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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1891. VOLUME XXVI.?NO. 11. LOOK OUT FOR THE RED, BLACK AND YELLOW FRONT, Grood Q-oods, Nice Goods, Cheap Groods. My Stock is complete and replete with Goods that have been bought at hard time prices, and I am determined to give my Mends and customers solid values for the money. Don't be deceived, but come and get my prices and see ' my Goods before you buy. Come one, come all, And give me a call, The Bargains I have Will do for this Fall. W. A, CHAPMAN > Agent. Next Door to Masonic Temple. A BARE OPPORTUNITY/! >|"T PON the dissolution of the Firm of Gossett & Brown, recently at Williamston, the u Book and Stationery Departments were sold to our Mr. James P. Gossett. We take pleasure in announcing to the Anderson people that we have arranged to move this stock into the room under Hotel Chiquola, rented for our Shoe Business ; and, as we will open up our Stock of Shoes on October 1st, we will offer some rare bar? gains before that date. The stock is new and comprises full lines of? Fine and Commercial Stationery, Writing Tablets, Fapeteries, Blank Books?a complete assortment, Gold and Fountain and Steel Pens, Lead and Slate Pencils, Slates, &c Ink and Mucilage, School Supplies, Hand and Family Bibles, Hymnals, Photograph and Autograph Albums, Writing Cases, Music Portfolios, Pocket Books, Shopping Lists, Books in Fine and Paper Bindings, Pictures! Pictures!! Pictures!!! Pictures!!!! Very Special inducements to large buyers. It will afford us pleasure to show ar y one our stock, for we are confident we can pie s?. The goods are now open for in? spection. Come early, while the assortment is yet uubrokeu. Very respectfully, JAS. P. GOSSETT & CO. MACHINERY! PROGRESS! Steam Engines AND Boilers. THE CELEBRATED 3 With Feeders and. Condensers. THIS GIN partakes of the BEST FEATURES in others, and corrects the DI2FECTS io all. RUBBER and LEATHER BELTING, Sold under a positive guarantee that will protect every buyer. By recent special contracts with Manufacturers we are in shape to com? pete with the world. All we ask for is a fair opportunity and uo favors. HARDWARE, CUTLERY, IMPLEMENTS, &c, Iq such quaotity aod variety as to give U3 the lead not only in Anderson but in this State. DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, AND FINISHED BUILDING LUMBER, A SPECIALTY. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO. for Infants and Children. < Castorl a is so well adapted to children that I nieommend it as superior to any prescription tn vwn to me." H. A. Archkr, M. D., Ill So. Oxford Et, Brooklyn, >'. Y. Cast or I a cores Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, DiurrhcBa. Eructation, KilU Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di 3 pestion, I Without injurious medication. Tns Cbntack Company, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. ?i YfilliamstonMale Academy. J. W. GAJNES, B. S.. M. Af. P., Principal. niHOROUGH. instruction given in all Englkh J. branches, Latin, Greek, German, French and lalgber Mathematics. Tuition, $1.50 to $3.00 per month, according to grade. Good board mny be obtained for 810.00 per month, strict discipline. Seision opens Monday, Set t. *'ur ftutlKr infor? mation apply to principal before SepL 1st at Town* '?ille? after dept. 1st. at Williamston. J. W. GALNJE8, Principal. 1 da, JOHN K. HOOD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ANDERSON, - - S. ?. OFFICE : IS HUAK OF JOURNAL OFFICE. Feb 0,1531 M 9ra -f?$ All communications intended for this Column should bo addressed to C. WARDLAW, School Commissioner, An? derson, S. 0. MEMORY GEMS. "Why not take life easy, Trusting as we go ? Earth is full of sunshine Full of sweets below; Many drops of honey To one drop of gall, Seems to be the portion Dealt to almost all." "Keep our souls in patience Free from life's alarms There Is biit one tempest To a thousand calms. There is but one dark day To a million beams? But a single nightmare To a wealth of dreams." Miss Lillie E. Bigby will teach at Wel? come school again next session. Mr. W. H. Shearer has a ten month's school for the coming year at Flat Rock. Mr. J. L. E3kew has been engaged for the next year as teacher at the Carsivell Institute. Reader, if you do not agree with the resolution adopted by the Trustees tell us why, and may be they will agree with you. Teachers keep your schools before the people through your column. Help make this column interesting to every one. The Home School is fortunate in se? curing the services of Miss Lizzie H. An? derson for the session just opened. We are glad to see Miss Hubbard meeting with so much encouragement. This is a school first class in every respect. The good people of Slabtown should not be satisfied until their new school house has been fitted up with the best patent desks. They now have a good bouse, first class teacher, plenty of pu? pils, and we want to see the children comfortably seated. At the Trustees' meeting on Salesday considerable interest was manifested. The following resolution, or resolutions, were separately adopted, and then adopt? ed as a whole: Resolved, That it is the sense of the Trustees assembled that the Trustees should make some of the school houses more comfortable, or require the patrons to do so, or not locate the schools; that each Board of Trustees should devise some plan of lengthening the school term ; that in each District a meeting should be held before opening the schools, as required by law ; that teach? ers should be paid a fixed salary per month, and not according to average attendance; that as lar us possible the method of paying teachers should be the same in all the Districts; that an aver? age attenduuee of twenty fshould be re? quired to secure full pay ; that first grade teachers should be paid $20, second grade $16, and third grade $12 per month; and that we approve of the plan of pay? ing half, aud thus doubling the length of the public school term, leaving the patrons to pay whatever additional may be required to secure a teacher. This has no binding force, but is an expression of the opiuion of the Trustees present. It is a well known fact that ! some of the school houses in the County are neither "suitable" nor "comfortable." The Trustees are required by law to ''provide suitable school houses and make them comfortable." If the patrons will not furnish a suitable and comfortable school house, the Trustees should spend the public funds in doing bo, and then the people would have to pay the teacher or have no school. Also the schools I should be provided with comfortable seating. We are of the opinion that the Trustees would do the cause of the com? mon schools great good by using as much of the public funds as is necessary in sup? plying the schools with good desks. It would be a good investment, and we will gladly furnish prices and co-operate with the Trustees in such an effort. The law declares that "the Trustees shall hold a regular session in their School District at least two weeks before the commencement of every school term." The reason for this is plain. At this meeting schools should be located, disputes as to location settled, and con? tracts mado with the teachers. And it should be settled at what time the public schools should open and when closed. The teachers should know this. The plan of paying teachers should be the eame in each District, so that the teachers would know what to expect from both Bides, where they have line schools. It has been usual in this County to re? quire an average attendance of twenty five to euiitle a teacher to the fixed sal? ary. The Trustees thought that a teacher could do as much work with twenty as with a larger number. A man should be paid according to the work be does, and not according to the size of the field in which be works. The plan of lengthening the public term, and the amount of salary to be paid per month were considered together, and in fixing $20 a month for a first grade teacher the Trustees did not mean to say his services were worth no more, but sim? ply that they would pay that sum, and then the patrons can supplement with whatever is necessary to secure a teacher. It was not expected that a first grade teacher ctjuld be secured for $20 a month, but it was expected that the people would raise the udditional amount, and thus the public term would run longer. Thai was also the idea in paying only ha'f. If that is done the public term will last lor at least eight months in the year. We are aware of the fact that teachers will object to this as it causes bo much trouble in making out reports, but we expect to get up a report, if such a plan is adopted, that will compensate for this by beiDg very ahort. Ab stated before, this resolution has no binding force. However, we should be glad to see the suggestions contained iu it tested. And right here we would earnestly ask every one who has a differ? ent opinirr to that expressed in thia res? olution on any of the points, to write to us and give a better plan if possible. We want to find the best method of conduct? ing the public schools, and of spending the public funds entrusted to our care. Every man and woman should assist us ia finding this method. The interest in education ia increasing, and we are glad to ceo it. BILL ARP. TiiE GEORGIA CRACKEft. Atlanta Constitution. Not to go back in history further than my own time and recollections, let mo venturo upon somo unoccupied territory and tell how Cherokee, Goorgin, became tho horriti of thnt much maligned and misunderstood individual known as tho Georgia cracker. I have lived long in Iiis region and am close akin to him. There is really but little difference be? tween tho Georgia cracker and the Ala? bama and Tennessee cracker. They have all had Iho same origin, and until the Appalachian range was opened up to tho rest of mankind by railroads and the school house these crackers had ways and usages and a' language peculiarly their own. It will be remembered that until 1835 ! tho Cherokee Indians owned and occu? pied this region of Georgia?tho portion lying wrcst of the Chattahoocheo and north of tho Tnllfipoosa rivers. They were tho most peaceable and civilized of all the tribes, but they were not subject to Georgia laws, and had many conflicts and disturbances with their whito nabors. It seemed to be manifested destiny that thoy should go. "Go west, rod man," was tho white man's fiat. They weut at tho point of tho bayonet, and all their beautiful country was suddenly opened to the ingress of whomsoever might come. Georgia had it surveyed and divi? ded into lots of forty and HiO acres, and then mado a lottery and gave every man | and widow and orphan child a chance in the drawing. But tho cracker dident wait for the drawing. The rude, untamed and restless pooplo from the mountain borders of Georgia and tho Carolinas flocked hither to pursue their wild and fascinating occupation of hunting ind fishing for a livelihood. They cimo . arately, but soou assimilated aud s1" a common interest. There aro dioh spirits in every community. There .ire somo right hero now who would rather go up to Cohntta mountains on a bear hunt than go to New York or Paris for pleasure. I almost would myself, and remember tho earnest cravings of my youth to gc west and find a wilderness, and with my companions live in a hut and kill deer and turkeys, and sometimes a bear and a panther. But for ray town raising and old field school education, I too would have made a very respectable cracker. This was the class of young men and middle aged men that first settled among these historic hills and valleys and climbed these mountains and fished iu these streams. By and by the fortunate owners of these lands received their certificates and many of them came from all parts of tho Stalo to Iook up their lots and see how much gold or how much bottom land there was upon them, but gc 1 was tho principal at? traction. Tho Ind.aus had found gold and washed it out of tho creoka and branches and traded it .d the whito man in small parcels, and it was believed Hint every stream was lined with golden sand. This proved an illusion, and so the squatters were not disturbed or else thoy bought thoir titles for a song and then sang "sweet homo" of their own. They built their cabins and cleared their lauds and raised their scrub cattle, ftnd with their old-fashioned rifles ke?t tho family in game. Many of these settlers could read aud write, but in thoir day there j was but little to read. No newspapers and but few books were found by the hunter's friends. Their children grew up the same way, but what they lacked in culturo they mado up iu rough experi? ences and hair breadth escapes and fire? side talk, and in the sports that wore either improvised or inherited. Pony races, gander pullings, shooting matches, coon hunting and quillings had more at? tractions than books. How they got to using such twisted languages as you'uns aud wo'uns and Inguns aud mout aud gwine and all sich is not known, nor was such talk universal. When such idioms began in a family they descended and spread out among the kindred, but it was uot contagious. I know ouo family now of very extensive connections who have folk-lore of their own, and it can be trac? ed back to tho old ancestor who died half a century ago. But those corruptions of laugungc arc by no means peculiar to the cracker, for tho English cockneys and the genuine yaukeo have an idiom quite as eccentric, though they do not realize it and would uot admit it. Tho Georgia cracker was a merry hearted, unconcerned, independent crca i ture, and all ho asked was to bo lot alono by tho laws and tho outside world. ! Tho justice court of his beat was quite j enough for him. Ho had far more respect for the old spectacled 'squire than for the highest court in tho nation. From this home-rnudo tribunal he never appealed uutil tho youug lawyers began to figure in it, und seduced him into the mysteries of tho law aud tho wonderful performance uf the writ of ''Sasheray." Nevertheless they looked upon lawyers as suspects and parasites, and thoir descendants have the same opinion still. Tho old 'squire was [ "fo-nont" then, and looked upon the sashevay as au insult to his judicial ca? pacity. Sometimes ho would lot two young limbs of tho law argue a case be? fore him for half au hour, and then (juiot ly remark, "Gentlemen, I judginentica tod this caso last night at homo," and would proceed with his docket. That old squire and tho preacher were quito cuough to pilot theso people through lifo aud across the dark river. A fow years alter they had settled down as the successors to tho Indians a class of more substantial citizens began to loo' in upon this beautiful country. Thoy purchased the valley lands aud the river bottoms, ami soon tho forests began to fall before tho ax of tho pioneers. Somo of them brought slaves with them and erected sawmills and framed houses with glass windows to livo in, and tho school master came along, but tho crack? ers wore in the majority and lived along in the same old primitive way. As lato as 1S47 they had gander pullings, and one that I witnessed that summer lasted two hours and the original liill Arp was tho victor. 1 could liavo soon more of them, but I did not care to just for the satno reason that a kind-hearted man does not wish to soo but ono hanging. One Saturday morning when wo arriv at Blue Gizzard courtground, the clans had gathered in unusual force. As pre? liminary tu the more important contest that was soon to coma off, soino of tho boys were shooting at a piece of whito paper that was pinned to a distant tree. Somo woro gathered around tho spring. Some were trying old mother Tut ten's fresh eider and ginger cakes that sho of? fered from the hindgatc of her little wag? on, and somo woro sampling the corn whisky that was kept in a jug iu tho little log courthouse hard ln\ Wo soon perceived the central and most attractive spot to bo a small trco with a limb forking about ten feet from its base. A long, blonder, springy polo was resting in tho fork with tho lurgo ourt prewsed to the ? ?? . - ? ground and fastened with stofcs crossed , on clthor sido nnd driven firmly 5ft flio clay. This incline raised Iho long end of the polo quint high in Iho air, and to that end was looped a plow lino, nnd to the lower end of Iho lino another loop was .slipped over the crimson foot of a* venera: bio gander and left him swinging, head downwards, Just high enough for a horse? man to roach il easily as he rode under? neath: Tho doomed bird gavo an occa? sional straawK, and with wings half open and nock half bent, IcoTic.l on with unquestioned alarm upon the people. Tho feathers had been stripped from its neck and a thick coat of grease put on. The undergrowth had been removed and a running path for tho horsemen cleared of all obstructions. Tho tournament be? gan at 11 o'clock. Twenty sovereigns, mounted on their plow nags, ranged themselves at ono end of the path and awrtited tho call of their names by tho old 'squire, who had thom written on a fly leaf in the back of his docket. No rn?fl was allowed to ride until ho had planked up a dollar. The old squire had contrib? uted tho gander just out of good fooling to tho boys, ho said, and he was nomina? ted as treasurer and umpire and carried tho bag, and on his decision tho whole sum was to bo awarded tho victor, lie had adjourned his court for two hours to sco the fun and keep down any distur? bance of tho peace. Eight "whippcrs" were mustered in, four on each side of tho running course. They were all armed with good long switches or hickorys, and their willing duty was to sec to it that no man's nag moved toward the gander with less alacrity than a gallop. "Now, bo3'S," said ho," "not a lopo that would keep a nag a-lopin' half an hour in tho shado of a tree, but a right lively gallop, and if tho critter slows up any, you must peartin him upalittlo, especially as he's a-nighin' toward the gaudor." Tho boys were true sovereigns. They were not knights. They wcro arrayed in their home-mado pants and home-mado shirts and home-knit galluses. Their shoes were made at the tannery and their hats at the hattery. Coats and vests woro not on their regalia. All the naborhood wore their spectators, including many women, some with infants at tho breast, and some with sons in tho tournament. The gathoriug pooplo exchanged salu? tations and smiles and gave the family news and gradually drew near the place where tho nuserian struggle was impend? ing. Tho old squire had participated in some old-fasbined musters in his day, and so, when overything was ready, he stood on a log, and, raising his right baud, ox claimed: "'Tcntion, company! In Iho proceedings we aro about to proceed with it aro expected that every man will con? duct his behavior accordin' to what's fair and honest^-no man aro to tako any dis? advantage of ary other man nor of the gander. Thar ho aro hangln' without a frieud. Toto fair, hoys, tote fair ; and put him out of misery as quick as you ken, in reason. Jack Pullum?tlireo paces to the front?now?ready?aim?charge" As Jack stuck his heels in his pony's Hank Iho crowd shouted: "Charge'cm, Jack, Charge 'cm !" But Jack's critter wasont used to charging. Ho rebollcd at the go and tho "whippcrs in" had tocomo to his support. Ho dashed in and oui of tho path wildly, but finally took Iho bit in his teeth and started down tho lino on a desperate run for freedom amid the shouts and cheers of tho multitude. He steered1 well until he suddenly eyed tho great white bird just ahead of him. ilo stopped as if uu the brink of a precipice, but Jack went on. That capped the cli? max uf tumultuous hilarity. Tho like of that was what they came for. Jack caught on his hands and feet, and was soou remounted and took another start, and his nag behaved better, but still did not come iu reach of the gander, and he lost his chance until tho second grand round. "Wc'uns hain't got no geese at our house," said he, "aud my animal never seed ono afore, as I knows on."' "Samuel Swillin, to tho front," called tho squire. "Beady, aim, charge." Sam's critter was moro tractable, and Sam got a fair bold, but tbo grease was too slicK for him, and as ho slipped his hold the poor bird swang to and fro and Happed his wings loud and long at tho terrible squeeze and the more tcrriLi j elongation of his oesophagus. Sam was congratula? ted on his effort, lie wiped his lingers on a pine top and said: "Yes, I'll -be dad burned if I wouldeut have got him, but tho dingd thing was so all-iired slickory, I was iu hopes that Jack Pullum would have got tho fust grab aud sleeked often some of it." "Bubo Underwood"?to tho front ready?aim?charge. Bubo had a big mouth and was frecklo faced aud red beaded, aud rode a fleo bitten gray that had been taught to dance and prance around, and to go sideways?"jest to show smart,'' as tho boys said?and it took tho animal some tiino to bo convinced that danger aud prancing wasn't in order at this par? ticular time. A walloping lick just as he ncarcd the goal caused him to make a fearful leap right under tho bird, aud as Hube had to use both hands to hold his seat tho gander's head collided square in Rube's face aud some sworo got in his mouth and "eflbn he had jest shot it he would have had tho prize." Ho retired iu gocd order -and awaited his second turn One by ono the riders came as they were called. ?nc alter another got some of the grease aud wiped it ou their horses' mane, but tho muscles of tho gander weio old and tough, and every one of the twenty had gouohis round and failed, when the squiro called a halt aud ordered another greasing. It was evident, how? ever, thatsomu damage had been done tho bird, for his wings hung droopy and his voice was failing him. There was n lace? ration of sinews going on, and but for the fresh greasing the sport would have soon ended. "'Tcntion, company,'' said the 'squire. "The proceedings will take a little recess. Boys, you can light aud look at your saddles, and cf you want water you can go to the spring and ^el it, but don'twu. long, for my old gander aro hanging liiere without a friend and a suf fcrin'." Tho tournament was soon resumed. Bill Arp was Iho tenth man of Iho second round. J Iu was tho tenth of the first, aud many predicted then that ho would break that gander's neck or llie plow line or tho pole, for Iiis grip was like a vise and his iigility notorious, but somehow the gander ducked at the critical moment and Bill grabbed his head instead ol his neck and made a iniscartiagc. As Bill's turn came again the crowd ejaculated: "Now, watch him, boys." "Can't ho ride, though V "Sou how ho sots on his critter." "Blamed if he ain't tarred to his nag." "book at Iiis eye.'' "No whippors for him." "He's agwino to carry iho gander's head a half a mile al'oro ho stops." "Farewell, goose, I'll preach your funeral." u(5ood by, gan? der." And .suio enough Mill got the ri^-hl ! giip this limo ar.i! iu a trice had given tho neck u double and something had tu I break as tho polo und tho lino swiftly fvl-. lowed his motion, F^'- a moment ii seethed uncertain what would break or What had broken,- for the strained tendons popped like a whip an Rill's nag went n" at full snood. For n little While (h* quivering, headless body swung back* wards and forwards, and was then at rest, Thou came (ho shouts and (ho wild hur? rah. Hill was game, and so was his crit? ter, and as thoy came i ound to tho front tho crowd gathered round to soo (he gan? der's head that ho held high in his hand ?the warm blond trickling from tho ar? teries. After Iho fubilec was over Bill invited (ho nine-toon and tho squire to old Mother Tntton's wagon, and having pur? chased her stock of cakes and cider and tho jug in tho courthouse ho "gin 'em all a treat." Thcro was not a fight nor a fuss in tho whole "proooodinscs." Tu a fow minutes thereafter the voice of the bailiff was hoard crying "Oh yes, oh yes?the honorablo court of tho 835th district are now mctkordln'to adjournment. God save tho State and tho honorablo Court.*' Theso rough, rudo people woro the original Georgia crackers. Thoy consti? tuted a largo proportion of tho population j of Cherokee half a century ago. Thoy woro generally poor, but thoy enjoyed life more than money. Thoy wcro socia , bio and thoy woro kind. When one of their number was sick thoy nursed him? j wheu he died thoy dug a grave and bur? ied him, and that was tho end of tho ! chapter. There was no tombstone, no I epitaph, no obituary. Thoir class is fast disappearing from our midst. Civiliza? tion has encroached upon thorn, and now thoir children and their children's chil? dren have assimilated with a higher grade of humanity. Bill Arp. A few Hints for Farmers. One of the main questions for farmers to figure out is that which relates to fer? tilizers another year. Last spring during tho Coosaw trial, phosphate rock advan? ced about one dollar a ton. The price re? mains about as it was then. Can the J Piedmont farmers afford to buy fertil? izers at the present prices, when cotton, our only money crop, is seven cents? Take a fair fertilizer, sold on time at $25.00 a ton. It would require 357 pouuds of cotton to pay for a ton. If acid is used, 257 pounds of lint cotton would be required to pay the bill. How much can you afford to use at that price ? If you should attempt to pay in corn at 50 cents from the heap, it would require 50 bushels to pay for a ton of guano, or 36 to pay for a ton of acid. It will take about one-ssventh of the ontten crop rafted in Spartanburg county to pay the guano bills this year. The price paid for guaDO on a cotton farm should never be in excess of the value of J cotton seed raised. If a farmer should pay ?50.00 for a commercial ferlilizer and i raise 500 bushels of cotton seed he would come out ahead, for the seed replaced on the land would be worth more than tbe guano, The firmer should study thi3 questiou carefully and buy only so much fertilizer as he can use with profit. ? very large crop raised with commercial fertilizers is worth nothing if all the profits are required to pay the bills in the fall. The very best plan is to buy for cash. Tbe buying is more judiciously done, and in the fall of the year one is not forced to sell his cotton to meet fer? tilizer bills. Lands can be improved only by ma? nuring in some way. There is no use to attempt farming without keeping up the fertility of the soil. How can this be done? Tho work mubt be gradual. Commercial fertilizers alone will not do it. A wise farmer will sell nothing that can easily be converted into manure. If he has au abundance of hay and fod? der he will buy some extra cattle and let them convert his surplus forage into manure. He will then sell bin cattle aud get pay for his hay and keep it, too. That is one instaDce of "eatirjg pie and bavirjg it" at tbe same time. Every acre of corn land should be planted in peas and the vines left on the land. A field sowed in red clover and allowed to remain two years will pay well as a fertilizer, even if a load of hay is never cut from it. Tho marked improvement in succeeding crop3 may be seen for several years. Those plants that have long tap-roots like the clover and pea, are the best re? novator of the soil. Surface feeder?, like crab grass and most weed.}, are the poorest. The old Scotchman was nearly right when a neighbor asked him what he ma? nured his crops with, aud his reply was, "brains." The farmer must study the requirements of his own soil. He must luru his farm into an experiment station until he learns what are tbe best com? mercial fertilizers for him and what are tuo best green crops for manure. He must understand what kind of plows to U33 and the be?t time for preparing and tho methods of cultivating his land. Each year's work should be better than the last. Not a single field should be al? lowed to deteriorate. Gullies and washes should be unknown. Stability and per? manency should appear in every fence built, iu all the buildings and in every field.?Spartanburg Spartan, ? Don't read! Don't think! Don't believe! Now, are you better? You women who think that patent medicines are a humbug, and Dr. Tierce's Favorite Prescription tho biggest humbug of the whole (because it's best known of all) ? does your lack of faith cure come ? It is very easy to "don't" iu this world. Sus? picion always comes more easily than confidence. Put doubt?little faith ? never made a sick woman well?and the Favorite Proscriptou has cured thousands of delicate, weak women, which makes us think that our Prescription is better than your "don't believe." We're both hon? est. Let us come together. You try Dr. Pierce'a Favorite Prescription. If it don't do ns represented you get your money back again. Where proof's so easy can your afford to doubt. -o ? Little but active?pre Dr. Pierc's Pleasant Pellets. -o - ? Best liver pills made; gentle, yet thorough. They regulate and invigorate the Ii vor, stomach aud bowels. ? The census of Canada shows an increase in population of only 11 per cent, since* I860. This is wonderful, considering the number of embczzlera fiom our Biatca who have found refuge Tinman Tackles Columbia. At the labor da}' celebration iu Col um j bia last wack Governor Tillinan said in I his speech: "I notico in the papnrs that it was tbe purpose of the laboring men to celebrate this day. And I saw what the committee I said about myself and tbe city aldermen [ not acknowledging tho i citations. I did not write any answer, becauso I didn't know whether I had r.r.7 business fooling with you or not. The first time I spoke out here I got a pretty hot re? ception and the last time I came here I had a pretty cold time of it. I was snubbed by tue centennial committee, for some cause or other, and thought the man who did it would get the worst of it. I don't mind being snubbed once, but twice is two much. So when another in? vitation came, I thought you might be fixing up a job to give me another cold time of it. When a certain Quaker had been slapped on the face he turned the other side and got another slap. Then he said t 'Now, I followed the injunction of the Bible and the laws are fulfilled and I'll give thee hell.' I came here this time to give you all a little?scissors. "I will say this much, I have been here nearly one year as the chief magistrate of the State. I was put hero by the laboring meu of South Carolina. I have nothing against your city. I stand here as the representative of the Democracy and equality before the ballot box, and so help me God I intend to fight for them and maintain them at all costs. I will glory in the prosperity of your city and wish it progress, although I meet scowl? ing faces as I march down your main streets. Why then do I come here? I saw in the paper that I had snubbed the 1 committee. God forbid that I should ever come to snub tbe citizens of South ! Curolina, especially those who live by the sweat of their brow. Thus I made up my mind to come here and show you, though as I march to right or left and j meet scowling faces, that I consider my? self the servant of the whole people. "But what of South Carolina ? It i? a great ?' te. Shall I talk of her past history, or her future? It seems to me her forward progress is most important. A gentleman from the North, repre? senting a newspaper, called on me a short time ago. He asked, among other things, what did South Carolina need more than all just now. I replied in? stantly?and the more I think of it the more wisdom I see in my reply. I told him, first, we needed more white men; second, intelligence, then capital. Most men would have said capital firBt. I think if you could bleach the negroes into white men you would treble the pro? duct per acre. If you want to see South Carolina prosper you have got to have more industry, educate your children and have more brain and less muscle. With intelligence at the helm and at the plough handle there will come prosperity. Pardon me if I touch on the political conditions which confront us. Last year you passed through the most malignant campaign on record. Now every man in South Carolioa should bend every energy to reunite the branches of the Democratic party. I wish we could bring them to? gether in peace and harmony. If you disrupt the Democratic party Pandora's box of evils will be turned loose. Every? body knows it will mean tbe ruin to the State. It will mean the return of the carpet bag rule. We can not divide and stay any length of time. The State has fine prospect, but if they in their folly and madqess break forth they will bring ruin untold. The people of South Caro? lina are patriotic though antagonistical, and should cease these bickerings." In responding to the toast "the city of Columbia"?Governor Tillman having responded to "the State of South Caro? lina"?Mayor McMaster said this should be a time for everybody and everything to harmonize. The committee had tried to make things harmonize. But it was his duty to resent au unjust accusation against the city and challenge Governor Tillman's remarks. "He said extreme care had been taken to exclude anything of politics from the affair referred to and he regretted that there were some un? fortunate events. I say that the matter referred to was also due to an accident, aud hope tbe governor will pardon me and take the correction as it is. (Cheers). This is a dinner table and I hope to see nothing but a pleasant affair. I am fear? ful, however, that our chief executive is too sensitive. I hope that if he will only turn back apace and see things in their light no one may have occasion to turn from him, aud if he would soften his heart he would never have occasion to complain against the people of Colum? bia." Deafness Can t be Cured By local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There i3 only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condi? tion of the mucous lining of the Eusta? chi.? Tube. When this Tube gets in? flamed you have a rumbling so-nd or im? perfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and tfiis lube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but au inflamed condi? tion of the mucous surfaces. We will give one hundred dollars for any case of Deafnes3 (caused by catarrh) that we cannot cure by taking Hall's Ca? tarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, Ohio. K^-Sold by Druggists, 75 cents. ? North Carolina's commissioner of agriculture states that there will be twen? ty-three fair-i held in the State this year. His satisfies also mp.ke a fine .showing for cotton factories. There was just after the war sixty mills in tbe State. In 1S90 they had increased to lid and this year there arc 13-1 cotton mills in operation in North Carolina. ? If food sours on the stomach, diges? tion is defective. De Witt's Little Early Risers will remedy this. The famous 1 !;!'!'? pi?3j that never cripe and never disappoint, For sale by Wilhite k Wil hitc, f Served Twenty-Fire Tears For His SPAitTAXBTJKO, September G.?Mr. Lew's Cacifoell died at his home in Walker County, Tern., August 28, in his 9Sth year. Along with JiI3 rmiet, humble life rune the history of our nation and interwoven with his inner life is a bean-1 Ufa] poem. Ho wr.s born in Rutherford County. N. C, in 1703. When he was about 18 years old he volunteered for the war of 1912. On his return home, when peace was declared, he settled down to the ordinary work of farm life in those days. He learned the carpenter^ trade and was known as "Woodshop Lewin" to distinguish him from other Campbells that bore the same name. When Spartan burg was a struggling village he moved to this place and plied his trade. Here he remained until about 1800, when he went to Teunessee. Soon after his return from the **ar ot 1S12, he loved and woed a neighbor girl by tho name of McKinney. She was in the very prime of young womanhood and, like all maidens, was dreaming day after day of a little home of her own, and in all her dreams the stalwart figure of the young soldier stood in the foreground With an intense longiog, known only to young women in isolated country homes, she desired to begin housekeeping for herself. By day and by night she had whirled the spinning wheel and made the shuttle spool rapidly, while she wove dresses and counterpanes and coverlets, such as no girl of this generation will ever weave. In every web of cloth and in every counterpane her faucy wove pic? tures of her future home far brighter than the "turkey red" that adorned and beautified her fabrics. To her dreams the waking hour came, as it is always sure to do when dreams are brightest and the fairy land, always receding, is just in sight. Her parents, who were growing old, said to their daughter that they did not want her to marry. They had no objec? tions to the upright, industrious young man who had won her heart, but they desired her to minister to them in their declining years. Then came the trial and the temptatiou. Like Desdemona, of whom she had never heard, she saw "a divided duty," and while her pure affec? tions went out towards her manly lover, remained loyal to the wishes of her pa? rents. That was in the early days of our country, when girls had some regard for the advice and suggestion of their sen? iors. Keverence was then a virtue. When her decision was announced there was no case of hysterics, and the young lover did not go West or get on a spree or abandon his suit. Like philosophers they calmly viewed the situation and de? cided that it was best to wait patiently until circumstances would not hinder their union. Then began a loDg journey, during which these two lovers walked in sepa? rate paths. Each went to work with a wiil, and in the round of daily duties and drudgery they remained true to each other. The rainbow of hope spanned their horizon. Years sped on and the pretty girl developed into the plump, mature woman, and the young lover got on the bachelor list. They did not pine away and grow pale and melancholy, but like sensible people they made the best of life and enjoyed the many good things that came their way. Still the years glided away, and after a time one of the parents was removed and theyears rolled on. The two lovers, that were so radiant with hope in their ydung days, were now placed on the old list. Then came a day when the other pa? rent was called away, and the daughter that \&d been so true and loyal was left alom in the world. After twenty-five years of waiting the two paths came together again, and tho lovers were I united, and for a third of a century they travelled the same road together, bring? ing a benediction to all their companions and associates. 'Aunt Betsey," as the wife was known here, had learned her lesson of service so well that she was never so happy as when she was helping some one else. During their long resi? dence here, they were known as two of the best and kindest people in the vil? lage, and their little home was always filled with peace and a q'uiet, abiding joy.?News and Courier. It Made Angels Weep. A sad and pitiful sight was witnessed on Pryor street this morning. While Mr. John B. Goodwin, Dr. Hol? iday and a representative of the Journal were standing at the corner of Pryor and Hunter streets an old lady and a young man passed. The young man was drunk. Around his waist was his mother's arm, that arm that had nurtured and protected aud shielded him from his infancy, and which would still protect him when he was walking under the shadows of sin. Indifferent to the gaze of the people they passed, the woman was too weak to steady herself against the swaying of the stalwart youth at her side, as he stag? gered from side to side in his drunken walk. It was as sad a spectacle as is likely to he ever seen on the public streets. But the arm of M* 3 aged mother never relaxed its hold, although at times ehe was nearly thrown upon the pavement. Up the streets she went, guiding the uncertain steps of her boy as she- did when he toddled by her side. She guided him safely home, perhaps, and maybe it is the last heartache that he will give her. and never again will she be called upon to support his reeling form upon the public thoroughfares.? Atlanta Journal, September 3. Bnckleu's Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for Cuts, Brui.-ses, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe? ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil? blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give per? fect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 2-r> cents per box. For sale by Hill Bros. ? There is a man in town who is ao blamed hop 3 wouldn't beat an egg His wife has Jo her own chores, though. Sweetheart. All Sorts of Paragraph/ ? W. Zurbrung, of Goshen, Ind., at one time wealthy, is in the poor house, the result of goiDg on bonds. ? There is a man in Winsted, Con? necticut, who belongs to twenty four se? cret societies, four volunteer fire organiza? tions, nine militray companies and three chnrcb.es. ? A fireman at Myerston, Pa., were a celluloid collar to fire, when it became ignited from too great exposure to the heat, and burned his neck and discolored his face. ? Very popular, very small, very good. De Witt's Little Early Risers, the pill for constipation, billiousness, sick headache. For sale by Wilhite & Wilhite. f ? Rev. John Bolton, pastor of a negro church at Jefferson, Tex., was dragged from the pulpit and put out of the church by a woman of his congregation for im? moral conduct. ? Mrs. McGriffin, of McGregor, Tex? as, who gave birth to triplets ten months ago, broke the record on Tuesday, 8th inst, with a quartette. All seven are# boys, and are doing well. ? It is quite the fashion now to take De Witt's Little Early Risers for liver, stomach and bowel disorders. They are small pills, but mighty good ones. Wil? hite and Wilhite sells them. f ? There may be corners ia wheat, but this won't disturb the serenity of the young man who, with bis best girl, Bits in the Sunday twilight glow of the par? lor and imagines he has a corner in sugar. ? A beautiful skin, bright eyes, sweet breath, good appetite, vigorous body, pure blood and good health result from the use of De Witt's Sarsaparilla. It is sold by Wilhite and Wilhite. t ? "Oh, I understand, mias," said the lawyer, "this man has been guilty of breaches of promises, made to you and accepted by'you in good faith." "Yea, sir, but?but," and she blushed fearfally, "could't you, in court, call it trousers of promise?it would be more delicate, don't you think?" ? Purifies the blood, increases the circulation, expels poisonous humors and builds up the system. What more do you want a medicine to perform ? De Witt's Sarsaparilla is reliable. For aale by Wil? hite and Wilhite. f ? The Rev. S. C. Stone, recently pre? siding elder of the Greenville, Miss., dis? trict, is under arrest at Memphis, charg? ed with arson. He owned aeveral busi? ness houses which he destroyed by fire. He makes no denial of the allegations, and says he committed the acts while under the influence of morphine. ? Constipation, blood poison, fever ! Doctors' bills and funeral expenses cost about two hundred dollars; De Witt's Little Early Risers cost a quarter. Take your choice. For sale by Wilhite & Wil? hite. t ? She was a Boston girl. She was visiting her Whitehall cousin. While walking out, several butterflies passed her. ' Oh ! dear me, what charming lit? tle birds! They are perfectly exqui8ite." "They are not brda, my dear," replied her country couain. "They are butter fiiea." "Oh! you don't aay so. Then these are the dear little creatures that fly from flower to flower, and gather the aweet yellow butter that we use. They*. _ arc too lovely for anything." ? De Witt'a Little Early Risers never gripe or cause nausea. Mild but sure, assist rather than force. Beat little pill for aick headache, chronic constipation, dyapepsia. For aale by Wilhite & Wil? hite. t ? W. W. Long, a member of the North Carolina House of Repreaentaaives, and a number of other large planters in the Roanoko bottoms, are completing arrangments to bring to their plantations some five hundred of the expatriated Russian Jewish farmers. Mr. Long has an agent in Odessa who is making the ar* rangements. The people to be brought over are all experienced agriculturists and will be engaged chiefly in the culti? vation of cotton. ? Catarrh, neuralgia, rheumatism and most diseases originate from impure blood. Cleanse it, improve it, purify it with De Witt's Sarsaparilla and health is restored, strength regained. Sold by . Wilhite & Wilhite. f ? Postmaster Bell, of Euatis, Fla., states that he has a number of well-trained rattlesnakes in his office, which render valuable service in protecting the mail. These snakes are kept in a glass case, and when objectionable characters come arcuuriHhe postoffice and lingers longer than the postmaster deems advisable he gets out the snakes and puts them through their paces. The loungers, not knowing that the snakes are tame, be? come frightened and immediately vacate the premises. ? Edward Van Schaick of West Neck, Iluutington, has been puzzled of late over the small quantity of milk given by a well bred Jersey cow. The matter was explained the other day. When walking through a field he found the cow nursing several young pigs. The cow was unable to accomodate all tho young pigs at once, and it was the squealing of the disappointed ones that attracted Mr. Van Schaick to the spot. Hereafter the cow and pigs will pasture in different fields.?iSrc?c York Sun. ? Germany ia about to try a liqucr law regulating saloons. The sale of liquor may be forbidden before 8 o'clock in the morning. It will be an offenae to sell to a person within three years af? ter his conviction on the charge of drunkenness. Provision is made fo? the guardianship and care of inebriates. A saloou keeper cannot expell a drunken man from his premises unless he sends him home or to the police station. Un? der the new law a saloon cannot obtain a license unless it seems to be demanded by the people of the neighborhood. Progress, It is very important in this age of vast material progress that a remedy be pleas? ing to tho taste and to the eye, easilyj*-^ ken, acceptable to the stomach and healthy in its nature and effects. Fosses- , ina- these qualities, Syrup of Figs i* fcbgj one perfect laxative and motf'genUe '" r?Uc known.