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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-05-09
God Is Not a Merchant.

"For by grace are ye saved through
faith, and that not of yourselves; it is
the gift of God.'
Once there was 8 poor woman standing
before the window OF royal conser7a'
tory which looked into the public street.
1t was the dead of Winter, aud no flowers
were in the garden, and no leaves upon
the trees. But in the hot.house a splen-
did bunch Of grapes hung from the glass
ceiling, breaking in the bright Winter
sun, and tile poo- woman gazed at them
until the water came into her mouth,
and she sighed: 20, l wish could take
it to my sick darling" She went home
and sat down to her spinning wheel, and
wrought until she had earned half
crown. She then went to the Kings
gardener, and offered that sum for
bunch of grapes: but the gardener re-
ceiyed her unkindly and told her not to
come again. She returned home, and
looked around her little cottage to see
whether ;ucrc was anything she could
dispense with. 1t was severe Winter,
vet she thought she could do without a
blanket for week or two so she pawned
it for half crown, and went to the
Kings gardener, ard now offered him Ten
shillings. But the gardener scolded her
and took her by the arm rather roughly
and thrust her out. It just happened,
however, that the Kings daughter was
near at hand; and when she heard the
angry woods of the gardener, and the
cryiug of the woman, she came up and
Inquired into the matter. When tue
poor woman had told her story, the noble
Princess said, with kind smile: My
dear woman, you are mistaken; my
father IS not q merchant, but King;
his business is not to sell, but to give; :"
Nhcrcupon she plucked the bunch from
the vine, and nently dropped it into the
old woman's apron. So the woman
Obtained as . free gift that which the
labor OF many days and nights had been
unable 20 procure.
Tie salvation ci the soul is the great.
est thing YOU can desire. But you can
mo-, buy il with all the riches OF the
world, with all the prayers you can pray,
with nl the aims you can give, with all
the useful works you could perform dur
ing life rs long rs that of Metbnselah.
The fact is, your souls salvation is inthe
hands OF King, and not y merchant.
II you receive it at all, it mus, be rs =
pift for yon never can buy II.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-05-09
ANDERsON S. c., THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 8, 1889

river separates these two cities-the city
of life and the city Of death, Us our Chief
Justice Bleckley so aptly expresses it in
his beautiful poems. Every one who
dies must cross over the river and rest
under the shade of the trees. II they
could only breathe whisper to those IN
the city of life what would that whisper
be- What would Colonel Shorter say :?
and what would Burwell and Mcguire
and Tom Perry and Colonel Cothran and
Judge Underwood say? What message
would old Mother Hemphill, who lived
one hundred years, send to us? What
would The scores Of patriot soldiers say ?
the soldiers who are sleeping side by side
and head to feet under the brow of the
hill.
Tho graves of three noble girls are
there-loycly girls-teachers whom
everybody loved. 1t is sweetly sad to
think of them and wonder why they were
taken in their young womanhood and
others we're left. Marion Blanes, Nellie
Aver and Lizzie Gwaltney will live in
the hearts of all who knew them-sweet
girls, who honored their parents and
honored their chosen calling. Hearts
were almost broken when they died, and
all that friends could do was to be silent
for they saw that their grief was very
great. No wonder that mourners go to
funerals. The bereaved know to symps-
thize with others who have suffered the
same aflliction.
But there is no money in grief or fu-
nerals, and so the broken ranks must
close. If a soldier falls in battle the
column does not stop moment.
"Close up; close up men y the captain
cries, and on they 90 to victory or death.
A man is not Of much consequence in
this worid--not near as much as he thinks
he is. IfGovernor Brown and Governor
Colouitt and Governor Gordon were to die
TO. morrow the ranks would close up and
their places be filled within week, and
in month they would cease to be men.
toned in the papers. Everything is
business now, aud the procession must
proceed. Anintelligent citizen asked me
Yesterday whether it was Arthur or
Hayes who was dead.
BILL ARP.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-05-09
4 "Nisger in The Chimney :

:: deputy Sheriff Jeil. ID. Gilrealh --and
Policeman Steele returned TO the city
Yesterday morning from an expedition
into anderson. County, in the course of
which an exceedingly ludicrous incident
occurred. The officers set out Monday
af,ernoon..to arrest one Calvin Williams
negro living on James Sittons place
in tile Brushy Creek section, about eight
miles from the city. Williams wa-
wanted for breaking into and robbing the
house of Virgil Harrison, in this County,
last Christmas. lie had previously been
sent up TO court by Trial Justice Moor
on the charge Of assault and battery and
carrying concealed weapons, but he'd
escaped from custody. Recently the
Sheriff got information of Williams
whereabouts in Anderson County and
sent for him.
Monday night arriving at the cabin
where Williams was known TO be, officers
Gireath and Steele surrounded the
house and knocking On the door, called
upon the inmates in the name OF the law.
to open the door and surrender. They
heard shuilling around inside, the noise
of some one walking across the floor, and
presently female voiced called out thai
Williams was mot in" Thercupon
Deputy GIreath kicked open the door,
at the same time dislodging from its
resting place an axe that Williams was
said to keep standing there 10 defy the
officers of the law, and the two officers
en.ered. Careful search Of the apart
ment gave no signs of the wanted man.
At last, Mr.. Gilreath, going to the broad,
old fashioned fireplace, peeped UP the
chimney and saw in the.semi. darkness, a
pair Of shoes suspended in the hollow
funnel. Above the shoes was the person
Of Williams, whose head vas ensconced
in the SCOT and blackness Of the upper
chimney. a word from the officer told
the coon that he was trced, aud lie came
down, looking with his SCOT smeared and
begrimed countenance and clothes for
all the world like an imp from the lower
world. lie submitted calmly then to the
handouts, and WAS brought peaceably
back to the city and put in a cell at the
County Jail GroarWs Ne~s, my |.
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Suicide in Columbia.

COLUMBIA, April 3o.-The half holi
days has proved too much for at least one
Columbian. Hugh McIntrye, a native
Of Ireland, attempted to xii! himself to
day by cutting his throat with razor
He was suffering with delirium tremen:
and was under the delusion that be was
to be hung. A friend gave him narcot.
ic aud put him to bed. Thinking that
lie had gone to sleep his friend left him.
but was notified in few minutes that
Mcintyre had cut bis own throat. Such
was found to be the case.
Dr. W. B. Lester was summoned aud
fastened to the dying man. DIR. Lester
was soon joined by DR.. Taylor. They
found Mcintyre almost pulseless, lying
in q pool ofblood When the physicians
arrived the blood had ceased to flow. BY
VIGOROUS measures he has recovered
somewhat and possibly may live.
When his friend returned to the room
in which he had left Mcintyre he found
hin, lying on the floor, face downwards,
with razor BY his side. The wound was
about two and one hall inches long across
the front of the throat, the laryDx being
gruzed.
Mcintyre has been in this country for
about ten years. He has spent most OF
that time in Union, but is at present in
the employ of Mr.. D. c. Flynn in this
city.
Mcintyre died tonight at 10 o'clock
from loss Of blood, the heart refusing to
act.-.Spccial to Neps and Courier.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-05-09
Tic LORDS Prayer.

On one occasion, travelling in the Bar
bary States with 3 companion who pos
sessed some knowledge Of medicine, we
had arrived at 4 door near which we
were abou. 10 pitch ocr tents, whcn q
crowd of Arabs surrounded u-, curslng
and swearing al the "rebellers against
God" My friend who spoke little
Arabic, turning rolnd to an elderly per
son, whose garb bespoke him priest,
said "Who taught you that We are dis
believers: Hear my daily PRAYER. and
Judge for yourselves lie thea repeated
the Lords Prayer. All stood amazed
and silent, till the priest exclaimed
May God curse nc if ever curse again
those who hold such belief. Nay, more
that prayer sllal! be my prayer I'LL my
hour be come. | pray the, . Nazsrene,
repeat the prayer, that it may bc lcmem-
tc,ed and written among us in letters o!
gold. '-Ifag'S IItteim I'ubay
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-05-09

We hope the colored teachers OF the
County will read and heed the following
communication from one of their num-
ber:
"The world moves and we move with
it. This undoubtedly accounts for the
the fact that all my colored brother
teachers failed to make any grade in the
recent County examination for teachers.
The world with its masses still moves
and teachers have stood still. What else
can be the cause? Can it be that the
questions were more than ordinarily
hard? Ithink not. | have seen harder
ones. Can it be that the Board OF Ex.
smiusrs were disposed to deal unjustly
with our colored brethren? | hope not.
| believe the Board too honest for that,
unless l am grossly deceived in the man
the School Commissioner is far beyond
that. Is it that time was insufficient?
No, not that, for never saw Board
disposed to give more time. Well, what
was the cause? Only this, in my opln.
ion, our teachers have failed 10 keep
pace with times, and for that reason call
what otherwise would be an easy exami.
nation hard. They forget what would
have been interesting to children cen
tury ago, is only folly to them now.
Teaching must be Of a higher grade since
the scholars are of higher grade. What
would, iu those long past days, have
given teacher a first grade, will hardly
rive him third now. The trouble with
us is we are in too great hurry for posi-
ton, aud don't give enough attention to
preparation, but rush in prepared or
unprepared The place isw'iat We want
and all other things ale -:c."-...y
Prepare, my friends, and the position
! will seek you. Spend more time in
! school. Take the one example laid down
in The Bible of preparation for life's
work. Moses was put through an Egyp
tiau school fur forty years. Thinking
himself fully prepared for the great work
before him, went forth to the field, and
seeing the Egyptian and Hebrew striving
together, slew The Egyptian, and sud
denly found out that he was wanted il
INDIAN, where he went and finished hi:
education for the business, which wa!
not in any University, but on the hills
and through the fields he roamed fol
!urt. years longer, thus spending two
.:.ir,l. OF h.o l::e in preparation for the
wo.l oi the other third. So should wt
:os, ourselves with more than the school:
afford lis. L is AZ imposition upon ou
peope-and, in part, accounts for thei
jgnorance-ihat men llnprepared shoult
bc allowed to teach them, and our people
should rise in one unbroken phalanx
aud saw blessed to the man vino vetoed
the whole concern and said g tcache
should be prepared, or can't teach il
this County. say "Amen." This say
ye are 10 haze better teachers, bette
schools, aud SPEAKS we'll for the future Q
the people whore they teach only OF
merit. wou;d say TO my fellow-teach
ers, be-tir yourselves F.; come in line an
do u work worthy Of you. think tn
teacher. Of this County shoald arrars
il 80 a, t. have meeting sometime dur
in. tic summer, where they can gls
and receive ideas on the subject.
A TEACHER.
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Entitled TO the Rest.

Al! arc entitled to the best that their
mon will bry, so every family should
hav, 4: orcc = bottle OF the best family
r4n er.v syrup Of Figs, 20 cleanse the sys.
ten when costive or bilious. For sale
in soc. and :l.09 bottles by al! leading
druggists.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-05-09
Unexpected.

A ministerial notebook could scarce
" fail to be amusing. The man who meets
all sorts of people, in their moods ol
extreme Joy and sorrow, has every oppor-
tunity for getting at whatever kernal
there may be in the human grain.
Amusing occurrences are constantly
to be met with in connection with the
marriage ceremony. The following
related by clergyman, is fair sample
of such oddities:
~ young man, plain, good d-heartec
lrishmau, was about to get married, anc
he came to arrange all the difficulties he
thought connected with the ceremony
I assured him there would be no ditli
Guilty; that would see him through al
right.
"But," said he, "wbat about thu
ring:.'
explained; and then, with q blush
he asked, "When must kiss the bride "
answered that at the close of tn
ceremony l would offer . prayer, ant
lust as soon as should say Amen" b
was to kiss the bride.
The ceremony went through al! right
| said amen" and looked at him i'll
knowing way lie suddenly remember
ed his duty, made little jump, like
timid trout at a fly, and kisscd-not tn
bride, but me. 1t was the Eea7tiest ks
| remember ever to have experience
He had shor: croppedblack mustache
and | can still feel the warm rrickling Q
i: on nv lips.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-05-09

We sometimes hear people say that
they wish the public school was abol-
ished that it is hindrance to the edu'
cation of the children, but where is the
proof of it? The truth of it is these
same persons are not interested them
selves in the education of their children,
the proof of which is found in the fact
that they do not send their children reg
ularly to school during the public term,
and they almost invariably stop them as
soon as the public funds are exhausted.
Neither will they buy textbooks Tor
them, and how can pupil or the teacher
do good effective work without tools to
work with, any more than feld,hand can
do good work without good tools. If
they will not pay little and supplement
the public fund how can they be expected
to pay it all. 1t is all sheer pretense and
nonsense. The public fund is great
help, but it does not propose to do it all
only to give the people a lit. Re
Gently teacher sent word to parent to
buy his boy spelling book, and he sent
word back that he was too poor, but the
next week that same father was here IN
town and spent dollar and a half for
whisEey and got most gloriously drunk,
and he deacon in the Church, too.
That's what's the matter in many cases.
1.-THE money that is spent foolishly upon
whiskey and tobacco could be diverted to
the cause Of education, we would be able
to run every school in the land six
months in the year, and place common
school education within the reach of
everv how and pirl ia the County.
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Anthony Erou,lc, the English

i. Anthony Froudc, the English
historian. has written letter to Philip
Eruco. author of Tho Plantation Ne
,,ro. in which lie says that the worst
enemies oi tic blacks are those who per.
sist in pressing upon them AL equality
which Nature has denied them.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-05-09

Samuel Am>tu!z, WAYNE county,
Pcnn-yiyania. picnccr is dying al the
age OF ninety four, and his hair, which
has been silver gray :Or years, Is turning
black.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-05-09

The Teachers Association on the 27th
ult. was decided success-made SO by
the heertiness with which the teachers
present entered into the spirit OF the
work. There was an enrolment OF
thirty.f7e of the white teachers of the
County, aud every topic on the pro-
gramme was discussed with earnestness.
We are aware Of the fact that many of
the teachers whose sympathies are
enlisted in this work could not be pres.
ent for the want of facilities for getting
here, and we greatly regret it, for they
miss a great deal that would help them.
Several of the talks on Saturday were BY
earnest, thoughtful men and women who
are professional teachers, and have valu.
able ideas and suggestions to present.
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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON.
T'EA.6HEBS'GoLUMN

We went to Lebanon on the G0th ult.
to witness the Centennial exercises OF
Prof. Hu!;,lt,.'s school. The pupils went
through with it greatly to their own
credit and that OF the teacher who got up
the programme for the day. Exercises
of this kind are valuable in school, for
they tend to kindlc afresh the fires of pa
triotism, and make the pupils proud of
their country. DR.. Marshall held tue
attention of the audience for half hour
in very happy strain, and then the
Lebanon folks set out tempting dinner
We did not expect to say word, but
"our boys and girls" put in plea, and
we had to give them fifteen minutes
talk after dinner.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-05-09
LEAD IN MILLINERY

Of every description. We have bad
exceptional advantages in buying this
year. We hsgin with our lsader-a nice
shade Hat, in black an! wbi'e, at zoe.
Staying lste enough to attend all the
retail openings, We are -. OIL? laden
with the mcst beautiful an! stylish
Goods ever showa here, bu: have thor
ough knowledge oc how u manipulate
them. So that with stylish Shapes,
beautiful Flowers, airy Lsc.e and en-
tranciug Ribbons, the latest French and
New York fashions, AID above all THE
LOWEST PRICES ever offered, NC are
bound to bring JOY to tho heart of our
many customers, old a'ii rvw.
Very respectfully,
ID G GsHH
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-05-09

Nothing but love to';nh can cnni''cr
the love of the world.
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- -----.-.--
The tcung man VINO forged his
way to The fron, is now in the leni.en.ia.
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proceed to america and raise the block
ade, obligo New York and other cities
to give.up enormous ransoms to escape
destruction, and this money would have
equipped navy and furnished the
South with all it needed to carry on the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1889-01-23

not end in talk, but that the organization
will be speedily effected. January is the
month for planting seed. The fact that all
tobacco grown in this section will have
home market should be strong induce
ment for its ultivation.-Tampa Journal.
A number of buyers and solicitors Of con-
signments of oranges were in Barlow this
week, says the Courier Informant. Most of
them hailed from Boston, and have been in
Florida just long enough to think they
know it all. In pair of minutes they can
tell you more about the State than the
oldest settler ever thought Of
Mr.. Gustav Damkohler, who lives sixteen
miles south of Fort Myers, and back about
six miles from the gulf, has discovered on
his oak lands the tuber magnatum, the edi-
BILE truffle of commerce. Mr.. Damkohler,
says the Press, is taking every measure to
increase the yield, and has, no doubt, good
thing of it. This is the one esculent that
has never overstocked the market, and
when it is considered that France alone
sends over $50, 900 900 annually to ngland
and the demand exceeds the supply always
it will be seen that another industry is open
to Lee county. Mr.. Damkohler is we'll
posted in their culture and curing and dry
ing for market and proposes to fully test
the matter.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1889-01-23
For THE FLORIDA AGRIcULTURIsT.
Dots from Melrose.

/ have no time to write much, but
drop a few dots. We are very busy
transplanting from our nursery Kelsey
plums.
CoIored United States citizens must
have their two weeks Christmas holt
days.
1 have 5000 Kelsey plum trees in
grove, 1000 old enough to bear the fol-
lowing season. Peach trees are in fine
condition for large crop in the spring.
The Japan persimmons look like large
red tomatoes on the trees.
l hear that there are being stored TO-
600 boxes of oranges in cold storage at
Waldo.
[ also hear from good authority that
the South Georgia and Florida Railroad
will be finished from Valdosta, Ca, to
Palatka in three months, and that it will
come by our Lake Geneva. Then. Mr..
Editor, come up and test our Peen-tos
in April and May, and our Kelseys in
July and August.
Fish are abundant the year round.
Rabbits are plentiful just now, and
they are terror to our buds in the nur-
sery.
| raised fine lot of Spanish peanuts !;
cured tops and all. They keep horses
fat, are forage and grain par excellence
A. CALLAHAN.
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My son had breaking out on his face
as ringworm, then on his hands as letter,
then it came in spots on his back and
hips. His FINGER nails seemed about to
drop off, and his condition was alarming.
Under treatment of physicians he grew
worse for five years. He began to take
S. S. S. and the eruptions began to dis
appear. He continued to take it and
every sign of the plague left him. He
owes his restoration to Swift's Specific.
w. G. Cross.
Leesburg, Ca, Sept. %, 1888.