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resting Story <s>f t O. Ee^ Special to O Cami- (-'uba hlhrc> Panama Park? i \ug. -Those vfho have un ken thc harrowing ordeal of Dg can Purtia^v aPPreciate "i- ht we ?aV0 keen *n *n tne pa8t . . 'j'jlC quiet of camp life, with ^ routine, has been interrupted and l,Sjj4VC boen in a hurry and in a rush. Steven now has order been restored, ' t jailv everything gets more and orC homelike. This partially ex pias why 1 haVc nofc Defore written i , w,w< much as I would have to tuc .-?"?? t ijted to have acquainted the people at ?me with our surroundings, fori too* that there are many in Carolina ahn are interested in the regiment. Hut, ai in moving, there is no time to ? ^Wherever we go, we shall always think of L'hickamauga most pleasant ly, po; there it was that our regi ment was weaned away from home and thrown upon the world, which fortu nately treated us with utmost respect aDd kindness. There it was that we began to show to the world the stuff of which Carolinians are made. There ?t was we saw some of our po jr fellows droop away and die. There it is that ?onie are now languishing upon fever ed pillows. Our hearts ever . turn fondly to Chickamauga. So rapidly haveereuts passed, in kaleidoscopic succession, that we can remember but few details of our stay, but we think of them with pleasure always. The last day of our stay, however, ?s somewhat of a nightmare which mars and renders indistinct the rest of the dream. The day had been raw and showery and the ground was damp. The boys hourly expected or ders, but not until after dinner were they sure of the programme to be pur sued. At 4 o'clock orders were issued to get ready to march. Yelling while they worked, the boys sprang to the guy ropes and soon every tent WSB down. The poles and pegs were placed securely inside and the canvas tied securely in a roll. Then forming the regulation roll, of blanket, poncho and dogtent, with knapsack, ?jun and cup strapped around, the soldiers stacked arms where once were the company streets. The folded tents and other baggage were placed in a pile ready for removal. Then it was that the announcement was made that we would begin the march at 2.30 a. m. The boys never worried about where they would sleep. They were either too tired or too animated. Those who were tired dropped down on their blankets with nothing between them md the sky but the leaves. Those who were animated over our early de- I pirture built bon fires and spent tho few remaining hours of our stay in talking of those things nearest a sol dier's heart. The ulouds passed over that night. That weird woodland scene will long he remembered. Go ing south! It thrilled every heart, bul still we were loathe to leave and took many a long, lingering look at the place where really we had lived quite happily. The flickering of the bonfires against the fretted ceiling of foliage, thc stalking shadows and the grotesque grouping of many phantoms of darkness rendered a weird picture. Promptly at 2 o'cloek the following morning, while the world was still ?rapped in sweetest slumber, the weary soldiers were awakened >y the bugler's officious "Cau't get 'em up," or reveille call. After a snack of hard tack and corned beef the companies were formed in line. There was con siderable delay in getting the baggage Marted, but the second battalion finally left camp at 3.30. Not long derward the first battalion filed out? Ow wagons ran short and others were kindly offered by the Twelfth Minne sota and Ninth Pennsylvania. The hst wagon left about 7 o'clook. The third battalion, under Maj. Earle, marched away just as day was break jD8- Capt. Sawyer's company was the ?st to leave the field. The last pic tore of our camp. Desolation. Lit tle trenches surrounding square patch es of dry earth where once had been ow homes. The glow of the last f?w ?mbers of the camp fire, refusing to until wc had gone. The heavy .moke hanging over the forest gloomi ly- The clouds had drifted away and ? wc wheeled to the left down the ^exander road we caught a glimpse J our Minnesota brothers, roused i their cherry reveille, who stood mouing the slumber elfins fros? their *yes ?nd watching us out of sight. Aurora purpled the gray night sky lu? made it brilliant with streaks of The .Minnesota band, as is their Woat, greeted the god of day with the ?M?fttl "Star Spangled Banner." And wo passed out of sight around ?? bend in thc Toad, moving to Boas J11'6- That ?was our objective point. j^ing our Minnesota friends behind, came upon the Kelly field, where ce we had shown our greueas and ^rward our ' aptitude to learn. *Jcrjce past tho West Virginia camp, ere *ero tho sutler's stores whence CHICKAMAUGA. he Move of the 1st 8. ?iment. olum?ia Stale. I had come the cakes and pies and eggs I and chickens (and blind tiger stuff, bad 'cess to it) which had taken many sheckels from our regiment. Then on past grim warriors of stone guarding the sacred fields of forgotten heroism, oo past Missionary Ridge, and at its foot-Rossville. Eight miles from our late camp. The sun had ceased its carresiug and had begun to smite. The dust rose up in clouds, but thc soldiers faltered not. Arriving at the little station, which is four miles from Chattanooga, the boys sought the shelter of friendly trees, and after a brief rest tackled the baggage, which was aboard by noon. Then thc bag gage and stock trains steamed away. At 1 o'clock the bugle sounded, and the first battalion was marched aboard its train of 10 cars. There were three other sections, thc last leaving at 3 o'clock. As the band boarded the last section playing "Dixie," an old gray-haired veteran, his joints unlira herod by the melody of that most iu8piriug of all pieces, was seen shout ing and frantically waiving his arms. That's the last wc saw of Rossville. Nor did we tarry long at Chattanooga. In one of the yards, flanked by coal cars, a shifting engine with a portable pump and several flat cars loaded with ice and water sided up to us, and put aboard a quantity of pure elixir. Once more the engine driver puts his hand to rho throttle, and away we go-marching through Georgia on wheels. We arrived at Atlanta about 9 o'clock. Here the Pullman cars on the end of each section were cut off and switched up to the union depot, where the officers were provided with supper. The trains took on a fresh supply of water and the soldiers a supply of hard tack and coffee, the latter not being served very promptly. The poor follows, up and at work sinoe 3 o'clock, curled themselves upon the seats and with their blanket rolls for pillows dropped asleep. Each soldier had a seat, and two, by throwing their seats together and ar anging the cush ions, could sleep on as good a bcd as the people at home. We awake with a start. The dawn of another day is at hand. We reach out our hands to touch the Bides of our tents and our hands strike soft cushions instead. Now we know where we are, and that we were not awakened by the reveille, but by a lot of big hearted people at a small sta tion where the engine gets water. These people have peaches which they are giving the boys. We have left the magnificent plantations of North Georgi?, behind, have passed M ac ou hours ago, and are digging our way through the pinelands of south Geor gia. We arrive at a small station where we get breakfast, this time a change of dishes. It was hard tack and coffee for supper; coffee and hard tack foi breakfast. A wagon loaded with melons was divested of its con tents and the boys ot their change. What is that? A genuine palmetto tree. Now a few more, until we are soon well into the real Palmetto State. Strange that we call ours the Pal metto State, when really three-fourths of our regiment never before saw a tree indigenous to the soil, i But there is a memory, a glorious bit of history from whioh our proud State gets her name. Fort Moultrie. Is that the Atlantio Ocean? No, the St. John's Rivor. A liver? Who ever saw. a river like that. Well, Jacksonville must he near. The boys begin to prepare for a long hot march across the hot sand. Soon we stop at a station where no house but the depot is in sight. On the sign hoard we see "Panama. Columbia274miles. Jack sonville 7 miles." Then we are shift ed on to a spur track, where, a quar ter of a mile away, we are told to disentrain. "How far is it to the camp?" is on our lips, but there is no use to ask the question, for just a few hundred feet away we see our horses, our wagons, our baggage, our misera ble little "A" tents and some of our boys. All of the sections soon arrive. It is about 4 p. m. and drizzling. Each company is soon, assigned a street and the tents hastily erected. No police wnvlf ia ?tbmntoii^ ?.??d thc lrZJZ St?*v on? tour of exploration. The first impressions wo hope will not be last ing. There is nothing in sight but plug trees and a scattering growth of baby palmettoes. There are nb hills here, as at Chiokamauga, but the ground for miles and miles does not rise 50 feet, and thero are few eleva tious. What about water? At the foot of each company street is a hy drant. Tho boys make wry faces as they drink it, for it has a decidedly suit hurious taste and is warm. There are as many trees here as at Chioka mauga, but they are pines and not so pregnant with shade. The first im pressions are decidedly in favor of Chiokamauga and detrimental to Jack sonville. Some one says that the St. John' > River is but a short distance away. Yes, sure enough, there it is, and a nice lone; pier on w.hich to sit and fish, bateaus in which to row, and logs on which to undress before taking a delightful salt water bath. The first impressions aro beginning to loose their sharpness. This is another day. We wake up to find it chilly. We expected to find it hot. Some one again says that the sulphurous taste in thc water is not from impurities, that the water is from an artesian well 800 feet deep aud has the same medicinal properties of the famous waters of Virginia. Another death blow to first impres sions. The HUH climbs up its steep ascent and sends down its burning rays. Our minds salter, and we are again prone to censure our new home. Butin thc shade it is delightful. There is a strong seabreeze combat ting thc sunbeams all day long, and in the existing coolness between them humanity is benefited. All day hard work is done, Sunday though it be, and by nightfall our camp looks more inviting. Some of the boys who have beeu on the river return with strings of fish, crabs and other tempting crea tures of the deep. This is better than we got at Chickamauga, and is free. Methinks first impressions have been outdone, and dissatisfaction gives place to contentment. All in all, wc are more satisfied with Panama Park than with Chickamauga. I will tell some reasons why we like this place better than Chickamauga, for I think we now do. We are nearer a railroad, and con sequently nearer Jacksonville. It ie but half a mile to Panama station, while up yonder it was three miles to Lytle. The trains go right by oui camp, and we can see thc very coaches which but a few hours ago passed by our homes. There is a telegraph office at Panama, and au express office has been established there since oui arrival. These latter privileges wc enjoyed at Chickamauga. We are now in a Southern country where Southern people live and South ern hospitality warms the heart Every day numbers of visitors come into camp, and many of them an ladies. Then, too, there are man] Carolinians around here, for Floride has adopted many of our best citizens Our highest officers here are mon pleasant and more unbending than at Chickamauga, though "fin nicky" about the red tape of office work. Wc cannot forget the handsome and gal lant Wiley, who commanded our bri gade at Chickamauga, but even he wai not so friendly as the officers in charge here. Gen. Sanger is not a man ol friendship. While we chafed unde his rigid discipline, yet it made sol diers of us, one of the best at Chioka mauga, and the best in this place Gen. Hubbard, our present divisioi commander, is not so severe as Gen Sanger. It remains to he seen if hi is a good general, for Gen. Sanger is i fine commander, though better fitte< for the regular army than for volun tee?. As yet we have not been bri gaded here. Then the water here is better an* more plentiful. For should the tast of sulphur water nauseate any, the; may drink water as pureas the purest each oompany being provided with ' portable fitter and supplied with ic daily. Chickamauga Creek was con demoed for bathing purposes, as si many thousands were daily using it water. But they cannot in reaso condemn old St. John's. There is to muoh of it. . Then for piotorial reasons thi place is more to the taste of a orow of young fellows. For hours they si or stand on a log, intently gazing a some evidently very interesting ot jeot, while his arms make a slow an cautious movement, as if pulling som object from the water. Directly h makes a swift dash at that spot in tb water with a small net attaohed to short stick, and quickly lande at hi side a wriggling creature of ' a prett mottled green oolor, bnt with horri daws. That's what they call a dev crab. He is about the size of one hand. When boiled in salt water h green shell turns red. He is exce lent eating. After gazing for a fe minutes in rapture at his prey, tl proud fisherman repeats the dos Result, another crab. It requires D new fangled hook to catch these ere tures, but simply a piece of coan thread with a pieoe of fat meat ti? thereto. When the crab bites, dra in string slowly until the prize wituiu ? few muhen oi the top-th< scoop him. But others prefer to fish for trou cats, mullet and baas, with which tl river* teems. The bait used is tl shrimp,. a salt water crab fish. J wonder the fish bite for such temptii bait. Even a man would, for tl shrimp is delicious when r voperly pi pared. Another reason why we like Jae Bonville better is that those miserai kitchen sinks are not so hard to d here. A two days' joh in Chick maugs, through limestone rock ai sticky clay. Here, in 15 minute with no piok at all, one can shovel sink. That's a great item. No know save those who have tried it. Tbe fever bugaboo is dead. ] died a long time before tho fools who j fashioned him. There is no fever here. There are no lagoons, or swamps near, and if our camp is kept policed, our present camping ground is pre ferable to Chiokamauga on that ac count. The last reason which I shall give is a very potent one. But two hours a day are set aside for drill. Tho fivo hours daily observed in this way at Chickamouga were enncrvating. I'll tell the people of South Carolina confidentially that our boys are get ting powerfully lazy, and they rejoice at the decrease in the tedium of drill. So let the people at home bc of good cheer. We arc pleasantly situated, and really are having a good time. Kations were scarce at first, but those who took "fisherman's luck" are get ting fat. The announcement of a review no longer has any terrors for the First South Carolina Regiment. Siuce that famous review on Snodgrass Hill, the regiment has rather enjoyed the praises it always receives for its mag nificent appearance. When we went to Chiokamauga we were called "Rag ged Robins," and when we left wc were spoken of in higl est terms. Oui fame preceded us to acksonville, and our first appearance was looked for ward to with interest, for much had boen said of us. A week's demorali zation had no bad effect on thc regi mont, as was shown Thursday after noon when ordered to be reviewed at Panama station by Gen. Hubbard The review was the finest yet witness ed in camp. Thc regiment left camp at 5 o'clock marching to a lively step. The dis tance of a mile was covered quickl; and in good shape. There was a pre liminary drill witnessed by larg crowds of soldiers from other regi ments. Then in double column, com pany front, each company marched b; the reviewing officer at double quick As each company passed there wa thc oadence and step of regulars The front rank of thirty or forty mc was as straight as a straight line, th rear rank ditto, and the file closer ditto. One company passed wit! credit, another ditto, and every othe j ditto, (-.en. Hubbard was delighted I So was his adjutant general, Cap Beacom, a West Pointer. They sai the review, as a whole, was the bes which had yet been witnessed in th camp. Company D, Capt. Langford had Fiore men in line than any othci The officers especially complimente the rm. ur eu vcr s of this company. So it seems that we were not ove: rated after all, for our boys were lout ly cherred SB they passed by the hui dreds of visitors. We get the cred of having the best regiment in th park, and, it is related, we are quit the toast up in Jacksonville. We saw Gen. Lee to-day. Had 1 been riding a reindeer we would ha\ thought he was Santa Claus in Une Sam's uniform. He was ssaddle ar we could not see much of him, that as to height; we could see a great de as regards girth. He came riding int camp just after guard mount, attend; hy a young lieutenant. As soon i the boys of Co. G caught sight of Mi they began yelling, and the noise b came contagious. By the time 1 reached Col. Alston's headquarter.} 1 was followed by the entire regimen yelling wildly. He doffed his hat i peatedly. Stopping at the colonel headquarters he paid his compliment but declined to dismount. He turc to the crowd and said, "Well, boys suppose yon want a speech, dot you?" They shouted assent, but jokingly said that war was the til for action, not speeches, and he wot wait until after the war and he won como to South Carolina and run f Congress, making the boys plenty speeches. With a little more pict antry of the same nature he rode c Fitzhugh Lee seems to bc short stature and very stout. He is agi growing his grey beard, and his rud face and twinkling eyes remind one the pictures of thc saint of Yuleti And his jolly expression does i belie his heart, for those who kn 'him say that he is full of humor a of friendship. Our camp here is being made m hospitable even than our late home Chiokamauga. Just about a quar of a mile away is Cummer's Mill, < of the largest saw mills in the woi In fact, one would hardly imag such a large establishment waa a lt ber mill. Such a commodity as li ber being so near, and the price w derfnlly low, the office, s have all 1 their tents floored with dressed h ber. The privates have, of cow followed suit to such an extent as tl could. The kitchen tents have b discarded for houses of real pla and the horses enjoy the pleasure stalls. While his company was practic the skirmish drill and the charge j terday, one of thc boys bay one tc small rattlesnake. We expected find a rattler under each tree, but 4 is the first and only one reported. There are parents in South Carol who are doiug their sons injustice demanding the release of the lattet account of minority. Tho natural fcrence is that these boys have their grit and take this means to out. But some boys have got grit to face thc music. One father I demanded his ?nr'? ro!c":c, ind th? matter waa referrod to tbe company commander by the war department, i The boy made a written statement I that he did not want a release. He i did not want to go home branded as a ] coward. i Physicians examining recruits I should be very careful. One poor ; fellow iu Co. C will bc given a dis- 1 honorable discharge because he has, < and had when enlisted, a hand which i he cannot use, as it is drawn from a i buru. He did not know that this ? defect would disqualify lum and thc i physician should be held accountable, for a dishonorable discharge almost disfranchises u man. , The band is practicing for a concert ? tobe delivered in Jacksonville next ? week. The band lacks eight men of being full. Can't eight towns in South Carolina furnish one good mu sician and contribute to his pay? Ours is tho best band in camp. "WILLIAM HANKS. Conversion Did Not hast. "Out in a Western State, where 1 lived a good many years ago," said Mr. T. M. Milwood, of New York, at Chamberlain's, "a young girl, tho belle of the town, beautiful and very bright, married a mau who had killed her brother in a private difficulty. "The slain brother was thc idol of a large family and there was thc utter most bitterness on their part against the taker of his life. When tho mar riage of the sister to him became known (she did it secretly) the rege, despair and mortification of father, mother, brother and sisters were too inton e for language to depict. They renounced her utterly; her name was never spoken, and friends who know all the sad circumstances never men tioned it in the presence of her imme diate family. The father and mother died ?. ithout ever looking on her face, nor did they forgive her on their death beds. "Some twenty-five years passed and the girl who had thus invoked the wrath of her family had experienced many vicissitudes of fortune. She did not live happy with the man for whom she had made such a sacrifice, and after a few yqara they were sepa rated. He died and she went out into the world to make a living for herself and one child. Her native ability and fine address won for her excellent positions; she traveled in many lands and prospered financially. "Not long since I went out to the little town where the first chapter of her career was written and heard the latest episode connected with her. It seems that a wonderfully gifted re vivalist had been there and had been holding a series of meetings that had roused an intens : wave of religious enthusiasm. While in the village he learned the history of the woman I have described. A surviving sister was one of the converts of the evangel ist. To this sister he went and pleaded with her for hours till she agreed to send for the renounced one J and take her back on the old basis of sisterly love that had existed prior to ! the ill-starred marriage. "Well, to make the story snort, she who had been treated as an outcast for all those years was only too glad to get the summons to come. She hur ried as fast as steam could take her, and would gladly have flown, so eager was Bhe to'forgive and be forgiven.' Now, here is where a story like this ought to end, but the cold facts are that when she reached the old home there was no welcome awaiting her. The sister had recovered from the emotional feeling under which she gave the promise to the preacher, and had hardened her heurfc once more. It is the talk of the town that to help her get back to this condition she took out the clothes of her murdered I brother and kept them hanging before her eyes for twenty-four hours. "At all events, when the one bidden i to come went to her sister's house she was refused admittance. Thc refusal was peremptory, and there was no way of getting around it. Thc moral to this, if there be one, I suppose is that a woman can cherish anger just as long as a man and quite as unreason ably."- Washington f*ost. Truth weare well. People Lave learned that Dewitt's Little Early Risers are reli able little pills for regulating the bowels, curing* constipation sod pick headache. They don't gripe. KvanH Pharmacy. - "It is true that I can't sing well," said the cat that had just swal lowed the canary, "but I have a good deal of music in me, all the same." More than twenty million free samples of DeWlU'e Witch Hazel Salva hsvA boan distributed by the manufacturera. What better proof of their con lid enos in its mer its do yon wont ? It cures piles, burna, Reside, sores In the shortest apace of timo. Evans Pharmacy. - "I told Bobby I punished him because I loved him.' ' ' ' How did that impress him ?" "He said he wished I wouldn't love him any more." For broken surfaces, sores, Inaoct bites, horns, skin diseases snd especially piles there in,"ne reliable remedy, Dewitt's Witch Hszel Salve. When you call for Dewitt's don't accept counterfeits or frauds. Yon will not be disappointed with Dewitt's Hszel Salve. Evsns Phar macy. - "They tell rac Mike's a bond holder." "Is that so ?" "Yes ; he went bail for a man that skipped." Yon invite disappointment when you experiment. Dewitt's Ltttle Early Risers are pless&nt, easy, thorough little pills. They cure constipation and sick headache .{nat SR sore as you take them. Kvans Pharmacy. Hore? Addicted to Liquor. I Topeka, Kansas, possesses a curios ity in tho shape of a horse addicted to the licp'or habit. The equine tippler ts Don, ono of the team used on thc patrol wagon of the city police depart ment. Dan bas been in tho habit of taking his daily grog for a number of years, but the matter hus always been kept a secret among thc men having L-harge of him. He acquired thc habit is many people have, through having it prescribed by thc veterinary dining i spell of sickness. Under the use of the stimulaut the horse recovered. When he was given thc first dose he rebelled, and it was only with thc aid nf force that it was administered. Ho gradually acquired a taste for it, which grew into an insatiable apppctitc. Thc officers continued the doses long after thc equine patient recovered. Frequent raids on thc joints in the city, where all liquor fouud was con fiscated, furnished ample opportunity for thc patrol driver to indulge Dan's appetite. It came to he expected that tho horse as to receive his allowance of a half pint before each meal. He bc came so accustomed to this that he would refuse to cat and paw thc lloor when his keeper neglected him. On July 1 thc police department changed hands, and Topeka has been the scene of a temperance crusade over since. The practice of giving whiskey to Pan was discontinued . he lost con siderable flesh aud became incapaci tated for duty on the wagon. In or der to test the matter his present | driver has been giving him his allow ance for the past four day6. Ile began showing signs of recovery and is again at work. Those who have watched thc horse say that he is as graceful a drinker as any man, and that he docs not require a "chaBcr." Within the past two weeks Dan has commenced the use of chewing tobacco and now uses as much of the weed as the ma jority of men.-Chicago Chronicle. "Pluln' for a Sweet Kies." Back in the North Caroliua moun tains thc student of customs may still find material for research. The most remarkable arc thc kissing games, which still cling to the soil. A lot of big-limbed, powerful young men and apple-cheeked, buxom girls gather and select one of their number as master of ceremonies. He takes his station in the center of the room, while the rest pair off and parade around him. Suddenly one young woman will throw up her hands and Bay : "I'm a-pinin'." The master of ceremonies takes it up, and the following dialogue and in terlocution takes place : "Miss Arabella Jane Apthrop says she's a-pinin'. What is Miss Arabel la Jane Apthrop a-pinin' fur ?" "I'm a-pinin' fur a sweet kiss." "Miss Arabella Jane Apthrop e&ys she's a-pinin' fur a sweet kiss. Who frum ?" "From Hugh Waddle." (Blushes, convulsivo giggles, and confusion on the part of Miss Arabella Jane Ap throp at this forced confession.) Hugh Waddle walks up manfully. At one of these entertainments, which it was the narrator's fortune to attend, there was a remarkably beau tiful young woman who had been mar ried about a month. Her husband was present, a hugh, beetle-browed, black-eyed young mountaineer, with a fist like a ham. Thc boys fought shy of the bride for fear of incurring tho anger of her hulking spouse. The game went on for some time, when, symptoms of irritation developed in thc giant. Striding to the middle of thc room, he said : "My wife cz pooty, 'n ez nice 'n sweet ez any gyurl byar. You uns has known her all her life. This game hez been a-goin' on half an hour an' nobody has pined fur her oncet. Ef sonic one doesn't pine for her pooty soon thar will bo trouble." She was thc belle of the ball after that. Everybody pined for her. 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A. BROCK. J. Q. DUCWOBTM J.J. FRBTWKLI.. J. M. SI- UM VAN. B. F. MAULDIR. Having the largest capital ami rurplua of any Bank in the Statu outside of Charleston, we otlor donositora the st ronge?t security. Thia applies to our Savings Department, where we DAT interest, aa well aa to active accounts. Wo loan to regular depositor customers at our lowest rates. Private loans arranged without charge between our customers, and other investments secured when desired. With twenty-five years experience in banking, and with unexcelled facilities at our command, we are prepared to give satisfaction in all business transactions, and will, as heretofore, take caro of the interests of our regular customers at ?ll times* Drs. Strickland & King. DENTISTS; OFPICE IN M?80KIC TEMPLE. frnf* Oas and Cocaine ased fo?E*t?sot* jog Teeth-_ "THE EMERSON PIANO," IQ Unequalled In Tone, Matohless In Design of Case. IN USE. Have stood the test for fifty years, and tbe price ?9 right. ?SkV~ Do ail my own work. $3r~ No second-hand stock. HIGHEST QB ADE ORGANS. Competition ls the only way to keep the prices right. Can save you money. Sample Plano and Organs on hand. Address M. L. WILLIS, Box 294. Anderson. B, C. W. G. McGEE, SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE-^ront lt ?on-, ove. Farmers and Merchants Bank ANDERSON, S. C. Feb I?, 1898 33 ICE-GOLD ICE-ICE. MY customers and the general public will take notice that Silas Single ton is no longer In my employment. I have employed a reliable man to sell Fish for me. so please give ?jim your oidess. I have been in the dan business for nine years and have always tried to give satis faction, and will appreciate a continuance of your patronage. I handle all kinds of Florida Vegetables and Fruits in and out of Beason. Aldo, a full line of Fancy Groceries, Tobacco and Cigars, Oranges, BananaH, Ac , at wholesale. J. F. FANT, Florida Fish and Fruit Store. April 20. ?SU8 -13 3m NOTICE. THE management of the Equitable Life Assurance Society in this territory is desirous of securing the services of a man of character and ability to represent its interest with Anderson as headquarter. The right mau will be thoroughly edu cated ir. th? soi6nee ui Life msuiance and the art of successful soliciting. There is no business or profession not requiring capital wnich is more remunerative than a life agency conducted with ?nergy ssx? ability. Correspondence with mon who desire to secure permanent employment and are ambitious to attain prominence in the profession is invited. W. J. RODDEY, Manager, Rock Hill, S. C. NOTICE. All parties owing me notes and accounts are requested and urged to pay same as soon asipossible. I; need my mon ey and will be compelled to make collections early in the season. . Save thejtrouble and expense of sending to see you. J. S. FOWLER. Sept. 20, 1K07 M 1