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Free Medical Advice.

A good story has been told by a
family doctor regarding a little ruse
adopted by one of his patients who
wished to save the expense of consult
ing him.
The patient was a woman of good
means, but of frugal disposition. One
day she began to feel some alarm re-
garding her health, and, wishing to
avoid a costly procedure, made an ap-
plication to a life insurance company
for a policy of large amount-so large,
indeed, hat they delegated three med
ical men to make an exhaustive exam
~ination of her before they could accept
her as a risk.
In due time she was informed that
her life had been accepted. She was
thus in a position to assume that she
was quite we'll, whereupon she replied
to the company that she had changed
her mind, and did not intend to take
out a policy just then.-Fearson's
Weekly.
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Was not Ashamed.

A San francisco manufacturer has ad.
vised his little son, not once, but fifty
times, to avoid contentious with other
children, but if a quarrel is forced upon
him to defend himself at all hazards.
The boy Is a member of the Plymouth
Congregational Sunday-school, and it is
the custom of the pastor Of the church to
give every child in the Sabbath school q
nice little Bible on thu Sunday following
his 7th birthday. Last Sunday it was
Master Kerr's turn to receive a Bible, and
when his name was called he marched
forward with q black sye he had received
in a fight with another urchin the day be-
fore. The pastor eyed: the boys face mar
rowly and the whole congregation litter
cd. The little fellow flushed with embar-
'rassment, but accepted the Bible as grace
fully as possible, listened to a few words
of commentator and advice and started
for his seat. The titterinS was renewed,
and when half way down the aisle the
boys pent-up feelings could be restrain
ed no longer. lie resented the imputa-
ton conveyed, first by the pastors
searching gaze and then by the congrega-
TONS amusement, and, stopping in the
aisle. he turned around and shouted:
"Well, 7 licked him, anywayr'
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Two Kinds OF EYangcllsts.

The evangelist is a "proacher who goes
from place to place holding services, es-
pecially with a view to church ~revivals."
That Is the definition given by the Stand
ard Dictionary. Sometimes q church ap-
points evangelists, or home missionaries,
for the two duties are combined, as in the
Presbyterian Church in this State. The
evangelist works in the regular churches
with the pastors and with the consent of
the official members. They also preach
In out of-the-way places, and sometimes
establish q church in a new place. That
is where the missionary work comes in.
Such eYapgelists, when suited in mind,
preparation, piety and good common
sense to the work, do much good and as
sist the pastors In their regular ministra-
tions. Then there are evangelists that 60
forth without the orders of any church.
They 60 any and everywhere without
the direction of Presbytery or Conference.
Many of this class do not seek the help or
assistance of the regular pastors. Some
of them seek to dissatisfy the people with
their pastors and churches. They raise
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Eccentric WOOing.

Numberless anecdotes are related Of
the eccentricities and characteristic
acts of Rev. Lorenzo Dow, the famous
itinerant Methodist preacher. Mr..
Collins relates that when he was a
widower, he said to the congregation
one day at the close of his sermon {:
II am a candidate for matrimony
and if there is any woman in this au.
dience who is willing to marry me, !
would thank her to RISE"
A woman rose very neal the pulpit,
and another in a distant part of the
house. Mr.. Dow paused a moment,
then said: "There are two [ think
this one near me rose first at any
rate, I will have her for my wife,
This woman was in good standing
and possessed Of considerable proper
ty. Very soon after this eccentric
wooing she became Mrs. Dow.
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courage the drinking of light wines and
beers. This would not only be beneficial
as q temperance measure, but it would
serve to build up a paying industry In
this S'a!e-that of wine growing. By
placing a high license on the sale of all
liquors containing, say is or 20 per cent.
OF alcohol, and exempting those which
did not contain that percentage, the State
would be encouraging it's citizens to raise
wine. Since coming here I am told that
from the scuppernong grape a yield OF
1000 gallons an acre can be obtained.
The wine from this grape is excellent, in
fact it makes a very fine dry wine, and
would ven produce champagne
"But leave the quality of The wine out.
In California new wine sells for 81 cents
a gallon, and a yield of a thousand gallons
an acre would bring $2l0. What crop
have you that would bring that much?
And with your cheap labor here grapes
could be raised for much less than in
California, where we pay a Chinaman 81
a day, which is twice as much as you
pay your negro laborer. twenty-five
dollars at the most would make your crop
and there you have a profit left Of $3.50 an
acre. Other grapes would do IS we'll here
as the scuppernong.
"Since travelling owe this State I am
ready to say that the soil is particularly
we'll adapted to grape growing. In pro.
ducing the finer and drier wines you
don't need too rich a soil. Fertilizers
would be unnecessary, in fact injurious.
"Why, In France where the finest
champagne is made, the grapes are grown
on rocky hillsides. After coming here
and seeing what you people could do, 1
am surprised that you don't start at once
to raising wine. Foster the industry as I
liquors containing over 20 per cent. Of
alcohol and exempting wines, and you
will have some Of the finest vineyards in
the country"
Mr.. Vandercock has been over the
greater part of the State. lie has estab.
lighed Is or 20 agencies and will have
others. He is very much pleased viii his
trip to the Palmetto State. He will re-
main in the city until to-morrow.-Co-
luna6ia State.
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Some Great Corn.

S~CoTTsBoRo, IND, Aug 20.-Remarka-
BILE as it may seem, there are two small
fields of corn in Scott County which will
yield over 200 bushels to the acre. One.is
owned by Marion Harrod, of Alpha, nine
miles north of here, and consists of one
acre, off of which Mr.. Harrod claims he
will raise $50 bushels. The other is a
field of seven acres, owned by E. P. Mo
Caslin, Of this city, who introduced 1t
here, and it will yield fully as much
per acre as the field owned by Mr.. Har-
rod.
Last year Mr.. McCaslin made scientific
experiments in the culture Of corn on his
farm, seven miles north of here. He
raised twenty-five varieties, many Of
which are wholly unknown to the farm
ers of Indiana, and some of which are
without q name. His experiments prov
ed highly successful, practically and sci.
entifcally, but the most notable and
important by far was the species referred
to.
It has no name other than that supplied
by it's producer, who has named it Cornu-
copia, or thu horn Of plenty. It may
sound startling to say that 200 bushels Of
it car be raised to the acre, but it is true,
and the poorest ground will produce 100
bushels.
The wonderful corn was originated by
q Kentucky grower about four years
ago, and Mr.. McCaslin thinks he had last
year every grain that remained of the first
crop, which was the only one raised, 1t be-
ing the outgrowth Of q long succession
Of experiments in crossing various spe-
cies.
Mr.. McCaslin began with one ear of it,
or 24S grains. Out of these, owing to the
drought last spring, but 242 sprouted, and
from these he reap ed a harvest Of a little
over even bushels. Mr.. Harrod obtain
ed some of the grain.
Every stalk of this remarkable corn
produces at least five well-flled ears av-
eraging at least three, which are ten in
ches in length while on some stalks are
to be found as many as ten perfect ears.
This, however, is unusual, and Is caused
by extreme wet weather. The corn Is q
stout grower, and the stalks arc more
than two inches in diameter. It Is a white
dent-the most valuable raised-of first
class quality, being very solid on the cob,
and runs from ten to fourteen rows to the
cob. Five ears taken from u stalk Sc
lected at random last year, and thorough.
ly dried, weighed two pounds and eight
ounces, which would be over 200 bushels
to the acre, the corn being planted
eighteen inches apart. The corn does not
stool and should not be planted more
than two grains to the hill, as more i'm
pairs the quality.
Mr.. McCaslin thinks 1t will produce
200 bushels to the acre if planted one grain
to each hill, and tho most of his is SO
planted this year.
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VanderoOck. Talks.


Mr.. w. A. Vandercock, the big San
Francisco wine grower and dealer, whose
fight against the State ~dispensary has
made him quite well known here, arrived
in the city yesterday.
"Yes, I'm here to see for myself what
the real situation is," said Mr.. Wander
cock, pleasantly, when approached by q
reporter, land to establish agencies all
over the State. You see, no amount of
correspondence can explain South Caro-
lina's liquor problem. After coming on
here ! understand the situation and in
tend to establish agencies in every place
of any size in the State. For convenience
in distributing our goods 1 have started
a branch agency in Atlanta. From there
no difficulty will be experienced in filling
the orders from this State
Mr.. Vandercock said he had made Mr..
w. B. Meetze his agent in this city. The
demands for his wines were increasing
and mis- shipments amounted to from two
to four carloads a month.
In-response to the question of what he
thought of the dispensary law, Mr.. Van
dercock answered that high license, in
his opinion, would be better. "What you
people ought to do" said he, sis to en-:
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Tearing Through Space.

I have seldom felt a more delicious
sense Of repose than when, crossing
the ocean during the summer months,
I sought a place where I could lie
alone on the deck, look up at the con-
stellations, with Lyra heal the zenith,
and while listening to the clank of the
engine try to calculate the hundreds
of millions of years which would be
required by our ship to reach the star
Alpha Lyra if she could continue her
course in that direction without ever
stopping. It is a striking example Of
how easily We may fail to realize u
knowledge when I say that I have
thought many a time how deliciously
one might pass those hundred millions
of years in a journey to the star
| Alpha Lyrn without its occurring to
me that we are actually making that
very journey at a speed compared with
which the motion of a steamship is
slow indeed.
Though every year, every hour,
every minute Of human history, from
the first appearance Of man on the
earth, from the era Of the builders of
the pyramids, through the times Of
Caesar and Hannibal, through the
period of every event that history
records, not merely our earth, but the
sun and the whole solar system with
it have been speeding their way toward
the star O.. which I speak on a journey
of which we know neither the begin
ming nor the end. During every clock
beat through which humanity has ex-
listed it has moved on this journey by
an amount which we cannot specify
more exactly than to say that it is
probably between FIVE and nine miles
per second.
We are at this moment thousands
of miles nearer to Alpha Lyra than
we were a few minutes ago when ]. be-
gan this discourse, and through every
future moment, for untold thousands
of years to come, tho earth and all
there is on it will be nearer to Alpha
Lyra, or nearer to the place where
that star now is, by hundreds of miles
for every minute of time come and
gone. When shall we get there ?
Probably in less than a million years,
perhaps in half a million. We cannot
tell exactly, but get there we must if
the laws Of nature and the laws of
motion continue as they are. To
attain TO the stars was the seemingly
vain wish Of the philosopher, but the
whole human race is in a certain sense
realizing this wish as rapidly as d
speed of six or eight miles a second
can bring it about. -Address by Prof.
Simon Mewcomb.
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disturbances wherever 60. They maydo

disturbances wherever go. They maydo
good in their way.
Recently several persons have asked
how TO treat these evangelists who come
with no authority and without the invita-
ton Of the churches where they build
their brush arbors or set up their tents.
The best plan Is to let them alone. In
this free country any man has g right to
preach any sort of Gospel when he can
get O crowd to listen to him. If these
evangelists are doing good and setting
people to reading the Bible and good
books and papers and leading better lives,
then they are doing a good work. If they
abuse churches and pastors and seek to
dissatisfy people with their regular
churches, then their work will soon come
to naught. People cannot be fooled, even
in religious matters, very long: 1fyou
do not wish to hear them just let them
alone and attend more earnestly to your
own church work and religious duties.-
SpdrtGn6nrg Spartan.
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= Many of the more careful bar
keepersin Yumaand Phoenix, Arizona,
to sell any whiskey or brandy
to hard drinkers when the mercury is
ranging from ITO to lis degrees in the
shade. Last summer half a dozen
miners went on a spree when the
temperature was at about 118 degrees;
three of them died as they lay asleep
in the broiling sun, and one of the
others has been demented v e since.
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7il Continue The Business

THE undersigned desires to inform the
public that he will continue the bus.
mess of his father, the late A. s. Stephens,
on South Main Street, and will be pleased
to serve the old patrons of the deceased at
any time. The best of workmen will be
employed, aud when you need any repair
work on your buggies. carriages and Wag-
ons give me a cali. We will also keep in
stock a full line Of Carriage and Wagon
Material. We have In stock now q num-
Der of home made one and two-horse
Wagons and Single.seat Phetons which
Persons indebted to the late A. 8. Ste
phens and to the old firm Of Reed & Ste
phens will please make payment to the
undersigned.
PAUL e STEPHENS, Manager.
Can't 6 1907 II 2m
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LAND. LAND, LAADl
WYE offer at Private Sale on easy
w terms in quantity to please buyers:

WYE offer at Private Sale on easy
wv terms in quantity to please buyers:
8 900 acres Land in Ocoree County. sc.
1859 acres Land in Winston and Choc-
taw Counties, Mississippi.
1924 acres Landin Upshaw Co., Texas.
ALSO,-
Flour, Grist Mill and Cotton Gin, In
good order for work, with ample water,
power if developed for a large Cotton Mill
or other manufacturing purposes.
951 acres Land on Beaverdam Creek,
near Fair Play. s. c.
553 acres Land near Oakway, Sc.
1881 acres Land OF Conneross and Snow
Creeks, near Sitton's Mills.
1872 acres Land, with Flour Mill, DC, on
Copneross Creek.
Come and see US at once.
AUG'T. J. SITTON. Autun, 8. c..
HENRY P. SITTON, Pendleton, 8. o.,
Executors.
Msy 10. 1897 A Oct1
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= "Neither Of your typewriter girls
has taken a vacation this summer"
"No; there's a good-looking young
man in the Office, and neither Of the
girls is willing to go away and leave
the field to the other one"
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Miss BERTHA WILDWOOD.

IA1SS oEN44NA
MI. H. Kuhn, of Marion, Kansas;
writes:
"About three years ago my grand
daughter Bertha Wildwood, was
thrown from q horse, receiving a
wound of the scalp. Under the treat
ment of physicians the wound seemed
obstinate, and for several months re-
manned about the same, until it finally
became very angry looking, and broke
out into a running sore. This soon
spread to other parts Of the scalp, and
ran down the side of the neck, In
creasing ia severity, and fearfully
disfguring her.
CATER being constantly under a
physician for a year, and her condl-
ton a great deal worse than at first,
we placed her under the care of the
faculty of a well-known hospital, but
even the treatment she received there
failed to arrest the terrible sore.
"Reading of the many cures OF
blood troubles effected by S. S. S., we
decided to try 1t, and it relieved her
promptly. At first this remedy seemed
to increase the discharge, forcing out
the poison; this soon ceased altogether,
and the place began to heal. In a
few months she was entirely cured,
and scarcely q mark now remains
where the disease held full sway"
S. S. S. is the right remedy for all
blood diseases, and is the only cure
for Contagious Blood Poison, S%crofula,
Eczema, Cancer, Rheumatism, Ca
tarrh, ETC., no matter how deep-seated
the cas- S. S. s. is guaranteed
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Thrown
a Horse

It matters not from what cause the
blood becomes poisoned, it Is impossi-
BILE for the doctors to effect a cure.
This class of disease has puzzled the
science of medicine for ages, and the
same treatment that was employed
centuries ago is now prescribed. Pot
ash and mercury are the component
parts of every DOCTORS prescription
for diseases Of the blood.
Many of the so-ca1led blood puri-
fers are based on potash and mercury.
In fact, s. s. S. (Swift's Specifc) is
the only blood remedy that IS guar.
anteed purely vegetable, and is the
only n that contains no harmful
ingredients. s. 8. s. is the only blood
remedy that cures real blood diseases,
obstinate cases that physicians and
other remedies have failed to cure.
It never fails to cure a blood disease
no matter how deep-seated the case.
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of PrObate's Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERsoN.

County OF ANDERSON.
In the Court Common Pleas.
A. B. Ransom, Plaintiff, VS.. Mary G..
Ransom and w. q. Ransom, Defend
ants.
DURSUANT to the order ofsale made
L herein, I will sell on salesday in
October next, In front OF the Court House
door, in Anderson, s. c., the Land de.
scribed as follows, ia wit:
All that Tract of Land, containing IS
acres, more or less, situated in the County
of Anderson, in State aforesaid, and
lying on the left Of The public road leading
from Fair Play to Anderson, 8. c., adjoin-
ing lands of r. A. King. Hiram King, 0:
H P. FAINT, Formerly W. R.. Parker} and
others. being part Of the Larkin Brown
place.
Terms-One-half cash, balance in II:
months, with interest, secured. by bond and
mortgage. with leave to anticipate pay
ment. Purchaser to payi for papers.
r. M. BERRISS,
Judge of Probate ss Special Referee.
Sept g.. 1877 Ii A.
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PurelY Vegetable

and contains not a particle of mer-
curry, potash, or other mineral, which
means so much to all who know the
disastrous effects of these drugs.
Valuable books can be had free by
addressing SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY,
Atlanta, Georgia.
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= Smith walked up Market street
the other evening with a box Of candy
under one arm and a big package Of
meat UNDER the other. "Hello, Smith,"
said Brown, "gone to housekeeping?
I didn't know you were married" II
am not yet" "What are you doing
with that candy and meat, then ?"
"GoiDg to see my girl" "Do you
have to furnish the family with meat
already ?" "Oh, no. The candy is
for the girl, and the meat is for the
dog. I have to square myself with
both"
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GOOD FARM FOR SALE!
FOR SALE.
LAND FOR SALE.

GEVERAL desirable Farms of the Es-
y tate of E. N. adams, deceased, lying
in Hart County, Georgia, and situated
near Savannah River. Accessible to good
Schools AID Churches. Terms-Part cash
and remainder on time. Apply to
M. M. RICHARDSON
or w. L. HODGES,
a-3m sHartwell, Ga.
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FOR SALE.

A DESIRABLE LOT AND DWELL
IN ING, conveniently situated in the
City of Anderson.
Also, a valuable Farm within two miles
OF the Court House.
Terms easy. Apply to
s. N. HOLLAND,
Parker's Store, Ga.
Sept g., 1897 II
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Backlcns Arnlea SaIYe.

= One pound of sleeps wool Is capable
reproducing n yard Of cloth.
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The best salve in tie world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup
tions and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, OF money refund
ed. Prise rs cents per box. For sale
BY Hill Orr Drug Co
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Examination of Teachers.

A N Examination for Teachers will be
IN held by the County Board Of Edu.
cation on Saturday, Sept. 25th, 8 q. M.
Applicants will furnish themselves with
stationery. Whites in the Graded School
Building Colorad in the Greedy Institute.
A. w. ATTAWAY,
Chairman of Board.
Sant Q 1907
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To the absent Defendant, William A Harper.
You will plesse take notice that the Complaint
herein was filed In the office Of John G. Watkins,
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Anderson
County, s. c.. at Anderson, s. c.. the 9Th day. OF
September, 1897, and that the object OF this action
to Jcptha Harper on December 4th, 1891, : nd an
other certain mortgage executed by yo1 to him on
March 9, 1895, and to obtain g sale Of the premi-
BONHAM & WATKINS,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Anderson, S. C., Sept. 9Th, 1881. LIS.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-03-13

A meeting Of the directors "f the Rio
irande, Mexico y Pacific railroad aud
III" SILVER city, lrmlng n Pacific rail
road was held at the Palace hotel tins
morning at ~ o'clock There were pres.
ent the following directors II, l., Waldo,
j, j, Frey, J, r., Hurley Il + Iwltch"ll
r., :, Sto,rt, v, Il. 'hlldrr-, L. T. Hughes
aud 4, Staah,
\rllun Wa- taken changing a portion
oi the line NJ the silver llty, lmming n
Pacific railroad, aud the Mon Trust
company, ot New YORK, was elected tfu,.
tee ldrr the .if>t mortgage If the Elo
irraudr, MrNlru \ Pacific railroad lhr
meeting then ADJOURNED. New MrNlrau