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A GREAT The Black Diamond I m [Reprint of ? i Letter by Col. Win. E. Poye: W (#?/.) Messenger, RIPLEY, [JHIO, Nov. 8, 1897. Col. R. R. Maltby, Washington, Ky. DEAR COL.: When at. the reuuion of our comrades at Maysville the other day you asked my opinion as to whether the Black Diar^nd E. K. ?would be built, I answered it cer tainly would, and promised- also to send you my views on the subject at some length, which I now do. Judging from conversations had with many people along the lines of this roap: as proposed, they look at it .'from a local standpoint, which must necessarily be narrow and circum scribed; and frourwhat I Icare of the history of other railroad enterprises in this vicinity, which were entirely local, the people have good ground for doubt and distrust. But, while the local importance and benefits of this road to the people along its line can not be overestimated, it is in no sense a local enterprise. If it were such., doubts might very properly be enter tained of itt construction. It is a ;great national enterprise, a North and South, trunk line, projected not^only in response to the wishes of the people along th e line, but loudly . called for by the growing demands of trade and transportation, already tar \ ing.the resources of the East and West trunk line 3 to the utmost. , .This question of a North and South . trunk lineas not a new one by any I means. It has in the past engaged the attention-of some of our wisest statesmen-and ablest financiers. ;Joh?i C. Calhoun, as far back as 1836/ advocated the construction of a 1 road substantially on the lines now ' followed by the Slack Diamond, from the ?es north ward through Kaban i Crap, East Tennessee and Kentucky, j .. to uri Ohio Talley and- connecting j -, with the great lakes. Such a road j was utarted soon, after, but in tho j gr?ais financial panic of that period, the project and the projectors were swept away. Later the project of tapping the j rich resources oil the Mississippi Val ley and reaching the great lakes was agitated, and Congress, in 1848, and subsequently, passed acts granting large tracts of land to the States of Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mis* sissippi and Louisiana, "to be used to encourage the construction of, a trunk line as a great national thoroughfare from die lakes to the Gulf.'' A popular convention was held at the City ci New Orleans in April, 1851, - at which resolutions were adopted requesting the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky, to aid in the "'estab lishment of a trunk railroad from the Gulf of Mesico to the Great Northern Lakes." Following this request the State of Louisiana in 1852 incorporated i-he New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern R. R. for the purpose of building "A continuous line of com munication between New Orleans and the Northern and Western portions of the Confedera jy to be a main trunk - line." The Legislature of Mississippi, March ll, 1852, passed a resolution declaring that the construction of ? iuoh ? road "is deemed a work of pub lic importance and should be encour aged by legislation." The State of Tennessee passed em j A?t, Feb. 25, 1852, authorizing ?aid railroad to pass through the State, aid -declaring in the preamble that it was "a matter of vital importance to this Stats that a connection by rail road between the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Northern Lakes should be established." Under these auspices the great North and South trunk line system of the Illinois Central R. R. grew up. That part of the trunk line from Now Orleans te Canton, Miss., waa con structed by the New Orleans, Jack son and Great Northern R. R. That part from Canton, Miss., to the Ohio river, opposite Cairo, was constructed by the Mississippi Central R. R., in corporporated by act of the Legisla ture March 10, 1852. The Chicago, St. Louis and New ?rleaus Railroad Company, a corpora tion with special charters from the States of Mississippi, Louisiana. Ten nessee and Kentucky, succeeded to the ownership of the above two roads. The Illinois Central R. R., char tered by Congress, Sept. 20, lb50, and by special act of Legislature of State of Illinois, Feb. 10, 1851, constructed j that part or the trunk line from Chi- ? cago to Cairo, 111., and the whole sys- ! tem was consolidated under thc name < and management of the latter cowpa- '? ny, making a through trunk line from | Chicago to New Orleans, a distance ?d' j 923 miles. Of the future pf this road ! Mr. Clark, its Master of Transporta tion. in his report of Jan. 1st. 185?), ! made the following prediction: 'Tho j value of a great through traffic linc j North and South by rail, is at present j unknown, but it is reasonable to sup- j pose that passengers and more costly freights seek the most direct and in expensive routes. I desire to record PROJECT. Railroad Will be Bui rs, of Washington, D. Cl from the Di of Nov. 13, 1S97.3 inj' opiuion that the North and So traffic of the Mississippi Valley rail will ere long give such resi ' that will surprise thc stockhold and cause them to regret the sacril ' they have made in disposing of th holdings in a time of temporary d ."'trust and depression." How well this prediction has bc ' verified le? the present market quo tions of thc Illinois Central ll. R. : the answer. Without noise or flourish of trun ets and in tho heart of the late fins cial depression, another North a South trunk line, the Kansas City a Gulf R. R., has becuconstructed wi Dutch capital at a cost of $20,000.0( and thrown open for business in Se tember last. Although this road ti versed long sections of country entii ly unproductive, yet the daily pape of the last few days have told us has already made such inroads on t' freight business of the East and We roads that they have taken concert action against it. Having thus, shown the importan attached to a Nortti and South twti line, by public men in the past, ai the successful operation of those ? ready eonstructed, I wish to call a tention to a few facts, proving, as think, that the Black Diamond ente prise is better than either of the to others, and why it mnat be a payii enterprise from the start. I shall say nothing about the ste alrea?y taken to insure the necessai capital for construction, but you wi concede, I think, that in the presei conditions of the money markets i the world, there js. not the slighte difficulty to capitalize any legitima paying enterprise. Capitalists ai eager for such chances. Here are my facts: The Illinois Central R. R. taps ?. resources of tie Mississippi Talle: the Kansas City and Gulf road, thot of the Missouri Valley. The Black Diamond will tap tho s of the Ohio Valley, richer Jin minen agrigultural and manufacturing ? sources than both the ethers con bined. It w??? '"be the lowest grade an shortest route from the Ohio Valle to the sea, and consequently must dii tance al! competitors for freight. It has a tributary coal area greatc than that of any twe of the othe trunk roads, as shown by U. S. cenisu report. It taps thc center of the greates .corn producing area of the Unite .States. It passes through thc finest tinjbe I districts east of the Mississippi. I It opens up one of the richest agri cultural districts of Kentucky, j It opens up the untold mineral rc J sources of East Tennessee and West : ern North Carolina, their slates, mar bles, onyx, etc., long known to bc th< J finest on thc Continent. . It intersects the great rice fields oi the South. It has the finest seaport on the South Atlantic coast. Neither New Orleans nor Port Arthur can be com pared to Port Royal. It will be a complete trunk linc from the start, and not a zig-zag col lection of local rpads aggregated into a system. It can now bc constructed and equipped at 25 per cent, less cost than in former years, ard will have all the advantages of the most modern improvements and equipments, to ob tain which have cost older lines im mense sums in experiments. It has an area tributary to it con taing over 16,000,000 of population and one-fourth of the wealth of the United States. The people in Tennessee and South Carolina stand prepared to issue bonds of their respective counties and municipalities, to guarantee the inter est on the bonds of the Black Dia mond R. R. to the aggregate amount of $1.500,000. Lastly, it is the peo ple's movement, and as such will bind the people of thc North and South by a community of interests and profit, "with hooks of steel." By the interchange of products along its line, the stimulation of manufactures, the develpment of long hiddea natural resources, it will become a great national highway and scatter blessing and prosperity all along its route. That it will bo built as surely as the sun will rise to-mcrrow is the pre diction of Your obedient servant, WM. E. Ronans. UncklwtN \r?<c? Naive. Thc best salve in thc world for Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Corns, and all Skin Erup tions and positively cures Piles, or no pay required It is guaranteed ?ogive perfect satisfaction, or money refund ed. Prise 25 c?nts per box For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co - A New York watchmaker recent ly accomplished the feat of drilling a hole through a common pin from head to point. What he did with the hole . is not stated. Au Extinct Game Bird. Thc announcement is made by the Smithsonian Institute that it lias been impossible to obtain a single live specimen of thc wild or passenger pigeon. Notwithstanding a liberal reward was offered and much-corres pondence carried on, no live wild pigeon bas been brought forward. That this native American bird is extinct will uo doubt astonish many persons, for it has been but a i'ew years ago tfiat they were so plentiful as to actually seem to outnumber thc leaves on thc trees through which they drove Ihcir amazingly rapid flight. Persons yet in thc middle life can remember the vast flights of pigeons which could bc seen any day in thc fall after the middle of Octo ber and all through November. Some times these flights stretched across the sky from horizon to horizon, aud so dense that the suu was for hours hidden. Audubon observed a flight of pigeons in Kentucky that extended as far as the eye could see and was more than frvt hours in passing. Pie attempted to compute the number of individual birds in thc flight, and found that beyoud question there was more than five hundred million,it Fur ther than this he estimated there could not "have been less than this number iu the smaller and detached flights which were passing to the north in great numbers early in the day, flying very swiftly and unusually high. These first flights appeared U be the vanguard of an immense army. He observed with the utmost wonder that the number of flights vi?ible early in the day increased until the earth was canopied with the feathered hosts, and that when thc main body of the rank and file had passed there was yet detached regiments to cover the rear of the feeing army. The stragglers nassed until darkness ren dered them invisible. A pigeoQ roost was a place where confusion worse confounded reigned supreme. Towards evening, when the foraging party returned to its nightly resting place, the uproar and tumult caused by the rushing of tens of thous ands of wings was deafening. The place was not- without its danger, for branches of trees were torn from the trunks by the weight of the birds that clung to them for a roost, and crashed downward to the earth, breaking other' branches in their fall, and starting thousands of ready wings to fluttering until the sound was as the soaring of a mighty wind through the tree tops. In such mishaps, which were constant ly occurring over a wide expanse of country, numberless birds were killed and wounded and fell to the ground, where they became prey to the swine that roamed the woods. The birds would not forsake a roost so long as food could be obtained in a hc.lf-day's journey. lu thc nesting season, when thc male birds attends with aesiduoua care upon the nesting mate, these dauntless husbands have been known to fly 200 miles in search of food, and their return was the sig nal for au outburst of the most clam orous joy on thc part of those who re mained. " . j In the neighborhood of Conners .ville, in thc southeastern part of In diana, there was, some 30 years ago, an immense wood, which every fall, as the pigeons went south, and in the following spring as they journeyed north to their summer homes, was oc cupied as a roost at night. This was a stopping place for thc migrating birds. Every evening the steady col umns swiftly deployed into this wood until every tree was weighted down with its Jiving load. Within an hour or two after nightfall the birds be came quiet, and the<sigh of the winds was the only sound save the gentle coo of some sleepless birds whase rest was disturbed by the encroachment of others. Late at night men ?ame from all direstio?s with wagons piled high with coops. They were armed with long poles and sticks and carried torches. The light's glare seemed to paralyze the birds, for these in the vicinity of thc lights remained inac tive, while thc men beat those on the lower branches into insensibility with their sticks, and dislodged hundreds with their poles. The dead and wounded birds were gathered up and stuffed into the coops until they would hold no more, when they were sold to a dealer who employed men and wo men to pick and clean the birds and pack then into barrels. Hundreds of barrels were shipped out of Conners ville during a season, and this busi ness was carried on for years each spring and fall. In the daytime, both in thc vicinity of thc roosts and over thc country generally, the birds were caught with nets, and countless thousands were destroyed in this manner. Tho nets were stretched over oblong frames of wood about six feet wide and 20, 30 or 40 feet long. A favorite place for setting thc net was in an open wood, where thc nets were placed at au an gle of l.r> degrees and held in position by light props at each end. A string tied to each prop extended to a screen of cornstalks or brash, under which a man lay concealed. Sometimes, especially in wet weath er, the birds flew so low that they could be killed with sticks and stones, and any man or boy who could I gun and lire it was sure to bring i one or more at each discharge. S times a small cannon was loadc the muzzle with slugs and small siles, and when a flight appeare? range it was discharged, and ground was blue with birds. An Inconvenient Bini, 111 tho days : "before thc war family ol' hard-working people live a border county of Mississippi. T home was situated upon thc road,'' which led from Alabama no ward inte .Mississippi. They did keep a tavern, but they often fed wayfarer. One Saturday thc housewife roa: a large turkey, baked a batch of bri and made: a number of pies. She ready for her Sunday dinner, and peeled to go to church the next d the services were held a numbe: miles away. After 2 o'clock that Saturday af noon asiaglc horseman appeared, asked for his dinner, and fed his h< in the ample stable of the farn The housekeeper was busy and man in haste, so she set the tur before him, thinking he would make much, of an impression upoi: Thc stranger sat down in fron the turkey and set to work. He into the breast of one side, and at all. Hisi appetite was only whet! He demolished the wing and then off the leg. The drumstick disappt ed and the huge upper joint was st ped. The woman stood aghast, pattered out to the .back porch, wi her pies we;re cooling, and, selectir tempting apple pio, set it before guest. He put it to one side ? turned the untouched side of the t key toward him. He cut off the w and the leg. The woman saw Sunday dinner disappear before '. eyes. At length, having exposed all hones of the large fowl, he attacl the pie and left not a crumb. The woman sank into a chair ne by. She was too much overcome, a moment, to speak. Then she sai "You seem to have enjoyed the t key. There is not so much left a expected." She could say no more. She f that words were inadequate to t occasion. The man pushed back his cha took out his quill toothpick, cross his knees, and sighed with satisfa tio?. Then he spoke : "Well, madam," said he, "a turk is a very inconvenient bird." He fell to ruminating. His count nance expressed thc beuevolen which a good dinner is apt to prodm in a ma.n. Thc woman waited for him to e: plain, but he was silent. .Then si said : "Why is thc turkey inconvenient? "Well, madam, it is a little tc much for one and not quite enoug for two," replied her guest. The woman fainted.-St. /jonis Rt public. X Sew Safety Device. A v?ry ingenious and valuable con trivancc for the saving of life by pre venting railroad accidents througl forgetfulness of trainmen has been in vented. The machine has just stoo< a very severe test on the Great North ern Railroad, after having been opera ted successfully on the St. Paul auc Duluth road. Practical railroad mei have given strong endorsements t< the device after seeing its work. Th< object of the device is. to provide ar accurate and reliable reminder signa and distance indicator for locomotives, by means of which engineers are prc vented from forgetting their train or ders as to stopping or meeting points. Thc mechanism is ?imply but posi tively connected with the forward trucks of the engine, thereby accur ately measuring thc distance traveled, the dial-placed in front of thc engi neer-showiug correctly thc distance traveled. Above the smaller of the two dials are placed fifteen triggers or dogs, pivoted at equal distances around the center. When thc engineer re ceives his orders he sets one or more of these triggers to a point one mile short of the distance to bc traveled before reaching stopping place. Thc mileage indicator, on reaching such point, releases the trigger, which starts a signal whistle blowing. This continues to blow for one-quarter of a mile, promptly warning thc engineer of thc near approach to stopping place. If the engineer is inattentive and fails to stop when this lost mile has been ruu over, thc machine sets thc air brake and stops thc train for him. A train similarly equipped coining in thc opposite direction would be stopped in thc same manner and a collision prevented. Thc device can be made to run forward or backward. For fogjiy or stormy weather, or for dark nights, thc device is considered es pecially valuable for ordinary road usc.-Thc Roll triai World. - 1 write lins lo let you know what I would not do: ? would not do with out Chamberlain's Pain Halm in my house, if it cost s1"? 'I') per bottle. It docs all you recommend it to do and more.-J. R. WALLACE, Wallaccvillc, Ga. Chamberlain's Pain Balm is thc best household liniment in the world, and invaluable for rheumatism, lame back, sprains and bruises. He ready for emergencies by buying a bottle at Hill-Orr Drug Co. Why the Negro is Called ''Coon." Many years ago, when superstition held greater sway than now, and the influences of the occult and weird were most potent, a cunning negro slave had acquired the reputation of possessing a familiar spirit, and of being able to perform many uncanny mysteries. His fellow slaves held him in great awe. and even his master grew to a belief in his powers. This finally led to a wager, in which thc greater part of thc master's fortune, was staked on the negro's divini'jg ability. A barrel was placed on $?<3 lawn and a live coon placed undo f barrel. Then thc negro sooth4-sayer was sent for and told to inform, the crowd what was under tho ba /rel.. HP tried in various ways to escape ;/hc ex posure, but without success. Realiz ing that he was cornered, fee leaned on the barrel dejectedly. v,>:d remark ed: "Wellj you've 'got thi-j old coon at last,", whereupon a. great shout applauded whatwr.s considered Sambo's remarkable astuteness, and his repu tation was forever firmly established. -.Beltimore Sun. A m Bill. An amusing incident occurred a few days ago at Broad street station. An old gentleman, while passing through the waiting room, stooped and picked up a $10 note from the floor and quick ly put At in his trouser? pocket. A young man near by, noticing this, at once claimed the money as his, but the old gentleman's opinion on that point was somewhat different, and a heated argument ensued. The mat ter was explained to a ticket agent at the window, who referred the two disputants to the head agent to settle the question of ownership. They were ushered into the private office of the arbiter. After a lively discussion, the old gentleman finally became in dignant, and drawing his hand from his pocket, he threw the note on the j desk, exclaiming, "Here, take the old $10!" As the agent was unfolding the note a large smile overspread his features, and he showed them it was not a $10 note at all, but an advertise ment sf a leading house in this city. The ynung man's face flushed scarlet, and, looking neither right nor left, he unceremoniously rushed from the office through the depot and disap peared.-Philadelphia. Record. -r- ' a-? <r?' Reflections of a Bachelor. Some girls' faces can beat any chap eron out of the business. A woman always has a lot of funny ideas about men which she is ashamed to tell her husband about. Noah's wife probably insisted upon having fly screens in the ark, even though there were only two flies aboard. If the women had their way the men would be like horses. When a horse is going to shy you can tell it by his cars. No woman can see how her husband can be lost when the -Lord knows there are such lots of men that are se much worse than he is. $ When you go driving with a girl and she asks if she can hold the reins, I wonder why she most always asks you if it doesn't scem? funny not to have anything to do with your hauds. -New York Press. - There is no medicine in the world equal to Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for the cure of throat and luug diseases. This is a fact that has been proven in numberless cases. Here is a sample ?f thousands of letters received: "I ave tried Chamberlain's Cough Rem ody while suffering from a severe throat trouble, and found immediate and effective relief: I can unhesita tingly recommend it."- EDGER W. WIIITTEMORE, Editor Grand Rivers (Ky.) Herald. For sale at Hill-Orr Drug Co._ TAKE JOTICE. We hereby notify all parties who owe Bleckley & Fretwell past due papers that owing to the death of our senior, Syl vester Bleckley, that the same must be paid at an early day, not later than Nov. 1st next, as a settlement must be made with the heirs at law. Your prompt attention to this notice and a compliance with same will be duly appreciated. Yours very truly, JOS. J. FRETWELL, Survivor Bleckley & Fretwell. Sept 15, 1*97 12 TWO FOR ONE. Hy SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WE OFFER HOME AND FARM In combination with thc ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER for $1.55. being thc price of our paper alone. That is, for all new or old subscribers renewing and paying in advance, wc send HOME AND FARM one year free, lb IMF. AND KAHM has for many years been thc leading agricultural journal of thc South and Southwest, made by farm ers for fanners. Its Home Depart ment, conducted by Aunt Jane, its Children's Department, and its Dairy Department are brighter and better than ever. Renew now and get this ( great journal for the home and thc | farm-FREE. -"When T toKj him I had a terribie tired feeling, riC told me to show him my tongue." Tn Ca j-u]a thc Argumentation Fund of t!\e Presbyterian Church now secures A mi ni mum .stipend of $775, with a 1 xiansc to all its ministers. '.'taspout-"Why are you so aner / at the doctor ?" Mrs. Teaspout \zA \I??w] Disca?e weaves its weh V^^S^M around people a little at a , V^^aj^a? time. Thej' are no;, danger V\ &*???!^ ously ill all at once. The "^5&?B0 beginnings of illness are mere triiies. First a little indigestion, per haps; or headaches; or an occasional bilious turn. It is hard to realize how you are be ing tangled up in the strands of sickness until you are fairly caught. Nearly all serious illnesses begin with some stomach or liver trouble, or with a costive condition of the bowels. These functions have got to bc put in good condi tion before there can be any recovery from any disease no matter what its name or na tureland it is because Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery acts directly upon the liver and digestive organs that it has such a marvelous effect upon all diseases of mal nutrition. It gives the digestive system power to assimilate nourishment and make good blood ; it drives out bilious poisons ; it creates the red, vitalizing, life-giving ele ments in the circulation ; and builds up the weak and wasted places in every corner of the constitution. < Taken in conjunction with Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, it relieves obstinate con stipation and keeps the bowels in a per fectly natural condition. Mrs. Ella Howell, of Derby, Perry Co., Ind., writes : " In the year of 1894 I was taken with stomach trouble-nervous dyspepsia. There wtuf a coldness in my stomach, and a weight which seemed like a rock. Everything that1 ate gave me great pain; I had a bearing down scusation; was swelled across my stomach ; had a ridge around my right side, and in a short time I was bloated. I was treated by three of our best phy sicians but got no relief. Then Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery was recommended to me and I got it, and commenced the use of it I began to see a change for the better. I was so weak I could not walk across the room without assistance. I took Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and his 1 Favorite Prescription ' and one bottle of the ' Pleasant Pellets.' I began to improve very fast after the use of a few bottles. The physicians who attended me said my disease was leading into consumption. I had quite a cough, and the home physician gave me up to die. I thank God that my cure is permanent" WE sell FIANOS and MUSICAli INSTRUMENTS to the best trade BI this mid adjoining Countie?. Why not allow rue to sell you a reliable Piano or Organ. We guarantee p^ery Instrumfot that goes ont of our Wardrooms, and have a large assortment to ft-k-ct from. Have just received new styles of Ivers & Pond Pianos - AXD - Farrand & Votey Organs, Ano we ar? gi-ttiug in several other makes ol' high praOM Instrument? Also. ? large lino of Guitars, Banjos. Violins, AutolmrpM, ?.Vc. at Jodest possible figures. HEADQUARTERS for the Celebrated New Home, I<Jcnl and several other ieading Sewing Machines. Call and see us. or wriro for catalogue and prices Rf-spectfully, 1 PERHAPS YOU YOUR GROCER. tt may be that the prices are too high or the quality of Goods poor. If you want to be pleased nive us a trial order, aud see how well we eau please you. Our Store is stocked with the very best quality of everything that is good to eat, and we will .?ell you aa cheap as otliers 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 Goods. Don't matter whether you want to trade or not. No trouble to show you our Goods. Yours for trade, OSBORNE & BOLT. BUILDERS OF ANDERSON And vicinity will consult their in terest by writiuti to tho Standard Manufacturing Co. AUGUSTA, CSA,, For prices on SASH, DOORS BLINDS, S ll INGLES, LATHS, LUMBER, ^r anything in Yellow Tine. Satisfac en guaranteed. Septs, 1897 ll -'im I like every other croo, needs nourishment. A fertiliser containing nitro gen, phosphoric acid, and not less than 3% of actual will increase the crop and im prove the hind. Our hooks tell .iii about the subject. They art.- free tu any farnic r. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., Nev.- York. Is not the hand maid of prosperi ty That's more the reason yon should wear the best make of Shoes. Our line is built for service. Seid by Cash-buying merchants. Ask for the Red Seal. J. & ORR SHOE CO., _Atlanta, Ga. COLE & COFFEE, IN order to get a satisfactory dissolution of partnership, have to put their gooda ir to money, and o wi ne to the already large stocks of goods advertised at cost, it simply means to sell for what we can get above what a brother merchant will .pay in bulk. These fcoods must go in the next thirty days. People wanting bargains in Dry Goods, Shoes, etc., now is vour time. COLE <fc COFFEE, Ko. 5, Hotel FOR SALE. THE TRACT OF LAND known as the Vineyard, containing twenty-five acres, more or lees, situatrd just outside of the city limits, adjoining lands of E. P Sloan, B. F. Crayton and J. L. Glenn. A good two-room house, ham and well on the place. It is a short distance of the cot ton mill and will be a fine location for a dairy and truck, farm. Will be sold at public outcry Salasday in December if not disposed of at private sale before that time Terms cash. Pur chaser to pay for papers. E. P. SLOAN, W. W. WHITE, Executors Eat. Thos M. White. Sept 22, 1897 _ 13_ Drs. Strickland & King, ?jEivxisxs. OFFICE m MASONIC TEMPLE. ZS* Gas and Cocaine used for Extract ing Tee*h. All parties owing me notes and accounts are requested and urged to pay same as soon as possible. I need my mon ey and will be compelled to make collections early in the season. Save the trouble an? expense of sending to see yon. J. S. FOWLER. Sept. 29, 18^7 14 1 ._L_!_:_? HONEA PATH HIGH SCHOOL HAS closed a most satisfactory year's work to both patrons and teachers. The outlook for the nest Session promises even better resulta. How to secure the best School is the constant study of the teachers. Excellent library, modern ap paratus, live methods, and trained teach ing. Next Session, opens Monday, Sept. 6th, 1S97. Board in best families at very low rates. For further information write to- J. C. HARPER, Prim, Hon ea Path, S. C. July 14,1S97 3 3m XOTICE. THE County Treasurer's Office will be open from the 15th of October next to the 31st of December following for the collection of Taxes for the fiscal year 1897.. For the convenience of Taxpayers I. will attend at the following places : On all other days between October 15th and December 31st, the office will be open at Anderson. The following ia the ?evy for State, County and School purposes : ?tate. 5 mills. Ordinary County. 3 mills. Special (Road). 1 mill. Special (Court Ho use). 1 mill. For Schools. 3 mills. Total. 13 mills. Truestees of Hunter School District have made a special levy ot 3 mills for schoct purposes, making a total lr>vy for that dis trict of 1G mills. All male persons between twenty-owe and sixty years of age, except those unable to earn* a living on account of being maimed, or from other cause, and those who served in the late war, are required to pay a poll tax of one dollar. All male persons between eighteen ann fifty years of age, who are able to work roads or cause them to be worked, except members of boards of school trustees, min isters of tho gospel in actual charge of a congregation, persons permanently dis abled in the military Eervice of this State, and those who served in the late war, are required to work three days on thepubli: roads, or in lieu of work, pay a commuta tion tax of one dellar, tobe collected at same time other taxes are collected. E. Z. BROWN, Co. Treas. NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Administrator of tue Estate of C. M. Halt, deceased, hereby gives notice that she . will on. the 24th day of December, 1897, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from her office as Administra trix. MATTIE J. HALL, Adrn'x. Nov 24, 1897 2? 5