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AN UNCANNY BEGION. DEATH VALLEY, WHERE NO LIVING THING CAN LONG SURVIVE. Tbl? Scene of Nou-berlea? 'frosedlci Is One of too Moat- Remarkable { laces of the Weittrs World?Tbe Host Arid Spot om Barel-, Death valley 1b probably tbe most unique natural feature In California. It is located Inj the southeast corner of iDcyo county and Is Inclosed by the Paiianilnt mountains on the west and the Funeral range od the east. It is 75 tulles long and at its narrowest point but eigbt miles wide. At one tiinej most probably, it was tbe bed of an janclent river. The low est depression Is 200 feet below sea level, but above this rises Telescope peak, 11,000. feet high, of the Pana niJnt rdnge, and directly opposite the Funeral peak, which reaches an alti tude of 8,000 feet During the winter these peaks are covered with snow. This' remarkable valley was discov ered in 1850 by a party of Immigrants, many of whom lost their lives In tbe attempt to cross It. The name has clung to It also as being the scene of numberless tragedies. Early in Its history traditions of gold and Oliver de posits of wonderful richness within Its boundaries persuaded many adventur ous persons to undertake the hazard ous experiment of Its exploration. The number who have lost their lives in this desolate field Is undoubtedly great. Pursuing the mirage of rich deposits of precious metals, these adventurous prospectors succumbed at last to the Intolerable heat and tbe agonies of thirst The range of the thermometer is probably greater In Death valley than elsewhere In. the western hemisphere. In winter the temperature is way be low zero, while In July and August the thermometer ranges for weeks at 137 degrees above, frequently rising sever* ni degrees higher. For weeks at -a time tbe lowest temperature observed exceeded 100 degrees. The dally heat burns every vestige of vegetation. The Spanish bayonet a plant that flourish' es under tbe most arid conditions, here, barely survives, while the. mesqulte, with Its long roots penetrating deep In to tbe earth In search of scanty mois* turc, just manages to exist A party of enterprising agriculturists once experimented with growing fruit and vegetables In this region, antici pating large profits In the early mar keting of their crops. The attempt was a complete failure, the Intense heat withering the plants, notwith standing copious supplies of water and tbe most skillful cultivation. In the higher altitudes of the Panamlnts there are numerous valleys with flowing streams. In these fruits are cultivated and reach the market two months be fore tbe California products mature. The prevailing winds In Death valley are from the west Though originat ing In the Pacific ocean and saturated with humidity In traveling the Inter mediate distance, they are Intercepted by tbe lofty peaks of four ranges of mountains, which rbsorb all of their moisture, so that I y the time they reach tbe valley al! humidity has dis appeared. The tlaotp are as If heated in a fiery furnace, a :c no living thing can survive the Intenne beat Even birds Indigenous to the region die. It Is lu the months of greatest heat that tb'j sandstorms of Death valley are most deadly. They rage with In tense fury, obliterating the landscape and dimming the light of the sun, with ering tbe scanty vegetation and cover ing the trails deep in powdered dust At all times the aspect of the vaiiey Is superlatively desolate. No -spot on earth surpasses It In aridity or tophet like heat During the heated term an hour with out water means death. Meut becomes putrid In an hour. Eggs are cooked In the blistering sand. Water la only palatable by means of-large, porous, earthenware jars, common to all hot countries, suspended In drafts and re duced In temperature by means of tbe rapid evaporation of the moisture from the outside. The belief that the borax marshes are the remains of the vast lake which once filled the valley Is supported by traces of water line found 600 feet above on the. mountain sides. In general appearance all borax marshes are alike. They are located at the point of greatest depression and from a distance look like deposits of; salt or snow. Under the surface Is common wet clay or water of varying depths. These deposits are generally circular in form and appear as though once they were craters. Borax was created by cortact of boraclc acid In gaseous form, with the lime and soda of the surface. At Tecls marsh. Ne* vada, borate of lime appears In the form of balls Imbedded In clay along with soda, salt etc., but at Columbus these are found in sandy soil. Some times these' balls are decomposed, un derlying the soil, Which Is removed and the berate shoveled out Deposits of crude borate of soda are found In Ne vada and In Death valley at the Monte Blanco mines.?Scientific American. Rot n Member. Employment In a library does not al ways imply the possession of extensive knowledge. This is evidenced by an anecdote related of a rector of a rural English church In London for ft visit A knotty theological point had pre sented Itself for solution which requir ed reference to the authorities. Being a guest of the Athenaeum club? whose tetenslve library was always a feature <* Interest, he resolved to renke use of Jt- Approaching an attendant who. It happened, was but recently employed, be asked "whether Justin Martyr was In the library." i 2^**.two* ho tea member, my. icrd," was the solemn reply, "trot St* to and aafe *fe4;~i~." ? A man by the name of Corn was Carried recently ic Portsmouth to a lady by the same of Wheat. At the conclusion of the ceremony the fool choir sang What Shall tho Harvest Be?" and a boy in the 'rear of the church yelled 'Nubbins!" He was forthwith ejected from the synagogue. ? The worst enemy of labor is a w orkingman who will not work. ? Asa rnla hard'luoknever asso ciates with prudence a nd energy. . - A L'admit Econousy. "Sure," said the washerwoman, bend ing her broad back over the tubs; "sure, an i .'s a deeflcult matter, workln out a dollar a day to support 'em?seven chll der in all. An the clothes, ma'am, an the shoes!" She raised her dripping hands and let them fall with a souse Into the soapsuds. She was a big, vig orous woman, with a good humored face. One afternoon she revealed the trend of her financial management An or gan grinder was playing on the street, and a group of children danced on the walk in front of the house and hung about the fence watching the monkey. -The washerwoman stepped out to have a look. "Here, my dear," she called to one of them, "won't ye be for glvln him foivo cents?" And she put a nickel into the child's hand. "Well," remarked the cook when she came back into the kitchen, "you give away your 5 cents easier*n I would." "Sure," replied the other, "an what Is foive cents?" "It would buy a loaf of bread for your children," said the eminently sen sible cook, somewhat annoyed. "An how far," replied the good na tured creature, laughing, with her hands on her eslde, "how far, bless yer innocent heart, would a loaf of bread go among my seven cb?der?**?New York Commercial Advertiser. _ / American Hamor, In his book, "America Today," Wil liam Archer reproduces the following as examples of American humor: "On board one of the Florida steam boats, which have to be built with ex ceedingly light draft to get over the frequent shallows of the rivers, an Englishman accosted the captain with the remark, T understand, captain, that you think nothing of steaming across a meadow where there's been a heavy fall of dew.' 'Well, I don't know about that,' replied the captain, 'hut It's true we have sometimes to send a man ahead with a watering pot.' "Again, a southern colonel was con ducted to the theater to see Salvinl's 'Othello.' He witnessed the perform ance gravely and remarked at the close. That was a mighty good show, and I don't see but the coon did as well as any of 'em.' "A third anecdote that charmed me was that of the man who, being in vited to take a drink replied, 'No, no, I solemnly promised my dear, dead moth er never to touch a drop; besides, boys, it's too early in the morning; besides, I've Just bad one.' " He Coxae at ILant. "John," exclaimed the nervous woman, "there's a burglar in the house. I'm sure of It." John rubbed bis eyes and protested mildly that It was imagination. "No it isn't; I heard a man down stairs." So John took a box of matches and went down. To his surprise his wife's suspicions were correct. Seeing that he was unarmed, the burglar covered him with a revolver and became quite sociable. "Isn't It rather late to be out-of bed?" he remarked. "A?er?a little bit," replied John. "You're too late, anyhow, because I've dropped everything out of the window and my pale nave carried it off." "Oh, that's all right. I'd like to ask one favor of yon, though." "What Is It?' "Stay here till my wife can come down and sec you. Sue's been looking for you every night for the Dtst ?2 years and I don't want her to be disappointed any longer." Telegtapb In Argentina. A peculiar but very serious difficulty besets the op?ration of telegraph lines In the Argentine Republic. The small spider, of the variety that spins a long cobweb and floats on it in the air, is so plentiful there that the floating webs settle on the wires in enormous quantities. As soon fis dew falls or a shower of rain comes up every micro scopic thread becomes wet and estab lishes a minute leak. The effect of thousands and millions of such leaks Is practically to stop the operation of the lines, and the government tele graph department, especially in Buenos Ayres, has been put to vast Inconven ience by the cobwebs. A number of expedients have been tried, but to no avait On the important line between Buenos Ayres and Bosario the effect of the spider webs Is to cut down the speed of working from 800 to 400 to 80 messages an hour. The government has just determined, as a last resort, to connect the two points by an under ground cable about 150 miles long. StAsreeoaeb Meli.* The Franklin (Pa.) Leader, referring to the first dally mall by stagecoach from Pittsburg to that place on April 17, 1850, quotes from a local report la The Spectator to show how the con venience was viewed in those days as follows: "The .daily mail brings us some i.000 miles nearer the world and the rest of mankind. The PlttsbUrg newspapers ore now received the day following their publication, and we Can get along without a telegraph. The fare for pas sengers from Franklin to PIttsbnrg Is $2.50, which Includes board .on the way." A Wedding- Present. A widower In Scotland recently pro posed to and was accepted by a widow whose husband had died but a month er two previously. . To celebrate the occasion, be asked the widow's daughter what she would like for a present She wanted noth-; lng, she said; but being pressed to name something she replied: - i "Well, if yon want to spend otUor.j yon miffh* n?t up w Lcxuaiooa to myi father."?Ixmdon Telegraph. !fo? Infants and Children. 16s Klfid Yea Mm Aiwap B*glrt Bear* the Signatare of ? A. now dress lasts a long time after it has worn gut. ? A pair of scissors divides by unit ing and unites by dividing. WOMEN WHO PILFER. SHOPLIFTERS AND THEIR METHODS IN THE BIG STORES. War the Proprietor of One Estafc ltctuncnt Wae Takt as* Wo Chances Whom He Blantlr Accused One of Bio Customers of Stealing. There must be an Irresistible fascina tion In stealing for some women, for, although day after day tbe papers tell of arrests for this crime in tbe big stores of tbe cities, still tbe practice goes on, and in most cases women who are beyond tbe touch of want are tbe culprits. One day not long ago toward tbe close of the afternoon a clerk in one of the largo dry goods emporiums on Canal street saw, or fancied he saw, a woman at the next counter slip a bolt of silk under her cloak. Sho was a person of middle age, with a plain but attractive face, and her handsome at tire and easy bearing indicated a well to do gentlewoman. The clerk beckon ed to a nearby floorwalker, and in an excited whisper told what he had wit nessed. "You're crazy," said the floorwalker. "That lady is Mrs. -; she's an old customer and is simply above sus picion." "I don't care what sho Is," persisted tho clerk. "I saw her steal that silk." At that the proprietor happened to pass and heard the story. He Is a man of much experience and habitual promptitude. "Are yon absolutely certain?" he asked. "I am, sir," replied the clerk. The merchant sighed and walked down the aisle to where tho woman was standing. "Excuse m*\ madam/* no said quietly; "will yor mdly un fasten your cloak?" "Sir!" she exclaimed, taking a step backward and turning ghastly pale. 1 "Throw open that e?&?k?" he said sternly, dropping any pretense of courtesy, but still speaking in n very low tone. The woman's face bad assumed a frightened,* hypnotic stare, and she obeyed mechanically,, her hands trem bling so violently that she could scarce ly unfasten the buttons. Under the garment was the telltale bolt of silk and a strange collection of smaller articles?a pair of stockings, three gloves, some lace, a quantity of edg ing, a white shawl, a roll of jet trim mings?evidently things snatched up at random as opportunity offered. As the plunder was ranged on the counter the woman hung her head and began to sob hysterically. "Now, madam," sold the merchant in a matter of fact voice, "I have just one thing to say to yon: Ton have traded here for over 15 years to the best of my recollection, and were one of our most trusted customers. I won't charge these things to you, as is usually done in such coses, and tho affair shall not be mentioned. But I must ask you never again to come into this store." "Suppose you had found nothing un der the cloak," suggested a newspaper man, who chanced to witness the ind ent from beginning to end; "wouldn't that have put yon hj a terribly awk ward position?' "Yes," admitted the merchant frank ly, "but I was really taking no chances.: I knew to an absolute certainty that' the woman was a shoplifter before i addressed her." "Is ft a trade secret?" "Well, If e one I don't mind explain* ing. I knew beessse she had whst ? call tho 'shoplifter's elbow.' By Song practice store pilferers acquire an ex-! traordinary grip with, the Jeft_upper arm and can hold anything with ease, that is slipped against the body on that side. Their dexterity in that par ticular is really astonishing, and It Is almost like the acquisition of a new] member, but to anybody who has model a study of such legerdemain tbe posi tion In which the arm is held Is unmis takable. It Is turned slightly outward,] with the elbow against tho point of the hip, and tbe forearm Is entirely disen gaged. "The moment I got ? good, squarej look at this woman I knew she was holding something under her cloak,1 and then, of course, I had no longer! any hesitation about accosting her. It would never do to make a mistake, and' we avoid such a thing by taking no] chances. If there is the slightest room for doubt, the suspect Is allowed to walk out without a word. When we detect a shoplifter, our invariable pol-! Icy Is to warn her from the store, the' reason being that wo wish to escape, the necessity of watching people or of making a scene before our customers. "We have blacklisted several dozen1 in New Orleans. Yes; they belong to] all circles socially. I know one woman' in town who would cheerfully give! $1,000 if she could cross our threshold. She has Importuned us repeatedly to take her off *Ue list, but we can't do it/'?New Queans Times-Democrat. Why th.o Cannibal Wept. On the subject of cannibalism of the present day Theodore Koch discloses the following in his report to the in* ternational archives of ethnography: A common practice still prevalent among the South American Indians is' to kill the members of one's own fam ily who through old age or sickness have become a burden to the family. The Mayornnas still eat their old and feeble, not excepting father or chil dren, and In the case of the sick this is regarded as an act of piety. This traveling 'iBlscnlaplns teljs of meeting a baptized Indian of tho tribe sobbing and asked him the causo"of his tears, whereupon the^ Indian s,en swersd that because-.?* " body would l&cbmo.' his relatives would en' be preferred the latter. ? If a man will pat his wife's band once in a while', when they are ont in company and m&ke believe he thought no one was v/atcbing, she will take in washing to keep him in good oigsrs as long as she lives. ? A very correct idea oan be had of tho immensity of the ocean travel when it .s understood that one thou sand vessels tfttfes tho Atlantic ones a month regularly, and some of th^ra twice. WHAT THE TAILOR SEES. Peculiarities of Men Beins BZensnred For Pfew Clothes. "Yes, there Is a time for throwing out one's chest, just as there U a time for everything eke," said the tailor, as he read out one of the measure ments for the customer's coat, while tho latter stood before him on the lit tle pedestal. "Now you probably havo no idea," the tailor continued, as he stretched tho tape over tho shoulder and down under the armpit, "what a lot of trou ble Is made for us by deceitful cus tomers?I mean thoso who, uncon sciously or otherwise, seem to think they must stand very erect to bo fitted properly. I am not telling you this for your benefit, Mr. Jone?, as yon are always most natural iu your stand ing." Jones smiles, and the tailor notes that Mr. Jones' figure straightens a little. "You see," continued the measurer, "the customer is not always frank with us, any moro than the patient is always frank with telling a physi cian about himself. There are oppor tunities for deception In both cases. For Instance, It very often occurs that a man with sloping shoulders comes up to be measured, and Instead of al lowing us to size him up as he really Is, he throws himself all out of position, and there is the deuce to pay generally when It comes around trying on tho garment, for he cannot always strike the same position twice, much less keep it. Borne men would no more admit th t their shoulders needed 'raising' c 'lifting,' as we say, than they would be ready to confess that their calves needed a little re-enforce ment. Imagine what wo occasionally get from a new customer?and It Is Incidentally true that these deceivers are the ones who do the most shifting from one tailor to another as a result of this lack of personal frankness! They are the ones who seldom get suit ed anywhere. "Of course, there is an opportunity of using tact with this sort as well as In many other ways of our business. It, of course, would never do In the world for us to say to some men, 'Shall I not put a little la tbo shoulder. Just to fill it out a bit? "To be sure, we can say, and with perfect sincerity, that coats are being cut this season to set squarely as pos sible on the shoulder, but there are men who won't stand for that sort of thing, as 'they know whaf. they want.' At any rate, they would havo us believe they know, and It is a temptation to give a man what he wants, even if one realizes there may be loss of busi ness on account of it In the long run. But It Is not always loss of business, for there are kinds of customers that are almost perpetually a loss?In wear and tear on our nerves, if not In actual work. Tailors have nerves, by tho way, although they are not sometimes given credit for having any. "It is the best all round method to give the man what we think be wants, or, at least, what we think he should have, taking down all the while with the nod of respectful and obedient understanding all that he prescribes for himself. That's a confession, sir, but one has to meet the grand bluff with the same brand once In awhile. "This man who throws out his chest comes In many different species. One may owe us a trifle too much to be ex actly on the level, and bis flnancialdlg nlty comes to the surface, something by way of a 'very ready help !n time of present trouble.' He doesn't want ns to assume any undue pressure and he needs some clothes. We can tell him as soon as he heaves In sight Bnt we respect him by comparison with the vainglorious ones whQ twist tbeni selves out of shape. We gel the first of the trouble when he Is on the stand, and it shows up when he tries on the coat When up before the three sided reflector be usually expands the limit and the cutter may have to tell him to 'stand perfectly natural, please.' After doing the best we can, and the coat Is all made up, he will find something wrong, or, perhaps, It may not crop out until his wife sees him as he Is. There are so many parts thatjshow poor fit The shoulders may sag, the back wrinkle and, worse than all things else, the collar may sag down. Tho collar obviously may set in perfect position * when he has his chest out and his head erect and when ho falls Into his cus tomary lag or stoop the thing doesn't hang snug?and he Is back'upon us with grievances."?Boston Herald. Candid. A bachelor farmer a little past his prime, finding himself hard up, thought the best thing he could do would bo to marry a neighbor of bis who was reputed to have some bawbees. Meeting with no obstacles to hie woo ing he soon got married. One of bis first purchases he made with part of her money was a horse. When he brought it home he called out bis wife to see It After admiring it she said, "Well, Sam, if It hadna been for my siller It wadna hae been here." "Jenny," Sam replied, "If it hadna been for yer siller, yo wadna hae been here yersel!"?London Answers. The fitlr of the Voller Poisonous. That delightfully fragrant and grace ful flower, tho Uly of the valley, Is de nounced by the German papers as under its simple beauty veiling a dead ly poison. It is stated that both tho stalks and the flowers of this lovely plant contain prassle acid. It Is ex tremely dangerous to put tho stalks Into one's mouth, as, if the sap trap pens to get Into even ine tiniest crack In the lips, It produces swelling, often accompanied with severe pain. It is also advisable not to throw the ?ss? Sowers where birds can get at them, for they often cause the death of young fowls and pigeons. . * ' in I mm ? Isr?aathampton, Mass., a child 4 or 5 years of age applied to the town clerk for ? marriage license. It was discovered that the child had a sweet heart about his own sge. The olerk msde a pretense of writing a license, but advised the young man to consult his father before taking so important a step. ? A girl probably wants to give a man the slip when she gives him the ioy stare. Strange Reptiles. A Western writer thinks one of tho severest tests over put upon his risi blos was endured at a London dinner table. He was seated next a lovely rosy checked, grey-eyed English girl, who displayed a most absorbing and flat tering interest in his native land. Sho appeared to have imbibed some ex traordinay ideas about the perils to be enoountered in the newly settled regions of tho United States, and tried not to look incredulous when she was assured that things were really not as bad as sho imagined. "I'm sure it's pleasant to be told there aro not rattlesnakes in all the gardens," she said, with a pretty smile, "but my cousin wrote not long ago that he had seen over forty wig wams in one little village. Perhaps," she auded, as her oompanion made no immediate reply, "the wigwams aro not as venomous as rattlesnakes, are they?';_^ ^_ ? When you speak to a person look him in the faoo. ? Tho wise farmer never harrows the feelings of his wife. ? Boer fills many a bottle?and the bottle fills many a bier. ? Carpenters arc like circumstances when they alter cases. ? Much that passes for wit owes its humor to its absurdity. ? The love of tho truth is tho foun dation of all good character. ? Eating onea, own words is cer tainly and indigestible effort. ? Quack doctors are probably so oailed because of their bills. ? A dollar in the pocket is better than a hundred in expectation. ? So long as we want what we get, we shall never get what we want. ? The more reasonable a woman is the lesa reason she has for boing so. ? Good company and good conver sation are the very sinews of virtue. ? A oattle syndicate has a pcrfeot right to water Up stocks occasionally. ? When you have a charitable feel ing you should feel in your pooket book. ? The whip may be used in the circus ring, but not in tho wedding ring. ? A bachelor says that women lauqh when they can and weep when they will. ? One man may teach another to speak, but no man can teach another to think. ? Adversity is the sieve of friend ship used to separate the wheat from the chaff. ? It is very seldom that you see a two-legged camel that can run as gracefully as a woman. ? Success with a woman generally meauB knowing what to say and then knowing enough not to say it. ? Wucu a man goes to ohiuoii 7?ith his wife more thin once a jionth it is said that he "fairly worships her." ? No girl oan possibly look uncon cerned the first time the appears in public with an engagement ring ou her finger. ? It is a strange fact that the right hand, whioh is more sensitive to the touch than the left, is loss sensitive than the latter to tho effect of beat or cold. ? Tho juioe of a lemon in hot water on awakening in the morning is an excellent liver corrective, and for stout women is better than any anti fat medicine ever invented. ? "You know, Maria," he said, "I think every child shows in some way in what calling it is most likely to succeed in after years." "Do you think so? Then we'd better make a real estate man of our Willie. I can't keep him out of the dirt." ? A hound was purchased in Mis souri and shipped in a closed express car to a ranoh in Kansas. In a day or two it was missing. Investigation proved that it had gone back to its Missouri home, over a distance of 500 miles, on a road entirely unknown to the dog. ? The speed of a hawk or gall on tho wing is almost incredibly great. One of the swiftest hawks could make a cirelo round the smoke stack of a lo comotive traveling 60 miles an hour, while a gull, has often been known to fly before a favorable wind at the rate of 100 miles an hour. ? I.uciuda Taylor, who was once the slave of Henry Clay, has been sent to tho oity infirmary of Cincinnati. She is 110 years old and blind. When Col. Bolivar Buckner married Honry Clay's daughter, the Taylor woman was given to Mrs. Buokner as a wed ding present. She remsined with them until the slaves were liberated. The old women smokes a pipe almost incessantly. , fiait - BUNK OF aNDERSON. ! J. A. BROCK, President. JOS. ?. BROWN? Vios President. B. F. MAULDIN, Cashier. THE largest, strongest Bank In the County. 4 Interest Paid! on Deposits By special agreement. With nnsnrpassed.facilities and resour ces we are at all times prepared to ac commodate our customers. Jan 10,1900 28 Y A HUSBAND SAYS: 44 Before my wife began usin;/ Mother's Fric.id she could hardly get around. I do not think she could get along without it now. She used it for two months and it is a great help to her. She does her housework without trouble.M Mothers Friend is an external liniment for expectant mothers to use. It gives them strength to attend to their household duties almost to the hour of confine ment. It is the one and only prepara tion that overcomes morning sickness and nervousness. It is the only remedy that relaxes and relieves the strain. It is the only remedy that makes labor short and delivery easy. It is the only remedy that puts the breasts in condition so that swelling or rising is impossible. Don't take medicines internally. They endanger the lives of both mother and child. Mother's FrUnd U cold by druggists for si. Sond for oar frae Illustrated book. The Eradfleld Regulator Co., Atlanta? Ga. BF0R RATES??MAPS1 ALL POINTS NORTH AND WEST ADDRESS Fred D, Bush, Dletrlnt Passenger Agent, He .1 Ho. 1 Brown BuHdlng*. Opposite Union Depot, ATLANTA. OA "No Trouble to Answer Question*.' PROF. T. R. LANGSTON, ANDERSON? S. G., CURES BY VITAL. MAGNETISM. ALL classes o( Diseases, acute and chronic, promptly, painlessly and permanently, and without the use of medicine or surgery. Having jUBt completed a thorough course of instruction, theoretical and clinical in the Science and Art of Healing by Vital Magnetism, (the Weltmor meth od,) I beg leave to offer my services to the sick and afflicted of Anderson and vicinity. I am thoroughly prepared to treat all classes of diseases, especially those affecting the nervous organism, by this new method. ABSENT TREATMENT. Persons living at remote distance* may be suocsasfuJiy treated by this method by what 1b termed Absent Treatment, by correspondence. All communications whatever, elthei personal or by letter, will be scrupulous ly treated as confidential. Offices?Thompson Building, Southeast of Public Square. Call on or address PROP, T. R, L4NGST0N, Anderson, P. C. I have already a number of flattering testimonials of marrelous cures per formed by me. May 10,1900_47_ PARKER RYE. None Purer. None Better, Ask for it at all Dispensaries. Peoples Bank of Anderson Moved into their Banking House, and are open for busi ness and respectfully solicits the patronage of the public. Interest paid on time deposits by agreement.__ r^llllfl nubita Oured *t my Haanvor. ? IWBII ig^iaio j?b Hundred* of lafaraneaa. 26 tmnjy?refctr. Book on Horn a Treatment ?.nt FK?E. Addreao _ SVW. WOOLUTY. M. P.. Atlanta. Qa. Stockholders' Meeting. NOTICE is hereby given that a mc st ing of the Stockholders of the Farm ers' Oil Mill Company will be held at 10 o'olock a. m. on Saturday, the 22nd day of September, 1900, at too office of Bon ham & Watklns, Attorneys, Anderson, 8. C, for tho purpose of considering a resolution of the Board of Directors to increase the Capital Stock of Bald Corpo ration to |60,000. J09. J. F RET WELL. M. A. DEAN, W. 8. BROOK, M. L. BONHAM, C. E. COBB. P. K. McCULLY, Jr., J. 8. FOWLER. Board of Directors. Adg 22, i.KK) 9 4 II . - ' for rent! MY FARM In Varennes Township near VarenneB P. O , seven miles from Anderson. This is a good throe tiorse Farm?good bottoms, nico dwell ing, barn and other outbuildings. Con venient to churches and good school. h. l. McDonald. Aug 22, 1900_9 _4 LAND FOR SAL.E. ' WE offer for sale five aoroa of Land in the City of of Anderson, being ps't of tho Tract on which Mrs. Mary 0 Donnoll resides, bounded by Hampton stieet, r.aat Boundary street, Kennedy street, and other Lands of said Mr*. Mary n'Donnell. It ia divided into half acre lots, and lias a thirty-foot Htreet running through If not sold at privato sale will be sold SaleadaV in October, 1<H)0, See plat atofttce of Boubaoj & Watkins and apply to the undersigned for term.s. BON It AM & WATKIN8. QUATTLEUAIM & COCHRAN, r . Attorneys. July 4,1900 2 3nt LAND FOR SALE. WE ofter tor sale that Tract of Land in Savannah Township, known as the Hewin Land, on Goneroatee Creek, wstors of Savannah River, bounded by said Creek, Publlo Road and Lands of T. D. Stevenson, Earl Harris, Nathaniel 11 arris and others. If not sold at private salo will be sold at public outcry on Salesday in October, 1900. Ask at our ofiice for termo and plat. BONIIAM & WATKINS, Attorneys. July 4, l'.too 2 3m An All-around Satisfaction is assured to those who Patronize. OUR WORK la uniformly excellent, not merely occasionally good. What care <&nd skill can do to give satisfaction is done. Fine work on goods of every description is done here. The Finish, olther high gloss or domestic, on Shirts, Collars and Cutfs in especially meritori ous. ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY CO. 202 East Boundary St. R. A. MAYFIELD, Hupt, and Tress. PHONE NO. 20. Leave orders at D. C. Brown & Bro'a. 8tore._ Drs siiil & Mm, DENTISTS, ANDERSON,.S. C. OFFICES : Over Formera and Merchants Bank. WE having formed a partnership for the practice of Dentistry, and to establish a Cssh practice, we give a liberal discount of 20 to 25 per cent, from former prices. Thus no bad deoto, no bill collector to nay, no lost malarial. Thsrsfo?e; those having work done by this plan pay only I for wha. they get, and save that over charge to make good the work done for others who never pay at all ; also, giving ns mors time to serve the paying class. A dollar saved Is one made. Vitalized Air, "Gas." Cocaine and the Painless Spray used for the extraction of teeth. A^fl^u,, J. O. CHATHAM. N. B.?Nothing but the best that mate rial ?Dd workmariBhlp can produce wlU be turned ont of our office. B. ? o. FARM LaHDS May lust as well be Bold during Spring and Summer as in Fall and Winter. No need to wait until crops are made and marketed to "look around." We Livo a large list of well-selected Farms, and likely 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 purchase money or date of taking possession, and like details. In some cases, if early sale Is made, we can offer great Inducements In releasing rents to purchaser. 128 acres, near Honea Path, up-to-date condition. Can be bought low now. 108 acres, Fork, bottom price. (40 to 60 acres bottom?good condition.) 190 acres, Fork. 125 acres, Fork. 2500 acres in Oconee. Eleven settle ments. Already surveyed into six tracts. Timber valuable. The above are only a few. FRIEi:f 0N & SHIRLEY, People's Bank Building, Anderson, S. C. Bridge Notice. "STILL lotto tho lowest responsible W bidder on Tuesday, Sept. 11th, at 10 o'clock a. tu., the repairing or building of a Bridge over Eighteen-Mile Creok, in Pendloton Township, known as McKay's Bridge. Also, on Wednesday, the 12lh Sept., at 10 o'clock a in., the repairing or building of a bridge over Twenty-Six Mile Creek, in Garvln Township, near Watkins' Mill. Reserve the right to accept or reject any or all bids. Successful bidder will be required to t 'jo bond in double amount of bidB for faithful performance of work. J. N. VAN DIVER, Co. Supervisor A, C. Aug. v>, SgOft_g_,_ MONEY TO LOAN ! ?N REAL ESTATE. Long time if security Is good. Fine Farm Lands for Little Money. Strong Farms in Plckens for half the price of Anderson lands. Call and see our list of them ; will aid buyers to get what they want, and lend them half of purchase money. B. F. MARTIN, Attorney at Law, Mascnio Temple, _ Anderson, 8. C. Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of John Willlngham, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will on the 12th day of September, 1900, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, 8. C7, for a FIna> Settlement of said Es tate, and a discharge from his office as Administrator. 1 J. N. WILLING H AM, Adtn'r. Aug. 8,1900 7 6 j