Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE HOUR The More We Know < Fea IS. uta ter News and At present, when it is not uncom mon to hear a chapter of the Bible read from the revised version instead of from King James's version, one c .innot fail to be struok by the instan taneous impression made upon the car by the substitution of a new word in place of one te which we have al ways been accustomed. To our think ing this is ono of the chief recommen dations of the new version; not that it always substitutes better words, but that it makes us think of the meaning of passages of which the force has become somewhat obscured by long use. Reading the Bible in a language other than English has much the same effect, for it keeps the mean ing constantly before the mind, a thing difficult of attainment when oie can repeat chapters from memory. This tendency to fall into a mechani cal repetition of prayers that are con stantly U3cd is a difficulty that thc be.^t of Christians find it very hard to overcome, and one is constantly shocked and humiliated at finding what solemn words the tooguo has uttered without the full concurrence of the mind and heart in the petitions they embody, or a full realization that it is the Supreme Being to whom they are addressed-though we may be fully assured such prayers never reach Iiis ear. There is one phrase, however, in the Litany used in the Episcopal Church which, because of its personal nature, seldom fails to arrest the thoughts; we mean the words "In the hour of death, and in the Day of Judg ment, Good Lord, deliver us." AU the other petitions about "blindness of heart, pride, malice, sinful affec tions, etc," may possibly refer to others-and the chances aro that if we are not upon our guard wo may fiud ourselves thinking of certain per Eons to whom they do not apply-but thc hour of death means our own ?death, there is no evading that con viction. Perhaps our thoughts flash ut into the unknown future seeking to discover the time and place and ircumstanoes when that hour will rrive. Or one may put away the un eloomo thought with the reflection hat it may not come to us for years, seeing wo belong to a family that has 8 tOfteen noted for longevity, or because ve are well and strong; then we re member others who had as fair a pros ,eas?|)ect of long life who were suddenly ailed away in a moment. Or it may ?o a certain parable occurs to us wherein we are told of a rich man who pas looking forward to a long life of ase and indulgenoe, and to whom it as Baid: "Thou fool, this night thy tl eh all be required 'of thee." appy indeed are we if suoh thoughts ing no terror to the soul, if we can ce tho "valley of the shadow of nth" without fear, because we ow who it is that will be with us. Although an exaggerated fear of Kath may make us cowardly and ?raid to do our duty if it involves y risk of life, yet there is a natural proper fear that makes us avoid (posing our lives foolishly and use psly through mere bravado. Again, ere are times in the careers of some rsons when it teems to them it mid be easier to die than to con ue to live and faoe a dark future of sfortune, or the consequences of leir own deeds. In the past, when ?ere was an unwritten law in the lid that every insulting word and led must be washed out in blood, it en required far more courage for a u to refuse a challenge than it did LMflgnght a duel; and manya valuable iPIUjp was sacrificed on the so-oalled eld of honor," beoause one feared ave his physical coursge question by those who aro inoap&ble of un stahdiog this scruples about that of settling a difficulty, t would be interesting to hear the told Fiulwer given by half a dozen persons imo afteloQ at random, if asked how and aesthetic*1* they would prefer to die. If we n^>fteethl6ot the reply that true Christians ind nearj almost certain to make, it is prob traction oje there would be much uniformity he answers. Every man has-01 hould have-some speoial aim io and ha wants to Uve long enough ttnin it. But it is not very prob that maty Would be willing to gc oon as that aim was reached; foi ne goal ia attained we have still [her ia J*H just beyond it, whioh mes equally important; and sc year? slip by until the - span ol lifo is finished. But although w( it so difficult to discover just the t time fdr out own death, wt > no hesitation in deciding that lion for Others. When an ole jon dies we constantly hear the rk that no doubt ho was glad tc e was BO old and had outlived al all his contemporaries whereas act, it is very usual for th< to ?ii?g to lifo with more tena Ml. rchantt ie high? , Bridge edone' PK-" ' BEST. OF DEATH. of Death, the Hies? We Y it. Courier. oily than do the young. If it be a politician who is no longer prominent io the world; a minister who has loBt Bomething of his youthful energy and eloquence, a lawyer whoso keen wit is somewhat dulled by ago, a writer whose later books have failed to reach the high staudard of former works; wo are likely to add some philosophic re i flection about those who have "out I lived their usefulness;" as if suoh a conviction was apt to occur to the person of whom wo speak: or as though we, with our poor, short-sighted judg ment, knew better than Ho who crea ted us and has appointed to every man a time to die. It sometimes happens that persons whose faith is so strong that they are not disturbed by any dread of the fu ture shudder at the thought of death because their fancy pictures thc pain attending tho last strife to be some thirg worse than anything one suffers wh'Je living. Such a dread is gen erally tho effect of enfeebled nerves, or of extremely sensitivo feelings, and those who are affected by it re quire, all the strength religion can give to enable them to faoe the thought of dissolution with quietness. It is a blessed thing that many who have long been in bondage to such feel ing are mercifully delivered from them when ibo last moment comes; or that they pass away in unconscious ness, awaking amid the glories of the eternal world. It is a strange faot that the more we know of death the less we fear it; and there is nothing which so robs death of its terrors as to stand by thc side of those we love as they pass away. Ono moment they are with us, we hear their voice we read their affec tion for us in their eyes, we feel the loving pressure of their hand; the next a curtain has been drawn aside and dropped between us, and all that wo loved has passed beyond itinto anoth er life, hardly veiled from us by its thin folds. How easy it seems would it be to follow them; far easier, it ap pears at first, than to stay hero with out them! But the months and years go on, and we learn to think of them quietly as in that other home where wo Bhall presently join thom. As one after another of our loved ones are thus taken from us we lose all fear of death for ourselves, and can look for ward even joyfully to "the hour of death,*' which means not only the bliss of Paradise, but that happy re union with those who have gone be fore us into that "sweet and blessed country, the home of God's elect*" Father and Son. Representative Richardson, of Ten nessee, tells of a campaign conduct ed by Gov. "Bob" Taylor in that State. . * Meeting for the first time a dele gate from one of the eastern counties to the State Convention, Mr. Taylor said: "I am glad to meet you, sir. I have known your father for a good many years, but this is the first time I have had the pleasure of seeing you. I see, sir, that the son is ? better look ing man than the father." "Oh, come, governor," replied the delogate, banteringly, "you needn't try to jolly me that way, for I'm for Barksdale all right even if the oldman is for you." Gov. Taylor smiled in a reflective way. "My dear, sir," he added, "I morely said I found you a better look? ing man than your father. I did not say you had as muoh sense."-Har per's Weekly. -i^*^ Perfectly Bight. Regular army officers say that volun teers are a trifle deficient in matters of military etiquette. AB illustra tive of their weakness in this ro ; spect, Major General. Corbin tells an amusing story of a young lieutenant of militia who accompanied his fellow , volunteers to the war game at Manas . sas recently. t It appears that the young volunteer . officer in question was conversing with ,. certain regular army officers near [ General Corbin's tent, when G?nerai . Grant and his staff passed. The reg > ular officers arose and sainted, but the . volunteer lieutenant sat still. " j "That wae General Grant," said one j of the regulars to the Jieutevant. , ?'Why didn't you salute him?" ? "Oh," responded the volunteer, non^ , cbalaotly. "Fte only , been here a , few days and we haven't been intro* i doced."-Colliers. j - People hardly ever have bad enough tempera to get in a rage 1 with the ones that deserve it-them I selves. - A man usually ?eta whet he de . servos in the ead, but he manages ) to get a lot of other thing? in ?hs . meantime. Christmas Li Old Times. Spartanburg, December 9.-As the VjolidayB that ring out tho old and ring in the new year approach tho mind re verts to some customs and traditions of the olden time. In every house tho women got busy early in the fall so as to weavo the jeans and other cloth and have the winter supply of clothing ready by the first of Decem ber. Those who owned negroes made their olotbiog. Remember that tho cloth was made, tho garments cut and every artiole tho negroes wore was made on the farm. Th? white boys fared little better. Many of the smaller children did not get their new shoes until Christmas eve. Shoes wore all made on the farm out of leather tanned at home, or by some neighbor who kept a tan yard. Three-quarters of a century ago there were no sewing machines, cooking stoves, buggies, breech-load ers, cocaine, delirium trouions, dispen saries, and pistols wcro so rare that many persons grew to manhood with- ! out seeing such things. Shooting matches with flint and 6tcel riflos, home made, hunting thc game that was then abundant, with an occasion al "stew," afforded amusement for the men. If thc Charleston Club wishes to try a stew at Christmas they will need a three-gallon iron pot and two gal lons of corn liquor, such as was made in thc old days. Enough spice and ginger was added to flavor the same. It was sweetened with brown sugar to suit thc taste. That was said to bc a very "sarching" drink, especially if the weather was below the freezing point. The young people managed to get up a quilting us an excuse for get ting together. That closed up with dancing, or "twistiflCatioo," or "plays." There is not a mombcr of St. Cecilla Society today who can teach her set testification and carry them through the old-time plays, which had nothing to do with the stage, but there were various games or marches, with songs and forfeits, and it is said that our grandparents were not averse to kissing as a method of paying forfeits. Of course their des cendants never do anything so very absurd in these dayH of germs and bacilli, and very much modern fool ishness. It would make a porpoise laugh to see Charleston's young four hundred playing and Binging. "0 Sister Phoebe! How merry were we Thc night wc sat under the juniper tree." Christmas morning the men in the upcountry had considerable fun shooting Christmas guns. There was no firecrackers then. About two hours before day two or three would start out with their guns loaded with powder only. They quietly went to a neighbor's house, and getting their guns very dose to the bed room, they would Are away. There would be no more sleeping in that house that night. The man thus aroused would get his gun and by daylight there would be a dozen or more. After the morning exercise you might imagine that they were ready for a stow with a little taste of thc raw while tho stew was preparing. Thus the people celebrated Christ mas in the first third of the last cen tury. In many respects it was a bet ter plan than the modern methods, with fire-crackers, fire-water, all night oarousals and the free use of pistols. In those old days no one was shot in tentionally, and never accidentally. In fact the old English shotguns and muskets were so long that one could never get the muzzle to bear on his anatomy unless he got on a stump. Thero was another custom preva lent in the up-country in the old days. That was writing "buckets." Of OOU?RC the editor and staff of the News and Courier know what a buoket is, bat it is doubtful whether the scholar ly professor of English in the Char leston College would know a buoket if he should see one. If he knows why anonymous communications dealing in abuse and defamation were called backets he will let it be known. It was usual when our people began to migrate westward for somo of t^em to send a letter back to bis old home to some one he disliked, telling bim of all thc meanness that he and hie family were guilty of. Sometimes a buoket would take in tho whole neighborhood. The writers were generally known, but those who were "bucketed" were helpless. There vre rc no postal inspectors and laws against sending such matter through the mails. Bat these traditions are passing from fae memory of the old and the yoong care nothing about them.-Spa cial to News and-Courier. - Tho offspring of a pugilist may inherit a pair of black eyes. - Strange to say, the coming man is one who his already arrived. - You are right, Algernon; a breach ; cf-promise suit is a court dress. - Marriage is a good thing foi kBomo people-furniture dealers for in 1 stance. - If al! flesh is gris*, cannibale must be vegetarians. >'.kv . .v ' ? .. Vvi v. ' .7 Animals of South Carolina. Washington, Dec. 7.-Tho Bureau of Animal Industry, of thc Department of Agriculture has just issued its Twentieth Annual Report and it con tains some interesting figures relative to the number of farm animals in South Carolina, together with the values and average price per head of the various kinds of animals. The number of horses in South Car olina, according to tho bureau of ani mal industry, is 73,991. Tho value of ali these is placed at $6,202,252, and the price per head for horses in South Carolina is $S4.64, which is a good average. There are only a few of the States which show a higher value per head. South Carolina stance tenth in the United States in this respect. The horses of New Jer sey are ;he most valuuolo, the average price per head there being $09.23. Tlio avoragc for thc whole country is $07.93. South Caroliua is one of thc wealth iest States in the Union in regard to mules. There arc 105,537 mules in the State. Only ten States have a larger number. Thc State which has the largest number is Texas, where there are 399,000. The value of the mules of South Carolina is $10,510, 088, and in this respect the rank of the State is eleventh. When it comes to the average price per head for mules, South Carolina Btands second, with only Georgia ahead of her. The average prico per head in the l'aluiet to State is $99.59, while over in Georgia if is $104 02. Tho average for the c .ire country is$78.88, show ing these two States to be far above the average. The milch cows of South Carolina are a valuable asset to tho farmers and stock owners. The figures of the animal bureau show that there aro 119,812 milch cows in South Carolina, valued at $2,712,G7S. The average price per head for cows in the State is $24.48, which is below thc average for the entire country, $29 21. The State owning thc Urgest number of cows is New York, where there arc 1,655,323 milch cows. The highest average value per head is found in Massachu setts, where a cow is worth about $40.40. The lowest price per head is in Alabama, where the average is $19.57. Other cattle or South Carolina num ber 176,003, and aro valued at $1,072. 444, with an average price per head of $11.17. This is below most of the States. South Carolina is poor in sheep. The number of these little farm ani mals in the State ia 59,452, and they have a value of $117,311; the average price per head being aa low as $1.07. The average for the entire country is $2 59. Montana and Wyoming aro the greatest sheep States of the country, the former having 5,270,003 sheep. In hogs, South Carolina compares favorably with* most of the States. Tho number of swine in the State is 051,870, and they aro valued at $3, 070,517, the average price per head being $5 G4. Tho hogs of Rhode Is land have an average value of $13.OS. Iowa has more hogs than any other two States in the Union, the camber beiug 7,304,208. There are a total of 1,178,205 farm animals iu South Carolina, valued at $2."),251,030.-Special to Greenville News. - It's awful tiresome to have to be as bad as you feel you ought, to live up to your reputation. - The only way to keep reform from curdling is not to usc it. MOM UB3 WILL YOU BE ONE? There are about seven million peo ple in the U. 8. who have savings ac counts. These accounts BIIOW au av erage of 8400 each ; seventy out of every hundred persons starting savings accounts with oue dollar keep them going, and in a short time have seve eral hundred dollars. It' you will open an account with the Saving De partment of the Bank of Anderson there are seventy chanceB out of a hundred of your sooner or later hav ing the average. THE BANK OF ANDERSON, The oldest and strongest Bank in the County. naught for 50c. oia] \ The Biggest Sale } the Dollar. .? in the { ^Cost Sale Not in IUj ' ^ Ilistory of Anderson.; LOOK ANDl?AD ! THE BIG SALE OF IS NOW IN PULL BLAST. Come in and inspect and be convinced. We bought in this Mammoth Stock WOOL DRESS GOODS, And all kinds Cotton Fabrics, Men's and Boys.' Clothing, Capes, Jackets, And Shoes. Also, a full line of MILLINERY! Kow, if you are looking for RIG BARGAINS, you will do well by coming in and inspecting our Stock, as we certainly have the largest Stock in Upper Carolina. We can f?t man, woman and child in anything to wear. We are certainly going to try and make ali efforts to make the next six weeks the largest business l? the.hiatory of our house. To succeed in this effort we w?U certainly give our many friends and customers the biggest values ever given in Anderson. Our Motto :-High Quality and Low Prices. '- Hoping to have an early call from our many customers, f LESSER & CO., LEADERS OF LOW PRICES BUBBEB TIBES ! We are In a position to pnt on High Grade ?Ruh?er Ties with good service, and prteeeito correspond with Rubber be fore it made a bounce. _ PAUL E. STEPHENS. Wanted to Buy. Good, Flat Land, in good state of cultivation and well im proved. . Wanted to Sell. 132 acres, Hall Township-10 acres in bottom lands that will yield 1000 bushels corn. Fair improvement. 148 aero?, Savannah Township, known as Evergreen place. Well im proved, good orchard. 84 acres, Hopewell Township. Tenant house, barn, ^c. 15 aerea i_. cultivation, balance woods and old fields. 152 acree, Rock Mills Township. Price 81200. 901 acres, Broadway Township. Well improved. Price 82500 87i acres, Varen nea Township-improved. 200 acres, Fork Township. JOS. J. FRETWELL, ANDERSON, S- Co MOTT'S PENNYROYAL PlttS gg?aS - or and banish "paint" of menstruation." They arc "LIFE SAVERS" to pirls at womanhood, aiding development of organ** and body. No known remedy for women equals them. Cannot ?lo harm-life becomes a pleasure. $1.4)0 W/tt i*oX 15Y MAIL. Sold by druggists. Dil. MUTT'S CHEMICAL CO.. Cleveland, Ohio? FOU SALK KV EVA MS l'UAKIIACY. 1>. S. VAN 1>I VE H. E. 1*. VANDIVER; VAN DI VER BROS., General Mlercliaiits. COME TO SEE US ! On anything in our lino and wo will make PRICES SPECIALLY INTER ESTING. We have a limited amount of Sound, Cheap Flour for Hog Feed, At 83.50 per barrel. Yours for Trade, VANDIVER BROS. Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Framing, Shingles, Lime, Cement, Lathes, Brick, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mantels, ! Turned and Scroll Work, Devoe's Paint, Lead, Oil, Turpentine, Hard Oil, Glass, Putty, Etc. EVERYTHING THE BUILDER. IMPORTANT ! INVESTIGATE when need of any kind of in. FOIC THE BUILDING MATERIAL. See me. If I don't sell yon I'll make the other fellow SELL YOU RIGHT. "VT. Xi- BRISSEY ANDERSON, S. C. CH 5 ? 0 5Z? H ^ .| 3 td O' td W Sd O < M ? < 0 td ? M H m nj H _ ? ft O S S * Si Es W ? fl > " 3 M z ?s co . ? o * m? 3 to OU Bj| |j| H This Establishment lias been Selling IN ANDERSON for more than forty years. Paring all that time competitors, have como and gone, but wc have remained right hove We have always sold Cheaper than any others, and during those luug years we have not had ene die satisfied customer. Mistakes will sometimes occur, and if at any timo we found that a customer waa dissatisfied wo did not reta until wc 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 ooo? denoe of the people of this section. We have a larger Stock of Goods this season than we have ever had, and we pledge you our word that we have never sold Furniture at as close a margin of profit as wo are doing now. This ip proven by tho fact that wo arc selling Furniture not only ali over Anderson County but in every Town in the Piedmont section. Como and seo ns. Your parents saved money by buying from us, and you and your children can save . money by buying I OTB toa. We carry EVERYTHING in the Furniture lin?,. Q, F. TOLLY & SON. Depot Street Tho 01d.Jleliable?Furniture'.Dealera Is/LO-V'J&TD I WE have moved our Shopand office below Peoples' Bank, in front or1 Mr. J? J. Fretwell's ?tables. We respectfully ask all our friends that need any Roofing done, or any kind of Repair work, Engine Stacks, Evaporators, or any kind of Tin or Gravel Roofing to call on ne, aa we are prepared todo it J promptly and in best manner. Soliciting your patronages, we are, Respectfully, BURRISS & DIVVER.