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BILL ARP' / - Writes A/bcmt the H< Meridian, J Akanta Cc The other night I dropped down from Chattanooga to Meridian. It is over 360 miles, but it seemed like a dropping down, for the fast train on the Alabama Great Southern carried me there in less than eight hours while I slept. Beautiful cars and a smooth road made the trip a pleasure, even to a veteran. I had some flatteriog calls to the cotton belt of Alabama and Mississsippi, and as the larder was low and the family purse looked like an elephant had trod on it, and the taxes were to pay and coal to buy, and my female folks were in need of win ter garmentSj'my wife said I had bet ter go. That settled it, and here I am in Meridian. Many years have pass ed since I visited this growing city, and I hardly recognized it. It has since grown from SOO to 18,000 people and now puts on metropolitan airs, for it is the largest town in Mississippi. It used to be A dirty place, and was a dug-out for saloons and disreputable quarters. Six years ago there was a great awakening, and the saloons were abolished, and many of those who supported them left for parts un known. Grass dident grow in the streets as was predicted, but the town took on new life. Mr. Dial was elect ed mayor on temperance principle and a system of public works was at once in augurated. Since then fifty miles of sewerage has been laid and thirty miles of sidewalk paved and twelve blocks of streets paved with vitrified brick and as many more with chert. Two cotton mills and an oil mill and a fer tilizer factory and a splendid system of waterworks have been established. Six large buildings for the public schools have been erected. Two fe male colleges have been planted there. The new city has gasworks and street cars, and new residences with hand some architecture are in sight on all the high lands that environ the city. I never knew before that there were lillis within miles of Meridian, but there are not only hills, but a mile or two south there are mountain ridges like those io upper Georgia, and from these come the gushing springs that supply the city with the purest water. There is no better kept hotel than the Southern-good .fare, good beds, good service of every kind-and what was best of all to me the people gave me a good audience, all select, especially the ?ighty college girls who came ar rayed in college uniform. I saw more cotton yesterday than I ever saw be fore at one time and place. Meridian compresses and markets 140,000 bales, and half of it is there now in the warehouses and outside. Much of it has been sold, but cannot be moved for lack of cars. Cotton is still the king. While at breakfast this morning two iiorthern men took seats at the same table, and one remarked: "This town is on a boom. They are build ing all over it." "Yes," said the other, "the whole South is on the up grade, and if it keeps on Bryan won't carry a single Southern State." Well, they were for McKinley, of course, but they will know by waiting. A Northern man who has never been South finds much to interest and as tonish him. Not long ago Mayor Dial took one over the city and asked him what he would like to see specially. He replied that he would like very much to see where thc negroes lived and how they lived. So the mayor drove up to negro town, where he saw numerous women and children, and heard them laughing and talking mer rily. "What are they laughing at?" he inquired. "I dident know they ever laughed." ;{Why," said Mr. Dial, "they laugh all the day long; they laugh at anything." "Is it pos sible?" exclaimed the Yankee. "Sup pose we stop and ask them what they are laughing about? My curiosity is greatly excited." So the mayor stop ped, and calling one of the women whom he knew to the gate, said: "Hannah, this gentleman is from Che North-up in God's country-and says that he dident know that the ne groes down here ever laughed, and he wants to know what you were all laughing about when we drove up." This, of course, provoked another spell and all they got out of them was that "Jinny axed Mandy which was de most alike, a 'possum or a coon?" The stranger was profoundly impressed, and made a note in his memorandum book. Mr. Dial says the new law about voting works well in Mississippi, and has ceased to excite any comment or dissent. The negro population of Meridian is about equal to the white, but there are only about fifty colored Voters-most of these are teachers, preachers and barbers. About eighty registered the first year after the law was passed, but the number has de creased from year to year, and the ne gro has long since ceased to take any interest in polities. Quite a number of white men have retired from regis S LETTER. Bmarkable Growth VXississippi. institution. tracion because they can't swear they have paid their taxes for the years. Mr. Dial fays that the regi trar's office was in his office, and officer was uniformly considerate to ward the negroes who applied, of those who couldent write made ri good answers when called on to ex plain a clause in the Constitutionen if he was a good negro he was que tioned very lightly and was admitted But some who could read missed it mile and wire rejected. The law, h said, was harder on a poor, trifling white man than it was on a thrifty industrious negro. But nobody make any fuss about it or proposes to chang it. "Well, I have been impatiently wait ing on the stars, but do not believ that this is the year for the meteors ray books do not say so. Humboldt ' pretty high authority, and so is Ap pleton's cyclopedia, and both say th periodic interval is thirty-four years instead of thirty-three. They fell in 1797 and in 1833 and a partial display in 1867, and so they will not come again until 1901-year after next And the anniversary was the 12th an 13th, November, which has already passed. But we will know by waiting another day whether Mr. Ashmore i right or Humboldt. I remember well the fall in 1833 and would like to see another before I die, and would like for my wife and children to see one It is a grand and solemn sight. BILL ASP. Taken at His Word. "Thar's one er them agents what sells clocks on credit wants to see you right off," said the new farm hand. "Hang the agent!" exclaimed thc farmer. "I don't want to see him or his clocks." The new farm hand disappeared and did not return for an hour. When he put in an appearance bc asked: "WKar'bouts ?roun' here does the coroner live?" "What in thunder does you want with the coroner?" "Well,'?' said tho new farm hand, taking a seat on the stump and wiping the perspiration from his brow with his shirtsleeve, "I hanged him!" Atlanta Constitution. Why be did Kot Rise. A street preacher was having a sort of test meeting by asking the congre gation questions on their conduct. "Now brethren," he said, "all of you who pay your debts will please stand up." In response to this there wa:; an ap parently unanimous uprising. "Now," said the preacher, asking the others to sit down, "all those who do not pay will please stand up." One man alone arose. "Ah, brother," said the preacher, "why is it that you, of all this congre gation, should be so different?" "I don't know, parson," he replied, slowly, as he looked around over his friends and acquaintances in the meet ing, "unless it is that I'm not a liar, and 'cause I can't get what thc peo ple round me owe.me."-Lacon Jour nal. Chamberlain's Pairs Calm Cures Others, Why not You ? My wife has been using Chamber lain's Pain Balm, with good results, for a lame shoulder that has pained her continually for niue years. Wc have tried all kinds of medicines and doctors without receiving any benefit from any of them. One day we saw an advertisement of this medicine and thought of trying it, which we did with thc best of satisfaction. She has used only om bottle and her shoulder is almost well.-ADOLPH L. MILLET, Manchester, N. II. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. - Mrs. Beenweed-"I could never understand how Mrs. Spadeface man aged to marry such a handsome man." Dr. Beenweed-"I should think you would be able to figure it out from your own experience." On the 10th of December, 1897, Kev. S. A. Donahoe, pastor M. JO. Church, South, Pt. Pleasant, W. Va., con tracted a sjverc cold which was at tended from the beginning by violent coughing. Fie says: "After resort ing to a number of so-called 'specifics.' usually kept in thc 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 it to the public." For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. - Mrs. Cobbs-"I think it very strange that your friend Dobbs never married." Mr. Cobbs-"Oh, you don't know Dobbs. He isn't half such a fool as he looks." LaGrippe, 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. What of the Poor White Boy : Atlanta Constitution. On almost every hilltop in Georgia may be seen the poor white boy-who has no friends abroad, aud shall we so describe it?-can only look for eue mies at home! The poor white boy? What an in spiration of genius swells within him, repressed by ignorance and restrained by environment. The son of a m?.n who owned slaves, he tills the field in sodden despair, while the son of the man who blacked his boots is pursu ing the royal chase of learning within college walls fortified by millions in endowment. A teacher is needed iu the neighborhood-he is imported from a more favored land. A cotton mill is erected-his little sisters and brothers may do the menial work fora trifle iu pay, but thc superintendent, the engineer, the experts in coloring and in pattern making, must come from Massachusetts or from England. An iron foundry is established-thc men who command from $5 to $10 a day are brought from Rhode Island or from Pennsylvania, while the little boy who carries water to the hands may be thc only born Georgian on thc pay-roll. Thc nearby town puts in an electric plant-with the order for it went a requisition for men who un derstand how to run the machine. A linotype is ordered by the local news paper-New York is ordered upon to ship an operator as well. Is it any wonder, then, that seeing his chance of preferment swept away, the poor white boy turns sullenly to his hoe, and for the first time understands what Markham meant when he de scribed the man " * * * dead to rapture and despair, A thing that grieves not, and never hopes, Stolid and stunned, a brother to the ox!'' God pity the poor white boy who is thus doomed to serfdom while thc son of his master's slave has his face set toward the rising sun, and to whom the great secrets of art and nature arc being opened. Hampton institute, with an endowment of $742,000 and real estate as much more, appeals to Northern and even Southern philan thropy for as much more. From the walls of this institution Tuskegee has grown, and now between the two the negro is learning th&use of the hand as well as brain. The soil and its component parts; the smelting and thc amalgamation of the metals; the varied secrets of chemistry; the con trol of steam and of electricity-all arc brought near to him. The scholar, no matter how black he may be, will be the master workman; the ignorant man, no matter how clear the-white ness of his skin, will only be the help er-glad to get that. This is the picture which, as it reverses itself to the eye of the white boy, makes him strike his hoe into the earth with ve nomous wrath and dogged resignation. Men abroad contribute to negro educa tion, because the negro is poor; men at home deny liberal State aid to higher education; it would costa little money. Hear the story from Hampton In stitute-$1,342,000 on hand-$1,000, 000 more coming in-Clarke Univer sity in Atlanta, over $1,000,000 in its varied departments; Atlanta Univer sity $1,000,000 with technological courses. As in Atlanta, so it is else where. The poor white boy looks in quiringly around. The State techno logical school has just closed its doors against young white men-no room and the room which is here was made possible by a generous stranger. Shame that Georgia should keep her sons in ignorance; that thc escape from it should be through thc munifi cence of a stranger-but thanks to the man who was broadminded enough to suggest to us the linc of duty. All over Georgi:), while such young men as described exist, there are those who fight higher education, and who cannot understand that leaders must bc moulded simultaneously with the file which fills thc public schools. These men seem to be willing that ex perts should bc imported, while our own young men are to be relegated to the furrow. To-day Germany stands as the cen tral manufacturing and art creating nation of Europe. One hundred years ago there was not a more godforsaken spot of ground thau that tfhicn com poses the present territory of thc tJ German empire. Cursed with feuda- t lism and militarism, with a surplus population and a soil largely refrac tory-to all of this thus was added thc complete desolation of thc Napo leonic wars. When the peace of 1815 removed danger from war, that spring ing from economic conditions threat ened to be worse. By a rare econo mic intuition a complex system of education was resolved upon-thc lib- * eral education of the universities; the * chemical school located in the village apothecary; the schools of design in iron foundries; thc discussion of soils and seeds by meetings of farmers. Itinerant teachers told thc agricultur al people how best to utilize all the , elements that enter into successful agricultural life. In manufactures the mill-owners, machinery builders and others helped the government to 1 establish and carry on a system of ed ucation that has made Germany inde pendent of the world in the matter of technically trained captains, lt may astonish thc Georgia legislature to learn that in little Saxony there are between 200 and 300 technical schools. Plumbers and tinsmiths, and their apprentices are trained theoretically and practically not only in the uses of the metals, but thc application to thc various needs and uses of life. There I arc weaving schools, knitting schools, schools for lace-making, crochetting, and in fact, no industry is so insigni ficant as to be neglected. In thc tex- ; tiles special attention is given to i everything which enters into thc cov- j erins, of mau. What has been thc result? Thc : Germany, poverty-stricken, ignorant ' and land-cursed of 1S15, has become thc Germany of to-day, with not an acre ot' soil but has been redeemed to profit, with captains of industry, who lead thc world, instead of follow after it, with a population skilled as never were people before. The Germany of Leipsic could hardly bc recognized in the Germany, whose squadrons of horse swept over the field of Sedan. All this was due to pursuing higher and technical education. Georgia stands to-day upon the Ger man platform of 1S15. She has the people, she has the poverty, she has the necessity, but she has in her soil her only advantage. Georgia boys, peers of the German, staud upon o.r hilltops looking into the darkness of the future. But one gleam of light appears-the present State institution, but how faintly it shines. The room is limited, the apparatus antiquated, carping critics decryingeducation, the doors are closed, the negro may learn because he is poor, while for the same reason the white boy must not be giv en a chance. Gentlemen of thc legislature: Look at the open doors of Clark University, inviting the negro to enter. On an other hilltop look at the closed and the barred door of the State technolo gical school-no more room. Look at the State University, kept iu contin ued straits. So far as the claims upon these institutions are local as j to buildings, or personal as to manage ments, criticize and agitate a? you may, but so far as the boy in the field is concerned, do not sacrifice him in your differences. He is your bright cst and best p ?sscssion and in his velopuient inure will be done for thc State than in the building of rail roads. Will the legislature regird the ap peals of our poor white boy, or must the prize- of our future go to - the more fortunate poor white .boys of Maine, or perchance to thc sons of the mfcrior who have worked, while their masters slept? - Ic will require 50,000 enumera tors to take the census of the United States in June next, for it must bc completed by thc first week in July. That means that about 75,000,000 peo ple must be recorded iu 30 days, or at the rate of 2,500,000 a day. Tenderucss or aching in the small of thc back is a serious symptom. The kidneys are suffering. Take Prickly Ash Bitters at, once. It is a reliable kidney remedy and system regulator, and will cure the trouble before it de velops its dangerous stage. Sold by Evans Pharmacy. - To take on'. step at a time is the surest way of gaining permanent suc cess. In proceeding by leaps and bounds there is always the danger of a backward fall. President King. Farmer's Bani:, Brooklyn, Mich., has used DeWitt's Little Farly Risers in his family for years. Says they are the best. These famous little pills cure constipation, biliousness and bowel troubles. Evans Pharmacy. - As a creator of epigrams a min ister out in Kansas is the coming champion. In a recent sermou this divine said, "I have noticed that most men go to church to close their eyes, and most women to eye their clothes." Dr. H. II. Haden, Summit, Ala., says, "I think Kodol Dyspepsia Cure isa splendid medicine. I prescribe it, and my confidence iu it grows with continued use."' It digests what you cat and quickly cures dyspepsia and indigestion. Evans Pharmacy. - ''How did you make out with that effort to break your uncle's will?" "Fine! After it was all settled up and the lawyers had the estate I didn't owe them a cent."' The family that keeps on hand and uses occasionally thc celebrated Prick ly Ash Bitters is always a well regu lated family. For sale by Evans Pharmacy. _ - A new photographic machine takes five difierent views of a person at one sitting. It is done by means of mirrors. Beware of the Doctors' Patchwork; You Gan Cure Yourself at Home. "I had spent n There is not the slightest doubt that the doctors do more harm than good in beating Contagious Blood Poison; many victims of this loathsome disease would be much better oif to-day if they had never allowed them selves to be dosed on*mercury and potash, the only remedies which the doctors ever givetfor blood poison. The doctors are* wholly unable to get arid-of this vile poison, and only attempt to heal up the outward appearance of the disease-the sores and eruptions. Thia they do by driving the poison into the system, and endeavor to keep it shut in with their constant doses of potash and mercury. The mouth and throat and other delicate parts then break out into sores, and the fight is continued indefinitely, the drugs doing the system more damage than the disease itself. Mr. H. L. Myers, 100 Mulberry St., Newark, N". J., says: hundred dollars with the doctors, when I realized that they could do me no good. I had large spots oil over my bcdy, and these soon broke out into running sores, and I endured all the suffering which this vile disease pro duces. I decided to try S. S. S. as a last resort, and was soon greatly improved. I followed closely your 'Direc tions for Self-Treatment,' and the large splotches on my chest began to grow paler and smaller, and before long disappeared entirely. I was soon cured perfectly and my skin has been as clear as glass ever since. I cured my self at home, after the doctors had failed completely." It is valuable time thrown away to expect the doctors to cure Contagious Blood Poison, for the disease is be yond their skill. Swifts Specific So S. S. FOR THE -acts in nn entirely different way from potash and mercury-it forces the poison out of the system and gets rid of it entirely. Hence it cures the disease, while other remedies only shut the poison in where it lurks forever, constantly undermining the constitution. Our system of private home treat ment places a cure, within the reach of all. We give all necessary medical ad vice, free of charge, and save thu atient tho embarrassment of publicity. Write, for full information to Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.. THE REASONS WS-5Y ou will buy your STOVES of JOHF T. BURRIS'S. 'M. linr-MH^ F nive yell lintiest tin (j 4 Rt iii?? |.iwiHt possible price*, and 1 make true r?>i>M'->""iH;iiiiih nf the, Goods. l?ii'l. lc j* a roreipiiiH .'-'?r rlmt I um the len lin,- -IOVM deuU-r i . ibis >?etion. 3rd. Ww don't l)io,vt li.it nur prices do tho wor-c. Don't ind to NPH ?Mir On-", in .Show Win dow, and what IJH ba-. L>. ? II" -r - OUK CHOCK BUY, TI IV and. LAMP DEPAKT3IENT [a now complete, and at. the ri?ht prices, our Stock is ton numerous to i terni/0, like lome do, but for example a nice Decorated Chamber Snr. nitin pi PWP, tor $2.23 per ?et; four-piece Glass Sot and six large Tumblers all tor L'").*. NO Coupon rnpiired. Call aud i<ee for yourselves. Your trade solicitud. .10H (M T. B U KRIKS N. IC.-All parth-n owing moby N'oie or Account will plea-e call in ?nd settlo it once, and save the ox pense of sending to seo you. J. T. B. THE HOUSE-KEEPER'S TROUBLES ! DURING thc Fall aud Winter months the House-keeper has no little .rouble in supplying the table with s ?melhiug to eat. We c*n help them if .hey will only give us a call. We have a choice and select Stock of Family and Fancy (Groceries. Our Stock of CANNED GOODS can't bc excelled, and if you leed any CONFECTIONERIES, FRUITS, NUTS, etc., weean supply you. TOBACCO and CIGARS a specialty. If you will honor ti3 with a visit we will appreciate it, and make it nighty interesting for you. Free City Delivery. G. F. BIGBY. im WB&ML don't scrub it and wear off the sur tace. Use Gold Dust Washing Powder according to direc tioiib printed on every package and you will be pleased with the results and surprised at the saving in labor. Send for free lioufclct-"Golden Relea for llouicwuri." THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY Chicago St. Louis NcwYork Boston WARNING. ~VTO Hunting, Gunning, Fi-hing or JJx| other Trespassing . t ?nv kind, on i Kuv nf our Linds in Anderdon Countv, ! S. C. J. F. ST? ?N A. W. CCEMENT, P. il IN DM \N. S. A. WILSEN. I)]',. W. IV. Wit SON', i DU. K. HANSOM. ; Nov 22, 1S9?1 'J.- A* Notice to Creditors. ALL person-- having demands against tho Estate ot' Teresa C. Brown, deceas ed, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the ii'der-igned. within the time prescribed by law, *nd those indebted to oiak? pavra?at. B. F. BROWN, Adm'r. Nov is, is99 2i in valuable Lauds for Sate. WE offer for sale the following Tracts ot Land : 1st. The Hopkins Traet, situate in Pick ens County, containing two hundred acres, more or les-s. 2d. The Gr. W. Mdler Tract, containing ono hundred and twenty-four acres, more or less. This Tract has upon it a good Mill and Gin. 3d. All that part of the Home Tract of Dr. H. C Millar, lying in Anderson County, being eighty acres, more or less. These three Tracts of Land lie on tho waters of Eighteen Mile Creek, respec tively, within on?and a half to three miles of the towns nf Pendleton, Clemson Ool leee and Central on the Soulhern R. R. Thean Lands are finely wo ded, with uplands and low lands in cultivation. For further part?cula's apply to Jas. T. Hunter, Pendleton, S. C., or John T. Taylor, on the premises. W. W. SIMONS, CARRIE T. SIMONS, RESSIE E. HOOK, Ex*o. Est. Dr. II. C. Miller. Antr 39. 1SUD 10 3m E. M. H?CKER, Jr,, ATTORNEY A.T WEBB BUILDING, Anderson, - - ii. C. ML WAY. '.' '? r<-ct i lill. Lv. C?i.-.flesi?tn.?. Im/aa " M;n.n.ci:rU:o. . 7 Jj a iii " Binneiivi io.i. I o '.?? a ni " Or?UK'*i>uri;.. ?? -3 a ia " Kmgvi?.o.1. _llJ If ? JU Cv. Columbia.'.? ?! U3 a ni " FrtiHnvrity.|.j 1"- lu nn " Newberry.?. 1- 25 p ni " Ninety-six.?.! KD pm " Green wood. 7 40 a ni 1 5? p ni Ar. Hodges. I _S_t I0_a m : 2 Ij p in Ar. ?T7l7c"vTnc~.j S~4u~a~mI 2 ? p m Ar. Bolton. S 55 a in 8 l? p ia Ar. Anderson Ar. Greenville. Ar. Atlanta. U 30 a m 3 35 p ni 10 10 a im 4 15 p ID 3 55 p ni! 'J Ou p m STATIONS. Lv. Greenville... " Piedmont " Williamston. LT. Anderson Lv. Belton ... Ar. Donna Ida. Lv. Abbeville. Ex. bun. No. IS. Dailv No. 12. j 30 p mi 10 15 a m 0 00 p m I 10 40 a m 6 22 p ni? 10 55 a n*. 4 45 p m 6 45 p m 7 15 p m 10 45 a IJ ll 15 a ni ll 40 a m Lv. Abbeville. rt io i> m ll >o a m . Lv. Hodges. 7 35 p in! ll 55 a m 1 Ar. Greenwood. S 00 p ni 12 20 p m j .' Ninety-Six. 12 55 p ni ! M Newberry. 2 00 p ni " Prosperity. 2 14 p ni i " Columbia*. . 3 30 p ni ; Lv. Ringville. 4 ?8 p m j " Orangeburg. 5 2.1 p ni ? *' Branchville. 6 17 p m j " Summerville. 7 32 p m I Ar. Charleston.'. S li p in | baily,Daily. cnTrnVj iDailvlDailv ? No. 1? No.13;_MOTION?. jso.ft|x0.fl ! 680p< 7 eua Lv... .Charleston....Ari s 17p|ll oua ; ?lWpj 7 41a - .. Summerville... " 732p lo ?Sa ! 7 50p' 855aI " ....Branchville.... " 0U2pl S52a 8 24p! ? 23a " .. ..Oraageburg... " 5 29p S 22a 0 2up lo 15aI " .Ringville." 4 3Sp| 7 30a 880a ll 40n " .... Colt m bia." 3 20p !) 30p 0O7a!l22Op ".Ais;on.Lv 2 30p! 8511a 10 04a 123p ".Snntuc." 1 2Sp 7-ifip ! 10 20a1 2 OOo1 ".Union." 1 O.'.p 7 ?Wp ? 10 30a' 222p " ....Jonesville.... " 1225p U53p ! 10 51a 237p .'.Paeolet." |12 14p G42p j 1125a 8 lop Ar.. Spartnuburg.. .Lv ll 45a Clop! 1140a 3 40'i Lv.. IS partan burg.. Ar ll 2Sa liOOp ! 2 40p; 7OOp Ar. .. Asheville.Lvj 8 20a 3 0?p I "P." p. m. "A," a. m. Pullman palace sleeping cars on Trains 35and j CC, 87 und li.-, . th A. and C. division. Dining carl i on these trai.-.s serve all meals enroute. Trains leave Spartanburg, A. i? C. division, ! northbound. i!:J3 a.m.. 3:37 p.m., G:18 p.m., ! (Vestibule Limbed); southbound 12:2t? a. m., 8:1.) p. nv, ll : . ?nu, (Vestibule Limited.) Trains leave li reen ville, A. and i'. division, . northbound, .">:"'J a. m., 2:?4 n. m. mui p. m., | (Vestibuled Limited).: sourabound, 1:25 a. m., ; 4:30p. m.. ]..'.:. i>. i .. (Vesribuled Limited). Trains ? . - i io curry elegant Pullman i Bleeping ears between Columbia and Asheville enroute dally between Jacksonville audChichi | nati. Trains 13 and 14 carry superb Pullman parlor ; cars between Charleston and Asheville. FRANK S. 14 A N'NON, J. M. CULP, Third V-l '. & Gen. Mgr., Traine Mgr., ! Washington. D. C. Washington, D. C. ? W. A. TUB A . S. H. HAKDWICR, ! Gen. Pass. Ag'r. As't Gen. Pass. Ag't. Washington, D. C. _Atlanta. Ga. ! BLUE R?0GF Rfl'LROAD ll C. BEATTIE Receiver. Time Tal If No. 7.-Effectivp " i*9S. | Betw.- n Anderson and Walhalla. WESTBorxn No. 12 First Clh-s, Dailv. P. M. - Liave STATIONS. EASTBOUND. No. ll First O?a*?', Da?v. Arrive A M. 3 35.Anderson.ll tit) 3.5ti.Denver.lt) 40 4 05.Autuu.10 31 i 4. M.Pendleton.10.22 4 23.Cherry's Crossing.10.13 4.2!?.Adam's Crossing.10:07 4 47.Seneca.9 4;> 5 11.West Union.!).2.") 5.17 Ar.Walhalla.Lv 9.20 (s) Re.-ular station ; (I) Klag manon Will idso stop at the following stations to tak" on or let otf passengers : Phin nevs, James' and Sandy Springs. No. 12 connects with Southern Railway No 12 at Anderson. No tl connect? with Southern Railway Nos. 12. 37 and 38 at Seneca. J R ANDERSON. Supt. OLD NEWSPAPERS" For sale at this office cheap. TAX NOTICE, HIE bouka :or the collection of Sui*. Schoo and County Taxes wiil be open from Oct. 16th iS9j.tii.tll Decaaibcr 31st, tS.-'J, inclusive, and for the co(iveniencH ot''.lie taxpayers I viii collect a th" following places: Bishop's Branch. Oct. :o, 9 tn 12 Slabtown. Glenn's Store, Oct .?), : t:> 3 p. m Mt. Airy, Oct. 31, 9 to 12. Leach's .-tori-, fict. 31, 1:30 to 3:30. Piedmont, Wtdnesday, NOT. I. 9 to 3 '?.'cluck. Prizer, Thursday. Nov. 2, 8 to 4 o'clock. Wiliiauti-ton, Friday, Nov. 3, 3 to 12 o'clock. Helton, Friday. Nov. 3, J:30 to 3:30 o'clock. ilotiea Path. Tuesday, Nov. 7,9 to 3 o'clock. Cooks or Iva, Wednesday, Nov. S. 10 to 2 o'clock Hollands, Thur.-day, Nov. 9, l? to 2 o'clock. Towuville, Friday, Nov. 10, 9 to 12. M'C G W. Farmer's. Frioay, Nov. IC, 1:30 to 3 rrndletoii. Moud tv, Nov. 13", lo to 3 o'clock. After tho 13ih of Nov. th i Treasurers office wil be open. R<?te of tax levy cs follows: Sate Tax. 5 oiils. Ordinary Couoty. IV. " Constitutional School. 3 " Public Roads. 1 " Fast Inoebtedness. y. " Court House and Jail. 1 " " Total. 13 " An additional levy of 3 milli has been made for Hunte! Schoo! District for s hool purpojes. mak ins total levy in that district IC mills. Tbe State"Conatitutioa rtquires all rrales be tween twenty-one and aixty years of age, except those incapable of earling a support fiom being maimed, or from other cause, and those who nerved in the war between the States, to paya poll tax of one dollar. All male persons between 'li3 ages of eighteen ..md fifer years, who are able to work roads or caus ' them to be worked, except school trustees preachers who have charge of coniir-gations, find persons who served in the war between the Stal.es are liable to do road duty, and in ?icu o4 work may pay a tax of one dollar, to be collected at the same time the other laxes are cullecttd J. M. PAYNE. County Treasurer. Notice of Final Settlement. THE uuder3i<rned, Administrator of the E-tate of J. E. Griffin, deo'd. hereby <iiv<r* notice that he viii on the 2nd day of December, lfc99, apply to the Judge of Porobate for Anderson County, S. C., for a Final Settlement of said Es.ate and a discharge lrom his? office as Administra tor. ' W. C. LEE, Adui'r. Nov 1, 1899 10 5 DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE TO ATLANTA, CHARLOTTE.1 WILMINGTON, NEW ORLEANS AND NEW YOKK, BOSTON. RICHMOND. WASHINGTON, NORFOLK. PORTSMOUTH. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JULY 18, 1896. SOUTfiBOONj No. 403. No. 41. Lr New Yort. via Penn R. R.*ll CO am "9 00 pm Lv Philadelphia, '. 1 12 pm 12 05 am Lv Baltimore " 3 15 pm 2 CO ara Lv Washington, " 4 40 pm 4 30 ain Lv Richmond, A. C. L. 8 56 pm 9 05 am Lv Norfolk. viaS. A. L. Lv Portsmouth, " .. *8 30 pm *9 05am 8 45 pm 9 20am Lv Weldon, Ar Henderson, Ar Lurhara, Lv Durham. ..*11 28 pua*ll 55 am 12 56 a m *1 48 pm Ar Raleigh, via S. A. L.*2 16 am Ar Sanford, " . 3 35 am Ar Southern Pines " . 4 23 am Ar Hamlet, " . 5 07 am Ar Wadesboro, " . 5 53 am Ar Monroe. " . 6 43 am Ar Wilmington " fl 32 am 16 pm t7_00 pm flO 19 am *3 40 pm 5 05 pm 5 58 pm 6 66 pm 8 10 pm 9 12 pm ?12 OSp?j Ar Charlotte, " . *7 50 am ?IQ 25pm Ar Cheater, ~ " . *8 03am~T?~56pn Lv Columbia, C. N. A. L. R. R.~I7~t6 00 pm Ar Clinton S A L. 9 45 am Ar Greenwood " . 10 35 am Ar Abbeville, .? . ll 03 am ArEI'erton, " . 12 07 pm Ar Athens, " . 1 13 pm Ar Winder, " . 1 56 pm Ar Atlanta, S A L. (Cen. Time) 2 50 pm 12 14 am 1 07 am 1 o5 am 2 41 am 3 43 am 4 28 am 5 20 am NORTHBOUND. No. 411?. No. 88. L7 Atlauta.S.A L.(Cen. Time) *12 00 n'n *7 50 pm Lv Winder, " . 2 40 pm 10 40 pm Lv Atheus, " . 3 13 pm 1119 pm Lv Elberton, " . 4 15 pm 12 31am Lv Abbeville, " . 5 35 pm 1 35 am Lv Greenwood, " . 5 41 pm 2 03 am Lv< linton, " . 6 30 pm 2 55 r.m Ar ColutubiaTc N.~A L. R R~ *7 45 aw Lv Chester] STA. L . _S 13_p:i~~~4 ?Tara Av har?otte. " 10 25 pm '7 50 am LT Monroe, " . 9 40 pm 6 OS au Lv Hamlet, " . li 15 pm 00 am Ar Wilmington . 12 05 pin Lv Southern Pinea, " . 12 00 am 9 00 nm Lv l?aleigh, " ."2 16 am ll.';. 4 Ar Henderson " . 32 50 pm Lv Henderson 3 23 aa 1 05 pm Ar Durham, " . t"-2a:.i j4 16 pui Lv Durham _". f5 20 pm f-jfj 19 ar AT Weldon, - " . 1. 55 sm ~?2 55 nm Ar Richmond A. C L. S 15 am 7 35 put Ar Washington, Penn. R. R. 12 SI pm li SO pm Ar Baltimore, ". 1 46 pm 1 OSaix Ar Philadelphia. " . 3 50 pm 3 50 ats Ar New York, " . *6 23 pm ?6 53 aa Ar Portsmouth S. A. L. 7 25 am 5 20pm Ar Norfolk " . ** 35am 5 35 pm *D.iily. +Daily, Ex. Sunday. JDaily Ex. Monday Nos. 403 :o.d 402 "The Atianta Special,"' Solid Vestibuled Train, of Pullman Sleepers aud Coach es between Washington and Atlanta, also Pall man Sleepers between Portsmouth and Chester, c C. Nos. 41 and 38, "The S. A. L Express," Sollo Train, Coaches and Pullman Sleepers betweei Portsmouth and Atlanta. For Tickets. Sleepers, etc.. apply to Joseph M Brown, Gen'l. Agent" Paas Dept. Wm. B. Clements, T.P. A.. 6 Kimball nous? Atlanta. (4a. E.St Joh ii, vice-President anti Gen'l. Mangt? V. E. McBeo General Suuerintendeni. II W. H. Glover, Traffic Manager L s. Allen. Gen'l. Passenger Agent GPU*TH] OrHcerw, i'ortciiioutli. Va. ATLANTIC COAST LINE. TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, WILMINGTON. N. C., .Ian. Ki, lt^S. Fast laue Between Charleston and Col um bia and Upper South Carolina. Nortt Carolina. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. tfOINO WEST. ?OIXG EAST *No. 52. No. 53. 7 00 am 5 24 am 9 40 am 11 00 pm 12 07 pm 12 20 pm 1 03 pm 1 25 pm 3 00 pm 8 10 pm 6 07 pm 8 15 pm 6 05 pm 7 00 pm Lv.Charleston.Ar Lv.Lanes.Ar Lv.Sumter.Ar Ar.Columbia.Lv Ar.Prosperity.Lv Ar.Newberry.Lv Ar.Clinton.Lv Ar.Laurens.Lv Ar.Greenville.LT Ar.Spartanbtirg.Lv Ar.Wlnnsboro, 8. C.Lv Ar.Charlotte, N. C.LT Ar".Hender8onville, N. C.Lv Ar.Asheville, N. C.Lv 8 00 psr 6 20 pa 5 13 pu: 4 00 pm 2 47 pm 2 32 pm 1 53 Qb 1 45(jb 12 01 am ll it> an. ll 41 am 9 35 am 9 14 am 8 20 am "Daily. Nos. 52 ?nd 53 Solid Trains between Charl tis and Columbi?.8. C. H. M. Eusiuioir Goo '1. Passenger A gort. J. R.KBJDW?, G?*S?WKT Mana(TGI. T M tMiBSOff,Trafic Manag??.