The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, October 01, 1891, Image 1
BY CLINESCALES & LANGSTON.
ANDERSON, S. G., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1891.
VOLUME XXVI.?NO. 13
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Price 25 cents per box. For nale by
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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.