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CONFEDERATE Interesting Statement* visional C tff. Louis ID a comfortable frame house at Woodland, a pretty suburb on the Wasbash railroad, live one of tb o only two survivors, of the provisional con* gress of the! southern Confederacy. He is Dr. Samuel Howard Ford, for more than 02 years & clergyman of the Baptist Church, ac LL. D., a D. D., and a Ph. D. Tho other living mem ber of that memorable congroas is J. L. M. Curry, formerly of Alabama, now of Washington City. Dr. Ford is 82 years old. For more than 50 vcars he has edited the Chris tian Rf oository, one of the foremost Baptirc periodicals of the country. He was born in England, but carno to this country with his parents in his carly childhood. Pr. Ford came to St. Louis from Memphis in 1871. after the yellow fever epidemia in the south. It was his second coming to the city in which he had' been educat ed and had served in editorial posi tions. Prior to his Memphis residence lie lived in Mobile. Talking recently of the early days of the war he said: "I was astonished to learn that I i id been elected by the legislature a cum missioner for the State of Ken tucky to get that State into the Con federacy, and that I was a member of the provisional congresos from the Louisville district. Luke Blackburn, afterward governor of Kentucky, was my opponent, but the final vote was unanimous. I had never appeared in publio as a politician, and at first felt inclined not to acoept, but I went on to Richmond and was duly sworn In. That was in February, 1861. "It is a fact not generally. known - that a number of the men in the pro visional congress were not originally secessionists. Alexander H. Stephens, the vice president, was not, neither was Ben Hill of Georgia, nor Rives of Virginia, and 1 was not, with many others. Bat we were in the current, and we had to do our best. "There is one thing I would like lo mention, which is known to but few, which is, that a.motion was made in the provisional congress, whoso doiugo were in secret, .to confiscate all the debts due in the Bouth to northern creditors. It was favored by Jefferson Davis and the administration, but op posed with great power by Robert Toomba of Georgia, who said in the language of Aristides in regard to seizing the shipping in the-port of Athens, 'It was a good thing for Athens, but moat unjust, ?nd so let no uDjust sot mark the course of this ' Confederacy.* It was due to Toomba'o strong influx-re ?jb?fe ihm sill isi?s?. \~ "There was a great deal of discus sion just at that time in regard to the failure of Jan advance on Washington after tho battle of Maoassas. I was sent by Mr- Davis with a member from South Carolina, Boyce, to seo Beaure gard in regs?d to his going across to Kentucky to co-operate with Sydney Johnston, whi??f he' consented t? do. IQ the conversation 1 learned definite ly from Beauregard that the advance on Washington waa not possible, as they had no'transportation, and every body thought tho whole War was over after the Bull Bun vietoiy, "J. L? M. Curry, then of Alabama, now of Washington City, io the only one left, besides myself, who served ia that original provisional congress. Senator Yest, from this State, be came a member afterward and was in the permanent congress. I declined to ran as a. candidate for the perma nent congress, hut was offered posi tion? in connection with tho,Cabinet, which I also declined. "Wigfall of Texas, ono of the most efteotive speakers, , and : a ^devoted champion of Davis, gassed at once out of sight. No one has ever known what his end was. Reagan of Tetas? a member of the administration, still lives, . "My opinion is that if Toomba had beon president of the Confederacy the whole thing would have been dcoided in three month's. Toomba would have been President instead of Davis, if, on the day of thc election, ho had not been the worse for liquor. He was a man of great decision, and unquestion ably One of tho?first orators, but ai the sime time inclined to quarti oven with his best friends. "Bss u??i ox Georgia was in many respects the greatest statesman in the Confederacy. He was one of those *?uo favored the closing of the war long before it carno to pass, a faot which'ha!?;never been recorded. "Shortly ; after. Graut* s army had crossed the Potomac to make the final stand near Petersburg, it beeanio ap. parent to macy that tho oaU?a was lost. Tho border States, including Tennessee and Arkansas, Were in tho Possession of tho 'Federals. Tbs ?bolo sweep of tho Mississippi was under ?heir control. "The representatives ot these horde? States, including .John C. Breokin '?dge, held a consultation ned decided to propose to tho government, ai Wash i i .wv ? . REVELATIONS. 3 by tne Southern 3?ro Congress. - Xepublic. ; iog ton a completo Far re oder of thc Confederacy as a whole, with ali ita arms and general assets, on terras that should be agreed upon. It iras be lieved to be the only way to save the south from ruin. Davis was approach ed in regard to this proposition, but op posed it. So did the men from ex treme points of the south, and especi al!^ opposed to it was Wigfall. I was not present ai this consultation, but Senator Vest was, and had this been accomplished, guided by the diplomacy of Breokinridge, all the evils of re construction would have been avoided. It would have been the best thing for the south, and saved a great deal of bloodshed; "The first floral decoration that oc curred was in Memphis. The ladies decided to raise funds to erect a monu ment to the Confederate dead and adorn their graves with flowers. That was in May, 1866. They selected me to deliver au oration in Elmwood cemetery. Some time before the event the mayor of the oity called on me and informed me that the military au thorities, who then occupied Mem phis, had come to him, ordering him to forbid the assemblage and the ad dress, but as the cemetery was outside the oity, he had declined to take any part in the matter. A few days later an orderly brought me a letter from the commander, telling me that it wes announced I was going to speak in memory of the enemies of the country, and forbidding me to do it. I sent word back that I bad not been a sol dier} that I was a denizen, if not a citizen,' under Tennessee. laws, and that I was asked by the ladies to de liver wbat would really be a semi-pci- ? mon ju memory of the dead, and that I would oertainly do it, unless prevent ed by foree, in whioh case the respon sibility of Wbat might ocour would not rest with me. The matter was pub lished in the Memphis papers, and created great excitement. The com mander telegraphed my answer to Gen. Thomas at Nashville, and he sent it on to President Johnson at Washing ton. . "At m.inigbt, preceding thc day appointed for.the memorial (the mid dle of*May) an offioer knocked at my door. ? looked ont of the window we were rather cautious those days to see who it was. The officer inform ed me that liberty had been granted by the military authorities at Wash ington forme to make tho address. I asked him if ho had communicated it to the papers, and ho said ho had? "The ??x? morning at ab jut 10 o'clock the whole city turned out. More than 30,000 people repaired to Elmwood cemetery. The ladies were seated on the grass around the plat* form amid the graves of the Confeder ate; dead. Many Federal officers in nbdre?? ?siforms were in the throng. X.opQucd ray address to that hushed throng by saying: "'When the beauty of Israel was slain oh some high places, David took np the lamentation* in inimitable strains that have drifted down to us with a peculiar pathos. 'Let.thero be u? dowa ou Gilbaa, nor rain, nor fields of offering,' and so.von dows tc tho conclusion of the chant. " 'If David could baye tak?n up these strains of sadness and eulogy,' I continaed,'over tho death of hio life long foe, Saul, why shall we hot utter the same words of tenderness over our own loved friends who sleep around us in, ailcafi^uniBarked graves? Of them I can say : ; " 'No battle banner o'er them waves, No battlo trumpets sw\nded; They1 ve reached the citadel of graves, And here their arms are grounded!' "It was my own composition and ex pressed with tears. And theta I-ex claimed somewhere in the address: '"Mistaken they may have been, but traitors ; neverj*. A thousand wo men, with tears streaming down from, tender eyes, responded: 'Never! Never!' " "This speech was published all over the United States. It was the first Decoration Day speech, and inaugu rated the solemn custom we observe at the present day m memory of the ?Blue and the Gray.' " -ma ' a --- ? t; ^~Statistics show that more money is spent in tho United St/tes for eggs tban for {?our. FAreaerff want to look after their poultry and improve it by getting.better stock. - Milling-How did you become acquainted with youi- wifo? Dilling I married her. .L?8t fall I sprained my left hip while handling some heavy boxee. The doctor I called on said at first it wea a nlight sirs:s and would soon be well, but it grew worse and the doctor then said I had rheumatism. It Con tinued to grow worse and I could hardly get around to work. I went to i drug ?toro and tho druggist recom mended mc lo try Chamberlain's Pain Balm. I tried it and one-half of a ?O.ceut bottle cured mo entirely. I now recommend it to ail my friends, ic by Hi??-Orr Drug Co. W. 0. T. U. DEPARTMENT. . - Conducted by the ladlee of the W. C. T. IL of Anderson, S. C. Nerveless Drinkers. "I take a driak when Ifeet like H," said a Canal Street business nan, "and can't see that it has ever done me any harm, but I witnessed a little episode this morning that has haunted me ever since and has forced me to do a whole lot of thinking. "I had stepped into a bar very early to got a oocktail, ana while it was being compounded a middle-aged gen tleman came and asked one of the at tendants to pour him out a little plain whiskey. He was carefully dressed, and had all the marks of refinement and good breeding, and his rcquesl was so unusual that I turned involun tarily to look at him. The bartender exhibited no surprise, and placed half of *fL small glass of whiskey at his elbow, but the instant he stretched out his hand I saw that the man was on. the verge of nervous collapse. He shook Uko an aspen, and when he finally managed to seize the tumbler, its contents flew in every direction. 'Let mo assist you, Colonel,' said the bartender quietly, and pouring out another drink, ho leaned over and held it io Iiis lips. The man said nothing, but gave him a haggard look that went ?uto my heart like a knife. My Godt what a look! Shame, humil iation, and abject animal terror. It started the sweat ion me like water. Well, he drank his whiskey, stood still for a minute as if gathering him? self * together, and sauntered out as cool as ever. "I asked the bartender if he had many snob customers, and ho laughed. .Lots of em,* he said. 'There isn't a first-class bar in town,' he went on, 'that don't patch up a few old boys like that every morning. They are not drunkards, but they've been at it so many years that their nerves are gone, and, although they don't know it, they are working on absolutely nothing but whiskey. As soon os they get a little fresh fuel in the morning they are all right, but they come ?o ecarod and out of their wits and thinking they're going to drop dead every minute. I'll bet that gen tleman you saw oan sign his name DOW without a quiver.' I walked out reflecting. "-Exchange. ma ? m* - The Cost of One Drink. Some men aro so made that the mere taste of liquor will kindle in them a ragtag thirst for more. .A doctor and his friend were once talking together ia front of ? saloon when a master meehenio, a man of amiable and excellent oharaoter, a arst-elass workman, full of business? raith as interesting family, respected bj everybody, sod bidden fair to be one of the leading mon of the oity, Dame up to him and laughingly said: "Well, I hare jost done what I never did before in my life.* ' "Ah, what wes that?" "Why, Mr.-\ has owed me a bill for work for a long time, and I dunned him for the money till I was tired, but a minute ago I oaught him out here and asked him for tho money. 'Well,' he said, TU pay it to you if you'll step in frere and get a drink with mo.' 'No,' said .I, 'I never drink-never drank in my life.' 'Well,' he replied, 'do as you please; if you won't drink with me, I won't pay your bill-that's sill' But I told him I could not do that However, finding he Would not pay the. bil), rather than lose the money, I just Went in and got a drink.'5 And he laughed at the strange occurrence as no concluded. .Aa soon os ho had, finished the Story, the physician's companion, an Did, discreet, shrewd mao, turned to him and ia a most impressive tone said: "Sir, that was the dearest drink that ever crossed-, your lips, and the worst bill you ever collected." . And terribly did time verify that prediction. In less than twelve months he was a confirmed, disgraced sot, a vagabond in society, a nurse to those who loved him, a loathing and a Bhame wherever "ho went. Atlast, ho died a horrible death in an infirmary from a disease produced solely by in toxication j- Chester County Times. W. S. Museer, M?lheim, Pa., saved the life of his little girl by giving her One Minute Cough Cure when she was dying from, orono. It is the only harm IOHO remedy that produces imme diate roanlts_ E.~tzZ P??fiasoy. - The tusks of an ?l?phants weigh from thirty to BC ven ty pounds each, and sell for about five dollars per pound. The natives of Africa eat every parti?le of the elephant, and ob tain from it large quantities of fat. ' To cure old sores, to beal an indo lent ulcer, or to speedily euro piles, iou need simply apply Dewitt's Witch razel Salvo according to directions. Ita magic-like action will surprise you Evans Pharmooy. --Thc height of sweetness'dep?nds on tho i izo of the girl a fellow is in love with. D. J, Mooro, Millbrook. Ala.,.says, ."DeWStt's Little Karly Risers are tho finest pills I ever used in all my life." They quickly cure all liver and bowol troubles. 'Evana Pharmacy. - If a mau is wealthy enough ho dvC5u't bave to trust to luck, v Sogar Gires Strength. Every one knows that people are eating more sugar thsn ever before, and if they don't know st, statistics provoit, says the New. York Preta. The average consumption for each person in the United Statos has in creased from thirty-five pounds in the years 1870-76 to sixty-two pounds in 1897. In the same time British eon sumption jumped from forty-nine pounds to eighty-five pounds; French from seventeen to twenty-eight, and German from fourteen to twenty-six. It is one of the new beliefs of this age that sugar maketh a strong man, and so sugar is being given to soldiers in the Philippines, io South Africa and in various other armies. German scientists have decided that the amouut of sugar used by in dividuals can be increased without hesitation, as sugar has many valuable characteristics. IIB value lies not alone in its sweetness, but in the fact that it is a valuable dietetio remedy and an excellent artiole of food. Sugar ia an easily soluble carbon hydrate, and as sueh is assimilated quickly in human and animal, bodies, producing warmth and force. It is also fatten ing. As a developer of strength it has long been used, especially by mountain climbers. Various experi ments have been made to learn wheth er sugar oan be used advantageously for fattening animal's. The results' havo proved favorable as far as hogs are concerned. Molasses, which con tains about 50 per cent of rogar, and mixed with palm flour or peat, as cat tle food, already is used a good deal. The prinoipal objeot of the experi ments in Germany has been to learn positively whether, as alleged, sugar possesses the power of quiokly increas ing or restoring strength and thereby making men fit for unusual exertion. This point has been investigated care fully, the scientist not watching the entire muscular action of a man be cause that would have been too diffi cult, but sonfining himself to observ ing a single finger through sn instru ment called an ergograph-"work measurer." He allowed the middle finger of the right hand to lifts weight and then registered the degree, of the lifting force. The experimenter found that after sugar had been eaten the lifting force was stronger than be fore, and he therefore concluded that sugar is a strength-producing ma terial. Other investigators say, however, that sugar has merely an exciting ef foot through its sweet taste, and that a duloine solution, whioh contains no carbon hydrate and, accordingly, can sot bo aOuiisiiing, has the same ef fect as sugar water. The inference from this is that the assertion that sugar produces strength iso fallacy. This disappointing experiment has, however, bzsa repeated by two aaiso tists, and the same result was reach ed when the man experimented upon had his full strength, but the ?Scot of eating sugar, tras found to be en tirely different when the man had first tired himself by turning the heavy wheel of the ergostst. The eating of sugar brought to the ex hausted man new strength, and the ergograph registered increased foreo, which was not the caso when duloine was eaten. Accordingly, it is accept ed ip Germany as satisfactorily proven that sugar ean renew the strength of a wearied man through giving his tired mas?les carbon hydr&tc SB a strength ening material. Extensive experi ments since 1898 have been made upon German soldiers at the maneuvers, with modern success. It is believed that, by esting half a dozen cubes of sugar )re than usual in a dey, a sol dier' jwer of endurance is increas ed. The Germans, at any ratef think it worth while to continuo to experi ment to learn positively whether sugar eau give renewed strength to exhausted troops, thereby increasing their value ia moments of ?mergenoy. "Thereare no better pills than De Witt's Little Early Risers for clean sing the liver and bowels. Pleasant to take, never gripe. Evans Phar-, macy. * - The weather office records in Chicago shows that tho 26th of April has been clear in that city for twenty five years past, not a drop of, rain hav ing fallen there on that day since 1875. "After suffering from piles for fif teen years I was cured by using two boxes of Dewitt's Witoh Hazel Salve," writes W, J. Baxter, North Brock, N. C. li arno cures all skin diseases. Evans Pharmaoy. - The time will soon be here when j we cannot even sit without paving tri bute to a trust. A chair trust is be ing formed. For driving ont dull billions feeling, strengthening the appetite and increas ing tho .capacity of the body for work, Prickly Ash Bitters is a golded rem-, edy. .Sold by Evans Pharmacy. - Since 1868 the corn-.production oi this country has increased more than152 per cent., while the produc tion of wheat has increased nearly 35 percent. - This country last year exported moro meat products, leaving out sheep and mutton, than all the rest of the world combined. The amount was nearly. $200,000,000, and' the great cops of Indian corn aro the founds .trun of tho trado. T In Trenton, N. JM Harry Tidd, a young druggist, attended the service in the Bethany Presbyterian charon and went to sleep. While he waa asleep he stood up and removed his ooat and waistcoat. Two women who sat In. the same pew with him moved to the far oorner. Then ho unbutton ed bia collar and took off his oravat and next his shirt came over his head. | He was about to slido out of his trou sers when several women shrieked and he awoke with a start. His trousors were dangling abcut his feet as ho ran down the isle to ih*j vestry. An usher handed him his clothing and he put them on and went home. - When you aro going to sweep a dusty floor tako a shallow pan and put iu enough coal oil to dampon tho broom an inoh or two up, and no dust will riso and the floor will look beauti fully olean. A oarpctcd room may bo treated in tho same way, taking care not to uso too muoh coal oil. A olerk in a dry goods storo first told mo this and sinoc then I have proved it for myself. The odor of the coal oil will soon leave the room if you leave thc door open awhile. - Conjugal affeotion depends large ly upon mutual confidence. "I make it a rule," said a wiseacre to a friend, "to tell my wife everything that hap pens. In this way wo avoid any mis understandings." Not to be outdone io generosity the good friend replied, "Well, sir, you are not so open and frank as I am, for I toll my wife a great many things that sever happen." - The Chinese are tho most lightly taxed people in the world. They have no chancellor of the exchequer worried over budget-making. All the land there belongs to tho state, and a trifling sum per acre, never altered through loog centurion, is paid as rent. This is the only tax in the oountry, and it amounts to about $5 per head yearly. \ - "Simon, my boy, you are now going to Bot up in business on your own aooount, and I wish to give you a bit of practical advice." "Well, father?" "When customers don't see what they want, teach them to want what they see!" - At a flower show reeently held in London a vine was exhibited that was said to have been grown from seeds taken from the tomb of an Egypt ai n mummy 2,000 years old. The vine is of a variety muoh liko the sweet pea. - When Linooln was elected presi dent less than 4,000,000 votes were oast; when Garfield, nearly 10,000 000; but this year it will reaoh 15, 000,000 or moro. - The tallest man in Maryland lives in Carroll county, near the town of Westminister, and, with a strange appropriateness, his name is Miles Long. LOST-Many golden opportunit?! I have bee a lost by those who suffe* ? rheumatism. By taking Rheumaoidc i now they will be permanently and ! positively cured. Sold in Anderson by Evans Pharmacy. Peoples Bank of Anderson Moved into their Banking House, and are open for busi ness and respectfully solicits the patronage of the publie Interest paid on time deposite by agreement._ H ? ? lil ? a ? ? Q imf* N ??Se*M zfr If ff' H PO "j ? w 25 Kg bl I TA - Ul ? a " ? V - THE - BANK OF ANDERSON. J. A. BROOK, President. JOS. N. BROWN, Vice President. B. P. MAULDIN, Cashier. THE largest, et ron goat Bank in the County. ^ Interest Paid on Deposits By spacial agreement. With unsurpsesed.faclUtiea and resour ce* wear? at all times prepared to ac oommodate our customers. Jan 10, 1000 2o ^irotflWiii?ii m A SLUGGISH BRAIN .... |L JB I? cawed by Imperfect Digestion and Disorder vf ? in the Uv? and Bowels. V V {PRICKLY ASH BITTERS! JE IS #\ BOON TO BRAIN WORKERS. Jg ^Hp It purifies the bowels, strengthens and regulates the W\w Z livcr, aids digestion, promotes vigor of body, ^P' VHP cheerfulness and mental activity. Q), ^fijft 80LD BY ALL DRUOuiaTS. PR?OE S 1.00 PER OOTTLE fisT EVANS PHARMACY, Special Agents. LIME, LIME! CEMENT, CEMENT ! NOW is the time to whitewash your boms and build. We handle tho Lime, Cement, Plastering, Hair, &c. We enrry tho largest stock and best goods at low piices. Over 5,000 barrels of our Lime have been sold in An derson during tho last year. Our Tennessee brand is the Limo that built the Orr Cotton Mill and thc Cox MT g. Co. Wo are prepared to furnish you from a barrel to a car load Lime, Portlaud or Rosendle Cement at any time. Use no other Lime or Cement but ours-they arc the best. Remember, we are Headquarter* on Corn, Oats, Hay, Flour, Tobacco, And everything in the Grocery line. Come and see us or send us your order. Yours for business, O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. Car Unknown and Whippoorwill Peas to go this week. Come quick, they are going cheap. Wily "Mastic" is tlie Best! We claim that. . . Mastic Mixed Paint 18 the BEST, because it has lead and zinc as a base, in the proper propor tions to get the beet results, and is ground in pure linseed oil. It is honestly made ; the same to-day, to-morrow and all time. It is absolutely pure, aud contains no whiting, chalk, barytes or other adulterant. It dries with a beau tiful gloss finish, not possible to obtain with hand-made paints. It has great er covering capacity than any paint on the market It has been tried und tested for twenty years. It is not an experiment, but is the leading paint wherever sold. ?*. In support of the above statements, we beg to call attention to the anal ysis and our guarantee. Ona of the strongest pointa in favor of Mastic Paini ia ibo fact thai the United States Government ls using it on the forts and posts in Texas and the Mexican frontier, in a climate the most trying of any in the country on paints. HILL- ORR DRUG CO. D. 8. VANDIVER. E. P. VANDIVER VANDIVER BROS. We fire Btriotly in it on HEAVY GROCERIES* Such aa FLOUE, CORN, BRAN, MOLASSES, COFFEE, SUGAR and TOBACCO. We buy all o? the above for Spot Cash, which puts us in posi tion to take care cf your interest as well as any firm in this County, and pos sibly better than some. We can do you more good thp.u anybody on SHOES. Strictly wholesale prices to Merchants on the celebrated Schnapps and "Blue Jay" TOBACCO. Big Stock DRY GOODS, SHOES and HATS, bought before the recent big advance. Come and get your share at old prices. Yours for business, VANDIVER BROS. 0 ? M sa z o < w H M co o ? ? S Q H m > < > M ? M o ?y w 8 I ? a M CD . o o i I M ? CLARENCE OsnonNE. RUTLEDGE OSBORNS. Stoves, Stoves I Iron King Stoves, Elmo Stoves, Liberty Stoves, Peerless Iron King Stoves, And other good makes Stoves and Ranges. A bigline of TIN WA?E, GLASSWARE, CROCKERY and CHI NAWARE. Also, anything in the line of Kitchen Furnishing Goods-such as Buck ets, Trays, Rolling Pins, Sifters, &c. Thanking our friends and customers for their past patronage and wish ing for continuance of same Yours truly, OSBORNE & OSBORNE.