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WHEN THE CIRCUIT RIDER CAME. t ||,e backwood? of Ohio, In tb* du* of loo? nra. v M religion wu religion, not 0 d.ewy fashion ?bow, H'hea the spirit ol the Mister Cell os flame? of Ur ,ng Aro i-J the people did the einging:, not a triined. ar tistic choir, ^lCTt usa scarer s ripple ia life'* s=atly flowing- tide. Ko events to draw tho people frxn their daily toll ?side. Naught to ?et tb? pious spirit of the plonews aflame gave upon the rn? ot ? atona ? when the -circuit rider esme. He wu usually mounted OQ tho f orriest of nags, Ali bis outfit tor the Jouncy r?chsd io leather saddle beg*. And he'd travel with tb? Bible or the hymnbook ia bis btsi, Pcidinz sacred "word or sine?ur o? tbs happy promised land, lbw the toiling vires would glory in the dinners thry would spread, \ And hon maiay * hapless- chicken or e turkey lost its head fly the tiramina; chopper wielded by tbs band of sturdy dame. For u wasn't very often that tho circuit rider ca r.e. Ail the settlement around vs would be nuking ?nth the news 71 at there'd be a meeting Sunday, and we'd "taller" up our shoe*, And we'd brush our homespun dress suits, pride of ercry country youth. And we'd grease our hair with marrow till it shone like gol&m truth. And the frocks of linser woolsey would be donned by Bil the girls, And with bested old Oro pokers they would make They were scarcely queens of fashion, but were lovely, just the same, ?nd they always looked their sweetest when the circut rider came. . As a preacher, holy Moses I bow he'd swing the ?ring word, now he'd draw th* pious "brttherin" jet closer to the Lord. And he'd raise tho hair ot sinners sitUng oa th* backmost seat With his Airy, lurid pictures of the everlasting beat! Wc bare sat in gran J cathedrals, triumphs of the builder's sUU, Ard in croat palatial ch?rrho?r 'neath tbs organ's mellow thrill, nut they never roused within os euch e reverential flame As would burn in that old schoolhouse when thc circuit rider came. -Denver Post. 0 Ao AO AO AO AO AO oAoAoAoAo AO Ao 1 THE TRAITOR, f ? ts w ?? H o ' o << A Story of the > ? Philippine War. ? o p < ? ? ff ? ? By WILLIAM E. MCKENNA, ? ofoVoTOToVoVooVoTo^oToVofg "Two kilt an sivln wounded." snid Private Terence O'Connor. "Bedad, the way they wor blasin away at us ye'd think they'd do more damage than that." It was Just ofter one of tho many ?ghts to the north of Manila In which the insurgents, after being driven from one line of lutreuchments to another, had at last taken to the woods. Private Terence O'Connor and Private Otto Siegel, with others of their company, had been detailed to go over the scene of the recent action and bring in any wounded American or Filipino who might be found. ? "Yes." said Siegel, "If dey knew der rest of der trade an well ns dey know bow to make rifle pits it wouldn't be no easy chob to vip dem." "Tbruo for ye," said O'Connor. "'Twould be an ?lllgant time anny body ud have drivin us out of thlm same rifle pits. Still, If the war honlds out iong enough they moy Tarn what to do wit* their guns. "Thlm that fights an runs away May Tarn to shoot some other day." \ "I don't see any wounded around here," observed Siegel, whose mind, perhaps, was more closely concentrated on the work before him. "Nayther do I," said O'Counor. "They've carried away most of the wounded wit' thlm, I'm thlnkin. But. beded," he cried suddenly,. "there's wan av thlm now, an, be the powers. I'll knock his head off!" Lying on the ground at a short dis tance, close to the entrance to a bam boo thicket in which perhaps ho had tried to take refuge, was a Filipino badly wounded in the leg. Either mis taking the purpose pf the soldiers or inflamed by patriotic resentment nt the invaders or by the pain, of his wound or both, he had raised his gun, but seeing that they had not observed him he allowed them to approach as near ?s possible before he tired. The mo ment O'Connor perceived bim tho Filipino discharged his weapon, but missed, and in another second O'Con nor bad knocked his gun ont of his hand. "The little yaller di vii I" he exclaim ed. "I karo a good mind to bate his brains ont To think av bim thrySn to shoot min that's tbryln to save bis lifer "Mayne/' said Selgel, who waa not excited, "he didn't know vat TO voa goln to do. Anyhow, he can't do na no harm now, nnd ve better do vot ve voa sent to do." "Oh," said O'Connor, who had cooled off, "I never kilt a man yet nfther a battle In cowld blood, an Pm not goln to begin now. Mo bark ls worse nor mo bite. So take howld av him, Siegel. Come on, me laddlbuckl" And, plcklngblm up and handling him as gently as possible, they carried him to the rear until they met two coolies with a litter. Into their care they de livered him. The coolies in their turn carried him back to the military hospi tal, where he was obliged to remain some weeks, during which he had time to revise his opinions of the bated In vader. ' The bated invaders with whom he was chiefly concerned for the time being were an old army surgeon of 30 years' experience, a young army sur geon with comparatively little experi ence, but with a scientific Interest in gunshot wounds regardless of the race or coloi of the victim, and a nurse, a Patient and gent?o embodiment of en thusiasm, patriotism and humanity who had? left a comfortable homo tn Massachusetts to* answer tho call of duty that came to her. He was sur prised that the five Americans with whom he bad personal experience-the two soldiers, the two surgeons and the ourse--should all heve treated him so kindly, and ho felt sincerely grateful, but he was still a rebel. For, whatever may have been the motive:; of others --hs Insurrectionary movement. Mau* ucl Pardo was a patriot according to his llghtB, and ho was still ready to 8?v6 his lifo if necessary for the free dom of his country, as he understood ?ie term. Aim wneu the uiilitnry autUomiOB re- j leased Ulm, merely exacting a promise that he wuu?? not p^ain bear arms*' against tbe Americans, they wero quite right in supposing the promise to be of little value. He fully Intended to take thc field again, altbongh tbero much lesa bitterness in Lia heart than in the days before he was wounded. His moral sense bcd not been develop ed to tho point of regarding seriously tho matter o? breaking a military pa role. However, for the time being he was obliged to remain & noncombatant, for, though his wound had healed, his con dition woB not yet such ns would per mit him to iuke part In tho necessarily rapid movements of the Insurgent forces. Meantime be found lodging and employment with an "amigo" fam ily who were earning their daily bread by making bamboo cots for the Ameri can troops, a form of occupation forced upon him by necessity, but less dis tasteful than St would have been be fore his anti-American feeling bad been modified by bis experiences. While there a message came to bim through the insurgent lines. It appeared that tb? mnyor of thc little town lu which be was now living had been a member of a secret insur rectionary society to which Fardo also belonged, one of tbe societies which had organized the revolt against the Spaniards and afterward transferred their enmity to the Americans. . But when the American forces arrived the mayor welcomed them with enthusi asm. This was not in itself a crime, according to the Filipino code, for It did not necessarily prevent tbe mayor from using his Influence ar 1 any knowledge he might acquire for the benefit of the Insurgent cause, as many Filipino mayors did under similar cir cumstances. But whether the enthusi asm of this particular mayor was real or feigned his adhesion to the Ameri can cause was regarded as real by bis former associates. Their spies report ed that the mayor was a genuine "amigo," that he was using hie efforts and his information to help tbe enemy, and thc heads of the secret society found him guilty of treason and de creed that bc should die. Pardo was selected to carry out the sentence. There was a murder In the little town shortly after that. The "amigo" may or was killed, and the assassin, know ing well that be was leaving ample cir cumstantial evidence behind bim, has tened to make bis way to the Filipino lines. It WOB some weeks after this that O'Connor, while serving with a recon noitering purty, was shot in the arm, and Siegel started with bim to thc rear. Hut they bad a long way to go tc the hospital tent, and long before they reached it a shot from ambush struck Siegel in thc leg and disabled him, O'Connor tried to raise Siegel, but bc was nearly exhausted by his own wound and by the heat, and tbe effort to assist bis comrade proved to be thc last straw. He fell forward, fainting. The Filipinos, observing that no one seemed to be near enough to help thc two soldiers, came out of their ambus! and made them prisoners. They wen hurried Into the interior, and, as O'Con nor afterward put It, "when thej found out where they were they didn'i know where they were." To be a lit tie more explicit, they found them selves in a bamboo but, disarmed am guarded, but the geographical locatioi of the but was a mystery to them Their wounds, however, had beet dressed as well as Filipino facllltie would permit. O'Connor cursed bli luck roundly and performed the sami service for Siegel, the latter bein; quieter and moro philosophical. "It don't do no good," ho observed to which O'Connor retorted that I helped to pass the time, anyhow. Then O'Connor berated the diet notblng but rice nnd too little of that He wondered If tbey would have t live on rice for the rest of their live and how long that would be. But final ly his native good humor asserted it self, and in a few days he was on th most amicable terina with his captors "If we can do notbin else." be sale "we may as well tache thlm to spak English." "Wit' an Irish brogue," suggestc Siegel. "Well, 'tis your own fault If the Tarn It that way. If 1 have the gift a gab whllo you sit there be the hon sayin little or nothln an tbinkin ahot sauerkraut an Schweitzer cheese a other things ye can get, how can ye es peet the Jarman accent to get tho bet av the Irish brogue In thia part av th Philippines?" Some of tho Filipinos knew a il ttl English, nnd O'Connor held long an animated conversations with them animated at least on his olde-tboug lt ls doubtful if they always undo stood the drift of bia remarks. "Is It for ransom ye're houldln asl he Inquired one day. "Be the power thin, we might come to terms. TL dlvll a clnt bas ayther av us, an \ might as well let us go an save y< rice an l'arn to moke puddin out av i But I have two mont's* pay comln t me, on I'd bc glad to give ye a note f< It if ye'd let me go an get It "But maybe ye want us to bctbrs our countbry an j I ne yer loorces? B J.id, If Otto's willin I'm ready. Otto' b, a great catch for ye. His fatln was In the Prooshan army, an Ott could tell ye how the Prooshans cai tured Paris. An If ye*d make me major gineral I could give ye a tip o how to capture Phlladclphy. Hone bright! Tell yer fri'nd Aguinaldo t drop in an ace us some time whin he' passin an we'll talk lt over." One day tho guard was changed, an ns soon as thc new sentinel saw tb prisoners be started. "You know me?" be Bald. ;S'T do not," said O'Connor. "Wa yaller man Is purty much the same 1 me as another yaller man." "I know him," said Siegel. "He v< der man vot ~sen vos going to knoc his brains oud." "Be the powers, ho Is!" said O'Coi nor. "Faith, thin, 'tis a grateful ma he shud bc" . r And P?rde tried to say bow graiefi be was, but bis eyes told them bett? than his Ups. If bo could only ? something to show bis gratitude, 1 said. "Let us out av thu. tbln," said G'Co nor. But Pardo hesitated and then mildl suggested that ho was a soldier. "I ax yer pardon," said O'Conuo "Well, what the div II happened to j since the last time we seen ye?" ?????vV L.-..' ...... ..' ' .. : Auu rumo lora ms Btory as wen as ! bis ksowledgv o? Eugus? would per mit, omitting tbe episode of tbe murder of the mayor and the fact tbat be bad broken his parole, not that his con science troubled bim on eiiher point, bui Ia deference probably to westeru Idcas ou ethics. "I'm glad we ran acroet bim," said O'Connor later. "War Is a curious thing. If we get out av this, that feller will be poppln away at us wit' his Man ser, an we'll be poppln away at him wit' our Krag-Jorgensena just as cheerfully." "Und mit better atm," said Siegel. "I hope ?o," said O'Connor. Their Filipino friend waa on duty agalD; but he waa very much excited. As soon as ho found himself alone with the prisoners he told them that be had something very Important to say. There was on acquaintance of his In the Fili pino army whose brother kept a restau rant bl a smull town near Manila. Two soldiers-two ruffians-bad called there one night, drank as long as they had money to pay tor the drink, beat the proprietor, smashed bottles and glasses because he would give them no drink after thc?? money was exhausted, and, worse than that, the proprietor had a young sister who was acting as a waitress, and these ruffians- Well, her brother in the Insurgent army seemed to have lost bis reason when be heard of these wrongs, and he bad sworn to revenge himself. And the nearest objects of revenge were the American prisoners. "Well," said O'Connor, "I'm thruly sorry that sich things should happen, but what have we to do wif it?" That was not the point, Pardo ex plained. The enraged Filipino was like ly to murder them at the first opportu nity, and he was not likely to have to wait iong before Anding the opportuni ty. There was but one thing to do. They hod saved his life, and bo would save theirs. When darkness came, he would liberate them. "And vot becomes of you?" Inquired Siegel. It mattered not. He did not care what became of him. They would shoot bim as a traitor-so be it "But, man," said O'Connor, "If ye care so little about yourself jlst tblek what'U become of us. How the dlvd are wc to And our way in this mud an slush that's know?', in the joggrafies as the Island of Luzon? If ve don't have a guide that knows the ropes, tbe first thing we know we may be walkin into the arrums of the sultan av Sulu or wan av his wives or mothers-in-law. He ain't on the Island of Luzon, you say? Oh, well, there's jlst as funny things as him.'' Pardo, recognizing the force of the plea consented to go*with them. It was no easy journey, but Pardo was on experienced guerrilla, and O'Connor and Siegel, as they said themselves, were no spring chickens, so he guided them safely until at last they came lu sight of the Manila and Dagupan rail way. "You know your way now?" he in quired. "We do, an thank ye," said O'Con nor. "But why not come along wit* us the rest av the way? Sure, yo can't go back to yer fr'Inds after what ye've done. I'll Inthrojulce ye to Sergeant Fitzpatrick, an the byes In the compa ny'll niver forget what ye don' for Otto an me." "I could not go to your people," said Pardo. And be told them of the mur der of the mayer. O'Connor scratched bis bead. "Well," said be, "'tis plainly me Jooty to assist a criminal to escape from Justice If I only knew how to do lt. I sec that we'll have to part company. But suppose ye made yer way to some other part av this counthry-there's plenty av It, Lord knows-where they wouldn't be familiar wit* ye an where they .ouldu't be !r.*herested Ia thc mayor. Bad cess to bim for a turn coat, annybow, an for gerti n a natural ly daclnt man like yerself into trouble. Sure, ye might live to bo the age av Methusaleh before Jiey'd get on to ye." "No, I have betrayed my country men. You saved my life; I saved yours. But I have betrayed ray countrymen. They will kill me as I'killed the al calde." "Tuiu what the divil are ye geln to do?" asked O'Connor: ? '?This," answered Pardo. Before they could stop bim ho had drawn a knife and Btabbec1. himself In the heart. "Poor little yaller mani" said O'Con nor.-New York Herald.' Unnecessarily Canst.c. Mrs. Quilper-It Bays here that cows In Belgium wear earrings. Mr. Quilper-Oh, well, what of lt? The cows do not wear them volun tarily, you know.--Boston Transcript. HIa Peelina? Wntle Wallinar. The Swiss Alpine climber, Slgrlst, who once fell from tho top of the Karpfstock, In Switzerland, described his sensations while falling as follows* "The plunge, which was taken back ward, was In nowise accompanied by the anxiety such as one has when one dreams of falling. ! seemed to be borne- In the most pleasant manner gently downward and had complete consciousness during the entire fall. Free from all pain or fear I contem plated my position and tito future of my family, which ? knew was assured by the insurance I carried. And this contemplation was accomplished with a rapidity which I had never before known. Of the losing of my breath, of which people talk, there-wau no sug gestion, and only the heavy full on to the snow covered ground caused mo to lose suddenly and painlessly all con sciousness. The bruising of my head and limbs on thc rocks na I fell caus ed me no pain. In fact I did not feel it. I cannot conceive of an easier, pleasanter death. The reawakening, however, brought with lt entirely dif ferent and far less agreeable sensa tions." -? . i - CASTOR S A For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the s/t?~ . m^ma Signature of C^^g-^^/Q?^^?^ -The most unselfish husband in tha world to a woman is worth sitting up nights and sewing buttons on for. ? Tor ar Znla Girl Who Couldn't Resta*: Ber Natural Tendencies. I think quito tho most curious In- j stance of th? thinness cf surface civ* iliiauuu among these Zulu people came 1 to me in the case of a young Zulu girl who had been early left an orphan j and had been carefully trained In a clergyman's family. She was about 10 years oki wheo she came as my 1 nursemaid and was very plump Und comely, with a beaming countenance ; and tho sweetest voice and prettiest . manners possible She had a great ?ovo or music and performed harmoni ously enough on aa accordion as well ! as on several queer little pipes und 1 reeds. She could speak, read and write , Dutch perfectly as well as Zulu and was nearly as proficient In English. She carried ? little Bible always in j her pocket, and often tried my gravity < by dropping ou ono knee by my side \ whenever she caught me sitting down and alone and beginning to mad aloud from lt. it was quite a new posses- ' sion, and she had not got beyond the I opening chantera of Genesis und de lighted in the story of "Dam and Eva," as she called our first parents. She proved an excellent nurse and thoroughly trustworthy. The children ?^cre devoted to her, especially the baby, who learned to speak Zulu be , fore English and to throw a recd as ' sagal as soon as ho could stand firmly on his little fat legs, i brought her to England after she bad been about a year with me, and she adapted herself marvelously aad unhesitatingly to the conditions of a civilisation far beyond what she had ever dreamed of. A friend ot mine chanced to be returning to Natal and proposed that I should spare my Zulu nurse to her. Her hus band's magistracy being close to where Maria's tribe dwelt, it seemed a good opportunity for Marla to return to her own country. Sc of eonrse I let her go, begging my friend to tell me how thc girl got on. The parting from the lit tle boys was a heartbreaking scene, nor was Maria at all comforted by the fine clothes all my friends Insisted on giving her. Not even a huge Gains borough hat garnished with giant pop ples could console her for leaving her "little chieftain," but it was at all events something to Bend her off so comfortably provided for and with I two large boxes of good clothes. In the course of a few months I re ceived a letter from my friend, who was then settled In her up country home, bot her story of Maria's doings I seemed well nigh incredible, though J perfectly true. All bad gone weil on the voyage and so long ns they remain j ed at Durbau nnd Maritzburg, but as soon as the distant settlement was reached Marla's kinsmen came around her and began to claim some slime in her prosperity. Free fights were of constant occurrence, and in one of them Marla, using the skull of an ox as a weapon, broke her sister's leg. Soon after that she returned to the savage life she bad not known since her infan cy and took to It with delight. I don't know what became of her clothes, but she had presented herself before my friend clad in an old 'sack and with necklaces of wild animals' teeth and proudly announced Bhe had just been married "with cows," thus showing how completely ber Christianity had fallen away from ber, and abe had practically returned on the first oppor tunity to the depth of that savagery from which' she had been taken before she should even remember lt. I soon lost all trace of her, but Marla's story bas always remained ia my mind as an amazing Instance of the strength of race instinct.-Lady Broome In Cornhill Magazine. Checks Dad Things to Meddle With. "You can't monkey with a check," said a business man, "as a friend of mine has learned nt the cost of $3 or $4 for protest fees. He lives in Spring field, Mass., and to that point the oth er day I sent bim a check for rent. In a couple of days I received a M?nk check from him on my bank with the request that I would do bim a favor to fill out my checks before sending them to him in payment for any obligations. "I was certain I bad filled the check out that I had Intended for him, but I thought possibly I bad sent bim a blank check and bad lost the other or sent it off in some letter or other, so to prevent any future trouble I called nt my bank and stopped payment on what I thought was a missing check. "Two or three days later I got an other letter In which he explained that he was having fun with me, because in sending him my check I bad torn off two from the pad, and they were stuck together, nnd he thought lt would be n Joke to send the blank one back to me to have lt filled. It had cost him the fees, and he was sorry that he bad been so funny, and ho wouldn't do so any more."-New York Sun. The Kaiser nnd Uss Muller. The late Professor Max Muller was originally just Muller, but he added one of his Christian names. Max, to his sur name and became Max Muller. His change of surname and of nationality did not add to his popularity in Ger many, where his former compatriots used to say that "but for his settling In Englaud he might have become a scholar." Considerable amusement was caused at Oxford some years ago by the kaiser telegraphing the professor upon the oe ension of some aquatic victory, "My best wishes to you and your gallant crew." "Great Scott!" or Its Sanskrit equivalent the professor ls said to have exclaimed. "Just ns If I were a 'coach' running along the embankment with n trumpet!" The point of the joke is that Max Muller disliked every form of exercise and used to say that "there is only one act of folly more egregious than look ing at a football game, aud that is tak ing part in one." - First Saleswoman-"I hate the sign 'No Trouble to Show Goods!* Aa if aoybody believed that!" Second Saleswomau-''If tbey did believe it these womon wouldn't bc half so anx ious to have ns ?how the good:;." - Lcua-"I didn't think you let a man kiss you on such abort acquaint ance." Maude-"Weir, ho thorough ly convinced mc that it was all my own fault that I hadn't met him soon Reflections of a Bac helor Tho average woman does a lot of foolish things juel to see if a certain ruo will ''case." The fact that a woman marries?a! nan at all is generally proof that ;he doesn't know as much as ho loes. - A woman that it> too tender-hearted Lo kill a mouse v?on't think a thing of putting perfumery on a baby. Before a girl is engaged she thinks ill tho men aro alike; after she has been married a year, abo thinks they ire all different. Aa soon aa two'peoplo have a baby ?iii ita relations begin to quarrell over what ita Darno shall be; by tho timo thia is settled they begin to quarrel over whioh it looks most like; by the time they get this settled, there ia generally another baby. Wise in His Generation. An arousing rep!; Tras ?nado ix, a question propounded^ to a studont at the medical'cul leg-, by ?one of the leo turers'tho other day. The instructor badi just been giving his class a'kfcw bits of oboioo advice as to what they should dojio tho event they found themselves in a position demanding prompt action, no person of greater ability being available. "Remember to have confidence io what you have learned hero and keep your wits about you,0 4he said, "and don't show the least hesitation in your actions, but prooeed to apply the les sens you have learned to-day. "Now," ho asked, turning to a youug countryman in the class, "what should you do if you should find yourself with thc caro of a man who bad just fallen victim to an accident of some kind?*' The reply was conclusive. "I'd send for a .doctor," said tho rising young medico.-Memphis Scim itar. - In the basement of the obapel of Washington and Leo University, at Lexington, Va., tho office o? tho lato Robert E. Lee, formerly president of that institution, is preserved exactly as bo left it. Not a book, a letter or a paper IIBB ever been disturbed. Once or twice a year tho room is carefully dusted, but at all times thc window? arc kept closed and the shutters drawn. Letter's which ho received tho last morning bc WSB able to work lie OD bis writing table under a paperweight. 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We have on band Swift's High C?rado Guano and Acid. Royster's High Grade Guano and Add. Patapsco High (irado Guano and Acid. Dry mixtures and finely pulverized. Yours truly, V V Some Specials and Special Prices on Buggies and Wagons. - THE - BANK OF ANDERSON. J. A. BROCK, President. JOS. N. BROWN, Vice President. B. F. MATJLDIN, Cashier. THE largest, strongest Bank in the County. Interest Paid on Deposits By special agreement. With unsurpassed facilities and resour ces we are at all times prepared to ac commodate our customers. Jan 10, 1000 20 _ FOR RATES ADD MAPS ALL POINTS NORTH AND WEST ADDRESS FRED D. BUSH, District Passenger Anent, 1 MB] No. 1 Drown Building, Opposite Union Depot, ATLANTA, - ? OA. "No Trouble to Answer Questions.' PARKER RYE. None Purer. None Better. Ask for it at all Dispensaries. FOR ALE. THE II ASK ELL HS TATE, containing three thousand (3,000) aeren, moro or ?CHH, lying on tho wators of l.ittlo Riverland situated In tho Fl at woods section, In.Ab beville County, will hu sold,.either as a whole or in tracts. Tho Seaboard Air Lino Railroad runs through tho placo and has a Flag Station on this{ property. A line old dwelling of ten room?, in'good repair. Properly exceptionally vroll wa tered and wooded. Part ins wishing lt" formation will call on or communicate With lt. C. HASKELL, Agent, Abbe ville, S. C. Nov 23, 10 23 -rn Notice to Creditors. ALL persona having demands againnt the Katato of Capt. James A. Gray, do ceased, are horohy notified to present them, properly proven, to the under signed, within" tho time proscribed hy law, and thoi.o indebted to make pay ment. ELSIE J. d RAY, J. LOUIS (JRAY, Exo:Mitor5. Jan ;10, 1001 32_3?_ CQC&IWE^WHISKV llubita Oareit ?.1 ny ?'?t.Vo.. tum. In SO tluyr. lliiin rf'll of referoncra. 26 jram n M^cm tr. Hook on Homo Tre*tinont ?ont b'llKK. A.I.Ir. i D. M. WOOLLEY, M. D., Atlanta, Qa. l^^^?^V^ ash and your profitS wUl bc Vk--* ?arge; without BkvV$^^ Potash your Sft^?S^^ crop will be. *sjP^ ** "scrubby." ^J?^.^'H' lell?"g nbout ""?Position of fertilisers. ?St adopted for all crops, aro fr-? ?a u!l ?kk tuers. UER M AN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. 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. BUGGY REPAIRS Let us Repair your Buggy or Carriage from start to fin ish with high grade Wheels or double stitched Curtains, so as to look nearly like new, and give several years extra ser vice. Remember, repairing of all kind promptly done. PAUL E. STEPHENS. An All-around Satisfaction is assured to those who Patronize. OUR WORK ls uniformly excellent, not merely occasionally good. What care and skill can do to give satisfaction is done. Fine work on gooda of every description 1B done here. The Finial), either high gloss or domestic, on Shirts, Collars and Coffs is especially meritori ous ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY CO. 202 East Boundary St. R. A. MAYFIELD, Supt. and Treas. PHONE NO. 20. ts&. Leave orders at D. C, Brown & Bro's. Store._ Notice to Creditors. ALL persons having demands or claims against the Estate of Frank T. Wilhite, deceased, either in bis name or under the name of Wilhite <fc Wilhite, are hereby notified to present them, properly prov en, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law ; and those indebted, either to Frank T. W?hlte or Wilhite <fc Wilhite, by Note or Account or other wise, to make payment. All Notes and Accounts against Wilhite ct Wilhite to be presented to Dr. J, O. Wilhite for settlement, J. L. TR IB BLE, J. O. WILHITE, M. M. WILHITE, Executors. Jan 1G, 1001 30 ? AUGUSTA, OA. BUSINESS, Shorthand, Typewriting and Academic departments. Lite rary Society, Lectuie Courses, Boarding Hall. Positions secured for every grad uate for this year wishing a position. MONEY TO LOAN ! ON REAL ESTATE. Long time if security is good. Fine Farm Lands for Little Money. Strong FarniH in PickenB for Laif the price of Anderson landH. Call and sae our list ol' them ; will Bid buyer? to get what they want, and loud them hnlffof purchase money. II. F. MARTIN, Attorney Ht Law, M?senle Temple, Anderson, S. C. Notice of Final Settlement. TUE undersiKned, Administrator of Estate of M. B. Williams, dee'ed, herebv Kivos notico that ho viii on the Otb day February, 1001, apply to tho Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of Haid E*tato, and a discharge from his OAILC as Administia tor. M. BERRY WILLIAMS, Adm'r. Jan 9, 1901 SU "? Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Administrator of Estate J. Walter Dickson, deceased, here by gives notico that ho will on tho Uth day of February, 1001, apply to the Judge of Probate of Andorson County, S. C., for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a dlBchargo from his ollioo as Ad ministrator. JOHN C. GANTT, Adm'r. Jan 7, 1901 29 -r> ! PATENTS a5SSF,S J ? A0VICE AS TO PATENTABILITY p|J|PPf 1 ? Notice in " Inventivo AK? " g3 K ?* ?? 1 Y Book "How to obtain Patents" Q IISBBB 1 \ Charge i moderate. No feo till patent ls aecurcd. J f Letters utrietly confidential. Addrftss. j yft0. SICGEJtS. Pafotf U*yr. Washlafltow, P. C. 1