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YELLOW eeollections ol* Orea St. Tjouis When people who have lived through f thc yellow fever epidemics ,onl . yc scourged Southern cities . .the past 20 years read in thc ^""papers that only five out of every ,e! 0\ our soldiers who have been l' ! ,] with the disease die, they |in?crcdulo?S. They say: "That's ' t tl;L. genuine article; it's too mild. ffflttSt "bc something else." iiLygieians and nurses, now alive, I, actively participated in the treat ' "t aud caro of people during thc ? destructive and widely spread Vjcuiie that over visited the United ; tos-that ol' 1^78-are apt to be Lrticularly skeptical about the char , >t' thc disease which made its "?earaueo among our troops in Cuba n thc beginning of July. You may ell these doubting Thomases that edieal science has made great strides tjjC prevention and treatment of fellow fever, as it has done in coping rith other malignant diseases, aud hat our soldiers were surrounded with ll the rcsouices of sanitation, hygiene .od prophylactics that enlightened aedical skill could provide. But hev are apt to shake their heads and mt their experiences against the chieveuients and deductions of cienee. That was a dreadful epidemic-that { 78. I witnessed some of the havoc t wrought in Southern homes, and lUSt confess that in a very small per eotace en ly of the cases that carno sder my notice was mildness one of |; characteristics. Between thc latter part of July, [berthe fever first made its appear nce at I'ort Eads, and the early part f .November, when frost put a stop p its ravages, there were approxi tttely 10,000 cases in the city of iew Orleans and over 3,500 deaths, s Memphis, with a population about oe-fourth that of Now Orleans, the oath Hst for August and September ODtained 2,700 names. Vicksburg's tDtribution to the harvest of mor ality that year was over 1,100. ireuada. Holly Springo, Port Gibson, ireenrille and many smaller towns in lississippi, Alabama and Tennessee rere almost depopulated. The tugboat Porter carried the dis isc along thc Mississippi and Ohio livers from New Orleans to Galli folis. Refugees from the stricken ities Mattered the germs from thc iulf of Cairo, and from thc Missis ippi to the base of Lookout Moun ain. Plantations and farms became he feeding places of the scourge, and ; Iundrcds who had sought safety in j be country places were followed hither by the saffron foe and returned lo the cities to take their chancos with leith. Shotgun quarantine flourished every there in the exposed area with brutal nd conspicuous ineffectiveness. Lo alitics without quarantine protection, rhich gave free ingress and egress to Ifugees, enjoyed immunity from the ??ease, while others a few miles Iway, which were protected by a cor on of armed men, would inside a eeks time develop the fever in epi ?micform. Nashville, Atlanta, Sa innah, Montgomery and many other Jwns were conspicuous examples of nnmnity. The situation, was full of j ?stress and crowded with anomalous onditions. Men who have witnessed the oar age of a battlefield and the soeces Mending a yellow fever epidemic 'refer thc latter in a choice of uuwel otne alternatives. Thc symptoms of yellow fever differ j ?at little from those which presage a attack of ordinary malarial fever, t usually makes its presence known Ja chilly sensation, generally felt long thc spinal column. It is accom wicd by a feeling of lethargy and ? teariness and an inclination to stretch I M limbs and to yawn. These were my premonitory symp- ! om3 when yellow Jack took me in ?od at Vicksburg. The day before I ?d attended thc funeral of Lieuten nt Beaner, who commanded the .IM boat Chambers whi?n went from IV Louis loaded with clothing, medi ae and food for the sick and desii I* in the towns and plantations IoQg thc Mississippi, ^ftcr the chilly sensation intense ?"8S along tho spine and back of the follow. Th sa? poiina --c 5o~C I-fclt in u?l the limbs and become ?re racking towards evening and at Moodiness, depression of f"ntp: irritability and restlessness 10. Tho eyes become dull and are with water. ? The fever Stage of the disease as a 3ne begins about 12 hours after the ?[?monitory chill. ?It doesn't come ?p with the slow prelude 6f an organ ?jtontary but with the swift rush of ?T cyclone: The temperature ' runs Wt0 104"-to 1?6 degrees, in a snort Occasionally it gets as high as ? - Pew patients, even when they ?*Ppen to be physicians, are capable Hf seeping trabk of their sensations Ptrihe febrile "stage of the direase H**ched.' FEVER. t Plague Year, 1878. Hepubt-ic I The crisis usually comes on the ? third day. Then the sick person travels rapidly towards either dissolu tion or convalescence. There have come under my notice instances of patients dying within 10 hours from the time they took to hed. I helped prepare one young man for the grave, who, the attending physician said, had died of pure fright. All sorts of treatments were applied to the yellow fever patients during the epidemic of '78. ??Ie?nbor., of several schools of medicine were operating among the sick aud the re sult was the employment of a great variety of remedial agencies in fight ing the disease. I one day asked an experienced and successful practitioner, Dr. Harper, who began as an allopath, but was then employing thc hom?opathie sys tem of curing-which of the two methods he had found of greatest effi cacy in treating yellow fever. He was a long man-toolong to ride in a buggy comfortably. He was an old man-nearly 70-also a profane man; and he answered me with a long string of picturesque oaths, decorat ing his reply: "By heaven, sir; since I have been practicing homeopathy, I have man aged to save a few people; but i'll bc d-d, sir, while I practiced allopathy I never saved a single one.'' I had occasion to become convinced, as far as my personal experience went, that thc old Doctor's homeopathic treatment was a mere figure of speed. For, as soon as he was called in, he had rae put into bed, covered with a pile of heavy blankets and bathed in water heated to a temperature ap proaching the boiling point aud plen tifully thickened with mustard. In this sort of bt?th, applied under bed clothes, my body was steeped three times du ing the first two hours after the attack came on. A thorough dry ing with crash towels followed each application of the hot water and mus tard. A mustard plaster was laid on the full length of my back and I was given a copious dose of castor oil. Bags filled with crushed ice were kept about my head and I was allowed to drink all the ice water I wanted. Frequent draughts of watermelon seed tea and sr^ot spirits of nitre were ad ministered to stimulate the action of the kidneys. I was allowed to take chicken broth the first day and to drink iced buttermilk on the second. Before noou on the third day the doc tor pronounced thc fever broken. On the fourth day the period of convales cence began; on the ninth I was per mitted to dress and walk snout thc room. On the fourteenth day I walk ed out of the house a well man. The ravages of the fever showed moBt severely among the poor, because their number was greater and because their surroundings, were for the most part foul and unsanitary. Foul air as the result of bad water and lack of a sewage facilities aided the fever in taking a virulent type from the mo ment it made its appearance at New Orleans, Vicksburg and Grenada. In those places, and especially in the smaller towns aicund them, a shortage in experienced doctors and trained nurses tc copo with the disease in the initial stages of its progress, had much to do with piling up the mortality. Thc wealthy and well-to-do classes suffered also with proportionate sever ity. Many of them stood their ground 1 and did faithful service in nursing thc sick and helping the bereaved and destitute. *I saw a bank president and :a pro fessional gambler sitting as nurses by the bedside of an Italian fruit ped dler and members of thc half world ministering tirelessly in plague-strick en homes. Sanitation and boards cf health in the stricken cities of the South were jokes in '78 compared with what they are now. Old tar barrels were burned on street corners, carbolic acid was thrown in'the gutters and lime was scattered everywhere, but this was done in the old days after the fever had obtained a foothold. Since 1878 the exposed localities have entered on the "ounce of preventive" policy on an extensive, enlightened aud perse vering scale. Facts which outweigh theories in an immeasurable pru purnoo, indicate that, ?although thorough sanitation may not prevent yellow fever from making its appearance on our coasts, -still it does Cause it to come in milder guise and to manifest a less infecti ous type. Home of the vagaries of yellow fever patients 'are 'remarkable. One of these is the element of hopefulness most of thain manifest. In the in cipient progress of the disease it-is difficult to persuade one of the afflicted that he has contracted the fever, even after the premonitory chill and the pains in tho'ba?k of the head and the small of thc back have given ominous warning. In nine cases ont of ten the < patient will maintain that he has only an ordinary bilious attack. . I have even seen many a ono, after the doctor had ?riven him un tinM ??> b?H?f that he was on the road to health till tho black vomit put in ita appearance and banished hope. Not everyone who hos had blaok vomit dies, for I have known a few to get well after this harbinger had shown itself. Another peculiarity about thc dis ease is that the more intelligent pati ents are the hardest to control, par ticularly during the period of conva lescence. They will deocive their nurses in order to induce them to leave the room so that they may get hold of sonic article of food, which is almost sure to eause a relapse if they succeed in swallowing it. Once I sat up all night with a mer chant, a big, husky fellow, who in health weighed over 200 pounds. Ile had wasted to a skeleton. The fever was gone aud the man was nearly so, for his pulse had fallen to 52. Ile had not slept a wink, he told mc, for three days aud nights. Thc doctor brought in a four-ounce vial tilled with bromide of potash and chloral and in structed mc to give the Bick man two tablespoonfuls every hour till he should fall asleep. "What have they been feeding you on?" I asked him, as soon as thc doctor had gone. ''Champagne," he whispered, dis gustedly. "They've been poking a spoonful of thc stuff, mixed with cracked icc, down my throat every hour for the last four days." .'They have been starving you to death," ? told aim. "Now I am here to give you whatever you want-what shall it be first?" His eye looked thirstily toward a cupbaard that stood in ono corner of thc room. I fished out a square black bottle from its hiding place and made my friend a reasonable weak toddy. He drank it without any coaxing, and fell back on the pillow with a heavenly look of satisfaction on his wan face. For an hour he slept like a tired child. When he awoke I made him a second toddy, much stronger tha'n thc first. This made him slumber peace fully for three hours longer. He woke a second time after 12 o'clock, and re lated a dream ho had about his little ones. Ile said he felt much refreshed, but did not intend to turn his back on another sleeping potion if I should insist on concocting one. This time I built him an Irish cocktail: Half a glass of whiskey, three lumps of sugar and one tablespoonful of cracked ice. At G next morning th<) fat little doctor called and found his patient sleeping peacefully. "Ah!" he said, proudly, "that chloral and bromide had done the business-he's entirely out of dan ger. I led the doctor gently to the open window and pointed to a four-ounce vial, uncorked, and with label upturn ed, roosting harmlessly among the tall grass. This reminds me that nearly every regular beer drinker that yellow Jaok attacked, as far as my limited collec tion of statistics extends, suocumbed, while the whisky and brandy drinkers, in a majority of instances, fought him off. AN IMMUNE. Household Hints. Brown boots may bo simply, and ef fectively cleaned by rubbing then? with a peeled onion, ?md afterwards polishing them with a soft cloth. The pressure of a tight shoe may be relieved by applying a cloth wrung out in boiling-water, to it when on the foot. This causes the shoe to stretch and mold itself to tho shape of the foot. Cane chairs, tho seats of which have sunk down, may be renovated by turning them upside down, and wash ing with strong soap suds, after well soaking, set to dry, when it will be found that the seats have become quite flat. . Hair brushes shculd never be wash; ed with soap. A piece of soda dissolv ed in warm water should be used, and thc bri. tiles will speedily become white and clean under its influence. Dry in tho open air, keeping the brist les downward. Fruit should be eaten by every one during the hot weather unless it posi tively disagrees with them, as it con tains a large proportion of pure water, in addiiion to certrin salts which arc needed to keep the body in peri eel health. -- There are many truths it is not worth while to know. If we had t dozen centuries of life allowed us w< might, perhaps, be pardoned forspend ing a little time upon curious trifles but, with the small pittance of life wc have, it would be great ill-husbandrj to spend a considerable part of it ii: what makes neither a quick nor a sun return. - Dr* J. I. Terry, of Trimble, Ten. in speaking of Chambcrlains's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, says "It has almost become a necessity it this vicinity." This is tho best rem edy in the world for colic, cholera mor bus, dysentery and diarrhoea, and it recognized as a necessity wherever itt great worth and merit become known No other remedy is so prompt or effect ual, or so pleasant to take. Sold bj Hill-Orr Drug 0ov The Florida's Daring Dash Through FAilorol Lises. One of the boldest and most peril ous feats over accomplished by a block ade runner was the "neck-or-nothing" dash of the Confederate cruiser Flor ida through thc national squadron at Mobile Bay in 18t?2. She had been forced to leave the British port of Nassau, in thc Baha mas, with a very imperfect outfit. In the haste of departure she sailed away without rammers, sponges, lights, locks, elevating screws, or quoins. Her guns, therefore, were useless. She took i?.fuv;o on the coast of Cuba, hut tho yellow fever, which in that re gion is a more terrible scourge even than war, got aboard, and for a time reduced thc effective crew to one lire man aud two seamen. The captain himself was given up by the Spanish doctor called from Havana, who de clared that he could not possibly sur vive beyond noou. ''You're a liar, sir !" cried thc sick man, "I have too much to do, aud can't afford to die." His will force saved him. It was now necessary at all hazards to run into Mobile and refit, though thc place was blockaded by a formida ble force, and thc Florida was quito unable to fight. The British flag was run up, and by this ruse thc vessel succeeded in getting pretty near the gunboats before her real character was discovered. "Four minutes of hesi tation may save us," said Captain Maffit. Then came a warning shot across her bows. She made no response, either by gun or signal. The next instant a terrible broadside burst from the chal lenging ship (the Oneida.) Two more Federal gunboats quickly joined the melee. The Florida was shot through and through. One 11-inch shell rent her side only three inches above the water line. Thc blast of missiles which swept over her deck tore her spars and rigging in shreds and splin ters. Thc cries of the wounded and helpless sick rose shrilly above the cannonade. At this moment an at tempt was made to hoist thc Confede rate flag, but tho hvnd of the man who grasped the ropes was torn by shrapnel, and he desisted in agony. All this while, remember, the Florida was powerless to reply with a single gun. The strain of this passive con flict was awful. Thc ship seemed doomed. But she was swift-as a successful blockade runner has need to be. Her engines heaved and strained and pant ed, the steam pressure almost at the bursting point. It was no time for oaution. Helpless as she seemed, she was rushing through the water at a speed unattainable by her pursuers. Their shot began to fall short. They heaped rosin upon' their fires until tho black smoke gushing from their fun nels was necked with flame, but it was no use. Slowly the ship which had seemed their almost certain prey drew away from them, and ai laBt made safe anchorage under the guns of Fort Morgan. Scarcely less extraordinary was the escape of this vessel through thc blockading lines some months later. She started out at night close on the heels of a tempest. Possibly the bit ter cold-it was midwinter-made the watoh a little remiss ; anyhow, she was not sighted until about daybreak. The drums sounded, lights . flashed, and there was general commotion. All day long she was hotly ( based by no less than a dozen armed ships, but by evening all were distanced ex cept two. These were finally thrown off the track by a clever though risky stratagem. Captain Maffit damped his fires, thus subduing betraying smoke, and closely reefed his sails. This, in thc mist and gloom, made his vessel practically invisible. Her pur suers passed by at full speed, and great was their wonder as to what had become of her ; it was even surmised that she had sunk, so sudden and mys terious was her disappearance. Mean while she was quietly making off in a new direction.-Philadelphia Inquirer. - A hard thing to understand is the repugnance shown by so large a proportion of our farmers to the wide tired wagon. If it could be exclusive ly used for all carting, or all heavy loads, in any single township for a year, thc result would be so gratify ing that their use would immediately become quite general. In sections where roads traverse clay lauds and where they are so often very badiv rut ted, the wide tires would bc a bene diction. They would accomplish more good than tho road machines, though we rate the machines highly. A road cannot well be rutted with wide-tire wagons, no matter how heavy the load that they put on them-on the con trary, they will obliterate ruts and give a smooth road-bed if nothing else. -Soutliern, Cuftivator. - Nothing so thoroughly removes the malarial germ from tho system as Prickly Ash Bitters. It gives life and action to the torpid liver, strengthens and assists the kidneys to properly cleanse the blood, gives tone to the stomach, purifies the bowels, and pro motes good appetite, vigor and cheer fulness. Sold by Evans Pharmacy. ~r Don't worry because you have nothing to worry about. The Development of the Southland. BALTIMOUE, .Juno 30.-Close ob servers of movements tending to the development of the south are con vinced that the industrial leagues that are being organized in many places will arouse a new spirit of enterprise and establish a new order of things in the South, encouraging the migration into that section of manufacturing capital which is so much needed for the full conversion of its abundant raw material in tho < higher utilities and for employaient of thousands of men, women and ? hil dren, lt is believed that a great im- J < pulse will be given to these move- ' incuts as a result of the present war with Spain. Col. J. H. Killebrew, of . Nashville, Tenn., who has been active in industrial and immigration move ments in the South for several years j shares this conviction, and he bases his belief ur >n the fact ot' the greater . diffusion e. knowledge among the | northern and western people concern- j ing the advantages of the south. In an interview published in the Manu facturent' Record he says that people of other sections recognize move than ever that we are one people iii sympa thy, in effect, and in destiny, lie says, in discussing the influences that have been active to the end : "The railroads have been exceed ingly active in the work of immigra tion. They have dissipated preju dices, provoked inquiry, supplied in formation, sent well informed agents iuto every part of thc north, and especially in the northwest, to meet thc people face to face and tell them the truth, until thc citizens of the ' north have had their eyes opened in many matters concerning the south. 1 Another reason for increased ?tumi- 1 gration is thc fact that thc high prices of farm products have distributed a 1 large amount of money among the rural classes in thc north, and they ! have been able to fiud purchasers for their farms. Many who have sold out at good prices are seeking homes in a warmer climate, and this also accounts for the fact why a better class of im migrants arc coming South. This class wants thc best lands in thc South, or, at least, lands that may be easily restored to fertility. Another powerful factor in this work is thc unquestionable patriotism displayed all over thc South since thc beginning of hostilities with Spain. Soldiers from thc north by the thousands have passed through the most beautiful portions of thc southland in the most beautiful season of the year, and they have written home describing thc loveliness of the country, thc fertility of the soil, the sweetness of the cli mate and the hospitality of the peo ple-all this has moulded a.new senti ment in the north. Intensifying this favorable sentiment waa thc death of Bagley, the heroism of Hobson and the alacrity with which thc South has responded to the call of the President for volunteers. After r viewing thc difficulties which the South has encountered, Col. Killebrew adds: "In the face of ; ll these facts, the south has moved onward and upward. It has turned its face to the sunlight of prosperity. The desire of the peo ple of thc South to win a more glorious place in its country's industrial his tory will assuredly find its fulfillment early in the coming century. Through much tribulation it has been working out its manifest destiny. The invin cible spirit- of the Anglo-Saxon rules its councils, and though sometimes slow to not and cautious in its move ments, it rarely suffers defeat, and even turns defeats oftentimes into glorious triumphs. The south is a land of high spirited men and women. It is the land of beauty and promise and of conserved power, rich in re sources, abounding in fertile soils, cheap lande, wide forests, numerous waterfalls, great coal and iron fields, phosphates, zinc, marble, copper, etc., and possessed of a climate so genial, so invigorating, so happy that pleas ures and amenities of life are doubled while its cares and accerbitics arc re duced to a minimum." AU Honor to Joe Wheeler. It is stated circumstantially that the distinctive "hero of Santiago" is Gen. Joseph Wheeler, who was born in Au gusta. But for him, so the story goes, Gen. Shaffer, who was aboard ship during thc critical period of thc fight, might have listened to importunities for ordering a retreat. Officers begged Wheeler to retire the command, but he refused, and sent a dispatch to Shaf ter urging him to turn a deaf ear to ?ny advice locking Lo ahauJuUEUuni of the contest. Had Gen. Beauregard, who was sick in the rear at the battle of Shiloh, refused to order a retreat fruin the river bank where Bragg had tho Federal army cornered. Grant and his entire force would have been cap tured. Tho late Col. Schaller told thc writer that Gen. Bragg, when he re ceived Gen. Beauregard's order, was so indignant that he broke his sword and sullenly obeyed a fatal command. All honor to Joe Wheeler, the Ex Confederate, for his undaunted firm ness. Honor to Shaf ter for refusing to issue an order for retreat. Some of these days the bronze statue of Gen. Wheeler, as he stood firm and unflinching at Santiago, will adorn thc city of Washington.-Augusta Chron icle. ?8 DON'T FEEL RIGHT... fr ?SBt >'ou wa^e UP in tnc morning tired and mire- ^SBfr ^86 freshed? Do you perform your daily duties i^Lr ?2 languidly? Do you miss the snap, vim and gg? Jg?L energy thal was once yours? li" this describes ?Bk lah your condition you are in urgent need ot C.y~ j PRICKLY ASH f 5 BITTERS f Your trouble arises in a clogged awl torpid condition <>f tho livor ( ^) and I M >\vr:s wli'uli, if allow cd to fonthill* v. ':'.! . ...p i i:i!a- .y oK rial fevers. UUlnoy disorders or s?mi,? ??th?-r troublesome y ?' <Q) disease. IM?K'KI.V ASH IHTrTKKS drives emt all \?J) /^r^ poisoiwns impurities, strengthens the vital /y?'i J <truans, promotes flinet i null aetivity. f?-lS good digestion, :ui<l vigor and 7LJ\>/ energy of body awl brain. ' SOLO AT ALI DRUG STORES. PRICE, $1.00 PER BOTTLE. EVANS PHARMACY, Special Agents._ Disturbing Nature s H?lame Tlie groat and growing eost of the attempts in Massachusetts to exter minate thc gypsy moth shows how serious may be the consequences to "the balance of nature'* Ly the intro duction of forcigu insects or animals. A few of these moths were imported some years ago by an entomologist ri' siding near Boston, says the New York Time?. Several of thc captives escaped from custody, and the State \ has spent :"M50,000 in thc last four years in a vain attempt to exterminate their descendants. It is now esti mated that at least $1,575,000 will be required, and that thc appropriation for live years to come should be $200, ?J00 per annuli). On thc other hand, a perpetual appropriation of $100,000 per annum would serve to confine the moths to the districts in which they arc now found. Thc problem resem bles that which has taxed thc resour ces of the Australian colonies since thc progeny of ball' a dozen rabbits, imported from longland, became so nu merous that thc maintenance of agri cultural industries was menaced by their depredation . Australia has expended millions in rabbit-proof fences and devices for killing off the rabbits. But, although bacteriologists have endeavored to re move them by disseminating the germs of fatal disease, thc colonists have thus far been able to do no moro than ] to hold thc animals in check. In Florida several rivers have recently ? become choked by the rapid growth of a kind of hyacinth imported a few years ago, and considerable expendi tures will be required to keep thc streams open for navigation. An im ported insect called the black scale menaced the fruit industry in Cali fornia until the State procured from Australia and introduced in the or chards a little beetle which ato thc obnoxious insects, and thus brought relief. These and other instances which might be cited show that the utmost caution should be observed with re spect to the introduction into any country of insects or plants for which nature has made no preparation there, and the growth of which may not bc restrained by natural enemies and checks with which they must contend in the countries from which they are brought.-Seicnfijic American. When you call for DeWitt'a Witch Ha zel Halve, tbe great pile eure, don't accept anything eine. Don't be talked iuto ac cepting a-Bubtttiiute, for piles, for Moren, for burne. Evana Pharmacy. - " Thero is indeed an honest man. He pays all the taxos that he should." "O, that isn't honesty: that's foolish ness." A stubborn cough or tickling in the throat yields tn Gue Minute Cough Cure. Harmless lu effect, touche* the right spot, reliable and juat what ia warned. It acts at once. Evana Pharmacy. - She-"Oh my darliug, 1 will trust thee forever." He-"Noblewom an, would to beaven thou wert my tailor." You invite disappointment when you experiment. DeWitt'a Little Karly KineT are pleasant, easy, thorough little pilly. They cure constipation and sick headache Justas sure as you take thom. Evans Pharmacy. - "Say, friend," asked thc com mercial traveler, "how tall ?re you in your stocking feet?" "I hain't got I none," answered the guileloss Ken tucky mountaineer. Por broken surfaces, sores, insect bites, burns, akin diseases and especially pilos there ia one reliable remedy, Dewitt's Witch Hazel Halve. When you call for DeWitt'a don't accept counterfeits or frauds. You will not be disappointed with DsWltt's Hazel Salve. Evana Phar macy. - Wc are prone to forget kindness and to remember injuries. Better would it be to leverso our habit. If one docs you good, keep it in mind; if he doos you harm, let it bc forgotten. "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." More than twenty million free samples of DeWitt'a Witch Hazel Salvo have been distributed by the manufacturers. What botter proof of their confidence In its mer its do you want? It cures pilen, burnN, ?calda, sores in tho short ont. apace of time. Evans Pharmacy. THE BANK OF ANDERSON. Wo Pay Interest ou Time Deposits by Agreement. Capital - - T . $165,000 Surplus and Profits - - 100,000 Total .... - $265,000 OFFICERS. .1. A. Bltot'K, President. .'??.; N. Knows, Viro-I'iosldont. H. F. MAI LIMN, Cashier. imtr.crrous. .I.W.Nonius. ?;. W. KANT. N.O. F* KM Kit. .los. N. BllOWN. ?I.A.BKOCK. .1 (?. Dm woRTKi. J.J. Fu*iWKI.I.. J.M.SULLIVAN. B. F. MAUI.DIN. Having the largest capital timi Mir phis of ant itank lu tim State outside of Charleston, we oito. depositors th?- strongest security. This applUi to our Saving' I'epurtment, wherr wo pay Interest, as well aa to ac tire accounts Wo loan to regular depositor customers at our lowest rates. Private loans arrant;e<l without charge, between our custoratrs, and oilier Investment? secured* when desired. With twent/.fivo years experience in bankton, and with unexcelled facilities al our command, wo are prepared t>> glvn satlafsctlon lu all business transactions, rna will, os heretofore, tako care ol tho intercuts <A our regular customers at all times Drs. Strickland & King, I>JEP<?TStSTSi OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE. Oas and Cocaine need for Extract ing Teeth. _ _ Is Unequalled In Tone, Matchless in Doslrjn of Case. 7 5,OOO IN USE. Have stood the test for fifty years,. and the price ls right. Do all my own work. ?SSr No second-hand stock. HIGHEST GRADE ORGANS. Competition is the only way to keep the? pMces right. 'Can ?ave you money. . Sample Piano and Organa on hand. Address M. I- WILLIS", Box 294. Anderson, 8. C W. G. McQEE, SURGEON DENTIST, OFFICE-f ront lt ?on , ove. Farmers, and Merchants Bank ANDERSON, fer. C I?>b9, 1S98 33 ICE-COLD ICE-ICE. MY customers and the gene/al public will take notice that Elias Single ton is no longer in my employment. I have employed a reliable man to sell Fish for me. HO please give him your orders. I have been in the tish business for nine years and have always tried to give satis faction, and will appreciate a continuance of yonr patronage. I handle all kinda of Florida Vegetable? and Fruits in and out of season. Aldo, a full line of Fancy Groceries, Tobacco aud Cigars, Oranges, Bananas, &o , at wholesale. J. F. FANT, Florida Fish and Fruit Store. April 20. 18'IH 43 3m NOTICE. rpiIE management of the Equitable Lifo JL Afcfaurauce Society in this territory is desi rous of securing the services of a man of character and ability to represent ile interest with Anderson as headquarter. The right mau will be thoroughly edu cated in the science of Life Insurance and the art of snrir!rw?Bfiii ?o!:c:iir.;?. There i no business or profession not requiring capital woicb is more remunerative than a life agency conducted with energy and ability. Correspondence with men who desire to secure permanent employment and are ambitious to attain prominence in the profession is Invited. W. J. RODIXEY, Manager, _Rock Hill, S. C. NOTICE. All parties owing me notes and accounts are requested and urged tc pay same as soon i as possible. I j need my mon ey and will be compelled to make collections early in the season. Save theltroubleand expense of sending to see you. J. S. FOWLER. Sept. 29, 1S97 l l 1