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IMPORTANT Tinely Tjb.ough.ts c i i Written for th? "Why do people drink whiskey?*' The question is so extremely simple a3 to bo easily answered : "Because they want it. ' t A.?d mth the same Newtonian sim* plioiiy ann perseveraaoe: "Why dp they want it?" Probably! no mau who has not been brought rip in the home atmosphere of whiskey, and who has been reared in respect to church and educational tenets wants whiskey. He may, siter* ward, through hard knocks of fortune and subjection to wills stronger and coarser than his own be brought to debasement and whiskey; then, in like) manner with tho coarse nature, he wants whiskey. Why does he want it? That is not no ?impie, but it ie "Beoanse he feels that j he needs it." .. . v - ! * ?ni again: . "What is his need?" There we como to tho whole whis key trouble. Why do we press snow or ice on a frosted member? Oh the homeopathic prinoipal: that like will oure like or kill like; as we treat fever with heat and poison with poison. So, jwhen he la poisoned with alcohol his nature calls out for thc burning of more aloohol to destroy tho fi am o that is consuming him alcoholically within. When he starts in within ; the "drink" in the beginning he does- not realise that he io comic? to fch?o. It is just "social/'comp? .nable, or to . drown trouble. He thinks when he shall have sunken with the burden bf trouble to tho bottom of the ooean of intoxicants that he can arise freely and be himself again; bat ho arises with tho clime, the heaviness, the j sickness, the; sparse of the crawling things of imagination, ' the'horror of what ho alono knows; and, unless he is restored then and there he never ia himself again. That ia why io these oases the man or boy must have whis key-whiskey to kill the poison of the thing he swallowed Ju .the whiskey. He needs something if he has ever gotten himself into this condition. Physicians should treat hito, if only his iatc?ligen?? wore net impaired aa well as bis physical being no that he does not know his real need. / Here is what salces place if 6ha dr Kg ? residue is not removed from his sys tero, and he goes on treating bis burn ing nerves with the red-hot brand of more whiskey: "The drunken habit is produced by the uneasy sensations of depressen following upon the previous debauch which sock to bo relieved by fresh re oarrenos lo the stimulant. A morbid appetite is created whioh craves relief in the renewal of apiritP?ss :Mnks? jest SB the natural-appetite of hunger develops those *bTp disquietudes that are allay ed by ^od^ This laorbid ap petite may bo regarded and treated as a disease, hut'tho health, otherwise, shows moty ?Q^Op and lasting injury. If the dranken habit continues!:the' CBsekB;$ti-;te nose wji? wear ^ ?inge?f crimson, the app'?ito forordinary food fails, sleep k disturbed, Vigor of body fails, the limbs of ten aoho and trembl? and the he?t dj^oj^ feeling [ i of BervouBVeahans^On. The vitality] of the blood is reduced BO ?U?'%, it sue [ tains only thc lowest forta of nutrition ?ad onimaiisatiooy &Bd useless ??'i? depoBited:-withini >organs7 that should minister, io aoUve, wholesome .life, fotty deposiu into fist heart, livet *nd blood-vessels; th4 Mood-vessels 1 kjebming^ easily iaoing :;di?eaasa ^p^fetplye^ j delioBteint?stinOs and leading to drop % sppopleiyandI paisy/ Hvno> Cu* i ?S abrupMy<itt h.8^er I^^PT' the drunkard becomes ono long -mal iy:toir^^i||Vr-eiosoV?o; Anal coa-. *Uioa being us\\?Hy ono of imbecility of miad and body, yet with' throes of ?nfferiog Wthelast. While the avori ga expectation, 6f future lif^? 'to thi ^perateilmae^ ?fty. may joe- reckon ?t twenty years, that o! the drunk at the same ag?is%ly faa-ye**?, I ' beftweeifc^ j :*hi*?fe?&$^^ J s tM;;fc^ndvt9: he . m^e than ave] ?s, ':?^dx!&^ tie genest community at t^o same J I." . ' '&e:;dri^ J????????? ikey as surely r?in?. him as fir? ??kt, consumo g*so^??;>apor, the j '?taotoftfe*^ ?^wh?^s is doiftg, His* tote, brasn-~r??olwdrTa?k QUESTIONS. >ii a Oreat Subject. r 9 Intelligencer. thia in desperate agony whore ho would clinch his hands, walk tho floor, moan, moao, hold bb heady drop on his knees, arise, wring hie hands and seemingly drive his finger nails through his poor forehead. Aa a ohild I was terribly frightened and sorry.' Wife and children had fled out fron him, perhaps for safety, or not to wit cess what they could not ours or understand. The rack of his brain led fcis to contact with anything sharp that his eyes could behold, as if a knife wera thc emblem of thc sharp writhing thr-t were slashing his brain incido. 9a was wild with, agony, and he knew his agony; 'tho delioate nerves so electrical as not to hulk in aoornerand remain dumb told him all, told bim his wreeked condition, hie declino in health, self .respectabil ity . and religious cast, for he was a most moral, upright man. Religious, exclusively minded, poetic, musical, artistic-no man in all his county was mor?" highly thought of-only io the borne-where the undercurrent of the helpless failing was known-was he dreaded and watched with care to see and keep the drug apart from him. This man inherited from ? high-strung mother his own failings. She was reared in the old style ali!uenoo of wine in the cellar, in ' decanters, of plentious company and liberal, aristo cratic lavishnen* in all that made life different to the less favored in means. This was the affliction from generation to generation and moreover the moth* er prided herself on such an anoea tory. This only goes to provo that homo habits will throw into birth, oven of future descent, tho suffering it cnn never recall. That is why mea should try to kc op di ink out of their homes. The example or the birth-right may lead th? grown children to ?rittk whis key according to answer of question above, "because they want it;" and later because they must need it, or something like it, to fight th? fire th?i ie eosssn?ng them. Again, there is the destruction of the talented men who from first hav ing ahot its disintegrating poison into ihsir H?rv.?B must drink, drink to pro duce ihe fiery eloquence whioh once waa hoaveu'o gift, but DOW departing from them ai an angel Would dee from the brim of hades-they must conjure np a substitute like Saul disquieting Samuel, eely to ba condemned to their face, that tho Lord is departed from 'them. Th?y must drink, drink, au4 What men call eloquence is only the burnt wick off their best selves, snok ing end flickering, sending tip applaud* ing flashes of flame that only show they are dying. The late gifted Bro. Ligon once preaohed a sermon that I knew never Could h?v? been delivered nader the impulse of whiskey. His inspiration taught him that tho figure in Revela tions of tho beast 'with "seven beads and ten horus" might be the Drink fiendv His powerful sermon ph that Buhiect- hfild ?p??l?.bi??iad ss mg? ? congregation as the commodious church walls could accommodate, yet it was noticeable that the Stato legis lation at the recent term, in spite of tho amount of pulpit exhortations and thc appealing energy of thc press of Anderson Counts, was; not signalised by any ardent endeavor iii tho prohi bition direotion. I retailer Vter W?rd reading ip; that chapter: 1 *?n? thejf worshijpped the dragon which gav?'power nnt? 'tho b?ast, and' the? ' ''worshipped the beast saying, WfM 1* like ^nto^fr boast? Who is |D$s't&?& warmth Again is the effort mado throaghouf; ?bo S talo to control the whiskey beast. Almos* ^ willing that dis pensaras should go, though tnose who f??l t.iey cannot do Without liquor snake no apology ?or supplying them selves from Where else they may. .There sro people who Reeded 'the dis ;;to anppl>: t?e?r^^nee^'^ ' and their neighbor the appeal io hero ia the beautiful language of the poet Lowell : "Onoe to every mau eu& nation cornea the moment to decide. In the strife of truth and falsehood, for the good o; evil side; Same great cause, God's new Messiah offering each tho bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right, j And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light." May God help every man to choose for the light. R. R. Lee. Oar Great Iron Besonrces, _ Greenville' ie etirred np over the discovery of iron after waiting more tban a oentury. A very high value is pat on tho discovery np to date. They are talking about milliono of dollars not enough to bay it. It bee been oar privilege to watoh some min eral d:*oovcrie? in thia Piedmont country fov nijong time, considering oar youth. ' iicioro the revolution an excellant ?q?a!Hy of iron was made in this county. Before 1825 it was known that there were aeres of iron in this the "Old Iron District." Neat came the discovery of lead and oopper. A abaft was sank about two miles from Limestone Springs, and some fine speoimens of galena and oopper taken from the mine. Just et that time we knew much more about mineralogy and mining than we do now fer we had Jost been studying mineralogy and veins and dikes and faalts, ' and lots of things. That mine being near my home, J. conciud ed to investigate it scientifically, for 1 felt that I was eompetent. I weat dotrn into the earth, selected such speoimeos as I wanted, examined them and proceeded to write a column foi the Carolina Spartan, showing thal lead, eopper and silver would nevei be found in that neighborii??d io pay J ing quantities. Major Bill Trimmiei I was editor of the Spartan, and in bil j kind consideration for me he publieh I od what I ?rote. These juniors ir college know lots. Bat any way, there was little work done in thal mine after my investigation and re port. Then the gold mines wert always with us. They have also bees ki vc a ligated. Bat the iron is abun dant. .-. ' y . .' . From the oldlfiberokee Ford to the neighborhood of Landram iron ore ii found in various places. Thousand! of tons have been smelted. Thous ands of. aeres of land have been olear ed to make eharooal to make th? iron. Ic the neighborhood of Blacks burg there are Sores of iron ore and some tine magnetic iron. There was i little jfornase over ; in Lincoln coan ty, 2?. ?' fJ., running after the wsr. Tfcey iinsde iron with charcoal and raegnetio ore. Blacksmith* said that it was almost equal to steel. Nest Cherokee Springs before the war, fumen weald dig magnetic ore and haul it te the jroller salli, now Clifton, and a get a dollar a too more for thal than was paid for the brown hemolite. There are tons of the same sort of ore about Cherokee Springs nowland the farmers are mbkibg or opa on the land, The heda extend oat towards the Southern railway near Oampobello, When the South and Western is fin ished to Spartaoburg, we wilt bo not more'than five hours from the; Iron Mountains, where the . famous Cran* berry mines are. There is the great est abundance of magnetic ore foi miles .along the Southern slope o! those mountains. , ; . . ; ' Considering the' abundance of iron ia this Piedmout country, and tho distance from fuol and thc fate of Middlcsboro, Ky., if asked for advice, we wonld say to our Greenville frieuds to sell for ono million dollars, good and lawful ourrenoy, when offer ed and not wr.it for tho fivo or ton million:; desired. But we are not giving advioo to prospectors and own er i> of mines. Some of them know much moro than we did a half century ago, when our knowledge wa? aston ishing. At least it must have been so to others, for it is to us it this date. While on the subject of iron it may bo well to state that boilor makers be fore 1860 considered the iron made at Cherokee Ford superior to any they could get in Pennsylvania or else where-. Between 184& and 1850 can non balls were made at the same iron works. They were boated from Smith's Ford down Broad river lo Colombia. The ore was hauled to tho iron works in wagons, mucb of it being carried six to ton milos. At the Hurricane Shoals, long managed by Simpson Bobo, a tram way was built out northward on a ridge about ten miles. Instead of iron wooden stringers were used. The cars were drawn by mules, one small mule pulling more wood or ore than four could do when loaded on wagons. The mules were BO well trained that driv ers were not necessary. Early in the morning tho train would start from the rolling mill with one or two driv ers to look after all tho cars and keep thom going. Hands at the terminns would do the loading. Tho mules would be fed, and then start home ward. But the digging of ore, tram ways, the making of iron and nails, and the burning of charooal will soon bo amongst the lost arts in the "Old Iron District."-Charles Petty in News and Courier. Auks for a Plano. Washington, Feb. 9.-Miss Alice Boosevelt is so busy with dressmakers that she has not yet had time to ap prove a musical programme for the wedding arranged by Lieutenant Stan elman, of the Marine Band, wbioh will play ali the music Miss Roosevelt is ieoeiving hundreds of begging letters a day from fakirs, rohemers and others who count on making a "touch" by filing their application during bride to-be happy days. In this expecta tion they are doomed to disappoint ment, as.MisB Boosevelt does ??ot see friends. Mrs. Boosevelt opens all mail and if answers are required she dictates them to her stenographer. Among the begging letters received was one from o yon og woman in the East: "I see that you have been given LI 300 pianos," wrote this applicant, "and I thought you would not mind giving me one af them. You would not miss it and ic would do me a great deal of good, for I ought to have ono to com pleto my musical education." AaMi88 Boosevelt has neither received 300 pi anos nor one among her gifte, the re quest will scarcely be granted. >- The college appropriations went through the house Friday night un scratched. An effort was made to take a thousand dollars of Winthrop, but thia failed. The committee had given the South Carolina College four thousand more than last year for va rions special purposes, hut not even a motion waa made toward cutting the s appropriation for either the South Carolina College or tho. Cita del. For the first time in fifteen years, no fight has been made against both institutions. . .. r ef acres fertilized with Farmers1 toa, than the same acreage with < ? more than that It makes it p ncrease tile yield? Try it this W!?d* With Fish * tars of fertilizer experience b^ck ~ t SK AT m Twarre nm\ mm Took Him at His Word. "Tho lato Bishop Thomas Fred eriok Davies, of Detroit," said a De troit man, "onoo told me au interest ing story of an elopement. He figured in this elopement as tho oflioiating clergyman. It was in Philadelphia, during his reotorohip of St. Petors. "It scorns that tho proprietor of ono of tho largest dry goods houses in Philadelphia had notiocd for somo months tho melancholy attitude of his head clerk, a young man whom he held in high regard. "The clerk's ptllor and increasing leannoss, his frequent sighs and ab sent-mindedness, worried the million aire proprietor. Ho questioned tho young man daily. And finally tho elork admitted that he was in love. " 'Well,' said the hoad, 'marry her. Your salary is big enough.' " 'Ab/ said the derk, sadly, 'you don't understand. She belongB to one of the first families of Philadelphia, and her father is a millionaire.' " 'Well, maybe he wasn't when he married. You have * good position and a good name. You aro a fair match for any girl.' said the other. " 'Ifc'o no uso,' sighed tho dork. 'Her parents would not listen to me for one moment." " 'Then,' said the hoad, 'elope with her.? I " 'Do you adviso that?' tho clerk asked excitedly. " 'Certainly I do. Is sho- Do I know her?' " 'Yes. She will be at your danoo at Devon tomorrow night.' " 'Well, see her,' eaid the head. 'I'll have my coaohman out in front of my gate at 9.30. Bush tho girl oh! into town and marry her. I'll arraog? with a olergyman for you.' "'By jove,' said the clerk. 'I'll do it.' And he did. The next night Dr. DavleB performed the ceremony, and an hour or two later the millicnaire found Iiio daughter missing, and was telegraphing in every direction to the young oovple to come home and all would he forgiven.-Providence Jour nal. _ Pst sro GA theo Charges. Dallas, Texas, Feb. 9.-In an ad dress and appesl to the farmers of Tex as to-day Ex-Vioe President E. S. Pc tars, of the Southern cotton AsBoda* tic n} accused Harvey Jordan and oihvu officials. Among other things he st?d; "At a meeting of cotton growers, held in Shreveport in December, 1904, they bsd a resolution introduced to prohibit the growing of cotton; lu Texas, whioh was vot?d dows- and a- Texas resolu tion to reduce acreage planted in cut* ton and use of fertilisers 25 per oent was carried. Texas peoplo went home from that meeting and in good faith carried out their pari for reduotion of aoreege, as the crop proceeds show. What about o*?r friends from South Carolina and "Jaw-Jaw?" What did they do? Well, the orop they raised shows that these Staten have already ginned^ the largest crop they ever made with the single excep tion of one year, and that may be ex ceeded when the orop has beon all ginned. ' ' Organization ia the only way to se cure success, and thc farmers' should join the Farmers' Union as it is a farmers' organization "of farmers* by farmers and for farmers."-News and I Courier. -r Bait your hook with a gold briok whoo y ou'fi sh for suckers. ! Bone produce a ordinary fertilizer* ossible to reduce year. The man O secure the biggest crops of^ corc^5 * fertilizers must be used liberally Apply at least 500 pounds to the acre-with 2V2 per cente nitrogen, 8 per cent, available phosphoric acid, and 9 per cent. POTASH* POTASH is a most important factor in corn culture. Our practical books for farmers are yours for the asking-no cost or obligation of any sort, and a vast fund of invaluable information in them. Address, GERMAN KALI WORKS, N?w York-95 Nassau Street. or Atlanta. Ga.- 22'? So. ?roa<* Afreet. Now comes tho "Good Old Summer Time" when you want one of our. Up-to-Date VEHICLES for Pleasure. Carriages, Surreys, Fhotons, Buggies, Run-a?Bouts, Buckboard, Traps, And in fact anything you need in the Vehicle line you will find at cur R*> positories. A fino line of HARNESS, SADDLES, UMBRELLAS, CAN PY SHADES, DUSTERS, &c ..49 Call and examine for yourself, and if we cannot suit you it will be one fault Very truly, FEETWELL-HANSS CO., Anderson, ? 0. aim Now is a good time to buy a new Buggy and Harness, and we want you to look at our large stock of the latest and beet np?to-date styles, and it will be no trouble for you to make a selection. Our work is all sold under guarantee. We have ostra bargains to offer. Give us a trial. Our prices aro low and terms to suit. THE J. S. FOWLER COMPANY. i P. 8.-We have a few last Fall's Jobs to go at Cost? THE SOUTH'S GREATEST SYSTEM! Unexcelled Dining Car Service. Through Pullman SleepingLcars on all Trains. Convenient Schedules on all Local Trains. WINTER TOURIST RATES aie now in tflcct to all FIcitfa Points For full information as to rates, routes, etc., ccctult teomt Southam Railway Ticket Agent, or R. W. HUNT, Division PacEeuger Agent, Charleston, 8.0. BROOKS MORGAN, Aetk Gen. Pas. Agent, Atlanta, Ga? PE $ 3 e Od ? SH w o' I M H H S ? fe o M ? OQ W O S Pi Q a o a H fi h) o hm S s PP el S WS" S? A tX) M ONE CAR OF HOG FEED. Have just received one Gar Load of HOG FEED (Shorts) at very close prices. Come before.they are Now ia the time for throwing all gone. Around your premises to prevent a case of fever or some other disease, that w;!l cost yon very much moro than the price of a barrel of Lime (91.00.) We havo a fresh shipment in stock, and will be glad to send yon some. If you contemplate building a barn or any other building, eeo us before buying your FT and LIME. As we sell the very'best'qualitieBjmly.* w?,e*? nnillekv^ow. A LONG LOOK AHEAD A man thinks it is when the matter of lifo insurance suggests itself-but dreumstan? ces of late have shown how life hangs by a ifimui when war. flnrtr?. finrripann thread when war. flood. hnr?ic*ne and ?rs suddenly overtakes you, arid the only way to be sure that y our family is protected in case of cala? li ty overtaking you is to in? 8ure in a solid Company like The Mutual Bonefit Life Ins. Go. Drop in and see us About it. MATT?80N, STATIS A&KEflfc ul Wing, ANDERSON. 8* O