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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-12

on the yellow leaves wnicn, damp IroIn
the dew. covered the soil. 'Dishonor-
ed, infamous!" murmured the foliage.
Then she took the dagger from her
belt and plunged it In her breast. She
hoped to die at once. but she was con-
uemncd to see her blood flow slowly,
reddcn the blade and fall drop by drop
on the foliage. ALAS, do not wish to
die! she cried. II want to be cured
OF my love. Am l not Almann's faith
full wife? have never deceived him
L wanted to struggle Loyalty The abbe
was too severe. Alas, hope that
will not die. But how could l live
without pride and without purty!"
She pluckcd the dagger from the
wound with superhuman strength and
died In an instant.
Almann returned home tired, but no
one came to welcome him. He learned
with great anxiety that Jetta had gone
out alone OH horseback. At the fall
Of night he came to the Wied In the
bed Of the river was Jetta's horse. He
found her on the other side stretched
on the ground, her eyes radiating O
dark blue light as if she were alive.
Almann was almost mad with grief.
He thought that she had been murder
ed, because her horse had tried to
awaken her and had trampled the
dagger into the damp soil.
There was no news of Henry. He
had gone away on horseback. He went
to Styria and then to Thuringla, where
the court gossipers wondered at his Sc
r!ousness.
While the beech spoke It became
more and more somber. "And that is
why" the beech said, "only a red
beech moy srow here. The grandfather
explains it to his grandson In order
that he may know the origin Of the
color. Whether the events occurred as
they are related here or otherwise no
one may tell. One branch whispered
1t to another as n secret that the other
trees need not know. 1t is that a wo-
man preferred to die rather than to
have m impure thought in her heart.
She died because. in her own eyes, she
had ceased to be as pure as the SUM-"
Thus spoke the red beech Of Moth
hansen.
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The Hardshell Preacher and Saddle
bags Smith.

Whiskey does harm and good. In
the long ago the people of Henry
County elected an old Hardshcll Ban.
tist preacher for tax collector. He
preached the doctrine that whatever
was to be would be, if it never was.
and members of his Church must
speak the truth and pay their lust
debts, money or no money. In those
days the collector went from house to
house collecting taxes. He had col
lcctcd about $4,000, and had it in a
large pair of saddlebags thrown over
the back of his saddle, and was riding
lcisurcly along. thinking of the next
Sundays sermon.
All at once he missed his saddle
bags. lie retraced his steps for miles,
but no trace of his saddlcbags could
be found. His friends and neighbors
all turned out to help the old man look
for the lost money. But not trace
could ever be found. His property
and that of his bondsmcn was al, sold
10 make the loss good. His friends
expressed great sympathy fer the old
man. Among the number was one
named Smith, who was more sympa-
thetic than all others, bidding on the
property as it was sold to the highest
bidder. Years passed by, and the loss
had been made good and the matter
had been forgotten.
Smith was n farmer. and was con
sidercd honest, sober and man Of
good habits.
But he accidcntly got gloriously
drunk one day in Mci)onough, going
around shaking hands with his friends.
Tie came to the old Hardshell preacher
and got him by the hand. giving it a
hearty shake, saying:
Brother, Guntcr, l know where
your money is. 1t is every dollar in
your saddlebags up in my loft
His statement was found to be true.
but his neighbors never ceased 20 rig
him about it and to call him Saddle
bag Smith.
The old Hardshcll preacher consol-
ed himself by saying it was forcor-
dained that it was to be just that way
to prove that whiskey does good as
well as harm. For all the old Hard
shell Baptists love their morning
dram.-Atianta Journal.
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A Rain PFoverb.
Rain before seven.
Fine before eleven.

/ have always heard this proverb
with the two additional lines:
II IL rains at eleven
Twill last till seven.
And have witnessed the truth Of the
last two lines very many times. notably
on three separate occasions, on which.
being up the river for days punting,
when fine day would have been q
godsend to me. 1t has rained persistent.
~ during the whole afternoon, the rain
beginning between 10 and II O. clock,
and ceaeing within very few minutes
of 2. Thus I have had the proverb In
delibly stamped on my mind. Notes
and Queries. q ~ i%
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= This is the greatest dairy county
in the world, yet in some of the older
European countries two or three times
as much milk and cheese arc consum-
ed per capita as in the United States.
- While there are a good many
kinds of toads, all of them bring sud-
den death to every bug or fly which
comes within their reach. We hear
great deal about the value of birds
as insect destroyers; but it is doubtful
if the most industrious bird devours
as many insects in year as the toad.
They are not attractive in appearance,
but we should never destroy one Of
them.
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Testfmonv Of nyevvataeaseo

''While I was out west.' eaid the
man In the mackintoah, 'sI, cav snow
drifts more than 600 feet high. -
81 don't doubt it,,e7 replied the man
with tho cinnamon beard. "When I
was ont there. Isaw drifts chat couldn't
have been less than 600 feet deep...'
eff you hadn't been ia euch hurry
20 tell q bigger lie than you thought I
could tell, rejcined, the man In the
macintosh, ."T would have explained
that the drifts I saw were coo Feet mp
on the side OF d fnonntain. -
s"Thats all right, {" said the other.
's,rhe drifts I saw were as the bottom
OF 600 foot gorge" - Chicago Tsib.
une- 8
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Fastest Automobils Time

FdHtebx Automobf19 Vtme.
A French Journal is authority for the
statement that the best record for
speed by an automobile is held by the
Jeantaud electric vehicle. which has
gone kilometer In 3S.45 seconds, or q
mile in 50 seconds approximately. The
best performance FOR petroleum mo-
t0rcycle is kilometer I'm 57.85 seconds
and sor petroleum carriage ! minute
and u seconds. or In the neighborhood
of Iniie I'm 1h minutes.
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- It's an easy matter to chase any
man you can get on the run.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Lackamp, Elston,
Mo-, writes: Gone Minute Cough
Cure saved the life of our little boy
when nearly dead with Group"
Evans Pharmacy.
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- Benny, the 4-year-old member Of
the family, had been trained to be-
lieve in the deep water form of bap-
tism. This is believed to be the rea-
son wig he wGs trying to plunge the
household Get into bucket Of water.
The animal resisted. 1t howled and
scratched and clawed and used violent
language. Finally Benny, with his
hands covered with scratches and with
tears in his eyes, gave it up. "Darn
you !" he said, "Go and be Metho-
dis IL you want tot
- An Irish man-seryant was dis
covered in lie. On being accused by
his master Of stating what was not the
truth, he excused himself by saying,
"Please, sur, I lost my prisence Of
mind"
"A little girl who had been very
observant OF her parents' mode Of ex-
hibii.og their charity, when asked
what generosity was, answered: 1T
is giving TO the poor al the old stuff
that you don't wear yourself"
- The modern method Of denying
the engagement up,almost to the dsy
Of marriage seems to indicate that
neither party is willing to take any
chances on having it said that they
were tilted.
- To apply 9 mustard plaster go as
not 50 blister the skin, mix she mus
tard with the white Of an egg instead Of
water. The plaster will draw thor
oughIy without clustering the most
delicate skin
- The Grernland whale has heart
Q yard 10 diameter
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DR.. ]. II. BURGESS
DENTIST.

IN Pendleton every Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday.
at Clemson College every Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
April 20, 1899 II 6m
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A man walks half certain distance
at the rate OF foor miles an honr and
the other half mt the rate OF six miles
an hour. Doesit take a longer or short.
er time 70 return at. the rate of. Ave
= miles an hour 3 Christian Advocate. f
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Notice of Final Settlement,

THEundorsigned, Administrators of Che
Estate of Mrs. s. J. Hunt, decd, hereby
gives notice that he will on the 3rd day
Of August, 1899, apply to the Judge or
Probate for Anderson County, s. c., for
Q Final Settlement of said Estate, and q
discharge from his Office as Administra-
tor. Pereons having claims against the
Estate ahould present them, and those
indebted should make payment before
the day Of Final Settlement.
w. T. HUNT, Admir-.
June %. 1899 r
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back to her mind, "a Spotless life, q
proud submission, q humble attitudey"
What hnd become of her pride?
Where was the way Of duty? Where
was humility? All had disappeared.
In her heart was sin, on her lips was
untruth, If she did not confess all to
Amann. But IL she confessed to Al
mann, 1t would be condemning Henry
to certain death. She was full Of an.
guish and Of remorse. Dawn brought
reason to her. It seemed to her that
shc might come ont OF her struggle vic
t0riOus.
The abhe &C 2onmeF5dorf caiied on
her. He said, "Eave yon nothing to
ask OF me. my daughtere There Is dis
quietutle In your features. Gin 10 at
your door"
SIS thought q sinf" asked 3etta.
ssYes, certainly. Even thoueft iis 8
hin, !" answered the aHbe.
JetiR fell ON her knees and covered
her face with her hands.
oh, my daughter, what would re-
main to you if you lost purity? Moth,
Ing. nothing. If yosa fell,' you would
be less than q servant, Tor you were
better educated ara your win was
firmer.y 50
6 Al.rs.s:s.:; = ::ziaas Sone out at dawn. Jet
IA saddled her herae and galloped
down the mountain alone. There was
q thick fog. 'Disaonorea, infanousr'
whistled the: wind fn her ears. @Dis-
fonOreG, infamonsFs cried the soil nm
der the boots or her horse. Students.
she found fier1elf at the Wied. bnt the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31

There is great d~issension brewing in
the liberal party in England. Since the
great leader, Gladstone, retired, the
party that has been so serviceable to
the great middle and lower classes, has
been steadily disintegrating. Mr.. John
Morley, who was one of the able men
in the Gladstone government, has re-
Gently published his intention to retire
from public life. He is not in touch
with his party now, and says he retires
because the prevailing spirit of jim
goism and imperialism" which was
entirely opposed to the lessons of Mr..
Observation-Disclosures to which he would
feel himself untrue were he to allow
himself to drift III acquiescence with a
course of policy which he believed to be
Injurious to our material prosperity,
to the national character, and to the
strength and safety of the imperial
state"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31

After three terms as Governor of Ten
nessee Governor Robt. L. Taylor retires
from official life and he says it is for
ever. He made a touching address
when his successor. Governor McMillin,
was inaugurated. He said among other
noticeable things:
Il do not retire from this office with
the wrankling of disappointment and
one who retires from labor to rest;
from war TO peace: from trouble to hap
pinoSs.
shattered dream, but with all the buds
of hope bursting into bloom and all the
bowers of the future ringing with mel
ody. l am contented with my lot in
life. Three times I have won the laurel
wreath of honor, twined by the people
of my native state, and that is glory
enough for me-"
Referring to the kind treatment n
a received from the people of his ma
tive state, he said:
II take with me a e full of graf
itude and a soul full Of precious mem
cries; gratitude to the people for their
unwavering confidence in me; precious
memories of my friends who have been
kind and true"
His successor made a long address.
He said: God has mercifully given us
a goodly land; let US not mar it with
bad government"
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BREyITIES.

Representative c. A. Swanson, of Vir-
ginia, declares that the proposed empire
idea if adopted will add 5000, 0OO, 600
each year to the public expenses of this
country.
"A Georgia paper says that Atlanta
consumed SO, 1925, 900 of food in a year
and 50, 600, 900 worth came from outside
the state. Educating figures those. 4
Governor Taylor is tender hearted.
He used his one-man pardoning power
with tremendous effect just as he was
going out of Office. He pardoned forty
five criminals. Bob had no good opin-
ion of the law"
Baltimore expended $1,375,3S3 81, on
it's schools, exclusive of S62, 924.19 for
books in one year.
Up north the republicans are buying
places in the United States senate. The
Philadelphia Record says of the game
in one state:
"The attempt to buy the Delaware
United States s%enatorship has been one
of the most persistent and dishonoring
episodes of political debauchery in the
history of the United States"
How is it in Pennsylvania?
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His Money Reached Him TOO Late

destitute man, So years old, vas taken
from an Eastside tenement house two
weeks ago to the department for the
outdoor poor. He gave the name of
Lawrence Schroeder, n he was dying
from sheer want of nutritive food. To-
day a letter addressed TO Schroeder
was brought to the superintendent Of
the institution. 1t contained a check
for s., 900 and had been sent from Eng
and as ~Schraeder's long delayed share
in his fathers estate. Schraeder, how
ever, had died and the money arrived
just in time to prevent his burial in
the Potter's field.
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Weldon Notes
Correspondence of The Messenger.
Weldon. N. c.. January &c

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Weldon, N. c., January 26.
In a free fight at Essex, in this coun-
ty, several negroes were wounded, two
seriously. AL Richardson was badly
cut and his skull split. He will probably
die. The parties engaged were all col
ored and bad whiskey was at the bot
tom of it.
A nugget of gold. weighing twenty
three pennyweights, was picked up at
the gold mine near Essex, a few days
ago.
Mr.. R. S. Neal is now at work put
ting in the new iron bridge at Chocka-
vote. Most of thematerial for the
structure has arrived and it will be put
up as rapidly Is possible.
Miss Ella J. Dickens and Mr.. w. H.
Butts were married here today at high
noon, Rev. Y. E. Wright, of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, performing the
ceremony.
Mr.. E. H. Prussell, a popular Coast
Line operator here, was married in
Petersburg today.
The snow storm predicted for this
section yesterday morning failed to ar
rive on time.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31
SPECIAL SHOE SALE

We have just finished taking stock
Of our Shoes, and We find that they
have increased in quantity very much.
and We have decided 10 cut the stock
down some, and the way TO do that is
10 cut the price. We will sell shoes
for the next week for the following
prices:
One lot OF $50 pairs Women Shoes,
all goods solid goods, in button and
lace, at so cents per pair.
One lot Ladies very fine all button,
narrow toes, from A to c, in small
sizes 2la to AZ. Shoes sold from $3.50
to $500 per pair, We now offer for 81
per piar.
Fifty pairs Mems Shoes. in heavy
Shoes and light Shoes, Tar Shoes and
Black Shoes, odd sizes; one and tive
pairs Of a kind at 20 cents per pair.
We nave the best line Of Men and
Women's dollar Shoes in the state.
Thirty-three pairs Ladies' White Kid
and Canvas Slippers; good honest
goods and we'll made, We sold them
at 800 per pair, now offer the lot at
80 cents.
We have all grades OF Shoes, Mems,
Women's n Children's at any price,
from SO cents to $3.50 per pair.
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for Russell and the ~penitentiary crowd
or on a general hunt for the great and
disastrous combine does not appear in
the descriptive picture.
But underneath is the following,
which shows the reality of the likeness,
which Is rather good:
During the exciting days which fol-
lowed the election in Wilmington, Mr..
Willard was actively engaged as a
member of the Wilmington Light In
fantry in quelling the disturbances and
restoring order. His picture is given
as a member of the military company
and was taken while on duty. Mr..
Willard has been a member of the
North Carolina state guard for more
than 20 years, and was On the reserve
corps Of the Wilmington Light In
fantry Of which company he had for
merly been an officer. When most OF
the active members of the company
volunteered for service in the war with
Spain he re-enlisted as an active mem
mer."
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The Revages of Grip

That modern scourge the Grip, pol
sons the air with it's fatal germs, so
that no home is safe from it's ravages,
but multitudes have found a sure pro-
lection against this dangerous mala-
dy in DR.. Kings New Discovery. When
you feel a soreness in your bones and
muscles, have chills and fever, with
sore throat, pain in the back of the
head, catarrhal symptoms Inc a stub
born cough you may know you have
the Grip, and that you need DR.. Kings
New Discovery. 1t will promptly cure
the worst cough, heal the inflamed
membranes, kill the disease germs and
prevent the dreaded after effects of the
malady. Price SO cts. and s1.00. Money
back if not cured. A trial bottle free
at r. r. Bellamy's Drug Ctore.
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You Will find our stock OF Shoe on
first floor. reaching from the front
door to the back, and from floor TO tho
ceiling. about three thousand pairs TO
select from.
Mems Clothing-Thls stock we carry
on our second floor. Take the elevator
TO your left as you enter the door. In
Mems Suits We handle a large variety
OF styles and prices. We nave a Mans
three-piece Satin at H.sS. We
have a black Cheviot Suit ut $3.50;
special. Black Fancy Worsted Ia Cot
ton mixed at 1926. Fast Black Clay
Worsted. well made. IS per cent. Wool.
at $500. Our line OF Fancy Worsteds
from $3.50 to $40; very nobby. all good
Suits and Dis value. Nice Black suits
We have these from $3.50 20 SO.
OVERCOATS - Gentlemen's light
weight, stylish. extra good quality:
made OF the best all-wool Worsted
Cloth, made with filled seams. nicely
lined and up-to-date styles: in small
sizes from "a to 3s. bought for cash at
a closing out sale. Coats worth from $40
to $12.5 so We will now sell for 81 each.
Remember 10 bring your Card We
give away a lot OF valuable presents.
! Wilmington's Big Racket Store, oppo-
site The Orion.
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A Cable Gram From General Otis

Washington, January 26.-General
Otis cabled the war department today
from Manila as follows:
Manila, January 26.
"The transport Zelandia left yester-
day for San Francisco with 124 officers
and enlisted men,"
The soldiers on the Zelandia are said
at the war department to be GONZALES
cents. The dispatch, like the last re-
ceived from General Otis, vas regarded
as satisfactory because he made no
mention of any change in the condi-
tons at Manila, such as he would be
sure to do had there been any insur-
gent outbreak.
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Amendments to National Banking
Laws

Washington, January 25.-The house
committee on banking and currency to-
day decided by a vote of Z to 4, to re-
port the bill of Representative Brosius,
of Pennsylvania, authorizing the issue
of bank circulation up to the par value
of the bonds deposited; for the estab-
lishment of national banks of small
capital in towns of 5000 and upwards;
changing the tax on circulation to a
tax of one-eight of M per cent. on
capital. The measure is on the lines
of the recommendations made in the
presidents message.
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There are two movements afoot that
appeal specially to many North Caro-
linians-the plan to raise $500, to erect
a monument at Winchester, Va, over
the North Carolina Confederate dead
buried there, and a proposition to be
urged upon the legislature to increase
the state confederate fund for the SOL
diers' home to $4,000. Both propo-
sitions are thoroughly patriotic. The
last named is a necessity. Take care
of the confederate living. If a man
could receive expatriation in a govern
ment like ours he would richly deserve
it who would offend decency and shock
gratitude by disparaging the brave men
who were at the front in the great war,
SO replete with solemnity and honors
for North Carolina.
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LEGISLATIVE.

Many bills are being introduced, and
the legislature is hard at work. The
penitentiary is to be taken charge OF
by democrats on the 10th of February
next. Very good. We feel assured
that the difference in work done, in
general character, in practical sense, in
fidelity to the people, in real regard for
the state and it's seneral prosperity and
happiness, in honesty and intelligence
of workmanship, in economy in voting
away the peoples money, between the
democratic body now in session and
the two last fusion gangs that met and
plucked and played foul, and betrayed
and then "vamoosed the RANCH" will
be apparent to all men. Let every
member stand by the pledges of his
party, and seek in everything to serve
the state faithfully, wisely, patriot
ically.
Investigations into the different state
institutions will be pushed without fear
or favor. Turn on the light. Let the
people know as to their management.
The separate car plan for the two
races will be in accord with public ex-
pectations, and will meet "a long felt
want 1t is simply an universal de-
mand among white folks and the will
of the democracy as expressed in their
platform of principles. The opposition
amounts to but little from either race
or corporations.