit Idly System. That ls tho purpose of this made to his own order at a price he Royal craftsman In Chicago or Now Deep clown in your heart, you eepted a factory made substitute ed clothes wearer. That envy need no longer remain bringing the best hand-tailoring Wc have 500 beautiful Pall and by and let any man suffer the hlmlll big advertisement. To lot eyery last can afford. That there ls a master York walling to tailor lils cloth over have always coveted tailor-made because of fancied economy. Hut ungratified In you. Here is a tailor within the purse reach of all. Winter Woolens ready to show you. MOSS & ANSEL, DH A LC ROYAL T\A John Robinson's CPMPf A THURSDAY, CW\ SEPT. 29th. America's Oldest, Hiebest Circus! A modernized, stupendous realization of all that is great in the Circus World. Four rings, three combined Menageries, Hippodrome and Croat Wild West, all United in One Greatest Show on Harth. 1,000 Men and Women. 400 Horses. ENORMOUS ZOOLOGICAL EXHIBIT? <?r\ MALE AND FEMALE RIDERS ~n~ %y ^ and Every One a Star. 6-Great Aerial Thrillers--6 COMPLETE WILD WEST .*'.(> Cowboys, ,">(? Cowgirls, 50 Real Blanket Indians. Mexicali Horse men. Vaqueros. Russian Cossacks and Japanese Scouts. Binga? lese ?ulcers and Magicians. Company of U. S. Cavalry, in all kinds of Taney Drills. WARREN TRAVIS STRONGEST MAN LIVING Lawanda's Eight Brazilian Riders TIIIO WORLD'S GREATEST HORSEMEN. 50 ^LOWNS ! 100 FEATURE ACTS ! 100-Acrobats and Gymnasts-100 3Famous Heards of Preforming Elephants O INCLUDING RORINSON'S WONDERFUL COMI)DY FOUR. \J Grand Camp of the Nations AN entirely new ami unique feature, comprising hundreds of strange people from the dark corners of the Harth. $500,000 Free Street Parade Two performances daily. Doors open at LOO and 7.00 P. M. The only big show not in the circus trust, consequently there will be no advance in prices for seats or otherwise. The Lash of a Fiend would have been about as welcome to A. Cooper, of Oswego, Nf, Y., asa merciless lung-racking cough that defied all remedies for years. "It was most troublesome at night," he writes, ?nothing helped mc till I used Dr. King's New Discovery, Which cured me completely. I never cough at night now." Millions know its matchless merit for stubborn colds, obstinate coughs, sore lungs, la grippe, asthma, hemorrhage, croup, whooping cough, or bay feVer, lt relieves quickly and never falls to satisfy. A trial convinces. 50c. and $1. Trial bottlo free. It ls positively guaranteed by all drug? , gists. All-Day Singing at Cross Roads. There will be an all-day singing al Cross Roads church (Tokeena) on the first Sunday in October. All neighboring churches and Sunday schools and all singers are Invited to come and bring their song books and well-filled baskets. We will have some fine singers with us and a de lightful day Is expected. Don't waste your money buying plasters when you can get a bottle of Chamberlain's Liniment for 2f>c. A piece of flannel dampened with ibis liniment Is superior to any plas ter for lame back, pains in the side and ciiest, and much cheaper. Sold by Dr. J. W. Hell, Walhalla; C. W. Wickliffe, West Union. Copyright 11)09 by Tho Royal Tailors ed Han Gets In ! allon of poorly Utting clothes becauso ho docs not know Tho Royal Tailors' clothes wearer In Mils town know that now ho can have his clothes measure-taker here at this store walting to take his measure and a those measures in tho latest styles. clothes-every man has. Some men may have smothered pride and ac tbe envy ot thc man with a good tailor lies lnrooted In every untnllor lng service, that because of Its enormous output, Its national Held, ls ('all and see them to-day. IRS IN dLORING, Walhalla, So. Ca. W. P. Nimmons, Seneca, S. C., Is making specially low prices for tlie next SO days on the following merchandise: Cane Mills? Evaporators, Furnaces. Buggies, Harness and Surreys. One car Mitchell Wagons, One car Iron King Stoves. Two cars Sash, Doors and Blinds. I can save you IO to 20 per cent on Doors and Sash below manufac teurs' prices, as these goods were bought before the advance. Clothing, Dress Goods. We are now receiving a big lot of brand new Clothing-?newest and latest patterns and styles for Fall and Winter. A full and complete stocK of Dress Goods, Shoes, fiats and Caps. Hardware, Tinware, Etc. A full and complete stock Tinware, Hardware, Paints, and Oils. Cime and Cement. Dynamite at lowest prices. Do not fail to examine our stocK and get our prices on what you may need. We will sell you better goods for- less money. We pay the highest market price for Cotton and Cotton Seed. W. P. NIMMONS, SENECA, SO. CA. lt isn't even difficult to convince K>mo married men that it is bettor li) have loved and lost than to havo loved and won. Under the Kaiser's reign . Ger many's naval expenditure has rlson from twelve and a half to one hun dred mil,inn dollars. onie or Stimulant? There is an immense difference between a tonic and a stimulant. Up one day, way back thc next; that's a stimulant. Steady progress day by day toward perfect health; that's a tonic. ..yer's Sarsaparilla is a tonic, a strong tonic. The only Sarsaparilla entirely free from alcohol. Do not stimulate unless your doctor says so. 1 He knows. Ask him. Do as he says. J^^&^e!W& Constipation is thc one great cause of sick-headache, biliousness, indigestion, bad breath, debility, nervousness. Has your doctor ever recommended Aycr's rills to you?