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BILL ARP Answering tlie Qner; .Asking A/h Atlanta Cc A friend writes me from Florida that bacon will not keep well in that climate, and that the old settlers say it always gets rancid. Be wants to know if there is any remedy for this. Yes, I think so, unless hogs fattened on pinders are different from those ! fattened on corn. This reminds me of a war story. In 1S64 my wife and half a dozen little children found refuge from the foul invader at her father's plantation on the upper Chattahoochee river. There was no white man there or near ; there save her old father, Judge Hutchins. There were about a hun dred negroes, mere thau half of them too old or too young to work. Food for our soldiers was getting scarcer | every day and orders came that every j farmer should be tithed-that is to j say, he should give up to the govern- j ment agents a portion of his corn and | meat and beef cattle. A mounted de- 1 tail from the home guard was sent j out with the wagons to enforce the I order and gather ia the supplies. There : was nobody to resist them, for every- ! body was in the army save the old j men and invalids and women and chil- j dren. Late one evening a company j of thirty men came to Judge Hutchins' j house and rudely informed him that ! they came for bacon and beef cattle, j The judge very calmly told them he ' bad none to spare. For a while they j parleyed with him but finally demand- ? ed the key to his smokehouse. My j wife and children and two other little \ grandchildren listened in fear and ' anxiety. They knew that the Judge i was a fearless man, but there were so ! many well armed men against him, j the odds were fearful, and when he j refused to give up the key, they said i they would arrest him and break down ' the door. Then he pleaded with them in a ' trembling voice and said to the cap- : tain: "Here is my daughter and her : little helpless children and here are ! two others whose mother is dead and their father is in the army. I have but four sons and they are in the : army. My two sons-in-law are there. Here on this place are fifty or sixty ; negroes who are too young or too old ! 1 to work, and it is a struggle for us all ! to live. I am alone and getting old. I have done my share for thc coufed- i eracy and cannot do more. Now I \ 1 know that you can overpower me or i ( kill me and take away the little meat | I have saved for these helpless ones, ? 1 but let me tell you, captain, the first man who goes to that door to break it ; 1 down will be a dead man before he j can do it." His black eyes flashed as if lit up by sparks of fire and his voice no longer trembled. He was despe- ; rate. Lightly he ascended the stairs, 1 where he had two double-barreled 1 guns well loaded, and planting him- ( self by the window that overlooked . the smokehouse, he said, "Now break that door if you dare to," and the percussion lock went click, click. The captain looked at the door and then at the judge. There was an awful silence for a few moments. My wife and children had heard it all and ] trembled. Some of the negroes had i gathered at the cabin doors, and old Sam dared to exclaim in a low, husky : voice, "Better not-better not-old j massa kill you-kill you shore." ] The captain suddenly reconsidered. ! "Come, boys," said he "it's getting ' late; and there ain't no use in fighting , about a little meat. We can report the case to headquarters and if we are ordered back we can try it again, I J reckon." Without saying goodbye or j j farewell they left. That night about midnight the judge | called up old Jack and Virgil, whom ? 1 he knew he could trust, and had the | ] joints of the meat and a part of thc ' sides carried quietly down to the old ? blacksmith shop on the bank of the river. With a pick and shovel the j cinders and earth in the old hearth ] were soon excavated and a chamber ? fashioned that would hold and hide a j thousand pounds, it was buried there and the health was covered just like it had been. Some scattering 1 charcoal filled in the spaces and some ' was left on top and the black old basket placed where it long had been. ! With shovel and wheelbarrow the surplus earth was taken down the river bank and tumbled in and then ? all was quiet on thc Chattahoochee. I The burial of Sir John Moore was not more silent. In January, 1SG5, I joined my family at thc plantation and not long after thc judge furnished us a good mule team and wagon and we returned to our home in Kome The day before we left his hospitable mansion he opened the cache and found the meat all sweet and sound and we brought a good portion of it , with us and it was as precious as gold. My wife says the charcoal purified it and kept it from tasting old or rancid. Now then I have answered my friend's question. He must get up i another civil war and hide his meat in . the hearth of an old blacksmith shop, i S LETTER. y of a Correspondent >ont Bacon. institution. Earth and charcoal are both good disinfectants and preservers of flesh, and if I was in Florida I would pack my meat in charcoal, uot dust, but small crushed coal. Before putting the meat down I would powder it from a pepper box with borax. Borax is almost universally used now. It is sure death to skippers and other ver mine, and a druggist told me that the sale of it had increased a thousand per cent within the last live years. When my family got home we found that it was not good to live by meat alorie and we had to send down the river a hundred miles for a few bushels of corn aud hid it near a mill in the couutry, because the outlaws and de serters were patrolling the land and talcing everythicg they could lind. A good friend brought us half a bushel of meal at a time on thc sly, and so we got along. The memory of old Rowland Bryant is sti1'. precious to us for his kindness in those days of trib ulation. It is encouraging to know that Armour & Co. have not abolished all the smokehouses in the land, nor drawn our home made meat into their mighty trust. Our farmers are gene rally raising their o /n meat and bring a gC?^ deal to town to sell, and my wife^iays that country lard is purer and better thau any that comes from the packing houses of the west. Our home market is well supplied by our farmers with almost everything that is good to eat. Beef, pork, butter, chickens, eggs, potatoes, turnips, cabbages, beans and apples are in great abundauce. Of course, we can't have mutton, for the negroes must have dogs and the candidates must j have negro votes. I lost eight fine I 3Ierinos in one night and my neigh bor. Mr. Bobbins, lost three hundred* ii five years, and quit thc business. But with all our drawbacks, our peo- i pie are on the upgrade. Seven cents j cotton has helped greatly, and if our farmers will cut down the acreage still J more, it will bring 8 cents next year ? and leave more land for wheat and j cort:. The southern fanners oujiht to i form -a r Ijbiy trust and regulate acreage and price. Our own county could regulate itself by organizing and combining with the local banks. Our average crop is 10,UGO bales, and ! at S cents a pound would bring ?400,- j [)00. About one-half of this could be ! carried aud held by the more wealthy | producers. Thc other 0,000 bales could get an advance of 5 cents a pound, or $30 a bale, from the banks ou warehouse certificates. This tvould bake only $150,000. Even $25 a bale would pay the cost of production and leave the margin for the producer, ?nd this would require from the banks only $125,000. If every county was to do this a 10,000,000 bale crop would jump to S cents within sixty days. That's the way to meet trust with trust and defy the speculators. Why can't it be done? BILL ARP. The Words of a Famous Mission Worker Perhaps no man in Atlantais better md more favorably known than Mr. John F. Barclay. He for a long time has beena sufferer from indigestion md dyspepsia. This is what he says: Atlanta, Ga , January 23, 1895. Dr. C. O. Tyner: Having used Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy for several years in my family I gladly add my testi mony to what has already been said in its praise. Without any exception [ think it is the finest remedy on the m?rket and nothing would induce mc :o do without it. J NO. F. BARCLAY. For sale by Y?'ilhite cc Wilhite. Sample bottle free on application to Fyner'sDyspepsia Remedy Co., Atlan ta, Ga. - m m am - - Ile-"I'm thinking of proposing :o you." She-liI hope you will postpone it awhile.'' Ile-"Why?" she-"I don't know you well enough yet to refuse you." Eat plenty, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure ?viii digest what you cat. It cures all forms of dyspepsia and stomach trou oles. E. R. Gamble, Vernon, Tex., says, "It relieved mc from tho start ind cured me. It is now my ever lasting friend." Evans Phaimacy. - The 130 year old vine at Hamp ton Court, England, is reported to be is vigorous as ever, although it is not now allowed to produce as many grapes as in its prime. President King. Fanner's Bank, Brooklyn, Mich., has used DeWitt's Little Early Risers in his family for years. Says they are the best. These famous little pills cure constipation, billiousucss and bowel troubles. Evans Pharmacy. - A Wesleyan preacher named Fouldsworth, who had preached for eighty years, died recently in the Halifax (England) almshouse, aged [)4 years. Fora clear complexion, bright spark ling eye and vigorous digestion, take Prickly Ash Bittters. It puts thc system in perfect order. Sold by Evans Pharmacy. - It would be difficult to imagine more extraordinary digestive ??powers than those of the hyena. One of these beasts ha3 been known to swal low six large bones without crushing them. W. 0. T. TT. DEPARTMENT. Conducted by the ladies of the W. C. T. U. of Anderson, S. C. Governor in a Hogshead A good-natured philanthropist was walking along the docks one Sunday morning, when he found a boy asleep in a hogshead. He shook him until he was wide-awake, and then opened the following conversation: ''What are you doing here, boy?." "I slept here all night, sir, for t had no other place to sleep in." "How is that ? Have you no father or mother? Who takes care of you?" "My father drinks, sir, and I don't know where he is. I have to take care of myself, for my mother is dead: she died not long ago." And at thc mention of her name the boy's eyes filled with tears. "Well, come along with me. I'll give you a home, and look after you as weil ai I eau." Thc child thus adopted on thc wharf was takeu to a happy home. He was sent to a common school, and after wards employed as a clerk in the store of his benefactor. When he became of age, his friend and benefactor said to him: "You have been a faithful and honest boy and man, and if you will make three promises, I will fur nish you with letters of credit, so that you can start business in the West on your own account." "What promises do you wish me to make?" inquired the young man. "First, that you will not drink in toxicating liquors of any kind." "I airree to that." "Second, that you will not use pro fane speech." "I agree to that." "Third, that you will not become a politician." "I agree to that." The young man started in business in the West, and by minding his.own business in a few years he became a rich mau. At the close of thc war he came East, and called upon his friend and accepted father. In thc course of a happy interview thc philanthrop ist asked his adopted son if he had kept his total abstinence pledge. "Yes, sir." was the answer. "Have you abstained from thc use j of profane speech?'' "Yes, sir " said the man with cm- ! phasis. "Have you had anything to do with j politics'.''' The visitor-the adopted son, per- I haps I should have said-blushed, and j said: "Without my consent I was j nominated for Governor of my State and elected. I am now on 1113' way to 1 Washington to transact important business for thc State." Did ever a hogshead turn out so good a thing as a teetotal Governor before? It had to be emptied of its wine before it could be a shelter for the little Arab who ran wild in that wilderness of marble and mortar, the great city of New York. The streets and wharves of thc great metropolis of commerce invite missionary effort, and the writer hopes that the little waifs afloat on the wave of outward life will not be neglected. - George. W. Bungay, in National Temperance Advocate. Before the Bar. How many young men who are actors in the first part of this drama have ever rehearsed in thought the parts they may take in the last three acts? Act I.-Before the bar of the saloon. Act II.-Before the bar of the court. Act III.-Before thc bar of the prison. Act IV.-Before thc bar of God. I bu th s Companion. - mm - . m A young lady asked a butcher for a dollar toward paying for a temperance lecture. She didn't expect to get it, but the butcher said: "There's your dollar. I've sold more meat in ouc day since this town went no liccnsc than I used to in a whole week when we had saloons." What better tem perance lecture than that could be de livered?_ Chamberlain's Pain Balm Cures Others, Why not You? My wife has been using Chamber lain's Fain Balm, with good results, for a lame shoulder that has pained her continually for nine years. We have tried all kinds of medicines and doctors without receiving any benefit from any of them. Une day we saw an advertisement of this medicine and thought of trying it, which wc did with thc best of satisfaction. She has used only one bottle and her shoulder is almost well.-ADOLPH JJ. Ml I.I.KT, Manchester, N. II. For sale by Hill-On Drug Co. - Mable: "Are you going to return che poor fellow's ring?" Florence (who has just broken her engagement): "I haven't decided. L suppose he will propose to you now, and I thought I'd;just hand it over to you to save bother." LaGrippc, with its after effects, an nually destroys thousands of people. It may be quickly cured by One Min ute Cough Cure, the only remedy that produces immediate results in coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, pneumonia and throat and lung troubles. It will prevent consumption. Evans Phar macy. Unexpected. One of the district school trustees was a crank on the subject of fire, and when he"oalled around with the ex amining board he always confined his remarks to a question addressed to thc pupils as to what they would do in case the building should catch fire. The teacher was acquainted with hi3 hobby, so she prompted her schol ars as to the answers they should give when he rose to pronounce his accus tomed inquiry. When thc board call ed, however, this particular trustee, perhaps from a desire to emulate his associates in their addresses, rose and said: "You boys and girls have paid such attention to Mr. Jones' remarks. I wonder what you would do, now, if I were to make you a little speech?" Quick as thought a hundred voices piped in unison: "Form a linc and march down stairs." Not That! This was actually heard in the Cracker district of Teuncssce: The mother shouted from thc door of thc cabin behind thc trees: "Yank Tyson! Tim Tyson!" she j cried, "what yu'uns doin ?" Two little boys raised their heads j over a barrel 300 yards down thc i i mountain. ,j "Foolin'," was the reply. "Be yu'uns smoking'?"' "Ye'um." "Be yu'uns chawiuT' 1 "Ye'um." "Be yu'uns chawin' twist an' smokin' cob pipe?" "Ye'um." "Thct's right. But if yo* let mc kotch yo' smokin' them cigarect, I'll gi' yo' th' wust lammin' yo' ever lied in yo' lives. Yo' hear yo' ma?" "Ye'um."-Detroit Free Prcas. On thc 10th. of December, 1S?>7, Rev. S. A. Donahoe, pastor M. E. Church, South, Pt. Pleasant, W. Ya., con tracted a severe cold which was at tended from the beginning by violent coughing. Ile says: "After resort ing to a number of so-called 'specific?.' | usually kept in the house, to no pur- ! pose, I purchased a bottle of Cham berlain's Cough Remedy, which acted like a charm. I most cheerfully re commend ii to the publie." For sale by Jlill-Orr-^rug Co. - A kind ol' paper is made from seaweed which is so transparent that ! it may be used instead of glass for j windows. Thc kidneys are small but imper- | taut organs. They need hclpoccasion- ' ally. Prickly Ash Bitters is a sue- j cessful kidney tonic and system regu- i later. Sold by hi va us Pharmacy. - Thc English walnut is said to be the most profitable of all nut-bearing trees. When in full bearing they yield about 300 pounds of nuts to thc tree. The nut sells ou an average at about 8 cents per pound. If ouly twenty-seven trees are planted on an acre thc income would be about ?075 Joseph Stockford, Hodgdon, Me., healed a sore running for seventeen years and cured his piles of long stand ing by using DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. It cures all skin diseases. Evans Pharmacy. - A young woman jumped from a train near Waseca, Minn., and several other passengers, not knowing the cause of the excitement, also jumped. None weie badly injured. Geo. Noland, Rockland, O., says, "My wife had piles forty years. De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve cured her. It is the best salve in America." It heals everything and cures all skin diseases. Evans Pharmacy. JOHN A. HAYES Sell? HYNDS' Home-m; Honest Work, Hoi ''jp11 IK Urtext Shoo Factory and Tannery i JL World. Tho only combined Shoo F A Solid, First-class, A No. If you want cheap, shoddy, paper shoei but if you want the best Shoes at popular p The prices range from Fifty cents to Fr They arn the cheapest because thoy are tin Tanued Leather, "Soft, Elastic and Strong.' what you want Try ono pair and you will $4 00 and $5.00 Shoes BOYS' STEAD The Most Complete and TJp-tc Every Machine thc latest improved, Under the superintendence of an c: of skilled assistants. Every piece of fl work allowed to pass from Laundry. PRICES LOW. Quality of work i W. Locate (1 at rear ol' Fanl's Book ! VANDIVI MERCI A liE WIDE OPEN FOR BUSINESS it Between Masonic Temp And respectfully and earnestly invite von t of Goods and get acquainted with their fully pay you for tho lew feet you have to v We are going to carry by far the best Si you more tor your money than anybody, this isn't a truo statement. Splendid high-grade lino of RT IO ES GOODS. Get our prices and seo if thev are, We are going to handle at. BOTTOM BAGGING and TIES, BACON, LAUD, i PRICES. We heartily appreciate your liberal tra appreciation for that trade. Come to see UJ it more than ever before. You will find m Free City Delivery. Phone 75. Prom] Yours gratefully, The Safest Part of a Traill. ? A party of travelers io a train were talking over their traveling experience and the danger of accidents, and finally the question arose as to the safest part of the train. Failing to settle the question among themselves, they called on the guard, and one of them said to him: "Guard, we have been discussing thc matter of the safest part of the train and want to know your opinion." "Want to know thc safest r-art, eh?" replied the guard. "Yes, that's it." "Well," continued the guard, "I've been on thc linc for 15 years and have been turned over embankments, 'busted'up in tunnels, dumped off of bridges, telescoped in collisions, blown off thc line by cyclones, run into open switches and had other pleasant incidental divertisements of a kindred nature, and I should say, gentlemen, that the safest part of the train was that part which happened to be in the works for repairs, at thc time of thc accident."-London Tel egraph. J. J). Bridges, Editor "Democrat," Lancaster, N. H., says, "?neOIinute Cough Cure is the best remedy for croup I ever u^cd." Immediately re lieves and cures coughs, colds, croup, asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, grippe and all throat and lung troubles. It prevents consumption. Evans Phar macy. YOJMP?JOTES NO influence lends so much tn horae liif a? music. No Stock offers great? rattractions than ours, and ive wish io help you to happiness, ?l'n not KI?PJJ*/ I hal we say iii, hnt yon tenon' r??j<3 w?* navan it? as we soil tue hvst Kins** of PIANOS aw! ORGANS. i As wt-li ?is small Musical Merchandise, j and will giv? yon iti?? value for av- j ?.ry dollar. You are cordially invited r.<> i cal! in person and inspect our Stock, or | write I'orcaptlognus and ['.rice-. We also represent ibo leading SEWING MACHINES I Ot* UKI dav, and ar? constantly receiving nev.- Additions to our .Stock. Wo appeal to your judgment and will sell you tho be*r. in this line. We still handle thoroughly reliable Carriages, Buggies and Harness, And eau save j-ou money by an investi gation. Look to quality first-then price. Most respectfully, THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE. Dis. Strickland & King, DENTISTS. OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE &*. Gae and Cocaine 08ed forExtraet LQR Teeth. idft SHOES-Home-made Leather, lest Leather, Honest Pricas. -louth. The BEST SHOES made in tho actory and Tannery in the United States. 1, Best Gainesville Shoes. M don't buy these-ours will not suit you, rics buy mir.-, they will please you. i/o Dollars a pair: any price you want. ? best; madeot'our own puro Oak-bark ' Nothing equals it for wear, an?! that is buy thom again Buy our best quality. for $3.00 and $3.50. _ H LAUNDRY! )-Date Laundry in the State. and designed to do most perfect work, sperienced Laundryman, with a orps rork carefully inspected, and no sorry inexcelled. Give us a trial. F. BARK, Business Manager. Store. SR BROS., 1ANTS, i their elegant Now Store-room le and the New Bank, 0 call and son them, inspect their Stock way of doing business. We promise to /alic off the Square to cet to us. tock we have ever carried, and promise We moan bu si nose. Try us and see rf 1, BOOTS, HATS and STAPLE DRY 1 not rifrht. PRICES, COHN, OATS, BRAN, HAY, and other Heavy Goode, at SELLING de in the past, and promise to show our 3 in our new place. We will appreciate i nicely quartered, ptness in everything. VANDIVER BROS. YOU FEEL ... RELIEVES Rfi'Q i fl Vi GOP, ATES. Emm It ckanscs the liver and bo weis, strengthens the kidneys and M aids digestion, thus thc system is regulated and the ^||| |y EVANS PHARMACY, Social Agents. Is so effective or good as a Pleased Customer. AVE take our cue from this, and iu everything our purpose is first, last and all the time to sell only reliable Merchandise over our counters, thus in suring satisfaction to the purchaser. AVhile we have pleased customers in every department of our business, still it is undeniable that we have pleased them best in the -m VmZt* Jg... ?I mW 1 AVe have made a special study of this line, and always exercise care io buy ing, so that we can oiler nothing but what we know to be first-class Shoes in every particular. To outdo in this line has ever been a hobby with us, and style, quality aud price are points in which we excel. We Keep Everything in General Merchandise, DRESS GOODS, NOTIONS. HEAVY OUTINGS, FLANNELS. S HEETING. and tho best line of JEANS ON THE MARKET. See our 9-ouuce Wool Jeans rbi' 25c. It is a beauty, and worth more money than we are asking. EVERYTHING 5N THE G ROCE RY UNE. Two big bars Soap 10c, Ton lbs. best Soda 25c, Ten lb?. Coffee, finest on earth, 81.00. s&" See U3 before you sell Cotton, and let us price you mir Goods before von buy. HAU U U JUJU I DJxU?. Yon eau g-o to - LET'S SIEE ? OSBORNE & OSBORN'S And get a good COOKING STOVE with 32 pieces of nice, smooth and use ful ware, guaranteed to give satisfaction. We also have the IRON KING, ELMO, LIBERTY STEEL RANGES, and other good makes of Stoves-. The biggest Stove House in the City. Chinaware, Glassware, Tinware and Crockery. t&~ PRICES RIGHT. Come and see for yourself, and let us show you through. , Yours truly, OSBORNE & OSBORNE. Q "The Best Company--The Best Policy. 55 OF NEWARK, N. J. ^ This Company Lias been <n successful business tor fifty-four years; has A paid policy-holders over $165,OOO,OOO, and now has-cash assets of over ^ $1)7,000,000. It i-sues tho plainest and best policy on tue market. After T w'O A annual Drem i lima have been paid it ?rn AH ATCTTTITQ f Cash Value. 3. Extended Insurance. 5. Incontes u- 1 - Loan Value. -1. Paid-up Insurance. tability. Also E*JIJ s ILiirge Auunal Dividends. M. M. MATTISON, State Agent for South Carolina, ANDERSON, S. C., over P. O. fc$U Resident Agent for PIKE, HEALTH and ACCIDENT Insurance. CH O B 25 S 0 H U ^ 2 gi w 0 td 0 > 2? c < t? H L H t? CC < " > O SJ M t? t? O O t? t? ..-J h o d * S t? s hi H CD O O 3 5 e E. G. EVANS, Jr. R. B. DAY, M. D. EVANS & DAY, - DEALERS IN - DK/Ua-S and GROCERIES, PENDLETON, S- C. START RIGHT ?-The regulation of the prima? via? is the basal principle of all therapeutics. 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