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OLD NEGRO'S SAYINGS. Bill Arp Writes About Good 0 Sam Pitts?The Difference B tweeu Negroes. Uncle Sam is dead. Good o Sam Pitts. He never changt his name when freedom cam "My old master was a got man," he said. "Dar was got people den and bad people j< like dar is now?black ar white, but de black has gi Wussor and wusser since dey g> free. Effen a black man had good master he was might well off, fer ho didn't have r sponsibility. Effen I bin si of a good master and my wil and children been slio of 01 and we all live togcddor until v die 1 wouldn't keer any thin bout freedom. My old mast( used to make de nigger gals g< mairred and take a man an stick to him, but nowadays de don't marry at all hardly, got a lot of grandchildren wlu ain't got no daddy to speak < and I don't know my sons i law. Bey don't come about i daytime. Dat's what killed m old woman, fthe jos' so raort fied and so sh amed slio nev< got over it. So many spurioi children all round callin' In granny. EfTen a white woma do dat way she is disgrace< but a black oman don't keei she shine as big as ever and de don't turn her outen de churcl In de old times she got a whi pin and dey ort to have it ye White folks dun quit whippi bad niggers; dey send em cliaingang, and dey don't ke< for dat. I hear dat dar is foi or five thousand in dar fro Georgia. How's dat?didn have nary one before de wa Gwine to school too much I sp< and work too little. I Don know what is gwine to come all dese growin' up nigger Dar is a dozen or more roui de depot or trarapin' aroui town doin' nothin' all de tin ?livin' offcn dey mammios ai smokin' dese little paper se gars." Old Uncle Sam dident ta much, but sometimes he won lean on his hoe or his ax at spress his feelins. It did hi good. Ho has been choppir my wood and helping me in tl garden for thirteen years an we will miss him. Ho fell dow paralyzed with his hoe in li hand. He was "the man wit the hoe" to the very last, bi lie never was poor, for ho mat: a good living and had man friends and owned a comfor able house and lot. They boi to my wife for some grav clothes and he will be buried i a right decent suit of mine an we will go to his funeral. T was ruminating about th good old negro who had see thirty-three years of slavery an thirty-seven of feedom and kne1 the good and the bad of hot conditions and then my thougl wandered to the malignity < those who have slandered us f long without a cause. Here a book of poems by John f Whittier and thirty-seven < them are pitiful appeals for tt poor slave and invoking Hea' en's curses upon his maste He knew no more about slaveT as it really was than ho di about Barbara Freitchie and 1 fed the young people of Ne England upon poetic lies ft thirty years and instilled inl their hearts that hatred froi which they have never r covered. Strange it is thi smart people will write aboi things they have never seer Now tne idea of an uneducate negro slave getting down on h kness and making an apostroph to the north star?and yet thi is the title of one of the poems"The Slave's Apostrophe to til 3 BOILS 1 These unwelcome visitors usually i U _ itself from the um Carbtmclaa, a 3d eating great holes p M& 1 people as blessing jw V-r-y rim 1 the mistaken idei xl RR J "tr* Sm Nature's plan of tl 1 unless relieved th )(l fiklShllfrSNy \ troubles, which as " Banofu p? Mr. R. M. Pratt, Cars, 8. C.. writes : buildifi H "Por twenty years I was sorely JJ. afflicted with boils and carbuncles < j ty caused by impure blood. ItislmposJ sible to describe tny suffering ; part of S. .thetiraebeing unable to work or sleep. Cft. vf Several doctors treated me, and 1 tried ^ all the so-called blood remedies, but u'aaase 'O nothing scetned to do me any good. It is a ] During the summer of i9M I was per- rirnvea lO suaded tally ft. S. 8 .and after taking several bottles was entirely cured, and genera, 10 have had no return of these painful On pests np to the present time." eases a ? and any information or advie* wanted \% g whatever for this service. Send for our -- at North Star." The nigger wai d 'possum 1 umting right then iy but the poet makes hint to nay I "Star of the North, 1 look to thee, ^ Thy light and truth shall set mt free." 3f Rut enough of this. The ques n | tion still survives what will ho n como of the negro. And tha y other question looms up before ,i_ us, what will we do with 10, ?r 000,000 more of them over ii 1A the Philippines? A more sense 3r less war was never waged. It wai n conceived in sin and is beinj \t carried on in iniquity. Proa . . perity! Yes, it is war tha >y glosses over suffering and deatl and grief with a coat of proa p. perity. But it is nothing but : t. coat. War always produces i in semblance of prosperity, fo to armies have to be fed and clotli Pr ed and equipped. Ships hav it* to be built and cannon made m and a thousand things collate L?t to these show activity and giv ,r> employment to labor and t capital. This activity bega t't with the Cuban-embroglio an of still goes on, but in the Ion >s. run somebody will have to foe id up the money bill. The bill fu id blood and suffering will novo ao lw paid. Who wants tho wn id but contractors, who are grow ,o- ing rich from their profits When I was last in Texas ]k heard a cattle man say that h Id hoped that Russia and Rnglan< id would get up a fight, for he hn< m 100,000 head of cattle tha ur wouid l'O nri 50 ner rent in i t?l , _f- , 1 1 " le | day. Daily wages don't go up id but everything the laborer i n obliged to consume has ad is vancod. How about clerk hire h : malo and female, in the town it and cities, llow about chih [e labor in the factories, not in al v the factories, but in most o t- them, for there are not mam it Gunby Jordans at tlio head o re Southern cotton mills. Wha n a beautiful tribute his peoph d paid him in Columbus when h< returned from Europe. Wha is a touching ovation those factory n workers gave him. Why can' d the owners of every mill do tin w same by their operatives ant h secure their love, which is wortl it, more than a crown of gold. read in an Atlanta paper abou io a poor woman who swore he: is son would not be nine years oh until next Christmas, but ho: ,f husband certified to the super ie intendent of the mill that h< v. was olevon so as to get him i r place, for no hoy under toi y would bo employed. d What a degree of misery mils he in a family who have to re w sort to such method?. The poo )r havo but few friends, but I hop' to 1 m they have enough to press tha labor bill before the next gen eral assembly. it Later.?New? ha? ju?t com' i. that old Uncle Sam is not dea< id yet. They began to dross hin is for the gravo and suddenly h< i? showed a sign of life. Mayb \t lie will live to have hie obitoar ? read to him?who knows? le read my own many years ag< P CARBI appear fat the nrity er nutMr, when the 1 iny imparlti?a tact mt? accumulated during 1 rhich are more painful and dangerous, ootna : in the flash, exhaust the strength and often ?, and they patiently and uncomplainingly et i that their health is being benefitted, that th< sinning it. The blood Is not too rich or too thi< a entire system will suffer. The bofl or carl e only waiting for a favorable opportunity to d? even cancer, is tha result of a neglecte # Keep the blood pure, and it will ki ' skin clear of all the irritating impuriti< ranee these painful, disfiguring diseases. S. 8. S. cures boils and carbuncles and permanently by reinforcing, purify* ig up the blood and ridding the system of all i S. 8. ia made of roots and herbs which act direci iep-seated, are soon overcome and driven out bj S. S. is not a new, untried remedy, but for n has been curing all kinds of blood and skin s. It has cured thousands, and will cure yon. pleasant tonic as well as blood purifier ? imthe appetite and digestion, builds up your I health and keeps your blood in order. Li physicians have made blood and akin dielite study?write them fully about your case, ill be cheerfully ^iven. g We make no charge ww* on oiooa ina arut umMM lm, A.d? 9. in a Western paper when the , original Bill Arp died in Texas , and the editor thought it was I. But Uncle Sam will liardlv live through the night. Bill Arp. t OOUTH CAROLINA GEORGIA ' [j RITERSIORR.R. COMPART. 1 Schedule Ne. 4 In Effect 1101 a. in.. Sunday, Doc. 24, lfM. b BetweenCamden,S.C ,and BlacAsburA.S.C. y WoFt! 88 East. 84 3 I'liFtCiaan EASTERN TIME. KinUdaFrt * PMMngtr ___ PaaaengeF i Daily Dally I Except STATION!! Except lx t Sunday. Sunday ' P. M A. M. 12 60 l.w Camden 12 26 l* 1 16 f DoKalb 12 02 .-11 27 Wostvllle 11 60 II Ul 40 I?'" Kershaw U 86 92 10 lleuth Spring 11 20 2 15 Pleasant Hill 1116 V2 86 Lancaster 10 66 p i"2 60 Riverside 10 40. 2 8 00 Sprlngdell 10 90 I. 5 3 10 Catawba Junction 10 20 1 AS 20 LOHIIO 10 10 A as 40 Rock Hill 10 00 " I ^S b6 Newport V 35 Ik4 02' *!W Tlrzah i 9 30 I |4 20| YorkvlUe 0 16 , H4 86 WFr*' St.- :a 9 00 Li I B4 ROl lll-l.?... ?"> I a " - - p -* tuvnui j uiuio n ?o ^ 00 Smyrna 8 M 6 Sfv SO Hlacksburg 8 II p. a a. ii. ? Between BlacksburM.S.C.,and Marlon,N.fi. n West. Ti Bast. It" (J "spc. Class EASTERN TIME. siec. Class Mixed MTx72 Dally Dally Kxoopt STATIONS. Except it Sunday. Sunday. a.IT p. m. 'T 8 10 .<1 Ulacksburg 8 40 8 30 Earln 6 to iT 8 40 * Patterson SprlugB 8 It 0 SO Shelby 00 ,r 10 oo Dattimoro 4 M 10 10 "? Moorosboro 4 40 r_ 10 2fc Henrietta 4 *8 10 &0 Forest City S 10 0 11 18 " ? Rutherford ton 3 V> '118ft I- Millwood 3<?| t 11 45 Golden Valley t 56 A 12 Oft f * Thermal City t iS 12 2ft Glen wood 2 SO ? It fto W??l Marlon 2 00 . A- M P. M OAfh'^EV n, VISfoTT" First Class First Class 4- IB I 13 EASTERN TIME 14 I 1(1 ' I ifliji stat,ons' hi Hi H Cww Km Kx . I*. MAM. A. M. P II. I 00 8 00 Hlacknhurg 7 B0 3 00 I 3d 8 ?> Cherokee Falls 7 30 S 40 ? 1 40 0 40 Oafliioy 7 io in s P. X AM. &% A X T M 1 rales No* 32 and 33 connect at Ulauttsburg 1 . with trains on theGsfTney Division. I Train No.. St connects at Camden with tb? 1 j Charleatou Division of the Southern Railway for all points south. f ] Train No. 83 Isai'ln? PuiiiIm ? i? "1 " ? 1 going wast, make* connection at Lancaster tT S C., vi Uh tl.o L. Sl C. H. K , at Catawba JuaeI tlon t 1th tbe S A. L., going north ; at Rock f Hill with the Southern Hallway,going north Train No. 11 connect* at Hlacksnurg with the Semhern Hallway from the aouth. At Marlon, t N C. with Southern Hallway going w^Tt. ft AMU HUNT, 'U A TRIPP, ft PreeUlent **eme*j Superintended. H. U. LUMPKIN. G. P. A. ) Money Loaned. t I I negotiate Mortgage Iambs on Improved : farm* at reasonable tales. 3 R. E. WYLIC, attorney at Law, .Lancaster, S C. ] I ? M.-Sept 2&1. 1900 1 j Ttrt M. A. Slmtnona Liver Medicine Clears [ the Complexion, gives Uouyanuy to the Mind. I cures Headache, Regulates Stotnaoh, Bowele I and Liter. ?. ? _. . ? .1. | IPc Ctre { :i* to bo tl llj "p We have teams fo rLf. country. Teams for p M around the city. Ever t 4 \ and stylish. Brand n< ^ and traps,?the best di be had. If you want 1 1 W can be gotten up in tov I* v J for it. We m*et cornpc I pi-i - ? ap '!|Hf antap UNCLES Mood ia making an extra effort to free he winter months. moat frequently on the beck of the neck, prove fatal. Bolls are regarded by some dure the pain and inconvenience under sir blood ia too thick anyway, and this is ek, but ia diseased?is full of poison?and tmncle gives warning of serious internal velo^. Many an ola sore, running ulcer, ^ Dangerous I easily Carbuncles ng and accumulated waste matter. tly on the blood, nnd all poisons, no matter ' this powerful purely vegetable medicine. Iraaa, The 8wlft Specific Co. Atlanta, fia. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. iali >1 Ttsas a* JfcdkseartEs ana iirwrt <sstnm Ttma at Otkor Pstota. SshwSulsin Kffsot JunslSQt, tW% K& fe8 H H - BraaMirlU* 6 66* 164* " QrMf*bu?f *. (Kt uAOa - Kim frill* ." 10 15* 4 8(? ?r. OoTumbtf ,.1100* 8 65* Lv! AvMm.t*7rB^TSn^ ^ T?p TO ?r. ?rmnlt?rUl? ft *U i??|0lO to fr. Aiken ...M 816? Ev. T?mtoi TSvtTOmw "?* fe IS Qhmmtfr TOip iuto BookHlU ?? ibt* Artgh%rlolH ^r4?S gj&!:':;?:;;??SSljg TpssiflM *m.ms fiflg i-r Aumi>ou.. H 00a ifiy; fcoQa ;;; iSIl " OwLar#Wr|a SbSp 8 otm " ?' .*? 2Mr' ilfS* BnounarvflU T ?pj 6 Wa * Hpr?\r?u? inp fijjta jr, '?y.4h !!'" T4fo. ??a iP* xoapt Lurid*?) Sl?tpU| Oar 9?nlor> Ec>-?K<f|t 2*Uj JMMi|w mrvicA botwrraa *tKk *4*2?al2Si' r??k awl riori^k lasEJ'?.wSrSSC^3fc~^M' ?"rsr? r?i.*u.a* in. ^U??-?<.*n| MfaoUm ?*rt W tf?*va P'art Xt,4>*. >U ? ****. Wariai**ton a** JTarw York. JPtiUin an alPapUig aara ?)?Mwa??? Qharletta ?o4 WaJvaou<L Uhln? oara Wt?Ma Ohartotta gggjpCaa ^ ^a. Irrtt "TjE^fg^SSrw aannT afla??ua*#iira?t?. aa?Sr*- ii?*, HSks.. ?Mggl \cpareb j [7c Cbcry. | r a loag drive in the ^ leasure driving in and ything neat, nice and /w :w rubber tire buggies riving horses that can ^ the nicest turnout that 4 rn, call on # CRAUVORfi t itition in prtee. 5 -*7 WWVwS Heath Bankini MerCc Cc EIGHT months of growth start the busiest Autuix caster has ever seen F gathered the newest and best, welcome, to the biggest and cl chandise in upper Carolina, know what our competitors ar of Dress Goods, Silks and Mi ing, lead us to think that they stocks, or else they ask too m DRESS GOODS AN] is our forte. It is the most our business. Wc arc justly display of Millinery and our ! caught the "public's eye'' and | assistant are kept busy all ( ; Brilliant showing of our Di | tempting prices,?we meet all j with a velvety finish, French j fine twill finish, in all the n , Cheviots in shaggy effects. | that our stock of Black Dress | in the cities. We show ii ! iots, Camel's Hair, Mohair, . j Serges. No matter what kin i here. In Capes and Furs, be \ values that can be offered, j have knowledge of their valiu j by an expert and we guarantc I i > __________ BANKRUPT We are the lucky +$3,600 > OF? UNDER\ from the bankrupt stock Co., Baltimore. That rr wear that you want, whil on the dollar. Exciting time : CLOTHING ( More clothing and se ? than all the balance of La to march our clothing pi 1 north pole. Sold one rr ( of clothing Monday, Oct ' ooo stock of Shoes needs of a feather flock togethe buyers are flocking here, vertisements are worthle goods. The people bel believe in them Heath Bkg. I . ^ s % ? & I antile >mpany. I m * l and progress and we m that growing Lan- ? 'rom all Markets we've We bid you come and heapest stock of MerWe are too busy to e doing, but the piles llinery that we arc sell- . ' must have very small uch for them. ) MILLINERY : rapid growing part of proud of it. Our grand very low prices have I Miss Thorn and. her lay and half the night.^ ress Goods and Silks, wishes. Broad cloths Venetian cloths with ew shadings. Scotch Always bear in mind Goods is not surpassed i Black Goods, ClicvPoplin, Henrietta and d of Silk you want it is ready to buy the best Furs are deceiving, few 2. Ours were selected ^e them. GOODS! > purchasers of m 'North * STEAK of Hodges Bros. & leans all the Undere it last at 50 cents s in our ^ STOCK^J lling more clothing ncaster. It is as hard rices as to find the terchant $600 worth :ober 8. Our $10,; no mention. Birds r, and all close cash Prices in our adss until you see the ieve in us, and we ^ \ Nler. Co.*