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WAR S' Tales Told by a g St. Loni* George Carry Kggleston is the au thor of a volume of short stories which he has called "Southern Soldier Sto * rios." (The Macmillan Company.) Some of the sketches are very short, but all of them breathe the spirit of contest and of endurance. The author ? dedicates his book to the "'Joe" so often "mentioned in these stories. He was my lovedcomrade inarms, and a sharer in all my war experiences. He is now Br Joseph TV. Eggleston, of Richmond, Va." In one story Joe is the hero. He was a troublesome hero, it appears. The author says: "Joe was very much in earnest at Pocotaligo, S. C., where a great little battle was fought on the 22d of October, 1862." "That is to" say, Joe was not quite 17 years old, was an enthusiastic sol dier, and was as hot-headed as a boy well can be," Joe had command of a gun. His men fell about him; presently there were but three left. "The other bat tery was that of Captain Elliott of South Carolina ; and Captain Elliott had just been designated Chief of Artillery. Elliot's battery was really not in action at all. Joe, seeing Cap tain Elliott, and being himself full of the enthusiasm which insists upon .getting things done, appealed to the * Chief of Artillery for the loan of some cannoneers with whom to work his .gun more effectively. Captain Elliott declined. Thereupon Joe broke into a volley of vituperation, calling the Captain and his battery cowards, and hy other pet names not here to be re ported. "I, as Joe's immediate chief, as well as his elder brother, commanded him to silence and ordered him back to his gun." The elder brother worried about ^.Joe. He had visions of court martials and other disagreeable things. When morning came he appeared at Captain Elliott's headquarters zX sunrise. "I entered headquarters with a de gree of trepidation which I had never felt before. "Captain Elliott was performing his ablutions as well as he could, with a big gourd for basin. He nodded and spoke with his head in the towel. 41 'Good fight, wasn't it? We have a lot of those fellows to bury this morning. Pretty good bag for three hundred and fifty-one of us, and it was mainly your battery's ganister that did it,:' "I changed feet and said, 'Y-e-s.' "I thought to myself that was about the way I should take to 'let a man down easy in a hard case. "The Captain carefully removed the soap from his ears : then, turning'to me, said : 'That's a fighter, that . brother of yours. ' " 'Yes,' I replied; 'but, Captain, he is very young, very enthusiastic, and very hot-tempered; I hope-I hope you'll overlook-h is^-er-intemper ateness and --~ " 'Thunder, man, do you suppose I've got any grudge against a fellow that fights like that?' roared the gal lant Captain. "As I rode back through thc woods, it seemed to me about the brightest October morning that I had ever seen, even in that superb Carolina climate." In the story "A Family That Had No Luck" the Southern Soldier says: 'There were two instances of supreme heroism in the Civil War. One was upon the one side, thc other upon the j other. i "One was the charge of Picket's Southerners at Gettysburg. The other , was the heroic series of assaults made by the Northern troops on ?larye's Heights, at Fredericksburg. There are a few words of apt and ' stirriDg description of the assault in j thc last-named battle, and then the i writer proceeds to his story of the un lucky family. In thc interval between the charges "an old man came in bear- | tag an Enfield rifle and wearing an old j pot hat of the date of LS.?7 or there abouts. 'With a gentle courtesy -that was unusual in war, he apologized to | the two men between whom he placed j himself, saying 'I hope I don't crowd j you, but I must find a place somewhere i from which I can shoot.' "At that moment one of the great ! assaults occurred. The old man used his gun like an expert. Ile wasted no bullet. Ile took aim every time arid fired only when he knew his aim to he effective. Vet he fired rapidly. Tom Booker, who stood next ti? him. said as the advancing column was swept away: 'Vim must have shot birds on thc wing in your time "The old man answered '1 did np to 2(j years ago: hut then I sort o' lost my sight, yo; know, and my interest in shootin'.' ii 'Well, you've got em both back again.' called ion Hilly Goodwin from down the line. "'Yes,' said the ?'ld man. 'You sec I had to. lt's this way : 1 had six boys and six gals. When the war broke out 1 thought the six boys could do my family's share o' the h'ghtiX. rORIES. Southern Soldier. Republic. Wei!, they did their best, but they didn't have no luck. One of 'eui was killed at Maoassas. two others in a cavalry raid, and the other three fell in different actions-'long the road, as I you might say. We ain't seemed to a j had no luck. But it's just come to this, that if 'the family is to be repre sented the old man must git up his shootin' agin, or else one o' thc gals would have to take a hand. So here I am." :iJust then the third advauce was ' made. A tremendous column of heroic fellows was hurled upon us. only to bs swept away as its predeces sors had been. Two or three minutes did the work, but at thc end of that time the old man fell backward, and Tom Booker caught^im in his arms. " 'You're shot,' he said. " 'Yes. The family don't seem to have no luck. If one o' my gals comes to you. you'll give her a fair chance to shoot straight, won't you, boys?'" The story entitled "Two Minutes" relates to th3 firing of a mine. It seemed that all had been arranged and that the match had gone out. Some one must relight it, a dangerous thing to do. The General asked the Cap tain of the engineers to go in and light th? match again. The Captain hesitated. Thereupon a certain young man touched his cap and said : "With your permission, I will go in and fire it." "Thank- you," said the General, "go!': The man picked up the torch and started into the mine. It seems that the slow-match had gone out within a very short distance of the powder magazine. But, disregarding that, he touched the torch to it, set it off again, and ran with all his might for tho mouth of the opening. "It was two minutes' work. The mine went off just before he reached the outlet, and thc air pressure liter ally blew him out of it. Ec fell sprawling on his face. Ile was con siderably bruised and scratched in his contact with thc gravelly ground, but was not in any serious way injured. Picking himself up. grimed as he was, he took off his cap, and. dusting.him self like a schoolboy who has fallen in the street, he approached the com manding officer and said : 'General, I have thc honor to report that I have fired the mine, and that it has gone off.' * ''The General touched his cap and replied: 'I had observed that fact, and I thank you very much. I beg to say that 1 will make an official report of the circumstance.' ''Two days later we all touched our caps to a freshly-made Brigadier Gen eral of the engineers. The Captain, who had hesitated, remained a Cap tain." The author tells the story of "My Friend Phil." Phil was a negro slave who belonged to a friend of thc writer. "He was a strong man, rejoicing in his strength always; but there was one'thing he would not do-he would not work for himself. "His master was one of those who hoped for gradual emancipation, as many Virginians did, and thought it his duty to prepare his negroes for freedom, so far as it was possible for him to do so. Among other means to this end, he encouraged each to make aud save money on his own account. Each was expected to cultivate a 'patch' of his owu. Their master gave them the necessary time and the use of thc mules whenever their crops needed attention. ''In this way he thought tu train them in habits of voluntary industry aud thrift: and some of them, having no necessary expenses ti? bear, accu mulated very pretty little hoards ol' cash from thc sale ol' their crops every year. But Phil would mu raise a crop for himself. "' 'What 1 want to raise a crop for?' he would ask. 'Idon' want no money, on'y a quarter sometimes tn buy a banjo string or a fish line, au' I get plenty o' quarters pitched af. me when I hoi'de gentlemen's bosses. I dun't want no money, an' I wouldn't know what to do wid it if 1 had it. My mestah take good care me. au's long as dar's a piece o' meat in do smokehouse Phil knows he's gwinc to have plenty to cat. 1 ain't gwinc to earn no money, an' bc cus in 'flections <u. my mastah. My mastah give- mc mn' clo os an I km warrnu; an' what dc devil I want to be makio' money fur. I dunno. Phil did nut want t" bc ?rc. |(e remonstrated with Iii.- master, ami when told that lie was free bylaw, whether or no, thc lear.- streamed down his face. "llewasa strong mau physically, but thc merest child in character, and thc feeling that bc no longer had anyone but himself lu lean upon was more than he could bear. Thc 1 i LT li t of cheerfulness and md humor went out of his face. Thc joyousness of his nature disappeared, and before the summer had ri pened into autumn poor Phil lay down and died .d' ;i broken heart. New Care for Appendicitis. "Appendicitis?*' said the doctor who had lately moved here from the west. "Why, I left behind me a reputation as an appendicitis expert that would be worth twenty thousand a year in Chicago.*' "What's your percentage of cures?" asked the recently graduated M. D. "Just an even hundred per cent." "What are you giving men? There isn't a surgeon in the country who's never lost a case. Why even-' "Yes; but I don't use the knife," said the other doctor interrupting. "Medical treatment, eh? Well, I don't hold much with that. It only alleviates. Doesn't cure. What's your method; oil?" "No. Just water." "Hydropathic treatment for appen dicitis! You must be crazy." "Who said anything about hydro pathic treatment? You hospital youngsters always want to build up a four-st?ry name for everything, so as to charge more for the bill, I reckon. I'm telling you that I've saved 100 xper cent, of my appendicitis cases by the use of water: and now, if you'll give mc a chance. I'll tell you how I did it; but I wouldn't advise you to follow my method. I don't follow it myself." "Fire ahead,'* said the young doc tor. "To begin with the truth, my 100 per ceht. consisted of one patient. Appendicitis hasn't got fashionable out our way yet. Few people know about it, and, in my opinion, it's one of those diseases you don't get until you get to thinking about them." The young doctor looked wise. "In voluntary muscular action due to cere-" "That'll do," interrupted the older man. "I'll furnish all the foot notes myself. This patient of mine was a chap named Dunby, a big, robust fel low, a great eater and too lazy to take exercise. Consequently his stomach was troubling him. Well, one day he got hold of a semi-medical paper con taining a long and grewsome article on appendicitis. That was the first inti mation he had that he was thc proud possessor of a vermiform appendix. As soon as he discovered it, it began to bother him. He kept poking and prodding himself to see if he had any pains there, and naturally he made himself sore. One day he came down to niy office white as a sheet. " 'I've got it, Doc,' he said; 'I've got it.' " 'Got what?" I asked. " 'Appendicitis. I can feel it swell ing up. It must be a lemon seed or something, though I've been careful not to swallow anything of that sort.' " : You've got a stomache ache, and that's all,' I said. "'Stomache ache! Oh, if you could feel it. I'm a dead man.' "'You're a blooming fool,' I said, 'and you'll be a dead fool if you scare yourself into it. Lie down here and let me look you over.' "The result of my examination was such as to assure me that Dunby was suffering from a bad fit of indigestion and scare combined. I tried to get him to look at it that way, but he wouldn't have it. That infernal medi cal article was firmly fixed in his ap pendix vermiformis, and though I was satisfied there was nothing else there, he was likely to die of it. I got him home and returned to my office to smoke a pipe over the problem, prom ising to returu that evening. When 1 got back there was a little blue mark on his abdomen. " 'Mortification,' moaned Dunby. "As a matter of fact, it was simply a slight bruise caused by his continu al prodding at himself, but I had formed my plan and proceeded to act upon it. " "You were right, Dimby.' I said. 'It's appendicitis. That mark shows it.' "'Oh, my God!' he cried. 'Send for mv brother. I want to see my nearest relative before I die." " ' You aren't going u die,' I said. "You're going tn bi; cured this very night. How's the pain?' '"'('one. Numbness of approach ing death, lie gurgled. " 'Keep your nerve up,' I told him. Then I went to a carpenter and had him set in a sort (d' reversed stocks over Dunnys bathtub, like the kimi they used to set malefactors in, only they were contrived so that the man should be held upside down, and they were padded tn prevent his ankles from being hurt. When they were finished I made Dimby drink water until his eyes bulged nut. '* "ll'yon drink a Int nf water." I ex plained to bim. 'it will wash the for eign matter on' ol' thc appendix as soon a- that organ i- reversed. Swal low eve 1*3" drop you eau get down. "When Dimby had drunk till he was pit lied like a pouter pigeon my a Hstani ?md I took liim and hung him un by the I'eel over the bathtub. It was a very bani job. too, for he was heavy. Three times wc lilied bim np. and t b t ti mes we li uni* him up and riane au inverted roaring cataract out ol' him. lt was pretty tongi: I real - ineiil. but tin- moi a I e fleet was grand. As -nun as he was ;ib|<i ic talk hr as nred no- that he was washed out clear to the iips of his tues ( !crtainly no man ever got a more thorough ir bath. Just to make sure T turi him a fake x-ray and told him t pendis was clear. " 'Now,'saidI,'allyou'vegott take plenty of exercise, don't o and don't, worry. We'll leav carpenter's work there in ca. have another attack.' "If you'll believe it, the first Dunbydid as soon as he wa enough to get around was to get aiid knock the stock contrivai flinders. Such is the ungratefi of man. But he sent me a ched I was almost ashamed to take talked about my wonderful skill I was afraid to be held up to thc tempt of the profession as an a tiser. My reputation was made. I don't expect to adopt that treat herc, and I shouldn't recommeni to try it in case of the real thing "No; I'm not likely to," sai hospital doctor. "Of course I hardly tell you that thc case yoi; is one of hysterical involuntary cul-" "I don't think you need," re; the other dryly. "If I'd told rn; tient that the undertaker, not I, w have had his money. It don't ab pay to call a spade a spade when i doubie-barreled Latin-named sp You might write that in the fror your notebook. Yes; you're come."-Chicago Inter-Ocean. - ? ? ? -? She Was in Mourning. He had asked her to be "his' and she had made up her mind i she had "worked out" long enoi anyway. So she accepted him. was perfectly satisfied with her pl; but she wanted to have a house of own. So they were married. It wasn't long afterward that came back to see her former misti about something, and the latter ticed that she was wearing mourni Of course she was sorry for her, ? was rather surprised that she made mention of her bereavement. It is deed a grievous thing when a hon moon is cut short. Finally the former mistress brou? up thc subject herself. "You are in mourning, Maggi? she suggested. "Yes," replied Maggie, comp ccntly. and with no show of feeling at all, "I thought it was the leasl could do fer 'im.'' "It is showing no more than proi respect, of course. I am very son lt must have been a great shock.'" "Great shock!" exclaimed Magg in surprise. Then, as she grasped t idea, she went on, "Oh, he ain't deac with the accent on "he." "You haven't lost your husband Maggie shook her head. "Then why arc you in such de mourning?" "Just to please the poor lad," a swered Maggie. "Von sec, it's th way." she went on, when she had d cided to tell the story. "After v was married, he conies to me, an' 1 says, 'Maggie,' he says, 'thc poor w man niver had nobody to put on m our in' fer her, an' I dunno that she heen treated right,' he says. 'Who says I. 'Me first wife,'says he. *S1 was all alone in the world, exceptii fer me,' he says. 'She had no wirac folks to wear mournin' fer her. Ai so I says to him, 'I'll do it fer the pot woman,' I says. An' herc I am." And thc best of it is that the stor is absolutely true. m . *? - Lawyer-"I. am afraid you wi have a hard time proving your innc cencc." Bill, the Burglar-"Web hang it! that's what 1 hired you fer. Children like it, it saves their lives. \V mean one Minute Cough Cure, the iufal li hie remedy for coughs, colds, emin bronchitis, grippe and all throat aud hm troubles. Evans Pharmacy. - Docs my whistling disturb you?' "Oh. not in thc least. I'm used t hearing men whistle, l in a collccto for a millinery house" - A schoolmarm say.- lier ap scholars are not generally her rappe< scholars, though sometimes they ari rapt ones. lt is a great leap from tho oki fasbiouet ibises ni* '?Ino-mass and nauseous physii TO tiwi pleasant little pills known as It Witt's Little H-irly Risers. They CHM constipation, sick headache and bilious ness. F.vans I'harmacy. - The two mo.-t awkward things ii this world is a woman holding a gui and a bachelor holding a baby. - Forty-four muscles are called inty play in thc production of tlu human voice. Thirty-live .vears niako a geueration Tiiat is how long Adolph Fisher, ol Zanesville, <>., sullered (rom jules. Ile was cured by using three boxes of De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. I'.vans Phar macy. - The American Bible Society uri nts or gives away about I,."?UQ. OOH : Bibles and .testaments a vcar. - 1 II case ol war I lie seashore rc ; .-.?rt- would ii"i bc suite so popular I ncxl summer. I M. L. Yocuni, Ca moron, Pa., says: "1 ' was a sullVrer for len years, trying mosi ?ill kinds of pile remedies, hm willmot sum ss I'cU in'- Witch Hazel Sah e i w;is recoin mended in mc. | used ono ? box. I' lias elli?eietl a permanent cnn*." A-a permanent euro for piles imWiit s Witch Hazel Salvo has no equal. Kvans Pharmacy. - Kev. Francis Schneider, nf New : \ ork city, claims to have inarmed j 2J0 couples during I he hist 1 wo j mouths, and as ho dues uni accept ! Ic.-s than s1.'! for each service, he prob ably feels that "Blcsl is thc tie that binds. A Woman State Officer. Among the progressive women of the West Miss Estelle Keel, of Wyo ming, occupies a unique position. She is State superintendent of instruc tion, also register of the land board, and was elected to both these offices on the regular Republican ticket, be ing the only woman in the United States who has been elected to a State office. Miss Reel has been in Wash ington some weeks in the interest of the land board of Wyoming. She is empowered with authority to negotiate the sale of the lieu lands from thc Government to her State, which in turn, are sold to private in dividuals or corporations. It is frankly stated at the interior department that Miss Reel has trans acted the business in one-third the time and with better pecuniary results to her State than has heretofore any masculine register of Wyoming. Miss Reel has been at the Waldorf Astoria this week, not as a pleasure seeker in the metropolis, but busily engaged in the interest of the educa tional part of her public duties. She arranges the curriculum of all the schools, selects text-books and ar ranges the school institute meetings throughout her State. Ten years ago Miss Reel was a school teacher in Illinois, and, going to Wyoming for her health, became interested in its educational matters, till by rapid promotion, through the recognition of her exceptional talents, she occupies her present high position. So popular is she in this State of equal suffrage that her political influ ence is clearly recognized as an impor tant factor by the Republican party, to which she belongs. She was expected as guest of honor at the West End AVoman's Republican Club yesterday afternoon, but. beiiag hastily called out of the city on busi ness, a letter of regret was sent, in which she said in part: "I have been looking foward to meeting the "Xew York women, of .whose intelligent interests in politics I have heard. The feature of your political work that has appealed to rae most directly is the fact that it is carried on so entirely along education al lines; that you are always striving to enlarge the opportunities of the masses for education, believing that in that way the principles to which we adhere will be most permanently es tablished."-New York Tribune. - The man who waits till he is bet ter before beginning a religious life, is like the debtor who supposes that it will be easier to pay his obligations after they have been doubled by accu mulated interest than it is now. - <;1 sec by that sign," said thc man in the chair to the barber, ''that you hone razors for private use'." ''Yes, sir ; have you some that you want honed ?" ''Xo, but I was won dering why you didn't hone the razors you use on your customers.'' - Xever cry over spilt milk. The milkman has already wasted enough water on it. 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S. S .Sis made exclusively of roots and herbs, and is Nature's own remedy. It is purely vegetable, and is the only blood remedy guaranteed tc contain no potash, mercury or other mineral. Be sure to get S. S. S. There is nothing half as good. NOTICE. IN coiiiptbiu?;e with tho rn: inr.'onihi linn . .t r h- i, rutel .1 c r? 1 I pei suns Will) ll llH?'? ttl? public r.r-iis i.. Ci'- . rv ijnn ol' mi nw on ?-!ip> .1!' n>:i.| which '.'> .??1 ruft ibo il >w of iii.- ?v-,o-i- i her**' r<ue. ur othi-r.visH ilainafT?? ?li? road* by ihrnwin** rocks, brush or otho nbstriirtion in ihe si.Io illtehe.s, will bn proseen'ed, unless buch ohstnmtioiiH arc removed bot'ov thu first il?y ol' April next Thin is aivnii s> that guilty parties may haw lime to com ply wit h tho law W. I'. SNI-:I.?;UOVK. r . 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More than 90,000 cases of obstinate female difficulties have been absolutely cured by this wonderful "Prescription." It heals, strengthens and completely rejuvenates the tissues and nerve-centers of the feminine organism. It is the only medicine devised for this special purpose by a regularly graduated experienced physician. It is the one authorized preparation which may be positively relied upon to cure. Mothers and daughters may consult Br. Pierce by letter without charge and in the most absolute confidence. Their letters will be answered not by any mere nurse, but by an educated skilled physician. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser will be sent free if 21 one-cent stamps are inclosed to defray the cost of mailing only. Miss Edith Cain, of Clinton, Allegheny Co., Pa., writes: "I take pleasure in expressing my faith in your 4 Favorite Prescription.* After two years of suffering I began taking Dr. Pierce's medicine and now I am entirely cured. I had been troubled with female weakness for some time and also with a troublesome drain on the system, but now I ara happy and well. I will cheerfully recommend Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre* tcription to all invalid ladies." - Minnesota has a law to encourage tree planting. A bounty of $2.f>0an acre is offered, and at least one acre must be planted, while no one person can collect for mote than ten acres in a year or for more than six years. Any tree but the black locust may be planted. Last year bounties were paid to twenty-five coun ties for planting !>,.")24 acres. Tbe law has been in operation sixteen years. In that lime more than 100,000 acres have been planted in trees. - An Oriental story tells us of a man who was asked to lend a rope to a neigh bor. His reply was that he was in need of rope just then. "Shall you need ita long time?" asked the neighbor. "I tbi'-k I shall," replied the owner, "as I am going to tie up some sand with ir." " Yo lie up sand !" exclaimed the would bn borrower, "I (io not see how you can tie up sand with a roi e." "Oh, you can do almost MU\ thing with a rope when you do not want to leud it," was the reply. - A stranger, on walking through the streets of China, fur the ifrst-time, is puz zled, among other things, by the appear auce of jara in various positions on the roofs of houses. A jar placed with its bottom end toward the street indicates that the daughter of the house is not yet of age to marry. As soon as she has de veloped into a marriageable maiden the jar is turned with its mouth to the street. When the young lady gets married the jar is removed altogether. - The length of the coast line of the United States, according to the coast sur vey, is 5.T15 miles, embracing *J,.TJ4 miles on the Atlantic Ocean, 1,550 on the Gulf | ot Mexico and 1,S10 on the Pacific Ocean. - For 3,000 years the Hindoo standard ol living hHs been almost the same lor rich and poor. The rajah's floors are bare, aud the rich man washes in the open air and dties himself in the sun like his poorer brother. - Daniel Webster said, ' One may live as a conqueror, a king, or a magistrate, but be must die HR a man." THE BANK OF ANDERSON. Wc l*ay Interest 011 Time Deposits hy Agreement. Capital.$165,000 Surplus and Profits - - 100,000 Total ----- $265,000 OFFICERS. J. A. BKOCK, Presiden*. Jus. N. Buowx, Vlcc-P.esident. ll. I*. MAI LDIX, Cashier. DIRECTORS. .1. W. Nonius. ? ;. W. KANT. N. O. FA KM Ki:. JOS. N. BKOWN. .I.A. BROCK. .1 G. DUCWOKTII, J.J. l'KE? WKLI.. J. M. Sr I.I.I VA.N. B. F. MAULDIN. Having thc largest capital and surplus ol any I'.Aiik in the State outside of Charleston, we oller expositors the strongest security. This applies to our Savings Department, w hen; we pay interest, as well as to active accounts We loan to regular depositor customers at our lowest raO's. Private loans arrang. il without charge between our customers, and oilier investments secured when desired. Witn t wcuty-live years experience in banking, and with un? xcellcd faci ?ties at our command, we are prepared to >?wr satisfaction in all business traillad ?ODS, and will, as heretofore, tatocareol inc huorests ol'..ur regular cuMomers ai limes. A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely CUITS Rheumatism. A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely cures Scrofula. A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely cures old Sore?. A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely cures Syphillis. A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely cures Ex zenia. A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely eures Constipation, A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely euros Catarrh. A-F-R-I-C-A-N-A Absolutely CURES till Blood Diseases. ik&" l'or sale by Evans IMiannacy and Hill Orr Drug Co. NOTICE OF FIXAI. SETTLEMENT, The undersigned. Administratrix of the Estate of Jesse C. Morris, deceaj ed, hereby gives untie- that she will on the is h day "I" April. ISilS, apply to the Judire oi' Probate for Anderson Com ly for;? Fina! Settlement ol'said Estate and a discbargo ?rom brr office as Admin istratrix. .MA KV E OFT/.-. Adm'x. March Hi, I SOS. hS ."> Corn responds readily to proper fer? tilization. Larger crops, fuller ears and larger grain are sure to resul from a liberal use of fertilizer containing at least 7% actua Potash Our books are free to farmers. GERMAN KALI WORKS, SU Nassau St., New York. FOR LOW BATES WEST Texas, Mexico, California, Alaska, or any other point, \ with FREE MAPS, write to j FRED. D. BUSH, District Passenger Agent, ^6iWaJlj3^ Drs. Strickland & King, DENTISTS. OFFICE IS MASONIC TEMPLE. ?SEr* Gas and Cocaine used for Extract sg Teeth._ Cash [Buyers of Shoes will find it to their advan* tage to look into the val ues offered by the J. K. ORR SHOE CO., Atlanta, A card addressed to W. R. Crook, Box 64, Spartan burg, will bring our sam ples. NOTICE. 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