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SARGE PI Story of the Battle c J Hanta Cc After Thanksgiving then comes Christmas-always something good j just ahead if we can only find it. I preach this philosophy to Browu, but ! he looks sour and spouts "With lavish hand j The great and grand Have favors thrust upon them. Yon never seek The lo w an d m eek j Unless it is due them.'' Whenever my old friend gets in one j of these sour moods there is nothing J that can stir him-we just let .him j pant it out. The old mau has been j dunned considerably of late, but we ! try to comfort him by telling him that | the Lord will provide, and in this con- j nection I have just related one of my i best Thanksgiving stories which fell so fiat upon his ears that I am con strained to give it here just to show what kind of a brute he is when he tries tobe. Twenty-five years ago, I think it was upon the 28th day of November, 1361, when the opening guns at Mis sionary Eidge proclaimed that a battle was on. I don't know just how or why, but anyway it .became known that the next day was to be the Yan kees' Thanksgiving. I. expect that my memory serves me right upon these dates, and that the Yankee general-Grant-decided in his mind that he would bring on the fight, take Missionary Ridge and have something great to be thankful over. But my story is not of the army or of that disastrous fight. At the foot , of the mountain, on the south side, ' there remained what was left of a once prosperous home. The owner of j this home was a soldier upon the j Confederate side and when the cannon j roared and the muskets rattled a lone- j ly woman with, her four children J shuddered at the dreadful - sound and ! grieved in fear of the husband and father. Nothing was left for this ' poor woman but to listen to the battle, ; wring her hands and stay with the children who clung to her skirts. Time and time again this little family had knelt by the fire while the mother prayed. It was a woman's prayer that her husband might be spared in the fight that was raging, and the children, as small as they were, joined with that mother and they have told me since that they felt there upon their knees that God would spare their father. Besides the whites there yet re mained two old negroes of the family -"Aunt Dilsy" and "Uncle Tom." Dilsy had joined the whites in the "big house," but Tom was nowhere-to be found. It was natural to suppose that he had gone to the Yankees. This was not true, and there comes the story. When the first guns began tb sound old Tom knew that a fight was on. He knew that his young master was in it and he was fearful lest that master should be killed or wounded and fall into the hands of thc Yankees. With such thoughts in his mind the old negro decided o go upon the field and do what he could in case of the master getting hurt. To make this story short, the master was wounded very severely, and while the % folks at the home, especially "Aunt Dilsy," were thinking hard of Tom for leaving them at such a time, Tom had arrived at the battlefield, found his young master, took him upon his back and was making speed as fast as he could tc keep from being captured and to arrive safe at home. Fortu nately a sorry old horse was picked up in a short time and this relievedo the negro and speeded them on their waj. The arrival of the master and Tom at the home was entirely unexpected. They peeped in upon the frightened and praying group before they made themselves known, and what occurred when it was known oan better be imagined than described and we leave them for a few hours to go with Tom and "Aunt Dilsy" to their negro cabin, from where it was soon ascer- | ' tained that the Confederates were in ' full retreat and that the Yankees had the Kidge. The sun was getting low when old Tom sallied forth and wended his way over to the mountain road that some of the army would have to travel. Tom was disappointed in seeing the soldiers, but it was not long until he had discovered a train of Yankee wagons just fixing to strike camp on the side of the mountain. Old Tom smiled to himself as he contemplated how nice it would be if one of those wagons were to break over the scotch that held the wheels and go lumber ing over the precipice. We leave the old negro watching these wagons while wc return to the house to be with the young master and the family that re joiced at his return. The wound had been dressed, a good bed had been prepared close to .UNK ETI. ?f Miissionarv Hiclp-e. institution. the tire, thc mother was ready to put the children to rosi for the nicht, when the very least one of them said, with earnestness in every word: "Mamma, we better pray some more." Pray they did, the mother leading and as the words were yet ascending a great lumber was heard upon the mountain side and the thought was that the greatest bowlder had broken i loose that had fell for a long time, J and had rumbled its way to thc bot ! tom. it was no bowlder-old Tom had crept up and took thc scotch from one j of the wagons and it went bouncing and lumbering down to thc valley be low, scattering all the good things of a day's foraging to be gathered by a people that had nothing left. The losing of one wagon was noth ing to the Yankees. They were gone by daylight thc next morning. Old Tom and the rest went up to see the great bowlder that had made such a fuss and as they looked upon the good things, Tom smiled from ear to ear, "Aunt Dilsy" fairly danced, while the little child turned and said: "Mamma, des pray some more and den we'll have Thanksgiving." SARGE PLUNKETT. Blood Poison aud Cancer Cured by B.B.B. Trial bottle sent Free. Deadly Cancer of the face, neck, legs, lip, eating cancer or sores, cured byB. B. B.-Botanic Blood Balm. B. B. B. cures by driving the deadly, virulent poison, which causes caneer, out of the blood. This is the only cure and B. B. B. is thc only remedy that can do this. In the same way B. B. B. cures Blood Poison whether inherited or acquired, producing ul cers, painful swellings, blothes, pim ples, copper-colored spots, falling ol' the hair, sores in the t hroat or tongue, scrofula. B. B. B. has made hundreds of permanent cures, and is a thor oughly tested, powerful Blood Reme dy. Cures where a?l else fails. Test ed for 30 years. To prove its curative powers we send a sample bottle free to any one who writes for it. Large bottles for sale by all druggists for $1, or 6 bottles (full treatment) $1. For sample bottle address Blood Balm Co., 380 Mitchell St.. Atlanta, Ga. - A highly romantic marriage oc curred at the small village of New Liberty, in Pope county, 111. Miss Nettie Clark, of Lew Liberty, placed a note in a bottle, which she threw into the river. Several weeks after, Mr. C. T. Anderson, of Louisiana, a prominent planter of thc State, found the bottle and answered the note. A correspondence began, and was follow ed by the wedding. The contracting parties never met until two days be fore their marriage. As a cure for rheumatism Chamber lain's Pain Balm is gaining a wide reputation. D. B. Johnston, of Rich mond, Ind., has been troubled with that ailment since 1862. In speaking of it he says : "I never found any thing that would relieve me until I used Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It acts like magic with me. My foot was swollen and paining me very much, but one good application of Pain Balm relieved me. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. - Willie had swallowed a penny, and his mother was in a state of much alarm. "Helen," she called to her sister in the next room, "send fora doctor; Willie has swallowed a penny!" The terrified and frightened boy look ed up imploringly. "No, mamma," heiuterposed, "sendfor the minister." "The minister?" asked his mother, in credulously. "Bid you say the minis ter?" "Yes, b< cause papa says our minister can get money out of any body." - "Say, auntie, where is your old man this morning?" "He done gone down to de tavern, sah, to git some trimmin's." "Trimmings? The tav ern is a queer place to get anything of that sort, isn't it?" "I reckon not, sah. Dat's de only place he ebber go to git de kine he done use; I mean de kine what de doctor call delirum trim min's." My son has been troubled for many years with chronic diarrhoea. Some time ago I persuaded him to take some of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. After using two bottles of the 25-cent size he was cured. I give this testimonial hoping some one similarly afflicted may read It and bc benefited.-THOMAS C. BOW ER, Glencoe, 0. For sale by Hill Orr Drug Co. - Lieut. Brumby, of the Olympia, is said to bc thc greatest smoker in the navy. Except when on duly, he always has a cigar close at hand. DeWitt's Little Early Risers purify thc blood, clean the liver, invigorate the system. Famous little pills for constipation and liver troubles. Evans Pharmacy. - He-"What allowance do you think your father ought to make us when we are married?" She-"Well, if he makes allowance for your faults I think he will be doing all that can be expected of him." W, 0. T. TI. DEPARTMENT Conducted by the ladies of theW.C T. U. of Anderson, S. C. The Xontreating Club. The Nontieating Club may not have great success as an organization, but its object is commendable just the same. Thc treating habit is a more effective agency for the promotion of intemperance than most persons real ize. Moreover, the habit is foolish and contrary to correct canons of good taste. There is no more reason why a person, should feel under obligation to drink with another from considera tions of supposed courtesy when not in need of refreshment than there is for partakiug of a meal which one does not want. Time was when the rules of hospitality required overeating from guests at the banquet table. Happi ly that barbarian usage is outgrown. It will be better for thc world when the habit of treating and of drinking with friends simply because asked to drink is likewise outgrown.-Chicago Re cord. Alcohol and Insanity. At the present day, when an indul gence in alcohol poison is exerting its sad but dreadful effects on humanity, when our lunacy statistics show that the increase of insanity is really due to an increase in this vice, it behooves one to consider briefly the question. The recent publication of the London asylums' committee's annual report shows an actual increase in lunacy in the asylums governed over and con trolled by the County Council of sev en hundred, as compared with last year. In one large asylum the medi cal superintendent states that out of nine hundred and fifty-eight inmates received, two hundred and seventeen of these admissions were due to "in temperance in drink." One-fourth of the insanity, then, is attributed to a vice which is, so to speak, self-in flicted. These statistics also compare well with those issued by the lunacy commissioners, and on taking an av erage for the last five years, drink as a cause averages 20.(J per cent of the admissions. When we take into con sideration the fact that there is no disease whose germs are handed down to posterity to a greater extent than this, we shudder to think what the condition of the descendants of these alcoholic degenerates must be. It is a law of vital physiology that "like beget:; like," so do drunken parents often transfer their brutalizing habits to their unhappy offspring, who, if they do not actually follow in the wake of their parents, exhibit some form of moral and mental obliquity or a ner vous disorder clearly traceable' to a deterioration of physical structure in all probability seated in the brain caused by a long and persistent indul gence in the use of intoxicating li quors. One of the leading physicians of America showed by his statistics that, out of three hundred idiots, whose history could be traced, oue hundred and forty-five were the chil dren of drunken parents.-Forbes Wins?oio. --ma- . mm Selections. Teetotal Lincoln and teetotal Gar field were both shot down by drink ers. Booth was caught with a brandy flask in his pocket, and Guiteau was generally to be found in thc saloon, so it is evident that total abstinence in the individual docs not prevent him from being destroyed or injured in mind, body or estate by those who in dulge in intoxicants. Arc you satisfied that temper ance work is God's work? Then go ahead and do it, leaving thc results to Him. Drinking whiskey never helped a man on the road to heaven, nor added to the comforts of his home. A Christian has no right to assist in maintaining a traffic whose fruits are necessarily evil. The drink seller fattens on thedc sLuction of the public health and vir tue. Every true patriot will hit the drink devil whenever he gets a chance. If you want a cool head and a clear brain, keep clear of the saloon. Men are drunkards because boys are tempted to drink. A Sure Cure for Croup. Twenty-five years' constant use without a failure ! The first indica tion of croup is hoarseness, and in a child subject to that disease it maybe taken as a sure sign of the approach of an attack. Following this hoarse ness ia a peculiar rough cough. If Chamberlain's Cough l?cmedy is giv en as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough ap pears, it will prevent thc attack. It is used in many thousands of homes in this broad land and never disap points the anxious mothers. We have yet tc learn of a single instance in which it has not proved effectual. No other preparation can show such a re cord-twenty-years' constant usc with out a failure. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co._ - A man is no greater than thc object at which he aims in life. - Strength of character is not the product of a miracle, but t ie fruit of right living. The Head lo Success. I "?'Perseverance, grit and a fair share of enterprise will help any young man j to make a success of the business calling he chooses to follow, arid any young man who takes it upon himself to cultivate and foster these great at tributes is bound to sooner or later gain recognition among his more ex perienced and already successful busi nesson?ighbors." in a few words, that was the way in which Governor Benton McMillin ?of Tennessee summed up his views in the matter, and then, in answer to other questions on possibilities for the beginners in life's struggle, this is about what the Governor had to say: "Why shouldn't our boys of the present time become good and pro gressive business men? They have almost everything in their favor, from a far superior standard of learning and thc facility to acquire it to a great aud growing demand in thc , many callings for men of bright ideas and originality in management. Then, too, look at thc wonderful opportuni ties that are presented to a man of ambition right at this time. Chances of every description abound, not only in our home country, but reports con tinually show that the new possessions of this great Union offer unlimited fields for the exercise of real Ameri can enterprise, and this should act as an incentive to men of the pioneer na ture to strike out.and see what they can do there. "Men of thirty years ago never had anything like the chances that are now before the youth of to day, and yet many great things were accom plished by them, aud only by the hardest kind of work, but they had the grit to stick to it, and thatis what thc rising young man must do. "There is no lack of opportunity to demonstrate a man's true worth, and there is no lack of chances to make success in any calling. Success will, come to every young man who tries in the proper way to find it."-Exchange. - mm ? mt' - Are You Troubled? and do you Want Your Troubles to Fly Away ? You have suffered worlds of trouble, anxiety and pain, and you hardly know what ails you. Sometime your business goes wrong, and for a long time you have been feeling physically very badly. Don't know what is thc matter? Of course you don't else you would'get some medicine. The trouble j is with your stomach and liver. Ty ner's Dyspepsia Remedy will do a vast amount of good in helping this trouble if you will use it. Price 50 cents per bottle. For sale by all druggists. - mm 1 mm" - A treasurer of the city of Glas gow, who stole ?800,000. has been sen tenced to five years' penal servitude. One hundred and sixty thousand dol lars a year is a pretty fair salary even for working a treadmill. It takes but a minute to overcome tickling in the throat and to stop a cough by the use of One Minute Cough Cure. This remedy quickly cures all forms ol' throat and lung troubles. Harmless and pleasant to take. It prevents consumption. A famous specific for grippe and its after effects. Evans Pharmacy. - A natural gas explosion at the residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Russell, in Springfield, O., blew the house to pieces, and nine inmates had a mirac ulous escape. Mrs. R. Churchill, Berlin, Vt., says. "Our baby was covered with running sores. DeWitt's Witch Hazel ^alve cured her." A specific for piles and skin diseases. Beware of worthless counterfeits. Evans Pharmacy. - Baptist factions at war iu Texas over the control of the Baptist general convention, will carry the fight into all thc 2,500 churches in the State. J. B. Clark, Peoria, Ul., says, "Surgeons wanted to operate on me for piles, but I cured them with De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve." It is in fallible for piles and skin diseases. Beware of counterfeits. Evans Phar macy. - "What is this telegraphy with out wires'?" "Well, when I was young they called it'making eyes at the girls.' "_ THE PLACE FOR BICYCLES, SU Have your repairs done by tl and guarantee it. THOMSON VA.TST?TV] MERCI ^RE WIDE OPEN FOR BUSINESS i Between Masonic Temi And respectfull v aud earnestly invita ;vou of (Joods and get acquainted with their fully pay you for the lew feet you have to We are going to carry by far the best S you more tor your money than anybody, this isn't a true statement. Splendid high-grade line of 8IIOE GOODS. Got our prices and see if they ar We are going to handle at. BOTTOM BAGGING and TIES, BACON, LARD, PRICES. We hf .irtily appreciate your liberal tr appreciation for that trade. Come to see \ It moro than ever before. You will find i Free City Delivery. Phone 75. Pron Yours gratefully, The Housekeeper's Scrapbook. Onions drive away (lies. Eggs arc best twelve hours after laid. Sonic girls make belts from old neck tics. Clear boiling watermill remove tea stains. Xever feed a baby directly before its bath. The cradle is returning to popular favor. In Austria they make flour out of potatoes. Queen Victoria cats American pickles. Sugar burnt in a gas flame is death to mice. Some alleged olive oil is made from peanuts. l?ice should be washed in hotwater, not cold. Thc colder eggs are the quicker they will froth. The saucer of charcoal purifies thc refrigerator. Onionsrpccled under thc water will not disturb the eyes. The X-ray is used to detect the adulteration of flour. Try a teaspoonful of sherry in a cup of chocolate. Meat should always be cooked with the fat dowLward. Haw cabbage is more easily digest ed than when cooked. Stewed cucumbers are as nice as cream cauliflower. Princess Victoria of England is an accomplished cook. Burlap, when stained, makes an ar tistic floor covering. Never shut the sunshine out. Sun shine means health. Half a lemon dipped in salt will keep copper vessels bright. Whipped cream is more easily di gested than plain cream. Baby 's bath should bc given at the same hour each day. Spinach salad is an innovation. It's a matter of ingenuity. School girls in Saxony arc not allow ed to wear corsets. Paris consumes 10,000,000 pounds of tame rabbits annually. Wooden kneading boards for bread arc declared unsanitary.?. You can buy tea in China for a cent and a quarter per pound. A cup of very hot milk at bedtime will prevent sleeplessness. German bakers arc not allowed to handle bread with bare hands. Dates stuffed with marshmallow paste make a tempting dessert. A layer of old newspapers makes matting much more durable. Germany has discovered a substitute for coffee in asparagus seeds. The Bon Marche in Paris has the largest kitchen in the world. Tea taken from the middle of the chest has the choicest flavor. Pour boiling water over raisins be fore seeding them. It's easier. Canned goods are unwholesome if the end of the can bulges out. All meat should be cleaned with a soft, damp cloth before cooking. Sugar added to the water used for basting meats adds to the flavor. A few drops of lemon juice add a delicious flavor to scrambled eggs. Sandpaperwill whiteu ivory-handled knives which have become yellow. No mother should be without a ba by's diary. Jot down everything. Windows should never be cleaned when the sun is shining on them. A little vinegar in thc water in which fish is boiled makes it solid. Drs. Strickland & King, ^^^^^^ DENTISTS. OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE. 530- Oaw and Cocaine used for Extract ing Teefch INDRIES, ETC. tem. They do first-class work, ! CYCLE WORKS, THE BICYCLE PEOPLE. HAi?TS, n their elegant New Storu-room )le and the New Bank, to call and seo them, inspect their Stock way of doing business. We promise to walle oil* the Square to get to us. Itock we have ever carried, and promise We mean business. Try us and see if S, BOOTS, HATS ?nd STAPLE DRY e not rijrht. I PRICES, CORN, OATS, BRAN, HAY, and other JIea?vy Goods, at SELLING ade in the past, and prom fee to show out 38 in our new place. We will appreciate .ia nicely quartered, aptness in everything. VAND1VER BR08. ? ^A?S\ ^\ I HEADACHE, I iBITTC'RBj I STALGIA,* ??& FOR KIDNEY DISEASE, STOM- JS? A* 5 A (ft'K?TPPl? ?ft Hm- ACH TROUBLE, INDIGcS- Agf ^ & W?iii O'j. ^^0^SRKiQ^^r 1 I ?elieves ail Pain. I ^^^^^^^^^^^ ? 25c. all Druggists, J Evans Pharmacy, Special Agents. I- w; . -TO- t n a-* - Notice to Creditors. OtlCe IO Creditors. . AjjJ persons having demands against ALL persons having demands agaics; ! the Estate of John P. Sitton, de the Estate of E. D. McAllister, deceas- j ceased, are hereby notified to present ed, are hereby notified to present them, j them, properly proven, to the under properly proven, to the undersigned, j signed, within the time prescribed by ?within the timo prescribed by law. and law, and those indebted to make pay those indebted to make pavraent. ! merit. S. K. TIMS, Adrn'r ! SAMUEL SITPOX, Ex'r. Dec 6, JS09 24 :j ? Dec G, 1S99 24 :? THIS WEEK? If so, we have all kinds ol' Bargains in all Departments. FOR this week and next week we will give you CUT PRICES on CAPES, JACKETS, BLANKETS* HEAVY GOODS. In fact, we give you special prices on everything, and you can't afford to look over these prices If you buy your DRESS GOODS, TRIMMINGS and MILLINERY From us we give you only the latest styles. A splendid line of FRINGES, FURS, etc., in Trimmings. We have an entire new line of UNDERWEAR, FLANNELS, and Winter Gocds of all kinds. Shoes for Everybody, And at prices never heard of before. OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT Is complete. Call in and see us before buying. Yours truly, MOORE, ACKER & CO., EAST SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE-CORNER STORE. JSST Free City Delivery. 5? PH Sells HYNDS' Home-made SHOES-Home-made Leather Honest Work, Honest Leather, Honest Prices. np HE largest Shoe Factory and Tannery South. The BEST SHOES made in the JL World. Tho only combined Shoo Factory and Tannery in the United States. A Solid, First-clas*, A No. 1, Best Gainesville Shoes. If you want cheap, shoddy, p.iper shoes don't buy these-ours will not suit you, but if you want the best Shoes at popular prices buy ours, they will please you. The prices range from Fifty cents to Five Dollars a pair; any price you want. They aro the cheapest because they are th? besi; made of our own pure Oak-bexk Tanned Leather, "Soft, Elastic and Strong." Nothing equals it for wear, and that is what you want. Try one pair and you will buy them again. Buy our best quality. $4.00 and $5.00 Shoes for $3.00 and $3.50. With 0 75! LET'S SEE ? You. eau ?5*0 to 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. y Chinaware, Glassware, Tinware and Crockery. g?- PRICES RIGHT. Come and see for yourself, and let us show you through. Yours truly, OSBORNE & OSBORNE. j " The Best Company-The Best Policy." ? \ Ti MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE IN8?R?NCE CO., [ A OF NEWARK. N. J. ? A This Company has been in successful business for fifty-four years; has T j paid policy-holders over $1165,000,000, and now has cash assets of ovw |f ^ $67,000,000. It issues the plainest and best policy on the market. After TWO L ? annual premiums have been paid it- r 1 rrr u> AMTPITO f L Cash Value. 3. Extended Insurance. 5. Incoo tea- ? ^ g" ??r. I 2 Loan Value. 4. Paid-up Insurance. lability, f J Also Pa>s Large Annual Dividends. r 1 M. M. MATTISON, L State Agent for South Carolina, ANDERSON, S. C., ever P. O. T Resident Agent for FIRE, HEALTH and ACCIDENT Insurance. P vwv V * V V V ? H^K^' ? V ? V <V ^ ? V www* CH 8 w 0 si H.-w'S s fx] F ? td 0* w Q t> M fd . ? 0 < ri H H. > < 0 S ? H rrj Kj H _ Q " ta GO ? M H ?7 ? Sd % Q *j Hg CO . o o 3 M r BOYS' STEAM LAUNDRY ! The Most Complete and Up-to-Date Laundry in the State. Every Machine the latest improved, and designed to do most perfect work Under thc superintendence of an experienced Laundryman, with a corps of skilled assistants. Every piece of work carefully inspected, aud no sorry work allowed to pass from Laundry. PRICES LOW. Quality of work unexcelled. Give ns a trial. W. F. BARR, Business Manager? Located at rear of Fant's Book Store.