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THE BOOMHOUSE MAN'S STORY What appeals to mo as my most interesting experience as a writer ?c?urred a winter or two ago in a little lumber hamlet of the hill re ;on 0f Kentucky. For a moment least it was quite thrilling?rath er too thrilling indeed to be useful material to me with my straight n(i sjniple art standards. I have a groveling fondness for reproducing only the usual features of life, and .jji? ]iitie episode, though it was r.itifullv commonplace in its setting, jia,l about it something that was not ou!v unusual, but nearly sublime. 1 had gone down to tho village in question with the ambitious de gjffu of seeing a "tide" in the river. Tides are peculiar to wintry months. Thcv are useful to lumbermen and incidentally to writers, but they have their unpleasant features. My little hill hamlet, having doffed its creen livery, was cowled in dark mud. Ha"1 sheeted tho air. The inn seemed to be saturated, and the roar of the river on the skirts of the town corroborated the innkeep ers assurance concerning the mag nitude of the special "tide" which was in progress. "She's booming for all that's in her," declared the innkeeper, an eld crlv man, who had enjoyed during the previous summer the happy I privilege of being useful to me in j many ways. "They look for the boom to bust tonight. Thousands j of dollars afloat. You see that man ; by the stove? He's one of the big j timber fellers up north. Just come j down. He'll lose heavy if she busts. Say, miss, take a look at that feller. You remember me telling you about j the boomhouso man's daughter,? j Well, that feller?he was the man? i he was Idy's beau." I remembered the story. On a certain day in the previous June I was standing at the head of a mill J shoot looking down at the sunken j river. Suddenly a dugout shot round ! the bend. The man in the rude j thing scorned only half human. Ho i was bent and shrunken, with a clay j colored skin, matted red hair and i such n woebegone vacuity of face as ! startled one. The innkeeper had re- I lated that this poor creature lived ! alone in the boomhouse, a shed on j the river cliff, and that his duty was \ to cook for the loggers in time of I tides. ? "lie's seen trouble," said the inn- j keeper. "Used to own a nice little ' farm up yonder and live well. Ho had an only daughter. Pretty as a j peach, Idy was?slim waisted, with i kinky red hair and big eyes. lie set store by Idy. Nothing was too good for her. And one summer a son of j one of tho mill owners was down i here settling up the mill books, and. he took a fancy to Idy, and folks said it'd be a match. The boom house man was proud as a peafowl, and after the young feller went north again, why, Idy's paw he nar rated around that the wedding was to come off on Christmas day and how't Idy was going up north to live in great style. But the young feller never came back. He never came back," repeated the innkeep er, with a graphic sort of pause. "And Idy?well, I always said if she'd of had a mother things would have been different. I always said she took the best way out of it, for 'bout the time tongues was begin ning to wag Idy was missing one day, nd they found her tangled up in the river drift yonder where the sand bar reaches across the shal lows." "And what did her father do?" "Do? Oh, he acted like he'd got it between the eyes?kind of daft Ain't been just right ever Bince." This tragic narrative, which tho innkeeper related with the equanim ity of an epic poet, recurred to me vividly as I observed the man by the stove. He was middle aged. The story lay fifteen years behind him, but ho had a chin which made me believe the innkeeper an honest chronicler. He was stolid and well /ed. Ap parently life had laid no heavy pen alty upon him. He seemed too vulgar and heavy a type of humanity to invite excep tional treatment of fate, yet I saw aim that night in rather a notable situation. Just after dark the innkeeper and his oaughter and I set out across the cliff path to see the river in ac tive operation. We walked in the Jri??'s teeth, with a splitting rain rLJ? our faces. It was cold and bleak, tnen in an instant the river flashed m Bight. Its whole freshet swollen current flamed with red from count ess fire baskets and lanterns. Long shafts of vennihon stabbed the packed timber in tho boom, struck ?cross tho climbing banks and made ncry lances of the pike poles in the Aggers'hands. Men wore leaping about on the *?gs. In a flare of crimson I saw on toe wedged in float the man who ?ad been Idy^ lovers He was work jjt? sturdily as any logman about, handling the heavy cables and -~-vmg airecuons. j} was worth seeing, that moun Jgt stream as it mouthed at the framing timber in the boom. It jas worth seeing, bat tho air was G,d und wet, and in the second ?ur of our watching the innkeep 8 daughter, being upheld by nei er.hospitality nor ambition, be sought me to accompany lier t? tho boomhouse for the purpose of get ting "thored out." Tho boomhouse showed its little red window just below us on the rocks. The two tiny rooms of tho place looked warm and bright as wo opened the door. Half a dozen men were drinking coffee from tin cups at a table. Tho boomhouse man, apathetic as ever, with his resinous looking hair in his pale eyes, was frying bacon in a groat skillet. The innkeeper joined the throng at the board. His daughter and I sat by the 6tove in the inner room. I shall never forget that room. Tho pattern of the homespun cov erlet on the boomhouse man's pal let is indelibly with me. Soothed by the heat, the innkeep er's daughter dozed off, with her feet on the hearth. I remember ob serving with dreamy interest the yellowness of the teeth exhibited in the graceful abandon of her slum ber. I thought of snuff. I think I had a drowsy moment myself. Some one stamped noisily into the other room and asked for whis ky. I glanced out. It was the mill man of Idy's infatuation. He flung himself at length on a bench behind the cook stove and lay with shut eyes. His clothes were dripping with thin mud, and an air of utter weariness pervaded his attitude. He had scarcely looked at tho boomhouse mon. I glanced at him, however, and became aware that his aspect had changed. Something like life shone in the pale eyes un der that unkempt hair. He was standing still, just staring with a half blind gaze at the man on tho bench. Suddenly he stepped forward like a shadow. "It's you, ain't it?" he said. The man on the bench shot round a startled gaze. He saw the revolv er in the lean hand leveled toward him. He must have recognized Idy's father in the figure standing over him, sternly poised as to a deed of necessary vengeance. "I knowed God A'mighty'd give you up to me soon or late," said the old man simply. "I waited. Thejr ain't nothin' to say. You know what you're dyin' for." The whole thing was singularly passionless and without any aspect of tragedy. On the stove a panful of meat crackled. Noises from out side came distinctly. The candle nickered and cast a thread of light on tho lifted face of the man on the bench. I myself had a sense of inability to move or speak. The innkeeper's girl slept on. Whatever conscious ness I had seemed to be in the mill man's frame, passively awaiting a sharp, metallic click. There was no chance at all for him. He seemed to sec this and to take it calmly. "Go on," he said. "I wronged you. I've got?a little daughter? myself. If you've any heart in you ?-don't say?why"? His voice broke. The briefest, instant passed, and then there was a sound, but not the sound we waited for. The boom-, house man moved a little. The rig or left his form, and I saw his arm fall slowly against his side. "I ain't goin' to kill you," ho muttered. "You got a daughter. Go and see as no black hearted vil lain steals her from you." The Discovery of Glass. Though the Egyptians claim to have been taught by Hermes the art of making glass, it may be stated upon the authority of Pliny that its discovery belongs to the Syrians, or, rather, Phoenicians, who obtained it accidentally. A small number of sailors who had landed upon the coast of Spain built a fire upon the sand and supported their cooking utensils with 6tones which they had found near the shore. After finish ing their meal one of the party ac cidentally raked the ashes, and, the action of the heat having combined the niter and sand, he found a crys talline substance, the glass of the present day. Getting the Good of It. A ten-year-old philosopher whose week end holiday gives him the only morning that he can he abed as long as he likes promulgated this order as he was leisurely absorbing his dessert at the dinner table last Friday night: "Wake me up at just 7 o'clock, as usual, tomorrow morning, mamma. It seems so good to be able to turn over andvtake another nap I"?New York Commercial. CASTOR IA For Infants aid Children. Tli KM Yob Have Always Bought Sears the (Signature of ? Mrs. Noami died at the homo of relatives near Bridgeton, N. J.. leav ing a fortune $100,000. For a quarter of a century she lived the life of are cluse in a ?retched house in Bridge ton a fash.'onable quarter, denying her self aii comforts and constantly in dread that phe would be reduced to poverty. ? I? It is a mean man who will throw up a New Year's resolution to another at this late day. ? When a young man wants to get rid of his best girl he should take her skating and let her s'ide. SUNDAY [N ICEL?RDT Church 8erv!ce and the 8alutatIona Between the Natives. Sunday in Iceland is full of }ixt tcrest to strangerE. In tuoeaxJyj morning the-country folk^oomnrencq to assemble, and in tho distan?a they may,vbo seen approaching tka church in ull directions. What tho Sabbath day is to theso people few can realize. Somo of them never see a face-besides those of the mem bers of tho family from ono-church day to another. What "wonder then that they begin to assemble full two hours before tho church time! A peculiar form of salutation prevails outside of the cities, and the visitor is not a littlo aston ished when he sees the men dis mount, embrace and kiss each other, but this is tho usual form of salu tation among men in tho inland dis tricts. When the hour of service arrives, the preacher, who usually, wears a silk hat, a loose, flowing gown, buttoned from chin to hem, and a great Elizabethan ruff round' his neck, enters the church. In the pulpit the pastorvis attired in a long -white robe, which falls over the black one, and down his back hangs a large surplico of bright velvet, upon which a golden cross is wrought. On the altar two great candles about a yard! -ng and thrco inches thick shed a dim light. These are the especial charge of an official who gives out tho hymns and between times snuffs tho candles with an old time pair of snuffers. After church the worshipers dis perse, and many of them como so far that they do not reach their homes until away into tho night. What He Stood On. When Mr. Disraeli mado his-en try into public life, he contested High Wycombe, and then, as over, his ready wit helped him to success. His opponent, says Household! Words, was a countryman of influ ence. In an address to the peopla this gentleman asserted that ho was "standing for the seat upon tho con stitution of tho country, upon tho broad acres of his fathers, upon1 law, property and order." "What docs Mr. Disraeli stand upon?" demanded one of the coun ty magnate's adherents, with some thing of a sneer. Disraeli instantly rose. ' "I stand upon my head," he answered, with a meaning glance at the portly per son of his opponent. He proceeded to demonstrate it in a telling speech._ The Language of Animals. There may be no dumb animals? only their voices may be out of our ear. It must be supposed that small creatures, including quadrupeds, hear sounds much more acute than are audible to us, but none of tho lower notes of our scale. This is perhaps the case with cats and dogs, who can obviously communicate with one another, coming so close as almost to touch noses, but mak ing no sound audible to us. Thus there is not such a confusion of noises as there would be otherwise. The vast difference of pitch heard by different great tribes of creatures causes us and them to have, so to speak, the world to ourselves. He Was Not Fit to Eat. Not long ago a missionary fell among cannibals, who, after holding a conference, decided to cook him for supper. They communicated their intention to tho unfortunate m.'.n, who, however, strongly advised them not to devour him, saying he was very unpalatable. "See," 6?id he, "I will give you a piece of my leg to cat, and you will no longer wish to eat me." With these words he produced a knife, cut a slice from his leg and sent it the round of the cannibals. The unanimous decision after tasting it was to let him go free. The leg was made of cork! How a Bird Flies. It is a matter of considerablo dif ficulty to determine at what dis tance from home a bird can begin to direct his coxirse by landmarks. Trained pigeons can do so for hun dreds of miles, and shore birds and1 those which breed in cliffs near the. sea have no dilliculty whatever in reaching their homes after once striking the coast line. These birds1 are conspicuously conservative in the matter of nesting sii.es, breed ing, by myriads in a few colonies, to Wi'. ^h they return at stated inter val ._ Spanien Rice. Spanish rice is very good with roast mutton. Put two tablospoon fuls of drippings into a saucepan and allow them to bubble. Add a half cupful of well washed rice and toss until browned. A sliced toma to, a minced onion and a bit of gar lic are also browned in tho drip pings. Cover with hot water, sea son with salt and pepper and cook thoroughly, adoVng more water if necessary. Do not touch the rioe until it is done. Chi? aIfiiotar? l? oa ovary box ot Um genuine Laxative BrosW'Quinine t*m?w tho remedy that curea a coM tavaao.?ay ? Next to having wisdom yourself is the ability to profit by the wisdom of others. ? No one is able to discover that a rioh man is a fool until after be loses his money. KLEPTOMANIAC BIRDS. _ I The Ravens of India and the Satin < Birds of Australia. Tho inagpio has long been notori- i ous for stealing things, but he is a i saint compared to some Asiatic birds. The ravens which, abound , in Indian. citic3 steal by wholesale and take anything they can lay their beaks on, whether they can mako use of it or not. Jerdon, an Eng lish writer, says that in some places every house is surrounded by a flock of these winged robbers on the look out for booty. They fly in at the windows, rummage workbnskcts and earn- off gloves and handkerchiefs. They even open tied packages and examine their contents. According to another observer, they have been known to extract nails. A pleasure party assembled in a garden wore startled bv seeing n bloody knife fall in their midst. A raven had stolen it from the kitchen and dropped it among the merrymakers. The Australian satin birds aro more discriminating and take only objects suitable for the establish ment of their nests. Among their specialties arc gaudy parrot feath ers, shells, bright pebbles and whit ened bones. The feathers are for the interior of the nest, while the other objects are arranged about its entrance. The natives are so well acquainted with this habit that when an amulet or a pipe is missed it is sought and generally found in the. nest of the satin bird. Another notable collector is the arbor bird, which inhabits parts of | the interior of Australia which tho foot of man seldom treads. This bird builds long arbors of twigs thatched with grass and secures them against being blown away by weighting them with stones built in at regular intervals Tioth in tho walls and in tho roof. Thcso dwell ings arc decorated with shells and white bones, a heap of which is also deposited at each end. Theso ar bors arc shelters and for resting only, not breeding nests, and tho shells and bones (must be for orna ment) can serve an uesthe?c purpose only. Tho birds are grain feeders, and their shelters aro often remote from ponds or streams, so that the collection of shells entails a good deal of labor. A Kiss Tax. The ancient town of Hungerford, in England, is the scene of a curious fete each year on the first Tuesday after Easter. Under a primeval and time honored arrangement the au thorities exact a toll from every male and female inhabitant within certain boundaries, the masculine tax being one penny and the female levy a sound kiss. Two burly bea dles, carrying massive vunds of of fice, proceed from house to house levying these quaint taxes, and it is recognized on the day in question any youth may with impunity em brace any maiden whom ho encoun ters. The result is that a veritable car nival of osculation takes place year ly in Hungerford, and it attracts various visitors to the quaint little town, many of whom participate, though not entitled to do so, in tho delights of the day. Climbing a Cathedral Tower. A most peculiar custom which has been preserved since the middle ages at Friburgen-Brisgau is that of climbing the cathedral tower upon the anniversary of the birth of the reigning Duke of Baden. The tower is 400 feet high, and to scale it from the ground to the apex is a very difficult performance, attended with great danger. It is done by climbing from one projection to an other, these being cn the average one foot apart. A single falso step means death. To descend is also no easy task. Each person who makes the climb and descent safely receives 5 marks from tho state and a ticket of admission to the annual dinner given in honor of that day. Native Generosity. "Are you catching any fish, littlo boy, may I awsk ?" "Not a blame fish." "Aro you ? aw ? getting any bites?" *Nary bite." "Have you been fishing heie long?" "All day." "Do you expect to catch any thing?" "Nope." "Then why, littlo boy, do you continue to fish?" "So's you kin hev somethin* to put in your book on Ameriky, mis ter."?Chicago Tribune. Phix.no logy. Bright Boy?Uncle George took me to hear a lecture on phrenology. Father1?Let me see if you cam tell mo what you learned. Bright Boy?Some smart men have high foreheads, and some smart men have low foreheads, and; somo big fools have high foreheads, and some big fools have low fore heads. That s all I can remember. C?.N YOU BEAT THIS? I ana ready to do all kin da of Wagon and Buggy work prompt. Just think of 111 I will Ulm and Tiro your Uuggv Wheels anew, drat olaaa. for 80.00 a Hot, and the regular price la 7 50. Now I guar antee my work to be nrtt-class ?od to give perfect aatUfeotinn; it" not your mon ey . jturncd. All Spoke* glued to. I will jjlre you low prlcaa on all Wagon and Uuggy work. What about jour bora*? L?<?e* ho lnt?rfor?, atumble or travel bad? If no bring bim and lot ma atop it. You will And me on tba ooru beiow Jail. W. M. WALLACE. ? A woman can test a man's pa tionce by asking him to thread a need lie. ? The proverbial luek of fools is never mentioned by the lucky individ ual. ? A bookkeeper should'always keep sober otherwise he may lose his bal ance ? Not many doctors have for their motto: "Lot well euough alone." ? A man is very apt to bo cut by bis best friend when ho attempts to shave- himself. ? If tombstones always told tho truth Satan would turn the hose on his fire and <{uit in disgust. ? When a man wants to talk h( nearly always bumps up a gainst'some man who doesn't waut to listen. ? Wheu a man marries, his debt be gins. ? Most men find it vory easy to make love to all women except their wives. ? The prices of the baseball stars rango from $7,000 to $10,000 a year. The theological and educational mar kets continue sluggish. ?Lovers are very muoh like thieves, they proceed very much in the same way, and the same fate eventually awaits thorn; first they take superflu ous precautions, then by degrees they uegleot them, until they forget to take the necessary ono and they are oaught. ? The man who alwayB tells his wife he is sorry ho was so cross when she scolded him is bound to get along in the world by making friends. ? Man's riches are to bo estimated rather by the fewness of his wants, than the greatness of his possessions. ? When you fret and fumo at tho petty ills of life, remember that the wheels whioh go round without creak ; ing last the longest. ? Ho that oannot forgivo others breaks tho bridge over whioh he must pasB himself; for every man has need to be forgiven. ? Ono enemy may do more damage than a hundred friends oan repair. Notice of Dissolution, NOTICE la boreby given that tho part norsbip heretofore existing among the uudersigned, under tbe nauao and atylo of F. B. Cniy ton ?fe Co., has been dis eolved by mutual consent, Dr. Waller H. Nardin, Jr., and C. B. Hall baving Hold out tbetr entire interesta and good will in tbo business to F. B. Crayton, who will assume all liabilities ; and all parties in debted to said Firm will make payment by February 1st, 1903. F. B. CRAYTON, C. B. IIALL. NW. II. NARDIN, Jr. Jan. 15, 1?XKV._ Having bought out tbe interests of Dr. Waller H. Nardin, Jr., und C. B. Hall in the late Firm of P. B. Crayton A Co , I will continue tbe Drug Business at the eatno stand with a full line of good* as heretofore. P. B. CRAYTON. Jan 21, 1903_31_3 Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of A. J. Stringer, deceased, herebv gives notice that he will ou Mon day, February 23rd, 1903, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a i discbarge from bis office bh Administra tor. W. K. STRINGER, Adm'r. Jan 21, 1903 31_5 _ TENNESSEE MULES. JUST received Car Load Extra Nice MULES from Jefferson City, Tenn. If you are in need of Stock cive me a call. j J. 8. FOWLER. Jan 14, 1903_30_4 Mill Site Wanted. Owners of land outside of olty limita along either line of railroad are Invited to submit written ?fters for not leas than 100 acres and to pacify oonolaely the location, as to proximity to railroad, distance from city, supply of water, etc., stating the1 lowest price the property can be bought forcicL. We prefer a larger tract if sui tably o.tuated, and it is Immaterial if the land belongs to aeveral parties jnat bo it lies adjacent, In good shape and la In cluded in one bid. R. 8. HILL,, President Olnok Mills. Jan 14, 1903_80_ Notice to the Public. WITS a life time experience and a lot of good seaaonod (Lnber, I tux better pro ?ared than ever to rwpau- your Carriage, loggies and Wagens st a reasonable prise sad solicit a share of your patron* ag*. Yea will find me on the corner be low Ihr, Jail, near W. M. Wallaoe'a ahep. Respectfully, R. T. GOBDOaL Janjj IMS_as_ly POS? 8ALB. NICE Dwelling Hnnneard sovan-cj* Lot in the Town of Pendleton. Also, Flue Plantation, containing 900 aortiH, on West side oi Seneca River. Will sell on vary mvorable terma. Apply to? QUATTLEBAUM & OOCHRAN. attorneys at Law. AjaAeeson, S. C. Deo 84, lfm_27_4_ E. a MeADAMS, ATTOl NEY AT Z^AW, ANDERSON, S. C ?mT* Office in Second Story of the An derson Building, ever tho Olouaiag Store of C. A. Reese, next door to ??rmere' aad M ?rouants' Bank. Jan i, ItM_?_ Notice to Administrators. Executors. Guardians, And Trustees. ALL Administrators, Eseontore. Guar dians and Trustees are hereby notlfled to make their annual lit urne to this office during tbo months of January and Feb ruary, as required by law. R. Y. H. NANCE, Judge of Probate. Jan 14,1903_30_5 Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Administrator of Estate of Mrs. M at tie P. MoClure, deo'd, hereby gives notice that he will on Fri day, 14th day February, 1903, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, H. C, for a Final Settlement of said Es tate, and a dlacharge from his office as Administrator. . , J. F. McCLURE, Adm'r. Jan 11, 1903 30 5? Are You A Coming Mother1? Arc You Expectant? MOTHER'S FRSEHD makes childbirth easy nnd almost painless, by preparing the system tor parturition, time assist ing Kuture. sud shortening labor. Hie painful ordeal o(cliildl<irthls robbed ot its terrors, and the danger thereof greatly lessened, to both mother nud child. The period of confinement Is also ?really shortened, t ho mother rested, mid the child ully developed, strong ami healthy. Morning sickness, or nausea arising from pr?s nancy is prevented by relieving: fhe stomach from the pressure brought to bear *>n it by the expand' ink- orji:tn, and by which it Is Influenced through sympathy. As pregnnncy advances, the breasts enlarge, become swollen, bard and llejit. Long before the child Is born, they an) preparing for tlie secretion ot milk. It Is Important to successful child rear ing that these glands receive, early consideration. Mothcr,S-Vrlend softens the skin, relieves tho pressure, nnd facilitates tho secretion of 1.1 to ?Tuld. Undeveloped nnd occluded ducts, and breasts hard-caked shortly alter delivery, are loo resalt of non-treatment and likely to culminate In Mammary Abscess from which the patient suf fers excruciating pain nnd Is left with these functional organs permanently Impaired. Mother's Friend la alwaysnpplledcxtcmnlly and rubbed into the llesh over tho region of pain. Softness, pliability nnd expansion nro riven to the muscles, tissues, fibres and sinews, allowing the elasticity necessary to bring comfort while with heavy burden, nnd cause easy issue of the child, 'try It. Of all druggists * 1 00. Oui book " Motherhood " free). The bradfield regulator co ATLANTA, GA. CURSE ? OF ? DRINK 41IKEI? BY WHITE RIBBON REMEDY. No taste. No odor. Can be glren In glass of water, tea or coffee without patient's knowledge White Klbboe Homed y will r:ort. or destroy tho diseased appetite for alcoholic stimulants, wheth er tho patient is a confirmed Inebriate, f\ "tlpler," social drinker or drunkard. Impotnihlo for any ono to have an appctbe for alcoholic liquors after using White Klhhon Kerned Indorsed by Members of W. C. T. IT. Mrs. Moore, press superintendent of Woman's Christian Tom iterance Union, Ventura, Califor nia, writes: "I have teat od White Hluhou Kemcdy on Tory obstinate drunkards, and tho euren havo been irany. Tu many ii*bcriIiu llciuedy was giv en secretly. 1 cheerfully rccouiiueud and Indorse White llibbou ltctucdy. Members of our t.'nlon are dcllghttd to find an cconon-leal treatment to aid us In our temperance work." Druggists or hy mail, $1. Trial pAckage free by writing Mrs. A M. Townsenrl, (for years Secreta ry of a Woman's Christian Temperance t'nlon.) 218Treniont8f, Huston, Mi:... So'-d iu Anderson by OUB. OttAY A CO. .Sept 17, 191)2 13 ly The watchword should be "Exact." A Ttme-pioco tbut lo*ea or gmiiH in not re L?iblo. A tnodorate amount of money wll! pt:t vonr Walch In good health. REPAIRING work done here ia not ox penal vo,but it in thoroughly pood work. JOHN 8. CAMPBELL. SPECIAL HOT I CE! Partie? owing me either by Vote or Account will call in and settle same without sending to see you or writing you again, as I must have same settled at once. I can't do business on as long time as you are taking ; so avail yourself and come, in atjonco and save expense. Bespectfully, JOHN T. BURRISS. Notice of Opening Books of Sub scription. State of South Carolina. PURSUANT to a Commission iaau?d to the undersigned um corporator* by U. R. Cooper, Sacra tar y of State, on the Uth day of Dsoombar, 190'J, uotico is hereby given that books of Hubsorlptlon to the aapital stock of the Tennosseu, (?oorglu and South Carolina Railroad Com puny will be opened st tho effloo of B. F. Whlt ner, Esq., People's Dank building, in thb City of Andereon, County of Anderson, H taxe of South Carolina, on the Kkh day January, 1903, at 11 o'clock a. ua. The eaid proposed Corporation will bave a capital stock of t'2?0.090.00, divided Into two thousand five hundred shares of the par value of $100.00 each, and will be empowered to engage in the business of owning, constructing and operating a railroad from the seid City of Andsrssc, Btataof South Carolina, to some point on the Cbotooga Rivsr in Oooaee County, in saisi State, on the Gasrgla State Uno, in the dhreaatoa of me City of Charleston, Ln the State of Taaaessee. W. B. ?RINK, MERRILL SK?NKBB, L H. HARRISON. Dae 17, 1803 36 0 A Golden Rule of Agriculture: Be Rooo to your iand and your crop will be good. Plenty of Potash in the fertilizer spells quality and quantity in the har vest. Write us and we will send you, /re.:, by next mail, ou:' money winning books. Fo!ey's Honey and Toi* for children,safe,sure. No opiates. Of ANDERSON, N. C. We respectfully solicit a share of your business? THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OP ANDERSON. COU KT OF COMMON PLEAS. W. H. McKee, Plaintiff, agslnst Mrs. Mary C. Hood. nee McKee, Mrs Margarett Ambersonor Mr?. Margaret F.mersoii, nee McKee ; Thotnaa Nolan, IM want Nolan and Fannie Nolan, chil dren of Mrs. Jane Nolan, uoa McKee, docea*sd ; Mrs. Martha Mctcalf, neo HoKeo ; J. W.Mc Kim', Mr?. Um L. Dompsoy, .1. M. McKee, and Walter McKee, and Claude McKco, children of A. D. McKee, deceosed, Defendants?Summons for Relief, iComplaint Served.) To i ho Defendants avovo uanied : 70U are hereby summoned and required to nn X swer the Complaint In this action, of which a copy In herewith served upon you,and to servo a cony of your answer to tho said Complaint on tbo sunncrlbcrs at their office, at the Peoples Bank IlulldluK. a* Anderson C. II.. within twenty duys after tho service horcof, exclusive of tbo day of such service: and If you fail to answer tho Complaint within the time aforesaid, the ilslutllfs in this action will sj>;";to the Court for the relief demanded lu tho i'omplalut. Dated at Aodersou. s. 0, Doc. hi, A. I?. i;KH. BONhAM ? WATKINS, Plaintiffs' Attorneys, [SKAL] l'dAXK iYatkihs, Dkputvo c c p. To the absout Defendant i, Urs Mary (5. Hood, nee McKee, Mrs. Margaret Ainberson or Mrs. Mar garet bmerson, nw McKee; Ihomas Nolan, Kd ward Nolin and Fannie Nolan, children of Mrs. Taue Nolan, neo McKee, deceased ; Mrs. Martha Metcalf, ueo MeKoe ; .1. W. McKee, Mrs. Lou L. I 'ciiii.se-, J, M. McKee, and Waltor McKee and Claude McK**', chi'dreu of \. L\ MoRei?, de ceased : Please t?ko notlc? that the eou-platnt lu this action was tiled tu ihn office of tho Clork of tho Court of Common Pleas for Anderten County, South Carolina, at Anderson, K. C, December 8lst, l'j'i.', ?ml that the olject of tho Raid'nclton Is to procure, a partition and sale of a Tract of Land In said Couuty conululng (H0\^) fifty and one-half seres, more or low, for. crly bolouglug to David L. MoKeu. J?ard Anderson, S n., December3la-, A. D 1902. DUNHAM A WATKINS, PlointluV Attorneys, [Hhai.] FkaVK WaTKUIs, DSI'DTT o. 0 o. p. To the Bslnnr Defendants, Claudo McKoo and Walter MoKeo: Take notice that unless von apply to tho Court within twenty days al'tnr the service horcof upon you, exclusive of tho dav of such service, for tbo appointment of a guardian ad Uten or guardians ad lli-m to rnprosuut your intoroils lu tbo ahovo stated ca*o, the plaintifl'will then by his attorneys make such application tor you BON It A M Jfc WATKIN8, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. Dm-, atst, 19)2 ao 0 Foley's Kidney Cure makes kidneys and bladder right. Assessment Notice. AUPITOR'i OFFICE, Andirsom, s. C. THIS office will be onen to receive Returns of Persoral Property for Taxation for tho next Fls nsl Year, from tho first day of January, 1903, to the '-'Oih d*y of February following Inclusive. Real Estate btands as before, but all transfers of Real Fvate made sine last r?turn should bo noted ui>on tho return blsuk when listing. Tho Township Asscaaorsaro required by l?w to list lor -II those that fall to inako tholr own re turns within tbo time prescribed. Hence the difficulty of delinquents cac*plng tin SO per oent. penalty, as well as tho frequency of errors reeu t (ng from this practice Uy all mesas make your OWN returns and thereby savo exp -no and trou ble. Kx-Confederate Roldler* over 50 j oars uf a e are exempt from Poll Tax All other males between the ages of 31 and GO years, except thoao Incapable of earning a support from being maimed or from a* y other cause, shall be deemed taxablo polls. For the convenience of Taxpayers wo will also have Deput'Os to t?ko Returas at tho following Umen and place?: Holland. Tuesday, January 0. Moffattavl le, Wednesday, January 7. Iva, Thursday, January 3 Moseley. Friday, January 9. Ilaylls McConoell's, Saturday. January 10. Starr. Moudsy. Jsausry 12. Ktorevllle, Tutnday. January 13. Cllukscalea' Mill, Wednesday, January It. (iuyton, Monday, Januar; 1/. Bishop's Brauch, Saturday, January 17. Five Forks, Monday. January 19. Aiituu. Tuesday. January 20. Wyalt's Storo, Wednesday, January 14. Cedar Wreath, FrI Jay, January 10? a. m. James* Hto?'e, s'rldsy. Jauuary :C?p. r* Wlglngton's .Store, Thursday, January >3 Equality, Tueeday, January 13. Petidlntou, Friday, January 10 TownvilU, Friday, January 10. TugaLoo. (Saturday, January 17. Ilonea Path, Monday and Tuesday, January 20 sud 27. Helton, Fr.day and Saturday, January 30and St. Piedmont, Monday und 'Iuowlsy, Jauuary 20 and 27. Pel/or, Monday, Tuesday and Wed ne. Jay, Jan uary tu, 20 and 2i WllliamsOni, Wednesday and Thursday, Jan* war - and 29. G. N. C. lit il,P. U AN, Auditor. Foley's Honey and Tar cures colds, prevents pneumonia* 8. G. BRUG.?, DENTIST. OVER D. O. Brown A Bro'a. Store, an South Main Street. 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