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HUMA? If Men Would Pre? Hearken Yorkville As a people, a civilized people, a Christian people, we aro "confronted ty a condition, not a theory." A con dition so appalling that "awful" is the only word which may adequately express it. It is not the purpose of this article to enter upon wholesale denunciation. That can do no good, not even arouse the innocent, much less awaken to a sense of repentance t|j?ge-whoever they may be-who are not innocent. The writer, in common with a large number of our people, does most .sincerely deplore the many facts, of every degree, which bear witness to the world that human life is held in light esteem. That this sentiment should so large ly prevail in South Carolina ?is a fact for which ooe can scarcely ac count. The records of our courts show that punishment for theft is much more frequent, than is punishment for the crime of murder, or of the various de grees of homioide. What is the cause? A false idea of the sacredness of hu man life, and of thc quality of mercy. False, in that the life of the murderer ie more highly regarded than the life of the murdered. Shall man be more merciful than God? Is man wiser than God? The position sustained by macy men gives an affirmative to both questions. Homioide and murder have become BO frequent that the enormity of the crime does not seem to make any im pression either upon the slayer or upon the people. Let us see if this enormity can be made to appear. It is a crime committed against the State. Her fair name is besmirched. Her glorious fame is obscured by the smoke of the all-too-nimble pistol. Her grand oharaoter is lowered into the dust. It is a crime committed against man. He is robbed of time, of opportunity, of earthy happiness, tod, in many instances of future hap piness. His family, his friends, often his country, each and all are robbed. A life may be shining like a star of the first magnitude, a beacon light for the guidance of many a ftorra tossed sailor. And yet that brilliant beacon may be extinguished in an instant by a ballet sent hurtling os ito mission of death by the hand of an enemy. It is a orime eommitted against God. "In the image of Ged made he man." ? blow in the face is an in sult to the dignity of a man. How much more is a blow in God's faoe an insult, to his dignity! Every blow aimed at man, contrary to the Divine warrant, is. also a blow aimed at God. When the punishment, which God h&B prescribed for murder, is with held that also becomes a blow aimed it God. Thus we find three powerful motives whioh should impel ns in the tight direction: Patriotism, fraternity ?nd reverence. AB a people, we are between Scylla tod Charybdis., The only escape is to steer alright fer the point of; duty teaoh the sacredness of haman life. What agencies are available for this teaching? Four are named. Each tas done something. Yet each has ?IBO been more or less negligent. Parents, the pedagogue, tho press, the pulpit. The primal responsibility KBts upon tho parents. Go4^Jbao^ft ordained it. Tho pedagogue-lead* "g* guiding a. boy, is the BOCO nd link of his chain of age notes. Oar schools may, and should, not only strengthen md sustain tho ODireot teaching of the home, but'7 ohould endeavor to counteract any 'wrong home-teaohibg ehich may display itself in tho eohool room or on the play ground. The frees must needs take ho uncertain position. Many papers are outspoken ad fearless. Every paper should lend toe weight of ito influenco until all rithin range of that influence shall, ie moulded into a solid mas a of oppo sion to all crime, chiefly that now loder discussion. The pulpit, even ?ore than the press, should sustain ? equivocal attitude. -"Cry aloud ad spare not," ia the Divine com? 5?nd. As a minister, 17 would not ire unduly io shield either myself br >7 brethren from criticism. I most ?riouily doubt Whether any one of us ?s preached often enough upon this od closely related topics. Let these four agencies combine keir forces in united attack upon.the vii doers and only a few years will be Squired to effect a greatly needed aa} eatly desired change. There are Severer mediums through hioh tho truth thus .taught may be, ad should bo, applied to make it cf 'ctivo. ^Of these, the chief is that of. ablio opinion. Let public opinion e enlightened, unbiased and deter red to, uphold the right. Then, Peedily trill every criminal become 'barned to s??oi?^his faoe, ; ot least, hong ^fc^t&j&kJog people. .Post io tho medinm of the courts. ? LIFE. serve it, They Must L to Duty. Enquirer. ' Let purity, impartiality and a tono of high moral elevation, ever be the char acteristics of our courts and a long step will have been taken toward free ing our State from the prevalence of crime. The medium next mentioned, though last in the order of statement, is by no means least in the order of influence. This medium consists of the juries which serve in our courts. Here we Sad the greatest difficulty in dealing with all varieties of crime and the weakest point in all the machin ery of law. There are two claasQB of citizens which should be exempted from jury duty, for reasons that are Belf-apparent: Ministers of the gospel and lawyers. There is one class which ahould bo exaluded from jury duty: That class commonly, but expressive ly known as "toughs." But the failure to register exempts any one. This is a fatal defect in an j otherwise good law, and our law-mak ers should devise some plan to over I come this defect. It is unmanly thus to shirk a most important duty of cit izenship. The good people of the State lament every miscarriage of jus tice, but lamentation should be ac ; oompanied by the heroio effort to rem j edy every defect in the due adminis I tration of law, and no false idea of meroy should be permitted to stay the just penalty of an outrageously vio lated law. The good suffer moro than the bad, in the reproach-mingled with contempt-whioh is oast upon our beloved commonwealth by the weakness, often by the ignoranoe, and sometimes-O, the pity that it must be said!-by the wanton disre gard of light and justice, displayed in the jury box. Fill the jury box with our noblest type of earnest, high-minded, truth loving, justice-bearing citizenship and the danger arising from appeals to passion and prejudice is almost, if not altogether, removed; the adept "shy ster" is eliminated from a noble pro fession; and the skillful manipulator of human nature's baser passions is deprived of the opportunity to thwart the purposes of law and to trample upon the principles of justice. The public ideal of the sacredness of human life is steadily falling loweri We need to unite, we must unite, to raise that ideal to the height of God's ideal or the penalty will be widespread, far-reaching and overwhelming. -g. P. WATSON. Not Square. ^ The Teuton is a long time in learn ing British idioms, says London Tit? Bits. One who had been here a year pr more and could speak some Eng lish before his arrivai-a very short and eorpulent man, by the way went to his grocer's and paid a bill which had been standing for several weeks. "Now you are all square, sir." "Ivas vat?" "You are square," I said. "I vas square?" i "Yes, you are all sqarre now." ? ! Hans was silent for a moment, then, with redding face and flashing eyes, ho brought his plump fist dowd upon the counter and said : "See here, mine f rient, I viii h&ve no more... peezness mit yon. I treat yon like a ehentleman. I pay my bill und you make a eboke of me. You say I vas square yen I know I vas roundes ? panel. I don't liku such shokei. My peezness mit you vas done." Positive Proof. Governor W. H. Hunt, of Porto Ribo, was talking about legal evidence and proof. "In New Orleans, where I was born," said Governor Hunt, "they still narrate the very startling. proof that was once brought forward by a certain convict. ? "Thi? convict had been serving in an exemplary way a long sentence, and in tho course of his confinement he had fallen in love with ono of the j female prisoners. The woman rc tur n ? ed his affection, and somo sort of dis pensation was granted whereby it was made possible for these two unfortu nates to marry. "But when tho pair appeared bo* fore the warden no proof waa forth coming of the death of the man's first wife.1 Though the village had been 'written to, the letter had been return ed unanswered. ?"4Well.' enid the warden, 'I am afraid, my man, this marriage can't proceed unless proof of your first wife's death is produced.' ?% "Can't it, sir?' said the convict, with , an air of distress. He looked timidly at his prospective bride. 'Well, this here sentence 1 m serving ?no* ?.my first wife's assaBsihation.'^ Condemned Divorce. "Whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder," was the text of an earnest sermon preached by the Re7. A. H. Mitchell at Christ church Sunday morning. Mr. Mitchell's ad dress was filled with excellent advice to young people and his strong denun ciation of hasty marriages, unions made solely with mercenary motives or fer convenience, and of the grow ing evils of divorce, made a deep im pression upon his hearers. Marriage was not merely a civil con tract, Mr. Mitchell said, but a divine right, sanctioned and approved by Al mighty God. It was the most impor tant event in the life of every man and woman, and when once entered in to there was no possible dissolution | in the sight of God. Before entering into the marriage relation, people should know each other tharnughly and under all conditions. They must be prepared to bear each others sorrows as well as joys. No human being was perfect and it was a serious mistake for either a man or woman to marry with the idea that such a life would always be a springtime, flowers and sunshine. The hasty marriages and unions made purely with mercenary and am bitious motives were the fruitful causes of divorce, an evil which had increased so rapidly during recent years that men and women of thought all over the country were becoming alarmed at the fearful evil which was striking at the very heart of the sanc tity of the homo, the basis of sooiety and civilisation. Mr. Mitchell read from a speech made by Dr. Robert F. Coyle, retiring moderator of the Northern Presbyterian convention,, as follows: "As between a system that allows a man to have three or four ex-wives or a woman to have three or four ex-hus bands, and a system that permits a man to have his plural wives all at once, there is little to ohoose. I am not sure but the odds are on the side of the Mormon. If this sooial soourge of easy divorce contin?en, lt will call down npon us as a people the ourse of Almighty God. Childless firesides are being substituted for family cir cles." Not long ago, Mr. Mitchell said, there had been a prominent gather ing of prominent clergymen and lay men of all denominations in New York for the purpose of discussing plans for cheokisg the pre valance of divorce, and every member of this gathering had pledged himself to refuse to perform the marriage ceremony of any divoroed person. The Episcopal ohuroh had long since taken a strong stand against -tho marriage of divorced persons, and bishops in many States had cautioned clergymen in their respective dioce ses, and at the next general conven tion of the ohuroh, whioh would take place this coming year in Boston, Mr. Mitchell said, he expected that the oanons would be revised in such a way as to make the ohnreh law even more stringent than at present. Love was not everything in mar riage, Mr. Mitchell said, and it was by no means neoesBary for a woman to marry a man eimply because she was in love with him, even if he hap pened to wish it. Reason had an im portant part to play in the ohoiee, and if a woman's reason told her the man. to whom she was attracted was unworthy, she should listen .to its diotates. This might be hard, but the happiness and usefulness of lifo depended upon it. Better a sharp pang before than a life long misery after. No wou?an oould marry a dis solute man with the hope of reforming him. If he could not be reformed through her love before marriage, he certainly would not bo afterward. Greenville News. The First Baseball (Jame. The first newspaper report of a base ball game that I remember roadiug was an account of a game played at Hoboken. N. J., in 185?. It appear ed in an illustrated weekly, and was such a novel and interesting event that the weekly gave a double pago illustration. There were no baseball schedules in those days, and nobody lay awake nights hatching up reasons why Har vard should not play Prinooton and why Yale should play Pennsylvania, j All that was needed was an occasion such as a Fourth of July celebration, a country fair, a house-raising, or some other event of that nature. The occasion for this particular g*me was tho entertainment given to a team of English oricketcrs then touring this country, and defeating "United States" twenty-twos' with commenda ble regularity. We had evolved a game from the old English "round ers," which we called baseball,and we wanted to show our cousins what a high old game it was. lt may have been the "humors of the day" editor who wrote, the report, .which was as follows: ,. "Baseball differs from cricket, es pecially in there being no wickots. The bat is held high in the air. When the ball has been struok, the 'outs' try to catch it, in whioh case the strik er is ,out,' or, if they cannot do this, to strike the striker with it wheo he is running, whioh likewise puts him ?out.' "Instead cf wickets, there are, at this game, four or five marks oalled bases, one of which, being the one at whioh the striker stands, is oalled 'home.' "As at orioket, the point of the game is to make the most rans be tween bases; the party whioh counts the most runs wins the day." The fact that the reporter thought I it necessary to explain how tho game was played indicates the extent of the public'? knowledge of baseball at that time; and even he wasn't quite sure whether there were four bases or five, i When he says a base runner may be put out by hitting him with the ball he makes no mistake, for that WPS an : aotual fact, and it was considered a good play on the part of a base runner t' draw a throw from the pitcher, for usually the runner would dodge the throw and gambol around the bases, while the fielders were hurrying after the ball. This rule was abolished as soon as the game beeame popular, for a baseman, instead of touching a run* ncr, would often "soak" him at short I ranget which generally brought forth unprintable remarks from the soakee. The artist in illustrating this game was not far behind the reporter. The pioture shows us several hundred spec* tatorB, and, with the exception of a few ladies and gentlemen scated in carriages, the only person sitting down in the en tiro assemblage is the umpire: and, as if to show the perfeot tranquility of his mind and his eon tempt for foul tips, ho leaos gracefully back in his chair with his legs cross ed. Tho basemen, instead of "play ing off," are standing, each with ouc foot on his base, and a base runner is "glued to the third," although the pitcher is about to deliver the ball. In short, the general aspect of the field is enough to give a modern base ball captain nervous prostration. James L. Steele in June Outing. - m ? mi ? . Don t Shoot The Partridges. Washington, May 29.-The ornith ologists of the department of agri culture have been makiug an investi gation of the economic value of thc bobwhite, (partridge,) as a result of which it is announced that that bird is "probably the most useful abund ant species on the farms." Field ob servers, experimente and examinations show that it consumes large quantities of weed seeds aud destroys many of the worst insect pests with which farmers contend, and yet it docs not injure grain, fruit or any other crop. It is figured that from September 1 to April 30, annually, in Virginia alone, the total consumption of weed seed by bobwhite amounts to 573 tons. Some of the pests winch it habitually destroys, the report says, aro the Mex ican cotton boll weevil, which dam ages the cotton crop upwards of $15 000,000 a year; the potato and thc cotton worms, which have been knowe to oause $30,000,000 loss in a year the cinoh bug, and the Rook? Moun tain locust. The report urges meas uren to secure the preservation of tin bobwhite in this country. rn? . tmi STRONGEST EVIDENCE OF FAITH Evans Pharmaoy Guarantee that Ilyo mei grill Cure the Worse Case of Catarrh in Anderson. When one of the most reputable concerns in Anderson guarantees tha a medicine will effeot a oure or the' will refund the -money, it speaks vol urnes as to the merits of that remedy It is in this way that Evans Phar macy are selling Hyomei, the treat ment that has made so many remark .able oures of both acute and ohroni catarrh in Anderson and vicinity. Hyomei is not a pill nor is it liquid that has to be taken with i tablespoon or wineglass. Just breath it by the aid of an inhaler that come io every outfit and benefit will be see from the first treatment. It destroys all germ life in the ai passages and lungs and enriohes an purifies the blood with additions ozone. It oures catarrh of the hea and throat, or of the stomach, li vt and kidneys. Wherever muoov membrane oontains catarrbal germ there Hyomei will do its work < healing. When using this treatmen the air you breathe will bu found lil that on the mountains high above tl sea level, where grow balsamic trei and planta whioh make the air pu br giving off volatile antiseptic ira rt,nee that is healing to the respir tory organs. ? i Complete Hyomei outfit oosts b $1.00 and inoludes an inhaler, dropp i and sufficient Hyomei for sever I weeks treatment. Remember that if Hyomei does n eure you Evans Pharmacy will i I fond your money. This is a go time to eure catarrh by this natui method and prevent oatarrhal eol that are so oommon at this season. - If a friend pulls his watch your funny story, out it short. ! -Don't envy the rich; they hi ODros on their feet the same as y have. - Credit is all well enough us j the bill collector begins to oo: around. * READ THIS ?STS?WJAMT ???t?. -m&&? -?ooot J&xdLi aWTHEr?i ?tTTSH Ott. tl? ?flgyfHHHflH (VA. MOTT'S PENNYROYAL PILLS ~ ,gS"=i - -: or and banish "pains of menstruation." They are "LIFE SAVERS" to girls at. womanhood, aiding development of organs and body. No known remedy for women equals them. Cannot do harm-life becomes a pleasure. $1.00 PRU ItOX BY MAIL. SoU?. by druggists. DR. MOTT'S CHEMICAL CO., Cleveland, Ohicv FOK SALE BY EVANS PH&BHIAt Y. JUST RECEIVED, OLD DOMINION CEMENT, AND BEST XiII?/EIEL O. D. ANDERSON, REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. We offer for sale the following desirable property, sito? ated in this and surrounding Counties. Nearly all of these places have good improvements on them. For full partic ulars as to terms, location, &c., call at my office. 59 sores, near city limits, Ander- j son, S. C. 50 acres, two miles from city, un improved. House and Lot, 6 sores, near city limits, very desirable. Half sore City Lot, front on. Main Street, no improvements. 1 acre, rath new dwelling, in oity limits. * 11J acres, near city limits, cleared, no- improvements. 200 acres in Fork township, on Tug aloo River, two dwellings. 100 aorcB in Williamston township, improved, on Beaverdam oreek. 400 acres in Oaklawn township, in Greenville Co., half in cultivation, 5 tenant dWellings, 50 acres of this is in bottom' land. 700 acres in Hopewell township, on Six and Twenty Creek, 300 acres in cultivation, 2 good residences, 6 ten ant dwellings, 40 sores in bottom land. 01 acres in Garvin township, on Three-and-Twenty Creek, good dwell ing, barn, oro. 56 acres 'in Maoon Co., N. C., 29 miles above Walhalla, on road to Highlands. '_J_ 133 sores, in Pendleton township,, well improved. Berry place, Varennes, 87} aores. 437 aores, Pendleton township, tenn ant houses and dwelling. j, 145 aores, Evergreen plaoe, Savaiv nah township. 150 aores in Savannah township^ well timbered, no improvements. 200 aores in Center township, Ooo nee County, 100 cleared, balanoe weill timbered, well watered, good mill Bitov with ample water power. 65 aores in Picken s County. 600 acres in Hopewell township*. . 130 aores in Broadway townshipy improved. 230 aores in Fork township, on Sen eca River, good dwellings, &o. 800 sores in Anderson County, OD Savannah River. 96 aores in Lowndesville township*. Abbeville County. 84 sores in Corner township... 75 sores in Ooonee County.. 75 aores in Piokens County; 152 aores in Rook Mills township," on peneca River, 2 dwellings. . 700 acres in Fork township. All the above are desirable Lands, and parties wanting good homet, afr low prices, eon seleclfroa the above and cull for further particulars. Now is the time to secur? joir homes for another year. JOS. J. FBETWEXX, ANDERSON, S. C. e-4 m S 5 w 0 2$ S Os l_i Pi*8 . 3 pd BjPW 0 bj Q ? M ? OU, Butti, Daft This Establishment has been Selling IN ANDERSON for more than forty years. Daring all that time competitors found that a customer waa dissatisfied we did not rest until we had made him . satisfied. This policy, rigidly adhered to, has made us friends, true and last ing, and Wo can say with pride, but without boasting, that we have the confi dence of the people of this section. We have a larger Stock of Goods thin season than we have ever had, and we pledge you ourMord that we have nover sold Furniture at as close a margin of profit as w? are doing now. This ip proven by the fact that wo are selling Furniture not only all over Anderson County but in every Town in the Piedmont section. Como and see us. Your parents saved money by buy inc, from us, and you and your children can save money by buying 1 ore,loo. We carry EVERYTHING ip the Furniture line, ?CU F. TOILLY & SOW, Depot Street ThejOld^Reliabk furniture Dealer? v : STRONG STATEMENT FROM A PROMINENT LAWYER OF MEXICO, MO., ENDORSING OERG'S REMEDY The Great Blood Purifier. CAPT. C. T. ALLEN, Mexico, Mo. Lawyer. Soldier. tJMriaiAtQr? Lec?u'r? MEXICO, MO., Aug. 25, 1903. I knew Philip Foerg, of Princeton, Ky., for thirty years. He was my neighbor and friend. I knew that he originated and, after many years of per sistent effort, perfected " Foe rp's Remedy." So highly did I appreciate it as a perfect and complete remedy for all kinds and degrees of blood impurities that I endeavored, twenty years or more ago, to organize a joint-stock company to place this wonderful remedy on the world's market. Mr. Foerg very properly declined to,surrender the formula for making the remedy unless a sufficient amount of paid-up stock was raised, etc., and this I failed to do. Then Mr. Foerg himself, in a limited way, made and sold it for twenty years before his death. By his will he left the formula for making this remedy to Mr. Hugh Mayes, of Princeton, Ky., now Secretary and Treasurer of "The* Foerg Remedy Company," Evansville, Ind. I know it to be a fact that Mr. Foerg for twenty years offered $1,000 spot cash Che was amply able to make such an offer) for any case based on blood impurity which his femedy would not cure, and I know that he was often challenged to the contest, and he never lost a case, C. T. ALLEN. With the above information before yon, if yon goon suffering from the curse of poisoned blood, either primary, constitutional or aa a result of mercurial treatment, don't rail at fate but simply blame yourself, for here is a cure-absolute and sure. Tainted blood manifesta itself in the form cf Scrofula, Eczema, Rheumatic Pains, Stiff or Swollen Joints, Eruptions or Copper-colored Spots on the Face or Body, Little Ulcers in the Month or on the Tongue, Sore Throat, Swollen Tonsils, Falling out of the Hair or Eyebrows, and finally a Leprous-Like Decay of the Flesh and Bones. If yon have any one of these symptoms don't delay t<ll too lato, but go to your druggist and get a bottle of FOERG'S REMEDY, The Great Blood Purifier ALL DRUGGISTS GUARANTEE IT if your druggist does not handlo this remedy send us $1.00 for ono bot tia or $5.00 for six bottles, and absolute guarantee. AU packages sent in plain wrappers. AU correspondence strictly confidential. FOERG) REMEDY CO., - - - EVANSVILLE, IND.