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BILL ARP: Irltniiited by Atlanta Ct lt -o?1 in s to inc that I am liauutcd i,. Indians. Thc other night as I ,'Am, from Macon to Atlanta my I friend, Judge Hall, introduced mc to ?i,, Peterson, of St. Louis', a very learned and cultured gentleman, who connected witjh tho ethnological lepartuicnt of thp government, and was engaged in j examining Indian "lound? and in writing up the history ,.{ (|?.. Indian tribes, especially of the live tribes known ac civilized, viz., thc Cherokees, Creeks, Chickasaws, Choc f fW-and Seminoles. As these were uUv Indians, I became, much intcrest ,.,J in his discourse, for he had been careful and diligent in his research, and what he knew he knew well. Wo talked about DcSoto and how, with a handful of brave soldiers, he overran" this country and took captive as many I indian girls us his men wanted. ''Why did not these Indians over I whelm DeSoto and his handful of fol I lowers and extinguish them?" I asked. I"Because," said the dootor, "they were paralyzed with fear of this new ??nd aggressive race of people-just as thc Peruvians were paralyzed by Pi zarro, who overran and conquered Peru with less than a hundred men." Thc doctor has been to eastern North Carolina investigating the tribe . tf 4,000 Croatoans over there. They were originally called Hatteras Indi ans, but about three hundred years nco Sir Walter Raleigh planted a colo ny ot English and Portuguese on Koanoke Island and put them in charge of Governor John Whitey a very practical and accomplished gen I denian. A few days afyer- landing, 1 Governor White's daughter, Eleanor. I who had married n Mr. Dare, gave jg birth to a child and she was named 1 Virginia, and so Virginia Dare was the ja !" ^ English child born on American 8s. il. Let thc boyB dod'girls remena I ber that. But no man knows any B thing more about her. Governor 8 White and Sir Walter went back to pj Kugland for supplies and? farming Itools for the colony and on their re turn trip got into a fight with some Spanish cruisers and lost their cargo Iand many of their men and had to go back to England, and it was several years before they made another ven ture, and when they arrived at the is |!and the colony ~as nowhere io be found, and little Virginia has never been heard of. The colony left some marks on a tree pointing to an Indian town called Croatoan, but the town Kts deserted.- The doctor's invcyfc? ., g?tions have satisfied him that the Icolony did not perish* nor were they killed, but that the men wanted wives and went into the interior and eo g habited with the Croatoans-tor it was found a hundred years after that these Indians were of mixed colors and many of them spoke broken or mixed Knglish and Portuguese, although they had no intercourse with white ?copie until.the colony camp nor for a ! hundred years after. He believes that Virginia Dare probably grew up with thoso Indians 'and her descend Iants arc now of mixed blood. It seems that these Croatoans were never Americanized until the last civil war3 when many of them came to the front with their guns Wd said they wanted to j fight some. They tvere accepted and enrolled i and did tight for the Confederacy. During the war there was an election held in a County where some of them lived, and they wero persuaded by an ambitious candidate to:go J the polls and vote for him. Their votes were challenged ? by tho other fellow upon the ground Q|that they bad -some negro bleed ia H their veins. Ths"y ware very indig nant and said, "When you want us to tight for you we ar<2 santo as white folks; When wc want to vote? you say *c aro nagurs." And so a committee ef four doctors was appointed to ex amine thom and say what they were. Thc committee took them out to a sandy place in the road and had them take off fcbicir shoes and make tracks barefooted. Five of them made- very fair Anglo-Saxon tracks and were acr ' ?epted, but of the other two thc re Port waa that the hollow of their feet ?.ide holes in the ground, and they ?ere rejected. There are some of these Croatoans on Newman's Ridge, ?n Tennessee. ? remelaber that, somo years ago, a party of ua were ? ding in *e negro car on the State road, and' ?hen we reached Kingston a colored fg^onv.3ntion of preacher* get aboard claimed the car.? Sanford Bell or I*-'red us put and wc retired, of course, ?ut one man did not move. Ho was a, tak, cadaverous individual; with black eyes and black hair. "What ife you?" said Sanford : "are ? you a *site man pr xi negro?" He smiled lr,d said; {'Mino ' fader a Portugee, mine m udder ? hagar.", Sanford-^ -looked perplexed and turning to ono |*f the colored preachers said: "What j puat I ?o with him?" And he said; j ?^et him alone, I reckon." I learned I frfterward he was a Croatoan. I And now, to keep up tho lud?an ? j'Qsat?oq, l aw recoiving papers fiom i l?o Torrit?rtf^ ^H^i?iK in^ with 1 5_ LETTER. tho Indians. institution. ; the peculiar situation of the tribes over there. What shall bo done with their lands is the great question. The Dawes commission appointed by Con gress wants to divide the lands per capita and let the Indians sell them or part of th^in to the white men, if they choose. The Choctaws will get 700 aores each, and a family of ten will therefore 1 ave, 7,000 aores and will be tempted to sell most of it. The full bloods do not want tho lands divided, but the mixed bloods do and they are in a large majority, and so in a few years thc Indian's autonomy will bo gone forever and ho will bc extin guished as a ward of thc nation. In a fow years the five civilized tribes will lose their identity and their lands will be absorbed in the mottled mass of Americio humanity. This is what these papers say, and they are ably edited. What a sad finale to a once proud, rich and happy race of people. These papers tell of an $80,000 steal and a $120,000 steal, and say that now a big railroad corporation has got a finger in thc pie and thc Indians' land must go. Enough votes will be bought in Congress to force thc allotment bill aud then will come a second Oklaho ma. In speaking of these things, Dr. Peterson got excited and said: "This nation is a nation of robbers, and it is and always has been a maxim of An glo-Saxon people " That they may take who have the power, And they may keep who can." . Speaking of Indians haunting mc, I received a letter from a northern gen tleman asking me as a great favor to gct for him" an ancient ante-bellum powder horn-one with a history, if possible. Well, they aro ali ante-bel lum, and so l found one thai had been laid aside for half a century-one that carried powder in Jackson's war with thc Seminoles in Florida, and has the odor of dead Indians and no doubt has been in at the death of boars and pan thers and wildcats innumerable. Ire member when these powder horns had j rank and standing in the house, and ! children looked on them with fear and reverence, but one day the percussion lock came along and. soon af ter thc breech-loader carno along, and thc powder horn was hung on a high nail and has been hanging there ever since. Like the Indian's bow and arrow, it has surrendered to, the march of prog ress and civilization. BILL ARI?. Putting It Strong. At rare intervals along the mountain roads of West Virginia and Kentucky the traveler may come upon a black smith shop,'' but he is much safer in thc shoeing of ais horse if he will carry a few nails and tools in thc bot tom of his buggy, saya the Washing ton Star. On a trip by Pound Gap bn one occasion I found a blacksmith shop at the. forks of the road, and, as usual, a half dozen or more men sitting around it in the shade. My turnout heeded some repairs, and as thc smith was pottering about it inside, I made talk with thc men outside. One of them wanted to sell mc ?a mule which he had hung * up ou the fence, and I started in for a dicker. After we had been talking for perhaps a quarter of an hour, thc smith asked me to step inside and show him something about the work he was doing. As soon as he got me away from the crowd he came close and grew confidential. "Y'ain't-tbinkin' uv buyin' that critter^ are you?" hs asked, in all sincerity. "Well, I don't know. I want a mule and that one looks all right," I said. "You oau't tell a mule by his looks, mister. Mules is fer all the world. Uko women. ' . r "What's the matter with him?" I inquired, quite ignoring the compar ison. \\t < . "HG ain't safe.. Course I ain't got no thin' ag'in the mule nor the owner, and I'd be glad enough"fer him to git the money fer him, fer he owes mo fer the shoein' uv him, but I don't like ter see a stranger tuck in an' done up like he's tryin' to do you." "But you haven't told me what's "the matter with tho mule," I insisted. "Will he kick?" ' -, "That's his weakness, mister," re sponded the smith, letting his voice fall to a whisper. "You won't believe mo, p'raps, but I'm tellin' you he's the kickin*eRt'en>(e?in thc mountains. Ile shore is, mister, and ? hope I may die right here ef he can't kick tho sody oaten a biscuit au' never crack tho crust. He kin, mister, er I'm a brother to him." V - Front the Lone Star State comes the following letter, written by W. P. tOass.'edttorwf the Mt. Vernon* (Tex.) Hcritld : "I have used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in my family for the past'year, and find it tho best remedy for colic and diarrhoea that I have eyer tried. Its eil cc ts aro instantaneous and satisfac tory, and I cheerfully recommend it, especially for cramp eolio and diarrhea. Indeed, we shall try and keep a bottle of it on OU? ?iciioine shelf as longis we keep house," For sale hy Hill Orr Drag Co. Tho Farmer Had tho Fun. Every man has to take his own les sons in acquiring tho art of under standing the ways of women. Kip ling's poem in which ho winds up sev eral verses explaining some adveuturc with a woman with thc lines, ' I learn ed about women from her," conveys the idea that women are widely dif ferent in their ways, and the experi ence of many men has lcd them to in dorso Mr. Kipling's views in this matter. The last recruit to this Kip ling cult ia a somewhat bashful young man who has just retnrucd from his vacation, passed at thc seashore, and who receives a letter daily and writes one daily-but that is thc story that is to bc explained. This young man is attractive in a way, but his natural ability ?B screen ed behind a sense of modesty, and he is decidedly diffident. He went on his vacation with the idea of getting a rest and indulging in surf baths. When ho arrived at thc hotel at tho seaside resort he found he was about the oniy eligible young man in the place, and there was a largo and at tractive array of young women yearn ing for masculino company. Under this benign condition of affairs his diifidonce wore off to a certain extent, and he played the part of gallant most acceptably. Of all the girls in the hotel, however, his fancy settled on one-and his attentions to her were most noticeable. The girl waa charm ing in every way, and had that dan gerous virtue of being sympathetic. Where wistful eyes, classic features, and superb form have failed very often a sympathetic air and a pretty interest have accomplished thc overthrow of the masculine equilibrium. . After a week the young man was in love, in ten days he was wildly in love, and at tho cud of the two weeks he was in thc superlative- condition of love, however that may be expressed. The only trouble Was that with this new-found feeling all the old diffi dence came back, and he could not pull himself together sufficiently to make an avowal. The last day of his stay he invited this sympathetic mai den to take a drive, so that ho could .properly say goodby and go over a thousand and ono things that her sym pathetic nature would understand and approve. The drive was a delightful one and lasted longer than originally planned. Conversation lagged after a time and both fell into a fit of deep thinking. Finally thc couplo caught up to a farm wagon which fa?d been carrying produce into the village. The horse was driven by a sharp faced farmer lad, and at his side on the seat squatted about as ugly a brindle dog as any one could find in a day's walk. The young man awaken ed from his lethargy and said bravely, "Watch me have some fun with this farmer." The girl, glad of any diver sion, looked interested, and the young map turned to the boy and said lacon ically : "Fine dog you got there." "Yep," was the equally laconic re sponse. "What breed ?" was the next query. "Bull,'" was the listless answer, as the boy flecked a fly off thc horse's ear with thc lash of his whip. "Well, soc herc," said the other, "I'd like to have that dog. What wiii you take for him ?" "Don't want ter.sell," grunted thc farmer. , "O como my good man. That is an exceptionally valuable dog. I would like to get him to put in the dog show in New York. I'll hoi he would cause a commotionj" and here he winked at the girl. The farmer saw the wink, but he never made a motion. He seemed to be in deep thanght, and then he said laboriously : "Well, stranger, ef you w?nt thia pap so bad I'll tell you how to get it. If you'll throw yer arms around that gal's neck and give hera whacking kiss I'll give you the dog." The young man blushed scarlet. He lashed his horse savagely with the whip, and soon the farmer, was lost in the cloud of dust whined up behind. When the danger point was passed the horse slowed down to a walk again, but conversation had fled. After a long silence the girl spoke up faintly : * "If I was sure," here she punched vaguely at spots in the bottom of the cart with her parasol, and her eyes, whioh had a wistful look, were turned away, "that yon really and truly wanted that dog-and-and-."-? Chicago Tribune. -_-?M* . : ;- It is easy Vo speak a harsh word -, but impossible to recall it when it is onoe spoken. . - It often happens that the doctor is out of town when most needed. The two year old daughter of J. Y. Schenck, of Caddo, Ind. Ter., was threatened with croup, he writes: "My wife insisted that I go for the doctor at oboe ; but as he was out of town,'I purchased a hettie of Cham berlain's Cough Remedy whioh relieved the child immediately." A bottle of that remedy in the house will often save the expenso of a doctor's bill, be sides the anxiety always occasioned by serious sickness. When it ia giveu as soon as the croup eongh appears, it will prevent the attack. .Thousands of mothers always keep it in their homes. The 25 and 50 cent bottles for ?ale hy Hill-Orr Dru? Co. Passiug of thc Chestnut? Thc fact that the chestnut trees of this section have been rapidly dying out for some years past has ben a sub ject of frequent remark. Some 30 or moro years back, chest nut trees'wero common in all parts of York county. Now they arc getting soarce. Where middle-aged men of to-day used to go as boys to groves which yielded chestnuts by the bush els, now thc trees generally are either lying on the grouud in docay or stand ing, leafless, barkless, and dead, with fruit only a memory. There are still a few live, chestnut bearing trees scattered throughout the country, but they arc exceptions ; and when one is found,.it is generally with many dead branches mixed with the live ones. The reporter hada talk with a North Carolinian-Mr. J. P. Coffey, of Cald woll county-on the subject, a few days ago. Mr. Coffey lives about eight miles north of Lenoir and some 10 or 13 miles from the foot of the Blue Ridge. He deals in chestnuts every fall, both wholesale and retail, and has noticed tho scarcity referred to. When asked about thc matter, he said : "Oh ! yes, we have been noticing thc passing aw dy of the chestnut trees for a long time. I have been coming down this way for some 20 years, and it was some 10 years huck when I iirst noticed that the chestnut trees were dying. It was noticeable down this way first ; but now it has gradually extended north, until it has reached us at the foot of thc Blue Ridge. Ten miles ncith of us, in the mountains, the trees all appear to bc still healthy and chestnuts are abundant ; but right around us they are dying as rapidly as they did here and between." "It has boen suggested," thc repor ter remarked, "that the death of the trees is possibly due to some climatic change, or something of that kind." "Oh, no," continued Mr. Coffey, "it is not that. The old people up our way say it is because of the attack of a peculiar worm. And this, they think, is proven by the fact that it is almost impossible to find a sound chestnut tree among thc greenest in the woods-that is in our ncighbor hood. At the sav mills, worms are found in inc very heart of apparently sound logs. In some cases the worms are few, and in other cases the logs are literally riddled. On the other side of us, in the mountains, it is still an easy matter to find trees which arc perfectly sound. Mr. Coffey went on to say that the disappearance of the chestnut is re ceiving attention in different parts of North Carolina and in this State. It is believed that if thc trees are set out anew, they will grow all right, and during thc present season he has re ceived quite a number cf orders for earefully-aelccted chestnuts, which, he understands, are to bc used for seed.-YorkvUh' Knt?uir?r. Rncfclons Arnica 8&3T6. The best salve in the world for Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Totter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions and positively cures Piles, or no pay required It is guaranteed to gi ve perfect satisfaction, or money refund ed. Prise 25 cents per box. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co Fainting Fits. Fainting proceeds from d'Cerent causes, the commonest being a dis turbance in the circulation of thc blood in the brain. For an ordinary fainting fit lay thc patient flat. Great harm has often resulted from the treatment of ignorant people in trying to,make the patient sit up, or propping up the head with pillows. To send the blood baok from thc heart to the brain, the fiat posture is absolutely necessary. Let the patient lie so that the feet are higher than thc head, throw the clothes about the chest and .throat upon, sponge tho face with cold water and give some cold water to drink.-Uplook. -- m mm< STATS OF Orao, CITY OF TOLEDO, I LUCAS COUKTY, J **' FflANK J. CHUNKY inakoo oath thai he is tho aonlnr partner of the.flrm of F. Jt CuiUfKY & Co , doing business tn the City of Toledo, County ?nd 8 tat o afdrMaid and that said finn will pay the tum of ONE HUNDRED DO LL ABS for eich ?ad every c.- -eof CATABBH that cannot be cured by the use of HAT.L'S CATABBH COBB. FRANK J. CHENEY. 8worn to before me and subscribed In my pres ence, thia 6th day of December, A. D 1886. [SBAt] A. W. GLEASON. _ . Notary Pubitc. Hall's Catarrh Cure ls taken internally and acts directly on the blood and raucous surfaces of the system Send for testimonials, free. Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO.,Toledo O. Sold by Druggists. 75c. A Sick Congressman. The other evening the little daugh ter of a congressman was paying a visit at a neighbor's, and the respective mothers were talking of physical ail ments and their remedies. After- a while a little' girl saw an opportunity to make a remark. "My papa," she said, ''always drinks whiskey when he is sick." Then she stopped for a minute, her eyes softened and saddened, abd she continued slowly : . . "And poor pap? is sick nearly al! ? the time.''-Washington Critic. Disfigurement for'lire by burns or acalda may be avoided by using DoWitt's WPah Hazel Salve, the great remedy for pile? enid for all kinds of sores und skin troubles. Evans Pharmaoy. THE MISSING WORD. THK ATLANTA CONSTITUTION'S NEW CONTEST ? Tho Sentonco Seems Uuite Plain, but Presents an interesting Problem. Try Your Hand. Tho Weekly Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., lib? announce;! ita Btitli consecutivo miss ing word contest, commeuciug on the 1st of Novomber ami closing on the 1st ul* January, a periuiiof about two mouth*. The book containing the missing word bas been scaled up and placed in tbo band? of W. A. Hemphill, the president aud business mauager of the company. It is a standard publication and has prob ably been widely read throughout the South The i.mount offered lu prizes is 10 per cent of the subscriptions received from contestants ; there are about sixteeu thou saud subscribers expiring with The l'on st; tut ton during November and Deceu ber, and should all ol' these rcuew, the sum will be about $1,000 to be divided In ad ditiou to whatever the 10 per ceut will make The ""onstltulion oilers ?100 cash to go to tho first six correct guesses: $50 for tho first correct gub?s received and $10 each for the next five mat are correct, provided these a?e received before December 1st. If only one person should name this miss iDg word bc would have a good sum. In its first missiug word contest The Constitution paid the whole amount to one successful contestant, Mr. M. L. Brittain, tl.033.50 ; it may be that only one person will namo it this time ; thn period of thc year compares exactly with Mr. Brittain'** contest, and we understand he will not be allowed to guess any more, and Bhould only one mun get the word right thia time, it would disbar him from guessing thor eaf ter. This is the sentence : "Once given tho passion for-that oue of the precious metals wiil be most In demand which is cheapest.'' The readers of our paper who subscribe jointly to it and The Weekly Constitution have free > ccesB loto the sixth contest, just opeued ; aud it may be that some of them will get the amount to be distributed on the 1st of Jauuary. The only condition of the contest is that every guesser must be a subscriber; aud tav'ug advantage of The Constitution's offer we present this opportunity to all who wish to subscribe to both papers Every person should have his County pa per and one great general newspaper ; and The Weekly Constitution, with a circula tion of 15(5.000, occupies tho uniquo dis tinction ot being the greatest Americau weekly newspaper. By special arrangement with The Week ly Constitution, that great paper and tho Anderson Intelligencer can be obtained for* one year at almost tho pries of ono pa per, the price of tho two bein? ouly $2.25 Not only that, but under our rrrangemeut with Tbc Woekly Constitution every per son who takes ndvnutugo of (his ciu'unmg proposition, subscribing for both pa pern, will bu entitled to a guens at tho missing word. AJI clubbing subscript ions should be ''ont tu this paper with each subscrib er's gue<* at ?ho missing word plainly written. The gmss and the namo and address of each subscriber will bm for?v*r dod by u* to The Wee'*ly Constitution. - During a temperance revival at Cedar Rapids, iowa, a young man wiio was converted couf'essed that ho was guilty of a robbery for which another man has been imprisoned i:ince last fall. The confessor was arrested. - First Passenger-""Would you ah-lend me your spectacles a moment, pleaso ?' ' - Second Passenger-' 'Cer tainly, sir." First Passenger-"Ah, thank you ; now, as you cannot see to read your paper, would you mind let ting me have it ?" Every mother feels an inde scribable dread of the pain and danger attend ant upon the most critical pe riod of her life. 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If you want to be pleased give us a trial order, tiud seo how well we can pieuse you. Our Store is stocked with the very best quality of everything that fs good tc eat, and we will ?ell you oe cheap as ot hers charge for cheap quality. Once a customer of ours always a customer. We want every body that comes to Anderson to come aud see our Gooda. Don't matter whether you want to tvado or not. No trouble to show you our Goods. Yours for trade, OSBORNE & ??LT. FOE SALE. npHE TRACT OF LAND known as the JL Vineyard, containing twenty-Ave qcrea, more or ?es?, titunt d just outside of Che citv limits, adjoining lands of E. P. Sloan, 13. F. Crayton and J. L. Qlenn. A good two-room house, b*rn and well on i be place. It ia a short dlstauce of the cot too mili mid will be a fine location for a dairy and truck farm. Will be sold al public outcry Salosday rn Decemtw if not dhmnFed of at private HU'I' before that time Terms cash. Pur c?BHcr to pay fur papers. E. P. SLOAN, W. W. WHITE, ExecuteT Est. Thos M. White. Sept 22, 181)7 13 .11 BUILDERS CF ANDERSON And vicinity will consult their in terest by writinn to tho Standard Manufacturing Co. AUG-TTSTA, G!-A?., For prices on SASH, DOORS BLINDS, SHINGLES, LATHS, LUMBER, Or anything in Yellow Pino. Salifcfac tiou KiiHrumoed. Sept 3. 1807_1J_ 3m__ HONEA PATH ii l or xx k3V7Xivj,V7 JU "flXA-t? cloutd a moat satisfactory year'? B-JL work" to both patron? and teachers. The outlook for thc next Seebion promises even better result* How to secure the bent School ia tn? cona'ant study of the tinchers Excellent library, modern Kp paralna, live method?, and trained teach ing. Next Session opens Monday. Sept. Otb, 1WI7. Board in best families at very low rate? Fo7 fnrtbor information write to- J. C. HARPER, Prim, Honea Path, S C. July 14,1897 3 3m A SPECIAL BARGAIN FOR NEWSPAPER READERS. T?iBl? wice-a-Wesk R?unie AND THE Anderson.Intelligencer Both One Year for $2.00. IT is scarcely necessary to call at tention to the superior merits of THE TWICV.-A-WEHK edition of THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC as a newspaper, lt has so many advantages as a news gatherer, that no other paper can claim to bc its equal. Thc whole field of news is covered thoroughly. Thc special features and illustrations arc always thc best. Moro noted writers contribute to its columns than to any other paper of its class. It is pub lished especially to meet thc wants of that large class of readers who have not the opportunity or cannot afford to road a daily paper. It is tho lead ing Democratic paper of the Missis sippi Valley and tho South and West. By a special arrangement made for a limited time only, our friends will bo given an opportunity to take advan tage of this liberal proposition. Remomber the oifer. THE TWICE -A-WEEK REPUBLIC, lti pages a week, and tbe ANDERSON INTEL LIO ENCER, 8 pages a week, both one year for only $2.00. IE WORLD LOVES K?8?C. WK Roll and .1H^4I4':\1* HT IC I" SB K Ri TS to tba best Irado in is und adjoining Countie?. Why liol low nie to sell you a reliable l'lnho or ri;un. Wo guarantee ?very Insttumetit nt goea out c f our Warerooms, and ivo a largo assortment to select from, ave j nat received new styles of Ivers & Pond Pianos - AND - Farrand & Votey Organs, nd wc are ge' ing in several other nmktH 1" high grade nutruinrnts. Also, alargo ne of Hull ?rh, ItnnjON, Violin*, ufouarpN, Av., at lowest possible guree. HEADQ.U A RT HKS for tho Colobtatcd \iBvr Homo, H deni und several other ?ding Sewing Machines, Call and see UH. or writ*? for catalogue nd prices. Respectfully, rile G. A. Ree? Mnsic House. TME jofi'CE. We hereby notify all parties .vho owe Bleckley & Fretwell last due papers that owing to he death of our senior, Syl vester Bleckley, that the same nust be paid at an early day, lot later than Nov. 1st next, is a settlement must be made vith the heirs at law. Your >rompt attention to this notice md a compliance with same rvill be duly appreciated. Yours very truly, JOS. J. FRETWELL, Surv.vor Bleckley & Fretwell. Hi'pt If?, 1*97 112 They'll wear out, but only after a season of hard ser vice. School Shoes, Rob Roy, Eango Goat, Colum bus Belle, Red Seal. Sold by cash-buying merchants. Made by J. E. ORR SHOE GO., Atlanta, Ga. NOTICE. TOE County Treasurer's Olllce will be open from the 15th of October next o tho 31st of December following for the .ollection of Taxes for the tiscal year 1807. j'or the convenience of Taxpa\ era 1 will ittend ot thy following places : Slabiown. Octobtr 15 Mottnt Airy. Ootober 10 Piedmont, October 18. Pt 'zes October 19. Honra PH th. October 27. ( look's October L's;. Cu all other daja between October 15lh iud Decrxpuer ftlsi, the office will he open it* Auder.*on. The following in the levy or State, County and School purposes : State. 6 m'lls. OrdlnnrV County. :? innis. Special (Road). 1 mill. Special (Court Hou.se). 1 mill. For Schools. :t millF. Total. lil mills. TruesUos of Hunter School District have nade a special levy ol .'5 mills for school jurphses. making a total Iftvy for that dis ,rlot of Kl mills. All malo parsons between twenty-one ind sixty years of age, except those unable ,o corn a living uti account of being naiuied, or Irom other cause, anil those who served in the late war, are required to tay a poll tax of one dollar. All maje persons bi-tween eighteen ano Ifty years .oj ag??, who arc ahiotowork "OHOS or cause them tn be worked, except nembers of beards of school trustee", min sters of the gospel in actual charge of a ?ongregalion, person? permanently dis abled in the military service of this State, md those who served in the late war, are equired to work three days on the public .oads, or in lieu ol* work, pay a com mu ta lon tax of ono dollar, tobo collected at mme time other tax*?? are collected. E Z. DROWN, Co. Treas. NOTICE. All parties owinfj me notes ind accounts are requested ind urged to pay same as soon is possible. I need my mon ny and will be compelled to nake collections early in the season. Save the trouble and expense of sending to see you. J. S. FOWLER. Sept. 29, 1897 14 1 Drs. Strickland & King, DENTISTA. OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE. &Sr~ Gas and Cocaine used for Extract rte Teeth- _ _ fVfOT?CE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. 131 Tho undersigned, Administrator t the Estate of Louisa .1. Garrison, deceas iJt hereby give notlc- that ho will on he 27th day of November, 1897, apply to be ?ndgs of Probate for Anderson Coon? f for a Final Settlement of said Estate, nd a discharge from hid offico as Admin trator, JOHN A GARRI80N, Adm'r. Oct 27, 1897 18 6