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SA KGB Pl Now is tlie Time tc Cou Atlanta C ''There ia no work!" Thia a common expression among thc idle of the world, and if it were Kally so it would be the saddest thing that baa ever been upon Georgia. But it is not a fact-there is work anda jleuty for all. The trouble is that extravagance aud a fulsc pride has got possession of thc country. It is common enough to hear boys and girls complain of the jack of opportunity. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred some hypo critical man or woman, who poses as a philanthropist, bas whispered this into their cars beforo they ever thought of it. Sometimes these hypocrites in tiniatc this into thc child's head in other ways than by words, but no matter how it is arrived at, whosoever -own discontent among thc youths of (he laud is the worst enemies of thc race. Quiet these hypocritical tongues and tear away tho disguise under whioh they hide, and much of this vail that is common would be heard DO more. Thc trouble of this laud is not in the lack of opportunity nor the pover ty of this land is not in the lack of work. There is opportunity in every environment and there is work for all -rho will do tho best that they can. The trouble is in the false pride that has possession of the land and per suades that certain work is too "low," ?nd that opportunity lies anywhoro rather than in our present course of iviog. The worst curse that eau fall opoa a poor mao's family is to have that family get notions into their heads olear beyond their means of sus taining such notions. Especially does "big notions," false pride, affect farming. It cannot bc denied but what farming is a slow way to accumulate great riches, and it can DOt bc denied but what country life is i poor place for fools to put on those trtifioial affectations which keeps them io a false position till the strain snaps ihc thread and leaves them a wreck cpon a world which owes them noth ia:r but contempt. But farming offers tork, and it offers respectability, and ibsence from anxiety, health, and if you will bo satisfied to live within thc Eicans of these conditions your chil dren or your posterity before the third generation will be thc good, thc great, thc rich of tho world. Whoever would le conceited enough to think that they could fix a standard of life to suit ull peoples is.a fool ami the truth is not ia them. There must be different standards, aud none are wisc euough to say which is the best, for the beg ?cars of this generation may bc the fia ces o? t'ne next., i was tickled at {town no longer than yesterday. One if our fellow-citizenr' took it upon limself to read my old friend a lecture ,5 to how he should train up his onl Iren. Brown fell back on his dew :laws further than T ever saw him fall Def ore, and pointing to the fellow-cit iien's own family, asked with, all the tontempt in his nature, ''What have BOU done?" This was a eliucher, for Brown has got un offspriug that would liscount the fellow-citizen's to an ex eat that would make them objects of )ity if it were not for their money. Phis was pretty severe on the fellow itizen, but many others might take a ti]>" from thc incident and profit by t. No, sir,?people should have senso Dough to work at whatever their nuds findeth to do, and to live with Q tho means of that work cheerfully, ll the t he striving for better in a olid and substantial growth that will I?ve no taint of foolery and no curso _f ill-gotten gains. And, I say, cur ?d be the hypocrites* who would by ny means sow the seeds of discontent hat leads from such a course. Rut I did not start out to say just 'bat I have said. I want to say there 'work on the farm, and that now is ie time to make arrangements for the ota lng year. The nows conies from he West that such corn crops were ever known before, and this abun anv will moko it easier for those ?oiing away from the towns to get upplies. I know that it i* mighty ?Jard for the poor, people to gct'out of towns and make a crop, but it Buist be done. The land owners have Begun to-show a better feeling for Biese town people. They are better workers and better citizens th au. was loee believed. ?her? is no trouble ?bout the country rccoiving any sen H'ble folks. The wives and daughters m theso town poor folks aro the great est trouble Many of these are full of |i* notions-fool notions, and it will ?e hard'for thom to get down-I eil! ?getting up-to sensible country life md a poor man's faca. A poor man is HP a bad fix that has not tho sympathy g| his family in this or any other has* ftes?, and it does seem to me that ?'ramon sense should tell (hem that to ?il to co-operate alt together, means V* wreckage of all. There are too people already trying to Hvo by weir wits--workois the thin<, and it wpt come.. I .Hf t think o? tehat a State old' LUNKETT. D Rent a IrMace in the ri try. Constitution. : Georgia would be if all the idle whites would turn to agriculture. Ie would solve all the "problems." Wc all know that thc poor white people have had mighty little encouragement to turu to farming. Ever since the war there has been great worry over the condition of the negro, but very little anxiety about thc poor whites. It has come to the point that, thc poor white man needs all thc attention that you eau spare. The poor white tuan has not even worried the politician. It was taken as a matter of course that he must vote tho democratic ticket, and that it was no usc to bid for his support. Dutch, Irish, English, French and negro were somewhat of factors iu 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 takcu up. The bad weather of the winter will soon be upon you in the towns and then you won't have much time for auything but to groan. There is plenty o? room in thc country, and the soil of old Geor gia will yield generously if you will givo it the work. Ono thing I wish to tell you, justas I have told you before: That farming is the coming thing for the native Georgia white man. Land is getting hieher and higher every day and will soon be out of reach of the man with small means. If you are able to buy a piece of land, that is thc thing to do, and do it quickly. If you aro 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 bc loug till you arc proud of it and will thank mc for tell ing you. SARGE PLUNKETT. Supreme Court Decisions. Since Chas. O. Tyer begantho man ufacture ol' Tyner's Dyspepsia Rcm I ody, many people have inquired as to its efficacy. Chief Justice Bleekley, of Georgia, bas tried it Vor indigestion and dyspepsia, and gives this at bis decision : "Atlanta, Ga., March 14.-Chas.O. Ty nui, Atlanta, Ga.: I have used, and am now using, Ty tier's Dyspepsia Remedy. It is a mental as well as a physical elixir. With its aid and a n;iir ol' spectacles I can frequently see the law in Spite of unsuitable or too much diet/ '"LOGAN E. BLKCKLEY." This i> a splendid decision and peo pie are profiting by lt.. For sale by Wilhite & Wilhite. Sampln bottle free on application to j Ty tier's Dyspepsia Remedy Co., Atlan- j ta, Ga. - There are nearly $1^,01)0,000 in the United States treasury, thc pro ceeds of sales of cotton which foll into the Federal hands during the Civil war. The money belongs to the own er? of the cotton or their heirs, if they can prove their claims. During thc winter of 181)7 Ml*. James Heed, one of the leading citizens and I merchants of Clay, Clay Co., W. Va., struck his leg ugainst a cake of ice in such a manner as to bruise it severely. It became very much swollen and p tined him so badly that he oould not walk without the aid of crutches. Ile was treated by physicians, also used several kinds of liniment and two and a half gallons of whiskey in bathing it, but nothing gave any relief until he* began using Chamberlain's Pain Hahn This brought almost a com- ! plcte cure in a week's time and he be lieves that had he not used this rem edy his leg would have hud to be am putated. Pain Balm is unequaled for sprains, bruises and rheumatism. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. -? A gold deposit was sometime ago discovered on thc land of Mr. James V. Culbrcath, in Saluda county. Ho j associated several men with him and j opened amino. They sent several tons < of tho ore bearing reek to be assayed at thc assay office io Charlotte. N. C. This rook and dirt was taken from near the surface and represented the best and poorest. The gentlemen have just returned from Charlotte, where tho I oarth assayed from $3.19 to 34 a ton. i Iv is aaid that $2 of gold to the ton 1 is all that is required to make mining i profitable, and the owners of this mino j are going to work with modern ma chinery on a large scale. j "I wish to express my thanks to the j manufacturers of Chamberlain's Colic, i Cholera and Dia- rh o ea Remedy, for ( haviag put on che market such a wbn ; derful medicine," says W. W. Masstn gill. of Beaumont, Texas. There are many thousands of mothers whose | children have been saved from attacks of dysentery aod cholera infantum who must also feel thankful. It is for sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. . - A large aerolite fell near Syca more, G., recently. It weighed over 500 pounds and bnrst into many pie cos. The light of the meteor was blinding and its roar while passing through the air was deafening. It made the earth tremble wheo it struck. Millions-of dollars, is tho value glaced by Mrs.. Mary Bird, Harris, urg, Pa., on the life of her oh i Id, which she saved from croup by tho uso of Ono Minute Cough Cure. It j oares all coughs, eoldn and throat and j laos, trouble?. Kftns Pharmacy. A K KM i M SC h N rK. OM Time School Days lu the Country. [tlanUi Journal. It has been about thirty years since I was one of the smallest children iu a country school that stood in a gre*t forest of oak trees near which two big roads crossed at right angles. A "b'g road'1 is like an important street through which all kinds of vehicles and travelers pass from morning till uight. The school was taught in a 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 men and young ladies whose educa tion had been neglected during tho war between thc south and tho north. The schoolroom was long and wido arith 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 thc 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 thc way to or from town. Many of the young men eame 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 thc boys played lown-ball, marbles, leap frog, mumble-peg and made swings by cut ting a big grape vine far enough from the root to bc easily held in the hands while running or swinging clear of the ground. The girls made play-houses under the trees by outlining rooms with rows of stones. They also made fire-places and chairs and visited from house to house in the most ceremonious aud lady-like wai'. Lessous were recited in large classes and many of the ?mall children could spell better than grown boy*, and thc lessons in the old Webster's blue backed speller were learned so thor oughly that the teachers did not give a word until the long elass had spelled around at least once. What fun to us little ones who listened wheu the boys and girls reached those long columns of words ending iu "lion" and '"sion.'' How they shouted out the big words in breathless haste and with a trium phant assurance on the last, syllable which sounded to us like "town-shun" and was beyoud our mental grasp. \ poor speller in a couutry school could not hide bis 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. Heading was not of much consequence and writing was eonsidered 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 the faintest idea of the real value of a shilling, the length of an ell or thc weight of ounces and pounds in any commodity but he must know ali the tables so as to recite them at breath less speed. Thc multiplication table he must know all to pieces, forward, backward and criss-cross. Wheu school closed the spring term, there was an ''examination" by day and an "exhibition" at night. An immeusc ?-rush-arbor on one side of the Hall was roofed over wi.th fragrant pine boughs that made a cool shade for guests who sat on benches and chairs to see and hear the exercises. The children were kept in tho hall all thc morning aud thc classes were called out to recite 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 the teaohcr called thc classes the pupils filed solemnly out in view of tho interested audience. Spelling, read ing, grammar and arithmetic wcro thoroughly investigated by a commit tee of venerable citizens. T do not remember that any curiosity was ever shewn about geography or history in that particular school. Thc teacher's strong point was mathematics, and while he took pride in the geometri cal demonstrations and algebraic prob lems from tho young men, his heart's delight was in the tiny girls who had to stand on chairs while "doing sums" in addition so the audience could sec the figures on tho black-board. The smallest tot in school was com pelled to recite a poem if only four, lines could bo memorized. Some of the young ladies read compositions and repeated amusing dialogues, bnfc there was no reciting in concert, sing ing or calisthenics. At night the young men declaimed and gave funny impersonations, even . sometimes blacking their faces and imitating Sambo, the country darkey. After the school had completed its exercises there would be a dance, in . .the Hall and muon merriment amongst (itt young people. Before midnight, however, everybody went home in tho Hummer moonlight, mid the Behool was closed for a few weeks' vacation. There were other interests besides books and playing in that school. Several married couples I know of were class mates in those days and the handsome old bachelor teacher* married otic of the girls who wat par ticularly good in algebra, and the 'ast time 1 heard of them they were busily solving several problems in the form of boys and girl-. Abraham Lincoln's I,u>t Official Act. Saturday, August 20, at Maryville, Mo , occurred the death of George S. E. Vaughn, who bore thc distinction of having been thcsubj? otof Abraham Lincoln's last official act. Before the Civil War, Vaughn and his family, consisting of himself, wife and several children, lived in Gantou, Mo., whore they were among tho most respected citizens of that Mississippi River town. He was intimately ac quainted with Martin E. Green, a brother of United States Senator James S. Green, both of whom were characterised at that period by their pro-slaverery views. At the opening of the Civil War, Martin E. Green re cruited a regiment of Southern sym pathizers and received a colonel's commission from thc Confederate Government. George Vaughn enlist ed under Green's command and fought through thc whole period of tbe war. After a period of fighting activity Green and Vaughn crossed over into Mississippi and Tennessee, camping at Tupolo, Miss. Not having beard from his family of tho progress of af fairs in Missouri, Green was naturally anxious to hear from his old home, and delegated Vaughn to go on tho perilous mission of delivering letters to his wife and friends in Northeast Missou ri. Vaughn had almost completed his surreptitious trip, having reached La Grange, six miles cast of Canton, his destination, when he was captured by a squad of Federal troops. They searohed his person, and, find ing letters and other papers concealed about him, he was tried as a spy and sentenced to be shot. John B. Hen derson, then Senator from Missouri, was importuned by Vaughn's brother, a soldier in thc Union army, to endea vor to secure his brother's pardon. Henderson worked insidiously on the case, finally succeeding in getting an order from tho President for a re trial, but thc verdict remained as hitherto, Again Henderson appealed to President Lincolu, who granted a third trial; but again the result was the same as in thc two preceding hear ings. Notwithstanding these results. Henderson was not disconcerted, and again went to Liu coln. Tt was on tho afternoon of April 14. IHtlo-a melan choly date in American history-that the .Senator called at the White House. He called thc attention of Lincoln to the fact that the war was practically closed, and, concluding, said: "Mr. Lincoln, this pardon should be. granted in thc interest of peace and conciliation."' Mr. Lincoln replied: "Very well, Senator, T. agree with you. Go over to Stanton and tell him that this man must, be released.'' 'Butt, Mr. President," protested Henderson, "? have gone twice to Stanton about this matter, and he will have nothing to do with it." ' if you go and tell Stanton what 1 tull you, I am sure be will do it," said Lincoln,, "but if he doesn't, come back here." Henderson iicted upon Lincoln s suggestion; and went to the ollice ol' thc Secretary of War. Stanton's im petuosity evinced itsolf; he became violently angry, and swore that he would permit no such procedure. Vaughn had but two more day-, to live, according to his .sentence, and Henderson hastened to make one more stand for thc Missourians 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 the Senator entered and told of the meeting he had had with Stanton. Lincoln for a few minutes relapsed into study, then turned to his dosk and wrote a few lines on an official sheet of paper. As he handed it to Senator Henderson, he remarked: "1 think that will have precedence over Stanton." lt was an order for uncon ditional roleasc and pardon-thc last official papar ever signed by Abrahan: Lincoln, for an hour after he was as sassinated in Ford's Theater by Joht Wilks Booth. H. H. NORMAN. .losepb Stockford, Hodgdon, Me. healed a soro running for scventccr years and cured his pilos of long stand iog by using DeWitt's Witch Haze Salve. It euros all skin diseases Evans Pharmacy. - A Chicago street beggar who diet a few days ago left a fortune of $40, OOO. - A recently built organ, run bj electricity, contains 64,500 miles o wire. .If you scour the world you wi! never find a remedy equal to On Minute Cough Curo," says Edito Fackler, of the Micanopy, Fla., Um tier. It cured his family of La Gripp and savea thooiaads from pneumonia bronohitis. croup abd all throat am lung troubles. Evans Pharmacy. In a Ponder Mill. The danger buildings of a powder mill are themselves KO constructed tbat uot a nail head or iron in any shape is exposed, and the roofs are made slight, so as to give easy veut to explosions. The garments of the workers are pockettcss, so that they cannot oarry knives, or matches, or, indeed, auythmg, and are made of non-iuflammable material. Even the buttons m st not be of metal. No one is allowed to K<> about with trous ers turned up at the bottom, beeause grit is collided in that way, aud the merest hurd speck of foreign matter in a eharge of gunpowder is fraught with danger. The entrances to danger building* aro protected by boards placed edge ways so that when the door it open nothing in tho shape of dirt eau work in. This always nerves 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 iusidc the door. Doors aromado to .open outward, o as to enable them to escape thc moro readily, and on thc approach of a thunderstorm the works arc stopped and the operatives repair to thc di fie - eut watch houses scattered over tho 300 acres covored by these extensive works. Every week the machinery is in spected, aud the reports as to its con dition are printed and filed. lu the case of a danger building ueediug to be repaired, it must firut bc washed out before a hammer or other iron tool id admitted to it. Wheo artificial light is required, as when working at night or in dull weather, tba lights are kept outside, being placid on tho window ledges. lu the case of thu work's magazine, which is surrounded with water, no light of any kind is ever permitted near it. These are only a few of the precautions against acci dents at the work?; they are sufficent, however, to show how lively must be the sense of danger. Men in powder houses usually havo an arranged pluu of escape in their minds, and at thc least unexpected noise have not hesi tated to plunge into thc canal.-Can sell s Magazine._ j KAMNOL ' j X IlEtl>A< HE, I ? NEUKAMUA.t I LA NIMPPE. S A Relieves all pain. & & 25c. all Druggists. A ?YOUR HOME P? OTES ? fi ?j |[? : fe;; ; jtt i tev: . ..'iv ' W .-..Sf? No influence. lends SO much to hnuje li ? as music. No Stock oft'srs .zrcatrr attractions than ours, and wo wish to help you to happiness. UV? ?os nloue that, we say it, but you j r? MOW I hut we mean it, as wo soil ! tho brftt, ?-Jas?? ol* PIANOS aud ORGANS, As well ?is Minali Musical Merchandi^f, j anil will jrive you lull vulne forov ' ?ry dollar. You aro eordlally Invited to I call in person aud inspect our Stock, <;r write for catalogues and prices. Wo also represent tho leading SEWING MACHINES i Ol' the day, and ar? constantly recuiviug now additions to nur Stock. We appeal to your judgment and will sell you the btett in tbls line. We still bandlo thoroughly reliable Carriages, Buggies and Harness, And can ?ave yon money by an investi gation. Look ti? quality first-then price. Most respectfully, THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE. If you want Bargains CHEAP JOHN'S, The Five Cent Store. IF you want SHOK9 cheap ?o to Cheap j John's, tho Five Cent Store. For your TOBACCO and CK. AUS lt's! the place tn get them cheap. Schnapps Tobacco. a? Je. Karly Bird Tobacco. Gay Bird Tobacco. :'?Sc our Loader Tobacco. 27Jc. Nabob's Cigar?. lc. each. Stogies...-1 for 5c. Premio or Habana.3 for ac. Old Glory. 8c. a pack. Ar bu ck le's C?lico lio. pound No. 0 Coffee 9c pound. Soda 10 lbs. for 25c. Candios Cc. per pound. CHEAP JOHN is ahead in Laundry and Toilet Soaps, Box and Stick Bine in fact, everything of that kind. Good s-day Clock, guaranteed for five years, $1.95. Tinware to beat the band. . SOm A. HATES. HEADACHE; FOUL BREATH, INO ENERGY CONSTIPATION. These symptoms mean torpid liver aad a clogged conduic-n in th? bowels. They also mean thc general health ia belcn . par and disease is seeking to cb?ain control. PRICKLY A Quickly removes these Symptoms, Strengthens thc Stomach. Cleanses thc Liver and Bowels ?nd Promotes Func tional Activity in the Kidneys. A few doses will restores Health and Energy in Body and Brain. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Price $1.00 Per Bottle, EVANS PHARMACY. Special Agents. E U. EVAN-. Jr. K. P.. hw, M. I). EVANS & DAY, HEALERS IN - DRTJGS and GROCERIES, PENDLETON, S- C. STAUT BIGHT ?-Tho regulation of tho priui.'c vho is tho basa; principle ol all therapeutics. Keep clean, oat properly l y using FRESH DRUlH. FRESH GROCERIES, PHESH 80DA WATER, FRESH ICE. FRESH FRITHS, FRESH TURNIP S KED. EVERYTHING FRESH EXCEPT EVANS & DAY. Notice to Debtors. PARTIES owing us open and secured Accounts due lu tho FaR aro notified that suivi Accounts are now ?Ino and must ho f ettled at once. GUANO NOTES arc due and payablo on or before October 1st, and uiUHt bo paid promptly out of the first sales of Cotton. We appreciate tho geueral desire to hold Cotton for higher pri?es and ?lo not objoct, hut must insist that it bo not held at our ex penso and rink. You can store it and borrow enough on It to pay your Account ; therefore, do not expect io ride us when wo mo needing our un.iwy. 'Ibis is strictly business, nod wo mean every \\nr ; WM -uy, for wo will bavo our money if wt bave to put -.ul Special Colli enos to K?-t it. Save your1?' : trouble ml; ex penn; by giving UH prompt settlements. Yours truly, DSAN <& RATLIPFE. ? WHEAT AND OATS FERTILIZERS. HALF crops <-i [Cotton don't'pity UH woll HM hall'crops ol Wheat. Your Isnd ner.ds :i i-btinge, anyway, ?nd with proper niHituring will pay you bettt-r in Wheat and Oats than iii Cotton. Wo haveitlie-r ? Fertilizers specially made.? and adapted 'for Wheat Culture, Reenmmuudi d by r minent Chemists land prnetteal Wheat growers all over iii?- rounlry, and it in suitable to the diameter "l Anderdon C.?unt\- NO?. lt is well pulverised and in nico shape for t'Utrlbntin;:. Let us st ll you i." you wan". THE BEST GOODS. O IS A. TS cV RATLIFFE. ^u?y. A A A A A A ?m*m? A ?m ?% mm* t?m *% nfk ?k ?% ?% A ^ " The West Company---Tile Best Policy." J THE MUTUAL BENEFIT LIEE INSURANCE CO, OF NEWA UK, N. .1. This Company lus been in successful business for fifty-four y<nrs; bas paid nolloy-holders ovor 01415,000,000, and now bas rash assets ol'over *:<>7,< l.OOU. It issues tho pUinest ami best policy un tho market. After TWO an. * premiums bavo been paid it - I. Cash Value. '.. Extended Insurance. Incontes .J boan Value. * I. Paid-up Insurance. lability. AIHO I'UJH Large % nu nul i>ivi<Ieuils. GUAR\NTKES M. M. MATTISON, Sta'.? A??nt. for South Carolina, ANDERSON, S. C., over P. O. &v. Resident Agent for FIRE, HEALTH ?md ACCIDENT Insurance Bptl 0 W Q > H pc 2 0 < a x > < > 2 ? 3 ft X T. ^ > 0 'ai h- H T - -a - o ~ * f ft I a > ?a ft CD o o 3 e A FIRST-CLASS COOK Can't do lirst-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 thc right prices. Where qualities are equal no dealer can sell for less than we do. Wo guarantee to ? give honest quantity at the very LOWEST PRICES. Come and see us. We have numerous articless ia stock that will help you get up a square meal for a little money. Our Stock of Confections, Tobacco, Cigars, Etc., I Are always complete. Yours to please, _ Free Ctr, Deliver,. Gk W. RIGBY.