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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-10-25
z 4 x NOTICE.

= HI, boals Tor The collection of State. Schoo
au,: County Taxes will te open froin Oct. 10Th
1921 l,.;il December 3lst 1879, Inclusive, aud for
:ne converifncs OF The taxpayers will collect
The following rldce,
Bishops Branch. Oct 30. oioi u
Siab;o%r. Glenn's Sore, Oct %. i:5J 10 3 p. IN
MI Airy. Oct. 81, . to -
Leacll's store, Oct. q, 1:30 to $50
Piedmont, Wednesday, Nov. 80 TO oclocS
PelZer, THURSDAY Nov o I ID O'Clock.
WiIiia'nston Friday, Nov g. sto u O'Clock.
3eIton, l'ridc.v. Nov. 3, l:30 TO 1880 o'clock.
Honea Path. Tuesday, Nov I, 9 to o'clock.
Cooks or Iv., Wednesday, Nov. S. 10 to o'clock
Hollands, Thursday, Nov. Q, 10 10 2 o'c.cck.
Townvilie, Friday, Nov. 20. Q to l..
Ms. G W. Farmers. Friday, New lo 1:30 TO 3
fendleton, Monday, Nov l9, 10 10 O'Clock.
After the 18th OF Nov. th Treasurer's office viii
be open. Rate of tax levy ss follows; -,
State Tax: x.::........................... mills.
Ordinary County ............ 2l%
Constitutional School..... 3
Public Road5............ ........ /
Past Inc ebtednesS-....
Court House and JAIL ....
TOta ............... 13
An additional levy of 3 mills has been made for
Hunte, School District for :hnol purposes max
ing total lery in that district IL mills.
The State Constitution requires all n ales be-
tween twenty-one and sixty years OF age except
those incapable of earning support from being
MANNED or from other cause and those who
served in The war between the States, to pay
poll tax of one dollar.
All male persons between the ages OF eighteen
and fifty. years, who are able to work roads or
cause them to be worked. except school trustees,
preachers who have charge Of congregations, ana
persons who served in the war between the States
are liable 90 road duty, and in lieu Of work may
pay tax of one dollar to be collected at the same
time the other taxes are collected
]. n. PAYNE
County Treasurer.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-10-25
Just in Time.


"Hello! Is that Mr.. Highmus
residence?'
"Yes.''
SIS that you, Fanny?'
eyes
care you alone?
eyes
$50 am I. Everybody else at the
office has gone. I want to talk to you
little Oar
'Shl Don't you know the girl at
the central Office is listening?'
Darkness, was going to say, may
come on before I get around this even
ing. It's a nice day, isn't it? Well,
goodbye. Chicago Tribune.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-10-25

= Only three Of the Spanish YES
sells sunk by Admiral Dewey in Manila
bay and subsequently raised will be Of
any use.
= Chicago uses every year 4l,0OO,-
900 pounds of soap.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-10-25
Thomas Jefferson's Ten Rules Of Life

l. Never put off till tomorrow what
you can do to-day.
2. Never trouble others for what
you can do yourself.
3. Never buy what you do not want
because it is cheap.
4. Never spend your money before
you have it.
5. Pride costs us more than hunger,
thirst and cold.
6. We never repent eating too little.
Z. Nothing is troublesome that We
do willingly.
s. How much pain have those evils
cost us that never happened.
8. Take things always by their
smoothe handle.
10. When angry, count ten before
you speak; if very angry, a hundred.
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COAST LINE.

TRAFFIC DEPARTM EST,
WILMINGTON, y. c.. Jan. Is. 1885
Fast Line Between Charleston and Col
u,nbia and Upper South Carolina. North
Carolina.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
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Oct II. 1899

Nos. 4O3 and 400 The Atlanta Special" Solid
Vcstibue1 Train, of Pullman Sleepers and Coach.
es between Washington and Atlanta, also Pail
man Sleepers between Portsmouth and Chester.E
e.
Nos. II and 3s, THE S. A. L Express" Solid
Train, Coaches and Pullman Sleepers between
Portsmouth and Atlanta.
F,r Tickets. Sleepers, ETC., apply to
10 'ph NJ Brown, Gen'l. Agent Pass Dept,
VIM B. Clements, 7. P. A. 6 Kimball House
a liant m.
i st. -nnn, yice-President and Gent Mango,
EN- ':5e General Superintendent
II w. Hover, Traffic Manager
l. : ALE Gen'l Passenger Agent
Gener y f1c-rs, Portsmouth, Va.
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Nctice Of Final Settlement.

SHE Undersigned, Executors ot
tbs Estate O: D. y. I.lrod. deceased,
hnrebv gtva i.,,tice tia; rnny viii ON the
l3Sh day of Nocen.a-r. ls93. npply 10 tiir
judge ut Prosate for Ands.snr Connty
:. c., for Einai Settlement o' aid Is,
tate, and discharge from heir Office ~
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05
AN OLD MEMBER Rz-APPRARs

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-As some time
has passed since I have written any
thing for your most excellent paper
and the S 1cial Chat, I come again ask
for admittanc9. I have been out so
long I Dresum me l am forgotten by the
Ohatterers.
Many thanks to Mrs J. L. D. for the
recipes she sent for my baneft and
others.
appreciate The Progressive Farmer
and it's weekly visits to my home. l
always read the IS yciaI Chat" first,
then the State News, and the interest
ing and instructive letters Of some OF
the most thrifty and progressive far
mers Of the i North State. l read
letters from the mountains to the sea
shore, but have seer but one from Ran
doIph, my native county, the place
where I spent my childhood days,
though I am confident that The Pro
gressive Farmer is read in many homes
in that county.
Toe letter written by "a Raleigh
Bly," was ex 3eedingly good, and also
Delights.
Ienj)y the letters of Jennie Acton,
Eva Plamondon, and a numer Of others
too numerous to mention.
Aunt J annie wrote a very touching
poem. the subject being, 1.-THE Table
Set For Two" AS I am very fond Of
poetry, will say there is a piece COM
posed by some one, 1 do not know the
title, but some of the first lines are
these:
'O1, a wonderful stream is the river Of
time,
With song so sweet, and surge cub
lime,
As it blends with the ocean of years, ="
etc.
l am sure some of the Chatterers
know the piece, and / would be glad
to see it in print, as I OfSen heard it
sung when q child by a very dear
friend who has long since passed over
the river.
Well, I am " itlng too much and /
will close. With best wishes to Aunt
J .nnie, and all the cousins, Iremsin,
YoUR ABSENT FRIEND
Granville county, N, @.
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Sampson Co., n O.
OFFERS A

DEAR AUNT JENNIE PLEASE allow
me space to say a few words in regard
to what I think about some things:
LIST. think The Progressive Farmer
the best all round family weekly paper
published in the State.
2ad. I think it ought to be taken and
read by every farmer in North Caro-
lima.
Sd. I think every reader ought to
encourage his neighbor to take and
read it.
4ih. Not only should every farmer
take and read it, but he should pay for
it. At 81 a year the paper is dirt cheap.
Nowhere else can such a paper be Oh.
tanned at so low a price. Each isaue
contains something for each mem.
Der Of the family-not even the chill
dren are forgotten. The selections for
fourth page r al ways good, we'll.
selected and are calculated to interest
and benefit any and every member Of
the family. The Farmer is a good pa.
per and is getting better every day.
Mr.. Poe deserves much credit for
the excellent paper he is getting
out, and his efforts. I have no doubt,
are being appreciated more and more
each issue.
While the paper has many depart
ments, one more, I think, might be
added that would prove of interest
and bene65 to many of it's readers,
to wit: an Exchange Column" Ten
cents might be charged for each e1
cnange notice of not more than four
lines, and in this way va could ''swap"
among ourselves and get articles that
we need and want without the expen'
diture of hard cash." which is scarce.
I merely throw this out as a sugges'
ton How many others desire such a
d partmentH
With best wishes for the continued
success of the Farmer, and all connec'
ted there with, I am,
Very sincerely,
WILL RETLAW,
Wake Co., N. q.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05

rinsed in clear hot water, then hung
out in the sun and air to dry every
day.
No part of the house needs more
care or attention than the kitchen, and
yet it is often neglected in the interest
of other household duties. The tea
towels should should be carefully
rinsed each time after using and sent
twice a week to the wash to be thor
oughly boiled. The home wife should
have q comfortable easy chair high
enough to reach out to the kitchen
table and prepare her vegetables and
wash her dishes. MRS s b. ii.
Sc Dit county, KY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05

God alone, but if we have
any q we must confess to tbon geo
make restitution as much az noa.i ana
Matt. 6:23-24 says, "rhereforo lOle'
bring thy gift to the altar and ,uOu
rememberest that thy brotbar IueEe
aught against thee, leave tboro -H'n
gift before the altar. First no wy
ciled to thy brother and then
and offer thy gift" l think tho ~ 0
is sufficient TO convince US that r'
be at peace with our brother beforo
can claim q full pardon and fool ~. w
from ell condemnation. Thoupb
Sincere suggests, it might prove an ;,L
some task to go to those we NAV bo1.
wronged and confess. God rtoniro. ~
OF US to be humble, willing to do n
thing for His sake. Let's hear fror,
others on this subject.
TWenty-One blames the girls n,
talking '1ove and nonsense" MARI
blames the boys. Now, whose fault i
it3 II you want my opinion, I thinb
each is equally guilty. Idon't believe
any one is compelled to talk on snv
subject that is ~disagreeable to them
Why do they then7 One thing I know
there ls room for improvement in tho
general conversation of the young nan.
pie Of to day. So let's begin the reform
by getting all right ourselves and We
are sure TO inf IL nee soma one for bet.
ter.
I am sorry for Tennessee Boy. Il
seems there is no end to his trouble
But he must not be SO easily discour.
aged. Remember, Faint heart never
won fair lady" l don't expect Won
have seen the right girl yet, anyway,
appreciate the compliment paid me
by Careless Tom, in mentioning me az
one of the nine best writers. | wish
/ felt worthy Of it. I must cloge. az
my letter has grown longer than l in.
tended. With love to Aunt Jennie.
PATIENCE.
SAMPSON 90. n q.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05
TAFFY IN sELF DEFENSE.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-As Mrs. 8. E
NJ. has ''raked me over the Goals"
must speak In self defense. She, in
her repetition Of some Of my sentences,
9ent by the logic of: ''All horses are
q~uadrupads, therefore all q1adrdpsds
are horses" Sac misconstrued some
of my sentences, and caused the limo
cent little s 3ntence that meant Those
who gossip, tell more than they hear.
therefore they are liars" to mean: All
women tell tales, therefore they are
liars "a hard word) I repeat, mos:
emphatically, that I did not say ali
women gossip but did say that the
majority do. To gossip tin Taffy's
lexicon) means to talk too much about
small affairs. But as a rule they don't
stay small aft airs when talked about,
but as a snow ball grow larger from
wear.
Mrs.. s. E M seemed to think that /
thought all women gossiped, but that
is carrying the joke too far. There are
many % who do not indulge in this
tavorite pastime of the fair sex. In
my small experience / have heard PEG
pie talk of a friend who was absent as
if the person in question was one of the
degraded wretchss in society. But lol
this wonderful species Of humanity,
who was the SUI act of his friends %
conversation, appears, and is greeted
with a Judas kiss' and such exclama
tons as this: Jane, dear J Ane, how glad
I am to g you! Or maybe one of
these recent debaters would lock arms
with her and "take-a-turn" across the
room and back again.
This tale about absent friends is not
limited to girls alone; but many boys
are guilty Of this awful crime. / was
once talking to two friends, when one
OF the boys went away. The other
to me and said: "Bill thinks that he
is a bi6, don't heH" But while tramp
ing on others feet. I have tramped on
my own. I am talking about nv
absent friends. TAFFY
CASTOR county, N, O.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05
THE SWEET TEMPER.

every turn, and ends by losing all the
ELECTION that was his in the bs ginning.
The uncontrolled temper presently
become the controlling force Of life,
and its owner is driven by it Z the
ruin Of happiness in the first place,
and of health and intellectual power in
the last. On the other hand, it can be
suppressed as much as any other evil
thing, and the sweet temper can be cul
tivated. And it is to the gentle PEG
pie, capable of patience, of forbearance,
OF forgiving wrongs, Of taking no heed
Of them, Of forgetting to resent them.
Of making and keeping friends, strong
even in their g~entleness, that power
bee 0mes hsbituRl, that every right is
accorded, and that calmness and con.
tent and long life are assured.-Har
per's Bazaar.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05
woMAN's BRsETTING SIN.
She Surrenders to Household Drudgery
Too Much Time and Strength

She Surrenders to Household Drudgery
Too Much Time and Strength
'Olr American women are proven.
bially ~overworked, " claims Mrs. E. N.
Colby in the D 9cember Woman's Home
Companion. MANY of them are of a
slender, fragile build, not able to per-
form the herculean tasks demanded of
them. Ottentimes it is the task OF the
tabled Sisyphus, ever repeating q tedi
GUS routine; that is, rolling the never
ceasing stone. II makes ones heart
ache to think Of all the rough work
they do-Work that sometimes their
husbands know nothing about and
think nothing sbout-tasks that are
often done by the light of a lamp whose
blsz3 is fed by the midnight oil. And
this work is kept up until at last the
tired nerves give way OIL a cough comes
on, a sensible decline begins, the house
wife falls down prematurely, and a
husband is left wifeIess and q family
without a mother. Somebody is at
fault for all this; but who shall we
blame7 Life demands SO much; society
demands 80 much; your own ambition
and pride and your husbands welfare
and SUCCESS are exacting constant sur
renders Of time and strength. But
there should be a limit. No woman
can af)r to sacrifice her health and
welfare Of her higher nature at any
price. Work thus becomes a moloch A.:
but why not refuse the terrible offer
ing OF life and blood and strength it
claims9 Take time to rest. Recreate,
read, attend the quarterly meetings
A human life, a souls happiness, is
worth more than a few paltry dollars,
the pleasure of outshining your neigh
bors, having a better house or better
dressed children. Tired,
oVertaxed wives, drop that work now
and run out and breathe the fresh air
OF the fields. Teka your children out
under the trees. You will be the bet
ter for it, the children will be the bet
ter for it, and the work will not be the
worse. An hours ramble or rest.
listening to the singing of the birds.
the whirr Of insects, watching the
shadows play with the sunshine. and
drinking in the reviving freshness of
the balmy winds, is cheaper than a
doctors call"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05
THE LONG AGO.

Oh, q wonderful stream lie the River OF Time
As it flows through the Realm or Tears
With a fauItless rhythm and q musical rhyme,
Aud a broadening sweep aud a surge sublime
Ere il blends with the Ocean or Years.
How the winters are drifting like fakes Of snow,
Aud the summers like buds betweeDl
And they are in the sheRf, how they come and they goI
On the rivers breast, with it's ebb and its dow,
AS they glide in the shadow and sheenl
There's a magical isle up the River Of Time,
Where the softest Of airs are playing;
There's a coudless sky and a tropical CLINE
Aud q song as sweet as q vesper chime
And the Junes with the roses are Etraylng.
The name of that isle is Toe Long Ago,
Aud we bury our treasures there;
There are bros va of beauty aud bosoms OF snow;
There are heaps of dust-oh, we loved them sol
There are trinkets and tresses of hair.
There's a fragment of song that nobody sings,
A part OF an infants prayer.
There's q lutte unsWept and q harp without strings,
There are broken vows and pieces OF rings,
And the garments our loved used to wear.
There are hands that we waved, as the fairy shore
By the mirage is lifted in air
And sometimes we hear, through the turbulent roar
Sweet voices we heard IN the days gone before,
When the wind down the river is fair.
Oh. remembered for aye be that beautiful isle,
All the dRy of our life until night;
And when Evening comes, with her 0eauttul smIe
And we're closing our eyes to slumber awhile,
Nav that Greenwood Of SOUL be 10 siRhtl
-Benj1nin Franklin Tdyt
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05
ECONOMIES IN rHR HOUSEHOLD

DEAR AUNT JENNIE The pearl above
price, called common sense, is not
nearly 70 common as its name implies.
and it is not an easy thing to acquire
but it is among the rarest Of human
attributes. How firmly we rest and
believe in n such in our households.
How they can smooth the path to
every undertaking.
It I should attempt to give advice to
most of house wives, would say "don'6
waste your strength by being too ener
getic, and above all cultivate tran
guilty and repose." We can learn
this by practice, and it is an important
lesson. This is such a rush-e-3ay
progressive age, that to keep up with
it, SOON exl austs US and the re suit ia a
delicate, nervous wife and mother.
Ny dear sister woman, your first
duty is to yourself, look after your
health, you have to be home maker
as veil as housekeeper. Toe biggest
leak we have to mend is worry. ''Shut
VIZ WHY ~OOA OPOA Su0 E0Sb OOOE.
How rapidly ali minor cares disappear
at the approach OF real trouble!
LIST me say to those who spend most
of their time in the kitchen preparing
the three meals, cleaning and making
it a pleasant hOms for your family, %
thas it is made a wholesome healthy
room. The kitchen sink Is the cause
OF much Of the malaria, at least it per
vades the system of the house wife who
breathes it's i'm 2urities. 1t should be
flushed out with a strong solution of
borax water as it disintects. Toe pipes
should be LETT unclogged and free.
Then we read from household Jour
mails which treat Of the laws Of hygeiCe
and health, that the dish cloths are
dangerous and contain disease germs
il left carslessly thrown around. Tney
should be washed in q a suds and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05
A NEW MEMBER FROM ROWAN

DEAR AUNT JkNNIE:-I have been a
silent reader of the Social Chat for
q lite awhile. / enjoy reading all the
letters, but am partial to jimmie 40
tons. Wish I were personally 90
quainted with her.
Pansy, you are right in regard to
the teachers. Many Of them have
started teaching this winter VINO ougnt
TO be attending school themselves. IL
ia a real pity that 80 many children
must go to school to such teachers.
I want to say a few words about the
tobacco habit. To me there is nothing
more disgusting than to see a young
man with a big cud of tobacco in oil
mouth chewing as it he thoughthe nag
TO- do 80 or pay a foe. or a young gLnL
with q long Pnuh staff. I for tnInA
1t filthy.
I spent the summer in the mountains.
How many of the Cousins didG among
tue places / visited was AsheVllle;
spent several weeks there. IthlnK"
a beautiful city.
81 " many OF you know how touV
drR ~n work2 I think it is real pre1Sy,
but know but q few patterns. 0oWN
or them r quite pretty. .oA
As this is my first letter, guess LnIor
better g op. With best wishes ID AUN
Jennie and all tbe Ooueins. r.
REBxCOA MAY
Rowan On. N q
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05

The following from the LISTERS OF
Robert Bro wing and EIiz abeth B ar
rett Bro wing" recently published by
Harper and Brothers, suggests some
thoughts which are worth following
out to their ultimate conclusions.
"N)W for my part. l do believe that
the worst tempered persons in the
world are less so through sensibility
than self lhness-shey spare nobody's
heart on the ground of being them
selves pricked By a straw. Now. see
It it isn't 80. What after all is a good
temper but generosity in triaes-and
what, without it, is the happiness of
ite9 We have only to look round US.
l saw a woman once burst into tears
because her husband cut the bread and
batter too thick. / saw that with nv
own eyes. Was it sensible, I wonderl
They were at least real tears that ran
d)Wn her cheeks. Y } always do il, ;
she said"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05
Social Chat.
-DTTTD Nv Amt JENNIE, RALE1GH. N. G.
AUNT JENNrR's LETTER.

Your old Auntie had q pleasant
surprise today for one Of my nephews
sent me such q good photograph OF
himself that I almost felt that he had
come to pay me a visit. l sometimes
wonder if there is another person IN
the world who appreciate photographs
as much as / do. There is something
so sweet in the realization that those
whom we see very rarely still cherish
kind thoughts of US 1 believe that l
have never told you til st / am eccen
trio in at least n respect. l do not
like life sig ID portraits, and q feeling
akin to awe creeps over me when l
enter a room the walls of which are
s5rewn with many faces the originals
having long since left the earth. How
much more desirable and far more
highly priced by me is q life like photo
graph of the loved one for I can put it
away from too curious gazers and
look at and enjoy retrospe ction with
out the sacredness of real friendship
having been profaned by the eyes OF
those who do not care for the original.
I would not have you think that I am
too selfish to eDj ~ my pictures with
mutual friends for / am RlWalay glad
to have others like what I admire.
Were I to tell you of my innate fond
ness for good pictures Of any kind you
might think me q monomaniac On the
subject. l remember that I drew pic
lures on the ground when I was hardly
more than a baby and some times I
would become so interested in my
work that a blister would be on my
finger before I realized that I was even
the least tired. When dra wing and
painting real pictures in my mature
years l have never been more enthu
siastically in earnest than I was in
those childhood days when my fingers
were make-believe brushes and the
ground my canvas. II wv real to child
hood are it's JOYS and sorrowsl I think
that oftentimes we grown up children
forget this fact.
/. / was very W0Sn 0u4OS0N "AOA 1
read the letter from Absent Friend for
it alludes to some article Of mine as
having contained original poetry,
Well, it was this way: I read a poem
the title of which she gives and liked
it so much that I rememb sred the first
verse and some Of the thoughts ex-
pressed therein but I was not aware
that I had written any poetry until ]
saw it in print. Had realized that it
sounded at all poetic I should have
tried to improve the rhythml The
editor tells me that he has the poem
desired by Alb sent lend and will pub
lish it in this issue. We are glad that
che asked for it.
We have several other excellent let
ters this week, A z 3ntucky lady j ,ins
our circle. Her letter will prove of
special interest to housekeepers and
we hope she will write often. "Wlll
R 3tlaw" expresses his appreciation Of
;he paper and makes a suggestion
which the editor will doubtless con-
elder. We are glad to hear from him
again. R9becca May writes an inter
estiug letter and Taffy writes in de
Tense of himself. Patience, who al
ways writes splendid letters, is with US
again. AUNT JENNIE
|
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ANSWERS sINcERa's QUERY.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-I have seen
but one reply to Slncere's ouerv in 10.
cara 90 the scripture, ''If We confess
our san he Is faithful and just to for.
give u.s." SO I will give nv viavs !,
the subject.
40 not think it means confession to
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05

Bridget, / told you five times to
have mullins for br akfast. Haven't
you any intelIectY"
mo, Mum, there's none in the
house. brooklyn Life.