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SARGE Pl Now is tlie Tirt?e to Coui Atlanta Ci ''There is no work!" Thia a common expression among the idle of the world, and if it were really so it would be the saddest thing that bas ever been upon Georgia. But it is not a fact-there is work and a plenty for all. The trouble is that extravagance and a false pride has got possession of the country. It is common enough to hear boys and girls complain of the lack of opportunity. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred some hypo critical mau or woman, who poses as a philanthropist, has whispered this into their ears before they ever thought of it. Sometimes these hypocrites in t?mate this into the child's head in other ways than by words, but no matter how it is arrived at, whosoever sows discontent among the youths of the land is the worst enemies of the race. Quiet these hypocritical tongues and tear away the disguise under ' which they hide, and much of this wail that is common would be heard no more. The trouble of this land is not in the lack of opportunity nor the pover ty of this land is not in the lack'of ' work. There ia opportunity in every environment and there is work for all who will do the best that they can. The trouble is ia the false pride that has possession of the land and per suades that certain work is too ''low, " and that opportunity lies anywhere rather than in our present course of ; i vi ag. The worst curse that can fall upon a poor man's family is to have that family get notions into their heads clear beyond their means of sus taining such notions. Especially does "big notions," faise pride, affect farming. It cannot be denied but what farming is a slow way to accumulate great riches, and it can not bc denied bat what COUD try life is a poor place for fools to pat oa those artificial affectations which keeps them in a false position till the strain snaps the thread and leaves them a wreck upon a world:which owes them noth ing but contempt. Bat farming offers work, and it offers respectability, and absence from anxiety, health,?and if yon will be satisfied to live within the means of these conditions your chil dren or your posterity before t.ie third generation will be thc good,, the great, the rich of the world. Whoever would be conceited enough to think that they could fix a standard of liffe to suit all peoples is a fool and the truth is not in them. There must bc different standards, and none arc wise enough to say which is thc Lrst, for the beg gars of this generation may be the princes of the nert.. I was tickled at Brown no longer than yesterday. < )ne of our fellow-citizens took it upon himself to read my old friend a lecture as to how he should train up his chil dren. Brown fell back on his dew claws farther than I ever saw him fall before, and pointing to the fellow-cit iaen's own family, asked with all thc contempt in his nature, "What have you done?"- This was a clincher, for Brown has got an offspring that would discount the fellow-ciiizcn's to an ex tent that would make them objects of t pity if it were not for their money. This was pretty severe on the i'ellow citizeh, but many others might take a "Sip" from thc incident and profit by it. No. sir,?people should have sense enough to work at whatever their hands findeth ?to do. and to live wit h in the means of that work cheerfully, all the time striving for better in a solid and substantial growth that will have no taint of foolery and no curse of ill-gotten gains. And. I say, cur sed be the hypocrites who would by j any .means sow the seeds of discontent j that leads from such a course. But I did not start out to say just , what I have said. I want to say there 1 is work on the farm, and that now is the time to make arrangements for the coming year. The news comes from the West that sueh corn crops were never known before, and this abun dance will make it easier for those coming away from the towns to ?et ! supplies. I know that it is mighty ' hard for ibe poor, people t<"? get out of the towns and make a crop, but it : must be dooe. The land owners have begun to ?show a better feeling for these town people. They are better workers and better citizen- than was oQce believed. There is no trouble ; about the country receiving auy sen sible folks. The wives and daughters nf these town poor folks are thc great est trouble. Many of these are full of big notions-fool notions, rind it will be hard for them to get down-I call it getting up-to s^eusible country life and a poor man's fae?. A peor man is in a bad fix that has not thc sympathy of his family in this or any other bus iness, and it docs seem to mc that cuinuoo sense should tell them that to fail to co-operate all together means thc wreckage of all. There are too many people already trying to live by their wits-workois the thing, and it mujst come. ":,'y think of What a Sta^e old .IJNKETT. ?tent a ."Place in the atry. institution. Georgia would be if all the idle whites would turu to agricultu-e. It would solve all the "problems." We all know that the poor white people have had mighty little encouragement to turn to farming. Ever since the war there has been great worry over the i condition of the negro, but very little anxiety about the poor whites. It has come to the point that the poor white j man needs all the attention that you i can spare. The poor white man has not even worried the politician. It was taken as a matter of course that j he must vote the democratic ticket, [ and that it was no usc to bid for his support. Dutch, Irish, English, French and negro were somewhat of factors in politics, but a poor Georgia white man was nothing but a democrat and received about as much considera tion as a dog. It has been so in ev erything. Every day men are passing to find homes for another year-this is the time. If you wait too long all thc best land will be taken up. The bad weather of the winter will soon be upon yon in the towns and then you won't have much time for anything but to groan. There is plenty of room in the country, and the soil of old Geor gia will yield generously if you will give it the work. One thing I wish to tell you, justas I have told you before: That farming is thc coming thing for the native Georgia white man. Land is getting hisrher and higher every day and will soon be out of reach of the man with small means. If you are able to bay a piece of land, that is thc thing to do, and do it quickly. If you are not able to buy, then rent, and rent just as quick as you can. Crush all the haughty spirit, be sensible, come to work, and it won't be long till you are proud of it and will thank me for tell ing you. SARGE PLUNKETT. | Supreme Court Decisions. Since Chas. 0. Tyer began tlie man lifacture of Ty nor's Dyspepsia Rem edy, many people have inquired as to its efficacy. Chief Justiee Blecklcy, of Georgia, hay tried it for indigestion and dyspepsia, and gives this at his decision: '.Atlanta, Ga , March U.-ChasvO. Ty ncr, Atlanta, Ga.: I have used, and am nor,- using, Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy. It is a mental as well as a physical elixir. With its aid and a pair of spectacles I can frequently see the law in spite of unsuitable or too much/diet. "Lot;AN E. BLKCKLEY." This is a splendid decision and peo ple are profiting hy it. For salo by Willi i tc & Wilhito. Sample bottle free on application to Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy Co., Atlan ta. Ga. -? I - There are nearly $i:;,OUO,000 in ? thc United States treasury, the pro- j cccds of ?ales of cotton which fell into the Federal hands during thc Civil war. The money belongs to the own er* of the cotton or their heirs, ii they can prove their claims. During the winter of 181)7 Mr. Janies Reed, one of the leading citizens and merchants of Clay, Clay Co., W. Vii., struck his leg against a cake of ice in such a manner as to bruise it severely, it became very much swollen and paned him so badly that he could not walk without thc aid of crutches. Ile was treated by physicians, also used several kinds of liniment aud two and a half gallons of whiskey in bathing it, but nothing gave any relief until j he""begari\using Chamberlain's Pain Balm! This brought almost a com- . plctc cure in a week's time and he be lieves that had he uot used this rem edy his leg would have had to be am putated. Pain Balm is unequaled for sprains, braises and rheumatism. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. - A gold deposit was tiometimc ago discovered on the land of Mr. James Y. Culbreath. in Saluda county. Ile associated several men with him aud opened a mine. They sent several tons uf thc ore bearing rock to bc assayed at the assay oiKcc io Charlotte. X. C. This rock and dirt was taken from near the surface and represented the best and poorest. The gentlemen have just returned from Charlotte, where the earth assayed from $3.10 to S-l a ton. It is said that ?2 of gold to the ton is all that is required to make mining profitable, and the owners of this minc an; going to work with modern ma chinery oh a larg'." .-cab'. "1 wish to express my thanks to thc manufacturers of Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Dia'rhooa Kennedy, for having put on the market such a won derful medicine," says W. \Y. Massin J gill, ot' beaumont, Texas. There arc I many thousands of mothers whose children have been saved from attacks ! of dysentery and cholera infantum i who must also feel thankful, ir is for sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. - A large aerolite fell near Syca more, <>., recently. It weighed over ! 500 pounds and burst into many pic j ces. Thc light of the meteor was I blinding and its roar while passing through thc air was deafening. It ; made the earth tremble when it.struck. ? Millions of dollars, is the value j placed by Mrs. Mary Bird, Harris burg, l's., on the life of her child, I which shu saved from croup by the I usc of One Minute Cough Cure. It cares all coughs, colds and throat aid j lang, trouble?. Kvan* Pharmacy. A KEiMliMSUliiNl'E. Old Time School Days in the Country. Atlanta Journal. It has been about thirty years since I was one of the smallest children in a country school that stood in a great forest of oak trees near which two big roads crossed at right angles. A "b'g road" is like an important street through which all kinds of vehicles and travelers pass from morning till night. The school was taught in large two-story wooden house that be longed to the Masons and was called the Hall. Thc teacher was a hand some, good-natured old bachelor whose pupils included a great many young meu and young ladies whose educa tion had been neglected during the war between the south and the north. The schoolroom was long and wide ffith many windows and two doors. The younger children occupied one end of the room and the grown-up pupils the other in which were three big wooden blackboards devoted to classes in higher mathematics. While thc teacher was listening to demon strations and the solution of prob lems near those blackboards, the chil dren had no eyes of authority to fear and they could go to sleep, engage in games with slates and pencils, whis per to desk-mates, and watch the wag ons and buggies on the way to or from town. Many of the young men came to school on horses or in buggies, and everybody brought a basket of lunch and bottles of syrup and milk. School lasted all day with a short recess morn ings and afternoons and two hours at noon for dinner and play-time. During the long noon time the boys played town-ball, marbles, leap frog, mumble-peg and made swings by cut ting a big grape vine far enough from thc root to bc easily held in the hands while running or swinging clear of the ground. The girls made play-houses under thc trees by outlining rooms with rows of stones. They also made fire-places aud chairs and visited from house to house in the most ceremonious and lady-like way. Lessous were recited in large classes and many of the small children could spell better than grown boys, and thc lessons in the old Webster's blue backed speller were learned so thor oughly that thc teachers did not give a word until the long class had spelled around ut leas:- ouce. What fun to us little ones who listened when the boys and girls reached these long columns of words ending iu "lion" and "sk How they shunted out the big words in breathless haste and with a trium phant assurance on the last, syllabi! which sounded to us like "town-shun" and was beyond our mental grasp. A poor .speller in a country school could not hide his shortcomings on paper from his class-mates, anda ny one who always gravitated certainly toward thc foot of the class was pitied by some and despised by others. ??eadiug was uot <>t' much consequence and writing was considered somewhat in thc nature of luck or slight of baud, but children who could not spell and learn arithme tic were looked upon as monuments of stupidity. A boy might have not thc faintest idea of the real value of a shilling, the length ol' an ell or the weight of ouuees and pounds in any commodity but he must know ali the tables so as to recite them at breath less speed. The multiplication table he must, know all to pieces, forward, backward and criss-cross. When school closed the suri:;-: term, there was an ''examination" by day ?.nd a;: "exhibition" at night; An immense i rush-arbor un one side of the Hali was roofed over willi fragrant pine boughs that made a cool shade for guests who sat on benches and choirs to sec and hear the exercises. The children were kept in thc hall all the morning and the classes were called out to rdcite on the long plat form beside the house, over which thc living green roof of leaves extended. Benches and blackboards were placed against the side of the building, and as thc teacher called the classes the pupils Sled solemnly out in view of thc interested audience. Spelling, read ing, grammar and arithmetic were thoroughly investigated by a commit tee of venerable citizens. ? do not remember that any curiosity was ever shown about geography or history iu that particular school. Thc teacher's strong point was mathematics, and while he took pride iu thc geometri cal demonstrations and algebraic prob lems from thc young men, his heart's delight was in the tiny girls who had to stand on chairs while "doing sums'' iu addition so the audience could see tho figures on the black-board. Thc smallest tot ia se/iool was cow pelled to recite a poem if only four lines could bc mcmori/.ed. Some of thc young ladies read compositions aud repeated amusing dialogues, but there was no reciting in concert, sing ing or calisthenics. At night thc young men declaimed aud gave funny impersonations, even sometimes blacking their faces and imitating Sambo, the country darkey. After thc school had completed its exercises there would be a dance, in the Hall and muoh merriment amongst t iti young people. Before midii however, everybody went home ii summer muon light, and the si was closed for a few weeks' vaca There were other interests be books and playing in that sc Several married couples I kmo were class mates in those days the handsome old bachelor tea married oue of the girls who was ticularly good in algebra, and thc time I heard of them they were bi solving several problems in the : of boys and girl*. Abraham Lincoln's Last Official Saturday, August 26, at Maryv Mo , occurred the death of Georg E. Vaughn, who bore the distiua of having been thesubjt ctof Abra Lincoln's last official act. Before the Civil War, Vaughn his family, consisting of himself, i and several children, lived in Gan Mo., where they were among the n respected citizens of that Mississi River town. He was intimately quainted with Martin E. Green brother of United States Sen; James S. Green, both of whom n characterized at that period by tl pro-slaverery views. At the open of the Civil War, Martin E. Green eruited a regiment of Southern 83 pathizers and received a colon? commission from thc Confcucr Government. George Vaugho enli cd under Groen's command and fouj through the whole period of the w After a period of fighting activ Green and Vaughn crossed over ii Mississippi and Tennessee, campi at Tupelo, Miss. Not having he: from his family of the progress of fairs in.Missouri, Green was natural anxious to hear from his old home, a delegated Vaughn to go on the perile mission of delivering letters to 1 wife and friends in Northeast Misso ri. Vaughn had almost complet his surreptitious trip, having reach La Grange, six miles cast of Cante his destination, when he was captur by a squad of Federal troops. They searched his person,and, fin iug letters and other papers conceal about him, he was tried as a spy ai sentenced to bc shot. John B. He derson, then Senator from Missou; was importuned by Vaughn's brotbc a soldier in thc Union army, to ende vor to secure his brother's pardo Henderson worked assidiously on tl case, finally succeeding in gcttii an order from the President for a r trial, but thc verdict remained ; hitherto. Again Henderson appeah to President Lincolu, who granted third trial; but again thc result w? the same as in the two preceding bea iocs. Notwithstanding these result Henderson was not disconcerted, an again went to Lincoln. It was cu th afternoon of April 1!, 1865-a mclai choly date in American history-thc the Senator called at the Whit House. He called thc attention 0 Lincoln to thc fact that thc war wa practically closed, and, concluding said: "Mr. Lincoln, this pardon shoal bc granted in the interest of peace an conciliation."' Mr. Lincoln replied: ''Very well Senator, I agree with you. Go over t Stanton and tell him that this mai must, be released." :'But?, Mr. President," protesto Henderson, "L have gone twice ti Stanton about this matter, and hewil have nothing to do with it." "If you go and tell Stanton what tt;li yen, I am sure he will do it." sait Lincoln, "but if he doesn't, conn bael: herc." Henderson acted upon Lincoln : suggestion; and went to the office ol the Secretary of War. Stanton's im pettiosity evinced itself; he became violently angry, and swore that he would permit no such procedure. Vaughn had but two more days tr live, according to his sentence, and Henderson hastened to make one more stand for thc Missourian's life. Af ter supper he went to thc White House. The President was in his of fice, dressed to go to Ford's Theatre, when thc Senator entered and told of the meeting he had had with Stanton. Lincoln for a few minutes relapsed into study, then turned to his desk and wrote a few lines on an official sheet of paper. As he handed it to Senator Henderson, he remarked: "? think that will have precedence over Stanton." lt was an order for uncon ditional release and pardon-thc last official paper ever signed by Abraham Lincoln, for an hour after he was as j sassinated in Ford's Theater by John Wilks Booth. li. H. NORMAN. Joseph Stockford, Hodgdon, Me., healed a sore running for seventeen years and cured his piles of long stand ing by using DeWirt's Witch Hazel Salve, it cures all skin diseases. Evans Pharmacy. - A Chicago street beggar who died a few days ago left a fortune of s>10\ 000. - A recently built organ, run by electricity, contains 61,500 miles of wire. ..If you scour the world you will never t?nd a remedy equal to One Minute Cough Cure," says Editor Facklcr, of the Micanopy, Fla., Bus tler. It cured his family of La Grippe and saves thousands from pneumonia, bronch itis, croup and all throat and lung troubles. Evans Pharmacy. In a Powder MU!. The danger buildings of a powder mill are themselves so constructed that not a nail head or iron in any shape is exposed, and the roofs are made slight, so as to give easy vent to explosions. The garments of the workers are pocketless, so that they cannot carry knives, or matches, or, indeed, anything, and are made of non-inflammable material. Even thc buttons m. st not be of metal. No one is allowed to go about with trous ers turned up at the bottom, because grit is collected in that way, and the merest hard speck of foreign matter in a charge of gunpowder is fraught with danger. The entrances to danger buildings are protected by boards placed edge ways so that when thc door ic open nothing in the shape of dirt can work in. This always serves as a check to anyone who might thoughtlessly pro ceed to enter without having first re moved his boots and put on the over alls that are kept just iuside the door. Doors are made to .open outward, o as to ermble them to escape the more readily, and on the approach of a thunderstorm the works are stopped and the operatives repair to the diffe - ent watch houses scattered over thc 300 acres covered by these extensive works. Every week the machinery is in spected, and the reports as to its con dition are printed and filed. lu the case of a danger building needing to be repaired, it must first be washed out before a hammer or other iron tool is admitted to it. When artificial light is required, as when working at night or in dull weather, the lights are kept outside, being placed on the window ledges. In the case of the work's magazine, which is surrounded with water, DO light of any kind is ever permitted nearit. These are only a few of tHe precautions against acci dents at the works; they are suffic'cpt, however, to show how lively must be the sense of danger. Men ?D powder houses usually have an arranged plan of escape in their minds, and at the least unexpected noise have not hesi tated to plunge into the canal.- Cas sell s Magazine. HE* DA? HE, NEURALGIA; LA GRIPPE. Relieves all pain. 25c. all Drug-gists. YOUR HOME Pl ASURES ru?is "w ''i i1 1 . Wi IP lJ No i ii tl uence lends so mu-:h to ho:uo li o ?W music. Iv'o Stock ofter* greater attractions tuan ours, and wo wish to help yon to happiness?. Ii'* not ?lern?; i hut tve "say it, but yon ksiow shut VP*? mean it, as we se J I ho {?es?, claiMM ol' PIANOS aud ORGANS. As well ns small Musical Merchandise, and will give yon lull vuJne lor ev ery dollar. Yon are cordially invited to call in person and inspect our Stock, er write for catalogues and price?. We also represent tho loading SEWING MACHINES Ot the iliiy, and are constantly receiving new additions to our Stock. We appeal to your judgment and will sell you tho bt>Kt in this linc. We still bandle 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. If you want Bargains go to. CHEAP JOHN'S, The Five Cent Store. IF you want SHOKS cheap go to Cheap John's, the Five Cent Store. Por your TOBACCO and CIOAILS it's tho place tn get thom cheap. Schnapps Tob?ceo. :V7ie. lOarly Bird Tobacco. ii7Ac.-_ (Jay Bird Tobacco. ">">c. Our Loader Tobacco. 274c. Nabob's Cigar*. le. each. Stogies.\ for ">e. From io or Habana..'5 for 5c. Oid Glory. sc. a pack. Arbnckle's Coll'ee Ile. pound No. !) Coll'ee Oe. pound. Soda 10 lbs. for 25c. Candies Gc. per pound. CHEAP JOHN is ahead in Laundry and Toilet Soaps, Box and Stick Blue in fact, everything of that kind. Oood s-day Clock, guaranteed for live years, $1.00. Tinware to beat tko band. JORK A. MATOS. HEUDAGf-fiE; FOUL EREATHj NO ENERGY, CONSTIPATION. These symptoms mean torpid liver aad a clogged condition in the bowels. They also mean thc general health is fcelow . par and disease is seeking to obtain control. Quickly removes these Symptoms, Strengthens the Stomach. Cleanses the Liver and Bowels ?md Promotes Func tional Activity in the Kidneys. A few doses will restores Health and Energy in Body anc'i Brain. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Price $1.00 1er Bottle. EVANS PHARMACY, Special Agents. E G. EVANS, Jr. R. B. t>.\Y, M. D. EVANS & DAY, - DEALERS IN - ZDR/TJG-S and GROCEB?ES, PENDLETON, S- C. START BIGHT ?-The regulation of the primre vise is the basar priw?ple ol all therapeutics. Keep clean, eat properly by using FRE-iH DRTJG.g, FRESH GROCERIES, FhE??H SODA WATER, FRESB ICE. FRESH FRUI 18, FRE9I? TURNIP SEED, EVERYTHING FBESH EXCEPT EVANS & DAY. Notice io Debtors. PARTIES owing us open and secured Accounts due in the Fall are notified that said Accounts are now due and must be settled at once. GU.AV0 NOTES are due and payable on or before October 1st, and must be paid promptly out of the first sales of Cotton. We appreciate the general desire to hold Cotton for higher prices and do net object, but must insist :La:. it Le cot hel? at oar ex pense and risk. You can siore it and borrow enough on it to pay your Account : therefore, do not expect to ride us when we are reeding our mosey. Ibis is strictly business, and we mean every word we say, for we will have our money if we bave to put out Special Collectors to-g*-1 ir. Save, yourself trouble md; expense by giving us prompt settlements. Yours truly. B&h?? & RATLIFFE WHEAT AND OATS FERTILIZERS. HALF crops of [Cotton don't'pay as well as half crops ot Wheat. Your laud needs a change, anyway, and with proper manuring will pay you better in Wheat and. Oats than in Cotton. We have?the Fertilizers specially made] and adapted;for Wheat Culture. Recommended by eminent Chemists [and practical Wheat growers all over tue eouutry, and it is suitable to the character ol Anderson County soil. It is well pulverized and in nice .-hap'- fox distribu?:!'?. Let us sell you j.'" YOU wan*. - THE BEST GOODS. DEAN & RATLIFFE. A A A A A A A A ^* A A A A AAAAA AA^^A> i i; The Best Company-The Best Policy." Ti MUTUAL BENEFIT Ll III CO., OF NEWARK, \. J. This Company has hoon in successful business for lifty-four years ; has paid policy-holders over #165.000.000, and now has cash assets of over S67,000,00?. lt i-su?s thn plainest and best policy un the market. After TWO annual premiums bavo been paid ic I. Cash Value. Extended Insurance. ".. Incontes . " . j 'J. boan Value. ' \. l'aid-np Insurance. tability. Also I'ajs liarlo Rutina'. Dividends. M. M. SEATTISON, } State Agent for South Carolina, ANDERSON, S. C., over P. 0 Resident Agent for FIRE, H EALTH and ACCIDENT Insurance. H DC 0 a BB S ? pc gsa P ? td O* w S pc < 0 a Q X < > H t? 1-3 in i m a o :z > t> a H > ?0 ? a 4f? co o o e > I -----I ?? - A FIRST-CLASS COOK Can't do lirst-ela.-'s work with second-class materials. But you can hold the girl accountable if you buv your : : : : j GROCERIES FROM US ! j We have thc right kinds of everything and at thc right prices. Where qualities are equal no dealer can sell for lesa than wc clo. 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 upa square meal for a little money. Our Stock of Confections, Tobacco, Cigars, Etc., Are always! complete. Yours to please, _ Free Caty Mverj. Gk F. BIGKBY.