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BILL ARPE Hax'tow 3?hilo?oph.er ! Cae Atlanta Vc "To tho victors belong the spoils." This waa an old war maxim of the Ro mans in Julius Caesar's day-and was akin to that other ono, "vac vic tis," woe unto the conquered. In 1831, when General Jackson was sweeping the field and removing iVom federal office every whig who had been ap pointed, William L. Marcy, who waa in the United States Senate, defended him in a great speech and promulgated that maxim, "To the victors belong the spoils." Marcy was a very brilliant statesman, but a very bitter partisan. II* was Governor of New York three terms, Judge of the Supreme Court, Secretary of War ander Polk, Secre tary of State under Pierce, and ho used this maxim just as far as he was allowed to. He detested the whig party and defined an old line whig to be "a conceited gentleman who took a drink when he pleased and never voted the Democratic ticket." This reminds mo of an old man I met in Arkansas, who said to me, "Mr. Arp, I'm g Wi ne onto 80 years old-me and my. old 'oman have lived together fifty-nine years and jined the same Baptist Church the year we was mar ried and every year since then I have voted the Democratic ticket." His politics was a good part of his religion. I remember when the alienation be tween Whigs and Democrats was quite as bitter for many years as it has been between Republicans and Democrats at the South-social equality even in small towns was strained by politics. This alienation got into the churches and colleges. -There was no outward breaoh of good manners, but it was manifested in various ways that the Whigs felt they were better than the Democrats, for they were generally wealthy and educated and owned slaves. Out of 165 students in our Slate University in 1845, 130 of them were sons of 'Whigs. I am still a Democrat, and my father was before me, but I have always respected the grand old Whig party of the South, and lamented its disruption. I still remember with pride and admiration the names of Toomba, Stephens; Ben Hill, Jenkins, Dr. Miller, Crawford, Ber rien, the Halls and Holts and Un derwoods and Doughterys, for I knew them all personally and heard them on the stump and in the forum. But the disruption had to come both in church and State. The Whigs could not any longer stand the company they were in-Norther o Whigs became Re publicans and affiliated with aboli tionists in their political platforms. They precipitated the civil war, and from that Was born plunder and cor ruption. I do not mean to say that all Democrats aro patriotic and honest nor that all Republicans are unprin cipled and dishonest. When our un sophisticated preacher, Ed. Axson, said to Judge Underwood that he could hot believe Tweed, was guilty of stealing ali that money in New York city, for Tweed 'was a Democrat, the judge - smiled and said: "My dear sir, you are too innocent and unsus pecting to live in this wicked world. I am twice aa old as you are and my observation bas been that it is within the range of possibility for a Demo crat to steal." But what I do say is that the Demooratio party has more conscience and is less greedy than the Republicans. Shortly after tho war a Dutchman in Chattanooga killed his fat shote and hung it up in the back yard to/ cool during the night--next morning he waa horrified to find that one-half of tl o hog waa gone. He ran around wild and waa very much excited and deolared that some mean old stinking Democrat had carried off one-half of his beautiful shote. "What makes you think he was a Democrat?" a neighbor asked. "Vy, of course he vas a Dimoorat-ol* course he vas-for a Republican would hav stole de whole hog." That's it exactly. They want it all. Jiut. now is the time for a ?roat refor mation. Martin Luther brought one in tho church and 1 believe that Roosevelt, will bring one to tho m&n agement of our national affairs. He knows of the corruption and has de termined to purge it. He will appoint good men to Office regardless of their political principles. He will not be governed by that maxim of Marcy's. He is sn ardent believer in civil ser vice reform. General Grant had tho law passed in 1872 to stop the public plunder, but ho couldn't enforce it and it became a dead letter, in 187fi and. 1880 both partie? pretended to favor ita revival and they put it aa a plank in their platforms. In 1883 Congress passed the present vigorous law on tho subject, hu t party pressure j evades it as much as possible and that g unchristian, uncivilized maxim of "to ? ; h-.* victors . belong thc spoils' ' st il 1 E prevails. Tho civil servico' rc fort.? S does not apply to all thc little offices, I hut ia pretended to be enforced in tun \ LETTER. Q-oes Back to Jvilras sar. institution. important ones. Thirty thousand railway postal clerks are subject to it and the law is more rigidly enforced in the postal department than any other. Now we hope and have a right io expect that Mr. Roosevelt will see to it that no objectionable postmaster shall be appointed in any town North Or Benth.' Thc pCSiCuiC? ia . emphati cally the people's office. It ought really to be au elective office in every town and village. It is close akin to home and home affairs and the saored and secret things of our.homes. Men, women and Children hav-j a < .ar? in it and no one but a feicd-hearved, ac commodating man pr woman of good, respectar social standing in thc community should be appointed. There is an eternal fitness of things that cannot be disregarded with im punity and no broad-minded man would appoint a negro as postmaster at Athens or Augusta or any white man's town. Why not try one at ' Canton, Ohio, or Dayton, or any other J cultured city of the North? Why in? i suit our people with such federal offi cials. They say that we are all brethren now, but as the poet says: "I know that you say that you love me, But why did you kick me downstairs?" Now just think of it-and ponder it-what an opportunity for. Mr. Roosevelt to win to him many mil lions of good people who have been long estranged. . He can do this and not strain his Republicanism. What a great thing it is for a king or an em peror or a president to be loved by his subjeots or his people. What a glo rious . reform it would be for all the conservative citizens of the North and the South, tho East and the Wes* to wipe out the party lines and with o ~d heart and one mind say to Mr. Roose velt, sir, your high-toned, pure, patri otic and unprejudiced administration since the death of Mr. McKinley has commanded our reapeot and admira tion. We therefore nominate you to succeed yourself. I believe it to be possible* for this to trappen. Keep'on that line, Mr. Roosevelt. Put the best men in office regardless bf party lines and my old friend, Evan Howell, and I will baote* you, but we will not flop over* to the Republican party all of a sudden, ao Bob Lowry did. It will have to repent and apologise a long time before I will trust them and shake hands across the bloody chasm. I've got such a long habit of being a Democrat that I'm too old to change. Bob Lowry is much younger, and so is Roosevelt. Lowry can turn Re publican if he chooses and Roosevelt can turn Democrat, we don't oare. BILL ARP. Rheumatism-Catarrh In Ute BI~od. AT LAST A CUMS-TRIAL TREAT MENT FREE.-It iV tho deep-seated, obstinate oases of catarrh and rheuma tism, the kind that have refused to heal under ordinary treatment that B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) cures. It matters not what other treatments, doctors, sprays, liniments, medicated air, blood purifiers, have failed to do, B. B. B. always promptly reaches the real cause and roots out and drains from the bones, joints, mucous mem brane and entire system the sp?cifie poison in the blood that causes Rheu matism or Catarrh. B. B. B. is the .only remedy strong enough to do this and eure, so . there-Can never be a re t urn of the symptoms.x If you have 6ai ns or aohco in bones, joints or aok, swollen glands, tainted breath, noises in the head, discharges of mu cous, * ulceration of the membranes, blood thin, get easily tired, a treat ment with B. B. B. will stop every symptom b.v making the blood pure and nob. . Druggists $1. Trial treat ment freo by addressing Blood Balm Co.. 380 Mitohell street, Atlan ta, Ga. Describe your trouble and free medical advice given. Blood [ Balm, thoroughly tested for MO years; over 3,000 voluntary testimonials of I cures by B. B. B. Orr-Gray & Co., Wilhito & Wilhite, and Evans Phar macy. - There are two great classes of miserable people hi the world-those who worry beoaupo they have no mon ey and those wi?*: worry because they hav<? to worry over tho money, they have, A Typical South African Store. O. R. Larson, of Bay Villa, Sundays River, Cape Colony, conducts a store typical of South Africa, at which can be purchased anything from tho pro verbial "needle to an anchor." This store is situated in a valley nine miles from the nearest railway station and about twenty-fivo miles from the near est town. Mr. Larson says: "lam favored with the custom of farmers Triihis m ladiua"of thirty miles, to many of whom i have supplied Cham berlain's remedies. AU testify to their value in a household where a doctor's advice ia almost out of tho question. Within one milo of my store the population is perhaps wisty. Of these, within Lue past twelve months^ no less thau 1 fourteen have been ? absolu trie onred by ?harsber lain'-j Cr?nfth remedy. This must surely be a r?cord." . For sale by-Orr Gray &Co.' Tb Mys divir. 4 full ( has t io n sta ni mear lucta cond one i whei be si Pr tion throl foun son? scan ania show the i maje som? IcDC' the - sect thin oper cd ' spac thee is : th?] of a one som nea the aga awt if It i awe frai I im] is pro lit wie lip bm an< j is ? wo tin sar car me ex] of tuuhu seem tuey go iar towar I making life less happy than it shou I be. The temptation to make a wit remark at the expense of some ii qnaintance is often very great, a especially so to persons who ha gained a reputation for cleverness; b he who will iose such an opportuni rather than give pain or discomfort another deserves to be placed, alo with the mah who rules his spit above the conquerer of a oity. Bat bad as ia the habit of jesting the disoomfort of others it is a trifli fault compared to the love of gosi which impels people to repeat ev< report they hear without taking 1 trouble to inquire how much truth contains. Even when it is who true, it is generally so muck better keep silence about it instead of pa iiig it on to the next acquaintance c meets. A morbid anxiety to t something new impels the lover gossip to oatoh at the slightest hint some unusual, occurrence, and then j repeal the story to every friend meets with all the minuteness of eye-witness. Usually? if confrou with a denial and disproof of i story he has helped to emulate, h< ready enough to regret "the mistak or to say he only repeated what was told, or what he understood; that gooB only a short way towards pairing the harm that has been do for a false report can travel so far i so fast that the swiftest denial never overtake it. But supposi story to be perfectly true, why she anyone allow a love of talk to o' come every consideration of pity the erring, and of sympathy for the nooent who have been made to su by his misdeeds? The crime or fault may be great, but if it do concern us personally what poss pleasure can wo find in proclaims to the world? It is surely a< where silence is divine-unfortuna too divine to bo often praoticed. If it were only malicious, evil-m ed persons who took delight in ex iog the sins and weaknesses of oth there would not be anything suri iog in it; but when we find Chris women, who are scrupulously exac thc performance of every other c and. charitable co a fault HO t's almsgiving is concerned, so uuohai ble in speech and wil'.iug to briiig grace on others- /ven on tho? their own sex whim their wami instincts should impel them to tact-we oannot but wonder how that they are so unconscious of grievous fault in themselves. If \ would only recall the divine ail of their Master when a certain wo was brought to Him for condamnai they would not bc among thc fin cast a stone at the weak and v. rrj nj to crush with th ?ir ?ioorn those have already fallen. , ; Again, there are many eases w silence is best even though thc w we might utter are porfeclly true, controversies where thc disputant ?once that! by the loss that ho has .toed. ere is something very impressive fi idea of thoso conventual orders inpose upon their members a vow rpetual silence. To bc a deaf is bad enough, but then tho person has never heard the Jd of human voice, or responded to s of affection with Uko endear s; and ho has learned to express Ks feelings by &igns so that* he s no Other manifestation of them, to have once known and exercised flowers of speech, aud then volun to relinquish its use, when temotion of the heart sends thc words crowding to the lips that ealed as though death itself had dy laid his finger upon them, cer y involves a power of self-re nt of which but few arc capable, may, at least, learn from these |crrt brotherhoods" that if they strength of will to so curb the ly member and condemn it to nal silence, wo should be able to in it so that no evil or injurious |1 shall ever escape from it. Proba wc do not seo the uso of their inflicted silence, but wc must ad that tho world in general would ouch the better if there were icss ing, and if it were occasionally tod to some "eloquence bursts of bee."-Charleston Sunday Nitcs. - Only i? woman's first marriage is te in heaven; she arranges tho ind herself. ff?-" ia do your work Mo soap, no soda, no borax, no ammonia nothing but watet* im needed vfth GOLD OUST to clean anything-pots, pans, furniture, clothes, wood work. It requires only half the labor as soap or any other cleanser, and costs much less. See that the name "Fairbanks" and the "Gold Dust Twins" are on the package. Ref uss all imitations and substitutes. THL % K. FAERSANK COMPANY. Chicago. St Louis, Mew York. Boston. FRED G. BROWN, Pren, and Treas. FR AMI A. BURBIDGE, ?uporlnte ?ont. H. E. BURRI-8, Secretary. OFFICE OF ANDERSON FERTILIZER COMPANY, -MANUFACTURERS OF - ASE Grades Fertilizers, Acid Phosphates, - AND IMPORTERS OF - German Kainit, Muriate of Potash and Nitrate of Soda. We use Tennessee Rock, which runs higher in Bono Phosphate . than any other Rock in the Country. WHEAT GROWERS, TAKE NOTICE ! And Enter your nam* for the following Prizes : Pirat I*r?Ke Ofter. First best yield ou Six Acres of Wheat One Farmer's Favorite Grain Drill, worth $70.00. Second best yield on Six Acres of Wheat One Ton Standard Guano, 8-2 J-1. Third best yield on Six Acres of Wheat Half Ton Standard Blood Guano. 8-ii A-1. Ne OOH d Prize Oflox-. First best yield on Three Acres of Wheat One Ton High Grade Super-Phos., 10 per cent Ava. Second best yield on Three Acres of Wheat Half Ton- High Grade Super-Phos., 10 por cent Ava. Third best yield on Three Acres of Wheat Half Ton High Grade Super-Phos., 10 per cent Ava. Third Prize Ofter. First best yield One Acre of Wheat-One Ton High Grade 10-2 Acid Phos. Second best yield One Acre of Wheat-Half Ton High Grade 10-2 Acid Phos. Third best yield One Acre of Wheat-Half Ton High Grade 10-2 Acid Phos. . Tho following terms must be complied with by those entering contest : 1st. You must fill out the blank hereto attached, sign your name, and cut out this advertisement in full and return to us. 2nd. You are to choose one disinterested neighbor, we are too choose one, ! and the two are to choose a third. You will enter the nairn; of your represen tative in the blank space found below. 3d. The three men named will act in the capacity of judges, measure the land designated by you, which must be in one body, see that nothing but the Brands of the Anderson Fertilizer Company are applied for fertilizing, and finally to measure thc wheat when threshed, place the result in a soaled en velope and mail to us. . 4th. None other thau the products of the Anderson Fertilizer Company shall be used by those entering this coutest on*laud designated. 5th. All contestants must fill out and sign this advertisement, antl'return to this office before iii* first day of December, 1001. WA* 0?h Kaoh winner of a prizi is required to write out i ti detail how the re sult was obtained by telling us how the land was prepared, with what imple ments, how much fertilizers mu grade wer? applied to tho acre, what crop grown on thc land previous to sowing the whvnt, when planted, and anything of interest that will show the best method to produce wheat in this State. 7th. ..'. S. C., ... 1001. Anderson Fertilizer Co., Anderson, S. C. Gentlemen : 1 will enter the contest for one of the th rei? prizes offered by y >u, for ihe best yield in buuhets threshed from.acres of wheat as per terms set forth in your adve isetuent hereto attached. I name . . .as my representative. (Sigu herc). 8th. The three judges of each contestant ?diouid be his neighbors. Stato in blank space left for same, whether you are contesting tor thu Six Aero or Threi^Acre or One Acre Prise. After all vesulin have been received by us wo will name nv day, not later than August 1st, 1002, to pompare results, i ti thc presence of such contestants nt- may' be here, and a waiil the prizes. Yours, truly, ANDERSON !T,11TIL1ZEK CO. ?.sthmalene Brings Instant Relief and Permanent Cure in Ali Cas9s ! Sent absolutely Free on receipt or Postal-Write your Name and Address Plainly i-- i wama HMM--mm There is nothing like Asthmalcnc. I '^MAHU?SPff? I brings instant relief, even in the worst J^ffS^BB^ia&J? fi cases. It cures when all else fails. ^ TEM I THO UCV- C- P- WELLS, of Yilla Ridge, jfTRf?? n IS?ffm^^ I -cnc received in gond condition. L cannot $?^*?f&ta*^ I te-1 y0U ll0W t,i;iIlkful 1 -coi i'or the good IvC?r W*fi*ts^^>? I derivca 'w>m it. I was a slave, chained fffl J* ' t,?>?*??8^ I with Pulrid 80re throat and Asthma for ten IffcL/ejJ ? years. I despaired of ever being cured. I ! Jflr^aml ^^%??M 8ftW your a<ivcrtisemcnt for the cure of this !?L^W^^L ^- dreadful and tormenting disease, Asthma, \\0 aQ^ thought you had over-spoken your ^^?jJK fiv j?f ff '\ selves, but resolved tn give it, a trial. To ^l?? *M1$*$V^ ff M \ my astonishment the trial noted ?kc ? ^j?j^^^^^\^s^ % charm. Send mo a full-size bottle." C<f$^i^ Kcv' 1)1 Morr,s Wechsler, ^MUlt^ ifw^ f Habbi of tho Cong. Bnai Israel, ?^^p^O^^^?^^I / Dus. TAFT BROS'. MEDICINE CO. 1^ . j?ftVffl ?T Gentlemen : Your Asihnialeno is an ex RV?R?^^*e\8II!!i?? collent remedy for Asthma and Hay Fever, * and its composition alleviates .il! trouble? """"""llfltl R|T i which combine with Asthma. Its succ?s* * \ is astonishing and wonderful. After hav ing it carefully analyzed we can state that Astbmalenc contains no opium, ?norphine. chloroform or other. Very truly yours, KEV. Ell. MORRIS WECHSLER. AVON Si'UiNO?, N. Y., Feb. 1, liKU. Du. TAFT BROS. MEDICINE CO.-Gentlemen : I write this testimonial from & sense of duty, having tosted tho wonderful effect of your Asthmalcnc for the cure of Asthma. My wife has been afflicted with spasmodic asthma for the past 12 years. Flaving exhausted my own skill as well as many others, I chanced to seo your sign upon your windows on 130th street, N. Y., I at once obtained a bottle of Asthmalcnc. My wife commenced taking it about the first of November. I very soon noticed a radical improvement. After using ono bottle her Asthma has disappeared and she is entirely free from all symp toms. I feel that I can consistently recommend the medicine to all who arc afflicted with this distressing disease. Yours respectfully. - O. D. PHELPS, M. D. DK. TAFT BROS. MEDICINE .CO.-Gentlemen : I was troubled with Asthma for 22 years. I have tried numerous remedies but they have oil failed. I ran across your advertisement and started with a trial bottle. I found relief at onoe. I have since purchased your full-size bottle, and I am ever grateful. I have family of four children, and for six years was unable to work. I am now in the best of health and am doing business evory day. This testimony you o?n make such usc of as you see fit. Home address 235 Rivington street.. Feb. 5,1901. S. RAPHAEL, 07 East 129th st., New York City. Trial bottle sent absolutely free on receipt of postal. Do not delay. Write at once, addressing DR. TAFT BROS. MEDICINE CO., 79 East 130th St., N. Y. City. 8^* Sold by all Druggists. Sept. 4-Gm 1 Bargain Hunters Should See Us before Making their Purchases ! AS we CAU Aliow you GREAT HA EUA INS lu ult kiuda KEW STAPLE D . GOODS, such aa Prints, Ginghams, Bleacnlnga, 0utingt>, WoraUds, Flannel?, Joans, Cheeki, Stine:I .g and Drills. Wo are showing great values In Pants and Hats. ' Wo havo a great line of Men's, Women's and Children's Shoes. Our entire Hue of Shoes are spien did values, hut wo have tonie exceptional hamalnB in Shoes just now. We have for a long while ?njoy ed the distinction of giving better values in Shoe* than any other Firm in this section, but we can i uw eclipso all former records, and fool sure our prices on Shoes this Fall entitle us to the biggest Shoo trade in our hlitory. ' We propose enlarging mightily lu our Grocery Department, and lead tho procession farther than ever on good Goods and Low Prices, so if you always want your money's worin of Flour, Bucon, Lard, Sugar, Cortee, Molasse*. Tobacco, Hire, Flour, or anything else in th? Grocery linc, seo us and you will get it While wo don't claim to be Wholaale people yet wo eau give out-of-town Merchants a* low prices on moat, things they handle as any uno. and you might lind some things a shade cheaper than at some houses that make great pretensions, (rive us a trial and ?ce. TO THOSE WHO OWE CS, either Note or Account, we insist ou a prompt and early settlement. Wo appreciate your trade, and gire you cloie prices, and now ls the time for you to pay us. Wo can't anora to do business with people who are slow tn pay, for our profits don't justify it. Yours truly, VANDIVER BROS. Between Masonic Temple and the Peoples Bank. Send us your orders for . . . GOOD, FRESH TURNIP SEED Now ! EVANS PHARMACY A Well Furnished Home Is not necessarily an expensively ?u riiished 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 Our best witness is the Goods them selves. Yours truly G. F. TOLLY & SON, The Old Reliable Furniture Dealers, Depot 8t., Anderson, 8. C. 3 0 H H m ? H F 96 er a M o ? st m td td l> td 2S O < a H H m > O g ? s M H M _ H Xii A S 2 so ? S3 EE H ? ^ ?g ' Z C CD . o o ? ?a 2 to OATS, OATS, AND RICE FLOUR WE ARE HEADQUARTERS for ail KINDS of GRAIN. Three Thousand Bushels of TEXAS RED RUST PROOF OATS. One Car of that famous HENRY OAT (or Winter Grazing Ost.) The inly Oat that will positively scand any kind of weather. Have just recoived Two Cars of fine FEED O ATS at lowest prices. Have just received Three Cars of RICE FLOUR for fattening your togs, and it comes much cheaper than any other feed and it-: much better. You rs respectfully, O. D, ANDERSON & BRO.