Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE TOWN MEETING MODERATOR. Winn?, whang, whan?! He would p?sale, and he'd Lan? At the old icarred table on the tomi house stage. And, p ioo! The dust would rise, While through it, s'r, lils eyes Looked jest about MS savage as a meat ax aldrre. We never had a moderator up to snuff like him. He was little, he was squizzled, he was old and bent and slim; Hut when he slammed thc table with his old Mack cane He'd quiet down a hooraw quickcr'n any Unan in Maine. ^ There was Uncle Cephas Johnson who'd git up ami ssw and ham Willi about as much ability to speak, s'r, ss a clam, And I reckon ii ye'd Jet him he would gabble on all day .?out the ro'd in Pcfkin'a deestriclr. and the tax he had to pay. ; There was Deacon Ira Patterson and Squire Exry Goff, There'd never been a chairman who could seem to suet 'em off, Hut the Mister Moderator that I'm tellln ye about, He'd jump, a'r, like a cricket, gi>c tho table top a clout, And I ain't got words to tell to ye the awful way he'd frown When he'd holler: "Shet that tater trapl Sst down, I say, set downl" And-did-they-set t Waal, now-you-beti Whang, whang, whang 1 It was just a stiddy bang When they didn't tend to bus'ness In th? way they ought to do. When it com to moderate, Warn't a critter in the state That had so good a notion how to rush town mectin'a through. -Lewiston Journal. ?oi?os^oi?olio^os?osto?tono?tosto? I PRINCE'S PIE ID I I PEWS EERTK i ? A Story of High Life. ? Soi90^0?SO?10s10t|s10?tOt|Os104|Os1oS I am a working woman and accus tomed to bel?g out at all hours. I am accustomed also to all people and all tbiogs, and nothing frightens or as tonishes me. when, therefore, I sat one night in the Pennsylvania railroad depot, Jer sey City side, I was aroused to no in terest at all by tho appearance of a tull, slender, elderly woman of elegant bearing with a young baby. The wo man came in, sat down beside me, then got up, hesitated, placed the baby In tbe seat and came back. Taking particular notice of her for thc first time, I saw that she was of graceful, even dignified, carriage, with refinement of face and figure-a lady from boots to bonnet She seemed in such uncertainty that; I spoke to her. "Can I be of assistance to you?" 1 asked. "Yes and no," said she hesitatingly. "1 bave lost my railroad ticket Could you-would you-let me leave my bag gage here one minute by the side of you?" "Certainly," I said. At this she deposited her satchel, um brella, shawl and baby lu the seat by my side and walked over to the ticket office. The baby, a little thing not over a year old, leaned against me comforta bly, and 1 chatted to it as a woman will. When 1 turned to look at the ticket office, the woman was not there, aud, leaning forward in the seat, I glanced down through the door to the ferry entrance beyond without seeing ber. A minute later the gong of my ferry boat was clanging, but I could not leave, for the woman had not returned to take her baby. To make my story short, I sat there until the ferryboat bad gone many times and until many new sets of passengers had come and gone from the ferryhouse, but my wo man returned not Then, taking the baby, I stepped over to tbe ticket office. "Did a woman with a baby-I mean without a baby buy a ticket here-a tall, gray haired woman?" The clerk "looked at me supercilious ly. "I do not recognise any one from that description," he said. "This baby was left with me an hour ago," I said, "and I am looking for the woman." "You had better go over to tho New York side," said he. "Your woman probably crossed an hour ago. Take this boat, and probably you will over take her." So with the baby, the hand satchel, tbe shawl and the umbrella ? crossed tbe Jersey ferry and landed at Cort landt street, New York. But here I could not get any satisfaction, for no one had seen my woman, and no one would tnke the baby. At the sugges tion of a policeman I took a cab and drove to Bellevue hospital, only to be told that Blackwell's Island was the place for a waif. "But Blackwell's Island ls across the river," I said, "and I am h,e*e?" "Then take it to the police station," suggested the Bellevue official. I took the baby, which by this time had slumbered comfortably In my arms, to the police station, but the official could do nothing for me. "Tho baby was not found In our pre ciuct," said he, "and I must refer you elsewhere. I think," ho added, "that as it was found on tho Jersey City side you will have to find a place forait In thc public institutions of New Jersey. Better take lt home tonight and start o?t again in the morning." As it was .now midnight, I took his advice. I carried the baby home, and there, with the help of my bid care taker, wo fixed a little bed for it on the sofa and made lt comfortable. My caretaker, dear old Woman, after she had recovered from her surprise, warm ed a little food for the child and sooth ed lt to sleep as best she could. The next morning bright and early I started out on my quest for a nome foi the baby, but not until I bad amused myself with it for an hour, admiring prsUj "ways) ac? vronnering how any ono could have tho heart to forsake lt aud particularly bow euch a refined woman could do so cruel a deed. As X said, I nm a busy worker. 1 *m a newspaper woman, and before going on my private mission I called upon my chief and told bim of my And. "That would make an excellent news paper story." said he.5 "Yea/* said I, "and you can publish >t Pat the child's picture In the paper, ' but leave out my name. Maybe we canttrace the woman quietly^' Bot we. could not trace the woman; neither could I find a place for tho child abandoned in a ferryhouse. It Hag as though she had been born In nildocean-a child without a town, or a habitation. So in a few weeks, part ly by fate and partly because t had be vvujc ui tu enea to tne cm ra, i cuuuu myself-a newspaper woman-in pos session of n baby nbout n year old. Thc little girl was pretty, and I liked j ber. She was beginning to talk and I to walk, and before I bad bad ber a week we began to be afraid that some one would ela i m ber. But no one ever did. My chief knew of tho acquisition to my household, but Bald nothing. Ile is a wise mau and allows his subordi nates to do as they will, provided their loyalty to his newspaper ls unswerv ing. Ono day, the 1st of June, the chief sent for me aud said: "I want you to go to Newport for the season. Lady Blackburn aud her daughter are to be there. They have Just come over from Europe and are to be the lions of New port society. Her ladyship ls an Amer ican, you know, but her daughter was boru abroad. She ls to be Introduced Into society this summer, and lt ls ex pected that she will make a brilliant match before the season ls out." "Who is Ladv Blackburn?" "I do not know exactly," he said. "I cabled over to Berlin to find out some thing about her, as I understand she was there some time ago. AU I could ascertain from our correspondent thew was that a certain Lady Blue kl m ri: and daughter were part of the Amer! can colony at Berlin last season. The] were very quiet The daughter hac made an unfortunate match or some thing of that kind and did not go out They suddenly disappeared." "Where did she get her title?" "From the dead Blackburn. His an cestor was kulghted three generation) agu for a service. The title died witl him, but in this generation the widow an ambitious Montana woman, hai taken lt up, and as she has money sh* ls going to make the most of lt." "You want me to go to Newport?" "Yes; go there and give her ladyshl] a fino write up." As I started away the Chief calle? out: "Don't take the baby with yoi She's too young to enter society." I went to Newport, to the Roc! House, without the baby. I found tb entire hotel In a state of antlcipatlor for her ladyship was expected an day, and a retinue of her servants ha arrived ahead of her. I Here I heard great stories of Lad Blackburn, such as I had never hear before, and I soon learned that she ha gone to Europe in her youth, had mai ried abroad and had recently Inherite money from her father In Montan? She was about to return to this coui try with her daughter to become ti queen of American society. The daughter, the Honorable Coi stance, was beautiful and fit enoug to reign over any belle In Newport. The entire second floor In the Roc House was engaged for Lady Blacl burn, and the Honorable Constance ar tin CK of the best carriage bouses wei put In commission for ber ladyship blooded horses. The day of her arrival at Newport wrote a full account to my uewspap* at home and had the satisfaction < knowing that we had scored a "beat for no other newspaper had such a fi account of the coming of the distl guished woman to Newport. I bad a glimpse of her ladyship < the day of her arrival as she was coi lng up the steps. She was a tall, sie der, gray haired woman, with a di tingulsbed bearing, and by her sid smaller, though, with scarcely less d: tine tien, walked the Honorable Co stance. Later I saw the young woi an's face. It was sweet, though lne pressibly sad, and I, with my expo euee cf the world, said to myself, "T Honorable Constance looks like a woi an with a past." In a few days all Newport was all with the arrival of the Blackbun Cards and carriages arrived at t Rock House at all hours of the di and the name of the Honorable Cc stance, the beautiful heiress, was every Hp. It had been decided that Constar would make her debut In society at t home of Mrs. Senator Gray, who one of the most elegant women in Ne port soolety. Then she and her moth having met all Newport, could emt tain at a grand presentation ball the Rock House. . . I must say this much for her la< ship-that never in the course of i editorial career have 1 been tren' with moro consideration. Though had "never met her, I received et day from her pen a very nice p gramme of thc day's doings. On lier arrival 1 bad sent her : card, with the name of the papei represented engraved upon it, and 1 ladyship had Informed me, in a v elegantly worried note, that was w ten on very elegantly engraved n paper, that she would be pleased any time to render me any assistai in her power in the way of gather society news. So every morning I received fr the pen of her secretary a full ac coi Which greatly facilitated my work. Tho Honorable Constance, like girls of 20 who are not yet In sod? was passive In this, but I thought was.sadder than she ought to be. c sideriug her elegant coming debut, i when I saw. her, as I often did, wi lng toward the ocean In company ^ only a maid I wondered that she i so depressed. One evening, seeing her and 1 mother seated on the public balee after bidding farewell to their guei I thought I would venture, consld lng their kindness, to approach th and pay my respects. As I step] np behind them I saw that they w enawffAd tn a. deep conversation t found that I was In earshot with Intending lt "If we could only flrui it, ?T??:S: If we could only find it" Lady C stance was saying. "It waa stolen, I tell you* stolen] searched the papers and offered warda, though you were too prostra With grief to realise it, but It wa? x er found. Why can you net gire lt for lost, or do you want to spoil ov< thing? You are only 20 and-why et yon give it up?" . "They must have lost a valus Je {rel," I said to myself, but some! 1 had a feeling that lt waa not a Je they meant The day of Lady Blackburn's 1 was the busiest day Newport has c leen. Never will I forget lt AH morning caterers and dreorators v coming to the house, to add to tho gant preparations mado by .thc ho? tko finest hotel In. ino world1 Ali mc aru-ruoou carnage? ?m- -ai- ? riving, bcurlug Immense buuehes of j bouiiuets and baskets of orchids. Tho llou. Constance lilnekburu was to be launched Into society under the aus pices secoud to no other debutanto that ever stepped out nt Newport. My plan for reporting tho ball was this: During the morning I had written a complete accouut of the preparations. Ia the afternoon I obtained tho Hst of the Invited guests, and toward ovculng I made a note of tho bouquets aud those who had sent them. All these I telegraphed to my chief in New York. At 0 o'clock ? woulii visit tho ball room, and, having noted thc costumes of the ladles, I would wiro them to my chief to be added before the paper went to press. At 5 o'clock I determined, for fear of being left out at some Important detail, to visit Lady Blackburn and pay my respects to her. I thought this would be a good time to thank her for her kindness and to ask for additional de tails regarding the ball. Up to this time I had never met her ladyship. I was ushered into the Blackburn suit of rooms, and there, in the most luxurious corner of tho summer parlor, I sank to rest amid elegant cushions to await the arrival of Lady Black burn, to whom I had sent my card. It was only a minute before I heard tho rustle of her gown. She was not yet dressed for thc ball. She bad her arms full of favorsy'and on each side of her were manservants, also carrying flowers. They stopped at a small ta ble at my side. "You can lay the favors there, James," said her ladyship. "And you, John, place yours over on the table." It was plain that Lady Blackburn did not know she had a guest. "Now," said she, "I will leave these here, and I will come back for them lu Just a minute." Something In the sound of her voice brought me to my feet, and she laid her burden by my side and stopped back. I turned and looked at her. For one minute we two women stood face to face! I took the midnight train for New York that very night. I had something I wanted to tell my chief. "It ls a good story," he said, "but we could never print it. Lady Black burn is a leader in society, and the Honorable Constance is engaged to be married to the wealthiest catch of Newport. The announcement came over the wire tonight. It was made at tho ball. It seems the Honorable Con stance only met him at Newport, but money, youth and beauty fixed tho match. I guess we had better let it drop." "Yes," I said; "perhaps so, especially for my own family."-Exchange. Uncle Sni? *'~ s PsalU?cr, One thing that is mounting up rapid ly ts the official literature of the gov ernment. Most citizens complain if the president's message fills more than one page of the average newspaper, but they fall to remember that behind that message are thousands of reports and tons of documents. Indeed, If the average man were to attempt to read everything the government publishes In one year ho would have to devote about a half a century to the task, tak ing eight hours a day for ihe work of reading. Hundreds of these volumes are beautifully prepared with plates and maps that are works of art. Al though the government printing office and the government engraving plant are the largest In the world, yet a great deal of work ls dono by private firms. Simply a resume of the reports would fill a very large book.-Saturday Evening Post The Bissent Department. The largest department of the gov ernment ls that about which there seems to be the least public interest It is the department of the interior, and each of its eight divisions-pat ents, pensions, general lands, Indian affairs, education, railroads, geological surveys and census-has ten times as much work as any cabinet office had 100 years ago. At the head of each of these divisions there must be a man of broad experience and active mind. In addition to his other duties, the secre tory of the*"interIor has charge of the national parks and the supervision of hospitals and eleemc^.inry institu tions.-Saturday Evening Post. Legal Advice. Lawyer-Why didn't you come to me? I could have given you some good advice. Mr. Kraft-I don't believe lt Any advice you'd give would be necessarily poor or you'd sell it, and the. kind you sell is too dear.-Philadelphia Press. Trafilo In Talismans. As a drowning man will catch at a straw, so will -those broken down in health or those who pursue the fickle goddess of fortune seek the advice of men commonly known as "quacks." A healthy man or a person favored with the good things of life has no use for medical works or for the occult sciences. The latter thrive on the un fortunate-those who want to better themselves In life and do not sec their way clear to do soi Hence they seek the assistance of the mysterious, tho occult the magical, and it is for this reason that talismans still flourish in tho civilized world and will continue to flourish so long as the supernatural sways human minds. There are thousands of talismans sold In New York and other metropoli tan centers every year. There ore hun dreds of men and women who make a business of making and selling them, and as much as $5 and $10 Is often paid for a little circular piece nf feather or metal containing Inscriptions sup posed to possess marvelous power. The charms sold these days are manufac tured from the descriptions contained in the now rare books of Agrippa, Gadbury, Babb I Solomon and others. They are chiefly, of Hebraic origin and have been used by believers for hun dreds ot years.-New York Herald. C ASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Tte Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature. Of CIRCUS WAGON ART. | COSTLY DECORATIONS A NECESSITY j FOR PARADE EFFECT. The Moat Successful Creator of These Spectacular I'lctorlal Effects Ia an Artist of Ability Who Keeps His Kamo Hidden. Nobody who lsu't lu tbe circus busi ness caa appreciate tbe value, In an advertlslug way, of spectacular pic torial effects. Any circus which at tempted to make thc malu rouud of cities nowadays with tho parade out fits of some years ago would last about two weeks at the outside before going broke. People would Judge lt by Its parade and, seeing that the animal wagons aud baud chariots weren't up to the mark, would Infer that the en tire show was inferior, in which infer ence they would probably bo perfectly correct. So keen ls competition now and to such a point of practical dis cernment has the public been educated that the big shows spend an amount of money on ornamentation alone that would make the ordinary business man gasp aud denounce them as prodigally wasteful. There ls one "charlot" now on the road that actually cost close to $10,000 when It was new, and it in volves a large outlay every year to keep it brightened up with gold leaf and repairs of weather wear. On the inside these vehicles arc strictly and rigidly economical. Not a foot of space ls wasted. Most of the wagons aro full of paraphernalia, mar velously packed by experts in that line. Nothing cou bc learned from* thc exterlpr of the vehicle regarding Its Interior. The magnificent bjue and gold chariot, worthy of tho royalest of Bengal tigers, carries tho layout of the ticket seller, wbilo the wagon which limns forth on Its gay Bides the likeness of the ferocious rhinoceros is probably the habitat of the wardrobe woman and her outfit. Other magnifi cent equipages of the wheeled proces sion carry apparatus, clothing, trap pings and fodder for the animals. Most of the animals themselves are left behind when the show goes out ou parade, except those that march, such as the elephants and camels and a few ! of the big felines, taken along to roar ! enticingly. There have been cases where haste and confusion on the part of the showmen In preparing tho pa rade have resulted In thc unmistakable roar of the king of beasts being heard from a wagon on whose panels coiled the mighty but comparatively voiceless boa constrictor, to thc vast amazement of the gathered publie. Painting circus wagon panels is n distinct branch of art. Probably tho academics would not so regard it. but nevertheless there ls a certain breadth of treatment and dash required that are quite beyond the abilities of the ordinary practitioner of art, and the pictured sides of the circus vans repre sent some very good if rather hasty work. The most successful painter of this line of work in the country is an artist of high abilities and reputation In a large western city. His reputation has been made as a portrait painter, and it would doubtless be a distinct detriment to his career were it known that he paints circus wagons, but paint them he'does, and, what ls more, he delights in the work. This artist always i had a fancy that his real forte lay lu landscape work with a sprinkling of animals. That the public and the crit ics have always insisted on differing with him has been a grief to him. However, as he could earn a consider able Income by his portraits he felt able to spend his spare time In painting animal and woodland scenes which no body would buy. Then he got Into the circus painting business, and not only was his ambition satisfied, but his In come was largely augmented. How it came about that this artist was Induced to go into this line of work probably nobody bnt he and the showman who got him into it knows. Every winter now when that show goes into winter quarters the artist Is summoned to the place and for weeks works away for dear life, designing and painting new wagon scenes. Among the show people he does not go under hts own name, and he does not reveal at his home the business that takes him away every winter. In this line of work he has made all climes his own and will as readily paint an arctic Ice scape for the Siberian fox as an Af rican oasis for the giraffe or a Eocky mountain fastness for the grizzly bear. For tho envy of those orthodox paint ers who confine themselves within the constricted lines of regulation art lt may bc Bald that he averages about $40 a day while working for the circus. To do this he has to paint a wagon a doy. Of course lt ls Impossible for him to do all the work of painting at this rate, so he merely blocks out the pictures, ex plaining to his assistants as he works Just how he wants thc colors and thc gold leaf laid on. Gold leaf ls au essential bf circus art. It catches the sun and attracts the pub lic eye. The amount of money laid out In this article alone by a big circus Is astonishing. When the painting of the wagons is nil done, the artist goes over the whole lot lu a final survey. Any ern*ties that there may be he touches up or smooths down until all is flt, and tho wagons, glittering and gorgeous, are loaded on the train to meet the critical eye of the metropolitan public when the show starts its tour.-New York Sun. Deficiency In the Attie. "! am a. self made ?nan," ??m ibo proud individual. "Wen, Treu arc all righi except as to your head,''' commented the other part of the conversation, "How's that?' "The part you talk with ls out of proportion to the part you think with/' -Baltimore American. - "How is Johnny getting along with his writing?" asked the fond par ent. "Rapidly," replied the teacher. "I think he is already competent to 1 write hiB own excuses." i - The speed otc-the fastest* railway train is only a^ little m ore ethan one- , balf the velocity of^the golden* eagle's , light, tho bird having been known to < hake 140 miles per hour. - Why is it easier to bo a clergyman ;han a physician? Because it is easier . to preach than to practice. < CATCHING A MOUSF.. A Young Married Couple llnve nu ' Interest Itiu Time Over lt. There was nothing for lt but u mouse trap. They hail stood the pest of inleo as long as patience allowed. Tho jani tor had made one or two Ineffectual attempts to abnte tho pest, but us the ageut cf the building would not allow him to uso poison for four the victims would have the bad taste to die ou the premises the head of thc family, spur red ou by tho protestations of his wife, went out to a hardware store and called for the needed article. He had supposed that buying a mousetrap was a simple thlug, but when he saw tho number of patterns he was bewil dered. "Do you want to catch them ulive?"' asked the clerk. "Well, I should say I did. If I want ed to catch them dead, you don't sup pose I would require a trap, do you?" replied thc head of thc family. "I mean," explained thc clerk, "do you want a trap that will kill them?" "Of course I do. 1 nm not collecting mice for exhibition purposes." He se lected a small steel cage of thc ordi nary garrote pattern, for which he paid 15 cents. That night he showed lt to his wife, und they proceeded to set it. "What shah wo bait it with?" he asked. "Do wc have to bait lt?" "Oh, no. You catch mice by sending them an engraved invitation." "Oh, I suppose It ought to be some thing nice and tempting." "Yes; lobster a la Newburg." "Oh, George, I believe you're teasing me! What do they Uko most?" "Cheese, you sweet ninny!" "Of course! How stupid of me! But wo haven't a blt of Roquefort in thc house." "My dear, if we had Roquefort, wo wouldn't need the trap. Tho cheese would kill them." "Just plain American cheese?" "Of course! These aro Just plain American mice. You might make a Welsh rabbit for them. That would certainly do the business." She got a morsel of cheese, and the trap was baited and set. That night a mouse was caught, but Isabel fainted at thc sight of the dead victim, and George was obliged to give tho trap away to the janitor In order to save her nerves. The next day he brought home a trap of another pat tern. It was baited with cheese, but tho mouse, was not killed by its captiv ity. After It had eaten the cheese lt found that thc only open door lcd to a rotary cylinder of steel wire. That Is where they found Mr. Mouse the next morning. He was paddling around in the treadmill under tho Impression that he was rapidly getting away from tho scene of his captivity. Isabel clapped her hands at thc sight. "Isn't he too cunning for anything? But what shall we do with him?" "Wc might give him to the baby to play with," said the unfeeling brute, "or we could attach the cage to tho sewing machine and get the benefit of bis energy. We will drown him, of course." Isabel hld her face In' her hands. "In the lake, George?" "Yes; I see myself walking three blocks to drown a mouse In the lake. No; In the bathtub." "George Harrison, If you drown that poor little helpless mouse in my bath tub I'll never" "Bathe again?" fin'shed ber husband. "Oh, yes, you will!" And off he start ed with the trap for the bathroom. When he had accomplished hts design, he gave the trap and its dead contents to the janitor and returned to his wife. "Did-did lt suffer much?" asked Isa bel. "Its death agonies were very dis tressing, and I shall never get its last words out of my ears. I" "You're a brute!" sold Isabel, and she flounced out of the room.-Chicago Chronicle. Her Jet B.'ack Cot Glass Bowl. A New York woman has an addition to her stock^of curios since her up town home was buried out last winter. A beautiful cut glasa rose bowl surviv ed the Are, but was stained by the smoke, which was particularly thick and dense on the dining room floor. The bow'j is now perfectly black, tho pattern of the glass brought out in iri descent relief. Scouring has had no effect on tue new*coloring, whlc?i seems to have burned its way into the glass. A china pitcher, which also stood on the sideboard, had Its delicate color fired to a reddish black-so evenly that no one would suspect that lt was not done in a professional kiln. The two pieces were brought out by the owner at a recent luncheon, and her guests were asked If any of them had seen specimens of what the hostess explain ed was a very rare ware. All of tho company fell into the trap, and most learned opinions were given around tire table in an effort at decision before tho joke was explained.-New York Commercial Advertiser. Folly Occupied. Havers (who hos answered the bell himself)-Hello, old man! Come In. Come in. Jabbers-Sorry, but I Just come for my wife. She's here, I suppose? Havers-Oh, yes. But como In and have a game or two of chess. Jabbers-I'd like to, but lt's too late. Havers-Nonsense. It's only 10 o'clock. Jthberj-Yes, but my wife particu larly tc'.d me not to be any hiter than that co?i?ng for her. So she must want to get home. Havers-Ob, if that's all, she won't be ready to go for several hours yet. Jabbers-Why, wbaf s she doing? Havers-She just started to tell my wife what they had yesterday, at the Swelhagtons' luncheon.-Harper's Ba zar. - Sin makes us suffer even in this life. Wo never feel well so long as we know that we have done something wrong. When our hearts are pure, and we try to do right wo are happy. - Bees never work singly, but al ways in companies, that they may as sist each other. A useful hint to Christians. - Don't think whon any one gives pou a present that it isn't going to jost you anything. ? Word to Doctors We have the highest regard for the medical profession. Our preparations are not sold for thc purpose of antagon izing them, but rather as an aid. We lay it down as an established truth that internal remedies are positively injuri ous to expectant mothers. The distress and discomforts experienced during the months preceding childbirth can be al leviated only by external treatment-by applying a liniment that softens and re lazes the over-strained muscles. We make and sell such a liniment, com bining tho ingredients in a manner hitherto unknown, aud call it Mother s Friend We know that in thousands of cases it has proved more than a blessing to expectant mothers, lt overcomes morn ing sickness. It relieves the sense of tightness. Headaches cease, and dan 8er from Swollen, Hard and Rising ireasts is avoided. Labor itself is shortened and shorn of most of the pain. We know that many doctors recom- I mend it, and we know that multitudes ' of women go to the drug stores and buy it because they are sure their physicians have no objections. We ask a trial just a fair test. There is no possible chance of injury being tho result, be cause Mother's Friend is scientific ally compounded. It is sold at$i a bot tle, and should be used during most of the period of gestation, although great relief is experienced if used only a short time before childbirth. Send for our il lustrated book about Mother's Friend. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO? ATLANTA, QA. D. S. VANDIVEB. E. P. VANIUVER. J. J. MAJOR. VANDWBR BROS. & ffi?J OR DEALERS IN Fine Buggies, Phasetons, Surreys, Wagons, Harness Lap^Bobes and Whips, High Grade Fertilizers, Bagging and Ties. ONE bundled fine now BuggieB just received. Come and look through them. They aro beauties, and we will treat you right if you need one. Car load "Blrdsell" Wagous on baud - the best Wagon? built. Car White Hickory Wagons to arrive ?OOS. Yours, fer vehicles, VANDIVER BROS. & MAJOR. Drs. SMetoii & Chatiiam, DENTISTS, ANDERSON,.S. C. OFFICES : Over Farmers and Merchants Bank. WE having formed a partnership for the practico of Dentistry, and to establish a Cash practico, we give a liberal discount of 20 to 25 per cent, from former prices. ThUB no bad debts, no bill collector to pay, no lost material. Therefore, those Laving work done by ibis pian pay only fe what they get, and save that over charge to make good the work done for others who never pay at all ; also, giving us more time to serve the paying class. A dollar saved is ona made. Vitalized Air, "Gas." Cocaine and the Painless Spray used for the extraction of teeth. Respectfully, A. C. STRICKLAND. J. C. CHATHAM. N. B.-Nothing but the best that mate rial and workmanship can produce will be turned out of our office. S. dr. C. WOFFORD COLLEGE! JAMES H. CARLISLE, LL.D., Pres. IMG HT Departments under eight pro Si fessors. Two courses leading to A. B. and A. M. degrees. LI bin ry, labo ratory, gymnasium, athletlogrounds, lec ture course. Terms as reasonable as at any first-class College. Session begins 8ept 28. The expenses at WOFFORD COLLEGE FITTING SCHOOL have been reduced from 8144 to $107 for the year. For Catalogue address .LA, G AM EWE LL, Spartanburg, 8, C. - THE - BANK OF ANDERSON. J. A. BROCK, President. JOS. N. BROWN, Vice President. B. F. MAULDIN, Cashier. THE largest, strongest Bank lo the County. Interest Paid on Deposits By Hpeclal agreement. With unsurpassed facilities and resour ces we aro at all times prepared to ac commodate our customers. Jan IO, 11)00 20 Notice" of Final Settlement. State of South Carolina, Couutv of Anderson. To Charles I). Sloan, whoso whereabouts are unknown, if living, or if dead to bis personal representatives or distrib utees, and to J. B E. Sloan, Susan Hal). P. H. E. Sloan. Henrietta Sea brook, Mays Lyle?, Hattie Sloan and Murrah D. Sloan, distributees of the Estate of the late Benjamin F. Sloan, deceased, lptestato : Whereas, u. Frank Sloan, Administra tor of the Katata nf tr-?n?ld Ronjamnn V. Sloan, deceased, has applied to me to make Final Settlement and distribution of said Estate on the day hereinafter named, and it having been made to ap pear io my satisfaction that the said Ad ministrator has boen unable to ascertain the whereabouts of the said Charles P. Sloan, who has never been domiciled in this State, one of said distributees, or whether ho is living or dead ; the said Oharies D. Sloan, if living, or if dead his personal representatives or distributees are hereby cited to be and appear before the Probate Court in and for the said County of Anderson, and State of Sooth Carolina, on Monday, tho first day of Oc tober next, at ll o'clock a. m , to show cause why the said Administrator of said Estate shon ld not be deoread to distribute the same as if the said Charles D Sloan had died before the said BenJ. F. Sloan, deceased, intestate ; and the other above named distributees are hereby notified to appear before the said Court on tho day and at the time hereinbefore mentioned to lnterveno for their interests in said Estate. R. Y. H. NANCE, Judge of Probate. June 29, 1000 2 2-6 7 LAND FOR SALE. WK oller for sale Qvo acres of Laud in tho Lily of AnderHon. beinir yurt of tho Tract on which Mn?. Marv O'Donuell residen, boundod by Hampton street, East Boundary street, Kennedy street, and otbor Lands of said Mrs Mary O'Donnell. It is divided into halt acre lots, and bas a thirty-foot street running through if not sold at private sale will be sold Salesday iu October. l'HX). Seo plat at o Ml ce of Bonham & Watkins and apply to tho undersigned for terms. BONHAM ?k WATKINS, UUATTLEBAUM & COCHRAN, TI . . Altornoys. July 4,1900 2 ;jm LAND FOR SALE. WLoller ior sale that Tract of Land in Savannah Township, known as the Howin Land, on Genorcmee (.'reek, wntera of Savannah River, bounded by said Creek, Public Road aud Lands of T. D. Stevenson, Karl Harris, Nathaniel Harris and others. If not sold at private salo will be sold at public outcry on Salesday in October. 1900. Ask at our oMice for terraB and plat. BONHAM & WATKINS, Attorney*. July 4, I HOP_2_ :>ui Judge of Probate's Sale. STATE OK SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. In thc Court of Common Fleas. Frank Hammond and Matthew Gam broil, I'laintiMs, against Rf i. bon Owens et al., D?fendants.-Partition. IN obedience to tho order of sale grant ed hereiu, 1 will sell on Salesday in August uext, during the usual hours of sale, in frout ol' tho Court House in the City of Anderson, S. C., the Lands de scribed as follows, to wit: All that certain Tract or parcel of Land situate, lyiog and being lu the County and State aforesaid, containing four acres, more or lesa, and bouuded on the North by tho lando of E. W. Lovell and E. T. Morgan, and on the Kant and South by lands of W. L. Davis, said Tract lying on the South Bide of the Columbia & < ?reen ville Railroad. Terras of Sale-Cash. To be complied with in one hour, or to be resold until a bona fide purchaser can comply with the terms of said cale. Purohasbr to pay for papera. R. Y. H. NANCE, Judge of Probate es Special Referee. July H. 1900_3_4_ PROF. T. R. LANGSTON, ANDERSON, S. C., CURES BY VITAL MAGNETISM. ALL classes of DiBoasos, acute and chronic, promptly, painlessly and permanently, and without the uso of medicine or surgery. Having just completed a thorough course of Instruction, theoretical sud clinical in tho Science and Art of Healing by Vital Magnetism, (the Weltmer meth od,) I beg leave to oller my services to the Hick and all lie ted of Anderson and vicinity. 1 am thoroughly prepared to treat all classes of diseases, especially thoso alVectlng the nervous organism, by this new method. ABSENT TREATMENT. Persons living at remote distances may be successfully treated by this method by what ia termed Absent Treatment, by correspondence. All communications whatever, either personal or by letter, will bo scrupulous ly treated as confidential. Offices-Thompson Building, Southeast of Publio Square. Call on or address TROF. T. R. LANGS lON, Anderson, S. C. I have already a number of flattering testimonials of marvelona cures per formed by me. May 16, 1900_47_ UK i td *-&r |1 ed <A?JrHm h?&-flr'!;*^ il An All-around Satisfaction is assured to those who Patronize. OUR WORK is uniformly excellent, not morely occasionally good. What care and skill can do to give satisfaction is dono. Fine work on goods of every description is done here. The Finish, either high gloss or domestic, on Shirts, Collars and Cuffs is especially meritori ous. ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY CO. 202 East Boundary St. R. A. MAYFIELD, Supt. and Treas. PHONE NO. 20. Leave orders at D. C. Brown <fe Bro'e. 8tore. FARM LANDS May just as well no sold during Spring and Summer ns in Kali and Winter. No need to wait until crops are made and marketed to "look around." We have a largo list of well-selected Farms, and likel3' have just what you want. We are also answering inquiries every day, and if you have Farm Lands to sell we would likely find the purchaser you are looking for. We can, In most cases, easily ad just any questions that may arise with reference to rent for the year, or interest on purcnase money or date of taking possession, and Uko details. In some cases, if early aale is made, we can offer great Inducements in releasing reuts to purchaser. 128 aeree, near Honea Path, up-to-date condition. Can be bought low now. 168 acres, Fork, bottom price. ?40 to 60 aerea bottom-good condition.) 190 sores, Fork. 126 acres, Fork. 2500 sores in Oconee. Eleven settle ments. Already surveyed into six tracts. Timber valuable. The above are only a few. FRIERSON ?Sc SHIRLEY, People's Bank Building, Anderson, 8. C. TRADDf?-H?flf PATENTS 0BTAINF3 ? ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY P^FP ? NoUco In "Inventivo Ago" VHrP y Book "How to obtain PsUrats" | llBBBBI - mM mr-JeraU. No fVss till r^t^t 1* soenxed littSTSstrtcUyoorifldentlsL Address, ?. 1 1. SISflgRS., Pafrsj U^et.Wa?hlns^