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The People's Journal. PICKENS S. C. 1901 JAN}UARY 1901 Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fri. Sat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24-25 26 27 2812913031 PHIL DENNETT'S "HIGHBACK." - . BY JOHN BOYD CLARKE. Copyight, 190, 1 by John oyIt ('arh. . co.y . 'l i + 1,.11+ 11 ' OTTD) over tite grea t graiL prairiles of upper 311nuesota are manDy litte conimuni1"ties of nnnimpainted plank cottages or evenl of "8od" 0 houses wh' ose Inhab ItanIts possess Ior'e of the ebharnet('ris ties of the old ime Yankee than the present oeupilailts of our New E'inglild hoiesteads. And the renson for this is plain. These westerl Yankees are lineal descendanits of oir best 1 'tur'itan stock and in inigrating to their prairie homes from tle ruggedl New inln hill farms took thoe pecul!anritlies and homely vir(tues of their ancestors with theni. Boston "culture" lis been Ill tered over the New England farn steads, ani1d the old timei11 Yn ikee or' tho old fashioned Yankee communnity Is an impossibility inl the viast. But these westernlers dispiiy t.hep In dustry arnd fruga lity of ihilr anlcestors. They are a hard working pteople wiose pleasures ecomi( e laboriously. For eight months in the yeari' it is a tug with no ture for the necessities and a few of the luxuries of life. The other four montlis they are snow boind. It is In this season, when Ie sIow iiiant les the plairies aind the Ice king feitels the watei. courstsI. however, thlt the 'Minnesota boys in girIs i in most of their pleasures. It is in winter 1hit "schoiol keeps," and oie of the 80pup1is oie well grown youths aind inm ideis. There is littlo tine for edunent! ion lI the rest of the year, antl the :iiibitius :ri' not aslinnied to show their aniix iety for "book learntitng." 'I'le schoiolhiouse, usi ally in the center of the wid-ly seat tered comnunity, Is the lien' blua rtei's for all Junketings :anid ftilies. If tlt! schooiiaister happens to) lie iiois: enlly Inclined, so 11ch1 the better. There is aut eoe a singiing school estabi l ished for one evening in (lie week. Several years ago ini a ti'iininun ity of this kind kinow Wa s Sassafa lln ottIoiina the young peopile foriined a sing1ing cinhb which iinet at the schioiomiose oni Fri day eveniugs. The o peo pie of I19 liI ot toms made uip a typiieal \ilinnesot Ian conunueii 'y-there-~ wer' nioiii very richi andl~ fewver po3 itor. FTe younig people had all met eaech other ini the coinnoon school, that grenat le'vvler of clan~ dis tinction, aiid ther'ie were't lew ('liues. There wias onie tnaliily, a rte t iii' qulitioni to tliotto1(1'nis, w hileh was ratlher an iitxception to thiis, ho wieer. TIhey hiatd lived sim years' d0Stowin St. Paul wiay in a inuch'i niore' thiickly set tled partit of' thie stati' aiid were' iiitlined to look tdown a little uploni thiri new neighboi's. Esp'eiluily wais this true of' the soni aiid tdaghtei'. Iliraii ItllI was a little splek and spma fel low, wIthi dark comiplex ion and eyt's anid haiir as black as coal. lie wias very3 gallantl wIth the ladies and was iincliined to snub seome of the boys in a wvay which they 'ouild not i'esenut excepiting ini their hear'ts. Is sisteri MlIra was a pretty little bruinette, but slht, like her bro(ther, had such aun exa Itedi opinion of her' own imuporta ne (liat she was not veriy piopular. Inh faet, (lie ciomn g of the lBalls to Sassafras Ilottomns wtas the sowIng of discordh in the social life of the couirnunity. The wintter of whlh I wr'ite bogan with a good fail of sniow the day be fore Thanksgiviing, and at onc'e the boys got omit their' sleighs and iilanned to take the girls to ride. T(here were all sorts and condit ions oft sleighs, from the wood sled1 with am carriage seat ailixed anid the ordiary "'pung" to Phil Dennett's oltd faishioned ''high back." PIl D~ennett was the ackowi. edged leadei' amonig the young fellows of the ilottomns, alitd It was considered something of an hionor' iamong the girls to be invi ted to share his sleigh to and from slngling school. 'Thle oid hiighblack, a huge box affalir whichl hiad often held a ineirry party of six (1uit1 'omlifortably, Was an instituition in (the ll)ennett fain 113'. It had belonigedl to Pi'l's great uncle, and Ph'il pa tched atnd iiniited it every3 fall withi a sort of veneat'ion iii Phlil wa's a metrry, good tempei~tre'I fel. his alcqultma iane wer'e glad to goj sleighing with imi. But foi' two or three winters last ther't hatd been few. or frolics in the old highba ick. Phlil had seemed to piitfer takitig one young lady att a tine, iatd that fortuonate per-" son was always the saine-the doctor's daughter', Myrtle Kemi~. Other girls Who may have secr'etly "set their caps" at the bIg, good natured young farnmer had to turn their eyes elsewyhere per force. iram Ball happlened to pass the Dennett place the morning after the first snowfall and saw PhIl's box sleigh in the yard. "Hello, Dennett!" lie exclaimed, "Where'd you get that ark?" "Don't you like the looks of it?" *queried PhIl coolly. "It looks like a relie of the mound builders," saitd Hi, with a laugh. ."Don't s'pose your sister would care to go sleigh ig with mie, eh ?" respond. ed Phil. "Well, hardly-in that thing." "All right;,I shan't ask her, then." that you'd ask a girl to go to ridn wltb you in that7" de-fiuajled III confiden tially. Piil looked at bhim calnly, but with a spark of lire in his eye. "If you wait till Ieriday night, you'll see the nicest girl in these bottoms riding in it," he said. "Myrtle Kemp, I mean." The shot told, for it was 3,n open se cret that Phil was not the only fellow who worshiped at the shrine of the doctor's daughter. Myrtle Kemp was alIost the only girl in the neighborhood whoin Miss Ball put herself out to become friendly with, and It was whispered that that was entirely for her br'oi'i's sake. Most of the young iIItn of the 1loln had long sincie dieih-i . lul i'iil had outelaissed th leii ill Nlrie's favor' ,hut Birinlall wa Is Iolninal by no such, 11w-1 lief, In truth, a11l ugh 1'h1 ilt ad Inade up his in regalldilig Mlyrh-, he W1a14 not at aill sure vthlat she( had:141 u her i1ind regiardling hi0 , 11id flit' t, oor4 fellow (141 not dar risk 4)mjiijg to the I'ssue4 I Ill he flol ot's dandli 4t l lileghltlg ;lci1415 2) IlIE(41o i tI I Ilie Mlost of, the Intys wer tobuynak ]ing aIll seenr ab,"Il SWAIN faniio r tl w in er2 1ih1 fi rst 14111 i ft sn oIw 11l4 'lain a it 1 4 , I'4'lI i. i' l yf lo t oI le n a1 - ''ighlag1 4 re1 s I'l t e l ight of tihe' v y falir 11111 in tIhe snow. ,1111 111had nlot sen Myrliet, butl it. was (ille n Idlrlnsl( het11-n1h11 that he wais al 1auiys to shil for hr n w to tiI hiis l e'O hslils The iy hfore, Thurs ay, 1 ino-4I 1 4 1111 u I i the store Unit l i lia had goit i new Sleigh. "It's (4 111t- UPi k li I til- last trip of thilt rie seunrcomei 'way froinl St. Pal"said his infrinant11. "An they ay Hi's ait ll ret.ill yaller fil silver hIll s t n to tiht sli f ts. 11'11 l1lt 4 )I ' o 11yo' y oIlu withl thI e g htill this witer." P'hil mi -nvely t oul ght. tI s proible, howIer %-ws Ino;t un. poptihlar with ti ll vIn liy ani was liirdly v ilkt'd by llth gils desp4 it his galbintry. Bitt l'hil ball ye t ho b-r 11a111 the l lit' 11 o fit' lilt is ofll l 11i 11i k n fo thl glea n ft' 11 nIte 4111 41 Ii' is:i1..it iI d '4'li li lt Ihr lissdli' his 14i-sih re ilio the bo.x .leig' thel usu l ti and. set 'tit rills h4 h -tdol ('Ir's bo sv. l-ar up thlt re1i,4lwing1- out of, .1 1h-:111t whichl 'Id lit 1v Itlll I: 111 4ii'r I'w X ias a h1181 >, red1 :11,4 ye1.-lo1w. P- n%:], iis 1 li t's n w deighLd, nfil i behilini 'irain's pavver it Iliiely " lisaippeare--i . (11n Ilhil's Sight, :141w1wio .% le.ig r aloni nolr0ey hr ,%-:s plently (if tiline het'olre tho ign whool he-n. WlNVII ho eem tho- doct4or's front :all,. ho noticed that1 a ,h-lgh hadlslp - 11-14r1 oo 1f 1 hu 1. I'mo he coul see IhII t'l Ibu he still had nto tts lilen g t111h14l1 disappoin 1Ient which iwaite-l hinm. Tlw joply illie og'' Nintt him it tlt, "Y i're t) Lite, Ph " ho vxolaitn -d. lau1hing Il his usut boisterous Ill utnlnr. " l golle. " ilg. i lli ii l Ille a1sto llished Phil11. 'h :ill( go 'l o1 "iht' you, n(!" irs1 ld the doctorb Llirain lill just. nini' In his e1mw li to o ii hk h1er. I tIll you -what, 'hilI I lii i to I' ll yo u 111012I, b oy n oyU t Ph l'c 4 lhe h't'1124 bint e ohl high-1 >kir doe awl~'iil''ista withou a word.i li wa~s dazd1 andl hiserldo dsatpointh ('t.t le was-hlfes IL''Ina lded ot r-c "Ytu'rl too' la11t, Pil.'" wee clrcgaimed. of '111 l~iig"i1rt itioe"lliietr Ind nito 1'to hed.111 1l sco litus at abll. ldits then,4 pritole' coming'' tohserelynt, (t'twouhl noiteo t. ite thouhdtreat 1fl~ (oilIiar ond byl seat, bote gr' wt y. e'4Iutt l'i l1as first fofll Jst . 1 There niigh1'to het'1 a itket wiythe nilt have though he wash met cmr tin." Perap ishoe hdbentl.h a "Oh, lI Ilhelltvoedack thrghll,"n hesaruulus ne~otthe drIv hnale pro "uOU kIt was pet cigter--outh ler aio litr "countryovegon hei~ Inll torie glui ito oewthyun week Phil,''rove spaloebtdobd aedt chaf thbg fellow.an Ai mao "Vfery usually i goodaurd,' wat the winxt well3o.tr otolgd oh Te rb~osne gils3 sedo sat with eah thr-nls itwsaweludr The red and yellow- cutter stopped v the doetor'n gate theanext Friday nigh' Phil's highback weit around by th other road. There was nothing mor said by either; neither could thel friends pm)p anything regarding ti estrangement out of thetim. And Hliran Bail, wisely, seale(i his own lips as . Plili did not Jilss a sessioni otinb singing Club. li Seldo c' alle rot 6 drove any of the girls home. If Iti did, it 'was always somebolidy wIto oth orwise would haitve beit ieglectel. lit told hliins1elf that Myrtle should see Ill was no weathercock. Aid], in truth if he eoild iot have, the girl of lil. choice he wanited none at all. Thle winlter drew toward spring, There had been at thaw lin lebruary which almost spoiled the slelglilug, bull when it grew ('o(1(l again the hta'd pnck e(d siniowV froze sioltd, Ind the runnerh fairly biurn'd Over the roads. Th wisenieres, too, declared that the win ter wis by no inianis over. There wn a big sori due, tnd the longer it de Ilyed the more severe it WouIld pIrovC whlen It f111inal l itnle. One Friday late lin the month thc HiowhnllIks beganl to dl1e u11) nr-ouint1 the horizonl, an1d thle farmllers hajstened.( to get their sheep inito tle folds and n Ie aIll seciie fo' the night. Therc wits little wind, however, and the storm grew slowIy. Phtil was late at the singing ('lub1) that night. It wIs well unlier wny ,VNt when ho11 (ntered, and as he enlme il he br'ottglt with him n Rudiden t'coIl blast of wind. The first flakes of the coning storm spaiklied (I1i his hearskini cont. "You had better. close ery .1m ry," he whispered to the master nl hie passed to a seint. "TheIe Is going. to lie a heavy gale." But It is hard to break up) it inierry paiIrty of youNIg people. The ilne stow sifted down t I . the schlhuse 1111 pneked hird oveir tle doo stone. 1na they eei withoit they would havt heardt now anid then the snapping oi the oveila(den brnIehes of tle fores irees belin d tlie bu hildiniig. The sclool house stood 111)011 the verge of a wood By tile tiei the st'ssion broke ul the wind iadi risen ant was monninti angrily through the forest. It swep the snow flereely Into their faces nl they breasted it too. It 's astonish 11g how inuc li l alredy faIieii. Everyboldy biut 'hil antd t he' mastel hid to get awAiy. The latter liv(( at the nenrest fa rnilouse-n imost with in stone'tI throw of tle sciool-int Ph1il hiad a question or two lIn algebri he wiitted expltinlel. Althoigh ftll young farmer did ntat nIlend tile rtg lia sessions of the school, le neverthe less spelit ihis evenings at htoiie 11 studying suicht )oo11si s lie haid pre vlously 1( no opportunity of dlppn Into . "Come, Phit, you'd best hurry0al'n yourself," said r. El'iery. goiig to thi door and rece'iving tlie full strength o the gale in h1is face. "Why, it's a bliA "' Y11 sey yo homie first." said Phil laughing. "I it hI li the l)est lions Inl at storm Inl theI li ottoms.-. I shaIll ge! ho in. all right." 'iiev d tug oit thi old box sleigh ani1 baekid tht big black out of tle hors shed't. 'Thle therais weire aliready out o sight anid hieartin g. Ph'ii and thle muas teir tumbled't into the siteigh, andt lnln lloh <tiitkiy tiirew them throitghi hi f'rst diflt InIg s-:now' to thie iuinsteri' abotle. "You'd 1better' spendii the ntigh t hetr< Phil,"' saht .\ir. Eitit'ry. "'Nonsuse:"' r'tspoiil'd thle young fel low", with ii highi. "Well, you'v' e a gootd lhorse nauh Jius 'T'he teiin eers ist senten'ice r'epe'ntec twat- whyt lit tured utoi' thle ron dm'le guiiised the deeori''.os lintd My taing ut hamoe dgret ute hoi'tne. lile had0 brteasei th sn'iio nob, ke epohdiiiiii ilto lie's Inba ito tt age'ent. litshou'It ii r fouret' buh lee fthcel ihou ti- riv ion snk blhh 1 gituiny sin te-f ce onr c''ontl .\y tlit mviutfavt got li hofor. weast ihee had ndt astsed toht~emron ths tonesodt. iuai~ti'' '(t stoldeboy o''"h ni'oPhi. "Theyg kePhi"tid aollaighto he'shits <it gert .he nis.c i -li't aty of lour bus tii'ieiien tinfense a' link rioh itnw denly esyopp ed hi get neord.het'a PhIl pulwlder.c Thb out farmli hor whdii'ed luly tnroug he ditoPi ter inreplym fathye ci'ea ilyt'w rithe n tofi ather he.talh "vliy eoge, olit' d os! re h lie sooutead istlad. Thb wh''inn 0 but teenie, nd frntdd'ied to i'th toe oaiii human voflemstle.tn h"fhIt'loedy i ofts.rn,"tog IPhil buAnd d(llr itoi' doghnyts it thfol,0fti? ll lel!" d 113 ttn Biut Iwas uoh [as hie liam h cou01.ldsteel seohy cni'sted An sua st~orm alst rturTe: rndr Thuhan ~d intnedrr. IstPil PhIl waldsine o out of the ransui li andruged hthrough the drif tots cu the ireitionstfnthei rleofn dirs Thoe csne ouswre nhoutl" the ins rd.iskihatoo in hleding)the tael hcs but the girl's sin ptCii fron ee toel ahe~ fnmihth. o isiyouln ojc in thef sow-a use andeutc >Pil houst outes t *son e. ha soh ,lid not know it." t "I reckon you did go by the house!" exclaimed Phil. "And you're a long way off the road now. I've been fol lowing you for 15 minutes. Black Bob heard your horse squealing or- I should have passed right by without being any the wiser." "What shall we do?" demanded the girl. "We can't turn this sleigh around. The horse is almost played out." "What's the matter with lili m?" ask ed Phil, pointing to the silent Mii. "ie's half frozen." "And hie's got more than half of the robes, too!" said Plill in disgust. "Ile needs them iore than I do," apologized Myrtle. "You won't leave hii here to freeze?" she added, In sud den terror. "'i'lat's Just like a womanl when she loves a man," thought poor Phil. "At "What are you dolin, Den li bcrl wayse th11iks of him, first." Alould hle said: "We're nionec or us. goinlg to freeze If I enni help It. Sit where you are until I unh111tch yourl hor-se. We Inlight ats well give bhim a chance for his life." When hie began to dto this, however, Il11r:11n ar-oused him11self. "What are You eloling, Dennlett?" hie cried. "If y*oul et the horse loose, we're lost!" lie seized the whip and tried to reacb Ilill with It. The horse began to 1 Phi01 sprng forward anid caught the S-lilp fromn thle other's hanld. "Keep i quiet," hie sal sternly, "or I'll warmn youl witil this 141sh1 inlyself." HIlrno fell back anld swore. Mtyrtle. shrank11 away froml hun11, but Ph11 il dd not see hevr. Ile had turned his atten Itioni to the rest ive horse again and soon hadl hirmfre "I'mn afrald ," hie said gravely, "that we ennnot get out of hevre till IL stops 13nowin. :1am going to unh11tchl Black ]loh), andI we will all come back Into miy sleghi." "I'm going to stay hiere," growled 1/,, '-a' "We'll dto whatever you say, Phil," f d clane ti . ti t Phil loosened ilack Bob from th shafts, an d the two horses plunged away Into tile theor. Then, after vast labor, lie partially clealed away a sniow bak ndtrnd hlhgelodfahin -Pdhilghhniek overd wold cauve the vii torthe coue otl tuie h:iidth ''Fuale Thue' irl:1( struggldou, b'ut Hira re fusediii to moe. "St'kay iihe~'re thn, and I bhrak derne fromol" hihu exclimed1( wrthfu'lily, tId he( halciedhi Mytle tioto o t i ile h orngseaigh and sooce "You wiil nofree. ty hret freeze tr deat," lie hispegrey ''thad weingly.1 ".\tak out coml~e l t t "Ao l~ riht."n rgsone touhitc Bitelac Boand we wl all droe ack Iutof mad seih.nji'.' rludrth ih back.i going tho bravy hellow grawled down abo wte.r yon afyw Pilte theywre Murledytedivn nw sadPhil. Se wBlac beo warir thee away titol lizzrd. doesn't atr toot laog, soembodaiy wile awng todi sno tall lid ured the warme oston-t sdhink ver. plIly woulyrtae shrel terdli ba upon hit comfrtbly.Sh "Deari Phi," hee now." "we shoued toate (died)1 hal younote icome ale "leg ! h ldhghakl.go fori gr somti 1 aoutnch," remraired he iit (ard oomle m"1allexclasned tiern iimob trend waprobe teos Sfraitoli the ed," hewhispered thed "hll sight." runed Illt whenra an moent ackr helod oe wilas sofl te cing th hL(ietal n tse bure nd collar ii ois Jo rsin yt oalmrthe tih tlujured rdme ilto thrne welow adljut Inpu ise' asond her. Whatg sel they WOmi whatie sad fter' imt 5was e' ''ne of Iliam geta.l'sr bi ess nor'i us" sid anyi of 'ours, lluisie ilrileder,'1L' nI thei onhingwhe theSl' st tod g.sed soenrdewlben part lcoveredu -the girle with a literv ill grae tae COUHI iweritea hadaernsetlte gilt so showingrwar 1)und thely ovrtled tsredg t he odgback and11i 1 rovpetlyrthe ahoe lniit, and11 heni theyi sleihl "ar goodthe ne wint, "he brought ave hl hwife. o Cme' the1ccessity for sme chanii ge d i ~ooda fawr soie as tog seur a pmoei.'remuiable '' fetisit isa ntrios facOt that a greast deltfpoprt in the whSertate docape taxa'io lalhtoet ewhl.uh hti ilue The pidroblm is au veatiu ioel n ill pr',li oably nee bo1 setcl to cryne waistio ofl u her 10hi'e will collry olikeiy b arsatemp at soe thews ptio thelii subjectt this. sesin.i -Thle St.l ia i Gotthard railway055 has,' on lenth a b t outs 172i ilie eclsieof ttnntels imnoles wtha(n th88 art1ifil 1( Clstues a2 of1l'hun them1ein ridgoes'' aftvward fuct d of overt hiy fetinl 1yl(ngth. tllr Tcnsirehis ofl the rana a amount'ed tori $58,000,000 ors abueles, hoe i00p l mite. we h seg n TIRU CHILD LABOR SUBJECT A Memorial from the Cotton Maniu facturers of Oconee County. The presidents of the cotton mills 1 Oconee County have prepared a stat mont in regard to child labor in ti mills, which bas been sent to the logi lative delegation from that county, ati is as follows : WALnTArA, S. 0 , Jan. 1, 1901. To the Hon Senator Hlerndon, Repr sentativos Brown and Thompson-Ge tienen: Representing, as we do, larl manufacturing interests in Oconee Coui ty, we deem it our duty to lay befoi you certain matters relating theret which we are sure will engage your ia tention. 1. Of course the rapid growth of tI cotton mill industry in South Carolir and in the South has limited mill exte slon in New England, and as such I vestinonts have been much sought aft there in the past, the change to Soutl orn mill building is much deprecato and all sorts of efforts have been, all we doubt not will be, attempted t handicap our triumphal progress by i friendly legislation under cunningly d vised pleas. 2. Very recently an agitation has bec begun at home, under humanitarian in tives, In regard to children in our mill and looking to future educational tes for relief from what is believed to be great grievance. As a matter of fai there is not a mill manager In our Stal who does not heartily approve of ti ago limit of 12 years for work .rs in ot mills; this would insure better help ai leave the children from 6 to 12 to go I school and prepare themselves for tI duties of life. 3. Legislation aiied at the mills alot to accomiplish this result will, howeve be fruitless unless parents can also I reached; our daily experience sliov that plarents insist absolutely upon Co trolling their respective tanmilies, ai unle.s the Legislature can intervene ati enact a coimpu sory educational Ia, compelling parents to send their ch dren to school. up to 12 cars of ag and allixing penalties for violating t same, a very serious result will swift follow Georgia and North Carolii have no such laws: it will inevi ab laippeii that when a South Carolina in agrees to employ a family, but, accor ing to the proposed new law, rejec workers under 12 years of age, the fai ily will quietly take the train, and in i hour or two will be in a mill, and il neighboring State, where all cai g work. 4. We cannot help reminding you tb some very positive social conditio have to be known and considered this conplex matter ; work in our mi is largely by families, not separately, individuals ; some take their ten-yet old clii dren into the mi- to have the under their own eyes ; others carry thi there to keep them off the streets a the chances of bad company; otiers frn (lire necessity for securing their shi of the family living. With all these a tual conditions duly weighed the Gew gia Legislature has recently defeat similar legislation by the decisive v. of more than two to one. Speitking f our ill investments in Oconee Couni now rapidly increasing, and as well i the euorious invetnents in thie St at large, we take occasion to rema that it is a condition, not a hiumnitari theory you are to deal with. Hasty h islation. aimed only at the mills, m transfer a large prrcentage of our woi ers to neighboring States that are fr from such legislatioi. It vill be a s day for South Carolina if her industr progress is arrested by partial legislati enacted by her own sonis. As Oconee County is omi Georgia border, wvith partial legislation ats ini catedi, our mills will be miuch exp~osed lab.or losses. Contiding in your conservative vit of these important ma' ters, andJ aski for your careful consideration o f proposed legislation, we are very spectfully : Wmn A Courtenay, New E Rt Lucas : W. E Chiesnell, West in ister ; L W. .Jor dan, Sentcan. -Eliphas D~awkins, a negro prom in in the rc igious aiid social circles of race, is in jail at Galliney for munrd llo threw kerosene oil on his wvifea set her a lire. -Th'le average illnets in humm life ni no (lays out of time y ear. ~ /~;~'yor hair ~ split at Sthe end? Hflin run & ningyour fingeris through it? Does it seem dry and lifeless? Give your hair a chance. Feed it. The roots are notr dead ; they are weak because they arc starved-that's all. S if youtdon't want your a to die use a Ayer's >Iair Vigor once a day. It makes the hair grow, stops falling, and curcs dan druff'. It always restores color' to gray or faded hair ; it never fails. "Oi' h~ottl~ of Aye v'i inir~ Vigor in tarted it wC row: "min nieiy." March a 1b8. ' nsov,*s.Dk "A ver's 1Ifair Vigor co' iletely Iin:o.sgreatlyivi tedooo.Theiigro wthIIof mny harir sir . its mtso s beenm soo.o I kimmg w.iondeiri ul."' Aprh i3, 16:0i.___ NewYork, N.Y. if ymia do no't obtoimu ali theo b'enefits Vior v th I e t leo iri he i r. - A\'egetalsleIPreparationiforA A simnilatinug ite Foodl anidliegtia hin the Stomachs andIBowel So1 1 r'ro Promotes DigestionCheerful d ness and Rest.Contains neither 0 Opituim,Morphine nor Minerl. 1 NOTNAR COTIC. n) AofrildL/'ufr I~ArI7VPIU/W }- JVny4 Seed s/rA d!e Sa/4- - I4ulaA'Qd'a,+ I t Apetfect l Rmedy l'orConsfipa - o ion , Sour Stomach, Diarrhoca i Worm1s ,C onvulsionis ,everi sh ness mid Loss oF SLEEP. r, Fi Siite Sligniture or a1 NECV YORK. lid c, EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. ly ly ill- -- d :ts RE8OURCE9 n4 THE SOUTH. et - The Developiie it of Our Lumber lit and Mineral Wealth Has Only Begun. Its A correspondent of the Manuffcturers' as Record, who has spernt a month of travel Lr and observation in the South and South mi west, liids everywhere in that. part of i the country a feeling of prosperity, with id muerchants and manufacturers, railroad mn men and planters, farmers and men w ho re work for day's wages having smiles on tc- their faces and money in their pockI ts >r- and sharing in the belief that never bc. ed foic has the South been so well olf. The t impression prevails that the good times or now prevailin will not end until there y, has been a development of the Sou th's or resourcet approaching the advances ite made in other parts of the country. In ik Ianalyzing the situation the correspond an ent gives due credit to ten-cent cotton, g- accomp:nied by a diversification of ay crops, to the cOnfidence of the people ,k- b rn of achievement, and to the conse co quent encouragemnuit to greater exer ad tIonl. lie gives a glance at the strong ial pos51ion gainled ill cotton mnunfacturing :an and t lhe iiron tr'ade and says: "But thetre are other lines ill which s anl important developmlent is going on I- .about wich thei lere is 1not so great plopular' to knlowledgo iln railroad buildinlg the So(utih and) Southwest now show a grea' ny (degree of activity, but if anyone wvill ig take even a casual sur'vey of tile map of his jthe section it will beomo ap~par'ent that re railroIad building down here is by no 1'; means~l comphllete. There are severl'd tance, and~ wvhichl probably wilt meet all il-Nrtuirement fot liney ofyeato come, en It aneaiaio ilso large his areas wholly dlevoid of transp~ortation er. facilities. And 3 et in many (If these ud( sectionls there are vast for'ests ot' tile Iinest,1 timiber, milnerals ofI great variety s :Gid comnmercliid value, and1( land whlih v nten cleared will makec as goodl farms as lie ouitdoo0rs. Already there are nlu. merI~o(us under'takinlgs on foot in the way _of building small branch lines to openl Jup tracts of the character tlamled, and it Sis evident that 11ere will ho a rich lch for developmoe t work bly bothl ralilr1oad( .,constructors andt real estate oper'ators T~'ake Mississippi for instanlce. Oili the Sline of tile railroadIs theore are thousand s Iand thousands of acres of timber whlichl will cut from 10,(00 to 20,000 foet to tile aere, and when cleareCd thley will lproduce a minimum of a bale (If cotton to the aere, as wvell as other1 crops These5( lands may bc blought for' frorm $6 to $ 10 Per' a1cr. The so:i is a~n alluvial deposit and~ like the famous11 black landa of Texas, whichi now brling from *8(0 to $50 per aere, those lands(1 can be woIrkedl for years without ulsing any~ fertilizers. " The idle timi:cr' lands of this section alone1, it seems1 to me, oifer oppo' tunli ties for' almost i llimitab 0~ poilable op~erationls. 'rie distane beCtwicen tile dcycelopment of any 011e of thlese South1 weatern States and tile conlditionls whlich pre vail in M,1ass achusetts, for instanee, (lay pointed out as tile sectionl above all (Io's whlere the younmg man, seeking a >locationl, will finld more1' opp~ortunmitics Jthlan ill anly oilier Part (If thle nlatlonl. Thlere is so much to (d( (downl 1her0, and thelI rewardls are so certaini and so richl, there0 is a dlispositionl to wond~er whmy anyI ambllitious young 111an wvill remain in the0 overcrowdedl East and1( North, where Iconlditions 1are fi xed and1( opportunitics for original, inldividlual efforIt growin~g less every year, while inl manily pahrts of this counltry a most primlitive coniditions~ jplrevail, and~ a dcyclopmlhent work re mains11 to lbe donie whlich it will take geni crationIs to accompljlishm. ''" While10 on thle subject (If timber lands SI must recordo an1 alstonishlinlg chlange .. Swhlich 11as olcurredl since I wals dlown here aboIut five years ago. At thalt time 1111mber1 lands were almllost Ia dIrug ill tile rea- Csaite nmrket and1( lany amiount (If golod ha11ds cou1(1ld e bought for some whlere around .$6 anl aicre. Now (111 has to hlunt for' 'bargainls' lat anlythinig less I thlat $1> ani acre. Lumberll 1men1 fr'om M ichligan and1( Wiscons18in have come1( In ; and1( bought up1 tracts by tile tells of .thousiandsi of aceres, good yellow pine1 Sland~s are binlg but infreqjuently offered( 1an1d prices hmave jumll~pedl up to at least t100 per centi all ar'ound. Fiive years ago tihe r'ed cypress 1men1, whol wore then feeling b uc over- tile dull ciondition~ oIf trade, agreed with a promoter to sell out their holdings, planlts and alml for $7,000, 00)0. To day thlese same people)1, whio compiIose about 80 per cnt of those .. engageid in tile red cypress industry andl own at least that proipor ionl of thle available mlerchlantable r, dl cypress tim bor stanlding, woild hardly sell for $25, 1)00,000, allnd red~ cy press timber landIs, C which could be boughlt for $6 or iessc theni, arc snlappedl upi now at $12 per acro."I )1| ASTORIA F'or Infants and Children. he Kind You Haie Always Bought Bears the Signature of . In Use For Over Thirty Years OASTORIA THEC CENTAUR COMPANY. NEW YORK CITY. H1ON. WM. L. TRENHOLN.-Thc death of William L. Trenholm, which took place in New York on the 11th inst., of plncunonia. will be deeply regretted in South Carolina. He was comptroller of the currency during President Cleve land's first administration, and since then has been in New York. Mr. Trenholm was born in Charleston S. C., February 3, 18:36, and graduated from the South Carolina College in 1855, marrying a year later Miss Louise Mac b eth, of Charlest on. He was a member of tlhe United States civil service com nission in 1885 and comptroller of the currency from 1886 to 1889. After leav ing Washington he became president of the American Surety Company, which pobt ion lie held until 1898, when he be came president of the North American Trust Uoipany. He was the author of one book. "Tw People's Money." He wrts a member of the New York Chamber of Commerce, the Southern Society, the American Society of Science and numerous social and other clubs in New York. Tunr BATTLE 01" FOn'T MouvTrIn. Dr octavius A. White. of Ne w York, has just presented to the government, ~ '~ through Senator Tillmnan of South Caro lina, a painting of "The Battle of Fort Moultrie," executed in 1815 by his father, John Blake White, one of the earliest American historicail artists. The pic ture, which covers a canvas 3 by 5 feet, represenlts the gallant defense on June 28, 1776, of what wvas then called Fort Sullivan. at the entrance of Chairleston harbor, by Col. Moultrie and a small force of meni and tw enty-six guns against a British fleet of tecn ships, under Sir Peter Parker, resulting in Ameo'ican vic tory. Tbe artist's father was a partici pant in the battle, having been one of the volunteers who went from Charles. ton to aid Col. Moultrie. This p-ainting, long lost to view, was recently found in excellent preservation. Dr. White has already given three of h's father's paint. ings to the government. - Baltunore dun. -Between the to wns of Los Angeles and Pasadena, in Southern California, there has been constructed an overhead path for the exclusive use of cyclists. The pathi is built of wood, varies from three feet to fif ty feet in height, and has an average gradient of one in eighty. The path accommodates four machines abreast, and is lit thoroughly by electric lights. Pride & Patton Are closing out their winter stock of Shoes as follows: Xll $5 and1 SG Shoes reduced to $4 00 XIll$'4 50 Shoes redluced to -:io all $'4.00 Shoes reduced to- : 0 all $3.50 Shoes redued~ to -27 \ll $3.0(0 Shoes reduced to - 25 ill $2.50 Shoes redlucedl to -20 'll $2.00 Shoes reduced to - 16 i.ll $1.50 Shoes redlucedi to -12 'll $1.25 Shoos reduced to - 10 'd 10 he lc~ o - 0 hi sae wll nlyco- 27 Gr 3.0 ee ded to C, 8 ilnue carged. dayswe ayd c yel cothoerfoeting you Itos akeup acdantge o f seu it Greenville, tS. C,