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BILL ARP ?rp on Veterans-JLe ion Gro to tl Atlanta Cc Of course Atlanta will raise thc money %o uniform tho poor old Con federate! veterans and pay their way to Louisville. That battalion of one armed, one-legged, one-eyed heroes of the lost cause will be tho most signi ficant featuie of the reunion and will make more lasting impression upon thc rising generation than anything else. "That is genuine," they will say. Those old fellows were certainly there and they have not repented of it. In fact, they are proud of it. It will teach the youth of thc other side that our boys wore terribly io earnest and that neither time nor poverty has obliterated a singlo feeling or emotion that possessed them when they faced the guns of the enemy nearly forty years ago. They aro established in the faith and will die, not believing they were right,, but knowing it. That word "believing" is a misnomer, a kind of compromise. It does not fit us. We know we wera right then and we know it yet. Believing is a word that fits the other side. A good many of their soldier boys believed they were right and know no better, for their politicians- fooled thom, but more than half of them dident believe anything about it and dident oare, for they were hirelings and fonght for $10 a month and nothing else. They were hungry. It seems to me if I was a Northern man I would say to my peo ple, "Wo can't do anything with those Confederate Veterans. Just let them alone. They were conquered and that's all. We piled four to one on them and wore them out, and that's all, but such fighters the world never saw. They never had but 700,000 men in the field, all told, from the be ginning to the end of the war, and they have pnt a million of our folks on the pension rollB, besides all that they killed. Good graoious, boys! Let's quit talking and quit bragging; and when them follows down South want a reunion let's bid them godspeed and say,'Go it, boy s! We are.betting on you. Tret together by your camp fires, as it were, and retell your old war stories, and let the tears from your old watery eyes glisten again, and after it is all over then go baok home and tell it to your wives and chil dren, and then-yes, and then-aud then lay down and die.' " Well, that's just what the old vets ave doing. They are dying pretty fast now and there will hardly be enongh left ?az B?ctiitr reunion. Oar hope and faith is that our boyt will keep the campfires burning and gather around them and tell what their fath ers did. Let those memories survive the flight of time, just like the his torio snd heroio deeds we read of. The oidor tho better. We have in our family an old paper that gives an ac count of the battle of Lexington dur ing tho fi rat revolution and S!Q?? the margin across tho top are piofcared seventeen comos, a?4 on eaoh colan.is a name, and -ono of those names io very deer to ns, for it is the name of an ancestor who foll in that fight. That ancestor never foughtfor a just er cause or on greater provocation than? we did, and our ehildren should be proud' of it. And eo let the old battle scarred veterans go to Louisville and have perhaps their last lovefeast. Atlanta will raise that money. We lo VJ to look Over tho published' names of the contributors and to re jolee that there are noble men and women left wbo moy have forgiven! but have not for gotten. Wo measure people by their charities, their willing responses when called on for a causo like this, ? and; I would bo ashamed to acojan nam? in the column with leas.than a dollar attached to it, If Z conldoot sor wooldent.give more than a ditno or 25 cents, I would say mark it cash and go on. A man who can't afford to give a dollar should not be called on. Louisville is going to give a royal welcome to the veterans and I hope every one who on go will go. . Louis ville is the most intensely Southern city in the union-more so thad Nash ville or Chattanooga or Atlanta, or oven Charles ton-and its people never do things in a half-heart/u] or penuri ous way. The last time I was there I saw the J>!ue and the gray each about ???, strong sitting in the same ball listening to an address for, the benefit of Confederate veterans. Yes, the same kind of veterana we wish to uni form and send there. These Federal soldiers carno ou', and paid their mosey . to show their sympathy for the cause of tho poor soldier. That sympathy bas existed jin all civilised nations and Sterne never wrote a moro touch ing thing than when he wrote about Uncle Toby,-who,- when told that a poor soldier was dyirj? at his gate, seiged bis crutch and hurried to him, exclaiming in his emotion, "He shall not dic.v'by God!' ** That oath w*i S LETTER. ! ___ t that Maimed Bat tal le Reunion. W8tituiion. out forever. So go ahead, Captai a Dearing, and ask for the money and I am sore it will come. Atlanta never fails in a cause like that. I ami an optimist now. Tho spring has come at last and the birds are singing and the roses aro in bloom, and the sweet little children are all BO happy, it makes an old man happy, too. Our little ones help me to pick the strawberries every day and it pleases thom to take a sugared dish full to the sick folks near by, and to tell how pleased they were to get them. How charming it is to witness the daily expansion of their minds and hearts and emotions, and listen to their loving prattle. The little five year-old looked with astonishment at our turkey gobbler as he gobbled and said, "Gran'ma, he must be sick, I reckon, for I think he is vomiting." They entertain me every day and won't let me look on the dark side. The fact is, there is no shadow over this blessed region, for we have peaoe and plenty. No famines like they have in India. No-war like that whioh rages in thc Transvaal and the Philippines, no floods noreloud burst, no mine explosions, no pestilence, no great calamity of any kind, and ali cur citizens, both blaok and white, are peaceful and law-abiding. Some dirty scoundrel did steal poor old Widow Holmes's well rope last night, but that's tbe only devilment I have heard of in a long time. So moto it be. BILL ARP. Home Cures. For sore throat try a compress of cold water. For bilious eolio try soda and ginger in bot water. For sick headache rub peppermint oil on the temples. Tincture of arnica is the best appli cation for sprains or bruises. A hop bag wrung from hot vinegar is a quick relief for earache. For nervous headache bathe the back of the neck with hot water. For cold in the head try snuffing powdered borax up the nostrils. Limewater and sweet oi! applied im mediately will take tho pain from a burs. Snuffing tannin is one of the best remedies for a serious case of bleeding at tho nose. If an artery is cut tie a snail cor* or a handkerchief tightly between it and the heart. To cure ivy poisoning, when sugar of lead cannot be obtained, apply wood ash lye, then wash off with warm water and rub with vaseline. For neuralgia try wet cloths of alco hol and Water, or paregoric or lauda num and water, laid on a hot-water Jta|Ug> and tbe part steamed over it. Je?o? breaking up a oold take two drops ?*e?| of camphor and laudanum ou a lump of sugar, or 12 drops of cfeampkor in 12 teaspoonf uls of water, taken by the teaspoonful every half hoar. An excellent remedy that the Ger mans use for oaring a cold is the yolk of an egg beaten in a pint of water, a little butter, three lumps of sugar and a teaspoonful of whiskey. When it begins to boil pour it bsok and forth from one saucepan to another until j smooth and frothy; allow it to cool, then take a teaspoonful every half hour. ? ? ? i rn? t? -i - A Whistle Sixty-five Miles Long. An odd accident occurred on the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Sunday afternoon at Highland Park, 111. AB the engineer of tue train which reaches Milwaukee at ll o'olook blew t?o whistle tbo valve broke, and he was unable to shut off the stesm from the noise maker. F. om High land Park to Milwaukee, a distance of about sixty-five miles, there was not a moment. when the whistle was not sounding full strength. It could be heard for miles away as the train came on ina long, continuous shrill sound, and at every ot ty and village tho peoplo ran to their doora to learn what was happening. While - the whistle was blowing the fireman was straining every nerve to keep the ?te**n tip to the ruining poi a?,, ina succeeded in bringing the train into the station on time.- Milxcaukee Sen tinel. ? j ' ?- - *T consider it not only a pleasure but si duty I owe to my neighbors to tell about tho wonderful eure elf coted in my case by the timely us6 of Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy. I was taken very badly with flux and prooured a bottle of this remedy. A few doses of it effected a permanent euro. I take pleasure in recommending it to others suffering from that 4.ro?d,t?i^_disea8o.---J. W. Lynch, D?rr, W. Va. This remedy is j sold by Hill-Orr Drug Co. ~- Slaying power in - tho mids* of W. 0. T. U. DEPARTMENT. Conducted by the ladies of the W. C. T. U. of Anderson, S. C. It Hares the Boys. 1 Tbe best argument I have found in < Maine for prohibition washy an editor 1 of a paper in Portland, that was for political reasons mildly opposed to it. I had a conversation with him that ran something like this: "Where were you born?" "In a little village about sixty miles from Bangor." "Do you remember tho condition of things in your village prior to prohi bition?" "Distinctly. There was a vast amount of drunkenness and conse quent disorder and poverty." "What was the effect of prohibi tion?" "It shut up all the rum shops, aud practically banished liquor from the village. It became one of the most quiet and prosperous places on tho globe." - "How long did you live in the vil lage after prohibition?" "Eleven years, or until I was twenty-one years of age." "Then?" "Then I went to Bangor." "Do you d:ink now?" "I ha"*? never tasted a drop of liquor in my lire." "Why?" "Up to the age of twenty-one I never saw it, and after that I did not cara to take on a habit." That is all there is in it. If the boys of the oountiy are not exposed to the infernal icm, the men are very sure 'not to be. This man and his school mates were saved from rum by the faot that they could not get it until they were old enough to know better. Few mon are drunkards who know not the poison till after they are twenty one. It is the youth the whiskey and beer men want.-North American Re view. The ?nemy of all Wood. There is to-day in the English speaking countries no such tremen dous, far-reaching, vital question as that of drunkenness. In its implica tions and effects it overshadows all else. It lies at the oenterof all social and political mischief. It paralyzes energies in every direction. It baffles penal reform. It obstructs political reform. It rears aloft a mass of evil inspired power, which at every salient point threatens social and national advanoe, whit h gives to ignorance and vice a greater potency than intelli gence and virtue can command; whioh deprives the poor of the advantages of modern progress; whioh debauches and degrades millions, brutalizing and soddening them beiow the planes of healthy savagery, and filling the cen ters of population with creatures whose condition almost excuses the immorality whioh renders them dan gerous to their generation. Can any political organization be said to rep resent the best aspirations and the strongest needs of people while this abiding source of misery, crime, and poverty is allowed to spread and flour ish?-New York Tribune. Alcoholism. Some time ago an enterprising paper submitted to the keeper of eaoh oounty jail in the United States-nearly 3,000 in all-the question: "In your opinion what proportion of the prison ers in your jail were brought there directly or indirectly through the use or abuse of intoxicating liquors?" So far, one thousand and seventeen replies have been reeeived. Nine hundred and hine replies received from license States give the propor tion of crimes due to drink at 72 per cent. The general average of replies reoeiyed from the 108 officials in pro hibition States gives 37 per cent. Out of the 1,017 replies, 257 placed the proportion at 90 per cent, and above; 525 placed it at 75 and above; 73 placea it at 50 per oent. and above, while out of the entire 1,017 jailers, Only 191 could be found to place their estimate below .25 per cent., and 55 of these were from prohibition terri tory, and reported empty jails. It is well to remember while study ing these figures that the men supply ing them are not "prohibition cranks," and woutd refuse to recognize tem* peranoe as an issue. They are men in charge of criminals.-Pittsburg ICatholic. Tbc Sywvs? ?rr?umen. Of all the fraternal organizations in this oonntry whioh debar the liquor dealer from membership none is more radical in its hostility to tho liquor man than the "Modern Woodmen of America." This fraternity forbids not only Saloon keepers and bartenders from joining, but also bans any ono whose business is at all connected with the liquor trafilo. At the recent convention of the Modern Woodmen, held in Kansas City, Mo., an attempt was made to eliminate or modify this discriminating law, but without suc cess, the delegates voting down all amendments . to' tho iaw.-~ Wine and Spirit Gazette. Stories Heard Arenad Confi?rate Camp Fires. A soldier, being on picket reservo, trent to a farmhouse, as he said, to borrow a frying pan, but for what none jould imagino, as there was nothing to fry. However, ho went to the bouse and knocked at the door, which was opened by a lady, who asked what he wished. "Madam, could you lend me a frying pan? I belong to tho picket down here." "Yes, sir;" and forthwith oamo thc pan. He took it, looked in it, turned it over again, and looked into it very hard, as if not cer tain it was clean. "Well, sir," said the lady, "can I do anything moro for you?" "Could-could-could you lend mc a piece of meat to fry in it, ma'am?" and he laughed in spite of himself. Ho got it. In tho summer of 1803 Thrall's Sec ond Arkansas battery was passing a well-to-do lookiog premises, when Frankfort Southhand, an excellent soldier and a forager of muoh merit, spied, in passing the aforesaid premi ses, a herd of bco hives, and "allow ed" to thc boys that ho had "set" his heart on a certain large, fat hive, which he pointed out, saying if the battery did not march moro than ton miles beyond for the night's encamp ment, that he would return and tako that largo, fat hive in out of tho wet. The command marched some six miles beyond and struck camp for the night. Frankfort Southhand evaded tho pickets and marohed by a circuitous route, cautiously, until he approached the object , of his mission, when ho "grounded arms," and advanced, with outstretched hands, and laid violent hands on the large, fat bee-hive, which he had spied that afternoon. The night was dark, hut Frankfort Southland's spirit was bright, his load was heavy and tho road was long, but upon his vision finally flashed the camp fires of his company, whioh he approached with the silence of a mid night assassin, until he had reached the looality of his moss, whioh was in close proximity to the Captain's quar ters, when he discovered a well-known figure, Alex. Alston, his Gamaliel and bed-fellow, to whom he said, in a whisper: "Alex, assist me to put it down, for it is awfully heavy, but very rich. I feel thc honey running down my back." Whereupon his companion lighted a match and discovered that it was only an ashhopper whioh Frank fort Southhand, in his eagerness, had taken instead of the "bee-hive." A certain officer of Company C, Ninth Virginia cavalry, was noted for his neatness, and, consequently, he was chaffed by the boys a great deal. He had occasion, in the fall of '63, to p?ss through the can? p of Gen. Bar ringer's North Carolina brigade. He sat as straight as an arrow, and, with - great dignity, rode alone amid such bantering as "Good morning, Gen eral," "Come out of that hat," ar <\ "Where did you get those boots?" On arriving near ?ta General's tent, he was stopped by tho Tar Heel guard, who observed to him, with great syrn patby: "Don't you mind thom boys, mister. They are always hollering it some fool going along by here." An Irishman by the name of O'Donahue, but very properly and appropriately called Donny, was plac ed on picket at Big Spring, Va., and Maj. Abo Looney, being the officer on duty, thought fit to question Donny to see if he knew a picket's duty. Maj. Looney said: "Donny, do you know the duty of a picket?" "Yis, be jabbers, I do." "Well, if any per son was to come to your post to-night, what would you say to him?" "Why, begorra, I would prcsint arms and let him pass." "But, suppose it was a Yankee, what would you do then?" "Will, if it was a Yankee, thin I would tell him that the Ribils was not far off, and he had better go baok." Donny stayed with the regiment until the r?organisation at Corinth, but was never placed on picket. One of the best oom panics of the Stonewall brigade was composed of railroad men from Martinsburg, W. Ya. In a charge at Manassas, the story goes, the Captain offered a bar rel of whiskey , to the man who first reached tho guns. When the Captain got there one of his men, already astraddle of a cannon, cried out: "Don't forget that barrel, Captain!"' The nest day an admirer of the hero asked him how war compared with r-?rcadisg. "Well," ??id he, "ih? life of a soldier is pretty rough, but it bas one advantage over railroading." "What is that?" was asked. "Tain't near so dangerous," said the man of the rail:-The Lost Cause. D. J. Moore, Millbrook. Ala., says, ."DeWitt's Little Early limers are the finest pills I ever used in all my life." They quickly cure all liver and bowel troubles. Evans Pharmacy. -- It is bad policy to throwoverboard an old friend just because he has failed at some one point to measure up to all your demands. There are no better pills than De Witt's Little Early Risers tor clean sing thc liver and bowels. .Pleasant to take, no ver ?ripe. Erans. Phar macy. >.--- -..-. i--.'- -'in fi*' ih?'? -j> in.' Witchcraft tn Early Days. Tho Lexington, Mass., Historical Society observed forefahters' day with a publio meeting, held in tho Hancock Congregational Church. Tho special feature was an address by John Fiske, of .Cambridge, on "The Salem Witch craft," who spelo UH follows: "Tho sixteenth and seventceth cen turies were thc flourishing ages of tho witchcraft delusion. Witchcraft in tho early ages was considered one o. tho greatest of crimes, [as much so as murder, robbery, or any other serious offense against the law, and the belief in it was shared by the whole human race until the latter part of tho sev enteenth century. "In England in 1701 two women were tried before Sir Matthew Hale, charged \:ith bewitching several girls and a baby, and they were put to death, for at that time tho evidence seemed perfectly rational. In 1615, in Genoa, 500 pcoyle were burned to death on tho charge of witchcraft. It was tho proud boast of a noted exe cutioner in Northern Italy at that time that in fifteen years ho had as sisted in burning 900 porsons charged with sorcery. In Scotland, between 1560 and 1600, 8,000 persons were put to death, an average of 200 a year. Tho last execution for witchcraft in England took place in 1712, in Scot land in 1722, in Germany in 1719 and iu Spain in 1781. "Oa tho whole, it is remarkable so few wore sentenced to death dur ing the sixty years after the settle ment of Boston, there being but twelve in all. The first case was that of Margaret Jones of Charlestown, in 1648. This woman had somo advanced ideas in regard to the practice of medi cine, curing by herbs, barks, etc., and so gained tho enmity of somo of the doctors. She was accused of boing in league with the devil, and was con victed and hanged. On the day of her exeoution a t?rrifio gale happened in Connecticut, blowing down trees and doing other damage, and this Gov. Winthrop deemed evidence of her guilt. "In 1656 Mrs. Ann Hutchinson was tried before Gov. Endicott, found guilty and hanged on Boston Common. Io tho next twenty or thirty years there were a number of cases tried, and, strange to say, a number of those charged with the crime were acquitted. John Bradstreet of Howley was ac cused of intimacy with thc devil and sentenced to pay a fino or be whipped. "A noted case was that of a woman employed by the Goodwin family in 1688, in the fact that Cotton Mather took an active interest in the case. The woman confessed, tbinking that clemency would be shown her, but she was hanged." Prof. Fiske gave a brief resume of Mather's life, and said that early his torians had not don? him justice, and that hie memory had been held up as '.hat of one who, more than any other man, stimulated the delusion of witch craft. This, the speaker said, was not so, and the first man to do him justice was t ie poet Longfellow, in 1868, and, later, William Frederic Poole, the latter giving a most accur ate view of the case. The speaker then came to the Salem cases. He said that in 1692 the cir cumstances favored an outbreak of witchcraft. Everything in Massachu setts was going wrong; it was believed that the devil was in their midst and the reverses in Indian wars and other afflictions had wrought the minds of ?the colonists np to a high pitch.-Boston Herald. - mu*** LOST-Many golden opportunit?s have been lost by those who suffer rheumatism. By taking Rheumacide now they will be permanently and positively oured. Sold in Anderson by Evans Pharmaoy. - The sharp answer kept back prompt obedienoe given, thc truth bravely told, just for once, makes it easier next time. To cure old sores, to heal an indo lent nicer, or to speedily cure piles, you need simply apply Dewitt's Witoh Hazel Salve aeording to directions. Its magio-liko action will surprix you. Evans Pharmacy. - THE - BANK OF ANDERSON. J. A. BROCK, President. JOS. N. BROWN, Vic? President. B, r. MAULD?N, Cashier. THE largest, strongest Bank In the Cornily. t Intoiest Paid on Deposits By speoial agreement. With unsurpassed facilities and resour ces we are at all times prepared to ac commodate our customer*. Jan 10, 1000 20 Peoples Bank of Anderson Moved into their Banking HOUBO, and are open for busi ness and respectfully solicits the patronage of the publio. ?nteres? paid on time deposits by agreement. DON'T FEEL RIGHT... * Do you wake up in the morning tired and unre- S?k fleshed? Do you perform your daily duties fflg^ ?J? languidly? Do you miss the snap, vim and Z <?S energy that was once yours!' If this describes v(^j your condition you are in urgent need of (?y j PRICKLY ASH | 1 BITTERS r wj Your trouble arises in a clogged ami torpid condition of tbe liver ani- bowels which, if allowed to continue, will develop mala- H. <QHfe rial fevers, kidney disorders or some other troublesome disease. PRICKLY ASH HITTERS drives out all @ poisonous impurities, strengthens the vital /c% /vi organs, promotea-functional activity, L ^ . .} good digestion, and vigor and WSSL energy of body and brain. \??? SOLD AT ALL DRUG STORES. PRICE, $1.00 PER BOTTLE. ^ _EVASTS^ PHARMACY, Special Agents. Harrows, Harrows ! The Lever Smoothing Harrow. The well-known Thomas Cutaway Harrow, Clark's Torrent Harrow, The Three Section Flexible Harrow. Come and pick your choice. In our line of Leather Collars, Bark Collars, Shuck Collars and Bridles you can find what you want. Especially we invite your attention to oui "Cotton Collar"-the only sure cure for a sore-shoulder horse. We now have a full line of Guaranteed Ditching Shovels, Farm Bella-all sizes, Plow Steel, Plow Stocks, Trace Chains, Singletrees, etc., etc.. That were bought some time ago, and eau sell for much less than market price. Come and see us and we will save your money. BROCK BROS. p. s.-We also have a full line of POULTRY WIRE, any height, desired, and our prices are right._B. B. D. S. VANDIVEH. E. P. VANDlVER. VANDIVER BROS. We are strictly in it on HEAVY GROCERIES, Such as FLOUR, CORN, BRAN, MOLASSES, COFFEE, SUGAR and TOBACCO. We buy all of the above for Spot Cash, which puts us in posi tion to take care of your interest as well as any firm in this County, and pos sibly better than some. We can do you more good than anybody on SHOEJS. Strictly wholesale prices to Merchants on the celebrated Schnapps and 'Blue Jay" TOBACCO. Big Stock DRY GOODS, 8HOES and HATS, bought before the recent big advance. Come and get your share at old prices. Yours for business, VANDIVER saes* MOVED ? gSjSJSSJMBSjBM'^gJMSjSJM M M. MATTISON, State Agent, Mutual Benefit Life I ns* Co -OF ITEWABK, HT. J\, Now located in New Offices in Peoples' Bank Building, 4p s. c. Slr5 % ?S g?2a s i PP| ?5? t\ fe S o ol ? ?i .-^-'ii gil ^ S 2 ^ ?1 22 1 1 M g J 8 w CLARENCE OSBORNE. 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