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SURANCE! on YOUR - Dwellings, ? Furniture, Barns, System Gins. Also, Lifo Insurance on Mules and Horses. W??\- i^wesenliug only tho best and strougectt Coiupauies. CITIZ K S S I VS CU A X C K A G E N C V. G. K. < * Ei'>l :m&a, Pres. and Treas. M. M. Mattiaou, Vice Pre? Q. Frank .I.JIII.-M?, BtereUry. t*. ? VTASDIVER. .1. M A J OK. IO. I?. VAN ni VICK. VANDIVER BROS, & 1>EALICKS IN "Veriicles < M:I < 1 ? arness! BUGGIES SEE US ON WAGONS HARNESS If you owe us past due paper bo sure to see us promptly. : : : : Yours tiuly, V ANDI VER BROS. & MAJOR. ?es and How is a good time to buy a new Buggy and Harness, aunt we want you to look at our large stock of the latest and fsest up-to-date styles, and it will be no trouble for you to s&ake a selection. Our work is all sold under guarantee. We Stave es tra bargains to offer. Give us a trial. Our prices are few mud oerms to suit. THE J. S. FOWLER COMPANY. 2?. Ss.-We have a few last Fall's Jobs to go at CoBt. OL S. VANDOVER. E. P. VANDIVER. OFFICE OF ID BL AGENTS FOR ARMOUR'S GUANO AND ACID. - ALSO, -: ?>?$?OR Seed Meal, Kaimt and ali kinds of Fertilizers. FLOUR, C0? FEB, TOBACCO, Beat grades for lass', raouoy. Vour i^?troiSug? appreciated. Your truly, VANDIVER BROS. MASTIC MIXED PAINT. We Want lo Sell You Your Paint. -_in to see us, and let us tell you all about it. Wa have Bold this Paint for many years, and all Have boen pleao 1 who .it. We have a fine selection of colors, and will gladly give you ? -nj them, if you will call in and request same. Also, a full line of 3>?, Tarnishes, Stains, Floor Paints, Furniture Polish, Paint Brushes, Etc. ORR, GRAY & CO., ?Sssfc ?o Bank of Anderson. Beliable Druggists, I A LOHG LOOX ?HE?0 f A. maa thinks it is when the matter af life -, nto?*ranee suggests itself-but <arcurajrtaa? . V? thread when war, flood, hurricane ind ore v ^ddenly overtakes 'you, and the only way *o be (ihre that syoai family is protected in .?ase of cala* tfty overtaking you is to fa* <' * y ?uro in a soLd Company like / .... ^ _ WlMS&y;'- ' People*'Baak Betiding, ANDERSON. &0 ?#%Urtw* fl^^^? ?1i^^?^A ""?-?4 ?B, np, min ml . 'ifflifs Establishment lias bc?"* Selling * V ? IN ANDERDON TOT wore than forty years. Daring hil that time competitors faure come and gone, but we have remained right here We have always sold Cheaper than *ny others, and during those long years we have not had one dis HMflC?d easterner. Mistakes will sometimes occur, and if at any time we Sfoand that ? customer was dissatisfied we did not rest until we had made him satisfied. Thi3 policy, rigidly adhered to, han made us friends, true and last ?D?? aad we can-say with pride, but without boasting, that we have the oonfl daaoeof tho people^ot ?hio section. We have a larger Stock of Goods this' aatttoa than we have ever ?had, and we pledge you our word that we have never aol! Furniture ?t as Close a margin of profit as we are doing now. This is lyoven by tho fact that wo are selling Furniture not only all over Anderson Khmmtg tot in every Town in the Piedmont B?otien. Come and arie ns. Your BareiUfl,saved mono.v by buying from us, and you and your children ean save ^aia^^^rylng<haT3 Do. Wo carry EVERYTHING in the Furniture line, I .;. <fls Fe TPOLi?pM SON? B*??! Street p!. Tfa? Old Koliablo Furniture Dealer? WAR SI A Var time 3 Mrs. M. S. McDaniel Bacooton, (Ja., Oct. 4, 1?J05. Dear M rn. Felton: In response to your request for the experience of tlioso who passed through thc trying ordeals of tlie Confederate war, I will relate some of tho trials and hardships, to which the women of this community wore subjected. The neighborhood was of recent settlement, the majority of thc fami lies being people of small means, who had moved in and cleared up thc pine land a few years prior to the war. When tho call carno to fight for thc cause no better nor braver soldiers could bc found than were those sturdy farmers, but much as I revere their memory, it is of the heroiocG of tho sixties that I wish to provo wero not lacking in moral courage nor filial duty, nor any other of thc attributes that makes any loyal man feel like uncovering his head in her pres ence. When tho sad farewells were spoken and they had taken tho last look at their loved ones, porhaps tho last with many a one, and they folt that tho loneliness of their joyless homes was more than human hearts could bear, they w?re oonfronted with tho stern fact that on them alone depend ed tho maintenance of thoir fami lies. It is but a luting tribute that a monument should be erected to com memorate their sublime devotion to tho helpless ones left to their care, but the art of tho sculptor will never bo equal to tho task of portraying the heartaches, tho hardships BO bravely borne, tho utter sacrifico of self for others, tho courage it required to re main in their rural homos rotuoto from neighbors and with no earthly protection, j An aged lady (whose college bred grand-daughters would doubtless wince if I should use her name) tobi me only a few diiVB ago that she wont bare footed during tho warm weather aud saved her shoes for tho winter months; that the women did all kinds of field work, some of them even plowing, and that the greatest draw-back to making crops was that the plowing was oither tho work of women and girls or boys too young and inexperi enced to do good work. The material for the' families' olothcs and everything was corded, spun, dyed and woven at home, while the woods were scoured in search of the indigo plant, queen's delight and various other roots, btt.k* and leaves u.cd in coloring the Ihr?*?! and each vornan took a pardonable prido io tho particular cheeks of her Sunday hoine .-pun'dress. By indefatigable indus try they kept themselves sud children clothed, although it often neoesBitut . d working far into tho Dight, and tho hum.oi the spinning wheel and t!.e clack of the loom could bo heard for hours after working all day in the ?eld?. The now enterprising oity of Albany was only a town in embryo then, but. before the dose of the war not a yard of calido could be found in tho stores;; the stpok in trade consist ed ch ?eily of. "bunch" thread, tobac co, salt, etc. The substitutes for cof iee were too numerous to itemize parohed wheat, rye, barley, okra, potatoes, meal, bran and many other things being used. Very little wheat being grown io this section, cornmeal was used al most exclusively for broad, while the nearest grist mill was 20 miles away. All of thc neighboring women would have their oom shelled and two or three would hitch up a two-mule wrigon and take a Small boy or two a'<ong for protection (?) and go to mill for tho community. Owing to the distanoo two days were required to make tho trip. They would take with them food for thoms el vos and food for the mule s and remain over night. Before tho close of tho war natural ly enough the supply of crockery and kitohen utensils sadly needed" replen ishing. lu lieu of cups and buckets gourds were largely used, they is Iquired tho most scrupulous care to keep them J fit for use, but matty a grandmother Viewed her array of white milk gourds glistening in tho sun with ts much pride as her grand daughters do their silverware nos?, ? This being piney woods, the women would bc oom polled to go to the crock sod cut down oak irzzz ?nd burn them sod -save tho ashes; to make ?oap. ; Th ero ?was no actuel suf?eri os, but tho people practiced! the stxist?Bt econ? . oms andthe fare was exceedingly plain. There were of course some few slayehcflders, but their condition ' ;.?iitl?v;:;:?wtterT; than th^r jpeorcr neighbors.; V^Pioase ' 'observ^^??t ';I speak of our immediate locality...^?' i j^tty^moth?r^ ibo /.W??P families of people can now ?uovd vno ; luxuries than co??d be bj A IQ tho? X)RIES. Bford ships. in Atlanta .Journal. [ days; that an accurate eccount of thc extremities to which they were re duced would hardly bc accorded cre dence now, und if the people of tod ?y vould appreciate the situation as it \v;.s that no appeal would bc necessnry to secure funds for the monument." When, by any fortunate chance, a few pounds cf flour, sugar or "real" coffoo couid bo bought, it was kept for.sickness and each woman was glad to divido her scanty supply when a neighbor's family stood in need; tho exigencies of the times rendered each solicitous for tho other's welfare, and the hard times scorned to soften the sympathies of a peoplo who wore bound by mutual trials which ro quired moro nerve to face than to have shouldered a musket and fought in battle. Heroines of the L?st Cause. The heroines of the lost cause many of whom live where the sun shines on the green grass and the bud ding flowers above them. They may not lie beside the army of slain sol diers, lovers, husbands, sons or broth ers, who had left them to fight for their country, but they sleep in the samo warm bosom of mother earth whose mission it is to resurrect all things to view life forever and for ever, as the countless ages roll cm ward to the city of eternal life and light, but'the rcoords of their lives have been kept io the hearts of the living. In Greenville, S. 0., Mrs. Perry Dunoan, presiden*, of the jad?es Aid Society for the benefit of the soldiers, with the help of the ladies of the community, carried on a inoBt heroic work in sending to tho front each week such clothes, caps, comforts and socks as had been completed by the society? in connection with which was a hospital, where each day and night some one lady of the number nursed and furnished nourishment to the sick and wounded sent there. In the homes of the peoplo, barp and books were laid aside, when instead one could bear the constant whirr of the epi?niug whee], The soft crash, crash of the carding, thurnn of the newly-ereoted loom. After night, in the darkness, one oould hoar the olioks of the knitting needles on the round blending with the monotonous double of a eook for the ever needy soldiers. These things may not bo recorded as heroic, for our sympathies are too apt to be with the boy who stood on the burning deok forgetful of the father who wished, but could not free his boy, No doubt that <s cseu State the banded"WVS?B?* hood gathered up the united labors of even Utile hands to aid in the lost oiu-o. To some were given the op poy?unity bf nursing the wounded who fell on the fields of battle; others who were wealthy, tho chance to aid their country's needy with solid finance; but I believe these homo workers wore a source of,cheer and solid comfort to the weary and ever.needy army, also that none-: would ' have refused the' call of Jefferson Davis, their loved leader, as the women of Charleston o nae did the defense of their homes. Although in the Southland vthe fire side has ever boen the place of her women, yet ,1 believe they would rise, and say:; "Lot our followers, raise a living monument to attest to th? greatness of the fathers and . broth ers wh? fell on the : fields of battle and died to gain victory for thc lost caus?." ; . ; ? jt ' A Considerate Enemy* Toward the olo?a of the fr ar he- j tween tho States there resided upon a J plantation near one of our interior, towuB Mri, Barnard, a widow,': ^\0t her two little daughters and her sister, Miss Kate Moore (taler Mrs.' John Grimball).' v As the enemy had occupied all tho surrounding territory, th;s household was startled, but no ts ur prised,when . ? \? m mm '? O mmm^.; mt*.mm* mm, A *v ? n <-? ?y ? 1 n ?I /s w - ;ivvu< w gr* w? ~5ww ?.? ?%*?Sg Ct iOvi? Tsp was hoard upon the front door o? their house,. ' V-'-'. ^'-'-i^^SHH "': Too door was opencd and a Federal' , offioer, f ol?ow?d- bRtWO privates, en tered, questioned Mrs: Barnard as to .?.- ' ? '"' ' ?'?'- '- ?.*(?'?? . ;;? . tu? 'iw?UpauW? ; -w . I plies and th en s tat ed that he had como I to search xor. arma, and other contra*. i iNiwt W,?V!"?! '''.'r'!:?^>3HnBSBBjSIBBiRBnBBS1 It was ca ol o s s ?? ?> o?e? ob j e o ti o a to this inquisitorial visitation, 150 Mips Mooro got a lamp and volunteered t?$ show thc so intruders around house, making the satirical suggestion thaWibo negroes should ftrst be suW acned '.fcoa^?fo?^ their faces washed, thak ho" might b* coo vi coed the;y ;]?ftre'u^ Isojdfersiu disguise;. / . ? :thfeat^ wh?r? a well worn gray Jackey jielbnf * Dg to Mies Moore's brother, who was away io tho Confederate army, attract* ed the officer's attention: "Don't be afraid," said Misa Moore, reassuring ly, "tltut ia just a jaoket of mine that I am keeping to wear when I join tho cavalry." As ehowas quite small the prospect of her carrying out this pro ject seemed oertainly remote, and so thc lively sallies of this pretty girl were taken in good part by the offi cer. Pilling nothing objectionable above stairs, a rigorous investigation follow ed bei?w, where a closet beneath the sia'roaee was ransacked and pantry, dining room and parlor thoroughly in spected. "Why do you not send one of your men up tho chioiney?" inquired the young lady." Ho might find a whole st?ftk of Enfield rifles up there?" At length Mrs. Barnard's bed room door, was reached, where Miss Moore paused, exclaiming, "Oh, please do not go in there, where you would" dis turb thc children." "I shall not trouble them," re plied the ^inspector, perhaps made suspicious by her anxiety, and taking the lamp from her hand, ho invadec this apartment. Glanoing around hil eyes rested at onoe upon a low trundli bcd, where the fair-haired little girl were calmly sleeping in the sweet in nocenoe of childhood. Advancing toward this he placet thc lamp upon the floor, then stoop ing, peering beneath, where the brigh steel barrels of two revolvers glittere before his viow. Tho young man said nothing, bul while still upon his knees looke straight np into tho face of the gil standing beside him. Neither did Kate speak, lest tb soldiers behind should hear her, sb simply clasped her hands in mute a] pea. and let her brown eyes ask f< the forbearance that her lips cou] not requcat. Gi anting this silent petition tl Federal offioer rose to his feet, loavit the weapons where they lay, at said briefly to his soldiers, "Mo' on." ? . Ho had nearly reached the ht door ere Kate bad &n opportunity whisper, unobserved, "Thanks, \ need them for our protection." "Yes; I know you do," he onswc ed, and lifting his hat mailed as 1 passed out into the daikness of tl night. CbrisUsas Day of ISGi ia Confedera Trenches. ..,. _ ?V.*; (Atlanta Constitution.) \ As Christmas has just passed, will perhaps bc. interesting io t readers of The Constitution, to ku< something about tho Christmas of*! soldiers in 1864. My command, t Fifty-sixth Georgia regiment, Cu ming's brigade, was attaohed to t western army, During the oampai from Dalton General J. E. Johns was relieved from command.nt J lao ta, and General Hood placed command. Alter the fall of Atlan re fought ' the battle of . Jpnesbo then oommonbed - the maroh to Nat v?Hoj.Tenrji , ; We oooupied : the tronches , a fought on December 14; 1864, I first battle, on the 16th, tho third b tie, . having1 been driven 'from < position; Just before the first das the fight we were standing around Urge pile of logs, of whioh we i made, a fire; the rain was^stei^Ul^fi i ng and /rozo aa it fell, and while Were fao-ug the fire, icicles of ab W or 3 inches were hang ing to > coat tails, as'tho weaber was ?it cold and diaagrerabl ?. We were'ag driven from our f\?r? if?patfan$|p^ loiu, ??u ?uvu^ p m and captured. We then though I bbet to como back to Georgia and o< menced our retreat. ; '^'I^.b.einf'we.; 'had arrived | at the tb there bein ?? nobridges, wo built a f toed bridge. On Christmas day o imo. to ?hoal ?wek just bnfore roaohed the river and were ordered wade the creek. <The:tere^k:-wae olear aa a crystal, and tho 1 argo $ d?ra of the rook looked at. if t were'almost at the s?rf aee- : hut w, yon stepped fo?: one yo? found H 6 feet::;?^:S^d'v.th?; aext ooo, W> wets thoroughly v?tfrom heai ?;V ;,/t.?)5 ;.^i^ioh'ea.^bi?ttt: 50: yt from tho ?rock and Gould boat tba hrt?k^i?, *tir . clothes ; as ) they i stiffly: H^ttnP':After; we had ; nei the ri^er : ?rs stopped and commet to build fires, when we wer? told ? :?pj&js^ ^ift^.h?at'aVw^ io c? 'p^i;sic t^lprOt^t ihef pontoon hridg?; mto pat into pontoon boats and rc .: We\Ti?ded1t? ? a kv p?ae^ w the'.;W.^?r;,x wt?. /over tho (op ot ahoea^'^^?o^slao^ again to. I firesytaa^ were :{or3ered'^^^ ai.we.;wpttld hVi^to ohty forivt tttae;;@&kp$^ ItfriMiWi??t.^ picked tip rafts, ; wood ?od **d^^ Wm 'M$p -a* ??po?;; \?&9;i&$?? went to ?^ac peac?fht Christmas-ooid and hungry and without noy bedding, as wo had left most of our luggage in Nashville. Though we had marched during tho day and elept that night with our clothes, such as we had, frozen stiff and no fire, we passed quite a oom* j fortablo night. A. A. Manning, < Company F, Fifty-sixth Georgia. Long or Short Sweetening/ One day while a goutleman ard LU friend were traveling through tho mountains of Virginia, they stopped at a farm house for supper and a night's lodging. Tho hou.-c was not altogether a prepossessing one, yet hunger wonko un a man's aristocratic Ecri'ples, and they soon sat do wa to the meal. Tho teeth of tho hostesB j wore not io the best of condition from tho too frequent use of tobacco, J which sheohewed incessantly, and, on j the whole, ono glanco at her would I have driven all thought of hunger from cn ordinary person's mind. People traveling through tho rural and mountain districts, however, soon lose any over delicaoy which they may have possessed, so the meal was quiokly begun. Being helped to coffee, she asked Mr. G-'. "if he would take long or abort sweeten in'." Mr. G-, who ia rather a largs man, and fond ol eating, and being a littlo selfish and a.lawyer beBido,"? de siree to get all he can out of every* thing, replied that he would take long sweetening, whereupon th?, hostess dipped her finger into a oat of molasses, and drawing it out, stir red it into the cup of coffee. Mr G-felt as if he wanted to jumj out of the window, hut was restrainer from doing so by his curiosity to ee what Mr. F-'s fate would.uo, fo the hostess had just asked him, <ri he would take long n wee terna' or shoi sweeteniu'." . Mr. F---, seeing Mr. G--'s fat? thought that he would tako as littl of it aa possible, BO he replied that h would take short sweetening, when upon, abe seized a piece of map1 sogar in her fingers, and ? biting off piece with her teeth, dropped it int the coffee. It ia needless to .-ai that they did not stay for breakfa the next morning, hut made a hasi departure. > They each made a promise to tl other not to divulge the facts of the excellent supper} hut the jose w too good, and now when Mr, F-r calla on Mr.. G-^.-, cod stays tea, he ia invariably asked if ho pi fers "long sweeteniu* to short ?wee i eBinV " '* A Jewish .Colony for Sooth ?jaroUwt Florence, Jan. 1.-A. number of' irominent Je?/s met here yesterday st bo residence of Mr. M. Cohen and. rganized an immigration and coloui ation society. Those present were: Sir. and Mrs. Ileseuger, Mi. Levenson, O. Levy, i. Levy, II. Swarteman, ?. Klatz, Gialon, 0. Cohen, Mr. and Mrs. il. C. Cohen, Mr. and Mrs. Menkov? dr? rou ?i Cohen and L. Ro?enfield. Tho object of tho organisation is to ako steps for relief of their oppt'ess id brethren in Kassia .They propoBeto my a large tract of land in this sec ton of the State and settle a colony. The company is to be organized with a lapital stock of $15,000. They pro pose to buy laode and settle their irethron who will engage in farming, [n the old country the Jews aro farmers, but when they como over lore they havo to take hold of any thing that presents itself, not hoing ible to buy or equip a farm. / Mr. M. Cohen of this city, who is it the head of tho organisation, has ilready opened negotiations in Rua da for the first colony to be planted here and hopes to looato them very loon. They have already made ap plication for a charter and the.com pany will go regularly to work. They ire about ready to mako a purchase of lands as soon asa desirable location, san bo found.-Columbia State. - Our sohqolma'm says that tho art sf love-making is usually taught at night schools. ' r '.' FORSALE, One of the most desirable places ia up per South Carolina-Toe Cid -'Maxwell plantation"--on. tbo Seneca Uiver, G miles from Pendleton, 4 milea from Cherry Station, Blue Ridge, R. H., near Clemson Coll?ge. 250 acres In good Dtato of cultivation, 100 aorea rivor bot ic m, 400 aores timber land, a portion of lt virgin forest, a nearly new dwelling boase. 7 rooms. Large barns, Btook and tool sheds, 7 tenant bouses, all In good repair. An Ideal opportunity for the in vestor. The timber on 100 aorea will, when out and put on the market, pay BI ' tire cost of place, loo an res of the bofe tona land can be sold at $50 per nero, and there are plenty of renters at one-third of everything, studding ready to contract for ooming sesaon. Will Bell wi.'.h farm 7 mules, one yoke of cattle, wagons, cann and farm imple ments, a good saw mill, hogs, young oattlo and iced of all kinds for ?tock for a year. Two public roads cross the place. G>od water for h?n<?e and stock : Use plentiful. Fine fi*n i ua and h an ti ns cn the place. A ch?? ? ? u i u K place for a sum mer residence. 125.00 per aore. Terms-One-thlrd Qa?h-r-B*l^aoe on. easy terms. For further particulars apply to W. N. TROWBRIDGE, R. F. D. Pendleton, or EDW. E; B*KKIN; ?Esat? V Piedmont, S. C. NOY 20. 3.905 21 III ^ing tliat the Best Crop3 raised this yearwere raised with Tjh? Bi?st Exhibit At the County ton raised ^ AN<Siebardso3, and raiss? With ? w. ?