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I in Death's j [e&d Valley. I By ANDREW BROSON When Jessie's father, Simon Ogilvie, acquired his coffee estate on tho summit of Santa Nita, Co lombia, South America, in tho cen tral Andes, he knew little of ihe climate he was about to face, and Jessie knew less.. But he was a ?j>rave man, ?ind "faced the music" gayly and made a lot of money, while Jessie ?eemed to find nights of thunderstorm and days of steamy heat agree with her perfectly. Not a girl in all Colombia half so fair ?S ' ehe, with her black hair and brown eyes and 5 feet ll inches of noble young womanhood. She was loved "passionately mad ly" by two men, "madly passionate ly" by seventeen others and quietly and undemonstratively by a twen tieth. The two "passionate mad" adorers were Spanish-Colombians, Pedro and Fernando by name. The seventeen "mad passionate" ones didn't count. Tile undemonstrative one was Algie Bruce, and he was the only one of whom Jessie appeared to take any notice at all, and that seemed only a contemptuous no tice. "He is so tame," sho would say to her father. "He's a good deal of a man for all that," her father woujd reply, with a quiet smile. Pedro and Fernando had been bosom friends till Jessie came. Then they immediately became bosom enemies. Twice under the cover of darkness had Pedro sought Fernan do's life with bis glittering forest knife. Thrice had Fernando hissed an awful vow straight into Pedro's face that the day he (Pedro) won the loye of Jessie would be his last! They watched her wherever she went. Did she appear on the door step of her' father's wooden house they ' would spring from behind trees and help her into her saddle. Did she come climbing up, the mountain with water from the well, they would scamper down to relieve her of her pails. And of an even ing, while she would be singing bal lads to her father in the drawing room, they would be flattening their noses against the window, hissing forth their love for her and their hate for each other, and finally turning, with a roar of disgust, and burying their fingers in each other's throats. They were a nice, engag ing couple. J.t was a May morning. After a night of equatorial thunderstorm, the sun was shining gloriously upon a world of green hill and forest, and f ' r away in Venezuela gleamed the white heights of the Sierra Ne vada wrapped in . their mantle of eternal snow. Jessie stepped forth from tne house, a basket in one hand and a pair of large scissors in the other, and in the same moment Pedro and Fernando also sprang forth, the one from behind a large aloe, the other from the shadow of a pile of deal boxes. "Where are you going?" shouted the two ruffians as gently as possi ble. "Where neither of you cowards willjfollow me," laughed the girl. "J. would follow you to-1" Pedro screamed, stopping abruptly. "So would II" yelled Fernando. "Where are you going ?" "To gather7 orchids in Death's Head Valley," replied the girl, still smiling. The two men started and their brown faces turned a little pale. ' "I saw a patch on one of tne trees looking down from my window last evening, and Pm going to have it." "But it's certain death !" shouted the two men. ? . "Not it!" said Jessie. 'Til comt back safely, you'll find." v "You shan't go!" hissed Pedro, advancing, but Jessie fixed her brown eyes steadily upon him, and her shoulders ??went back, and her ::ight arm was raised slowly. She seemed about to brush him from her path, and lie retreated with a mut- ; . tered apology. At that moment Algie strolled on the lawn, ceremoniously raised his big linen cap and .said in that . elaborately courteous voice of his, "Good morning, Miss J essie. Can I bo of any use?" "I am going for some orchids down in Deathes Head valley," she said. ''You can come with me if you are not afraid." "I slept there last night," said Algie calmly. > nessie gave a look at the other two, who were glaring with hate at Algie, then turned to the young American and started off with him ?own the hill. Pedro hissed an oath at Fernan do, who shouted back a curse. Then the two closed and fought each other with knives till Mr. Ogilvie came out and drove them away with r. "?rhi?. Only those who have been in Death's Head valley know what sort of a place it is. At the bottom of it tho Bio Cauca runs rapidly along between its banks and bowlders, hissing anti, foaming and roaring, ' and in the quiet backwater of the river lie hungry alligators, waiting for sometliing fleshy to take a snap at. Snakes of all lengths between six inches and fifteen feet lie sleep ing in the long, moist grass; mos ; quiioe.* in myriads huzz a'oil -ting; ; long lizards skurry ,up" and down j tho smooth trunks of the trew j mid ] thc monotonous sss-k-rrr of the "scissor grinder*' sounds all da}- in the thick roof of foliage overhead. It is not a nice place for a Sunday school picnic, and long before Jessie had reached' the bottom she had be gun to wish she hadn't come, but the calm young man beside her made her feel ashamed of owning pp. They walked beside the river, and little, lobsterlike black insects crawled up their limbs and gave both of them agony. They entered an open, glade, and a ferdil?nce snake suddenly reared up before them and was only dodged with difficulty, Algie giving him a crack on the head with his stick as he passed that left him powerless for ali further malice in this world. Wherever they went they encoun tered fresh dangers, and all the wb?e, unseen and unknown by I either of them, a big leopard wa? I stealthily dogging their steps, keep ing artfully in the shadow, but with eyes that ever burned and glared two circles of green malignant fire. At last they reached the tree on whose topmost branches were blooming the orchids Jessie had 6een. "How high they are!" said tho girl, looking up. "I thought the tree was quite a short one." "Not too high for me" answered Algie, preparing to climb. 1 "No, no ; don't attempt it," cried the giri. "Half the branches seem rotten. You might fall and bo killed." "And what if I were? Who would miss me ? Not a soul !" And he gave a short laugh that was a lit tle bitter. "Do you say that because I brought you down here ?" asked Jes sie slowly. "I never dared to think of you as taking the smallest interest in me ono way or the other.". "Why?" asked Jessie, making the soft eyes at him. And the leopard behind, seeing them thus absorbed in one another, crept a little nearer. "Don't look at me like that!" cried Algie, as her face suddenly paled and her eyes opened wide with horror. "Turn quickly," whispered Jes sie. But she was. too late. The beast was upon him, its claws in his shoulders, and its teeth in his neck. He turned and writhed, but the brute stuck to him; he gave the stick to Jessie, and, with scream up on scream, she struck it on the head again and again, while the blood poured down the lad's shoul ders, and his strength was visibly ebbing away. At last she brought the cudgel down upon the animal's head with a force that broke its skull, and it relinquished its hold and fell to the earth dead, and Al gie fell back upon it in a swoon. Jessie knelt beside him, wiped the blood from his face and neck and bathed him with water, from the river. Hour after hour passed, and though he opened his eyes and spoke to her he was utterly unable to rise. At last the sun set, the forest darkened, the lantern flies began to dart hither and thither and all the strange sounds of the night commenced. Then Jessie be gan to tremble, and a tear fell upon the lad's face. "I feel as though I were dying," he murmured faintly. * "No," cried Jessie, and leaped to her feet. "Help ! Help i" shs scream ed at the top of her voice. "Help ! Help ? Help 1" And the echoes died away in tho blackness of the night. "Goodby," whispered Algie. ctWill you kiss me once?" She stooped and pressed her lips 0gainst his, and his head fell back. But he was not dead. Oh, dear, ; no! That kiss, with the magic ? force that a kiss may have, had re vived him, put life into him, set the blood running fast once more, and presently he raised his head again and said: "Jessie!" "Yea, darling." "I believe I shall live." "Thank God!" And she kissed him again. Then came a great noise of men calling and a great flashing of big lamps and a wild cry in a woman's voice, and half an hour later Algie was being borne back-to Santa Nita, his hand held by Jessie. And sometimes now he tells his bouncing boys of tho night he and their mother once spent in tho Co lombian forest. But Jessie listens to it with fear and trembling.-Chi cago Tribune. The Origin of the Menu. A German gastronomical publica tion gives the following account of the origin of the menur At the meeting of electors in Begensburg in th? year 1489 Elector Henry of Braunschweig attracted general no tice at a state dinner. He. had a long paper before him, to which he referred every time before he order ed a dish. Tho Earl of Montfordy who sat near nim, asked him what he was reading. The elector silent ly handed the paper to his inter rogator, it contained a list of the yiandB. prepared for the occasion which tno elector had ordered the cook to write out for him. The idea cf having euch a list so pleased the illustrious assembly that they in troduced it each in his own house hold, and since that timo the fashion of having a menu has spread all over the civilized world. - Judgo Reagan, of TVxas, the >nly survivor of the Confederate oabi let, is reported to be dangerously ill. ARTIFICIAL F.YES. ,' ? ? From Parc's Crude Invention to the j Modern Work of Art. Tho earliest known mention of modern artificial eyes-that is, eyes ?worn inside-the'orbit-occurs in an exceedingly raro illustrated work on surgery written by a French sur geon named Ambroise Parc and published in Paris in 1061. Pare invented three artificial eyes. The first was a wonderful contrivance. It consisted of a thin metal spring band which passed half way round the wearer's head,, having on one end a small oval plate, which cover ed the orbit of the eye and the other end pressed against the back of the head. The oval plate was covered with smooth, soft leather, on which an eye was painted. It would, per haps, be difhcult to devise anything more inelegant or uncomfortable. Tho second device was a hollow globe of gold, eye shaped and en ameled, which was worn inside the socket-the first recorded artificial eye thus worn. The third contrivance was simply a "shell pattern" eye, exactly simi lar in 6hape to those now used, but made of gold and enameled. Ex cept that they were made of gold and enameled, the two latter were practically of the sam*1 design as the "globe" and "shell" glass eyes of the present day. Pure's clumsy, trusslike appli ance, and his two gold eyes, which were used only by the wealthy, were succeeded by eyes made of painted porcelain . and colored pearl white, which immediately became im mensely popular. Next came the invention of glass eyes, which in stantly superseded all others and still command the public favor. Glass eyes, which were invented in 1579, were well known in Shake speare's time. In "King Lear" (act 4, scene 6), written in 1605 and first published in 1608, Lear, with crushing derision, thus advises the blinded traitor Gloucester, "Get thee glass eyes, and * * * seem to see." As a strict necessity, Gloucester would have required globe pattern eyes. In Shakespeare's day glass eyes were literally the finest productions of very inferior workmanship, the iris and the pupil being hand paint ed in tho best style of that rough and ready period. However, as Father Time marched along glass eyes progressed and improved in make and finish, especially within the last half century, and now they have reached a high standard of ex cellence as works of art.-Cham bers' Journal. Bees and Rain. Generally the bee stays at home when rain is in the air. When tho sky is simply dark and cloudy, those busy -workers do not leave their dwelling all at once. A few go out first, as though th~ queen had sent out messengers to study the elate of the atmosphere. . The greater num ber remain on observation until the clouds begin to dissipate, and it is only then, that the battalions entire rush out in search of their nectar. A bee never goes out in a fog, be cause it is well aware that damp? ness and cold are two fearsome, re doubtable enemies. We do not mean, however, that the bee is a meteorologist in the absolute sense of the word. Its cleverness consists in never being taken unawares, for it possesses untiring vigilance. Oft en one may observe the sudd?n en trance of bees into the hive when a denso cloud hides the sun and even though the rain is not in evidence. -Loaf Angeles Times. Virgil and the "/EneId." Virgil on his deathbed attempted to destroy his great work, the "^Eneid." The **&neid" was not his favorite poem, although it is the one which constitutes his claim to the remembrance of posterity. He liked the "Georgica" best. It is said that the "JEneid" cost him eleven years of labor, and that he intended to devote three years more to polishing it and bringing it near er to his ideal of what an epic poem ought to h?. Before hr could give siueh time to the latter task, how ever, he died, and in his last mo ments he tried to secure the book and destroy it. It was kept out of his reach, though, and subsequently given to the world as it was origi nally written. Invention of Poplin. The original invention of poplin is claimed by Avignon, France, once a papal see, on which account it was called a papalino in compliment to the reigning pope, at which timo (the fifteenth century) this rich ma terial was produced to supply the gorgeous ecclesiastical vestments and hangings in use. The industry was introduced into Dublin by French immigrants, refugees at thc time of the revocation of the edict of'Nantes, who settled in that part of the Irish capital called the Lib erties. The La Touche family es tablished the first organized manu factory there, which commenced operations in 1C93. - mmmr a --- CASTOR! A For Infants and Children. ina Kind You Hara Always Bought Bears the Signature of - The pa*t season was financially ? noc.'-sful with the Southern bafeball eague. The peunr.nt was awarded to he Nashville club. TOKYO A CITY OF PLEASURE. ! In Some Ways Japan's Capital ls Moro Fascinatlnj Than Parie. Of all the lands in the world nono exerts the peculiar fascination of Japan. Others have equal beauty of scenery, greater grandeur, inore noble works of ari, more interesting problems of society, writes David Starr Jordan in The Humanitarian. But none possesses an equal fascina tion. No one who has been in the real Japan which lies outside the treaty ports and tho foreign hotels and railways ever could or ever would forget his experience. No one, if he could, would ever fail to return. Thc great secret of this charm lies with tho people themselves. They havo made a line art of per sonal relations. Their acts are those of good taste and good humor. Two cities of about tho samo size and relative importance aro Paris and Tokyo. Nc two could show u greater contrast in spirit. Both aro in a sense cities of pleasure. Tokyo is a city of continual joyousness, lit tle pleasures drawn from simple tilings, which leave no sting and draw nothing from future happi ness. Paris is feverish and feels tho "difference in the morning" and tho "hard, fierce lust and cruel deed" which go with the search for pleasure that draws on tho future for the joys of tho present. No ono who catches the spirit of Paris can foil to miss tho underlying sadness, the pity of it all. The spirit of Tokyo-not of all Tokyo, but of its life as a whole-is as fresh as the song of birds, as "sweet as children's prattle is," and it is good to be under its spell. The Murderer and Captain Byrnes. McGloin was a young ruffian who had murdered a saloon keeper at a midnight r^id on his place. He was the fellow who thc night before he was hanged invited the chief of detectives to "como over to tho wake. They'll have a devil of a time." For six months Byrnes had tried everything to bring tho crime home to him, but in vain. At last he sent out and had McGloin and his two "pals" arrested, but 6o that none of them knew of the plight of the others. McGloin was taken to Mulberry street, and orders were given to bring thc others in at a certain hour fifteen or twenty min utes apart. Byrnes put McGloin at the win dow in his office whilo he questioned him. Nothing could be got out of him. As he sat there a door was banged below. Looking out, he saw ono of his friends led across the yard in charge of policemen. Byrnes, watching hun narrowly, saw his cheek blanch, but still his nerve held. Fifteen minutes passed; an other door banged. The murderer, looking out, saw his other pal led in a prisoner. He looked at Byrnes. The chief nodded. "Squealed, both." It was a lie, and it coat the man his life. "The jig is up, then," he said and told the story that brought him to the gallows.-^Jacob BJis in Outlook._ A Wonderful Memory. The following anecdote of Mo zart shows that he must have been a born musician: When fourteen years old, h e heard in Borne the "Miserere" of Alle gri, and knowing that it was for bidden to take or give a copy of this famous piece, he paid such atten tion to the music that when he reached home he noted down the entire piece. He was enabled a few days afterward to check the copy, when he found that he had. not made a singlo mistake. The next day he produced such a sensation in Borne by singing the "Miserere" at a concert that Pope Clement XIV. requested that he should be presented to him. Thus by his wonderful memory he was enabled to begin with success his musical career. _ His Million. An Irishman who had but re cently arrived in this country ap plied to a Scotchman for a job. The Scotchman determined to give Pat a trial-also a little advice. "It trill be your own fault if you don't get ahead in this country, Pat," said the Scotchman. "Twenty years ago I landed in New York with but one shirt to my back, but since then by my own exertions I have man aged to accumulate a million." "Faith, an' Oi'd loike to be af ther knowin' phwat any man wants with ii million shirts!" exclaimed Pat. 'He can't wear more than wan at a toime, begorra i"-Exchange. Not In the Secondhand Bucincss. As Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the great wit,. was entering court me day carrying his books and briefs in a green bag, according to the custom of the time, some of his Drother barristers, thinking to play i joke on him, urged some boys to isk him if he had old clothes for tale in his green bag. "Oh, no!" nstantly replied '? She-ridan. "They ire all new suits." For the serious diseases that attack ho kid noys, Prickly \-k Bitters is o unfailing remedy. Relieves back che, swelling of tho f et aud persist ?t headache--symptooa which indi ate kidney trouble* Evans Phar macy. - Ex-Governor Sherman, of Iowa, laifns for his State a larger percont ge of teaches in tho public schools har? [? found in any other State in Uv Union.. 'Tiare are 23,000 schcol i- achers in Io wu and 540,000 school hildren. P?nefits of Abstinence. Sometimes in the oditjrial columns of a daily paper wo have tho truth freely set forth. Take, for instaucc, tho Record-Herald, of Chicago.- Thc editor of that paper in eotnuicuting upon a remarkable statement pf one Mrs. Carrie Brown in addressing the Social Economic Club of Chicago, that "total abstinence is sometimes worso than intemperance," the editor among other things says: "Drinking water satisfies a natural thirst, drink ing whiskey an unnatural one. Excess in whiskey drinking produces tempor arily or even permanently a madman, a fool or an insensible lump of blood and bones. Complete abstention reaves thc head clear and all thc bodi ly functions in a normal condition. The comparison will not stand a min ute's inspection. Abstention alone may net make character, but intem perance undoubtedly weakeus thc moral stamina, and it is thc opinion .f many physicians that almost any use of alcohol internally is au abuse of the human system, while absten tion helps toward virility and good health. The theory that spirituous liquor is a food necessity is now ab solutely untenable, and there arc not a few people who hold it is not even a medical necessity." She Got the Money. A poor couple living in the Emer ald Isle went to the priest for mar riage, and were met with a demand for tho marriage fcc. Both thc contract ing parties were riob in love and in their prospeots; but destitute of finan cial resources. The father was obdu rate. "No money, no marriage." "Give me lave, your riverence," said the blushing bride, "to go and get the money." It was given, and she sped forth on the delicate mission of raising a mar riage fee out of pure nothing. After a short interval she returned with the sum of money, and the ceremony was , completed to the satisfaction of all. When the parting was taking place the newly made wife seemed a little uneasy. "Anything on your mind, Cather ine?" said the father. "Well, your riveronco, I would like to know if this marriage could not be spoiled now?" "Certainly not, Catherine. No man oan put you asunder." "Could you not do it yourself, fath er? Could you not spoil the mar riage?" "No, no, Catherine. You aro past me now. I have nothing more to do with your marriage." "That aises me mind," said Cath erine, "and God bless your ri vero a ce. There's the ticket for your hat. I picked it up in tho lobby and pawned it.M-Tit-Bits. Why He Kept Silent. At an evening party a gentleman related an adventure in whioh he had been the prinoipal actor, and, seeing unmistakable shadows of doubt on the faces of his hearers, he appealed to a friend who was present and who had witnessed the circumstances to cor roborate his statement. To his utter confusion his friend denied all knowledge of the affair. Meeting some time afterward the suspected Ananias said: "Is it possible that you can hare forgotten the oircumstanco to which I referred at Mrs. A.'s party the other night?" "Certainly not, my dear fellow," replied his friend, "but I could see that everyone present looked upon pou as an incorrigible liar, and I had too much regard for my oharaoter to risk being taken for another."-Lon don Answers. The kidneys are small but impor tant organs. They need help occasion* illy. Prickly Ash Bitters is a suc cessful kidney tonio and ystem re gulator. Evans Pharmacy. Valuable Farm and Wooded Land For Sale. BY virtue of the authority vested in mn as the Executor of the Estate of Dr. P. A. W?hlte, deceased, I will ?oil at jubile outcry in front of the Court House mHalesday in December, 1901, at Ander lon, 8, C., during the usual hours of sale, inless sold nooner by private sale, the ollowlng described Land, situated in Jenterville Township, and about 5} miles Tr>m the Cltv of Anaeraon: TRACT NO 1, containing ono hundred kial forty five acres, moro or lo-^ ad . .inintr ianda of John L. Jolly, W. T. tlcO'll and others, more fullv described >y Deed executed by W. W. Humphreys, hen Master of Anderson County, re torted in office of Clerk of Court, Book VA, pages 53 and 64, together with plat eco rd ed. Book WW, page 47. Tit ACT NO. 2, contains one hundred ind thirty-three acres, more or lessr ad orning Tract, No. 1, bounded by lands of J. J. Watson, Mrs. Martha Watson and ?thers. Deed fn>m A. A. Dickson and M. J. Smith, and more fully described by )ced and plat recorded in Clerk's c??co, look XK, pages 627r 628 and 020. The greater portion of this Land is in ?rlginal forest of oak, hickory, nine, etc. lome of the Land now in cultivation is reah Land, having been cleared of "<im >er a few yoara ago. Both of the above [*racti are well watered and considered kart of the beet wooded land in the Coun y. Terms of Sale-One-third cash, balance n a credit of one and two years, with merest from day of sale secured by oortgage of the premises and bond of lurchaser, with privilege 'to anticipate lay mont. Purchaser to pay extra for all tapers and ?tamps. For further particulars au c. plates call t W?hlte? Drug Htore. * MKS. CORA L. WILHITE, Surviving Execntix. OotCO, 1001 lfr 6 Catarrh lia? become such a common diseuse that ?. person entirely free from this disgusting complaint is seldom met with. It is customary to speak of Catarrh as nothing more serious than a bad cold, a simple inflammation of the nose and 1 throat. It is, in fact, a complicated and very dangerous disease ; if not at first, it verv soon becomes so. Thc blood is quickly contaminated bv thc foul secretions, and the poison through the general circulation is carried to all parts of the system. Salves, washes and sprays are unsatis factory and disappointing, because they dc not reach the scat of the trouble. S. S. S. does. It cleanses the blood of the poison and eliminates from the system all catar rhal secretions, and thus cures thoroughly and permanently the worst cases. Mr. T. A. William*, a leading dry-goods mer chaut of Spa- tanbury, H. C., writes : " For yean I bad n severe case of nasal Catarrh, with all the disagreeable effects which beioug lo that disease, and which make iife paiutul and unendurable. I used medicines prescribed by leading physicians and suggested by numbers of friends, but without getting any better. I then began to tuke s. S. S. It had the desired effect, and cured me after taking eighteen bottles. In my opinion S. S. S. is the only medi c-ire now in use that will effect a permaueut cur? of Catarrh." S??Bfc? M?m is the only purely veg KT^ ctable blood purifier XHfK known, and the great ifr jB ferJw est of au blood tnedi ?ggj? *^4B& cines nnd tonics. If you have Catarrh don't wait until il becomes deep-seated and chronic, but be gin at once the use of S. S. S., and send for our book on Blood and Skin Disease! and write our physicians about your case. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA. QA. DOLYOU OWE US? IF you owe either Vandiv?T Bro9. or Vaudiver Bros. & Major we put you on notice that we MUST have a prompt settlement, and that means not later than November the first. All Notes and Account* are due then, and *e cannot afford to carry them longer. Bo please settle promptly and save cost and trouble. 0 Yours truly, V ANDI VER BROS. VANDIVER BROS. & MAJOR. Oct 23,1901 . 18 4 Low Kates and Maps ALL F0INT8 NORTH and WEST. ADDRESS J. Gk H0LLENBE0K, Dlstrlot Passenger Agent, Louisville & Nashville B. R. No I Brown Building, Op. Union jepot, ATLANTA) GA. F-722 WATCHES, CLOCKS & JEWELRY. /av- AU Repair work done promptly and at low rates. JOHN S. CAMPBELL, AT DEAN dc RATMFFE'S A PLEASED MAN ! A GOOD PHOTOGRAPH gives a jreat deal of pleasure, and my Spe cialty is the Photographs that will lave life-like accuracy and artistic xcel lenee. I combine the beat points o produce the best Photographs. J H. COLLINS. THE WORLD'S GREATEST FEVER MEDICINE, For all forms of fevnr t?&e *mm'? CM? and Fever ToaJc It ls 100 times botter than quinine and does In a single day vhat slow qui. nine cannot do In 10 dar?. It's splendid cures are In Btrikl?t con trast to tho feeble eurea mao* by quinine. Costs 50 Gents It It Cons. 7 J. S. ACKER, ATTORNEY AT I.A^W, ANDERSON, S. C. Ail 'r.usitK'XH wiil receive prompt atten tion. OFFICE OVER WEBB BUILDING. July24,1901 j _5_:im_ A. H. DACNALL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, A. adcrNou, S. O. OFFICE-OVER THE POST OFFICE. S. Ca^R?ClT^ DENTIST. OVER D. C. Brown <te Bro'a. Store, on South Main Street. I have 25 years experience In my pro fession, and will bo pleased to work for any who want Plates made, Filling done, aud I make a specialty of Extracting Tooth without pain and with no aftor pa?n. Jan 23,1001_3i BANK oV ANDERSON. J. A. BROCK, President. JOS. N. BROWN, Vice President. - B. F. MAULDIN, Cashier. ; ^ THE largest, strongest Bank in th County. Interest Paid cn Deposits By special agreement. With unsurpassed facilities and resour ces we are at all times prepared to ac rom mortat ? our customers. Jan 10, 1000_29_Jp 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._ THE ANDEBSON Mutual Fire Morice Oo. HAS written 1000 Polioies and have a little over $550,000.00 insurance in force. Tho Policies are for small amounts, usually, and the risks are well scattered. We are carrying this insurance at less than one-half of what the old line companies would charge. We make no extra charge for insurance against wind. They do. J. R. Vandiver, President. Directors-R. S. Hill, J. J. Fret well, W. G. Watson, J.J. Maj w;, J. P. Glenn, B. C. Martin, R. B. A. Robin son, John G. Duoworth. R. J. GINN, Agent, _ Starr, 8. C. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT? To the Public. Please note our chango In business from credit to Cash, and read the follow ing below : Our reasons for doing so are aa follows: First, our accounts being necessarily small, and an endless amount of confu sion and expense entailed toan injurious degree, and the loss in bad accounts, and the tims and attention it requires to col lect same. Becosd, our crrrent expenses, snob aa labor, fnei, gas, \mier and other supplies are cash. The stand we have taken is one we hs vs been forced into. With a great many of our customers we regret to be obliged to purono this course, but as we positively cannot discriminate, we trust that yon will appreciate our position and not ask for credit. All bundles delivered after June 1st and not paid for will be return ed to laundry. For convenience of our customers wa will issue Coupon Books sold for cash. These books can be kept' at hom6 and payment made for bundles when deliver ed with the coupons. You can get these books at Laundry office, or from the driver. This change gees into o fie ct 1st of June. 1901. We desire to thank all of our cnstomeia for the patronage they have kindly favor ed us with in the past and hope we have merited the same, and hope to still bs entrusted with your veined orders after our change goes Into effect for cash only, which will always receive our prompt attention. Very respectfully, ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY CO. 202 East Boundary St. R. A. MAYFIELD, Supt. and Treas. PHONE NO. 20. Leave orders at D. C. Brown A Bro's. Store. _ FOR SALE. OAHA ACRES of good FARM ??VJKJXJ ING LAND in Centreville umi Hopewell Townships. Will be di vided in any sise lots to suit purchaser. Terms easy and prices reasonable. J. BELTON WATSON. Sept 4, 1901_ll_ -- i^ Valuable Land for Sale. - ATRACT lying OD Oconoe Creek. 7?* milos North of Walhalla, contain- f MIK 275 acres-5C acres rich bottom land r in cultivation : 75 acres Rood up-land inr sultivatlnn f 25 acres fenced-in pastures;* 130 acres original forest; well timbered. ? Three good tenaut houses, two with four L rooms, ono with two rooniB : good crib?, J ?tables and outhouses For sale or rent, j Terms easy. Apply to R T. JAYNE9. Walhalla, S. C. ' Rapt. 18. 1901_13_3m SO YEARS/ EXPERIENCE " v 1 ^HBBBBSBHHBSHH <wS9 IA ^P^P^^Tr^^Ti'ST^^^^r^^B ?nfl BB D gmg mgm i tm mX SwH Jr A si H 3 k I -^^Tv 4| mtmmtV S H ? A H M w I ?2_ j__ HH^T J ^T?BXsSa\ BBBSE^ TRADE MARKS] *WBHHHpr* DESIGNS * rp JW""^ COPYRIGHTS Ac" Anyon? e?ndlne ? ttotch and .daSGrtPtfea maj quickly ascertain our opinion free woetner an Invontton la probably patentable. Communie?. UonBstrtctlycon?dont'al. Handbook on Patenta aent freo. Oldest aponer for socurinapatente. Patenta taken thronih Munn A. Co. reoelT* rptcial notice* without ch anjo. In tho > Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Tjuvest cir culation of any sclontlilc journal. Terms, S3 a year : four months, IL Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN fi Co.36,Broa<lway- New Yoift Branch Office, fi? F St, Washington. D. 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