The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, August 07, 1901, Page 3, Image 3
SARGE PLUNKETT
IPleaeaxir, CReturn. to a, Good <Qaa <OhiiF?h.
vwe ?Know.
.Atlanta Constitution.
Big mee ting time ia a glorious time
for o!d folks. Like ? old clocks, we
need finding ap once in awhile, and
G big meeting is tho-key that-makes
our hearts beat stronger, our hopes
rise higher, and wo mark time with
new vigor aud p..more cheerful stroke.
Me and Brown went baok to our old
settlement? laat^week, and a big meet
ing was j just inprorrAM th?tmade it
eaay to -see all whom we knew, and
that refreshed us and-wound us up to
tick with new vigor*and. to feast.upon
-some memories that will ever be dear
and cheering on our way.
Webed nearly run down till we took
thia <trip of last weak and worshipped
-again in the good old cburoh whero we
used to worship. ?It was big meeting
time ?nd oar old neighbors had pressed
us to bo there.and to strive all togeth
er to have a . revival of tho go M old
religion es>it asad to be. It is one of
the old -ehurjhes that is .quite old
fogy ead, strenge to - say, there bas
never been.a proposition to move it to
-come aere convenient plac?. The
.graveyard oan be aeon from a-side
.door? -end it ia there that mo and
Brown found the >moBt*>pf the nemos
that we used to know. 'Thcror-has
never boon-en organ .in this old church,
but they ?have . soma pretty new sesga
?which they sing in tb?- good old way*
As tho moura era gathered ot the altar
they wig "Gathering in the Sheaves"
so much in an old-time way that
iBrown cried right out and. I shed a
few tears ?myself. We were not
ashamed - of this nor did any ching less
seem to be ezpeoted. Our happiest
days were spent *a-and around this old
church. *We used to. go to school in a
little house whioh stood down by the
.spring, aud-.our pionios were in the
woods around - tb ie very place. As
sweet Lgirlo as ever blessed Georgia
.gc tho red' Svom three, and ? four mile? to
attend thia school and there was never
a thought -of its being a very, great
feat to -walk thia distance. As I call
to mind thesa.girl8.and think of thom
as they bleosed the world in after
years, it makes me tired.* to* hear talk
of pron ding ?eye fer the children of
these.days to ride to school.
livery thing -still gees on in the old
fashioned wey. 'Dinner wea served
free for 'all every dey, ead there wu
?a abundance of it. ' ^While the men
weteiedteod'ffed their-horseB, thvgirls
and .mothers apread-enow-white cloths
>m the -shades on the slope to the
opring andi the work cf unloading the
baskets wee -a ..pleasure ?and ? frolic.
Prc tty agirla, and awoet mothers scram
bled things in eueh a -way aa to make
it all in common, and there could be
oe feeling 'that ?ene -was .unwelcome
the dinner belonged ta everybody, end
all felt that way. So mo of the, people
cf the towns .raho.are -disposed to. pity
the c ountry 'folks ought'to have seen
these dinner;;. S ooh .nice bread from
new wh?at or .good country ?ground
corn, if .yon .wanted 'Ai? <Home raised
hara, dhiokon, mutton, 'beef, shoat,
.pickles, preserves, fruit, .cakes, cus
tards, pies. Everything urns ^thore
that one .could have -desired and in the
greatest abundance. I don't eat much
myself--nattery mach-but ?I do like
to bc around on such -oceasi.io-j as
these and .watch the .young?Georgia
boys and girls. (These young folks
can't fool me-there io iota of-courting
going on yet, just as there used-to be,
and I rejoiced to see it. flhe,country
is safe so long as these ycang folka-do
mate, and marry and settle down oe
the farms in the good old way. This
old settlement .ha? -beeil peculiarly
blessed tn Jceeptqg out the "progres
sive" ideas. Tho temper of the .peo
ple wee .indicated by a eermeu from
the pastor.on the folly of fashion.. I
let you know- .that he handled .the
ladies of fashion with .gloves off. fie
was a real good, old-fashioned fellow,
but he was ?pretty near -as moan sm
Sam Jones wheo bo .talked about 0
woman who would prefer to ?follow the
fashion than to have sweet children.
He was at ?his meanest, though, whoa
be discussed women who would turo
tbeir children over to servaut* and
hazily knew their mother's toueh.
The old fellow worked on the feelings
of his congregation about the growing
disposition of "progressive" women to
?birk motherhood, till J actually be
lieve that if an agent had come along
to soil a chicken incubator he would
bave been mobbed. All the time thia
good o)d man was preaching several
babies made their presence ia the con
gregation known, 'some by crowing,
*otue by crying aud some by nibbling
?? a cold biscuit and scattering moro
crumbs on the floor than they put in
their mouths, but not a soul seemed
disturbed and, not a? word of tho
Preaoher was lost because of their
Presence, lt may npt be just the
Proper thing to oarry thoao babes to
Web, but it is botter than to loave
them at home to nibblo at a bottle and
tty till the mother's return. People
wonder why it is that church attend
ance ia falling off. The old preaoher
asserted that mothers with babies
wera not wanted at .most of the
churches, and so the mother became
estranged by remaining away and oar
ing for the babe-and hero-he alapped
his hands cud bawled that the moth
ers were right. O think they are
God bleas such old-time churches
and bless snob old-time people. As I
ait sod looked over the ooogregation 1
involuntarily counted the babies.
They were a prolific people, and I
counted three sets of ow in s in one
congregation. Even two did not worry
thc mother and the young father
seemed to be j ?'st as. proud again from
having two aa he wortld assist the
young mother io their care. As 1
watched One after another of these
babies nestle their sweet faces down
in th? folds of the mother* e dress end
fall to sleep, i oould but reflect upon
the beauty of the thing. All the
frescoed wells end glittering chandel
iers end cushioned seats and oarpcted
.aisles pale in elegance with ouch e
eoeoe. A- pretty babe asleep on the
breast at an old-fashioned meeting
house is the sweetest thing this side
of heaven, a rebuke to fashion and a
proaieefor thc future ?that oan never
be expected from ohildrer .aised np
by servants and almost strangers to
the mothers who follow the fashions.
As I locked -upon these babies and
these ?others and thought upon the
contrast between their ways and the
ways of ^fashion," >I waa fully con
vinced as to why young people used to
bc more disposed to marry than they
are new and why divorces were so un
common thea.
Children raised in the arms of good
mothers have the promise of being a ;
blessing beyond measure.
Of course you must go home with
these people who live around these
good old churches. Some live in
shady nook? back in the woods p,od
drink from the springs. Some live
in better houses on the big roads.
Seme nave homes of abundance in the
volleys by the streams and some in
stately houses on the hills. At the
humblest of hose homes you will find
a hospitality, a virtue and a sweetness
in women that ic scarcely matched and
never surpassed. Yon will receive a j
welcome peculiar to Georgia country
folk, I think, end will feel at once at
home. And these are old-fogy, people,
and old-time ways. None suoh as
these would ever desire tho-State to
famish carriages for children to ride
to school, and if the truth wasdeoown,
they would be more than glad to eeo
the public school system of. the conn
try districts entirely abolished.aud a
return to thc old field schcol -system
and to the stern old teaohers as we
had.
.Brown has realized forty-eight dol
lar s and seventy-five cents from black
berries this season and there is 00
doing anything with him.
SAUGE PLUNKETT.'
Cores Contagions Bleed Poison.
Tai AI. TREATMENT FI&BE.-It IS
especially the deep seated, obstinate
oases that B. TS. B, Cures. Ic matters
not if the doctors or patent medicines
have failed to cure, B. B. B. (((Botanic
?Blood Balm) always promptly .roaches
-tho poison and roots out and draina it
from the system, heals every sere or
pimple, stops hair from falling -ont,
and.cures the disease so the Symptoms
can uever return.
B. S. B. cured K.' B. Jones, Atlan
ta, Ga., of contagious blood poison.;
.bsd copper colored eruptions all over
the body., excruciating aohea and *>?ins {
du bones and joints, falling of tho hair,
sore throat. His troubles resisted thc
treatment of the most noted doctors,
yet he waa completely eurr.i by ten
bottles of Botanic Blood Balm (B. B.
JB."; Hoher t Ward. Maxey, Ga., suf
fered from socbudary and tertiary
blood poison, face and shoulders a
.mass of corruption and. sores ; began
to*eat into the skull bones; eleven bot
tles of B. B. B. completely oured him.
If you have eotema, cancer, scrofula,
ridings, boils, ule ere, then B. B. B.
will make a perfect ?ure.
Trial treatment free by writing
Blood Balm Co., 380 Mitchell street,
Atlanta, Ga. Describe your trouble
and we will include free personal med
ical advice. Over 3,000 cures by B.
B. B. Orr-Gray & CoM Wilhite &
Wilhitc, and Evans Pharmacy*
- In tliS county court house at
Clarke ville, Tenn., Friday four ai tor- j
neya ongagefvin a desperato shooting
affray, hit only three of the four are
wounded and none of the wounds are
uongerouB.
Keep your vital organs in good con
dition if you would -have health
through the malarial seasou. Prickly
Ash Bitters cleanses and strengthens
the stomach, liver and - boweh and
helps the system to resist disease
germs, livens Pharmacy.
? - Tho massed navies of tho world
would include 360 battleships, 471
cruisers. 1,255 gunboats and over 1,600
torpedo boats.
Deadly Days for Mules.
By a stroke of the pen declaring
live stock coutraband of war this gov
ernment could have added, at a mod
erate estimate, a year to the war in
-South Africa. American horses and
mules have mounted and remounted
the British cavalry, supplied aad re*
I supplied the muscle to move tho artil
lery and furuished and refurnished
.pack trains. Texas has been drained
of mules, and Kansas, Wyoming, Mis
souri and other stock-raising States cf
the West have been so nearly depleted
that the $40 animals of 1899 bring to
day $90. More than half as many
mules and horses as men have gone to
? the. English army. One hundred and
one thousand have been shipped 'from
- this country alone. And still a trans
port a week with 1,000 cr more Luaus
leaves New Orleans.
This is by far tho largest exporta
. tion of live stook for military purpos
es thc world has ever known. Along
! with the purchases of live stock, mil?
! liens of dollars have been spent for
I fodder and lumberofor equipping large
I stockyards, having an army of labor
ers, veterinarians, carpenters and ma
chinists, and maintaining an official
staff here.
General Samuel Pearson, of th<
Boer army, has been in this country
since November last working diligent'
ly to put an end to this mule supply
His suit ia the Federal Court at Nov
Orleans to stop the shipments, Judg<
Parlange decided, was not a mattel
the Court could pass upon; ifc*waa foi
the Cabinet to decide. General Pear
son was unsuccessful in -his efforts a
Washington. But he is still at work
and is about to reopen the case at Ne^
Orleans on new grounds.
Two months before the hostilitio
began England had officers in Austric
Portugal, Canada and the Unite
States purchasing animals. All thea
stations were opened that no dela;
should be suffered, but the cost of th<
stock being from 50 to ?100 per uenf
higher in the other countries and th
quality much inferior, they were soo
abandoned and entire reliance place?
upon the United States.
The first shipment sailed from jus
above New Orleans October 10, 1891
two days before war was deolared
The Pr&n carried out that day 67
mules-a small load. Subsequec
shipments all ran higher, the City o
Manchester, which sailed Novemb<
21, carrying the largest cargo of etoo
that ever sailed-2,080 mules an
horses. Mules formed by far ti
larger part of all shipments.
Regular cattle shina could not I
secured. But the pri?es offered wo
Bttffioieut to make the owners of o nur
ber of cotton carriers then awaiti i
cargoes, turn them into transport
The animals are packed closely aide I
side. There is standing room onl,
A loss of 10 per oent. on some trips i
the summer is considered small. Tho:
is a veterinary surgeon aboard eal
boat, and from 75 to 100 muleteer
j The latter, after feeding and waterii
the stook each day, have to jgive
hand in dosing the eiok, binding tl
bruised sufferers from the ship's roi
ing, end slinging up those too weak
Btaud longer.
There is another task-that of hole
ing over the dead. The transpoi
seem to be known among, and spott
by, tbe great fishes. .Porpoises, sh ar
and the like follow them for days, f
they are sure of at least three goc
meals of mule every day.
The swiftest vessels of the fie
make the distance to Cape Town in
days. '?By this time many of the po
creatures, from standing still so lon
without room to turn around, are t
stiff to move and have to be lifted o
of the siails. They soon recover
those not too far gone-and when th
.realize that they are again on tei
firma they jump and buck with joy 1
yond control. But it is simply givi
them another tasto of life before I
?laughter; for fever, insects and b
ilets make short wonk of them.
.Occasionally storms are -anoount
ed that toss the ships about so tl
saany of the beasts are maimed a
?rippled beyond recovery or killed o
right. The Corinthia eaoounterec
gale that blew her upon a reef off Hi
ti io January, 1900. After ?vc d?
work ia attempting to float her s
was girr n up. Blore tuan 1,090 mu!
were tacen up on deck, and after th
noses had been pointed toward 2?
so that they might see and seent
they wore lowered overboard. F<
hundred swam tho distance. T
others were either unequal to the
fort after being penned up so long,
spent their strength in vain efforts
get aboard the ship and the tug bo;
about her.
Of late the percentage of loss ame
the animals has been growing less,
first any mule from 13 to 14 hai
high or horse from 14 v> 16, sound
limb and in geed con?iiio?, after th
days' last to recover from the rai In
journey to New Orleans, was loa<
for Cape Town. Now only an anil
with a tried constitution is sont.
Kansas City, St. Louis, Dallas, Ho
ton, corrals for collection aro mi
tained. * To those recruiting stati
candidates are brought^ Any. t
pass aro retained until the num
has grown largo enough to warrant
chartering of a train. Then they
shipped to New Orleans, ?here sta
bles that will accommodate nearly
ii.OOO are operated. Here they are
assorted and gotten into condition for
shipment. The first' assortment is tho
sick and bruised from the well. The
former are sent to the hospital.
They are exorcised daily and fed up
for the.journey. Baoh animal is vac
cinated. Then they are assorted for
fitness for the various services. Each
is numbered on the hoof and marked
with a broad arrow if for the heavy
artillery, a email arrow for the light
and a double cress for the oavalry.
Those simply numbered go into the
pack trains or are assigned to other
service.
With the muleteers the qualifica
tions have grown less rigid. At first,
at tho offer of free transportation, the
British ouluers u??iu pick their men.
All the discharged Spanish war sol
diers were chosen. But particular
care w?s takes that they should not
get near a Boer recruiting station. Fi
nally when the South African enthu
siasm began to wane, the price had to
j be raised; return transportation was
added, later return transportation and
$15. But New Orleans was drained.
Now hoboes and tramps are enlisted
from any old place. They get free
transportation on the tops of the stock
trains from as far away as Chicago,
and the Britishers are soratohing
harder for them than they are for
mules.__
:-An active crusade against the
wearing of ladies' corsets is being car
ried on at Buda-tPesth. The Hunga
rian minister for publie instruction
has issued an energetio order against
their use, forbidding all girt pupils at
tending public and private day sohools
in Hungary from wearing them. Herr
von WlassicB declares in his ordor
that th? corset prevents the fall devel
opment of the bodily organs and stunts
the grrwth. He desires a uniform
blouse to be adopted in its stead.
-. The population'of Idaho has in
creased 82 per cot, since 1890, that
of Montana -70 per cent. North Dako
ta 67. Wyoming 46 and Washington
45. Nevada is the only state which
shows an actual decrease in population
iinoo 1890.
- John Silence married Mary Peace
in a KausaB town the other day.
? Minister's Geed Werk.
"I had a severe attack of bilious
eolio, got a bottle of Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
took ?wo doses and was entirely cured,"
says Rev. A. A. Power, of 'Emporia,
Kan. "My neighbor aoross the street
was sick for over a weak, had two or
three bottles of medicine-from the
doctor. He used them for three or
four days without relief, then called
in ant. tuer doctor who treated him for
some days and gave him no relief, so
discharged him. I went over to see
him the nest morning. Ho said his
bowels were in a terrible fix, tbntthoy
had been running off so long that it
waa almost bloody flux. I asked him
if he had tried Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and he
said 'No.' I went home and brought
him my bottle and gave him one dose;
told him to take another dose in fif
teen or twenty minutes ?if he did not
find relief, but he took no more and
was entirely cured." .For sale by
Orr-Gray db Co.
DUE WEST FER
OFFERS A. B., B. S., Normal, Muslo, ?
der experienced.tesonera, and tba beet mo
an ideal Gollago oommnntty. The purest
restraint?. The last year waa most BU coe
occupied. Applications should be made e
June ly/iooi-oct l
D. S. VANDIVER.
VANDIVI
MERCI
HAVE BIG- LINES OF
Sample Shoes*
That are going at - a great sacrifice-'
Goods are new and firat-clars in every
gains. Hundreds of people have a
prices, and saved big money by doing i
FLOUR, CORR
MEAL? SUGAB
AND TOBACC4
You will always lind what you want a<
to please our trade. We are sure no c
than we can. Won't you give us a loo
convince you that it is to your interest
Give us a trial.
D. , J I DIVER. j. J. ^
Vandiver Br
If ysa want a Fine, Medium o;
Bu;
We can sell it to you and save you mo:
Fancy Young Mena Buggies to be foui
We have a large stock of "BIRD;
Wai
At lowest price?.
a?* We sell the PLANO MOW]
see thens.
'Your trade appreciated.
VANDIVER B
LYON'S French Pi
Strictly vegetable, perfectly
, DESIRED RESULTS. Grcal
ft?llVlftH Sowaroof <*vmter?cltft ami imluulon
wtliMVT ton with fac-Mmilc Kignaturo on sld
Bead for Circular to WILLIAMS MKU. CO.. Solo Ag
For 8 ni*? hy Sva'ua jp lu
! Rivals Klondike. -
ATLANTA. Joly 27.-Thore aro ma
terial indications in existence that a
mining company, composed in the ma
jority of Atlanta men, has struok a
vein of gold-bearing soil, rivaling in
richness and parity the best that
California showed in the days of '49
or the Klondike rc7ealed in later days.
Thia modern El Dorado ia located in
the State of Georgia, ia Wilkes Coun
ty, and the Atlanta owners of the
property are I. H. Oppenheim, Mon
roe Biokhart and A. Bluthenthal.
These gentlemen, with William D.
! Storey, a mine prospector and W. H.
Flukor, of McDuffie County, consti
tute what is termed the Columbia
Mining Company, by whioh is owned
\ the land upon whioh tho lead of gold
is discovered.
From a singlo ton of earth taken
from thiR newly discovered mine,
whioh is known as the Latimer mine,
gold to the amount of ? 12,040 was re
cently gotten. This, it is claimed by
owners of the mine, is the richest yield
ever known to be taken from a single
ton of earth, the nearest approaeh to
it being the celebrated Comstock mine
of Colorado, which assayed $10,000 to
a ton of the gold-bearing soil. The
correctness of these figures is attested
by the affidavits of thoae by whom the
figures were obtained.
There are in sight so far in the
vein just unearthed, whioh oan be
panned out into pure gold for a mere
nominal cost, about ll tona of earth.
When the gold ia taken from the ore
it will approximate very close to $300,
000 ia value. This is but the first
step io the work of unearthing the
fall deposit. The miner's wealth, of
coarse, is but a conjecture, but from
early ovid ?noos it is not improbable
that il may be the beginning of a
flood of treasure from the bosoci of
Georgia, rivaling in extent and quality
some of the gifts the west has made to
the enriohmentof the world's treasury.
Bicycle Versus a Cow.
An Irish farmer went into an iron
monger's ahop to buy a scythe. After
serving him the shopmao asked him
if he would buy a bioyele.
"What is that?" queried the Irish-,
man.
"It's a maehioe to ride about the
town on."
"And, abure what might the price
of it be?"
"Fifteen pounds."
"I'd rather see fifteen pounds in a
cow."
"But what a fool you would look
?riding round the town on the baok of
a cowl**
"Share, now," replied the Irishman,
"act half sttoh a fool as I'd look try
ing to milk a bicyole."-Tit-Bfa.
The laws cf health require that the
bowelB move once each day and ono of
the penalties for violating this law is
.piles. Keep your bowels regular by
taking a dose of Chamberlain s Stom
ach and Liver Tablets when necessary
and you will never have that severe
punishment inflicted upon you. Pri?e,
2b oents. For sale by Orr-Gray & Co.
HALE COLLEGE.
Ixpresalon, Art and business courses un- '
ral, social and religions environment, In
tubular well water. Home comforts and
saful, every room in the building being
arly for next term. Terms low.
JAMES BOYCE, Pr?sident.
?ne West, 8. C.
E. P. VANDIVER
SR BROS-,
HANTS,
Pants and Hats
way down below their value These
respect, and you will find them big bar-.
1 ready taken advantage of these low
so. On GROCERIES, such as
r, HAY, BACON,
t, COFFEE,
J.
t the right price. We work and study
me can protect your interests better
>k J If you will we think we can soon
as well as ours to trade at our Store.
VANDIVER 3R08.
JAJOR. E. P. VANDIVER.
os. & Major.
r Cheap
ney. We have the nobbiest Hue of
ad, and want to show them to you.
SELL'S and "WHITE HICKORY'
jons
ER and BINDER, >iud want you to
ROTHERS & MAJOR.
iriodical Drops
n
harmless', sure to accomplish
?cst known female remedy.
%4 Tho Kcmilnc is put up only In paste-board liar
u of tho bott!?, thus: ^->? <C^7i^-^?->?^
outs, Cloveland.OUlo. ,^3??2=-?S22>
armaey, AndorNon. S. O.
With Proof to convict the man who said we
were GIVING AWAY
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
WE are Belling so LOW and ou such EA8Y terms that there was some
reason ia the report. But we must insist that n is, to a certain, extend, a
mistake.
Next time you come to town drop in and shake hands with us.
You know we handle SEWING MACHINES also.
THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE.
WE WANT
YOUR WIFE
To see the pretty new arrivals in
our China Ware Department.
CAN WE
Not sell her a new supplt for
Spring ? * Our} prices ! are very low.
At least
HAVE HER
Come in. She will enjoy looking
at the 'pretty and novel things for
the year 190*4
A Well Furnished Sonne
Ia not necessaiily an expensively *
furnished one, as at TOLLY'S hand
some, even sumptuous, FURNITURE
is procurable without great outlay,
Not that we deal in knocked-together,
made-to-sell sort,.but because we are
content with a reasonable profit on
really good articles of Furniture.
Ou ir best witness is the Goods them*
selves.
Yours truly,
G. P. TOLLY & SON,
The Old Reliable Furniture Dealers, Depot St., Anderson, 8. C.
Now is the Time to Buy You a . . .
New Cooking Stove
WE can give them to you at'any price, and any kind that you wanto.
We have a good No. 7 Stove with 27 pieces of ware for 87.75. We have s
big lot of IRON KING and ELMO STOVES which you know are the bea
Stoves on the market.
Now we just want to speak to you one word about our
HEATING- STOVES,
Especially about 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 wouia
not have anything else. And just look at the price-they cost almost noth
ing-only 01.75 up to $6.00.
We want to call yo?r atteni ion to our big Stock of
Tinware, Glassware and Crockery.
Now we have just got too much of this and it must be sold, so we ?u
want you to come and look and let us price you through.
We have some of the prettiest pieces of Odd China you ever saw. Would
make nice Wedding, Birthday and Christmas Presents.
Now we are just opening up the biggest line of TOYS vou e?er saw
We want you to come round aud bring the children and let them see a grand
sight in Toys.
And remember that all of these Gooda must be sold at some price be
tween now and the 25th day of December. Come now while you can get
good selection of everything. Yours truly,
OSBORNE & OSBORNE.
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OATS, OATS, AND RICE FLOUR.
WE ARE HEADQUARTERS for all KINDS of GRAIN.
Three Thousand Bushels of TEXAS RED RUST PROOF OATS.
One Car of that famous HENRY OAT (or Winter Grazing Oat.) The
only Oat that will positively 8tami any kind of weather.
Have just received Two Curs of fine FEED OA.TS at lowest prices.
Have just received Three Cars of RICE FLOUR for fattening your
hogs, and it comes much cheaper than any other feed and \n much better.
Yours respectfully,