Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A NOVE Efe Wills Sa,000,00( Sta ^^^^^^^^ Mr. T. j. Eady, of Atlanta, sends j the Journal the following unique will: j WILL OF T. J. EADY. /; "Being ot* sound miad and dispos ing memory (t know my mind is sound for I have lately had it examined) I, T. J. Eady, will and bequeath to the | ten cotton States over one hundred J million dollars each year for the next twenty years out of the good reserve * of the English government, and I appoint the ten governors of said States as executors and administra tors to execute and carry out . as here inafter set forth for the benefit of the said States and the people thereof for school purposes, etc. ''First, let each of the ten governors of these States appoint three commis sioners to represent them, and these thirty commissioners meet and formu late this plan which will maka all the people happy. Let-each State pay the fanner s?ven cents per pound for all the middling cotton raised. Let each State sell this cotton at nine cents per pound . i by this arrangement they mat? ten dollars per bale profit. Now, suppose they make ten million bales and,they cannot sell over nine million bales, then there is 10 per cent to be destroyed. Suppose Georgia rais?s one million bales and she is called on to destroy ten per cent; she would burn up one hundred thousand bales which would cost her three and a half million dollars. While on her million - bales she would have made ten dollars j per bale or ten million dollars, so she would stilt have left over six million dollars profit to ran her schools and State government. By this arrange ment the whole business is in the hands of thirty commissioners, and the other twenty-seven commissioners will see that Georgia destroys her part. So everybody would be bene fited, for the farmer knows he will get seven cents and is happy. The mer chant, banker and manufacturer will be pleased, for it takes the speculation out of th air business. The factory knows years ahead what his cotton is going to coat and cr.n make, contracts ahead for his eorvls, farmer's credit will be better for the merchant and banker will know what he is going to get for his cotton. This is the only way the matter can be handled, for thirty men san regulate the price while millions of fanners cannot do so. ; 'Second, I will give my executors and administrators a few pointers and suggestions and they can furnish the rest. Some one might ask how do we know we could get nine cents? Eng land has cried for our cotton at $1.00 | per pound. Why not want it now for ten cents. England can go out of the cotton market two weeks in November, and by doing so can take o2 five dol lars per bale or $50,000,000 off the cotton crop aa it is UOTT. Now Eng land naines the price and takes the cotton; the other way th? States name the price and England takes the cot ton. But some one might say a trust! We do not trust them, bat England's gold would come after this cotton, and she would have to send more than one hundred million dollars of it to this .country than she did last year for the same amount of cotton. ' "You ask, how can we pay tor this .cotton? All cotton delivered to the State or their agents before January 1st pay them seven cents per pound, between January and May, seven and -one-quarter and after May seven and ^-one-half cents. The Stales would sell the same way, so all this cotton would not be put on the market at once, and factories would suit their wants in buying. Each State would issue cot ton certificates to pay for this cotton in five, ten and twenty dollar certifi cates and the banks, merchants and farmers would help carry it. Certi ficates would pass and be as good as gold, for the States would have cotton behind each one of them that call for England's gold and at our price. By this arrangement they say farmers would make too much cotton. Put a special tax on all corn bought by the farmer of-say, twenty-five cents per bushel, like on his mules, so if he bought three hundred bushels of corn he paid $75.00 taxes to the State, which would pay for buring up two bales of his cotton. You say it would cost money to handle this business. Georgia would get difference betweeu i five cents and nine cents on one mil lion bales, which wouii be $20,000, 000 more to com? into ?he State and would remain here, for her farmers would get ten million of it and the State the other ten millions. Suppose the States had to destroy twenty per cent or two million bales. Georgia would still have three million to run her government, for the school term could be increased to ten months in the year, which would take one-third of the hands out of thc cotton fields. But say it only took one-fifth of them, that would decrease the crop twenty per cent or two million bales, so there would be no surplus to burn up. The difference between five cents and nine cents is $20.00 per bale, which wouT.d L WILL. XOOO to the Southern tes. I be $200,000,000 a year; in five years the-South would have one billion dol I lars, enough to build factories to spiu every bale of cotton raised in the ten States. To make the farmers deliver the cotton to the States and not sell to outsiders, have every bale tagged like guano and have the tags sold for ten dollars each, but the States put the tags on the cotton they buy. The cotton exported would bring into the United States over one hundred mil lion more gold, so the whole country would be benefited and made richer. "This is the only way the cotton can be handled to advantage for all the people. "A company of two hundred million dollars could be raised in thirty days to carryout this plan if it could be controlled by private parties, but they cannot do it, but the States can, ?by working together, do this, and then have laws enacted to meet and carry it out. If this is done then the South will assert its power and show to all nations the garden spot of the world. So I, this day, transfer this estate into the hands of my executors and admin istrators and ask them in the name of humanity to make their people rich and happy. It is with you, will you serve? 'Witness my hand and seal, this 24th day of July. 1899. Atlanta, Ga. "(Seal.) T. J. EADY." - mm . m* - Strange Tale of a Dying Man. YATES CENTRE, KAN... July lb'. The dea ch of Leonard B. Bleeker, aged 72 years, which recently occurred here, has revealed a case of self-sacri? fice seldom heard of outside the do main of fiction. Three years ago Bleeker came to this country peddling a few cheap articles and, too old and weary to proceed farther, a kind hearted farmer took him in and cared for him until he died. To the family which befriended him he told thc story of his life, reserving for the grave the specific names of persons and localities. He stated that in 1SG1 he left a wife and five children in Michigan' and an swered the first call for volunteers. The fortunes of war were against him and for months he lay a prisoner in Anderson ville prison. For some rea son he was led to believe that a cer tain other batch of prisoners would soon be exchanged. Among them was a dying man and the two comrades exchanged names and military desig nations. The soldier died and the death was reported as that of Leonard B. Bleeker, and is so recorded in the war department. The real Bleeker was released after a time, rejoined his regiment and served until the close of the war without communicating with his family. Then he went back and found, his wife married to another man. He ascertained that his chil dren were well cared for and then left the community without revealing his identity. Throughout his life he carefully guarded his secret and since coming here was often urged to apply for a pension, but stoutly refused. Even when near death he would not reveal the location of his former home or permit anyone to communicate with his old associates. He was a man of more than ordinary education and the truth of his story or the possession of a noble purpose in his long sacrifice cannot be doubted.-Chicago Chroni cle. The Man's Pocket. "Married or unmarried?" asked a measurer in a Walnut street tailoring establishment of a customer yesterday afternoon, just, as the Saunterer chanced to stroll into the place. "Unmarried," replied the young man, with a blush. "Inside pockets on the left side, then," observed the tailor, as if talk ing to himself, while in the memoran dum book on thc counter he made a note to that effect. After the young man had departed the Saunterer could not refrain from the query: * "What difference does his being single make in his inside vest pock ets?' "Ab, my dear sir." observed the knight of the thread and needle, with a bland smile, "all the difference in the world. Being unmarried, he, of course, wants the pocket on the left side, so as to bring his sweetheart's picture over his heart." "But doesn't a married mau waut his wife's picture in the same place?" inquired the scribe. "Well there may have been an instance of that kind," replied the tailor, in a doubtfully hesitant tone of voice, ''but I must confess that such a one never came under my observa tion."-Philadelphia Norf h. American. Hamilton Clark, of Chauncey, Ga., says he suffered with itching piles 20 years before trying DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, two boxes of which com pletely cured him. Beware of worth less and dangerous counterfeits. Evans Pharmacy. W. 0. T. TT. DEPARTMENT. Conducted by the ladies of theW. C. T. U. of Anderson, S. C. Business Bars Drunkards. .'Drunkenness to-day is deemed dis reputable in the very quarters where only a little while ago it was looked upon simply as a misfortune," writes Edward W. Bok, in the "Ladies' Home Journal." "Every line of bus iness shuts its doors absolutely to the drunkard. It has no use for him. Business competition has become so keen that ooly thc men of steadiest habits can find employment. This fact the habitual indulger in alcoholics has found out, and the different 'cure' establishments for drunkenness-and Godsends they are too to humanity are to-day filled with men who have come to a realization of the changed conditions. Thc man of steady habits is the man of thc hour, and the drunk ard realizes this. In the social world the same thing is true. The excessive indulgence of even a few years ago would not be tolerated at any dinner to-day. Society has become intoler ant of the behavior which inevitably results from excessive indulgence in drinking, and men realize this. It is bad manners to-day to drink to excess. Good taste is spreading, and modera tion is necessarily following." More Personality Needed. Thc need is for the introduction into reform work of more of the factor of personality. A soul is more than a statistic; a man can do more than a method. While it is important to convince the head, it is of great mo ment tb move thc heart. And hearts are drawn out toward other hearts. Men, as a rule, fall in love with causes when they are led to esteem the advo cates of those causes. The reformer is the inspiration of the reform. What moves the world is not men alone, nor ideas alone, but men and ideas in vital and vigorous union. It is the Luthers, the Cromwells, the Savonarolas, thc Wakefields, the Fin neys, that master the multitudes by their own consecrated heroism and swing them into line with the causes they have espoused. In such cases it is not so much thc man who has made the cause his own as it is the cause that possesses itself of thc man, and through him of other men. It is per sonality that is persuasive, as the magnetism of manhood re-enforces the pleas of an abstract cause.-New York Obsercr. - Dr. Edward Everett Hale says his Church alone could care for all the dependent people in Boston who were not made so by drink. Some Pretty Good Fishing. A sportsman known to forest and stream was once on the beach at the outlet of a creek in New York State looking for shore birds when he saw a colored boy, who was fishing for perch, lay down his pole at the call of his mother to do some errand. The sportsman put his gun aside and took the cane pole and firmed, ad ding a dozen perch to the boy's string and then sneaked off. Presently a second sportsman, happening that way, asked the boy the usual question and received this answer : "Yess'r, dey's good fishing heah. Wen I stop to run to de sto' fo* to get some cawnmeal fo' mam, de perch dey come outen dc crick an jes' strings deyselves awn my string. I don* on'stan it, but dey's jes' as good fo' breakfas' 's if dey was cotched awn a hook."_ - Thc crving infant is loveliest in repose._ SENSITIVE WOMAN. There is a wonderful little _ tropical plant, \the mimosa or 'jsensitive plant fas it is called. Thc curious thing about it is that if yon pinch any part of the root or the stem, all the delicate lit tle branches and fragile leaves will curl up and shrink together as if they had been blighted with a sudden frost. Woman's delicate and sensitive or ganism is re markably like this little plant. If the very roots of a woman's life are injured or diseased, her whole being suffers, both physical and mental. She shrinks with in herself and covers up her sufferings enduring all in silence as best she may. "My son's wife had been for years a great sufferer: all broken down and very weak and nervous," says Mrs. Betsey M. White, of Stony creek. Warren Co.. N. Y. "She was troubled with all the pains nnd aches one so slender could endure. She took everything she heard of, hop ing to get help, but in vain. The doctors said she could not live to have another child as she came near dying so many times. She tried Dr. Scree's Favorite Prescription and it did wonders r her. .'This spring she had a nice boy weighing eleven pounds; she got through before we could Set anyone there. I was afraid she would not vc. Wc cried for joy when we saw how nicely she got along. I cannot say enough in praise ot your 'Favorite Prescription.' I never sent n recommendation of h medicine before. I hope all women will try it. May God bless you foi thc good you ha?, e done." Any woman may write to R. V. Pierce. M. D., of Hu Salo, N. Y., in absolute confi dence. Her communication will bc thor oughly and earnestly considered and she will receive sound, professional, fatherly advice (in a plain staled envelope) free of charge. A^efoblePiepara?ionfor As similating th?ToodandBegula tirig th?.St?machs andJBowels of INFANTS /CH ErcOTotes1XpsUon,ChecrM TnessandB?stGont??DS neither (?iumTMorpbine HOTWB&C?. T?OT NARC OTIC* Pumpkin Seed' Abc. Senna * XmAdUSJli AnistStcd * .rTpptrmmt ? fii Carbonate Soda * ffirmSetd - CfarifUd Sugar ? hhfryrsvi /-Tara: Aperfect Remedy for Constipa tion, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea, Worms .Convulsions Jeverish tiess and Loss OF SLEEK Tac Simile Signature of NEW YORK. Afb months ol dj J5 D OSES-33 Cr NI s EXACT COPY" OT VHAEEEB. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought THC CSNTAUR COMPANY. NICW YORK Cl AT A BAEGAIN ! UUllUll til , BRA M ID MEW. ALSO, a few Second-hand Gins. The Hall Gin is given up to be the beet Gin now built. Nothing cheap about it but the price. I still handle the BRENNAN CANE MILL-the only Self-Oiling Mill now sold. EVAPORATORS and FURNACES, SMOKE STACKS for Engines, &c, at bottom pries, manufactured of Galvanized Iron. CORNICE aad FUNNELS. TIN ROOFING, GUTTERING and PLUMBING of all kinds. Also, GRAVEL ROOFING and STOVES of the best makes. CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, FRUIT JARS-WHITE RUBBERS the best. TINWARE at any price to suit the wants of our customers. For any of the above will make you pri:es that you will buy of me, and ask your inspection of Gooda and prices. Thanking all my friends and cus tomers for their liberal patronage, Respectfully, P. S.-Bring your RAGS. JOHN T. BURR1SS. FRESH LOT Of BUIST'S TURNIP SEED. EVANS PHARMACY. STOVES, TINWARE, CROCKERY. ALARGE LINE, carefully selected to suit the public. We sell the Iron King. Elmo and Garland Stoves and Ranges, and the Times and Good Times, Ruth. Cottage and Michigan Cook Stoves, ranging in prico from 97.00 to $30.00. All are guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, if not money will be refunded. Be sure you make us a call before buying a Cook Stove. We are bound to sell you and are sure to please yon. We will take your old Stove in part payment for a new one. Our TINWARE is the best on the market. We carry a well-selected Stock of CHINA, such as Dinner Sets, Tea Sets and Chamber Sets We also carry a fall line of PORCELAIN GOODS. Also, a nice line of GLASSWARE. We do all kinds of ROOFING-Tin Roofing, Slate Roofing-and Repair work. We will be pleased to have you give os a call before buying. OSBORNE & OSBORNE. N. B.-All Accounts due Osborn? & Clinkscales must be settled. FOB_ Fancy and Staple G roceries, Flour, Sugar, Cof?ee, Molasses,, Tobacco, A.nd Cigars, COME TO J. C. OSBORNE. South Main Street, below Bank of Anderson, Phone and Free Delivery. W. H. Harrison's Old Stand. O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. FLO?B FLOUR ! ?31>0 BARRELS. GOT every grade you are looking for. We know what you want, and we've got the prices right. Can't give it to yon, but we svill sell you high grade Flour 25 to 35c cheaper than any competition. Low grade Floin $3.00 per barrel. Car EAR CORN and stacks of Shelled Corn. Buy while it is cheap advancing rapidly. We know where to buy and get good, sound Corn cheap. OATS, HAY and BRAN. Special prices by the ton. We want your trade, and if honest dealing* and low pi ice9 count wc will get it. Yours for Business, O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. ll?- Now is your chance to pet Tobacco cheap. Closing out odds and euds in Caddies. E. G. EVANS. Jr. E. B. DAV, M. D. EVANS & DAY, - DEALERS IN - . DRUGS and GROCEBIES, PENDLETON, S- C. START RIGHT I-The regulation of the prince vite is the baBal principle ot' all therapeutics. Keep clean, eat properly by using FRESH DRUC-. FRESH GROCERIES, FRESH SODA WATER, FRESH ICE, FRESH FRUR.'S, FRESH TURNIP SEED, EVERYTHING FRESH EXCEPT EVANS & DAY. THE BEST ANO LATEST RflOWERS! ?*?THE CH?MPBON MOWER heats the world. Especially adapted for work among trees, stones, ditches, &c. No stopping to> throw Machine out of gear. You lift the knife without stopping horses or shifting the sear, and g-o riffht < n mowing. TLis Cut shows the CHAMPION GEARING-noiseless, no. waste of power. Only two Cogs. No Pitman. THE SHIFTER LEVER, operated by the driver's foot. Oil does not run to waste, but is retained and the parts kept always in oil. THE CHAMPION HAY-MAKER, illustrated here, abolishes the old, worrisome, ever-breaking Pitman. No Pitman ou the Champion. An entire ly new invention.substituted. We can show you something new in the Cham pion. See it and you will buy no other. Sulfa Hardware Co. FRESH LOT OF . . . TURNIP SEED Just received at . . . F. B. GRAYTON & CO, GOING TO MOVE. Neither time, Money or inclination to move our Stock, so here goes 'till we move ! Williams-Kueelaud's Finest Hand Sewed Shoes-every lady knows the quality-$3.75. Hancock's 81.75 Shoe for SI. 15 while they last. Women's Pat. Tip Dougola Button Shoes, o's to o's, 75c-cheap at SI.25. Lot Challies, Lawns and Muslins-while they last-2?c. per yard. Belmont Prints 4c. per yard. We have too much work on hand to think of moving many Goods. All kinds of Heavy Groceries Cheap. Come to see us quick as possible. VANDIVER BROS. THE YEARS COME AND GO ! AND with each successive year there also come?, amidst a nourish of trumpets, the announcement that some new GIN is born, ''another Richmond in the field," anti 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. How 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 GIN. But still the years roll on, the Daniel Pratt Gin not only holds its own but continues to add new laurels to those already won. Gar GIN SYSTEMS and ELEVATORS are the most complete and up-to-data 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, Anderson, S.C.