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BILL ARP'? j^rp Says He's a Bo Himself Useful j ' Atlanta C ."Oh, .would 1 wer'1 a boy again,"' says the poet. That's what I am. There- is no other boy about tin premises. We have had no coc k, for two months-no man servant nor maid servant-only a boy. I rise before the sun, make the fire, take up the ashes, swee? the room, then fire up the stove in the kitchen, fill up thc kettle, put on the hon i ny, grind the coffee and then ring the bell for my female aide de camp, who appears in due time and make biscuit and broil the steak and finish up the breakfast. I bring in wood and coal, split thc pine, go to the butcher's and baker's and thc postoffico. I'm the male boy and the mail boy. Last week-was j bardon me, fori had to repot the greenhouse plants and change tho soil and move them into the pit and water them and yesterday my female folks j took a notion they wanted some or | the prettiest chrysanthemums taken ?ap and potted and brought into the hall, so I made little tubs out of nail kegs hy sawing them down and put ting rope handles to them and theu I carefully upheaved the plants with a spade and got them in all right. And j then the boy had to carry them in the j house and arrange them and now they ? are beautiful to behold-all gorgeous j in their lovely colors of white aud ; yellow and brown and pink and gold, j I am proud of them, for I am the boy J that did it. It was heavy work' and ( hard work and I am sorter rheumatic and broke down in the lines, but my folks wanted it done and I'm the boy. lt isn't every family that's got a boy. What a luxury it is to rest when you have finished your 30b and are tired! What a luxury is sleep when bedtime comes! What a wholesome, tooth some-appetite does * labor give and make a boy like me relish thc butter ed steak or smothered chicken and coffee and biscuits and gravy and big hominy and eggs fried on both sides and loose in tb.3 middle. That's the j fare to say grace over and be thank- J ful. Labor is good medicine-a ionic J that regulates digestion. Labor ss an ! antidote for the little frets and xrou- j bles of our daily life. When I get olean out of money and the little duns ! come thick and fast in love letters I fly to the woodpile and chop-stove wood, or I go to the garden and fork up more ground and transplant mere strawberries from the scattering run ners. I have now 800 plants and'they are fine and all came from home and all have been mulched with stable manure and.; cotton seed and covered i with pine straw, and I am the boy that did it. I am the horny-handed son of toil that you read about. My wife has got sixty-five rose bushes that I planted for her and watered and nourished and pruned and scratch ed my hands with the thorns, and she luxuriates among their beautiful flow ers and cuts bouquets for the nabors and visitors. Sometimes when I peruse the papers and their sentiments make me mad or fatigue my indigna tion I go forth among the flowers and study them and ponder upou their innocence and beauty and get calm and serene. Only yesterday I read au article in thc New York Pr*ss, the leading Republican paper, and it said the white Southerner was rapidly de generating and thc n^gro was coming to the front; that the white man could not grow cotton at 4} cents a pouud, but tho negro could and that their race would in time owu all thc lands and the whites be their tenants; that we have degenerated in statemanship j and intellect and have not got a white maa in all thc South who will compare with Booker Washington; that the ante-bellum types are gone; thc times that produced Calhoun and Toombs and Stephens and Davis and Benjamin and Lamar are forever past, aud that our so-called statesmen, such as Bai ley and Butler and Tillman, arc but a j fair sample of our degeneracy and that ?. this degeneracy all comes from our I inLuaian treatment of the negro and j is a negation of ''od. Then he I threatens us and says the North is ! /cry busy now .vith importaut con- 1 cerus growing out of the Spauish war, ? hut will attend to us in due time and i sec to it that we shall h ive no rcprc- ! sentatiou in Congress from districts jffl where the negro ballot was intimida- j ted or suppressed. Well, of course, I had tc? drop the paper and fly to the woodpile, and every stroke ? made with the ax I ^ tried to imagine that that malici?os and malignant editor was under it. j What is to be done with such people? Here we wera boasting that at last, j the sectional lines were obliterated j. and we were nov/ a reunited people, ? ; when th*l paj>cr- that organ "f ta; G. O. P. that boasts of its d-i!y cir- ?fl culation heine, 50,000 greater than all the other Reptiblicin papers in New j York and Brookjyn combined, wipes out all harmony and renew-, its*war 1 against thc South. Isn't it strange that he does not see the fallacy of his ! own argument, for if such grand men 1 S LETTER. y-That is ho jVXakes .VboTit the House. onsfitution. I as Calhoun and Toombs and Stephens ' and Lamar were produced under the ? regime of slavery am! wc have all dcT I gcuerated under the influence of free ! dom, why not go back to slavery again and stop that degeneracy? But there j is no usc in replying to such men. It ? is a waste ol' time. They have fat ' teued on the last war, and would pre 1 cipitute another if they could. That : New 3tork Press fought Roosevelt bitterly until he was Dominated, and j I reckon it was because bc waa an ; illustrious scion of Southern stock, a great-grandson of Georgia's first rebel governor and a son of a uoble lady who was boru and reared in Georgia. Georgia had to furnish the rebel steele for their Governor and South Carolina had to furnish New York city a mayor, and it is the prevalence of Southern meu and Southern blood in thc city of Gotham that makes it so overwhelm ingly Democratic, i Tammany or no Tammany. But no more of this. I cannot ruminate upon it with serenity. Reck on I had better go out to my gardeu and plant some more strawberries; and, like King Ahashuerus, let my choler down. Well, I came back mollified, and when my mail brought me thc Balti more Sim and I read Dr. Carlton Lee, of Johns Hopkins University, on thc negro, I was* jubilant. It is a great paper-a bold, strong, truthful paper on the status of the negro and how to solve the race problem. Nothing so forcible, so convincing and so conser vative has ever beeu published. Let everybody read it. Rut this cooking business is getting rather monotonous to my folks. It suits me very well financially, for Ben. Franklin said '"that a peu ny saved was two pence gained," and as I paid Aunt Ann two dollars a week I now gain four dollars a week. Thc trouble is that nobody pays mc for ray work and nobody pays my folks for theirs. When the cotton picking is over wc can get a cook without beg ging. Cold weather will run them in, but they are thc same uncertain crea tures they always were. They come when they please and quit when they please and don't care a daru for the future. There isn't a race upon earth that so enjoys to-day and has so little concern about to-morrow. ' "Carpe diem" is their maxim. Enjoy to-day. "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." I think we are getting along splendidly without them, for we have less cooking done and things last longer. Warm breakfast and supper and a cold luDch for dinner is enough unless you have company and my opinion is that during these hard times and scarcity of cooks company ought not to circulate to any alarming I extent. It is au awful misfortune to bc poor and have a rich man's ways, and it is still awfuller for women raised in luxury to have to come down and go from the parlor to the kitchen. As for me it doesn't matter. I was raised poor and. had to make thc fires and chop the wood and go to mill and ride thc mail, and so I am only being a boy again-that's all. I am thc boy. BILL Aar. P. S.-Mr. J. W. ("rardner writes me from Tiller's Ferry, S. C., and says: "As I returned from thc army in 1S65 aud was looking over the ground where Sherman's forces and Wheeler's cavalry had a fight ? found a lone grave with a neat little headboard marked, ttlW. J. L. MahafTcy, supposed to belong to company H, Cobb's Legion.' "I made a note of it in my memo- ; randum book." Maybe this concerns some friend or relative. B. A. A Boy's Essay on Breath. A little boy in thc North Side pub lic school recently handed in to the teacher the following communication on '-Our Breath:'' ?'Our breath is made of air. Ti* ie I were not for our breath wc would die. The breath keeps going through our ?iver, our lights and our lungs. Boya shut up in a room all day should not breathe, they should wait until they j ^:ct out of doors. Air in a room has j carbonocido in it, and carbooocidc is j poisoner than mad dogs. Once some j men vas shut up in a black hole in i India, a earbonocidc got into that there j hole, and afore morning nearly every one of them was dead. G-irls wear i corsets which squeeze their diagram . Loo much. Girls cannot run and hoi i 1er like boys cause their diagram .. . squeezed. If 1 was a girl I would just j run and huller so my diagram would ! grow. That's allon breath.".Min ncapolis .fouinai. - Au ut-- Harry, do you luve your ! baby brother? .Harry-What's thc usc? Ile wouldn't know it if i did. I - If a man hag one little vice it hides lots of big virtues from thc eyes ( af his neigh boru. Value of til?' liny Crop To llu Editor of thc News and Cou rier: Your paper hus been couspicu ous for soveral years in publishing [ valuable information to farmers with reference to diversifying their crops. lt has sought with great assiduity to impress upon thom thc greater money value of crops other than cotton, lt was thc pioneer, ? believe, io intro ducing, by ii- suggestions, thc culti vation of tobacco in florence, Marion and Darlington, lt has been unceas ing, indeed, io urging upon ncr people a diversity of crop.- and other indus trial pursuits Recently io has bj en devoting much of its space to hay making as a money crop, and not without reason-, as our farmers are annually consuming thou sands of tons of Western hay. while they aro assiduously engaged io kill ing grass to make "five cent- cotton.1 I have several times thought ia ?his connection of telling you of tin- yield of a small piceo ul' meadow land close under my ;:yes, as an object lesson to our farmers, who are so fond of buying Western hay. It is an acre let, or, to be more exact, nearly an acre and a quarter, set in Lucerne (Alfalfa) and Bermuda grass. It yields five crops a season, from May to September, and with systematic irrigation and gener ous fertilization could be made to yield six. This is because of thc rapidity with which lucers grows and matures-every thirty days, except in very hot and dry weather. I have known the first two crops, in May and Ju?e, wholly of Lue; rue. for Bermuda is a late grass,.to yield six thousand pounds each, as harvested and put up iu tue barn. The subsequent crops consist largely of Bermuda grass, which is lighter and nf slower growth, and the yield is not, therefore, so abundant; tho gh where ?he rainfall was heavy and well distributed I have known the fourth crop to reach five thousand pounds. The yield has frequently been from 15,000 to 20,000 pounds per annum, and is readily sold at the highest mar ket price for the best Northern or Western hay laid down herc-from $15 to $20 a ton. Indeed, those who have tried it prefer it to the foreign article, and naturally, for it is a cleaner, brighter, belter hay. With a proper system of irrigation and high fertilization tue yield could he greatly increased. This Lucerne was planted sixty three (03) years ago around the bor ders of ordinary squares in a vegeta ble garden, and after being well set had to be confined to thc borders by constant spading aud cultivation of tho squares. About twenty-five years ago, the Bermuda grasb having already entered from the adjacent land, the ground was given up to these grasses, and has been mown for hay ever since. It has not been touched by plough or harrow in that time. I regret to have to say that it has fallen off materially in the yield in the past two or three years, owing to au almost total neglect of fertilization, depending upon thc rain, which is nature's great fertilizer. The figures given of tho yield per crop, however, were proved by actual weight. I have given you the text, Mr. Editor, now you can preach thc ser mon. SUUSCRIUER. Anacreon, S. C., Nov. 18, 1803. - An old lady from Oxford, Mich., who, with her husband, had spent thc winter in California, was asked by oue of her neighbors if she had heard an earthquake while there, "les, I heard one," she auswered, "and rather enjoyed it, for it was thc first thing that happened siuee John and I have been married that he did not think I was to blame for!" L'WVJX ; i ,~ -/-XT-Tr? TUT: ??rrr .? -. Hidden Weakness. .So^^^^A: Just as we ?.CSi^i'^^fc*^^^'^ sometimes see ^^^^^^-^ '^i^ a tree or pote >^>^^^^^^ apparent ly<t*^^J^^^^^j^-^^ strong- a u d ^^^^^^?^y^^"^ co und come ^^^^-^^f >vw-. rushing down ^?^^^^^>~^^^fl with a sudden ^\ mf&M crash because ^ Netff -''Sm of some undetected process rfify(Q?l of decay, so no matter how yf^y good an appearance a worn- fe?3i? an may prc eat, if she is fr y?\ subject tv any hide en weak- \^:J?A ness, gradually sae- yS^w.t?ssgto pin - away and ian': : -: : 1 raining lev vitality, Tg $? B?rne day her entire constitution will give way ^-ir and leave her a -, .... rait physical wreck. The average doi tor gives a little some thing for the headache and a lillie some thing else for the backache cad still anoth er thing i". v the nerves ?.-.ul BO on, never OUC2 r. i hin : .ar hidden weakness in thc distinctly f< tninine organism. Thc vd< experience and special practice c ' Dr. R. Y. Pierce chi? ? consulting physi cien of tue Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute"; of Iiu?T.do, N. Y., in treating women's diseases, enables him to under stand and eope succt s- nilly v/ith thone par ticular ailments. . ?roi.may fcel the utmost conikii nee in consulting him by mail. She will receive, i.e.: yf cost, sound professional a Mee whereby her health may, ia ninety-nine cases out ufa hundred, be promptly rvnd permanently restored. All corres;-, a : i .- is '.edd to be sacredly Confid< ni A lady livi'mj i'i Cosli : ?si Co., Ohio, Mr?. AV. ?jv ......... ,,<. j{??s ,<.;, ; ; writes: " 1 liad female v. . , ivery.b.id for nearly three years, Had dr.i'M-fii . dov/u pains in ?md above ?ty ?ups and set h dreadful pains i:i the backatid top of.my lt-- :-1 i iast .*:.. though fconu one was jliilihg inc by il..- lian"). Had noa nbiliost, v. tuldtry I ?'-work a I iv'.d ivs Iben would hnvc to lie in bcd for a longtime. No tongan-cit u ? ; .. ss-thc sulToring T endured, l bad much prim al monthly pe riods. I doctore ". itv -i of thc time- with au ijood a physician ns there is in thc state, bul had no case only when i was tptii I mid < fl my feel . nd ti ici i 1 had mor ? or ICES pain in ny head. V.*ite:i I b -.- in :.i>.i. -. . Dr. .;. ree's median?'* I weighed if? pbnn i ?. ? t)d ivor. ve:y pale iii weak. 1 look twelve lwlllcs of his 'l-avor;c Prescription1 rind seven ol thc 'Golden Metical hi covcry.' Now I feel like a different person. Have no pain in my head, can <;..;.?1 the work for myself, fnisban 1 Aaa one child; am gaining in flesh. I feel it is through God's mercy and your wonder ful medicines thal I am cured." Thc Fastest Regular Train in Thc World. j In our issue of September 3, 1S03, wc gave an illustrated description ot' thc two trains which make thc fastest long-distance runs without a stop, namely, the Empire State express, of the New York Central system in this country, and thc Cornish express, of thc Great Western system in England. The fernier runs a distance of L42.8 miles at the average speed of 53.53 I miles an hour, and thc English train covers 193 ?) miles ai the average speed of 53.3G Tuiles an hour. Although these are the fastest regular traim f?M" the distance, they are by no means the fastest trains in the world. Tue chum to this distinction is held by a truly remarkable train that iain-; daily during the summer months on thc Philadelphia and Keaney Railroad between Philadelphia and Allantie City. The distance between Camden, the starting point, and Atlantic City is 55.5 miles. The road is practically a level one and the curvature is light. The trains are timed te make thc run without a. slop in 50 minutes at the rate of GG G miles an hour, afcatwhieh is regularly aud easily accomplished, for it is not unusual for thc distance to be covered in considerably less ti fi:e than this. On one occasion thc trip was made in 47* minutes-a speed of 70.1 miles an hour ; while the record run of the season was. made in 44.7.") minutes, or at an average speed of 74.4 miles an hour. These are truly wonderful performances, and as mere feats of fast running, irrespective of thc distance covered, they place thc Atlantic City flier in an unquestiona ble position as the fastest regular train in thc world. Additional merit attaches to the run from the fact that the train is by no means a light one. On the day when the record was made it consisted of a combination car weighing 57.200 pounds, a Pullmau car weighing 85, 500 pounds, and four day coaches weighing 23G.S0O pounds, a total train load of 370,500 pounds.-Scientific American. A Sure Sign of Croup. Hoarseness in a child that is sub ject to croup is a sure indication of the approach of the disease. If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is given as soon as the child becomes lin irse, or even after thc croupy cough has appeared, it will prevent thc attack. Many mothers who have croupy chil dren always keep this remedy at hand and find that it saves thom much trou ble aud worry. It can always be de pend :d upon and is pleasant to take. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. _ Two Cheerful Liars. i - . Patr ck O'MarSj a private in t! ; Ninth regulars, went to the Colou of his regiment and asked for a to j weeks' leave cf absence. Thc Colon j was a severe disciplinarian, who di j not believe in extending too mai j privileges to his men, and did n j hesitate in using a subterfuge evading the granting of one. ''Wei!. ' said thc Colonel, "what < j you want a two weeks' furlough for? Patrick answered: "Me woifc ? very sick, and the children are n< i wei!, and if ye didn't mind, she won; l';ke to have ?ne home for a few weeli ; to ;.r'.\'o her a bit of assistance." The Colonel eyed him for a fe j minutes and said: ; "Patrick, I might grant your rt j quest, out I got a letter from yoi: wife this morning saying she di da I want yea home, that you v/: re :i nu j sanee, and raised thc devil wheneve ! you were there. .She hopes I. won' j let you have any more furloughs." I "That settles it. 1 suppose L can' I get thc furlough, then?'; said Pat. "No; I'm afraid not. Patrick. I ? wouldn't bc well for mc to do so un der the circumstances." It was Patrick's turn now to eye th Colonel, as bc started for thc door Stopping suddeuly, he said: "Colouel, can I say something ti yez?" ' Certainly, Patrick. What is it?' ' You won't get mad, Colonel, if ] j say it?" I "Certainly not, Patrick; what i. it?" I "I want to say there are two splen did liars io this room, and I'm one ol them. I was never married in me loifc." Kidney disease is the enemy wc have most to fear as a result of thc feverish restlessness of our much vaunted modern civilization. It is a treacherous enemy, working out its deadly effect under cover of the most trifling symptoms. The first indica tion of changes in thc urine, frequent headaches, digestive troubles, should bc the signal for prompt remedial measures. Prickly Ash Bitters is a kidney remedy of superlative merit; i it is southing, healing and sircngth ' ening. quickly relieves the aching or soreness that always appears in the adv.meed stages, checks the progress of thc disease aud through its excel lent cleansing and regulating effect in tho stomach, liver and bowels, it brings back thc strengt ii and ruddy glow of vigorous health. Sold by Evans Pharmacy. IRON BEDS, BED SPRINGS. Big lot cf BUREAUS just in. WHITE SUITES, CHEERY SUITES, PARLOR CHAIRS. / DINING CHAIRS. EVERYTHING to be sold SO LOW that Cotton-raisers CAN AFFORD TO BUY. COFFINS AND CASKET? In stock to be sold at LOW prices. Just get my prices to know bow much you gain by buying my Goods. ' FEANK CEAYTON itww' wr~--c/3J*." The Great Oliver Steel Beam Plow. OVER ten times more OLIVERS sold in Anderson than any other make. They have been tried. Thc verdict is unanimous for the OLIVERS. The Steel Beam a great feature. Warranted to stand anywhere. Handled in Car lots we give lowest possible prices. Thc sizes for this section are Nos. 40, 20, 19,13, &c. Buy only the Oliver Steel Beam Plows if you are aftei the best. SC, SPADING AND SMOOTHING HARROWS, & c, Twenty rears experience has tatigot us the needs ol the farmers, and we know our Harrows are just the Invplcnu nts for this section. An absolute, broad, personal guarantee given by us. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO TUC ETI tfTBPP MTV ? H H C CT?5'? I-tl EL LLLh?mh Uli 5ouE 3-tuile. BUY YOUR And we will koop chem Chined FKEE as long as you wear them. COME nnd see our ST?O ES and HOSIE KY before buying auvwhere cbc. We will SA VE YOU MONEY. Try us one, and von will try us again an i again. Scb.oo] Slices and Rubbers By tlio I?u 11 cl rc; ii st. Y"our money savers, CF. T. LIO-OI?T &c GO il ^'^r' ;:: . I TV Whi? ?2110 i i * f? S i fe?g i i 1 m Mmi 1Gu t!??8 NTf . v ---? i ?ways bo^ni j siimia?irigm2Foo(l?indKegu?a- m ^ . n # I ^u^sui^s2?Bowd5Qf i fjears the # * K-flgsssndSgstCoatainsaeiGicr g ^ ?& jr'a'-B j OpuriD?crj ?orljffleral. | Ul #?V*$ O j HO'i'K^SLCOTSC. pf. lbj' --- g f> jl-fr I J%&???' ) i j Jj $ A?S&i- I m MA cnaa ! ApetfeclRemedyforConslipa- fifi wllf?l i fiori,SGurS?oi?k"ch,Diorrhoea, Hg |?7 j Worms .Convulsions .Feverish- || |jr V^gr li^sr^ B?ssan?Loss OF SLEEP. I \J* |yy pg g g ??cSia?le Signature of j? c&/j/f?&^ mMmmm I?psffi! WSW??? S?SiSKI I A-Bl ATAHI il >^l!l<fig'**--. i-.- .. ? .-. i mil"'- ^ TH~ CCNTAUfl COMPANY, NClflYOSK CIT?-. SHOES TO BEAT THE BAN WE don't have to talk through our bata to soil <>ur Shoe*?.. The Shoes soil them selves if you will only taksi ti)? trouble to look at them. Quality and Prices do the work. Wo just stand aside and grin. You don't have to buy from us just because we grin. We have to grin, any way, because ire can't help it. Whoa our Shoe sales utmost doubl? last year's we don't have to look nacl-eyed and Imposed upon, because we can't, So come >ui U> the place where riv brainiest foet in Anderson County are shod, and if we can't Shu" you and your family, your .son John aud his farai!}-, it'll be because you rather go barefooted. P. ?3.-Wo can also "Shoe" the inner-rnau with K:;C:I substantials as DEAN'S PATENT ELOTJR and J. K NO. 2 COFFEE that will make his mouth water, and clotho ( omfortabi' the U-A* of ibu outer-man with a l-'irst Cla$?, < apital pair of Gou tlemau's PANTS for Sixty Cents that will just elevate che sup arana oaled linon from ihe infantile shrubbery. & RATLBFFE. Ye. Bi.-PartifS owing us < : NTote or \.o :nunt will s?:vo themselves considerable expense tty settling up sume before December I?:. If you haven't got a clear receipt from us wo are talking to YOU. " DEAN & RATLIPFE. I HMttMBTIVBl O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. Strictly ia it at Lowest Possifoie Prices. Two Cars Texas Red Rust Proof Oats, And all the country raised Cate yon. went. These have go, no matt?.- what Cotton sells at. Pure Wheat Flour Rock Bottom Prices. We cnn give Country Merchants elose ligures on CHEESE. OYSTERS. TOMATOES, SALMON, SARDINES and TOBACCO. Everybody knows we b-.at the Town on NH?ES, and we propose to keep up our reputation. iCA?i o?IVi?x anti TIES guaranteed prices. ..?.?- Scad us your orders Yours for Business, O. ES. AWDERSOW & SRO. IS "WHOLESOME. IT is manufactured in a scientific manner by cleanly machinery, and i* PUKE, so that a short infusion extracts all the good qualities. DIRECTIONS-Take half usual quantity, sec water boils. Pour off after live minutes >tee|Vt.._ TELLE TS CEYLON-INDIA TEA. "Two cups in one." Fragrant! Delicious ! ! SURPASSING COFFEE. Blue Ribbon, Genuine Mocha and Java, 25c. per lb. For strength and richness of ilavor in the cupt it surpasses any coffee on the market. It's a great seller. Don't Buy Fruit Jars-Buy Sealing Wax, Manufactured c-xnressly for puttiug up fruit. ?ou can use "any old thing/' aud we guarantee the iruit to keep perfectly. Soliciting your orders, Very respectfully yours, JN0. A. AUSTIN & CO. THE OLD? REL8?BLI Furniture P Still iii the Lead! They have tho Largest Stock, Best Quality, n".iel Certainly tito Lowest Prices ! OTHERS try to gel tin re, hut they miss it every time. N w, beautiful and select Stock of Furniture, ?fcc, arriving every day, and ai PKfcJES NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE. Iii rc you have thc Largest Stock ; therefore, you can get ;ust what ycu wau;. Herc you.have Ute Best Grade of Furniture ; therefore, you eau get Goods thal will last. Here you have thc very LOWEST PK ICES; therefore, you save good big money. ? . Conic along, ami we will clo you as we have been doing for the las ?orlj years-sell you the very be:?l Furniture for the wry lowest prices. The largest Stork in South Carolin? and the Lowest Price in the loutheru States. Sew Lot Baby Carriages Just lloceived. 3?B Ec n -..::/ Usss ? : ill Depot 8ircet, Anderson, S. C.