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BILL ARP' . A ?*p on V? j Atlanta a jACK?ONVlXLS> F?<?., April 12. Jacksonville. he? got the smallpox Beare. It 8 a pauio, for there has bten no deatjbs, bat there ire about forty cases afid thc board ox health L-vc got them ont of town and have ordered universal vaccination. A child can't gd to school without a sore .rm and a certificate from the dootor. . J_c._I_?_1 * ? ?_. J - J . . Iiy BOU in ? uuuvul uoiv ouu lu mtcicmd ne to note the flocks pf children who come and go, and listen to their talk. Mothers or sisters come with them to keep their oourage np. Some are timid and some are brave. Yoong 9eB come at night and take their taros, and the city .will soon be ira oaoe. What a wonderful discovery il wes-only a hundred years ago Dr. Jenner dared to proclaim it to the world, and it took twenty-five yeara to Bake the world believe it. Now every cb dd that bares its arm tc receive thc rirus is a living monurrent to the figacity of that* great and good aaao. It is pathetic . to read how he was. Iboondftd and peraeouted hy thc enrices and malignant of the medical profes sion. How patiently he waited for time and truth to prove his theory,J and lived to see it confirmed, and when he died a beautiful ?nounment. gas erected in Trafalgar square to henor his naaae and perpetuate bia (fame sad memory. Our own Dr. Crawford Long is entitled to a similar {semorial, not only by the state, but by the cation, for although he did not 'protect mankind from a pestilence, he [did give them immunity from pain uodea the surge <n*a knife. 1 remem ber well when the patient had toolinoh bia teeth and strong men h?id to hold lira while the dootor oat and sawed Ito limb in two. I remember when it waa my part to bold thc foot and leg that waa being severed from a poor sufferer, and when ?at last the saw had cut through the ?boite and the weight of the limb came ??'down upon me I fainted and fell down ?upon thc floor with tho bleeding leg. ?Bnt Rvans never groaned. He lived Bo make me another pair ok* boots. I remember when at college, in 1846, I lad a jaw tooth extracted and took that was then oalled Mortan'a Leth tin, and dident know wh jn it was died. It took me some time to get nrer it and as I was reeling back to lollege 1 met Professor McCoy, and in i hilarious mau ncr slapped him on the boulder and said: "Hello, old Mack 1" tod he thought I waa drunk and had cup before the faculty. My roomm ate, Derrell Cody, was with me and led to explain but tho " professor 'onldent hear him and wo had fan ext morning when the truth oame it. The professor apologised tome ad not long after invit \ mo to ipper. Poor Bill Williams was there [ood, loving Bill Williams. He was classmate and I loved him, and lamed for him when he died. He id charge of the Blind asylum, at MOB, for many years. Every now >d then the boya drop ont. Jost ip out and the procession movea on. teadof every one and feel sad, bnt ?t is all I can do. A friend in At ?eta asked me She? ether day, "Why Jdeat you write something about ;ene Harris, your college mate and ne of the truest, kindest and bast ?o who ever lived." , "Of course, of ?fte," said I, "but what could I "te." He was WSB a friend in need, friend indeed-an aristocrat by birth, \ gentleman in heart and maimers. '?t eve. y thing by the war except the Qtleman that waa born in him. He ed poor and was buired by his ?iends, but he was a big-hearted gen ?eoan to tho very last. How kind ?as to my wife and children during 16 w*r, when they were fleeing from efonl invader and I was far away, .t's all ! He was not a great mao wy sense, but he had a great big *ft and would hav? died for a ?nd- That's all! If I oan't find Oin heaven I shall be disappoiotT \ My wife saya he was the best wad she ever had when abe was in l? greatest distress. ??teria about over and will soon "??gotten. I brought" down some ter egga for a little grandson, .cousin dyed them for him and ho Vc*y curious to know moro about and said to his mother, "Mam * ?ho is this Easter man . nd where be live?'' "Ho lives up io ,T*V' she said, "and hie name is ,a80) "Ie he selling eggs up ;ero? ' he asked. How these little lD"do perplex ns with their qnes \. Liule MSry Lou has tho rpiog cough and dident want to .her medicine. "If yon don't ?l? ' said the mother, "you may ''Well/ . mamma," if I do die I ?o to hearen, where God Ss, and give mo ? pony." twiah tho * ?P people were ns trusting and 'J* *. the children. "8affer ?uldren to come tinto me, for of S LETTER, acoination. institution. Buch in the kingdom of heaven" itt one of the sweetest verses io the scrip tures. The preachers may. quarrel about tho confession 0/ faith and in fant salvation, but the mothera don't want any better faith thea ia in that verse, and that other one, where David ?aid of his child: "He oannot come to me but I shall goto him." I There is another remark that 1 will make about mothers. Not one be lieves her dead son is lost, no matter how wicked he was. Tho mother ex pects to meet him in heaven and if ho it* not there how C?.? "ho bo happy '/ God koowetk. We do not. All that a poor mortal can do is to trust Him and do good. BILL ABP. ? -?- - m -r Creatiog Business, . We'have received a phamphlet is sued by the Southern Railway, giving in detail the growth of textile - milla along the linea of that system during the year just ended, together with an enumeration of all the 'textile indus tries now located io the same terri tory. The pamphlet is interesting, not on?y in its ?bowing of the really remarkable work whioh this road is accomplishing io building up the sec tion whioh it covers, bat vastly more so in the revelations of possibilities whioh await the application of similar principles to other systems. The Southern has loog been noted ?or the persistent, policy it has followed in this, particular. Since its r?organisa" tion it has been the best friend the South has had, and while the work ac complished oannot bo classed as phil anthropic, a great deal of it has been for the benefit of the South in the ab stract, rather than for direct profit to the Southern system as a oorporation. Tho phamphlet in question shows that during 1900 no less than 94 new tex tile mills and kindred industriel* were looated along the railway, with an equipment of 1,137,530 spindles and 22,185 looms. In addition a number of established concerns increased their equipmont, several of them erecting new mills, while others replaced old machinery with new. In addition to the milla enumerated, 16 other textile mill buildings are in various stages of construction, and several companies have been organized for the purpose of beginning work this year. In all the total of mills now numbers over 600, with an equipment of 117,619 looma and 4,463,493 spindles. This may be regarded aa tedious enumera tion, but the leeson it conveys ought not to ho lost on railway managers in general. The territory traversed by the Southern six or eight yeara ago, omitting a few centralised p'oints, waa regarded aa most unpromising in gen ! eral prospects. Yet the managers of the system, by sheer persia tonco, have i BO ohanged conditions that the proper ty to-day is regarded as ono of the moat promiaing in the country. Of cours 0 railway ey s terns have always tried to attract business, but for per fection of detail the Southern ia easily in the lead. And what this road has done, others, even in thiokly settled regions, will be forced to do in the future. Heretofore the trunk linea Have been content to handle the busi ness that oame to them. With rare exceptions they have ignored one of tho most potential features' in the up building of their traffic. The maxi mum of business that the trunk linea will handle baa not yet been reached, but in tho eastern sections, at least, futuro increases will bo smaller than in the peat. Why should the roads accept this na au inevitable feature? Any one of the great lines, with an intelligent bureau working with a dis tinct purpose, oan create for itself new traffic quite oat of proportion to that whioh it may receive in the ordinary course of oven is. ? bureau such aa described could give to manufacturers information as to the best location of certain-industries; it could tell them where freight rates were lowest, and in endless ways divrt to ita own ter ritory a revenue that might inaure certain returns ?Bj dividends. The most vital point in railroad operation ia supposed to be the scientific hand ling of transportation, but second toit ought to be an intelligent application to the work of guaranteeing a steady volume of transportation' to handle, and in that particular a golden oppor tunity has been negleotcd. Tho ttuc oes8 of the Southern road in establish ing on an average two textile milla a week alone its lise* during the ititi year 1900, should open the eyes of other railway managers.-JV*. Y. Financier. THE HAUNTED RED HOUSE. The Prank of W '.schlevous Boys. The Yorkville Enquirer is reprint ing bits of loesl history watton by Dr. Maurice Moore sou first publish ed in the Enquirer of 1870. ID its last issue is an excellent, ghost story, whioh will be enjoyed by our reeders, even if they ero not acquainted with the local surroundings: There still stands on the cross street in \orkvillo, opposite the residenoe of the lato Colonel Witherspoon, and at prosent occupied by Ur. Whit, a house built by John McKnight, a oar penter, and known in my daya aa "the red house.*' McKnight sold tho house in a few years and moved to Florida It pass ed from* ohe hand to another-fro- I qnently ohangiug hands. It bore an ill name. Strange and unaccountable noises had been heard in it. It waa said to be ahauoted house, and, there fore, was often without a tenant. ? luuu named Abernathy, from Charleston, a sailor previously, moved up to Yorkville, bringing with him some trunks of dry goods on specula tion. Herented the "red house," and in one of the lower rooms laid the gooda ont oa a long table, io default of a counter, ready for inspection and salo. Himself, wife end his mother, oooupied apartments upstairs. They soon told of being awakened at night by the sound of a crush, like the goods failing off tho table. As soon aa they could get a oandle lighted they bur ri eu do wu stairs No one could be found. The table, though, was over turned, and tho goods all lying on the floor. On examining them uot a piece was gone, and nothing else they could discover appeared to be disturbed. Looking to bolts and bars with redou bled vigilance, they set the table up as they were before. Hardly retired to their beda until they heard the same sounds of a crush. Ou going down, it was a reputation of the first distubanoo. Table overturned-goods on the floor-but not the rapping of a floger to bo missed. This, Abernathy, his wife and mother, all solemnly affirmed, happened night after night. They also heard, they said, strange rappiugs in different parts of the house for which they could find no cause, nor in any way explain. The reputa tion of the house-confirmed in his mind by those mysterious ' occur rences-determined Abernathy to move his family, as soon as he could get another house to go in, firmly be lieving this one to bo a haunted house. For a long time "the red house" was without au occupant, and had con sequently fallen muoh out of repair. It had got into Dr. Crenshaw's hands, I thick, when an opportunity of rent ing it, if in a better stato, induoed him to have it fir ?d up. Abernathy had moved into the country; but, being a "jack of all trades," Dr. Creo shaw got him to take the job. of glaz i i og it, the windows being nearly guilt less of glass, there being scarcely a j pano to the aash. Abernathy came to town and went j to work quite readily, for in dry time I he did not mind being in the haunted house. Ooo eveaing, having been drinking a good deal daring the day, he laid down before the fire ho usually kept up in one of the fireplacea whee he waa at work, and fell asleep. H< did not awaken until next morning and then was nrond beyond measure ai the aooident, boasting that he had Stayed all night, alone, in the hann tee house. Abernathy, in his elation, began tc banter me for a bet that he wonk spend a night alone in the haunte< boase. I, of course oaring nothinj about the matter, declined. For i a day or two, every time we came io con tact, he would again propose and in eist on it. At length, btooroing an noyed by hts pertinacity, Idccrminei on some fun at his expense, an< agreed to make the bet with him 01 certain conditions. He was so'cage for tho wager, ho subscribed to any thing to get it up. The stake, by hi own ohoioe, was a fine hat, and a con di ti on of the bet was that after h once laid down that he waa not to rise If he did BO on any acoount he lost. After supper, armed wi*-h his ted and a bottle of whiskey, he went int the "haunted house." He worko* until late, taking frequent pulls at tl. bottle to fortify his courage. H locked and barred the doora, and ove each lower window sash drove a nai to prevent them from being, hoisted At length, tired, and sleepy, he lei down oo his pallet before the fire. . Outsido, watching our chance, wer beside myself, William McCaw, Hat ' dolph Ervin; and one or two other! We were tired of waiting, for Abei , ns thy had worked later than wo ai ticipated. As soon aa we uaw throng windows that he had laid do/cn we b gan operations. His head could bari ly have touched the pillow till 1 slept, and so sound was his sinmbe he waa not easily disturbed. . We wet provided with one of old Mrs. McCall o its, a bladder containing ahot to ti to ita tail, and William McCaw had syringe which held nearly a qaar filled ??th waft: ready for ase. Abernathy had fastened the wiedo BO eeourely, it waa a great deal < trouble to get one open. With tl help of a crowbar, we at length suc ceeded in doing so. We threw the oat in as wo raised the sash, for she was getting obstreperous and using her claws vigorously, and then let the sash fall of its own weight. The noise aroused Abor o at h y for the first time. Around the room went the eat, dragging the bladder of shot after her on the floor. "I'll shoot some of youl" roared Abernathy; "I know you boys are trying to scare me." Rattle, rat tle. "I'll shoot some of yea, I say," afraid to rise from the pallet on the floor, the condition of tho bet being that he was to lose if he arose. The eat found a dark corner, and tho fire was nearly burned out, end rested a moment of her terrified circuit A confederate, under the house gave a sepulchral groan, aud in a ghostly voice pronounced th? awful trords, "This night ?bull thy soul be required of theo." The cat again began to ruu around the room as furiously as be fore. Rattle, rattle, went the bladder on thf floor, and groans issued from d it?rent corners of the building. "I'll shoot you! I ll shoot youl ' halloed Abernathy. The threat was eehod by a hollow groan. Ou went thc cat in its frantic course, fairly mad itself with terror. "Great heaven! I can't stand thia,'" said our hero Groans burst from every side in responso. "I must get up," he continued. He arose and dashed to the door of the room in which be was lying He had this so seonrely fastened ihzi ii tC?k bim some little time to undo it, and in the meantime we were enabled to meet around the comer. Tho front door opeuB near the.corner. At last he got the door unlocked, and reached the front entrance, where he paused a moment on the step. William Mo Caw, from our station around the cor ner, discharged the whole eooteuts of the syringe full in his face. The ter rified man looked up at the sky-it was beautiful starlight- and exclaimed, "Merciful goodness 1 raining and not a cloud in *.ho heavens!" With that he started at full speed down the street; in his fright and haste leaving the dooropeu. Guessing that he had ??one to get some one to help him fathom the matter, we ran in and liberated the cat, in order that no evidence of human handicraft might appear to aid their investigation. "We hid ourselves in some n. ;k weeds near. Presently Abernathy re turned, accompanied by his landlord, Mr Smith. As they drew near, wc heard the latter say soothingly, "Oh, its just some of the boys who were trying to 6care you." "But, I tell you," said Abernathy, "forty empty wagons running away would not have made the noise." A full examination of the different parts of the house revealed nothing, and at length they came out, Mr, Smith adhearintr tn hi? belief, and ac counting io various plausible ways for the noises "You wero scared, Aber nathy, aud could not judgo closely," ?aid Smith. "isn't it clear?" asked Abernathy firmly. "Yee, perfectly so," replied Smith, for there were myraids of stara stud ding the ntheral vault with its oold brightness. "Weill I deolare I never saw a harder dash of rain in my life. Here, Smith, just feel my clothes; I am right wet now." This wao a poser Nr. Smith, with all his imagination, could not clear up. "He shuddered, as no doubt tho bravest cowers When ho can't tell what 'tm that doth appal, How odd a single hobgoblin's nonen ity, Biiouia cause more fear than n wholo host's identity." Abernathy never said hat or bet to me afterward, and neither again did ? ho ?ry the experiment of sleeping in i the ''haunted red bouge 1" j - Prices of wheat in th .c days are i not Gxed UUtil the Australian wheat growers have been heard from. This yuat i s estimated that they will harvest not Jess than 4,000.000 bush : ela of wheat IOf the Sun throws, a dark shadow on the earth. So it is with the hanan body when disease shuts out the Jlght of health Iand happiness. PRICKLY ASH BITTERS ls an antidote for all diseases which attack Ute Kidneys, Liver, Stomach or Bowels. lt drives out constipated conditions, restores functional activity and regularity, IMAXIS.*, ?hire Stood, Strong Nerves and Coed Digestion? People who have used it say lt ls their main reliance for keeping the body healthy. SOLD AT DRUGGIST?. Pricey SLOO. at-Aii ?ors. rmmn aw m> ?M*?M-' I la mt. DM afc* t> va rn?mm* M. ?tal. ti k, Mt MM0. I Evans Pharmacy, Special Agents. EVANS' PHARMACY. Corner Hotel Ch'quola, Anderson, S. C. NO.-Two Bl any. Prepare for SPRING GLEANING : R EVANS IXTERMIN?TOE ONS BOTTLE. Directions : Apply in crevices and all places infested with the .'tronblere." DR. 1901-SPRING. WE W4NT YOUR WIPE To see the pretty new arrivals in our China Ware Department. CAN WE Not sell her a new supply fo Spring ?? Our prices are v*ry low. At least HAVE HER Gorae in. She will enjoy hoking at the pr?t?/ and novel things for the year 1901. eft fTVAfeie HD a, WS= ?. 7ra!iVi Wlltj ?C \j> PENDLETON, 8. C. FULL LINE OF Buist's Garden Seeds, Paints, Oil, Varnishes, Gasoline, Drugs, Medicines and Chemicals, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Perfumery, Toilet Soaps, Sponges, etc. A supply of Perons, Manalin and La*>upi& or band. Fhvstciana Prescription^ carefully compounded. Witto Proof to convict the mau who said we ?were GIVING AWAY PIANOS ANO ORGANS. WE are selling so LOW and on such EASY terms that there was some reason in the report. But we must iuBUt that it i?, to a certain extent, a mistake. N?*xt time you come to town drop in and shako hands with us. You know we handle SEWING MACHINES also. THE C. k. REED MUSIC HOUSE. A Well Furnished Some Is not necessarily an expensively furnished one, as at TOLLY'S hand some, even sumptuous, FURNITURE is procurable without great outlay. Not that we deul in knocked-togetker, madc'to sell sort, but because we arc coin cut with a reasonable profit on really g??od articles of Furniture. Our best witness is tho Goods them selves. Yours truly, rso I \WkY's "."? G. P. TOLLY & SON, The Old Kelinble Furniture Dealers, Depot St., Anderson, S. C. FARMERS, FARMERS! 'repare for the coming Plowing Season by Ailing your Blacksmith Shop with good Tools, such as---. Anvils, Hammers, Clevers, Vises, Forges, Bellowses, Etc , Of which we carry a full line, and can sell them at prices that every one can afford to buy. We can supply you in the best - GALVANIZED BARBED WIRE, Six-inch or four-inch, at the market price. Also, Galvanized Poultry Wire, any height, from 30-inch to 6 feet, all at a low price. Come and see ns before you buy. B KOCK BROS, Anderson, S. C.~ Now is the Tim? to Buy Y??u a WE can give them to you et any price, and any kind that you want. We have a good No. 7 Stove with 27 pieces of ware for $7.75. We have a big lot of IRON KINO and ELMO STOVES which yon know are the best Stoves on the market. Kow we just want to speak to you one word about our HEATING STOVES, Especially ab ?ut our Air Tight Heater, which you know is the greatest heater on earth. If you would see one of them in use or try one of them, you would not have anything else. And just look at the price-they cost almost noth ing-only $1.75 u, to $6.00. We want to call your attention to our big Stock of Tinware, Glassware and Crockery. Now we have just got too much of this and it must bo sold, eo we iua want you to come and look and let us price you through. We have some of the prettiest piec e* uf Odd < Inna you ever saw. Would make nice Wedding, Birthday and Christmas Presents. Now we aro just opening up tho biggest line of TOYS vou ever eftW We want you to come round and bring thc children and let them see a grand sight in Toys. And remember that all of these Goods must be fold at some price be tween now and the 25th day of December. Come now while you cun get a good selection of everything. Yours truly, OSBORNE & OSBORNE. 8 w 0 s3 fi BS n nd g Sa CT-g Q ;> M Sd O < M F H OATS, OATS, AND RICE FLOUR. WE ARE HEADQUARTERS for all KINDS of GRAIN. Three Thousand Bushels of TEXA8 RED RU8T PROO^ OATS. One Car of that famous HENRY OAT (or Winter Grazing Oat.) The only Oat that will positively stand any kind of weather. Have just received Two Cars of fine FEED O V TS at lowest prices. Have just received Three Cars of RICE FLOUR for fattening your hogs, end it comes much cheaper than any other feed and is much better. Toara respectfully, O. D. ANDERSON & BRO.