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HISTORIC Some of the Joys and Come to the -A.ir Independ? Atlanta The Fourth of July, 1899, is a day to be remembered in oar country's history, for aside from the memory of a great battle fought and won by American sailors,. and which in itself deserves commemoration. How different is this Fourth of July in ita memories from any that have preceded it I Heretofore we have cele ' orated 4?h? day rn memory of declaring onx independence from England. To day we also celebrate the day in memo ry of our victories over a foreign power, and in those viotories were en couraged by the friendly attitude of England. The Fourth of July of 1899 begins another year of our independence, which is so different from any years of the past. New problems, new condi tions and new peoples must be held in mind, and carefully thought off in all the steps we take in the future. And what a difference there is be tween the people who celebrate this Fourth of July, and those who made it memorable long years ago. Instead of less than two millions who called themselves Americans, there are over seventy millions, and instead of the thirteen colonies there is a country that extends from sea to pea, and includes the islands of the sei. It is a day redolent with memories, some of sorrow and some of joy, but of few of which, there is ne 3d tobe ashamed. The first event that made the day famous and dear to the hearts of the American people was when fifty-six men met in the State House of Phila delphia and declared the thirteen colonies free and independent States. The first celebration was held in Philadelphia on the 8th o? July of the same year. In the yard of the State House John Nixon read the Declara tion of Independence, and the king's coat-of arms was torn down amidst huzzas of the people. Before each of the five battalions {he Declaration was read on the common, and at night bonfires illuminated the city and bells gu4 cannon gave vent to their enthu siasm) Ih New York on July 9th the De claration was read in the presence of the army and the famous statue of George III was torn from its place in Bowling Green and beheaded and bumed in a bonfire. The day was not celebrated in Bos ton until July 18th, as it was not until then the news reached Boston. The lion and unicorn were torn from the State Houae, and though late, the celebration was as enthusiastic as in other cities. After this it became, a custom on every Fourth to fire thirteen cannons in memory of thc thirteen colonies. In 1783 th3 oration was introduced into the celebration exercises, and on that day Josiah Quincy made a mem orable oration. (The Fourth has been a day replete with a country's sorrows as well as re joicings. It if the anniversary .of the deaths of many famous men, and the anniversary of many national sorrows. On the Fourth of July fifty years after the Declaration of Independence, two of the signers, one being the draughtsman of that document, passed away. John Adams and Thomas Jef ferson, around whose names American history has placed some of her proud est laurels, breathed their last on that day. On the Fourth of July, 1831, James Monroe died in New York city. An other name that history has not for gotten, and whose statesmanship marked out a policy his country fol lowed years after he was in his grave. Another not so prominent, but well remembered, was Hannibal Hamlin, who died at Bangor, Me., July 4, 1890. During the civil war the Fourth was commemorated for some victory or kept in sorrow for some defeat. Then there was no thought of re joicing over a country's freedom, when that country was divided against itself and engaged in as bloody and as disas trous a war as the world has ever seen. In 1861 Big Bethel had just been won by the Southern troops, and in all the South there .was joy for the victory, while in the North there was the sorrow of defeat and death. On this day also eight States were not represented in the extra session of the thirty-sixth Congress. In 1862 the celebration was still in the South alone, for McClellan had been badly defeated in the Seven Days' battle, and had been forced to retire and lose his position. The Fourth of 1863 was the day on which the news arrived of the battle of Gettysburg; and while the North | was jubilant the South was in tears and tasting the bitterness of a costly defeat. On this day Vicksburg sur rendered and Grant's army marched in as the starving and diseased Southern soldiers marched oat, leaving their arms. EVENTS. L Sorrows That Have Lericaii 3? e opie on ence Day. Journal. The Fourth of July, 1864, passed without a victory or defeat. Gram's enormous army was slowly forcing Lee back around Richmond, paying in men for every foot's advance. This was the darkest Fourth in the history of our country. Grant's army was losing heavily, and the North felt all the terrors of war, while in the South, the few men left, starved and sickened, fought on, almost without hope, in all the bitterness of despair. Ir? 1865 the Fourth was darkened by the death of Lincoln. The next Fourth memorable in our history is the centennial of 1876. Richard Henry Lee, the grandson of the actual mover of the Declaration, stood before a great concourse of peo ple and read the Declaration from the original document. "Whittier, Holmes and Bryant dedicated patriotic poems to the nation at the Congress of authors, and Bayard Taylor read his famous ode. The oration was deliv ered by William M. Evarts. But even then there was not free dom from all sorrow for the news of Custer's last battle had been receiv ed. Nearly three hundred men had been killed in the battle of the Little Big Horn. The sorrow felt by the American people was universal, and many private houses were draped in mourning. In 1881 the Fourth was a day of sorrow. Garfield had been shot and was then lingering on his death-bed. On the Fourth of 1892 matters had reached a serious condition in the Homestead strike, and two days later a bloody engagement took place be tween the strikers and Pinkerton's men. . Thc Fourth of July of 1898 was one long to be remembered, and is the date of the most wonderful victory in our history, for the Spanish fleet that stood before Cuba's freedom was de stroyed and but one American was lost. This was also thc time when Dewey was making preparations to take Manila, and Shafter was before Santiago. This Fourth of July demonstrated to the world the power and the resour ces of our country, and raised us in the eyes of the world. It also em barked us on a policy before unknown and unthought of, and whether in the future we shall look back upon that Fourth with joy or sorrow, is the problem of our country. In The Police Court-Tried and Judg ment in its Favor. Some time ago Judge Andy E. Cal houn, judge of the police court of At lanta, had occasion to pass a sentence that was gratifying to him, and if people will take his advice much suf fering will be alleviated. The judge is subject to nervous sickheadaches and dyspepsia. Here is his sentence: ?tI am a great sufferer from nervous sick headache and have found no rem edy so effective as Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy. If taken when the headache first begins it invariably cures." Price 50 cents per bottle. For sale by Wilhite & Wilhite. Sample bottle free on application to Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy Co., Atlan ta, Ga. - Painted coffee beans arc among the latest curiosities of the adulter ated food market. Inferior beans are colored with burnt umber and made to look like tbe finest Mocha. They are described as ''shiny-brown outside, yellow inside and tasteless." Persons troubled with diarrhoea will be interested in the experience of Mr. W. M. Bush, clerk of Hotel Dorrance, Providence, R. I. He says: "For several years I have been almost a constant sufferer from diarrhoea, thc frequent attacks completely prostrat ing me and rendering me unfit for my duties at this hotel. About two years ago a traveling salesman kindly gave me a small bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Much to my surprise and delight its effeots were immediate. Whenever I felt symptoms of the disease I would fortify mysel? against the attack with a few doses of this valuable remedy. Thc result has been very satisfactory and almost complete relief from the affliction." For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. - Don't get angry at trifles. Look at vexations a? you will view them 30 days from date. Thc angry man who gets the wrong key and pushes and rattles the door until he breaks the lock, loses more lime than if he had quietly gone for thc right key, and pays for a new lock besides. DeWitt's Little Early Risers expel from the system all poisonous accumu lations, regulate the stomach, bowels and liver, and purify the blood. They drive away diseaso, dissipate melan choly, and give health and vigor for the daily routine. Do not gripe or sicken. Evans Pharmacy. - "What is encouragement, pa?" "Encouragement? Well, you can't understand, Dickey. It is something people don't get, as a rule, until they quit needing it. DeWitt's Little Early Risers benefit permanently. They lend gentle assist ance to nature, causing no pains or weakness, permanently curing consti pation and liver ailments. Evans Pharmacy. Seven -Thousand. Something like 7,000 of the 70,000, 000 inhabitants of the United States took their own lives during the past year. The vital statisticians of 47 cities report an aggregate of 2,331 of these. The rest were denizens of the rural districts. There were reported also 164 attempted suicides, of which 103 were men and 61 women. A study of the causes leading to the desire to be out of the world and the methods adopted in self-execution ' is interesting. Data on these points is not compiled by the statisticians, but an examination of 808 cases of suicide reported in a single New York daily newspaper during the year will throw some light on the subject. Of these 808 suicides 621 were males and 182 females-77 and 33 per cent, respectively. It may be said in pass ing that this is about the proportion as between the sexes in suicide in this country. The law makes it a misdemeanor punishable by a year's imprisonment to attempt self-murder in the State of New York, but so far as can be learned from figures this law has operated neither to the lessening of attempts at suicide nor to the increase in the percentage of successful attempts. Unrequited love, popularly supposed to be the chief among the motives for suicide, claims only forty victims in a list of 390 suicides in which the motive is given, while ill health caused 77 poor devils to take their own lives-thc largest number assigned to any one cause. Domestic affliction made life worth less to 74 and business troubles to 46, while 63 self-destroyers were driven to despair and death because they were unable to find work by which they could earn ? living. Thirty-one persons who had commit ted crime killed themselves afterward, but the statistics do not make it clear whether remorseful consciences or fear of punishment made them do it. Fifty-nine other reasons were given in as many cases. To spite his wife one man set fire to a corn crib in which he had taken refuge and was burned, up. A rcoman inhaled gas because her husband objected to her riding a bicycle unattended after dark. A man hanged himself to the bed-post because his wife wouldn't read thc Bible to him, and a woman who didn't like the new hencoop cremated herself in it. Of the methods resorted to in the 808 cases of self-murder reported, 250 men shot themselves, while 144 took poison, 70 died by hanging, 52 by illuminating gas, 30 drowned them selves, 30 cut their throats and 14 leaped from high places to be smashed by the fall. Only 12 females used powder and bullets in killing themselves, 6.4 per cent, that is to say, 103, took poison ; 9 hanged themselves, 23 inhaled gas, 17 threw themselves into the water, 5 died from self-inflicted cuts and stabs and 10 took the death leap. Of 27 suicides by cuts and stabs, 32 cut their throats, 16 of them using razors. Five women drew razors across their throats. Only one in twelve of the men "turned on the gas," while one in eight of the women sought death in this way. Of 144 males who took poison, 91 drank carbolic acid, or 63.2 per cent. But this horrible, burning stuff was even more popular with the female suicides, 76 of them, or 73.8 per cent taking carbolic to ead their earthly troubles. Paris green, laudanum, arsenic, antimony, strychnine and morphine all had their victims, while two prisoners-a man and a woman who could not get either of the poison ous drugs, had to exercise their genius iu taking their own lives. The woman soaked matches in water and drank the water thus poiso .ed, while the man caught a number of big black spiders and ato them.-iVcto York World. That Second Chapter. The new pastor was preaching his first sermon. In the middle of it he stopped abruptly and asked: ''How many of you have read the Bible?" Fifty hands went up. "Good." said thc pastor. "Now, how many of you have read the second chapter of Judo ?"' Twenty-five hands went up. A wan smile overspread the divine's face. "That's also good; but when you go home read that chapter again, and you will doubtless learn something to to your interest." There is only one chapter in thc book of Jade. "What might have been"-if that little congh hadn't been neglected-is the sad reflection of thousands of con sumptives. One Minute Cough Cure cures coughs and colds. Evans Phar macy. - Grasshoppers have become a great plague in Spain, invading even thc cities. In Austria 5,000 soldiers were ordered to assist in destroying them. You can't cure dyspepsia by dieting. Eat good, wholesome food, and plenty of it.-Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests food without aid from thc stomach, and is made to CURE. Evan? Phar macy. Sleepy Man's Speech. When newspaper writer? in Wash ington are "shy" of good stories they have only to look into the career of Hon. George Vest, Senator from the great State of Missouri. There thc fund of good material is apparently inexhaustible. Walter Wellman has been taking a turn at Vest, and finds a new story that is worth repeating. Thc fccene is located in Missouri, of course, and the preliminaries tell how Vest was employed by a man whose dog had been shot by a neighbor. Other eminent counsel attended to all thc preliminaries of the fight, while Vest was there, his head sunk down between his shoulders, and apparently asleep. Finally his associate nudged him and told him that he must make the concluding speech. He demurred, but seeing he must do something to earn the fee which had been paid him, rose and after gazing earnestly at the jury for some minutes, began a speech of which this is a stenographic copy: "Gentlemen of the Jury-The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his ene my. His 3on or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove un grateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has he may lose. It :3ies away fiom him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a mo ment of ill considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its clouds upon our heads. The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, thc one that never proves ungrateful or treacher ous, is his dog. "Gentlemen of the jury," the Sena tor continued, "a* man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and t*ie snow drives fierce - ly, if only he may bc near his master's side. Ile will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, he will lick tho wounds and sores that come in en counter with the roughness of . ? world. Ile guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert he re mains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces he is as con stant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens. If for tune drives the master forth an out cast in the world, friendless and home less, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him, to guard against danger, to fight against his enemies, and when the last scene of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace and his body is laid away in tho cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open iu alert watchfulness, faithful and true in death." What followed the veracious Well man describes in this way: "Then Vest sat down. This re markable speech he had delivered in a low voice, without a gesture. No reference had he made to the merits of the case in hand. Not a word had ho uttered about the evidence. When he finished judge and jury were seen to have tears in their eyes. Tue jury filed out aud in a minute or two re turned io the court, room. Thc plain tiff had asked for $200 damages. The verdict gave him $500, and several ol' the jurymen wanted to haue the de fendant."-St. Louis Globe-Democrat. - m? m> m Our baby has been continually troubled with colic and cholera infan tum since his birth, and all that we could do for him did not seem to give more than temporary relief, until we tried Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diorrhoee Remedy. Since giving that remedy he has not been troubled. Wc want to give you this testimonial as an evidence of our gratitude, not that you need it to advertise your merito rious remedy.-G. M. LAW, Keokuk, Iowa, For sale by Hill Orr Drug Co. - "I thought you intended- to preach on the evils of profanity this morning," said t,hc minister's wife after the service. '"'Why did you change your mind ?" "I dropped my collar button while dressing for church, my dear," replied the good man, "and I didn't feel that I could conscienti ously do the subject justice." A diseased stomach surely under mines health. It dulls thc brain, kills energy, destroys the nervous system, and predisposes to insanity and fatal ; diseases. All dyspeptic troubles are quickly cured by Kodol Dyspepsia Corp. It has cured thousands of oases and is curing them every day. Its ingredients are such that it can't help curing. Evans Pharmacy. - The tallest trees in the world are tho gum trees of Victoria, Australia. In ?orno districts they average 300 feet high. The longest prostrated one measured 473 feet, and 81 feet in girth near the roots. "I have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in my family for years and always with good results," says Mr. W. B. Cooper, of El Rio, Cal. "For small children wc find it especially effect ve." For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. Stopping a Stampede. "One of the slickest things I ever saw in my life." said a veteran army officer the other day, "was a cowboy stopping a cattle stampede. ? herd of about 600 or SOO had got frightened at something and broke away pellmell with their tails in the air, and the bulls at the head of # the procession. But Mr. Cowboy didn't get excited at all when he saw the herd was going straight for a high bluff, where they would certainly tumble down into the canon and be killed. You know that when a herd like that gets to going it can't stop, no matter whether the cat tle rush to death or not. Those in the rear crowd those ahead, and away they go. I wouldn't have given a dol lar a head for that herd, but the cow boy spurred up his mustang, made a little detour, came in right in front of the herd, cut across their path at right angle, and then galloped leisurely on ! the edge of that bluff, halted and looked around at the wild mass of beef ! coming right toward him. He was as cool as a cucumber, though I expected to see him killed and was so excited I could not speak. "Well, sir, when the leaders had got within about a quarter of a mile of him I saw them try to slack up, though they could not do it very quickly. But the whole herd seemed to want to stop, and when the cows and steers in the rear got to about where the co.vboy had cut across their path I was surprissed to see them stop and commence to nibble at the grass. The whole herd stopped, wheeled, straggled back and went to fighting for a chance to eat where the rear guard was. "You sec, that cowboy had opened a Dig bag of salt he had brought out from the ranch to give the cattle, gal loped across the herd's course and emptied the bag. Every critter sniffed that line of salt, and. of course, that broke up the stampede. But I tell you it was a queer sight to see that man out there on the edge of that bluff, quietly rolling a cigarette, when it seemed as if he'd be lying under 200 tons of beef in about a minute and a half."- Chicago Record.. "MOTIOE.""'' I _____ NOW is the time to have your Buggy Revarnished, Repainted, and new Axle Points fitted on, We have the best Wagon Skeins on the market. All kinds of Fifth Wheels and Dashes. Headquarters for Carriage, Buggy and Wagon Repairs. PAUL E. STEPHENS. WILL YOU ? ~ Before you buy a PIANO see me. I have saved to some of my customers as much as seventy-five dollars in the pur chase of ONE PIANO. Such makes as Cfaickering, Emerson, St?h &, Bauer and Mehlin to select from. None better. As to ORGANS you can Have from fif teen to twenty-five dollars by seeing me. Remember, I am in the SK WING MA CHINE-business, just for fun. You can get prioes on any of the hii;h grade mak?? ; and do not forget that I sell any Machine Needle at three for Sc., 20c. per dozen. Tho fiuest Sperm Oil 5c. per bot tle. Nothing but new, select stock. Remember the place M. L. WILLIS, South Main St., Anderson, S- C. YOUR HOME PLEASURES NO inlluence lends so much to homo life as music. No Stock offers greater attractions thau ours, and we wish to help you to happiness. It's not alone that vre say it. bat yon know that we menu it, as we sell tho toest class of PIANOS and ORGANS, As v/oll ab small Musical Merchandise, find will give yon lull vi-liae for ev ery dollar. You aro cordially invited to call in person and inspect our Stock, or write for catalogues and prices. We also represent the leading SEWING MACHINES Of the day, and are constantly rooeiving nev,- additions to our Stock. We appeal to your judgment and will sell you the best in this line. We still handle thoroughly reliable Carriages, Buggies and Harness, And can save you money by an investi gation. Look to quality first-then price. Most respectfully, THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE. Drs. Strickland & Sing, DENTISTS; OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE ?HF? Gas and Cocaine used for Extract ing Teeth, The Mooarch ol (ABSOLUTELY PURE.) g Its strength comes from its purity, lt is al! pur? coff GO, I freshly roasted, and is sold only in one-pound sealed m packages. Each package will make40 cups. The pack- !? age ls sealed at the Mills so that the aroma is never S weakened. It has a delicious flavor. Incomparable M strength. It is a luxury within the reach of ali, fa Premium List In every package. Cut out your Lion's Hoad and grot i? valuable premiums free. jg K" ?00* net baw Uon Gaffe* ?n ii?s sten?. il' your Grocer ESI?""-^ | _ W00LSOM Si'IOI? CO.. Tuk:!o, OLiS. iv THE YEARS COME AND GO i AND with each successive year there also comes, amidst a nourish of trumpets, the announcement that some new GIN is born, ''another Richmond in the field," and every time this announcement is made, it is qualified by another and more im portant, that either one or more valuable features are patterned exactly like the Old Reliable Daniel Pratt Gin. flow many times have you heard that "our Gin is as good as the Daniel Pratt, be cause we build one a good deal like it." No doubt some Gins are sold on the strength of such assertions, but ask those who have bought and used them if they are the equal of the DANIEL PRATT ( JIN. But gill the years roll on, the Daniel Pratt Gin not only holds its own but continues to add new laurels to those already won. < tar HIN SYSTEMS and ELEVATORS are the most complete and up-to-date on the market. We have in stock at Anderson in our "Warehouse six Car Loads of GINS, FEEDERS, CONDENSERS and PRESSES. Also, all kinds of REPAIRS Call on write to F, E. WATKINS, Andersons. C. We have recently opened up a complete line of DRUGS ANO DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES, Patent Medicines of all kinds, Hair, Tooth, Nail and Shoe Brushes, Combs, Sponges and Rubber Goods. PRESCRIPTIONS ACCURATELY filled day and night F. B. GRAYTON & CO., Freeman & Pack's Old Stand. A FIRST-CLASS COOK Can't do first-class work with second-class materials. But you can hold the girl accountable if you buy your : : : : GROCERIES FROM US ! We have the right kinds of everything and at the right prices. Where qualities are equal no dealer can sell for less than we do. We guarantee to give honest quantity at the very LOWEST PRICES. Come and see us. We have numerous articless in stock that will help you get up a square meal for a little money. Our Stock of Confections, Tobacco, Cigars, Etc., Are always complete. Yours to please, Free City Delivery. Gr. F. BIGKBY. MOLASSES, MOLASSES. F you need a i?arrel of Molasses you can't afford to buy until you have sean us. We have just received a big lot-all grades-and know we can please you in both quality and price. Also, new lot of Shoes, Dry Goods ?md Notions That we will seil cheap, and wo have a few Shoes and other Goods that we are still selling at ?Oe. and 75c. on the dollar. Here are only a few prices : Muscovado Molasses. 33?c. per gallon. Good Molasses. 12ic. per gallon. Good Coffee. ll lbs. for $1.00. 40c. Tobacco in lo lb. Caddies for. :50c. Jeans Pants. 40c Shirts. li>c. FLOUR, CORN, MEAT, LARD, Etc., AT BOTTOM PRICES. Yours for Business, ' MOORE, ACKER & CO., h]AST SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE-CORNER STORE. FREE CITY DELIVERY. w i M iJ o ?2 r a td 0 > M Sd z 0 < H L H cc O 3 ? H Q co < > Sd H a O > t? K J M a - A c 3 fr* %i *3 W Q H % CJ CD O o s SIT ON THE FENCE AND SLEEP ! . . . W"HILE the procession passes if you want to. Nobody will disturb you. Bu? you are alive to your own interests arouse yourself, shake off slumber, climb into the band-wagon and wend your way with the crowd to THE JEWELRY PALACE OF WILL. R. HUBBARD! They that want the best and prettiest to be obtained in Diamonds, Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware, Watches and Gooks that will keep timo and are backed with a guarantee, Fine China and Glassware and beau tifa 1 Novelties, know that to Will. S. Hubbard's is the place to go. They that want honest treatment know that this is the place to find it. All Goods are juBt as represented, and are fully covered by guar The young man who has a girl and wants to keep her goes there. Hubbard will help you keep her. The young married couple goes there to beautify their littlo home. Hubbard beautifies it for you. Tho rich people go there because they can afford it, and the poor go there, also, because they can afford it. Everything NEW and UP-TO-DATE. PLY ENGRAVING FREE. WILL R. HUBBARD, Jewelry Palace, next to Farmers and Merchants Bank.