Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WANT TO C Stranded in the Wes Ho: Atlanta Co Many requests have come to local railroad men for passea or special rates for former Georgians aud Cra-o liniaps who have hurried into the southwest to get rieh in a year or two, according to the statements and glow ing accounts of ibo land agents, while in i etd i ty they have only beootuo strandpd in a section where the op portunities for wealth are as ram a?? neighbors,, which is saying much in a sparsely settled territory. Many of theso requests have been most piti ful, and told of real want and suffer ing, with a return to their old hornea io the southeast as their only re Vj uti ? ti . Theso same offioiale have many oto?es to tell of those who have made their return by any and every means possible and have landed in their old neighborhood with aoeonntB of con ditions in the'southwest ?bout aa fer removed from the glowing stories of land agen to as the United States from China. It is needless to state that southwestern land agents, with all th:*ir ability at description and elo quence, cannot o fleet the simple aUie ments of truth as made by thoso who have been these, have tested thc promises and have coota home feeling certain that Georgia is about thc , nearest suburb of Paradise and the boBt place to acquire riches that can be found anywhere. Theso same per sons have been particularly sad when they learned of the prices which their old neighbors received for their cot ton and which they might also have received except for coming under the influence of the enthusiasm of the land agent.. And. when they have seen these same old neighbors hurry ing to the bank with the profits real ized in dear old Georgia, they have said things of the southwest aud land agents which would not look well io print,- say the southeastern offi cials. " . But there are many others' who ?ire in far woree condition, because hav ing moved into tho southwest and taken their families 'with them, aro still out ther?j. because sf their in ability to return lo: Georgia or the southeast, lacking both iii.) money needed for railroad fare, and even this supplied, would return:; only to find their cid farms occupied by those Who have m ado mo ney, thants tc tbs 55?6vuiijur^nrfflaa nf COlfcOG S?d also the low figure at which the farm was purchased. . Needless to say, these land agents have given those' sections where vic time have returned a very wide berth. The reasonr ie evident. They have nothing with which to counteract the statements made by those who have tested the flattering promises. Aa. to. the pictures or photographs shown iii the advertising matter, victime who have returned state that there is no doubt but that the fields of cotton in the southwest are moat attractive in appearance, hat in the end far more attractive than profitable., They stat? that the plants ran too mach stalle and that while; the bashes are very 1? igh ; the bolls ano far between and'the. fruit scarce for the same reason. Added to this they claim that much machinery ss needed for th? culti vating of the now soil and, that the crops, whea harvested, must be car ried soon a distance that very muoh cf the pcoS?'is Josi ai, this point, ^fcen ?W ??so ^ teri als io almost prohibitive, and that they haye been compelled"'.to : live on a eoaroitjr of variety of food, which, would no* }v toferatad in "God's .coaotry/Vfwhi?li^?y, call the old oeighborbobda -;BO^ filled? with ha ppy memories and, just at present ll and 12-eeh* ? cotton. ?^?y hor?^ B>?"?SS are. required for the W&king of tbjO figinfc and most of all a scar city of labor ^itakea it impossible to ttake the best of tho o?ndiMons that Eyebr^^?abdr^thai-is available^ the farmers claim,'is s??ored by tho big ^orpordUoijy ihtatown vafi^pla?^tiO??1 of thoustradp of ?armers^aye little or no show. Th?se areouly a few of the complaints mado by thee* who ref tun. As ft r Bohools aod churches ftod other opportunities for betterpient, they say such things 5re eithRfi.v3a?W ; b? ont of reach ,'n most eaaes^a'ad. the childrens must grWo> ?be best w*y . taey kooV how. ' Ono ^?ffiiJ?siJ1 ?tated that tho reit???* J? oo* ??.|iifiss p:^^; ha come & , *?? *n?h ? t^lss^^>e.oari?g-?#p?'?5a? WOTS, tTpi>o bein? questioned, ibis Prodigal stated that be was ene .?.'of lb* it?,V?od that ho' had kOtl' OME BACK. t Many -A.sk Passes me. nstitution. of ali, to ?et home again, and had not money to do BO unless some cheaper uoketa could bo eeoured. Thia re turned Georgian stated that these who wanted to oome fraok were not tho least bit particular as to the kind of Cars, provided they could only start home under any condition or at any cost. This part?cula? far-scr was sccs tee well dressed. When ho saw the ofli oial looking at his olothes, remarked that styles in tho southwest wero con siderably different and that evon if he didn't appear to the best advantage in thia section, he was looked on as a dude among many of his neighbors. Poultry Notes. It is a good thing now and chen to feed the chickens parched corn, and some of it moy as well be burned to charcoal. A change of diet is always a good thing, and charcoal should go with much of the fermenting things that fowl* eat. If you ship poultry in returnable coops, there is a little foresight that will save much trouble in cleaning coops, and aleo keep them olean. Have some good, thick paper or paste board, the right sise,'and lay several thicknesses on the floor in the coop. Those can be taken out when dirty and leave a oloau surface. Don't start out in the poultry busi ness by expecting to bo successful "if! you have luck." There ia no suoh thing as look in raising fowls of any sort. Business principles are the luok. If you raise poultry on Btriot business principles and learn the ! most intelligent ways' of doing it I you will succeed; otherwise, you will not. . Chickens like nothing better than bones. They are especially fond of the bones of other chicken a. In fact, they are real cannibals, but the bones are very good fer them. It pays well to provide bones as a regular part of their diet. Fresh beef or. other ani mal bones from the shop of the butch er are the best, but they should be ground fino in a bone-mill. Poultry bones of all sorts from tho table may bo beaten , and chopped fine enough with e hatchet or an ax, Hc?e is a good reoord from an ex? "h*LSg#! -As low* -nCZ??? rwrUes io a poultry journal that in ono .year, with 100 hens, she sold 9,000 eggs for 693. One hundred and forty-three ohicks brought. $37, and sixty-five chickens and 1,200 eggs were used at home. She now has 400 chicks, all being Buff Books and Leghorns. I-, \V When one starts in with an incu bator and brooder, to raise chickens without ; experience, they are very likely to beoOme disgusted with the machines and wish they had never seen them. But cultivate patience, aqd remember that "experience ?c the fcee^. beacher.*' Neither pringad in structions nor what experience-7 per ?eons tell yon is worth ha'if ?B rauch aa what you. learn yourself. From chopping wood to play irg tho viano* it ia your bwa practice alone ' that makes perfect. Next to the e?g-eatiog fien,', the greatest nuisance is tho egg-sucking dog. For. :>nc*? bu> -> nickie's worth of tartar ct^etio, break a small hole in the end e/ae egg, pour some bf ibo *bitec^ of "tjhev^??^ ov?r/ib'? hole and give dose aa long ea ibo dog will cat it. TJsuallyf i|q8?*1e Buffi oient. ' ' ' ? -: 7 ? ' Wy. y Tfee?on'a Share. "That ia a quibble, a mere^quib blo,^v?ald;WalterCamp, Yale's aih letio idvieer, in a discussion of foot ball r?l^^ according to the Kansas City Journal. He laughed; ironi . . Riv ; ^. . ^Thftt ; reminds me," he eula, "of the^tildr^ I vi sited tn ih a* eumm e>^ '?u.tbbaev^Idif $ny^ttro/:boys, got oh " r?ere,* said their mother, to the oldest ,o? them cue day, %cre ia a banana; divido ii W|th;>eM&SB A CleVor Imitation'. A certain Cleveland Attorney, says tho Clovcland Plain Dealer, baa two bright little children. They aro quiok at imitation, and have a talent for making up gamcB in which they clov erly burlesque their elders, A few dayn ago their mother found they we.o playing "doctor." Tho younger child was the patient, with head wrapped in a towel, and the oidor tho physician, with a silk hat and cane. ? The mothor, unaoun by thc little ones, listened at the doorway: "I feola awful bad," said the pa tient. "We'll fix all that," eaid tho doo tor- briskly. "Lemme see your tongue." Out came the tiny red indicator. "Hum! hum! coatedl" eaid tho doc tor, looking very grave indeed. Then, without a word of warniDg, j i thc skilled physician hauled off and ; gavo the patient a ?mart slap in the region of the ribs. i ."Ouch!" cried thc sufferer. "Feel any pain th?T?" inquired the doctor. "Yes," said the patient. "I thought so," said thc healer. "How's tho other side?" "It'c ell right," said tho patient? edging away. Thereapon the dootor produced a small bottle filled with what looked like-either bread or mud pills, and placed it on tho table. "Take one of thone pollets," said tho physician, ''dissolve in water, every seventeen minutes-ol-te-mit ly." .,"How long muB' I take 'em?" groaned the pationt. "Till you die," said tho dootor. "Good morning!". Knew Her Weakness. It was the sweet scent of the lilies ? .> the conservatory, the beauty of tho . jung girl's gilt hair or the excellent champagne ho had taken with his sup per-at any rate, after the two-step, at? they rested in the shadow beneath a palm, ho proposed to tuo debutanto in white, soys the Philadelphia Tele graph. -v "It cannot bo," she said. "I om unworthy of you." "Oh, rubbish!" said he. "It is true, it is too true." ?nd she sighed. "You aro an angel," ho said, ar; dently. "No, no; you aro wrong," said the young girl. "lam vain, idle, silly, utterly unfit to be your helpmeet through life." Ho laughed lightly. Ho said in a soothing voice: "Why, ?uid ?sanear m8.dn?R?, Whsti sort of wife do you think I ought to have?" "A very wiBe, deliberate, praoticai Tierney,'' aho said; "one able to livo on your small salary." - A nephew of the Emperor of China and the ohief engineer of the Chinese government are in England making arrangements for the building in China ol; a gre?,t arsenal or factory for tho E?/tkiog of military rifles. -: A man in a novel? never poems a real hero to a woman unless, just be fore he calla on the heroine, he stops to give a nickel to a street urchin. --People can go to StatoV prison and get out for good behavior, but marriage ie ?, eenteoe? for life/ - Tho beat sooial refinement is to be refined of eelf. Why the Stove wai Elevated. Daring the college days of ox-May or Bessom of Lynn he had two of tho i professors of thc college as guests at a hunting camp in tho Maino woods. When they entered tho cai?p their attention was. attracted to tho unusual position of the stove which was sot on posts about four feet-high. Ono of the professors bogan to com ment upon tho knowledge woodsmen gain by observation. "Now," said be, "this man has discovered that the heat radiating from tho stove strikes the roof and the circulation ie HO quickened that tho oamp is warmed in muoh lose timo than would bo required if the stove was in ito regular placo on tho floor. The other professor W?B of tho opin ion that the stovo was elevated to be above tho window, in order that cool rnd pure air could be had at night. Mr. Bessom, being more praotical, contended that the stovo was elevated in order that a good supply of green ?cod could bu piaced beneath it to dry. After considerable argument each man placed a dollar bill upon the ta* ble, and it was agreed that the one whubo opinion was nearest the guide's reason for elevating tho stove Gbould tako the pool. The guide was called and asked why the stove WAS placed in such on unusual position. "Well," said he, "when I brought tho stove un thc river I lost most of the ,stovepipe overboard, and had to set the stove np there so as to have tho pipe reach through the roof." ? He got the money. A Shrewd Captain. Oaptain MoB--, a canny Soot, was once in command of a troop Bhip returning from India. On board ho bad as passengers, three ladies, all wives of officers in her majesty's ser* vice. Now, it fell out that the cabin al* lotted to them was fitted up to ac commodate four wash basins, one of whioh was far larger than the other three. For the right to uso this eBpeoial basin each lady put forth her claim, but thc husbands, unfortu nately, all proved to be of equal rank, so to olinoh the matter, the trio beard ed the captain in his cabin. "We will ieavo it entirely to you captain," they said, "and abido by your decision." Capt. MoB- cogitated duly, and then declared solemnly, with the faintest twinkle in his gray ?yin?3 "Le-l-ilss, as it ia ^ap* matter o' rank, I ibink it wnll be that tho old est among ye should have the beegeut bowl." "With murmured thanks they all filed out'again; but that basin was never used during the voysge.-Lon don Spare Moments. - The historical facta concerning marriage as an institution aie prob ably only vaguely known to the ma jority of people, most of whom would doubtless be surprised to learn that the institution, as we know it to-day, is lesa than 500 years old,, says Har per's Weekly. Histori?s of the mar riage ceremony show that it was not solemnised in church ?s a religious rite until the lime of Pope Innocent lil, A. D,,1198f ?nd was not consid ered si sacrament until 1442. : Philander and the Office Boy. Mr. Knox,., at. present a senator from Pennsylvania, was formerly en gaged in the practice of law in Pitts burg. Ooo uay, says a friend, M? Knox was much put out to find ou his arri val at his office that everything was topsy turvy and that tho temperature of his rooms was much too lo iv for comfort. Summoning his office boy, a lad but recently entered in bis em ploy, thc lawyer asked who had raised every window in the place on suca a cold morning. "Mr. Muldoon, air," was tho an swer. "Who is Mr. Muldoon?" askod the attorney. "Tho janitor, eir." "And who is Mr. Reilly?" "He's tho man that cleans tho rooms." Mr. Knox looked Bteruly at tho boy and said: "See, here llichard, wo call men by their first names hero. Wo don't .mister' them iu this ofiioo. Do you understand?" "Yes, sir." And tho boy rotirod. In a few miuutes ho reappeared and in a shrill, piping voice announ ced : "There's a gentleman that wants to see you, Philander." -- ? -- I Correction of Mistakes. "The late Goor/7,0 W. Catt, who gave his body for dissection, was a sufferer from ill-health for many years," says a physician. "Traveling her? and thero, ho made almost as many medical friends as Robert Louis Stevenson did. "Mr. Catt onoo told mo an old story about a physician in Paris. This physician called at a business man's office one day and said: " 'Pardon, Monsieur X, but in set tling my quarterly account yester day you gave mo this bad 100 franc note' "The business) man took thc note and examined it. It was bad un doubtedly. He handed it back to tho physician. . " Tm sorry' he said. 'I mado the mistake unintentionally, believe mo. But it's too lato to reotify it now.' "Tho physician started. 'Too late?' he exolaimed hotly. *V"*nt do you mean? Must I suffer for your mis ... - m taite ( " 'Why not?' said the other calm ly. 'I Buffer for yours. And did you ever take anything off your bill in consequence?1 " A Love Test. ' This tala is sold in the Orient. ? i lady cae day found a man 'following her, and she asked him why ho did GO His reply was, "You aro very beautiful, andi am in love with you." "Oh, you think me beautiful, do you? There is my sister over there. You will find her muoh more beautiful than I am. Go and make love to her." On hearing this, the man went to see the sister, but found she was very ugly, so he oame bank in an angry mood and asked the lady why she had told bim a falsehood. Sh? then answered, 'Why did you tell me a falsehood ?' The man was surprised at this accusation and askod when he had done so. Her answer was: "You said you loved me. If that had been true you would not havs gone to make love to another woman?" - The light of the ohnrch does not depend on the Oiliness of the saints. '** ? Tyffir\ Ming'to receive copy can get same by advising us ^ ?y-y. : This Almanac is of special interest to every planter; ^BB^^^^^^^trjee: ;?p?n ' appUcati?n.' ' 'ADDRESS REQUEST TO F? S/ R O Y S TER G OW PEAS draw nitrogen Srass air in large amounts, ii* aidEcosit: POTASH and phosphoric acid are suppled to the plant. The multitude of purposes served! LW the remarkable cow pea, are told in the 65-gage illustrated book, "The Cow Pea," which ailsa? tells of the splendid results obtained kora fertilizing cow peas with POTASH. Thc book, is free to farmers for the asking. ? U ,, ",? Address. GERMAN KAL! WORKS. New York-93 Nocsau btrect, or Aiianiu, Qm.-?ZX So. KronA SlrarSi FRED. O, BROWN, Pres. and Trotts. | ll. F. MAULD1N, Vice Presiden A. 8. FARMER. Sciorotwry. The Anderson Real Estai? and Investment Co.? BUYERS AND SELLERS OE REAL ESTATE, STOCKS & BONDS. J. C. CUMMINGS, Sales Dep't Our facilities for handling your property ?re perfect, SB we are large advertieers all over the country. Eight now we are having considerable inquiry for farms in this and ad orning Counties, and owners of farm lands in the Piedmont section who wish to dispose of their property will Sncl thas. we are in a position to make quick and satisfactory saleo. Now is the time to list your property with us, and w? will proceed at once to giye attention to all properties en* trusted to us. Address all communications to J. G. Cummings* Sales Department, amm mi ESME & INVESTMENT u inn Now comes the "Good Old Summer Time*' when you want ono of our - - - . ? . . . ? Up-to-Date VEHICLES for Pleasure^ Carriages, Surreys, rhsetons, Buggies, Buckboard, Trapp, And in fact anything you need in the Vehicle line you will find at crariL. positories. A fine line of HARNESS, SADDLES, UMBRELLAS, CAN OPY SHADES, DUSTERS, &c. . mt? Call and examine for yourself, and if we cannot snit you it will fe? ena? fault. yery truly, FRETWELL-HANKS CO., Anderson, &R THE SOUTH'S QBE ATEST SYSTEM! tfrftxcelled Dining Car Service. , Throng Pullman SleepinglCars on all Tra?as, Convenient Schedules on all Local WINTER TOURIST RATES are now !n effect* lo all Floii?a For full information as to rates, routes, etc, cc-renlt nc&iett Setf?ras? Railway Ticket Agent, or' . Ec W. HUNT, Division Passenger Agent, Charlestons.??. BROOKS MORGAN, Aset Gen. Pas. Agent, Atlanta, Ga. s *1 is sl i ? lit 1 ? m - I M Bli: %\ X n ca os Q .as ; ?rora SI ONE GAB OF HOG FEEIfe. ^ Have just received one Oar Load of HOG FEED (Shorts) at very close prices. Come ?ft?fore,!hey are. ail gone. Wow is the time for throwing LIpB Around your premises to pr?v?nt a case of fever or e?me other disease, that will cost you very much more than the price of a barrel of Lime (91.00.) I We have a fr esk shipment in Stock, and will be glad to send yon some? If vpn .contemplate building a barn or anyv . other building, see ns before buying your mm CEMEHT and LIME, Aa we *U the voryjbest^uslities'.only. Mk . " . i ' : ? fl - ? m ? i?