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CAUSE FOR REFORM. Sspei-ience of a- Clubman Who Lied to ; His Wife. "I'll never try to fool my wife by ? telling her that I have been sitting np with a sick friend when ? want to stay out late at night again," . said a gentleman from the metr?po li at one of the up town hotels to a reporter recently. UI got cured of that most effec tually," he continued, "and itali came out in such a natural manner that I look back at it and think it is a dort of dispensation of Providence tcj keep me home at night. I ought to have been ashamed of myself for doing such a thing, as we had not been married very long. As a mat ter of fact, however, I had been something of a- rounder before my marriage. I was introduced one night into a social club on the west ekle No matter what the name of it was-you can call it the Bachelors' <*tab, for nobody but that unfortu nate class should have belonged to it I am something of a sleight of hand performer and made myself so agreeable that night that I was given a ticket of membership for 30 days. "Rather late we got into a game of poker, which I found so fascinat ing I stafd in it until the early morning hours. I framed a number of excuses when I got home to give my wife for being out so late. Some of them were -very plausible. When I saw her, however, I got slightly rattled and sprung the same old chestnut on her bf 'sitting up with ( a sick friend. ' I had heard, by the way, that this friend, whom I men tioned and whom my wife knew, whose name was or was not Mr. Sportiboy, was really sick. "The next night, in spite of the opposition of my conscience, I drift ed around to the club again and al most unconsciously sat down to a little round table with four others and again succumbed to the appro priately named 'draw' poker. Tho thing continued for several-nights, Stelling my wife when I went home that poor Mr. Sportiboy was very sick indeed. She seemed to believe . me, although I felt like a sheep kill ing dog. "After about a week of this had passed at the breakfast table one morning my wife, who was reading a paper, gave a sudden exclamation, dropped the paper, pushed the chair back from the table and looked at me with an expression of horror on her countenance. " 'Wha-bat's the matter, darling?' I asked in consternation. 'Are yon ill?' Her face was pale, and I no ticed that she seemed to be much agitated. She rose and started out the door. Not knowing what was the matter, I rose and followed her. She turned on me tragically, say ing: 'Don't come near me; don't touch me! To think that you have been visiting that sick man who had the scarlet fever and then could have the audacity to come home and associate with mel I am surprised that yon thought more of him than yon do of your wife or yourself by exposing both of us to such a horri bly malignant disease!' And she swept out of the room. "Here I was in a pickle. I hardly knew what to make of it. I finally got hold of the paper she was read ing, having some suspicion of what was the matter, and looked in the death notices. Among them I read with raising hair that Mr. Willie B. Sportiboy had died the day before of scarlet fever. To say that I felt shocked was putting it mildly. I was shocked at his death, and also at the manner in which I had been expos ed, literally speaking, as far as my truthfulness was concerned, and theoretically to the scarlet fever. "When I went to find my wife, 1 discovered a hastily written note, in which she said she had gone home. "I knew it was no use to follow her, remembering her terrible fea** of all such diseases as scarlet fever, and I knew if I wrote her she would not open the letter, owing to the same fear of contagion. I thought awhile and finally did the only thing I knew would bring her back. I visited a lady who knew us both well, made a clean breast of the matter and sent her to my wife's home as an intermediary. "I fixed the matter up all right I finally. She had been teasing mo j to bring her a certain piece of jewel ry, to whioh she had taken a fancy. It took all of my poker winnings : and more to pay for it, but I was | satisfied. "That was the last time! ever lied to my wife. 1 tell you, honesty is not only the best policy, but the best policeman where your better half is concerned. If 1 hu ve occa sion to stay out late now, 1 come up like a man and tell why it happen ed. "-Washington Star. Good Scheme. "Shall I write out Jinison's bill V" asked the clerk. "No; I think you'd better get it printed. Get about 100 copies or so. It'll need that number before he pays it, and time and money will be saved in the end. "-Pick Me Up. - Thc violence <?f thc wind on t'he Grampian Hills i.- M> vfoleut that on several occasions it has brought to a standstill trains traveling from Perth to tho Kurth. - John Thomas, of Hacine. Wis., who is locally reputed tn be 1(18 j cars of age. supports himself in his declin ing years by selling canes which he himself makes. - There are iu Japan 7")0 Sunday schools, with iii").OOO scholars. GEORGE ELIOT. Som? Interesting: Facts About Mary Ann Evans. There has been only one great woman novelist in English litera ture-George Eliot. That was not her real-name. Her real name was Mary Ann Evans, but as she knew that no publisher would risk pub lishing a book, were it by an angel direct fr?in heaven, with such a name as Mary Ann on the title page she changed it, and by taking c man's name and writing with a woman's knowledge ot women ehe caused great controversy as to her identity. The Blackwoods, as Mr. Molloy narrates in a recent issue of The Queen, were Miss Evans* first publishers. They were very kind, he says, or seems to think. They patted her on tho back. They per ceived that she had talent and told her that she was "worthy of the honors of print and pay. " George Eliot, it should be added, did her publishers a little honor, too, and made them a little money-a few score thousand pounds. The work she commenced with was "Scenes From Clerical Life," written when she was living with Mr. Lewes. Mr. Molloy tells how j the book was made: "Returning from Germany, Mr and Mrs. Lewes settled in London, with the intention of continuing their work as journalists and maga zine writers, but one happy day Lewes said to her, 'My dear, 1 think you could write a capital story The suggestion took root in her mind, but for a time she said noth ing of its development. When, some weeks later, Lewes was about to dress for a dinner party, she re marked: *1 won't go out this even ing, and when you come in don't disturb me. 1 shall be very busy ' That night the greater part of her first story in the 'Scenes From Cler ical Life, ' called 'The Sad Fortunes of the Rev. Amos Barton, ' was writ ten. "On the tale being shown to Lewes his pride and delight wer6 great, and he immediately sent ?t to Mr. John 'Blackwood, to whose mag - azine he is a contributor, stating the tale was the work of a friend who desired to be known as George Eliot and that it was one of a series. This was in the autumn of 1856 Mr Blackwood approved of the story; but, being eager to assure himself that those which were to follow' had equal merit, he asked to see them before committing himself to a de cision. " Mr. Molloy recounts an interest ing imposture connected with the publication of "Adam Bede:" "In the spring of 1858 the open ing chapters of George Eliot's first novel, 'Adam Bede,' were in the hands of the publisher, who, com municating with Lewes, says: 'I write this note to allay all anxiety on the part of George Eliot as to my appreciation of the, merits of tiiis most promising opening of a picture of life. In spite of all injunctions. 1 began "Adam Bede" in the railway and felt very savage when the wan ing light stopped me as we neared the Scottish border. ' On the publi cation of this great work curiosity was more rife than ever regarding the author. Lord Lytton had al ready been suspected of masquerad ing under thename of George Eliot, as had also, strange to say, Professor Owen, from some fancied similarity between his handwriting and that of the manuscript of George Eliot, but when excitement was at its high est news came from Coventry that the author of 'Adam Bede* was a resident in that town named Joseph Liggens. This individual had been educated at Cambridge, had run through a fortune, was familiar with the scenes described in George Eliot's books and was supposed to be a man of talent. No doubt was left in tho minds of the inhabitants of Coventry regarding the author of Adam Bede. ' "Mr. Liggens was visited by two dissenting clergymen bent on gain ing an admission from him of his greatness. When pointedly asked if he did not write 'Adam Bede, ' he replied, 'If 1 didn't, the devil did.' He immediately became an object of interest, and invitations to dinner poured in on him. He was poor, and suggestions were made regarding a testimonial to relieve genius in dis tress. A clergyman wrote to The Times giving the name of Liggens to the world as the writer who had most modestly screened himself un- j der the norn do plume of George j Eliot. The latter then wrote to deny ! the claims made on behalf of Mr Liggens, who, it may be stated, sub sequently died in tho workhouse. One day Mr. Blackwood was invited by Lewes to dinner to meet the au thor, and the secret was out. '- Eng lish und American Gazette. ? A Big On?. j "Thomas, Thomas, when you tell a lie, do you ever stop to think of the dozen other lies you may havo to tell to get out of iff" "Course I does, sir, and I takes care to tell a lie in the first place as'll do for the whole dozen!"-Harper's Bazar. - Always speak kindly and polite- i ly to your help, if you would have them do the same to you. - An ignorant man who "stands . upon his dignity, is like the fellow who tried tu elevate himself by stand- . ing upon a piece nf brown paper. - Admiral Dewey is a staunch i Democrat and so is Gen Lei-. What i is tho matter with Dewey and Lee for i national ticket in 1900? They are I ill right. I THE STEAMBOAT. An Old Engineer Speaks His Mind Freely on ui Interesting Subject. "Grandpa," said the old engi neer's pet and pride as he looked up from his history book, "in what year did Mr. Fulton invent tho steamboat?" "He didn't," responded grandpa, with a snap of his jaws. "This book says he did," protest ed the youngster. "We can't help that, my lad, but come over here and let me tell you some real history." The boy obey ing by gladly firing his book into a corner and climbing into the old gentleman's lap. The grandfather proceeded: "Away back yonder only about 50 years after Columbus dis covered America-that is to say, in 1543, when Charles V was king of Spain-a Spanish captain named Elasco de Guerere, put a 200 ton steamboat on the wator at Barcelona that made a record for itself in no time. There was an exhibition run before the king and all his court and there wasn't a hitch in the whole trial trip. The secret of the propelling power was unknown, but there was a big tank of boiling wa ter and steam on board and there were two wheels visible on the put side of the hull. As I said, she was a success and the king was greatly pleased and wanted his treasurer to buy thc whole thing from Captain Guorere and build some government steam vessels, but tho treasurer was away behind the times and poked around until Guerere took the en gine out of the hull and let the boat rot in the water. As for himself he died from disappointment, taking his secret to the grave with him. Spain had discovered America and tho effort had been too much for her in the progressive line, so she simply laid down on the poor captain, my child, and killed him. "For 100 years after that the steamboat business was as dull as it is on a western river during a drouht, and then, in 163?, one Solo mon do Coste came into Franco from Normandy with an engine that ?rould propel a vessel on the water or a carriage on land, and he show ed it to the king, and later to Cardi nal Richelieu, who held a mortgage on France, body and soul. This en gine of De Coste's was pretty much all that was claimed for it, and was without question quite as successful as its successors, yet the best Riche lieu could do for Do Coste was to shut bim up in a madhouse for his persistence, whero in good time, I suppose, tho poor fellow died. France wasn't any better than Spain in tho navigation business, and tho steam boat interests languished for anoth er hundred years, when up on the Potomac at Shepherdstown, Va., James Ramsey had a steamboat that that highly respected citizen George Washington thought was a good thing and advised him to.push it along. Mr. Fitch ran in one about the same time and poor Ramsey had such a hard row to hoe with Iiis in vention that at last he gave it up in despair. Two hundred years wasted, my lad, and still no steamboat doing a regular passenger and freight business ! The next trial was made by William Symington on the Forth and Clyde canal in Scotland, with the tug Charlotte Dundas, and no body said then that steam naviga tion was a new thing. The Dundas towed for awhile and was laid by because her wheels washed tho banks of tho canal. "This was in 1802, and there was another lapse until 180?, when the Fulton you mention shoved a little steamboat called the Clermont out on the Hudson river and made a trip to Albany in her. Ho had fail ed on tho Seine and would have done it in America, but he had the monej- behind him this timo and hu got there exactly as Captain Guerere would havo dono 300 years ahead of him if ho had only had tho backing. That's history, my child," conclud ed tho old gentleman, "and when ever anybody talks to you about Robert Fulton inventing the steam boat, you tell him what your grand father, tells you. Do you hear Detroit Freo Press. The Old Story. "How are your' cried tho chrys- ! antheuiun; to tho palm at tho other end of tho ballroom, after the dance. "Pretty low spirited. I heard to night at lc:;st 75 different declara tions of everlasting love." "Seventy-live': Why, how many men were here tonight :" "About 25," answered the palm sadly. And the experienced chrysan - themum understood and whispered something to her leaves.-Fliegende Blatter. A Chance Lost. Coko-So you think that Benson is no lawyer '< Littleton-1 know ho isn't. Coke-But why : Littleton-Dibbard (.'anio in and said it was raining and asked for an umbrella. Well, sir, Benson did not ask for Dibbard's authorities on the first point and moved no stay of proceedings in regard to tho latter. -Boston Transcript. One? Trlfd, Alway* Used. gif \vi> sell one bottle ol' Chamber lain's Cough I'emedy, wc seldom fail m sdi i lie same person more, when it is again need i'd. Indeed, it has bc rome the family medicine of this 111 w 11. fui' coughs and eolils. ?md wc ICC'IIIMIH'IHI o IK?I'.IUSC of its establish er merits -Ins K 11,\ KN KI?. Prop. Oakland Pharmacy. Oakland, Md. Sold hy Hill Orr Drug Cn. An Hum c of flattery goes further with some women than a pound of pity. FIRE DR?LLS AT SEA. How the Crews of Ocean Liners Are Trained to Ficht a Blaze. The people who make frequent trips across the ocean on board the great liners, while they may be come well informed as to the pecul iarities of the various vessels, their construction, their points of excel lence and their shortcomings, rare ly know much about the fire drill, which is one of the most important daily functions on board of the great floating hotels. Tho crews of ocean vessels have always received instructions as to their duties in case of fire or acci dent of any kind, but the system of instruction and the drills have never been so perfect as they are now, be cause the number of passengers in trusted to the care of the navigators has never been so large. On the large steamers several men are con stantly on duty as watchmen, and their tours of inspection embrace every nook and corner of tho craft. On each boat there are stations from which one may communicate with the bridge, but aside from that every man, including the officers, has a certain station at which he must appear in case an alarm is sounded, and when there he has a certain duty to perform. The first officer of the Kaiser Wil helm der Grosse, in speaking of the fire drills on board that huge ves sel, said that tho whole crew is call ed out every day to practice, and that of the 4(30 men not one except the captain or his representative knows at what hour tho drill may take place. Sometimes it is early in the morning, and again it will take place late at night, and an alarm may be sounded at the time when the crew is most busy with other duties. The vessel is divided into 1? water tight compartments, and these are closed by 43 water tight doors, and as soon as an alarm is given the men know to which of these doors they must go and close them. Each compartment has a large steam pipe from which livo steam may be turned on in oase of fire as soon as the doors have been closed and the men have gone aloft. An indicator on the bridge shows the commanding officer which doors have been closed, and in oase any of them have been improperly fas tened the oversight can be made good in a few minutes. The signals for this service are given from the bridge by telegraph and telephone. The water tight compartments are not only to prevent the spread of fire, but to guard against disaster if a collision should take place. As a matter of fact, the modern navigator has little fear of firo, but his dread of fog is as great as it ever was, and what is known as a fire drill might as well be called a fog drill. 1 But the drills aboard ship do not end with theso daily contests against imaginary disasters. When the ves sels come to port, the lifeboat drills are added to the sailors'duties. The Kaiser Wilhelm has 18 lifeboats, and every day, while the ship lies in port, at a time unknown before the alarm is given, the order comes to "clear boats," and within two minutes tho 18 boats swing clear on the davits, ready to lower away. Every man knows to which boat ho belongs and his place in the boat. When the inspecting officer makes the rounds, he sees in each boat sailors, stokers, stewards and an officer or a petty officer, a mast set and sails made ready for use. The ranking officer becomes the commander of his little crew, and the others look to him for orders. This drill never takes place during a voyage for fear of alarming tho passengers, and even when it takes placo in port all commands are given by signal without noise or unneces sary excitement.-New York Trib une. A Kaw ISgfr. A raw egg is oue of the most nu tritious of foods and may bo taken very easily if the yolk is not broken. A little nutmeg grated upon the egg, a few drops of lemon juice added, sonio chopped parsely sprin kled over it, or some salt and a dash of cayenne pepper vary the flavor and tend to make it more palatable when not taken as a medicine. The white of a raw egg turned o \'er a burn or scald is most soothing and cooling. It can bo applied quickly and will prevent inflammation, be sides relieving tho stinging pain. Ono of the best remedies in caso of bowel troubles is a partly beaten raw egg taken at one swallow. It is healing to the inflamed stomach and intestines and will relieve the feeling of distress. Four eggs taken in this manner in 2-i huiirs will form the best kind of nourishment as well as medicine for tho patient. Independent Criticism. A little girl sat gazing fixedly at the now bonnet of one of her moth er's visitors until tho caller smil ingly asked, "Do you liko it, my dour?" The child innocently replied: "Yes-Ido. Mamma and Aunt. Milly said it was a perfect fright, but it doesn't frighten mo a bit."-Lou don Fun. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature cl \ record in l?ritisli deep .sea div ing was ereated nu the Clyde, when |)iver Walker descended I Hi* feet and was under water 10 minutes. A Straggle For a Hat. A struggle between n lady and gentleman for the possession of a hat was witnessed in Genoa not long since. It was no ordinary hat, for it had graced the head of Giuseppe Verdi. That was why reither of the combatants was willing to give up the treasure to the other. A Roman correspondent of The Musical Rec ord explains how the hat came to be in a railway station in Genoa. Verdi had stepped from an incom ing train at a time when Marquis di Rudini, the Italian premier, was in the station. The marquis recog nized the musician, and requested the station master to introduce him. He greeted Verdi warmly, congrat ulated him on his fine health, and ' wished him many more years of life. He said he had never felt as happy as he did that day in repre senting all Italy. I After taking leave of the premier ; Verdi went to the station buffet, and on returning to his train forgot his hat. This was an opportunity not to be lost by two admirers of the musician. They had boen watch ing him long and now they simul taneously sprang for the hat. Both reached it at once, one seizing one side of the brim and the other the opposite. A lively combat ensued, and tho two swayed backward and forward in their desire to retain tho treasure. Thc lady carno off vic torious. "AhP'sho exclaimed tri ! umphantly. "Now I've got it, and I intend to keop it!:' i Her surprise was only equaled by her dismay when a gentleman who had been watching the conflict for some time stepped forward with the remark, "But this is my hat!" A loud laugh rang out from the on lookers, a laugh in which oven the combatants were fain to join. The hat changed hands and the lady changed color when, a moment or two later, she saw the trap into which she had fallen. It was the hat of the great composer, and the stranger had secured it by an un justifiable ruse. The Grape Core. ! A celebrated physician divides fruit into five classes, each possess ing a special curative value-the acid, the sweet, the astringent, the oily and the mealy. Cherries, . strawberries, raspber ries, gooseberries, peaches, apples, lemons and oranges belong to the acid fruits and have great merit. 1 Cherries, however, are prohibited ' to those who have neuralgia of the stomach ; strawberries and raspber ries are recommended to those of bilious temperaments and denied to those in whom diabetes is suspected. Of tho sweet fruits the doctor says plums prevent gout and articu lar rheumatism. Tho grape is given I the very first place. He is an : enthusiastic advocate of what is : known in Europe as the grape ' cure, which provides that for sev 1 eral days the patient eats nothing ! but grapes, consuming from one to two pounds daily, with a gradual increase to ten pounds. After a few days of this diet thc appetite im proves and an increased capacity to endure fatigue is noticed. The grape cure is especially suited to persons who are anaemic, rheumat ic, dyspeptic or consumptive. Satellites of Uranus. Astronomical investigation of the satellites of Uranus was for a long time directed to the peculiar fact such satellites movo backward, a peculiarity apparently overthrow ing Laplace's celebrated cosmogonie theory. In explanation, however, of this retrograde motion, scientific men assume that certain disturbing causes, to which Uranus must have been exposed for a longer time than any planet within his orbit, proba bly carried tho inclination of the planes of tho satellites' orbits to the equatorial plane of Uranus boj-ond a right angle, so that the retrograde motion in reality becomes a direct one in a plane inclined at an angle of 101 degrees 2 minutes to the eclip tic. Nevertheless astronomical opin ion is not shaken that tho establish ed fact of all the planets, all the numerous asteroids, and, with this exception of Uranus, all tho satel lites, revolving in tho same direc tion, is a well nigh overwhelming proof of Lapiaco's theory in its es sential features. Aa .Easy Answer. "How can I get au article in your paper?" asked a correspondent of a western journal. "It all depends on the article you want to get into our paper," replied the editor. "If the article is small in hulk, like a hair brush or a tea caddy, spread the pa per out upon tlio floor, and, placing tho article in the center, wrap it up by carefully folding tho edges over it, and tie with a string. This will keep tho article from slipping out of the imper. If, on tho other hand, tho article is an English bathtub or a clotheshorse, you would better not try it :it all. "-Harper's Bazar. The seraglio at Constantinople is a group ot* palaces belonging to tho sultan, lt is a triangle three miles round and contains more than 100 buildings, some of great splendor. - Cloth of a pink tint is used in Russia to cover the collin of :i child or young person, crimson for a woman,' and brown for a widow. In no case is black used. The Cnlum question and political issues H? o h i o m mxjgniUcaiicp with the man who -ull'-is fri? rn piWhat he moat de siri"? M icli?i. D-Witt s Witch Hazel Salve curen piles. Kvaus Pharmacy. lt is wonderful how silent a man can lie when he knows his cause is just, and how boisterous iic becomes win n ix- knows he is in the wrong. The Confederacy Recognized. WASHINGTON. May 31.-An opinion was rendered in the United States Supreme Court in the case of Mary Anne G. Baldy vs. John H. Hunter, administrator, affirming the validity of an investment in Confederate bonds during the civil war. In rendering thc opinion Justice Harlan said : "The transactions between persons actually residing within the territory dominated by thc Government of the Confederate States not invalid fer the reason only that they occurred under thc sanction of the laws of that Government, or any local government recognizing its authority. The pres ervation of order, the maintenance of police regulations, the prosecution of crime, the protection of property, the enforcement of contracts, the celebra tion of marriages, the settlements of estates, the transfer and descent of property and similar or kindred sub jects were, during the war, under the control of the local government con stituting the so-called Confederate States. What occurred or was done in respect of such matters under the authority of the laws of thc local de facto governments should not be dis regarded or held invalid merely be cause the governments were organized in hostility to the Union, established by the national Constitution, because the existence of the war did not relieve these within the insurrection ary lines from the necessity of civil obedience nor destroy the bonds of society." , The case came to this Court on a writ of error from the Court of Geor gia, and thc opinion of that Court was affirmed. - A resident of Tuscaloosa county. Ala., is the father of ll children, six being school teachers, and the other five of the eleven attending school. - Wc always admire the answer of the man who, when asked how old he was, answered, "Just 40 years ; but if you count by the fun I've seen, I am at least 80." - "Miss, what have you done to be ashamed of, that you blush so?" "Sir, what have the roses and the strawberries and the peaches done that they blush so?" TalldngttOver 1(| j \\\ When a party of1 DM ,W I I I (\ middle aged worn- lyrj?i?S }] r\ \ en get to g et h er ^/<3dT/7 I \ alone, a common / f\?\ theme of conversa- w^gy//1 '- hy\ tion is their phys- JJ ^-t?"i ?i*?, ical ailments. It .-^^jj^T would be better if ' ^Si t?ese discussions of the ailments peculiar to women took place twenty years earlier in life. If a little of the prudery of mod ern society were banished, so that young women talked these subjects over among themselves, there would be less suffering among women in middle life. Good health is the best endowment that a human being can have. Good general health among women is largely dependent upon good local health in a womanly way. Through ignorance and neglect it has be come such an ordinary, common-place thing for women to suffer from weakness and disease of the delicate and important feminine organism, that many women have come to look upon these troubles as an unavoidable inheritance. This is a mis take. All troubles of this nature may be cured in the privacy of the home, without undergoing the obnoxious "examinations" and "local treatment" insisted upon by the average physician. Dr. Pierce's Fa vorite Prescription gives health, elastic strength and vitality to the sensitive organs concerned. It allays inflammation, heals ulceration and frees from pain. It tones the nerves and builds up the nerve centers. It makes a woman healthy and strong, and thus prepares her for healthy wifehood, capable motherhood and a safe transition at thc change of life. 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