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W.O. T. ??. DEPARTMENT. Conducted by the ladies of the W. C. T. U. of Anderson? S. C. Down with the liquor traffic and up with the people, should be the motto of every patriot. Playing the Fool. One time an industrious shoemaker feel into the habit of spending much of his time in a saloon near his shop. When his wife would remonstrate with him for it, he would say: "O I've just beeD down q little while playing pool." His two-year-old boy heard him, aud said: "Is you going down to play fool, papa?" Ile tried in vain to correct this word. Day by day he would ask his father, "Has you been playing fool?" It made a deep impression on him, but his mind was so weakened by drink that ho constantly yielded to the temptation. Finally his business was gone, and he found himself out of money, flour, and work. Idle and despondent, he exclaimed: "?o work again to-day: what I am to do, I do not know!" .Why, papa," prattled the baby, . can't you go and play fool some morer . <) hush, you poor child, that is ju-t thc trouble. Papa has played the fool too much already." Intemper ance always makes a mah play the f ol.-Epxcorth News. Young Men, Keep Your Record.!' These were the last words of the eloquent temperance lecturer, John B. (lough, spoken in the Presbyterian Church, Frankford, Po., on the night of February 19, 1886, before he Bank insensible into a chair, from which he was never able to rise. In the course of his lecture he said: "I have seven years in the record of my own life when I was held in the iron grasp of intemp?rance. I would give the world to blot it out; but, alas! I cannot." Then stepping forward, with an im pressive gesture, he added: "Young meo, keep your record-" But he was never able to finish the sentence. Hvidently it would have been: "Young men, keep your record clean." An impressive dying testimony from Mich an eventful life. It was through the (.everest, struggles that .Mr. Gough came out into liberty^ .Whatsoever a man so we th, that shall he also reap."-i?oc/?an<7e. *> ?rf* ?*.? *.:yr '? 2? *?? Kf-wi i Liquor and Divorce. ' After hearing eight divorce cases in one day in whieh the cause w?3 ha bitual drunkenness on the part of the husband, Judge Bishop, of the Bes Moines (lat) District Court, decided ] to issue a new ruling. Hereafter when a divorce is granted on the grounds of habitus! drunkenness the court will serv? formal notice upon every saloon keeper and every drug gist in the city that they ate not to sell liquor to the man' who ia thus designated by the court aa a habitual drunkard. The liquor dealers are to be instructed that a violation of this order means an immediate revocation of their license upon such fact being made known to the court. The liquor traffic has wrecked and is wrecking more homes in the conn try to-day than all other oauses com bined.-Temperance Advocate. A Mother Tells flow She Saved Her little Daughter's Life? I am the mother of eight children, and have had a great deal of experi ence with medicines. Last summer my little daughter had the dysentery in its worst form; We thought she would die. I tried everything I could think of, but, nothing seemed to do her any good. I saw by an advertise ment in our paper that Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was highly recommended and sen*and got a bottle at onco. ft proved to be one of the very best medicines we ever bad in thc houso. It saved my little daughter's life. I am anxiduB for ev ery mother.to know what an excellent medicin? it is. Had I known it at first it would have saved me a great deal of anxiety and my little daughter much suffering.-Yours truly, Mrs. Geo. F. Burdick. Liberty, R. I. For sale by Hill-Orr Drng Co. - What to do with our bad boys is a question which a New Jersey Judge bas answered satisfactorily by order ing the mothers to spank them in open court. The }aw holds both maker and cir culator of a counterfeit equally guilty. The dealer who sella you a dangerous counterfeit ot DeWitt's Witch Hasel fal ve riaks your life to make a little {"ger profit. .You cannot trust him. Dewitt'B ia the only genuine andorig inal witch Basel Salve, a well known care for niles und ?ll ?kis ditcd^s. cee that your dealer gives you De witt's Salver Evans* Pharmaoy. ~ "A man7*~ said Unole Moses, "is ? heap like a silver dollar. Da best way to find ont what kino o' metal he 's made of is to slam him down hard." Toe soothing and healing pro ?erties ?j Chamberlain's Cough Rewed/, ita Pleasant taste and prompt and perma nent eurea, haye made, it a great fa vorite with tho people everywhere. * or sale by Hill-Ofr Drug Co. ' -Marri age* are suceossf ol ; when the married ones can fool themselves into believing ?hey aren't foe ?ag tnems^vea about it. ??--.*?-. . Shredding Corn. Farmers have been eo long accus tomed to pulling fodder that it is dif ficult to stop doing so. Hence we be gin in time this year to call attention to this subject. Fodder has been pull ed to save for dry food for horses. Many think choy must continue to pull for this purpose. They think that without foddev they would not know how to feed. They do not know or If em ember thrta vast majority of horses and mules never saw fodder. T! nt none ever saw it until a few years agc comparatively. The corn from whioh we pull fodder was not known to the i farming world until a recent period. Even now its cultivation is confined to a small area. And a very small part of those who grow oom ever pull fodder. This practice is confined al most entirely to a few Southern States. Horses do as well with hay for roughage as with fodder. There is no usc pulling fodder sim ply to get roughago for horses and mules. There are so many hay grass es that make this kind of food cheaper. There is no ueccssity to pull fodder. Neither is it a saving business. Habit has taught us to believe that we must pull thc fodder to save it. That we would lose something if we did not pull the fodder. This is a mistake for several reasons. In fact it is a loss to pull fodder. . The blades are so necessary to the life of corn that it makes the cars lighter to pull them off for fodder. All growing processes stop at once when the leaves are stripped from the stalks. The grains are never full while the bisdee are green. Fodder is always pulled before the blades are all dead. The loss of weight is always about equal to the weight of the fodder. It . is much. greater when the fodder is pulled a little green as is very often done. Here there is a positive loss in value. The cost of polling and saving the fodder must be added to this loss. Fodder COE ts more than it is worth. First it costs about 75 cents to save a hundred pounds of fodder, and the damage to the corn is about the same; often fully $1. So we see each 100 pounds of fodder costs ab out-?1.50. We see then that a farmer who pulls fodder is actually injuring himself. Throwing away money. But many will say we must have roughage for our stock. What shall we do about it? Well you cannot only stop losing, but you can save money and at the Same time have more rough food. How can we do that? Simply cut down the wholo stalk. Db this about ten days later than- you would pull the fodder and . you will save all the fodder and have full weight corn, "and have a great deal more to feed with. The stalk and the shuck and the sheath of the fodder blades that you do not get,-are all just as good as the fodder. Gut the whole stelk and saut ic so that it will stand firm until it (tries thoroughly. This will take from four to . six?weeks. Then you nun haul it to the barn and stack or shred it. ^ The shredder ia a machine that fears the stalk to pieces and mixes it with the blades and shucks so as.to make an es cello at hay. Experiments have proved that this whole stalk hay is an excellent food. All stock eat it freely and thrive upon it. . The part of the cornstalk below the ear is richer in food value than the top. The hard ca Bing of ! siles, which gives strength to the stalk, is very un pleasant to stock.- It is of teta so sharp as to out the grims: The shredder de stroys this, and the eattle eat it freely io this ground condition.- The shred der will,, at the same time, take off the ear, either shucked or slip shucked. If desired it will shell and sack the corn. ! Nothing is lost, the entire stalk is made into food. Thus you have more thsn double the roughness/ The stalk is worth about thc same as tho ear crop. Why th en "should it be lost? Again, pea vines, oat straw, wheat straw, ana any other bay material may be run through the shredder with the cornstalks or separate. This is a great item of saving to many farmers. Oat and wheat straw are abont as good as fodder for stock. But wheo fed whole or partly cut there is a very large waste, 'f Run through the shred der all is saved. Very many would like tb uso tho shredder; but as they are small farm ers they are not able. What shall they do? One shredder can shred many crops. Several can combine and buy one. Or one wan can shred for a community, for toll or cash, While it is important to let the corn get thoroughly dry before shredding, "hcu il ia dry you can wait any length of time before shredding. We cannot say in one article all that needs to be said about this great improvement in saving tho corn stalk orop. ^ Dp not poll any more fodder. It is a costly and losing business.--Southern Cultivator. : Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat and MIOWS dyspepsias to eat plenty of nourishing food while the stomach troubles are being radically cured by Ibo medicinal agents it con tains. Pleasant to iake and. gives quick relief. - Ejans' Fharmtey. Dc Wolf Hopper's Report. The Chicago Record tells a good story on De Wolf Hopper or rather gives his version of a street ear inci dent: "I waa 8itttng on ono of the back aeats with the smokers when the wo man got OD," says Mr. Hopper. "She oame in and took the scat right be side me-where she had no business to be, as there were lots of vacant seats forward-but that made no dif ference to her. She was not beauti f il, and she was very severe. I felt ic moment I looked at her that we Mild never be friends. "Now, it happened that I had a very severe cold a J a friendcof minc tiad recommended onion syrup. I don'*, like onions as a general thing, but then I don't like colds, so as I passed a grocery store I bought three or four onions and slipped them into my coat pocket. When that woman began to glare at me I took out one and began to peel and eat it. She didn't say anything, but she was elo quent ju? t the samo. "A part of the prescription for the syiup, was whiskey and, according to instructions, I had bought a small flask of that liquid, and when I got her last long lingering look I went into the pocket again and, taking out the flask, braced myself with a modest sip. Then she opened out on me. "Do you know what I'd do to you if you were my husband?' she asked. " 'No, ma'am,' I said. What would you do to me if I were your husband?' " Td give you poison.' " 'And if you were my wife I'd take it,' said I." ^ Humors of the Clergy. "An Irishman of the full blood can not resist an opportunity for repartee, no matter how solemn the occasion or what his surroundings," said an Eng lish clergyman, a visitor in Washing ton, the other day, when the conver sation turned on the funny experi ences of clergymen, and the humor that creeps into matters connected with the church. "The only time I ever heard a con gregation laugh unrestrainedly during the regular services in a cathedral was back in the.eighties, when I was a resident of dear, dirty Dublin. Un one Sunday morning the Archbishop of Cork preaohed. He was a splendid man, an Irishman to the backbone and possessed of as fine a brogue as ever distinguished a son of Erin. His con gregation was made up of the very es sence of fashion in Dublin, which in those days was one of the greatest social centres in the world. Notori ously, people were living beyond their, means, for the income from the landed estatea of Ireland had taken a big tumble. But that made no difference, and good dressing went as a matter of course, sud was one cf the smallest of the extravagances. The Archbishop preached on the aubjeot of extrava gance, and spoke particularly of over dressing as a prerequisite to attendance at church. His sermon was a bitter arraignment of the sin of debt and the wickedness of setting the heart on fashion and dress. He attacked the over-dressed women and wound up thia partioular reference this way : " 'Now, supposin' everyone of ye every one, man and woman, should stand up in this church: take off the clothes ye have not paid for, just walkin' out with only the things^ on your backs ye have paid for-a pfc ?ty lookin' lot of scare-erows ye'd be.' "There was a pause until the real significance of the suggestion had per colated through the members of his congregation then some one snickered. Every one was picturing to him and herself the real scene that would oeoor should the Archbishop's idea be car ried into effect, while wife looked at husband, and members of each family nudged one another. Tho ludicrous side was irre ais table and the laugh was general.-' ' * - Electricity has been applied to the industry of blowing feathers off the fowls by a Kansas City packer. What next? During tbs civil war, as well aa in our late war with Spain, diarrhoea was one of the aiost troublesome diseases the army hrd to contend with. In many instances it became ohronio and the old soldiers still suffer from it. Mr. David Taylor, of Wind Ridge, Greene Co., Pa., is ono of these. He uses Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and Bays he never found anything that would, gi ve him such quick relief.. It is for sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. -: The board of health of Hoboken, N. J., has made an ordinance requir ing people who keep crowing cocks in their beek yards to cay a *1 Heessc fee for ecoh. This>is in the interest of peace and quiet. D. W. Mciver, Tukego, Ala., wrote: Oar child's, bowels were passing off pure blood and all prescriptions tailed to relieve her, until we tried Teethina (Teething Powders), and she is now doing well. ~ _- For an army cf 30,000 men and 10,000 horses for throe months, it is estimated that ll ,000 tons of food and forage are necessary. LOST-Many golden opportunit?s have been lost by those who suffer rheumatism. By taking Rheumaoido now they will bo permanently and Eoaitively cured. Sold in Andereon y Evar?a Pharmacy. Too Honest. A lawyer took in a new boy the other day, and, as he had suffered to some extent from the depredations of the former one, he determined to try the new boy's honesty at once. He therefore placed a $5 note under a weight on his desk and walked out without a word. Upon his return, half an hour later, the note was gone, and half a dollar in .silver had taken its place. "Boy, when I went out I left $5 un der this weight." "Yes, sir; but you hadn't been gone five minutes wr<m a man came in with a bill against you for $4.50. I guess the chango is correct." "You paid the bill?" "Yes, sir. There it is, receipted. Tho man said it had slipped your mind for thc past four years, and so" He did not get any further before ho made a rush for the door. That boy is not in the law business any more.- Chicago News. - Closefist-My wife has saved up some money for a nest egg. Easygo Is that why you call her an old hen? For burns, injuries, piles and skin diseases use DoWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. It is tho original. Counter feits may bo offered. Evans' Phar macy. - To fatten a fowl in a week, feed ib all the soaked corn it will eat, with just a little of green garden truck to keep up the appetite. Then kill, cook and eat. S. R. Baldwin, Columbus, Ga., writes: I occasionally give a Teethina Powder to keep my teething child's gums softened._ . - The young preacher took Elsie upon his lap, and began a review of the Church lessons that had been given to the little maid of five. "Can you tell me, Elsie, how niauy com mandments there are?" "Yes, sir; seven or eight." "Ono, dear; there are ten." "Yes, I know there used to be, but I heard papa tell mamma yesterday that you had broken two or three of them at least, and that would leave only seven cr eight, you know." - That which is popularly known as thc funuy bone, just at the point of the elbow, is really not a bone at all, but a nerve that lies near the surface, and which, on getting a knock or blow, causes thc well known tingling sensa tion in the arms and fingers. - When a man dies they w&o sur vive him ask what property he has left behind. Hut thc angel who bends over thc dying mau asks what good deeds he has sent before him. Look out for malaria. It is season able now. A few doses of Prickly Ash Bitters is a sure preventive. Evans Pharmacy, - To be perfectly proportioned a mau should weigh 23 pounds for every foot of his height. DcWitt's Little Early Risers are thc best pills made. Evans' Pharmacy. - European goldsmiths make up $24,000,000 into gold plate and jewel ry annually. DeWitt's Little Early Risers arc thc famous little pills. Evans' Phar macy. - The time to do a thing is when you see it ought to be done. One Minute Cough Cure produces immediate results. Try it. Evans' Pharmacy. "DEAN'S PATENT FLOUR ECLIPSES ALL OTHERS!" THIS H the message flashed through the great telescope which we got from Lack Observatory to observe the great eclipse. We knew that, however, several years ago. We originated that brand and advertised it too long ago for the fresh inhabitants of a foreign planet to presume now to claim the hon or of it. This we can prove by the thousands of pleased customers we have made on that brand and held them over all competition throughout the eight years we've been prescribing it as a balm for all the woes weak stomachs are a prey to. We wish onlj to put the eating public on notice that there is then but one genuine and original DE IN'S .PATENT FLOUR, and that is sold by us. All other imitations are spurious, no matter where they come from. It is nevertheless a noteworthy fact that DEAN'3 PATENT does totally eclipse all other .flours-a fact admitted by all, but first proven by its great merits wherever tried side by side with others. The facts in the case are that we are just eclipsing all competition, if we ever had any. That's another big eclipse. Just watch the FLOUR, MEAT, CORN and TOBACCO ! To say nothing of the SHOES, HATS and ZF-A-HSTTS That we load at out^front door, and judge for yourself what we ???i doing these dull days. No, no, we're not asleep-it's the other fellow. Time's up now, must go to work. So long ! DEAN A RATLIFFE. WE WANT TO BUILD! And BO do yon. Build right by getting the best material. LJIOON cfc IJBDBBTTBR SELL THE Beet Oozrrxorvb, Lime, c5coa, On the market Have sold several of the Cotton Mills their supply of Lime. This, of course, means the best and lowest price. Still Selling Groceries Wholesale, And don't break packages for anybody. This means we sell cheap. Come and see us. HOON & LEDBETTEB. WHOLESALE GROCERS. tar The largest stock of TOBACCO in the up-country. All first-class brands on hand. - D. 8. VANDIVER. E. P. VANDIVER VANDIVER BROS. We are strictly in it on HEAVY GROCERIES, Such as FLOUR, CORN, BRAN, MOLASSES, COFFEE, SUGAR and TOBACCO. We buy all of tbe above for Spot Cash, which puts us in posi tion to take care of yonr interest as well as any firm in this County, and pos sibly better than some. We can do you more,good than 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, . _VAWDiygR BROS, GARDEN SEED. ^Tiist and Ferry's. Bemember -when yon go to get yonr Seed to get fresh ones. As this is our first year in the Seed business we have no seed carried over from last year. Yours, F. B. GRAYTON & CO. -Near the Post. Office. 41 DON'T FEEL RIGHT... fr ^B Do you wake up in the morning tired and unre- Bfe ^BB -jp, freshed? Do you perform your daily duties |y A ?T?V langu?dly? Do yo? miss the snap, vim and S energy that was once yoms? if this describes Bk ^B y?ur condition you are in urgent need of j PRICKLY ASH f 2 BITTERS I Your trouble arises in a clogged and torpid condition of thc liver und bowels whuh, if allowed to continue, will develop mala- ?9fe O^E* rial fevers, kidney disorders or some other troublesome Up disease. PRICKLY ASH BITTERS drives out all (\jT A"H\ poisonous impurities, strengthens thc vital .^-x /\ - / organs, promotes funetional activity, WmK good digestion, and vigor and ? \\/ energy of body and brain. ^ SOLO A? ALL DRUG STORES. PRICE, $1.00 FER BOTTLE. ?T EVANS PHARMACY, Special Agents. MMM*MMBMsaanmiHiHiMMunBHnHMnm0iiiiiiiiiimiaHnMi II III n , iiinnDoman Fruit Jars, To put up your Fruit in. Preserving Powder, To keep Fruit from spoiling. Fruit Jar Rubbers, To put on your old JarB. Tartaric .A-oicl, To make Cherry and Blackberry Acid. Sticky ?^Iy jraper. To catch the flies while working with your frui - ALL AT - HILL-ORR DRUG CO. "Emerson." A half century of successful PIANO BUILDING.. Seventy-?ve thousand delighted customers. Unequalled in tone, touch and durability. A peerless, perfect PIANO. Every Instrument sold under a positive guarantee. The name "EMERSON" on a PI ANO is like the trade mark on English Silver a guarantee that it is Standard. Friend*, remember that you can buy an ; of the leading SEWING MACHINES from me at about one-half other dealers ask. A fall line of ORGANS. Time given. Sonia Maia Street. M. Ii. WI&LIS. FRUIT JARS! FRUIT JARS ! Now is the time to buy your Jars before they advance in price. There being a big crop of fruit all over the country, Jars will be much higher later in thc season. I have a big lot of them on hand at a low price Fruit Kettles, Fly Fans and Fly Traps, and all other summer goods. I have a lot of Decorated goods in odd pieces at a bargain. I am run ning out of stock at very low prices. Bring me your Rags and Beeswax. Your patronage solicited, JOHN T. BUKRISS. 2 S 22 ?? ? H " _ Og HB W gig gg83 II l 8 I S ? il ?S : M Sd H 3 m CT.ARENC5 OSBOSMS. RUTLEDGE OsUORNE, Stoves, Stoves ! Iron J?ing Stoves, Elmo Stoves, Liberty Stoves, Peerless Iron King Stoves, And other good makes Stoves and Ranges. A bigjine of TINWARE, GLASSWARE, CROCKERY and CHI NA WARE. Also, anything in the line of Kitchen Furnishing Goods-such as Buck? ets, Trays, Rolling Pins, Sifters, Ac. Thanking our friends and customers for their past patronage and wish ing for continuance of same ? Yours truly, OSBORNE & OSBORNE.