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HE _EO LE'SJ R VOL io.---NO. 7. PICK ENS S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 15, goo. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. LO1VE AT LONG RANGE. CharIcs O'Meara was an operator in Now York on one side of a quadru plexed wire running to Chicago. The operator on the corresponding side in Ctilcago .was Miss Amy Davidson. Both were expert, and the manner In which they kept their message hooks clear excited the admiration of their chiefs in their respective offices. O'Meara was a handsome and intelli gent young Irishman, with jet black hair and mustache and great, soulful blue eyes-one of the kinct of men who seem almost unconsciously to possess the power of fascination over women. After having worked the wire to gether a few months O'Meara and Miss Davidson became well acquainted, although, of course, neither nad i-ver seen the other. They had abundant opportunities for conversation in the early morning before the rush of busi ness of the day began and in the late afternoon when the rush was over. There is sort of telepathy in tele graphy, as all telegraphers admit, and their certainly was in this case. Lung before any word of love had passed be tween them each had becomeconscious of a Wender regard for the other. O'Meara could recognize in an Instant tae touch of a strange hand on the key in Chicago, and Miss Davidson was as quickly -onse-ious of the change when any other than O'Meara's hand mavip ulated the transmitter in New York. There is as much that is distinctly characteristic in the manner In which telegraphers form the do s and dashes as there is in the manifold forms of ch irography. One morning Amy complainei of feeling ill. '.'I am afraid," she said, "that I will have to give up and go home. I would do so surely if I could afford to lose the time. My head aches dreadfully. Dear me! Wb--t, would my mother and sister a0 if I 4aould be come really sick ? They have no one to take care of them but me." There was a tremulousness in the (lots and dashes which plainly indi cated to O'Meara that the girl, a thou sand miles away, was weeping softly, as indeed she was, with her hand rest ing weaeily against the resonator con taining the sounder. H e replied : "Try to stick it out to-day, dear. We will take it easy, and perhaps you will feel better by to-morrow. At any rate. dop't worry." It was the first time he had used any term of endeajiment in their inter ()urso, and she was very much affected. But she brightened up a little and managed to stryggle through the day's work. Next morning O'Meara found a strange operator at the Chicago end of the wire, and when lie Inquired for Miss Davidson he was told that she was very ill. The poor fellow realized now, if he never had before, that. he was deeply in.love with a woman he, had never seen. He became so fretful and irritable as to excite comment among the others in the oflice. " What on earth Is the matter with O'Meara ?" asked one of the operators on the opposite side of the "quad " of the man who sat at the next instru - ment. "1 guess he's in love with that Chicago girl who is sick," was the reply. One morning the answer made by the Chicago operator to O'Meara's in quiry as to-Miss Davidson's condition contained but one word-" Dead !" O'Meara uttered a kind of moan, And his head fell upon his desk. When one of the chiefs aroused him, he found the young man's face flushed and his eyes bloodshot. O'Meara was sent home, where he remained for weeks suffering from a severe attack of brain fever. When at last he had recovered and returned to the oflice to report for duty, the chief told him to take his usual seat at the Chicago quadruplex. "If you'd just as lief give me another wire, i'd rather have it,'" O'Meara said. " I don't think I care to work with Chicago any more." There was a twinkle in the eye of the chief as he said: " You used to do some flne work on that Chicago wire." " Perhaps so," O'Meara replied sadly, " but I had a fine operator to work with." " Well," said the chief, " that's a fine operator there yet-the same one, I believe, that was there before." " That cannot be-for she is dead !" This with a great sob. " I think you had better return to the old wire, for the present at least," the chief said. " Then, if you are not satisfied, I will transfer you to some other circuit." O'Meara walked slowly over to his old place to relieve the man who was at that moment r. ceiving some mes sages from Onicago. As he neared the instrument and heard the characters comIng with a dearly loved and fa~n~i aliar' sound his heart, almost stopped beating so over whelming was the surge of emotion, lie listened a moment until at the beginning of another mes sage came the signal of the sending. operator, " A. D." " Who, in heaven's name, Is there in Chicago," he almost shoute.l, " that dares to sign 'A. D.?' " " Amy Davidson, of course," was his friend's reply. " Don't tri fle w ith .me,". O'Meara cried. " Amy Davidson is dead !" "Not by a long shot," said the opera tor, making way for O'Meara. " It was only a rumor that some chuckle headed ass accepted as a fact. She has been back at work for two weeks or more. From the manner in whieh she has .lnquired about you every day L should imagine that she takes an in terest in you." When he sat down be.fore the in strument, his hand trembled so that he could scarcely form the dots and dashes to ask: " Is that really you, Amy ?'' lie gave his own signal, "0O. M." " Yes, Charlie, an~d i'm so glad you are well again." 11cr reply was as iluttering as his question had been tremulous. Some of the operators in the New York office wondered at seeing a young man Sitting at an instrument with tears of joy streaming down his face, while in the Chicago office there was surprise because a girl was crying and smiling at the same time. W hen he recovered his equanimity, OMaa maid:. "They told me you were dead, and I believed it. The shook nearly killed me.," "It was merely a rumor, I'm happy to say, but when I came back to work I was greatly depressed at hearing you were so Ill. Now we will both be well and happy again." "I will never be thoroughly happy my darling," O'Meara replied, " until you are my wife. I am coming out there soon to claim you. May I ?" "Daar me I How can you wish to marry a girl whom you have never seen ?" This was another instant of tremu lousness in transmission. " That's all right," O'Meara said. "I'm willing to risk It if you are. I've known and loved you a long time, even if 1 haven'tseen you. Can I come for you ?" ' I may be so homely that wh on you seO me you may be terribly disap pointed. I may have red hair and freckles, a cast in my eye and a terri ble hump on my back. Could you stand all that ?" " Yes," replied O'Meara, " if you could stand my bald head and red nose." There was more of ths pleasantry, and then Miss Davidson seriously agreed to marry her distant lover. After many more' conversations on the wire it was agreed that Miss Davidson and O'Meara should meet at a half way Lpoint, Pittsburg being liuall selected, whore they should be mar ried. This course was chosen in the hope that the consummation of their peculiar courtship could be accomplit h ed secretly, thus avoiding the good natured, but embarrassing chaffing of of their fellow operators. But that wire on which they made their arrangements ran through the Pittsburg . officer where there were automatic repeating instruments. An operator standing beside the repeaters one day overheard the final arrange reents, heard the description each gave the other by which to insure identification at thc, depot, and told all about it to the Pittsburg operators, who thereupon determined to uake the occasion of the wedding interest ing. A committee was appointed to watch the meeting of the couple and to- prepare for a reception. O'Meara arrived at Pittsburg a day ahead of Miss Davidson, as had been agreed upon, and was at the station on the folloving day when her train pulled up from the west. His heart was beating wildly as he scanned the alighting passeegqre, and he was too preoccupied to notice that he was being watched by half a dozen young men. Nor did he notice that he was ob served closely by a tall, bronze haired and decidedly handsome young woman who had alighted from a Pullman car and was standing in the ehadow of a baggage truck loaded with trunks. 1There was a smile on the young wo man's face as she finally stepped for ward and touched O'Meara on the shoulder. " How d'ye do, Charlie?" she said. "'Are you really Amy ?" he cried, grasping her outstretched hands in both of his. "You told me to look out for a short, curly haired girl, with a limp in her left foot, and I gave you an accurate description of myself." " Not so very accurato. though," she laughingly replied. "You didn't tel me half. how good looking you are." it was evident to the we tchers, who now came forward, tha.. they were pretty well satistied with each other. Thc'ommiltee introduced themselves and announced that the couple were to be conducted forthwith to a hotel, where, at 8 o'clock that evening, they were to be married. This arrange mont was carried out, and during the evening the Pittsburg operators and their wives ard daughters attended the wedding reception and supper at the hotel. FORES'TS TO P~REVENTr iLCoDS-T he famous Johnstown flood of May 31, 1889, will probably seen be recalled to the public by an attempt to reforest a large portion of the Conemaugh water shed to prevent further damage froem I reshets. The Johnstown Water Com pany, which controls 5,000 acres of mountain land, has asked tbe division of forestry to devise a plan by which the area'6an be regQovered with timber and the too rapid run-of of the rain fall prevented. Trho region is peculiarly liable to freshets, owing to its geological char acter and the removal of its ti'nber. The now historic catastrophe, which swept away $10,000,000 in property and half as many lives as the bat~tlo of Get tysburg, was but an exairgerated in stance .of many similar floods. This tendeni'y has been increased by log' ging fY the timber and clearing num erous ffhrms, so that the rain fall flows quickly from the surface, causing high water at one time and the d rying up of springs later. 'rho Johnstown Water Cornpany has bouight up many of thlese farms and torn down their buildings, and no0w wishes to expedite their retcrn to the forest. The, tract Is In a sandstone re gion, much broken, with vallnys averag, ing 350 feet in depth. Trhe timber consists of hemlock, oak, locust aind ash, with some beech and pl~ar. T1he openings are from twenty to fifty acres. -Charles M. Schwab, wio is now president of the Carnogio Steel Comn pany, went to work in the Carnegie Iron Works at Pittsburg twenty years ago as a stake driver at a salary of $1 a day. Today he draws a larger salary than the Poresident of the United States. He Is only 37 years old. Do You Need An illectric Belt ? lor the past ten years, Dr. J1 . Newtn H-Iathaway who is recognized as the great. eat of all our specialists, has been perfect ing an electinc bolt, suitable to use in, his practice, one which he could furnish ias a part of his system of treatment, and which lie dould conscientionely. guarantee, lie nov, announces that he has pierfecttid such a belt, which he believes to be the only perfect belt made. It is light, handsome, of great p~ower,.and witha now attachments, which makes it suitablefree case. lie is preparedl to furnish thsb to all Iatientis who need It sad who apply to hun or trealtment, at a merely nominal ch arge. W rite to D~r. Hathaway to-dlay, telling all about your case and he wvill write you about the belt, and if you desire the belt will be sent U. O. D. for Iispection. Address Dr. Hahwy& Co., 22%8ouith Broad strget, AlntGa. IN THIC TOWN OP [ADYSMITH It Will be Known on history's Pagel as The Neenle of- the Greatest, Hero film ol' lodci tTlimes. While walking along the street noi long ago your correspondent accident. ally heard a ydung man say to hi elderly companion. "It is agood tbing that these wars break sout occasion ally ; they make people read more and then learn facts about foreign coun tries that they had never heard of be fore." This is true, to a certain extent, of Ladysmith, -Natal, for there is prob ably no city in the world the name of which is so frequently seen in the col umns of the daily newspapers, yet about which there is so little known c.utside of the fact that for the past few months It has been- the base of General White's operations in South Africa. We hear of Kimberly because of Its mines, and of Durban because it is an Important Aft-can seaport ; but until recently little has been written about Ladysmith. There Is a pretty bit of romance at, tached to the origin of the name Lady smith. Wae evening, many years ago, during the Peninsular war, two young Eaglish dilcers werei visited by two young and beautiful Spanish girls of good family who begged protection Irom the dangers to which war exposed them. Phe oicers, being naturally gallant., which accompiishment was probably lulckened by the extraordinary beauty of the two refugees, secured them the protedtion and shortly afterward Sir Ilarry Smith, one of the ollicers, fell tlesperately in love with one of the young ladies and made her his wife. Suoscquent events made Sir Harry riguro conspicuously In the aflfal of ,he growing little town -and W166-11, same time for the place to be ollicially -ecorded the village was called Lady :3mith in honor of the wife of the gal ant Sir Harry Smith. 'iLdysmith is one of the most impor ,ant towns in Natal. It is situated in ,ne midst of a rich wool district and ias a dry and bracing air that is very lelightful. Its elevation is several ,housand feet above the level of the sea, md the border of beautiful hills which )artly surrounds the city shelters it to m great extent from severe winds that, nobstructed, might do irreparable lamage to the city. The greatest danger that befalls the listrict from climatic conditions comes luring the rainy season. Ladysmith s situated, as it were, on a tongue of and which protrudes into the River Kip, a 6 mall innavigable body of water, mhich frequently overtlows, leaving -uin and disaster behird. These over liows are usually accompanied by Ler' 'ilic thunderstorms and generally oc. -ur during the hummer. Some idea of Lhe disastrous results of these storms aan l; gleaned when it is mentioned that they are in Ariking iilarity to the thunderstorms and hurricanes which visit the coast of the West India [slands almost annually. The citizens of Ladysmith, in times )f peace, are an industrious people and Lhe city boasts many public buildings ind business interests, the latter of which aroconnected with the govern rnent railway which has extensive re ,air shops at Ladysmith. The inhab *tants, as is generally supposed, are mot all Dutch or descendants from the !arly Hollander settlers, but are com posed almost equally of deseendants'of the French Huguenots, the remaining few being last India merchants and natives. But there are, however, very few natives in the immediate city. The nearest seaport town to Lady smith is Durban, and it is here that most of the freight for the eastern part of the two Dutch Republics is landed. From Durban the freighit can reach its destination only by passIng through Ladysmith, thus making the city quite a commercial center. The western branch of the government rail way crosses the Free State border only thirmy-seven miles from Ladysmith, whIle the southern branch passes through Newcastle and Lang's Nek, where the British suhfered so terribly in 1881. The most important of t'he public buildings of Ladysmith is the Town Hail, which is a pretentilous and sub stantial structure of Doric style. It is constructed of the blue whin tone .and white freestone typical of the disitriets surrounding L.adysmith, and sarmount. ing the hall is a tower litted with am cluck. This cloak btrikes every hour, and the tones of the bell are so clear and silvery that they can be heard on a perfectly still doe.y by people1 labor ing in districts several miles from the city. Another building, probably les.s in teresting to violators of the law, is the prison, whIch adjoins the fort, then there are the pos5t'ollice, a public li brary, a court house and several churches of the Catholie, Lutheran Dutch Reformed, Wesleyam. and Con; rrregational denominations. At presnt the p)ictureeque beauty ol the broad level plain in the vicinity 01 Ladysmith, between the hills and the towvn prlopeCr, Is marred by the pre'senct of thousands of white tents, and an in teresting feature of General Whitn'5 stay at Ladysmith has been the activt drilling, marching and countermarch ing that have taken place daily In th( camps surrounding his headquarters Trhe town hail and churches arc to day used as hospitals, to which art brought the soldiers wounded (lulring the frequent skirmishes whIch taki place~ in the vicinity, Although the str'eets of the city arc p~aved, the pavings now are in a dan gerous condition and It is very dIfllculA to make one's way through the onet beautiful avenues. The watorworks system, which was introduced int L'idysmith several years ago at a coal of $130,000, has been cut oli, and opera tions in the more recently erected ga works have bee suspecnldd Trhere are only three hotels In t hm town, aend thes: too are used as hos pitals, thou gh in times of peneW ver'y satihfactory accommodations can bt obtained ait, tlhese~ hoteries. T1he are manmy 1 eautLiful spoe s surrounditnt Lady smith that were used foer pleasure groundls, but those upon which camp are not p itched are the scenes of the bloody com bate that occur almost d aily the news of which lhngilish motheri wive. andl sweethearts await with bit ime Anxwiet.. A CORPORATION TOWN. Where One Mant Is Anolite Itule andil There is no Private Owner 81111). Springlield iepublican. Probably the most remarkable to-vi in the United States Is Polzer, S. C Though a flourishing, progressive bub iness centre, with a population of ove 6,000, it has no city government, n councils, no mayor and no police. it spite of this qxtraordinary conilition o affairs, the city has the reputation o baing one of the best regulated Citie: in the country. It has been in ex istence 17 years, and presents one o the mit interesting phases of th study jf the municipal probiem tha over confronted the student. it Na no nowspapr, no courts, no lawyers ao saloons, no theatres, no politicians-: and in the otire population of 4,0o( not one face is black. There is mi private ownership, everythin1 in tur city, land, buildings and mnuufactur ing industries belonging exclusively t( the great corporation which establish ed the town. In its entire histor3 there has never been a single Inmue committed, and the city has never ex perienced a strike or any kind of laho disturbance. The anteedents of al persons coming into the town as re sidents and employes are carefully in vestigated, and only tbose hearing u. tarnished reputations are permitted t! remain. The town has several int schools, there are t free circuflating library and reading roomis. which art free to every resident. The citizens are industrious and thrifty, and in tht only bank of the town have investc-J over $100,000 (f their savings. One man has supreme authority over the entire town and its inhabi tants. This man Is the president, ol e company which founded and own the town-- l'lison A. Smyth. Wher interviewed for the Mail and l0xpree recently, Mr. Smyth remarked " Our syten does awtay with all thc evils of politics and ollice seeking. Oi course, you might argue that It vest a great deal of power In the hands o one man and that the abuse of this au. thority might resuit in dangerous con ditions. There is a certain clement ol truth in that, but we have been living under this system for 17 years and our city is one of the best governed in thc country. Our citizens are not burden ed with exorbitant taxes, neither arc they compelled to maintain useless and expensive (lliecholders. In ;cry one in Pelzer must work for a living, and time serving politicians and those who livet at the expense or other peo ple give our town ia wide berth. It i. to tLbis fact that I ascribe a greal measure of out success, for I am firmi3 convinced that most of the lawlessnes, which exis.s in great ciotis proceed, directly from t,he pernicious inlIuence of the politicians. " While l'elzer is essentially a cot ton town, this is not o1r only industry There are, besides the four great cot ton mills, an oil mill, a broom aic mattress company and a savings bank The I'elzer manufacturing compan3 bears all the cxpenses incident to thc operation of the city, and does all the municipal work riquired, including lighting, the sanitary work and the street cleaning and repairing. llight hours ii the limit of a day's w ork, and we keep Saturday half-aoliday all the year round. Our employes occupy some 900 or more cottages, buiit for them by the company, and each Is sur rouuded by a large giarden. Laarge pastures arc maintained for the cattle, whIt'h the peoplo own antid which con sist of cows, horses, sheep and goats lany of our citizens own their owr horses and vehicles. Tie public school systumn is highl ili.ent, and the schools are kept oI-e ten months in a year. Those wh< work at the mills are required to leav< their work at some stated time ecd week in order to receive instruction Education is compulsory, and ou system includes all grades. Ever t Ifort is made to combine the educa tional and practical, anid all thos students who manifest particular apti tude are selected for advanced educa tional courses. Women are furnishe< the same facilities as men. " We have no local ne wspaper, ant we don'r, want any. Our reading rooma subscribe to 25 leading dailies, whici: are sont here from all the prominen1 cities and contain all tho informatior t'hat is necessary to keep our plel 11 touch with the outside world. Wi have no law conurte, because we don't neetd anly. Our citiz ens hv e in p~eae aind friendshipl. Tney do not quarrel they have no Ii nancial claims agai ns each other, and the trillhng occasiona di fferences which occur I am ablde t< dccidle mysel f. If we allowetd omi lawyer to livye here, another would soor move in to light him, and the resul wou'd be0 discord. We have no alder men, no courts, nol municipal coounclIs no police. The residlents keel) th< peace and get along coimfortaibly w ithi out themn. We have no dIrun kennes because we don't, permoit liquor withii the city limIts, aind droukenines furnishes more than half the businles of a poli1ce force." -"' TIhe Russia," one of the lead is, newspapers of St. Petersburg, has vigorous article .on the text that i'0ng land's ad versity is liussia's opportuini ty. "l1ngland h as fettere d lHussia b; many treaties. TPhe momnent, has coi to break thieso fetters. Now Is thii time to pay oif old scores. Iu rope ha many and heavy dlebts to settle witl England. England did not, scruple turn to her own adivantnage lIusia' weakness after the Turkish war, si liussia should not hesitate to avail hier self of the oplpoiriunity presenited h: England's d ilfliculties in South A f ricam There is no time to be lost. liuassia must, not wait for the promised reor ganization of the E0nglish military 3s tem. If she does her hour will hav passedl and .'t will be too late." CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bough lors the BILL ARP 'ISITS CANTON. H1AN KNOWN PLACiE LONG TiM1. He Tells About Ihe Prosp1erity of he 'teople-Aile Onco Made a Trip to (antton ot iHoreilmbk Which iHo Will Never Forget. It looks like every township and county and seticoni has got soimething peculiar to itself that isevaluable for h umaitit puirposcs and helps to sustain the peolie and make them proeperous. I was ruminating about this becauso I have just visited Canton, a small re tired village of 2,000 people. I have knownt Canton for lift' yors and have a good reason for reiem bering it. Soon after I was tuarried my father-In law, .Judae Hutchins, asked ie to ride over thero and deliver somo itlortanut iegakl iiapers to the clerk of the court. I was to ride his fle saddle horso "Lee," and he told 1110 Where to stay all night. So I kisscd my pretty young wife good hy and ilade an early start for the tbirty live lile journey. I wats a good rider and Lce was a free traveler. U1p hill and down hill and on the Ievel stretehes 1he never broke lils easy Pace, making about seven miles anl hour, and it was just twelvoo'clock when I reach ed Canton. , While I was feeding tile hor, e and rubbing him down I began to think how lonesome it would be to stay thero all night and how lonesome 1 my young and piretty wife would be all solitary and alone by horilf and no body with her to comfort her. I looked at Lee and he looked like lie, too, would rather go back to whore lie came from. So about 1 o'clock I remounted and set his ears towa-ds Lawreneeville. lie seemed all right for many miles, but slacked up when a few miles from home and we got there just as the fam, iy werE sitting down to su)per. I saw my wife's smile of pleasure and I saw, too, the judge's look of surpriso and d ispleasure. lie rose from the table and went out to look after his favorite horse. I then began to realize that, seventy miles in ab day was a long ride for a horse and that I had done wrong. Next morning I was up by daybreak to look after Lee. ie was all -ight and is gamleit as ever. The judge never sa4id anything hard, but lie looked grieved. lie, too, went out to look aft. r his horse and when he came back said: "I reekon I had better give you that horse or never let you ride himn again, for if you ire to kill him I would rather he wou'd be yours than mine." That is all he said, and it was etiough. Some time after that, he did give him to me and he was the gatmest, proudest and best horse I ever owned. 3ut I never rode h 0im seventy miles in lb day any more. I never think of.Canton now but what the memory of that episode comes over mC. Well, I would ride lb IIun dred miles in at day now to reach tu1y home and my wife, but it would be on lb railroad. Canton is the county seat of Chlro kem-a large county, that was the ho 1o of tite Cherokee Indians until lt. The naimie comes from Chera, which means lire, and the Cherokees were known amonuz the tribes as tie pro ihets of divine fire. There were sev eral Indian towns in this region and their chiefs were known as -Stop) and Chicken and Laughing Gal. The region around Canton is rich in minerals. Gold and coppe- and Iron and uarble abound in lier hills. Some i of these have enriched many mien and the pursuit of them have ruined many more. but lately now processes of min ing have made the results more certain and now Northern and I'rillish capital has given fresl vigor to the work of digging, crushing, quarrying and re ducing the ores and finishing the mar ble. Marble work is especially being extended and new quarries boing open ed. I was told only al few years ago Judge 'Gober anti lb few abssociabtos bought a marble quarry not far away or- *3 000 anld were recently olfered $25,000 for it, abnd re fused it,. Th'ie Geor gia Marblo lVinishing Company has planted nealr tile (dpot ver-y extensive works that emp lloy over I100 hands, all white and all Gecorgians, and most all of them young meni. Mr. Brady, a very -courteous Boistoni gentleman, is the tianiager andlt said lie was pleased to say that these Georgiab boys wocre jlst, as ready to learn the art of working and finishing marble and just as quIck and skillful as anOy he over. controtlld. I watched themt at work In the diffe' exit departments and was piroud to see their progress. This Is a labrge plant, anbud the marble was seen in all It~s stages from 1 be great blocks just from the quoar ries to (te imost, beautiful of tnished monuments antI columns and buitd ing blocks. There wer-c hundr1eds of tbem and were all to lill orders prin ei pall y from the Nott an 10a 'hst. It titlkes lor-ty-e ig hit, hour11t'o t runi the gan g atwi Lthroug h one oif thtose hu tge bhocks. Thbe saws aire oif the hardest, steel, Out, hav no lt teecthl. 'lThe.y ate mo0v ed ra pidly b y s teami poweri and w ork 1,brtutghI atnd anid watet-. Somiie of the tmen are woi-king wiItLh imal let and chiisel and somie tllurning mttrbie in turnIng lathes and sonme are polibing til thbe horizun tat plabnes of imnmntse revolvinig whteels that, tre Ii od ed wi ith wva ter antd sand. IEverythting there is tup to date and1( is ab grea-Ct, impritovemenit, oni thte old mne thods. "' U ;p ti dabtc "' is ncw anO ex piressioni tlihat Is heard every w heiro eon cernflinlg mtachlinery. I hear I It, a', 100 - Iey nit the iron and steel plants antd -I hteard it in tihe coittoin miIls oif Soutth Carol inn. All match Inery tnow mu(st be upi to date or- it, will ho rejectetd. T1he paby i-oil to the 'yrk men in this one mtar bie planit lb $500 ab week, and most of thu-~ is slent in Canton. Just 50 it is with the gold minos not far away. Tb'c f.Old mlining companies are making money by up to date processes atnd Canton gets a good share of that. It is now certain that, a cotton mill Is to lie - iuilt right away, for an order bibs been given for the looms and spiinleI0, abl up to date, andI as scoon as the spring opens8 the work of buildinog tile mi111 will begIn. Mining for gold and silver- is, I reckon, the oldecst Industry in the worid oiutsidei of agricoutur-e. \Iloses tellIs its that In the Gardel'n of Il len tihtrc was gold, and it was goold. Gold aind silver very soon began Ltoh lb himtllatbis eur roeney. A brahitam ho u t!lht a burying g rou nd wi thil~ 100 hekelIs of silIvet- that wabs ctirront tmoney with the mlerchanlt and it was r-emark the thtat, a silvet shekel was wotr h no cents and a gcild shekel worth $10. Thabt isent very far from I16 to i I\Maybe we had bettlr relations of the muetals and make ours 20 to 1. They haId ) th silver and gold in great abundance, for Zichariah saith : " They heiapud up silver as the the dust, and gold as the mire in the stroots." iAnd Moses saith AbralitaLm was rich in silver and gold. In the long ago I used to know the good people of Canton, but they have all passed over the river. The Mc Afees, MeConnells, Witeelors, Grish ams, Tatos, Brooks, Rusks, Mullins mid Dyors. Some1 of their sons and laughters are there still and gave me generous welcome, and I was pleased Lo pat their little ones on the head iud say be a good boy and mind your nalina. I saw the old time-honored Canton iom1o of Joo Brown, the place whero ie lived whon, like Cincinnatus, he vas called on by a committee and in orlled that he had been nominated f or Governor. Old Joe miade his start, right here in t ,inton'teaching school. Yoars ago I nevt General Ira Poster and ho said : * Yes, I knew Joe's parents before he vas born. They were very pour. i1s Xunt, Siiney did aly washing when I vas a young man living in i),Ilonega. Ioe cultivatedi a little Plateh of hillside and with a pair of bull calves and wvery Saturday hiau led somietihing to .own to sell and take back something .o ti- family. In 18:1 1 was riding to ,antoll in 1a buggy and overtook ai young man walking in a very muddy lane. lie had ia striped bag hanging ver his shoulder and looked tired. I LISked If he wolid not get up and ride with me. H1e looked down at, his 11008 mid said he was too muddy. But I in iisted and lie broke oil' a splinter from %, rail and cleaned the worstof the mud AT aind got in. i learned from himn that bio was the same Joe Brown and was going to Canton to get, something to .lo. And ho did. They made him up i school and he taught it. I have kept ny ey( 011 111111 for forty years and ho s still ia wontler to me.' As I surveyed the time-worn prom sus I ruminated on his eventful life. Ilow he rose and rose andl(] rose again ind never fell. Eyerything that Mdas ,ouched turied into gold and just so a'very political elfort, that Jo ilIrown] inade was a slcezss,. I recalled his long ntroversy with loh Toonibs and hov finally Ie de Iouniced Toombi in the prass a a liar mLd a scoundlrel and Toombs sent a rricnd to ask him if his church rola ions would prevent him from aceopt ig a Challenge, aid old Jot replied : 'Go tell h im to try imie,'" and 'PoomIllbs evet' sent it. I recaliled the tiltne Ahen Ilenry Grady was discussing t with 'I totombs the advantage or disad vantage, of a young Iian with a colleg late eiueation and said: "There were tomeu very great anld successfill m11en1 who never had any education to speak of. There wns 1'atriek ilenry and lenry Clay and Tom Blnton and there was .loe Birown, who was bo poor in his youth ho had to 1)10w Ia hull." " l'lowetd a bll .you say,'' said Toombi. " I never heard that of him, but if it was so you may set that ;own to his c'-edit 1l101ry, but it was a dis grace to tile hukll." But. I am pleased to ioniem ber that theise two i 3at, and notable inen mado friends hfore they di(3d. (hAd iitihOr Time is a good doctor and mellows us [ll down. liLi, Aum. -- 'John Cainpbell, of Warren, Ohio, a first cousin of tile I'resident., aid fain illarly referrell to ats '' Inle1 John , is t candilate for postmastur tt Warron. 11.0 i tilt) proprietor of a famous cating house and is said to heair a romarkably clOSe r3bembhlanlC? to the Ilresident. lis father was a brother of the I 'esl dent s mother. Mrs. I 'attersont, daulghlter (If l-x i'residlent Andrew .lauxCn, is to do nlate land for a1 Jprk to surroun~d tile grave of the 10x-i'resttlent at G;reene vilie, Tenn.ll, a~nd asks that tile national gover-lnment assumo11 control0 (If the plark. -Th''ie new law rell aires thlat horse sho~er-s who wan i'lt 1(o ply thler PcaiI ng in M Ichigan must,8 take out eortificates on or before MvJarch 22, up to wh ichi date they can register withlout theo ox amIilnation thalt will hereafter be re WHY DR. HAT HAWAY CUR ES. li'4no4 for- Iis ' Marv eloti Sitecess Ills New~i, Frece llook. of1 ~tiitn-t Is n11oxperl nibent. It Is the re-slt of twen-ty years1 of ONxper1 enro In till iiuost (exteni siv pract Ice of anly siiechitist I his) lIne in Liheworld. IIo was grad-. betst 11u41dical co llegces In thu Couniltry aniii perifet -. c1 4idiiQationl lby exten-* . 'a . siv hospital rlleli. FEarly in 1 hi pofesstoruiiii ee hei inadoi~ dlisco siiin 228 21 5peialist ini rt i ngili winit, a to genierlly lknowi a18 piIvate disease--s ol rii'n :land wonteni. This systeiin 0f li reitiunent i. h a us illoro ariI moreli peurfuecd ia'li yei til uI Ilay hIs enires ar1o No invariale- as to lie lihe tu ive of thei umedial iiIlii- iirm th la -I Il pii ei reali of ayt spechlistl his -eI iIes. 1ir.-u iOawa ltreatiisii nd e .sI( ofl( \'Itli-y \ itol ir ut h iiv ninBlodiltbing Il irn iltf tir 'uielrloned no' restiires lost vltiditly and2( I r. Ilialtuawa.\'- sliecess in th tr-e inenit oif ori can 0 11' t itorynsphn i lTheut atien :1s( orented1 by this umethloud at hIs ownI h1ine witIhnt pini or loss il flIn- froml bineti.ss. TIbs is piostiely the inly Itreatmen-1t wihiih inres wionitan liorautioni. I ir. liathaway eni1 the puarttiniat ,tenitioni ' siI arers f r'in Varliecelo 2 aid Stricturin1 to Ipages -.'.. . 30 : nd 311:t of hIs new b i, ent i-it Iled. "Nlaiiliiess, VIgor. I lealth,"'a copy of whleh wi Writei today for fren biook and syinpltomi blank, loenitioning you11r (-ompIlalfnt. J. NB W TON IIA TIIA WAY, M. D. 22%Huth I liruaNuSIrn-uu-, A 11anta,1~Ga. MENTIOn Ts PAI'1 1ev2 wIIr vvwIITnO.r~r p O T A S H gives color, flavor and firmness to .11 fruits. No good fruit an be raised without -otash. Fertilizers containing at least to To% of Potash will give )est results on all fruits. Write >r our pamphlets, which ought i be in every fiarmer's library. ney are sent free. GIERMAN KALI WORKS, j Nassau St.. New York. We tre Now Receiving New Goods VERY DAY. Come in and see the New priig and Summer styles. We take pleasure in show ig our goods and quoting r)ices. Yours for business, R. L. R. Bentz, ea(ler in Lo w Prices. J. iLi~ oxN KING, Manager Easley Biranch. Thel~ man whoit rises to is opportunities sthe s'teesful matn, iere'st the opportui- S ty for not. oneO, but d1ozents of men. Ourt sale of MeI ns and Ladieca ine foot Weair aot special prices is ~r drawinig to ouri store-those whlo ap preciaite style andI~ quitiy. Youirs for .i't 'are dealiny, Pinm & PATQN, 106 S. Main Street, W/ tirst door above Litpscomb &. RussBells'. -In the war of 1812 296,916 soldier K eorvedl sixty days or more. Of that -umber 30,000 drew .pensions, but of ~heir wIdows 35,000 drew pensions. At hte presont time the One surtvivor of{ ,ho war of 'ldl2 Is slrawing $193 a y esir ,hile the widows are receivi~ ~293,09t7. TIhe widows of Mexican ye eoranfs are receiving $818,00.7 a yeat' ~ ~nd the surviving veterans.$1,107,594. - -Thei house at No. 03 Pripce street, T Now York,.which was sold the other ' lay, was the residence of- fresident lontrooafter - his retirerpent from the hief matgistracy of 'the nation. He died there on July 4, 1831. Since that ate the property has been used as. a -- billiard table factory, -a Viennese res aurant, aIIangarian .restaurant and ifurrier's ostablishment. -Thoro is a woman whose p astor re ecntly asked after her health. HOe reply was: "1 feel -very 'well, bn&~ l1ways feel bad when I feel well, ause I know I amn going to feel wdr * ifterwards."