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BY CLINESCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. G., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1891. VOLUME XXVI.?NO. 13 w GRAND OPENING SALE. On Monday, October 5, 1891, promptly at 10 o'clock, J\A.S. IP. GOSSETT & CO., Wholesale and Retail dealers in Boots and Shoes, ILL offtr for sale a SPECIAL LOT of 200 pairs of the celebrated BAY STATE SKOKS, at the following cut prices: 25 pairs Children's Solid Leather 8hoes 45c?regular price 80c. 50 pairs Misses Solid Leather Shoes 50c?regular price 90c ?* 25 pairs "Women Solid Leather Shoes 50c?regular price $1.00. 25 pair* Women Solid Leather Shoes 05c?regular price $1.25. ? 50 pairs Women Genuine Dongnla Kid Button Shoes $1.50?regular price *2.00. 25 pairs Men'B Solid Leather Shoes $1.00?regular price $1.25. We makotbis great slaughter sale simply for an advertisement?nothing more, nothing less. We want you to come to see us, and we know of no better way to get \yonthan by offeriug bargains. We will have reduced sales again, but they will be confined to remnants only. Wc positively will not sell to any one person more than one pair of each style of theso cut-priced Shoes. fSB" Come early, while the stock is unbroken. Very respectfully, JAS- P. GOSSETT & CO.* NO. 2 CHIQUOLA BLOCK. v STRICTXY CASE -NO GOODS CHARGED. HOW TO MAKE YOUR NEVER try to wear a Shoe too amall^ or that is not the shape of the foot. Never let your Shoe get hard or dry. Don't let it ran down at the heel or side. A Shoe repaired in time will retain its shape and comfort, and it is trne ?economy. Never pot wet Shoes by the fire to dry, bat dry them gradually and carefully Never dry a wet Shoe without first applying some oil and grease. Don't allow a thick crust of blacking on your Shoes. Wash it off occasionally and apply a little castor oil; you can polish it over in an hour or two. We now have a complete line of the Celebrated Hamilton & Brown Shoe Co's. goode in stock, and it is a duty you owe to yourself to give these goods a trial. Our Ladies' $2.50 Dongc a and Goat Button Shoe?made on Opera, Half Ope jra, and Common Sense lasts?we believe stands without a rival. Our Gents' $2.50 Calf, Button, Ball's and Congress?made on London and .French toed lasts?will simply astonish you, to see how the Shoe could be gotten up for that money. TVe have the Largest and Most Complete Line of Shoes in the State? And considering the CLOSE PRICES at which we buy, and SMALL MARGIN at which wc sell, we can safely say you will lose 15 to 25 per cent in buying else* where. Very respectfully^ S. S. HILL) Manager, No. 10 S. Main Street, NEW STORE. New and Elegant Stock of 1?PLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. EVERYTHING FRESH, FIRST CLASS, AND GUANANTEED. FLOUR, MEAL, MEAL, GRITS, SUGAR, COFFEE, LARD, HAMS, MEAT, MOLASSES, PICKLES, CANDY, CRACKERS, In short, EVERYTHING GOOD TO EAT. ?Sf Delivery Free to any part oi the City. This is a new departure for me, and I want my friends to give me a trial. My chief thought shall be to please my customers. Yours truly, W. W. WHITE, No- 16 North Main Street, just above C. A. Reed's Music House. for Infants and Children. "Caatorla '.e so well adapted to children that I recommend itas superior to any prescription known to me." H. A. Abchxb, M. p., m So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Cos tori* cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes dl Igeatfcm, Without injurious medication. The Centxcb Company, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. ATTENTION, READERS. We have moved into the Store Koom .recently occupied by A. G. Means, the Clothing man. We want all of our old friends and customers to come and see us in our new quarters. B. W. BPwOWN & SONS. TeI??heI^'?olumn, All communications intended for thisColumn should be addressed to C. WAKDLAW, School Commissioner, An? derson, S. C. memoey gems. If yon are told to do a thing, And mean to do it really; Never let it be by halves; Do it fully, freely ! Do not make a poor excuse, Waiting, weak, unsteady; All obedience worth the name, Must be prompt and ready. ?PncoBE Cabey. The school desk question ib one of im? portance. We can get them at very low rates now. This a good time to secure deaks cheap. Let via hear from you, Trustees. Miss May Russell will teach the com? ing year at Calhoun, or Shady Grove, in Belton District. She secures a good location by this arrangement, and her patrons secure one of our best teachers. Mrs. J. S. McCnlly has perfected ar? rangements to occupy Miss Janie Frier son's school house next. year.. Her. school will open the first Monday in Oc? tober. Mrs. McCully is a good teacher, and we hope she will have a good school. Miss Nettie Hall has been employed to teach at Cross Roads, in Hope well Dis? trict, again next year. She is a teacher that does thorough work and gives satis? faction. We called to see her last week and found her, as usual, at her post of duty. Her patrons have acted wisely in securing her for another session. One reeolve should be made by every teacher this year, whether in the elegant school rooms of the city or in the log or sod school house of the far West and South: "I will, God helping me, get a better understanding of the ways and means of teaching this year than 1 hare had yet." And God will help ; he is on the side of those who are on the side of the children.? School Journal* ?mtm Miss Mary E. Anderson, one of our best teachers, baa been elected a teacher in the Graded Schools at Sparenburg. This shows that Anderson County has good teachers, but it shows also that our own people here are losing some of our best educators, possibly because we do not appreciate them as much as other Counties do. We congratulate Miss Mary and Spartan burg, but we regret to see Anderson lose another of her best teachers. The army of teachers, according to the educational statistics of the eencns of 1890, is great, tt appears, according to a recent report, that there are 361,237 public school teachers in this country and 12,563,894 pupils attending our free schools. In private unsectarian schools there are 686,1Oft pupils, and in sectarian schools there are 573,601 pupils, j The army of scholars in our schools is nearly 14,000,000 young people, and within two months nine tenths of this vast number will be in the school rooms of out coun? try.? School Jo-arrial. The question when Bhould the public school term begin will have to be.an Bwered by each Board of Trustees some time in the near future. Some think the public schools Bhould oped first of No? vember, others think they should begin first of December, and others think the first of January should be the time. This is an important matter and should be carefully considered. If possible, all the schools should open at the same time iu all the Districts. We write this item so as to bring the matter to the attention of the Trustees; We often heat teachers and those who aro not teachers say, "I Want to do good work. I want to be of as much benefit to the world as possible, but no opportu? nities present themselves." What a mis? take! Opportunities are ever present. They may not be grand and great oppor? tunities, but the opportunity to do good 13 ever present. The manner in which you do your part of the world's work, and the earnestness and sincerity with which you embrace and improve the op? portunities as they present themselves, are all that you are held responsible for. God takes care of the results. What a pleasing thought to the teacher! What a relief that we are not held accountable for the resultB, only the work?that is all. SUGGESTIONS. Do not ridicule a pupil for any physi? cal or other unavoidable defect, even dumbness. It is better to request than command. Do not manifest a lack of confidence iu your ability to govern ; nor display a love for domineering or commanding. Be certain that the pupil understands your request; after that do not repeat it. Require prompt obedience. Let everything be done decently and in order.?Popular Educator. Women Sever See a Joke. "Brown, do you know why you are like a donkey?" "Like a donkey ?" echoed Brown, opening wide hia eyes. "No, I don't." "Do you give it up?" "I do." "Because your better half is stubborn ncss." "That's not bad. Ha ! ha! I'll give that to my wife wheu I get home." "Mrs. Brown," he asked, as he sat down to supper, "do you know why I am so much like a donkey ?" He waited a moment, expecting Lis wife to give it up. She looked at him somewhat commisseratingly as Bhe an? swered : "I suppone because you were born so." ?Boston Beacon. JBucklcn'* Arnica Salve The bpst salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe? ver Sores, Tetter, Cl apped Hand*, Chil? blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It. i? guaranteed to give per? fect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For nale by Hill Bros. BILL ART Talks with His Friend Jake on Some Put lie Matters. Atlanta Constitution. Uncle Jake is not a scholar, but is a reader and a thinker. He tabes some papers and borrows other. He is getting old and is quite amiable and tolerant. His natural disposition is not to criticise, bnt rather to apologise for everything and everybody. Wheu there is conflict and excitement and bitterness he takes no aide, but offers excuses for both. "There are two sides to this thing," says he, (:and folks ought to discuss it more calmly." It always interests me to draw him out on the perplexing questions of the day, and hear him express bis "learnings.". "I havent.mind enough," says he, ''to decide betwiit 'em, bot it will all work out. right after -awhile. Our Heavenly Father is mighty good to Hi: creatures as long aB good people are in the majority. He would have saved Sodom if Abraham could have found ten good people there. I don't know how big the town was?big as Atlanta, I reckon, but it mtlst have been ad awful place. God puts up with a heap before He lets his wrath boil plum over. He never sent the flood until the number of good people was reduced down to eight, and I reckon one of them was a pretty hard case and was just saved on account of his kinsfolks. I believe there is many a young mac and young girl, too, who will be saved on account of their father and mother. Atlanta is said to be a right wicked town, b?t i reckon there are several hundred good people then -pret? ty good people?and I think she < -afe. The towns are worse than the untryt for you see the devil hasent got t; ne to run round from bouse to house and wbis per his devilment in their ears. He wants 'em by the wholesale. He won't set hifj trap to catch one bird. He's got sense, be hss. He won't waste bis am? munition." "Uncle Jakej" Baid I, "what's your Opinion about the alliance, and thesub trqnsury ?" "Oh, I don't know," said be, "it will all work out right after awhile. There are two sides to it, and whenever there are two Bides it gets up discussions, and wo wilt have to wait until the argu? ment is over. It is in a right smart tan? gle yet, bot the people will do right when they have time to Bee what right is. The farmers are raising a powerful rumpus, and if they are demabding too much it is a good way to get something. I remem? ber when the w; 'chword of our party was '$54.40 or fight,' out we settled down to $36 30 and dident fight, either, for that was all the territory wehere entitled to. - ... .. _r "Folks will have to make a fuBs some-: times, or they will bo run over. You know Bob. Smith actually quit his crop and went to preaehing all the week; find when his boss made a fuss about it, Bob said: 'We is just obleezed to go to preaching. You white folks done got dis here world, and we niggers is a fixing to get de next one.' The farmers have been paying tribute to protection for ?eventy 6ve years, aud they are tired. They want their time to come. They want a bounty in Borne shape. Sugar has got one, and why not cotton and corn, and wheat and rice? Five dollars a bale ?o cotton would help powerfully, and that would be only $40,000,000 a year. That's nothing for a government like this. Suppose we paid $100,000,000' a jrear to the farmers in bounties, they would get the money and their products be no higher. The poor people would get them as cheap as ever. I can buy my sugar at 6 cents, bot the sugar planter gets 3 cents a pound more. This plan would stimulate farm? ing and beat the sub-treasury scheme. The manufacturers have had that much oi- more for fifty years through the pro? tective tariff?why not the farmers?" "But Uncle Jake," said t, "where will [ the government get the money to pay theBe bounties ?" "Ob, I don't know," said he, "where there's a will there's a way. There's the income tax, that tbey could make as heavy as they please, and they could put some more on whi?key?whiskey will stand a sight. It pays $180,000,000 now, and could just as easy pay $280,000) 000." "But suppose," said I, "the temperance movement abolishes whiskey?what then ?" "Why, then," said Uncle Jake, smiling, "we would have such a millenni? um we would'nt need any. If whisky was abolished it would save a thousand mil? lions a year to the country. Without whiskey we would all get rich. Whisky runs poorhouses and lunatic asylums and orphans' homes and jails and chaingangs and prisons of all kinds. Whisky runs the courts and the taxes and pretty much the lawyers aud doctors, to saynothiDgot broken vows and broken hearts. We could afford to Bwap away every bounty and pension and protection to get rid of whisky, but we won't talk about that now, fcr it's not in sight. It's only a hope, a dream. The devil will give up everything before he will whisky." "Lncle Jake," said I, "do you believe in a real, personal devil ?" The old man looked surprised. "Why not," said he. "Why not ? Don't the Bible tell us all about him and all his officers?Satan and Beelzebub and Apolyon and Moloch and Belial and all those fellowB ? Why, the old scoundrel came here first. He had possession when Adam was created, and h.3 began right straight to work on him, and he's been a working on his posterity ever since. Don't I feel it? Don't I know it? He's been working on me all my life, and I have to fight him every day. What makes me have wicked thoughts?thoughts of passion, revenge, envy, covetousness. When that mean old rascal, Jim Wilkins, was tore all to pieces by the cyclone, what mado mo glad of it? Don't I know that all such thoughts are uubecomiug to a gentle? man? What makes mo love to hear Sam Jones sanctify the people, what makes a little child show passions and selfishness before it can talk? The Lord dident make us that way, not at the start, He dident. The old devil is at the bottom of every bad thing, and we have just got to fight him, that's all. If he whips the fight here, then we become hh subjects, and go straight to his kingdom, fire or no firo. That's what I believe. If I tell my boy not to go in a washing this evening, he is perfectly free and able to mind me or 'not mind me, and just so the Lord has made me a free agent, to do right or to do wrong. Tho good Spirit works on mo and the devil works on me, and I can take my choice?that's what I believe." Sam Jones and Sam Small have got together again, and they make a powerful team. It dceant matter what some folks or some papers say about them they are shaking up the people. I dou't know what would become of us if it. were not for the preachers, I saw a man shedding tears last night while Sam Small >as talking, who hasent had a tender thought or a pure one in years, they say. Maybe he will come to himself yet, and like the poor prodigal, go back to his father's house. I hope so. Everybody hopes so. Some folks dou't like the spasmodical, emotional religion, but it is better than none. It puts a man to thinking, and is a sign that he is not clean gone. Our tabernacle is an institution and a comfort. It is crowded every day and every night, and all its influence is for good. Hun? dreds go there that won't go to the Churches, and some of them are gathered in. There are but two great highways iu this wor!3, and one of them'leads''to the Churches and the other to the jails. Not that so many reach the prisons, but you can see the jail away off at the end of the avenue they are on. Their bent is in that direction. And you can see the spires of the churches away off at the end of the other. The churches ?re the freest houses ?n earth; and the best. Tboy have no secrets, and the doors are widb open, and pay what you please, and everything that is done or seid there is for peace ,* nobody quarrels or fight. You can't say that much of any political meeting or any secret society or grand jury or alli? ance meeting. I never beard of a yoUng man being made worse by going to Church. There is a sad song that says, "Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight ?'* that a poor mother was singing. Well, if I was to step in and say, "He's at Church, madame," wouldn't she bs hap? py? Parents are not afraid of the Church, They may not belong to it, nor go to it, but I never saw one who tried to keep bis child away f Did you f Well, no; I never did. I nave read of them, but I reckon it was a romance. Bill Arp. Unties* Cotton Seed, Manager Cureton, of the Greenville cotton seed oil mill, is experimenting with the lintless cotton of H. T. Fergu? son, living near Woodruff, in Spartan llurg County, twenty six miles east of this city: The object of Mr. Cureton's experi? ments is to find what value the seed has as an oil producer and as a fertilizer. A News reporter yesterday saw several stalks of the cotton at the oil mi?. They were not unlike the ordinary stalks in appearance and no difference can be seen in the green bollB until they are opened. Then the observer is astonished. He sees nothing but a boll fuU?of green seed such as he would find on opening a pea pod. The merest trace of lint is found. The stalks in the possession of Mr. Cureton contain one or two open bolls, and when a close inspection is made there is again surprise, The seeds stick in the bolls until they are well matured and if not picked drop out. When ripe they are intensely black in Color and resemble the seed of the famous Peterkiu cotton. They are larger than the ordinary seed. Mr. Cureton has not fully completed his experiments, but he has made a few simple tests. He says the seed has much more oil than the ordinary seed and far more meal. He believes the cotton can be easily cultivated and will yield from 300 to 400 bushels on the acre. He be? lieves, from what he now gees, that there Is a great future for the cotton as an oil producer and fertilizer maker. The seed are gathered much like peas and the cotton is harvested much like other cotton. Mr. Ferguson has an acre in cultivation this year. The following are the claims made for the cotton in a circular sent out by Mr. Ferguson: "Ferguson's lintless cotton is the grandest discovery of the age. For four years I have been experimenting with this cotton seed. It comes true to name every time. It is one of the most abund? ant bearers ever seen in cotton and will resist a drouth ten to fifteen days longer than other cotton. Stalks bear from 100 to 400 bolls packed full of eeed, number? ing from twenty to sixty seed in each boll. They contain more oil and more plant food than other cotton feed and will make this season 400 or f>00 bushels of seed per acre, planted 3x3 feet and cultivated as other cotton. Sowed broad? cast as peas for fertilizing purposes up to the 10th of June, will shed on the land from 100 to 200 bushels of seed without any work. The cotton grows tall, put? ting out from six to eight long running limbs near the bottom of the stalk. They resemble potato vines. Each of tirese limbs will mature from eight to twenty bolls, besides the short limbs and brace limbs common in other cotton. "For stock it is superior to all others. ChickonSj turkeys and ducks devour the seed wheu in the roasting ear stale as eargerly as they do corn. Stock of all kinds eat them."?Greenville Nem. State of Onio, City of Toledo, ) Lubas County, j Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Ciif.ney & Co , doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State afore? said, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this Gth day of December, A. D. 1886. I seal } A' Wl REASON, 1 } Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Curo is taken internally and acte directly on tho blood and mu? cous surfaces of the ?yslern. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0 #?y*Sohj by Druggists, 75c. AKT OF KA1N-3IAKING ?f TEXAS. Col. DyrenforthJweirSntls?ed with BeRUlts. Col. Dyrenforth, who conducted the re? cent experiments In TexaB.. with a view of testing the theory of rain production by great atmospheric disturbances, is not the kind of man to rest, but, at least, so far as that work is concerned, is tak? ing matters easily, and receiving daily reports from his assistant, Lieut. Ellis, who is now in Texas pursuing the work. "The work'.bat we have done," said Col. Dyrenlorth last night, "has con? vinced me that the subject is well worth being thoroughly investigated, and in my opinion it should be pursued still further. I do not say that what has been accomplished is sufficient, bnt enough has been done to convince any one conversant with the subject that we are on the right track. A further out? lay of money would be profitable, but whether Congress will make an appro? priation for future experiments I do not know. That is a matter the Agricul? tural Department will ti" doubt take up. So far nothing has beei. done in this di? rection, but I feel pretty Certain it will be brought before Congress in due time. "As for myself I will not conduct any more experiments, for my private busi? ness is interfered with too much. These experiments ought to be conducted un? der the direction of some one now in the service of the .Government?an army officer for instance. You will see. by the dispatches from Lieut. Ellis that he noticed the force of the waves produced by a discharge of dynamite fron the earth, while he was in a balloon some distance above. This same thing was no? ticed While he was at Midland. We bad a captive balloon attached to a wire. It was at the time I speak of about 1,000 feet high, and a half mile from the oper? ators. While it Was in this situation a lot of dynamite was discharged. The charge was sufficient to produce waves of such force that they struck the Walloon producing a noise similar to the flapping of a huge sail ou a vessel when struck by the wind. The report was so loud that we thought our balloon had bnrst ed. There can be no doubt but that these concussions produce the atmos? pheric disturbances; and; properly con? ducted, bring about the gathering of clouds and precipitation of moisture. I believe that in time the theory can be reduced to an absolute art. "there i? still much, however, that we must determine. We do not know just how these discharges should take place. So far it is a mere conjecture, and can only be ascertained by being worked out.- We must find out by ex perimeut whether it iB be'ttef to' afradge our discharging force in a line, in a cir? cle, spirally, or whether it should be concentrated. The question of altitude also has much to do with it. The meth? od of producing the Concussion has more, perhaps, to do with it than the mere discharge itself. We know of in? stances where .powder mills have blown up, great quantities of powder having been exploded with no resulting rain. The same absence of. rainfall has been noticed following the accidental dis? charge of a large amount of dynamite. Of course, it will cost money to make these experiments, but it ?111 bo money well spent. "Had it not been for the utmost econ? omy on our part during our recent expe? dition the very small appropriation of $7,000 would have been Used up long ago. The railroads and others have been very kind to us. The Iron Mountain and other southern roads furnished free transportation for our whole party and all of our goods rttid material. . Mr. Nel? son Morris, who put his fdnch dt our dis? posal, permitted his carpenters and la? borers to do our work; and thereby sav? ing us hundreds of dollars. Had it not been for all these things we would have run out of money loDg ago. As a mat? ter of fact the Government paid for the materials used in the experiment at Midland only. While we were there citizens of El Paso and Corpus Christi waited upon us and desired us to make oxperiments there, but I did not think it right to spend all the money in Texas. At my suggestion El Paso agreed to pay for all materials used in an experiment there, and it was under such circum? stances that we went there. Down there there is intense interest in the suc? cess of these experiments, and the peo? ple of Texas appreciate the fact that if rain can be produced by this means mil? lions or acres of arid land will be redeem? ed, and the property in the State be in? creased in value amazingly. I received a telegram from Lieut. El? lis this afternoon, stating that be was going, in a few days, to Corpus Christi to make another experiment. As I said be .fore, we have discovered enough to know that these experiments ought to be pur? sued, and I believe this will be done." charges $500 a shower. Topeka, Kax., Sept. 19.?Melbourne, tho Australian rain wizard, has agreed for $500 to make torrents of rainfall at Goodland next Saturday. Goodland is the county seat of Sherman County bor? dering ou Colorado. He contracts to make it rain for lifty miles in all direc? tions from Goodland. His method is entirely different from Dyrenforth'a. He takes his chemicals into a small building, makes the room dark and ruus a small pipe out the roof, No one can see what produces the rain, but his brother goes about on the outside among the crowd aud offers to bet any amount that rain will fall in torrents within forty-eight hours. Melbourne takes several revolvers inside the building to prevent any one from getting in while he Operates. A heavy rain was never known to fall at this season of the year.? Wash? ington Post of Sunday. The Ladies Delighted. The pleasant effect aud the perfect safety with which ladies may use the li? quid fruit laxative, Syrup of Figs, under all conditions, make it their favorite remedy. It is pleasing to tho eye and to the taste, gentle, yet effectual in acting on the kidneys, liver and bowel?. ? There are times when tho best of people would hate to loll what they are thinking about. Raining 3Teaf. Mr. IT. F. Horton, of Eullock'3 Creek Township, was in the Enquirer office yssterday. Mr. Horton is one of the for? mers that a reporter of the Enquirer called on last summer with a view to getting some information as to the most ?successful way to man?^e a farm. He makes good crops of corn, cotton, wheat and oats, and is one of those farmers who believes in living at homo. Know? ing, as we do, that he does not believe in buying anything that can be raised at home, and that not a pound of Western meat cornea on his place, we took occa? sion to ask him some questions about raising meat. "Yes, air," said Mr. Horton, "I have always raised my own meat, and I con? sider that I have made mocsy by it. Of course, I do not raise meat to sell to my croppers, but I inaist, as far as possible, that they shall raise it for themselves." "Well, how is it?" be was asked, "that there aro so many farmers who claim that they cannot afford to raise corn to feed to hogs ?" "You can't do it. They are correct so far as that is concerned," replied Mr. Horton. "But then you do not want to raise your hogs on corn altogether. It is too expensive,- and I don't believe they do it anywhere?-'hut is/ altogether." "Then how do you manage ?" "Oh, there are several ways. The fact is there are so many ways in which it can be done, that it is difficult to tell which is the best way; but the idea of raising a hog altogether on corn is as foolish as feeding a dog on fried chicken. "I raise my hogs in a pasf?re and feed very little corn except in the fall when I want to fatten ; and if they have been managed prOpofly there ia very little fattening to do. All a hog wants ia a good range in the woods. During a mouth or two in the winter you feed him a little Corn. As the season advances, he gets more and more able to take care of himself. Along during the latter part of .tun?, yon can turn him in on the stubb1', and if you will sow peas at in? tervals so as to have a crop along from July until frost, you will have your bogs provided for all summer. When frost comes, you can turn them into a pasture in the woods, where they can get plenty of acorns,- and these will keep them in excellent condition. "A few weeks before I get f?ady to killy my hogs, I turn them into a small lot?never Into a close pen, because they do not do so well?and feed them corn. During the whole ye?r", It does not take more than from six to ton bushels of corn for a hng that will net 350 to 400 ? pounds. "Then you think it pays to raise your own meat?1" Mr. Horton was asked. "Of course I do. 1 don't know how much it really cost, but I would not be willing to buy my meat even if I had a guarantee of this Western Btuff. at four cents" a found. I am satisfied that my meat does not cost me that much, and I would not bo surprised at its costing a great deal less." "The fact is," continued Mr. Horton, "raising aa I do only enough meat for my own consumption, the time and ex? pense given to my hogs ia scarcely worth considering. But judging from my own experience, I am satisfied that if proper attention Were given to the mat? ter, it would be found almost anybody can raise meat cheaper than they can buy it."? Yorkville Enquirer. from the Wagon to the Pulpit. Before Sam Jones went to proachirig lie J ran a public dray in Cartersvi'.le, his na? tive town. He was a familiar figure around the depot, and he at that time hauled all the drummers'trunks from the depot to the hotel. Many veteran drum? mers yet remember Sam as a drayman. His outfit was a small, rickety, rattling, ramshackling wagon and an old sorrel horse, that was old and experienced enough to have come down from the rev? olutionary war. Thiv horse was a char? acter in his way, and some people cay he was the cause of Sam's reformation. He was as humble a horse as one would wish to see. He submitted to all Sam's cuffs and rebuffs withou1; any protest other than mildly backing his flea bitten ears. He had an air of one who was r.lways deeply engaged in thoughts and looked upon the frivolities of this life with su? preme disdain. And then Sam's horse was extremely unsociable in his temper? ament. He never cared to make any new acquaintances and seemed desirous of treading the wine press of sorrow alone. For many days he went on in the same quiet way, drawing Sam's rickety old dray w'ith the sublimest fortitude. It was never necessary for Sam to tie him when he left him, for he had such insurmount? able constitutional objections to locomo? tion there was little danger of him taking his departure. So Sam thought, and so it went for many, many days. But things do not always remaiu the same, alas! Oue day Sam's horso was seen, to the most extreme surprise of the Cartersvil liana, tearing down Main street, followed by the dray, which was rolling about from one aide to the other. Down the street ho went like mad, and seems wonderful to those who knew him intimately that he could acquire such speed. Sam, who had left him for some purpose, stood watching his mad career eagerly. "He's decided to emigrate," Sam re? marked, a? the horse continued his wild flight. Presently the horse swerved to the right and the wagon struck against a tree with a crash and came to a standstill. Tho spectators all went down to survey the wreck. It was a complete one, indeed. Sam stood and looked at it si? lently for some moments in deep reflec? tion. There was a pathos in It's voice when he finally turned around and said: "I guess I'll have to fiud some other way to make a living." In a few weeks Sam left Cartersville and went down near Columbus. "The next I heard cr saw of Sam,,: said the gentleman who told me the story, "he came back to Cartersville and preached a sermon. I went out to heai him, and I never saw such a complete change iu a man,"?Atlanta CjustUulion Farmers Should Raise Their 0?? Horse:rand Mules. When one compares the prices of horses aud mules with cotton, it would seem the greatest folly for Spartanburg farmers to depend on western markets for their farm animals. Last winter good mules ranged from $120 to $150. That is equal to four bales of cottou at present prices. To bring. mule through^ till bo is three years old, provided the fanner has a pasture, will not cost exceeding $75. The fact is a two-horso farmer will never miss what a colt eat3, unless he belongs to that cla's that has no pasture land and buys hia horse food on time. Home-raised colts are always hardy and do not have to be acclimated and hard? ened like Tr?stern stock when brought to this section. A pasture set in Bermuda gra33 will cheapen the price of raising colts very much. This differs from the wire grass, and is easily kept within its own limits. Five acres of fair upland or branch bot? toms set in this grass will afford sufficient pasturage for ten head of stock from the first of May till a killing frost. All stock likes the grass and it givea milk and but? ter a good flavor. Clean cultivation will keep it from spreading' If it is desirable to cultivate the Bermuda pasture the sod should be turned in the fall when the grass has been killed. The freezes of winter will kill the roots. Harrowing and cross plowing in the early spring will pulverize the soil and prepare it for a crop. A Bermuda sod will increase the fertility of land 50 to 100 per cent. It requires two strong, steady horse3 or mules to turn the sod. It i3 always conaiderad cheaper to raise mules than horses. They mature faster and thrive under circumstances that would keep a horse colt poor. But the true idea in raising a colt of any sort is to keep it in a thrifty condition all the time. Never allow them to get "dead poor" just to toughen them. Even when colts have the run of pasture a small grain ration once a day will help them very much. With this treatment will pay for their keeping after they are two years old. The most salable males, as well as the most desirable ones for our farms, are the active, lively medium mules. To raise such good Jacks are re? quired, and a few stylish, well raade'fel lows about fifteen hands high would prove a paying investment in this Coun? ty. A farmer, or a neighborhood, that would purchase snch a Jack would not lose anything. In fact, it would be a paying investment. Now, if our farmers deter;-.ine to raise colts, some of them will have to turn over a new leaf. The fact is they will have to tear out the old ones and throw them away. A man cannot spend half bis time riding around to political meet? ings and to the little towns and raise colts with any success. He will have to give up western corn and hay. About; one-third of his cotton land will have to go. He most plan for an abundance of forage for his work animals as well as his colts. If he attempts t.o raise tbem on lieDS they will coat twice their worth. The man who can alwr.ys spare a horse or mule or a milch cow when the demand is strong and the price high, is in a pros* perous condition. He who is always short on work animals and has to buy on time (vill keep behind. Let Spartanburg County begin from this date to raise more small grain, corn and bay, so as to be able to raise colts which will always be in demand at good price?.?Spartan? burg Spartan. An Astouuding Swindle Finds Many Dupes. Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 20.?One of the most astounding swindles in the country has just been brought to light here by the federal detectives, who have arrested Henry Ash and George W. Rose two of three ringleaders. Robert F. Livaly, the man who originated the scheme, escaped to the mountains, but a possn is after him. Some weeks ago these three men or? ganized at St. Albans, this county, a branch of what was alleged to be the Na? tional Assembly, said by the conspirators to be a patriotic order, having for its ob? ject the relief of the Na:ional Govern? ment. It was proposed to put into pos? session of the government all the gold coin hoarded up by the people, to the end that the government, might be en? abled to meet its obligations and be saved from National repudiation. The Treas? ury Department, it was explained, had plenty of paper money, and had agreed that for all the gold coins paid to the "as? sembly" and certified by the officer?, there would be paid five times the sum in paper currency. Nothing les3 than ?200 would be accepted from any one. The thing took in a surprising way. The country was scoured for gold. One man paid $1,200, another $800, and scores gave from $200 to $500 for the wortbltss certificates of the swindlers. The Ches? apeake and Ohio Railroad Companv paid its employes io gold and large sums of this money went into the coffers of Live? ly and his pals. Poor men borrowed, begged and mortgaged, that they might raise gold, and many a dollar of hard earned savings went into the "assembly for the relief of th i government/' The postoffict authorities got wind of the thing about a week ago, and to-day the arrests were made. The excitement over the swindle is great. It is estima? ted that the swindlers obtained over $50,000 from their dupes, many of whom are left penniless. Things Worth Remembering, It is well to remember That every promise is a debt. That the averege man about town is a huge bore. That it's no disgrace to be poor, bul mighty inconvenient. That children hear more tban growr folks give them credit for. That the man who smokes cigarette.1 is not neces-wnly brainless. That the poetry of a girl's fe:t usuall; do not mate with the pro3.rc hoof of he: father. That the girl of lh? period know more than >r grandmother?for he graudaio: -ij dcjd.??/ws/c and Drama, All Sorts of Paragraphs* A preacher ?with a big head jo the man thc^devil loves to look at. ? The people who need your prayers most are those you don't like. ? The dovil loves to hear the man who won't pay his debts talk in church. ? Ar. organized band of girl thieves, from eight to thirteen years old, has been broken up in New York by the arres'; of the leader. ? The Egyptian cotton crop amounts to 0,700,000 hundred weight, the largest crop on record. The coming season promises an equally large yield. ? Very popular, very small, very good. De Witt's Little Early Risers, the pill for constipation, billiousness, sick headache. For sale by Wilhite oc. Wiibite. f ? Sixty cents a year is what Edison predicts will be the cost of heating and lighting a house when electricity has ful? ly shown its power. But we'd be glad to have it come in our time. ? An Americus, Ga., negro has been supplying dressed rats to the people of the city as squirrels. Indignation does not express the feelings of the negro's . customers after learning what meat they have eaten. ? It is quite the fashion now to lake 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. t ? The Free Methodists of Elon conn- . ty, Kansas, have adopted resolutions de? claring the teachings of the Farmers' Alliance contrary to the welfare of Christianity and calculated to destroy good government in this country. ? Country Editor?Thank the Lord, to-morrow's Sunday. Visitor?You rest on that day, I suppose? "Yes; all we have to do is cut wood, light the fire, milk the cows, dress the children, clean the cistern and praise the Lord." ? 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 Wiibite and Wilhite. f ? There is a post at the corner of the. public square in Fairmount, Mo., which gets a bolt of lightning iVm nearly eve? ry thunder storm that comes along. Three men, five horses and twenty or thirty sheep have been electrocuted at the spot. ? Judge: "You say you were innocent. What then were you doing with the watch if you did not intend to take it ?" Sam. Johnsing: "I jess wanted ter wind it up for him, boss. Dat's de solemn troof. I can't tell a lie if I was ter try for a week." ? If food sours on the stomach, diges? tion is defective. De Witt's Little Early Risers will remedy this. The famous little pills, that never gripe and never disappoint. For sale by Wilhite & Wil? hite. t ? "'What did you do the first time you got into battle ?" said a young lady to an old soldier. "Of course you didn't run ?" "Ob, no, I didn't run, miss; not at all. But if I had been going for a doctor, and you bad seen me you would have thought somebody was awful sick." ? A Raleigh, N. C, special-Hays that _ a wealthy northern man, who last year visited Rocky Mount, and was shown many courtesies by O. W. Harris, a well known citizen; fell dead on Monday. Hia ' will has been opened, and it is found that he bequeathed Harris $100,000 for courtesies shown, the sum to be paid in United States currency. Harris left to get the money. ? 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 sale by Wil? hite and Wilhite. t ? A French lady who died recently at the Consent of the Sisters of Hope, at Pau, at the age of ninety-one, has be? queathed $20,000 to the Academy of Sci? ence, to be given to any person of what? soever nationality, who may, within ten years, have found the means of commu? nicating from another world, planet, or star, and of receiving a reply from it. ? A lot has been purchased in Abbe? ville, KT. C, for ??,000 on which a Colored Young Men's Christian Association build? ing, to cost $25,000, is to be erected. The money to purchase the lot was se? cured in the North. Mr. George Van derbilt, who is building a palace near Asheville, will fui-nish the brick to be used in constructing the building, and his mother will furnish the money to complete the work. ? Constipation, blood poison, fever I 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 ?Betrothed for nearly forty years 1 Herman Lincoln Wayland, D. D., of_ Philadelphia, has just married Miss Frauces Mary Green, of Atlanta, after a betrothal of nearly forty years. Rev. Dr. Wayland is a so.a of Dr. Francis ' Wayland, the famous president of Brown university, and was graduated at Brown iu 1849. They wanted to be married for? ty years agi?, but the motber would net consent, Her consent was just given a few days .siace. ? Do Witt's Little Early Risers never gripe or cause nausea. Mild but sure, l assist rather than force. Best little pill' for sick headache, chronic constipation, dyspepsia. For sale by Wilhite & Wll; bite. - 4%/ ? When tho importer sells to the merchant he adds the tariff, and wl the retail merchant sells to you he^dc tho tariff. There i3 no disputing this position, and unless the present iniqui? tous tariff is wiped out and taxation otherwise equalled between the different sections of country we may as well <*???) trying to get a larger circulation per cap*, ita iu the South. If we had $1,000 per capita wc could not keep it, as our pension^ grabbing and tariff robbing friends in the North and East would soon get every; cent of it through these refined methods] of stealing ?Hampton Guardian, ? Catarrh, neuralgia, rheumatic most diseases originate from blood. Cleanse it, improve it, ] with De Witt's Sarsaparilla and restored, strength regained. Wilhite & Wilhite.