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Great Work OF The Methodists.

Springfield, Mass, Dec. 31.-One Of
the most impressive services ever held
here in Spri ngGcld was that in Trinity
church tonight when Dr.. Z. Z. Mills,
secretary of Twentieth Century Thank
Offering committee, made the formal
announcement that the Methodists of
the country has raised more than $40
100000 in response to the movement
inaugurated in Trinity church by the
board Of bishops four years ago. DR..
Mills announced that S9,000,GOO had
been raised on church debts through
the country; So, $50, 900 for Methodist
colleges aud two and three quarter mill
ions for philanthropics and charities,
$600,O has been raised for tie perma-
nent fund for the conference claimants
and little over s38O,OOO has been
raised to build churches in destitute
communities. About one twenty fifth
of the entire amount has been given
by Methodist ministers sons.
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Grating Pecans on Hickory.

Our Chester correspondent reports
Mr.. H. T. Boyd, of Cornwell, Chester
county, is taking much interest in
pecans, and adds: HE is making the
experiment Of grating pecans on
hickory sprouts. His success this
year is encouraging. Some of his
gratis have made growth of FIVE feet,
while seedlings have done little more
than get above ground.
Mr.. Boyd's success should make
many imitators for his plan Hickory
trees and sprouts abound in the State.
1t ought to be good business for any
landowner to graft many such trees
from the more valuable variety. Mr..
Lege, of Green Pond, reported recent
ly that he is selling pecans from his
fine tree at dollar pound. \ far
mer in Virginia writes to The South.
cru Planter that he has two old trees,
which he values at 81 900 q piece, as
the annual revenue derived from them
is fair rate Of interest on that sum.
Few hickory trees, or their fruit,
are worth as much, to begin with, and
it is something besides to have pecan
trees grow at the rate of FIVE feet
year instead of few inches. The
gratis, we believe, should bear in
three or four years, while Seeding Pc
cans do not. Moreover, as Mr. Lege
has stated, pecan stock is subject to
The destructive attacks of "borers."
Hickory stock with pecan gratis,
should be proof to such attacks. Mr..
Boyd's success with his experimental
venture is instructive as we'll as SEN
couraging," and may profit many far
mers who can take hint quickly
News and Courier.
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for his home in the western part Of
Laurcns. lie was strong, athletic,
hand some young man, and he walked
away with firm step to his humble
country home, where he tarricd only
long enough to bid goodbye to his
relatives and went Immediately across
the Savannah, taking up his abode in
Hart County, Ca, where he prospcred
and was much respected by his neigh
bors.
Some years afterwards we heard his
name called at Anderson, where we
were then living, and prominent mer-
chant gave US an introduction to his
wellto-do customer from across the
river, but he did not perceive that each
of us recognized the name of the
other, and both were thinking Of the
sorrowful incident at Laurens, though
never word passed between US in
reference to it. We saw him often in
the years following upon the public
square at Anderson, selling twenty or
thirty bales Of cotton at time, hauled
there in his own wagons drawn by fine,
large mules, which told the story of
his prosperity. Noun
taincer.
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Inconstant Waters OF the Mississippi.

There is little reason, however, for
o settlement in these parts to bestir
itself. It's future is too uncertain.
The town that is on the river this
year may be on useless swamp the
next; the town that is five miles in
land, with no dream of the Mississippi,
may be awakened any morning by the
roar Of steamboat whistle. There
are many points in desperate straits
to-day. Tiptonville, Tenn, town of
moro than ordinary prosperity, de-
spending altogether on the steamboat
service, once on the main channel,
now finds herself, because of a cutoff,
on shallow backwater which goes dry
as her streets in low season.
Which brings me again to the riv-
er's vagaries. To begin, its crooked
ness is something appalling. Ap-
preaching Cairo from the north by
boat, the stranger, seeing the city s
elevators and church-spires within q
stone s throw, is pretty certain to rush
into the cabin to assemble the belong
ings when he has still before him a
tortuous ride of two hours. Yet this
phenomenon is not wholly without ad-
vantages. The citizen of before men
toned Tiptonville who misses the up
bound boat at breakfast time does not
worry over the accident. He calmly
spends the morning at home, then,
after dinner, trudges four..or five miles
across country to Slough Landing, ar
irving there in plenty OF time-likely
with an hour or two to spare-tu catch
his boat which in the interval since
leaving Tiptonville, has been wander
ing through some thirty miles of
bends. Down in the Great Bends
country, below Memphis, the south
going steamer at the end of half
days. travel may be farther from the
Gulf Of Mexico as the crow flies than
she was at the beginning. One may
60 from Memphis to Orleans by rail
the distance is 400 miles-in single
night. By steamboat it is, at best, a
four days run; the Mississippi dilly-
dallies through exactly 800 miles Of
twists and turns between the two
cities.
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information for Pensioners.

The following named parties in the
various townships have been elected Us
the representatives of the old soldiers,
viz:
}. J. Ciimer, Anderson
John II. Green, Hcltun.
=. q. Ackcr, broadway.
J. X. Tripp, I'rushy Creek.
Robert Stevenson, Corner.
%. III. Mcconnell, Centerville.
j. &. CAN'T, Fork.
d. X. Melton. Garvin.
}. NJ. Dunlap. IiOnea Path.
}. q. McAdams, Hall.
VIM. Bolt, Hcpewell.
Z. Martin, Martin.
A. j. SittOn, PendlctOn.
Is. /. Shirley, Rock Mills.
X. +. Clinkscales, Savannah.
s. II. Stone, Varennes.
w. e. Meredith, Williamson.
Now the soldiers and widows who
are on the pension roll will not have to
make application in writing, but must
report to the representatives in the
townships in which they live on or be-
fore the 18th Of January, 1903, and the
representatives will report to the pen
sion commissioners by the Goth of
January next. The representatives
moved from tho State or County within
the last year; also report any whose
income exceeds seventy five dollars, or
property sufficient to make that amount
in his own or his wife's name-frOm
labor, rent and other sources.
In accordance with the law all SOL
diers and sailors applying for pensions,
whose names are not already on the
roll. should call OH the pension COM
missioner, j. j. Gilmer, at the audi
tors Office on the 1st, end, 3rd or 4th
Saturday in January, 1903. where proper
blanks will be furnished by the com
missioner. III case you fail to report
to the representative in your township
and are left off the roll no one will be
to blame hut yourself.
Any soldier or widow desiring to re-
move to another county in South Caro-
seina will make application to j. j. Gil
mer, pension commissioner for Andar-
son County, and get q transfer
John Il. Green,
Chairman County Pension Board.
j. j. Gilmer. Secs
December 81, 1902.
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Wanted, Information.

NJ. Bloulet tells this story illustrat-
ing the evils Of strong drink: a
young New Yorker of good family and
good social position had great fond
ness for drink. His family and his
friends had done almost everything to
break him Of the habit, with no sue
cess. A friend suggested they try
and give him severe shock. AS a
means to this end they procured a
coffin, and the next time he came
home under the influence they, dressed
him like corpse, put him in the
coffin, darkencd the room, but placed
few lighted candles around the cofTin n
and left the friend to watch him.
lie awokc shortly and appeared
greatly puzzled by the surroundings
when, catching sight of somebody in
the room, he remarked:
Say, where am I2'
you're dead,' answered his
friend.
"Dcad! uni that's awkward. Say,
how long have | been dead?"
'"Thrcc days"
"Um! and are you dead, too?"
eyes; I'm dead, too"
Cum! that's funny! Say, how long
have you been dead?"
''Three weeks"
"um, good! good If you have
been dead three weeks and have only
been dead three days, you must know
more about the place than I do.
Where can we go and get a drink?"-
New York Times.
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How Dogs Find Their Way.

In the old days Of the James River
Canal fine setter was taken by his
master on packet boat. which was
so crowded that the dog was put in the
captain 8 cabin to be out of the way.
Ills owner reached his destination
after nightfall, and had taken so much
wine by that time that he was carried
off the boat, and no one remem bercd
his setter.
Next morning the captain took the
dog on deck with him, but was much
afraid he would jump off to the tow
path, and try to return that way, and
would have been in danger of being
stolen.
Carlo, however, lay perfectly quiet,
but with an air Of listening that at
tracted notice. Toward noon he heard
the sound of the horn Of packet COM
ing from the opposite way, and as the
boats passed each other he made a
leap, and was next heard from as hav-
ing got off at the place where his mas
ter had stopped, and as having gone
at once to the house where he was a
guest.
Could human intelligence have sur
passed that?
This same dog lay on bis master 8
grave and refused food until he died
from starvation. But do not give
this az a case in point.
A gentleman who lived 100 miles
from city moved there with all bis
possessions, including bulldog, which
had been raised at his fathers home,
where he had hitherto resided. He
was locked up in the car with the fur
niture, and in the hustle of unloading
he disappeared. and two days after
ward he reached his former home,
coming by an inland route, as was
known by parties who recognized him,
so that he evidently marked out his
own path without reference to the
railroad on which he had been carried
away.-Christian Endeavor World.
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"What do you regard as the most
important element of young man 8
education?" Arithmetic" answered
Senator Sorghum. "You can employ
somebody to do your reading or your
writing; but when it comes to figuring
out expenses or profits, you want to
give the subject your personal atten-
ton"
- More Mexican children than ever
before are being sent to the United
States for education.
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Plants That Made History.

Rather more than sixty years ago,
says Stray Stories, tiny fungus-it-
self plant-appcarcd in Ireland and
fastened itself on the potato. Foster
ed by chcerlcss summer, the fungus
spread until the whole potato crop,
the mainstay of the Irish, was ruined
and the resulting farmine of 1915
stands out in history as a time of over
whelming trouble.
Its relief occupied the whole atten-
tion Of the British ministry and when
the famine was over quarter Of the
whole population lay slain by the fun
gus.
And the potato disease acted in
two distinct ways on history. It had
an immediate effect in helping the re-
peal of the corn laws and throwing the
country open to free trade.
In the second place, it had a great
and unforeseen effect on another CON
| tinent, for there then started stream
of emigrants across the Atlantic which
has steadily continued.
AT the beginning Of the seventeenth
century the Engl.sh and the Dutch
were rivals for the possession of Ger
tain little island, Amboyna, in the
East Indies, because of the cloves
that grew upon it. AT this date the
production of cloves was extremely
limited, and finally the Dutch mas
sacred small English colony estab-
lished there. This aroused the bitter
feeling in England against the Dutch
and, as great historian tells us, fur
nished a popular way for two wars.
A sudden passion for tulips turned
the heads Of the usually placid Dutch
men in the seventeenth century, and
the tulipomania is we'll rec ecognized
event in Dutch domestic history.
1t was time when the desire to pos
sess an uncommon tulip was sufficient
to drive men to most extreme lengths
OF speculation, to cause the ruin of
noble houses and to carry whole fami-
lies to misery. In fact, 80 acute did
the rage become that the Dutch Gov
ernmen. was obliged to step in with a
heavy hand and by stringent measures
allay this fever Of the tulip.
The tea plant was the 'last straw"
which brought about the independence
Of the United States as we all know.
The poppy involved England in the
opium war with China at the begin
ming of the reign Of Queen Vitoria,
Though the war was an unjust one,
yet it did ultimate good in opening up
China to foreign influence and trade.
Sugar, cotton and tobacco have all
Influenced history, for these three
plants were practically responsible for
the slave trade of modern times.
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Willing to Make Amends.

An amusing street incident happen
ed recently. A young lady left her
husbands side to look in window.
On leaving it she took, as she thought,
her husbands arm, and continued her
conversation.
"You see," she said, "you DON t
even look at anything I want you to
see. You never care how I am dress
ed; you no longer love me. Why,
you have not even kissed me for q
week, and"
Madame, I am sorry, but that is
my misfortune, not my fault, said the
man, turning round.
The lady looked at him and gasped.
She had taken the arm Of the wrong
man.
- Insurance against automobile ac-
cidents can now be had.
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The Whipping Post in Otb"r Days.

The Laurcns correspondent Of the
Charleston Sunday News furnishes
this interesting story Of the past:
In the early Cities young lawyer
just admitted TO practice was employ
cd to defend white man charged
with stealing bushcl Of oats from a
rich planter. The whipping post was
the punishment for such offenses and
there was no alternative penalty. The
proof was plain and the young law
yer's humble client was promptly con
victed. When the verdict was an
nouccd the solicitor came to the attor-
ney and whispered: "B-, it will
never do for that white man to be
publicly whipped"
"Well, what to be done about it?"
said the lawyer.
"II arrange it, the solicitor re-
piled. a brief consultation cnsued
between the solicitor, the prosecuting
witness, the Judge and the sheriff.
Then the solicitor came back to the
lawyer "Explain to your client that
if he will break from the sheriff and
never stop running ill he crosses the
Savannah River and never cross back
again, he will not be puraucd. The
State will be satisfied if the man leaves
the country. AS the sheriff takes him
to Jail from the court house let him
lag behind; the sheriff will walk 90
feet in front. When they reach the
corner of the alley leading to the Jail
he must run and never look back.
There will be mock chase, but all
your man need do is to run"
The young lawyer explained the
programme to the convict, who stolid-
ly assented. When the sheriff took
him away the lawyer went out on the
court house steps to see the fun. The
sheriff, as promised, walked ahead of
the prisoner without looking back.
They approached the alley-corncr.
Tho sheriff passed it. The convict
reached it and, with eyes to the front
marched deliberately behind the
sheriff into the Jail. In due time he
took his thrcshing and went home.
lie preferred it to leaving Laurens
County. A curious sequel, though, is
that he did later go to another State
and there accumulated good prop
erty and was a highly respected citi-
zen.
The editor Of The Mountainecr. who
was then boy and resident of Lau-
rens, remembers this incident very
distinctly, as this was the only white
man he ever saw punished at the
whipping post, which in this instance
was tree that stood on the south side
Of the court house and shaded the
sheriff , office. MIR. Oswald Richard
son was the sheriff, ono Of the kindcst
hearted men that eve.' lived in Lau-
rens, and like the solicitor he did not
""ho ~ oec "Hltc Han puDllcly
whipped, much less to inflct the pun
ishment himself. The boys of the
village gathered around in much awo
at the proceeding, and the sheriff ap-
piled the lash thirty-nin times to
the back Of the culprit, but it was
said at the time that he was we'll able
to hit harder licks if the law had re-
quired it.
Our recollection is that it was in
the forenoon of a bright, sunshiny
day, and when the law had been COM
piled with Mr.. Richardson told the
young man that he WIS free to 60
where he pleased and taking with him
small bundle Of clothes he set out
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Johnny Was Discouraged.

An aftermath feature of every con-
gressional campaign is the crop of
good old ancient and honor:
able, that have done yoeman service
in many political campaign-which
come back to the Capital cloakrooms
in new garb, says the Philadelphia
Press.
Here is ono brought back by Mr..
Lands, of Indiana:
"a school teacher out in my district
was giving the class dissertation on
the Office OF president and the self
made men who had filled it.
"Now all who would like. to be pres
ident when they grow up, will raise
their hands," said the teacher. Every
boy responded save one.
"Why, Johnny, don't you wish to
be PRESIDENT
'Shucks; 'tain't no use for me to
wish, said Johnny, disgruntedly.
"'Why? Any poor boy might be-
come president.
"Not me, said johnny, I'm Dem
ocrat.'
And then the old members in the
group arose and walked sadly away.
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2 Ledford.
Take notice tsat unless you apply to the Court
within tSenty days after the service hereof upon
the pleintifs will apply TO the Court to have such
appointment mage for you 70 appear and defend
auch action In your behalf
e. G. kcADANS, Plnintiffs' ATTORNEY.
Jan z 1868 90
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greatest annoyance because they are
SO persistent and unsightly and de-
tract FROM ones appearance.
Middle aged and old people aud
those whose blood is contaminated
and tainted with the germs and poison
of malaria or come previous sickness,
or excessive use of mercury, are the
chief sufferers from chronic sores and
ulcers. While the blood remains in
this unhealthy, polluted condition
healing is simply impossible and the
sore will continue to grow and spread
in spite of washes and salves or any
superficial or surface treatment, for
the sore is but the outward sign of
some constitutional disorder, a bad
condition of the blood and system,
which local reindies cannot cure.
S. S. S. reaches these old chronic SO
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Chronic Sores
Eating Ulcers, Spss s'1its"s sss sys'sss s;ss

And afaia
with them particularly
he weak and eating ulcer the
.1s beneath and the spread flesh
5 Hat unnng sores and deep offensive ulcers often simple
ca%e wh all such sores are ot
tculary
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Made Rich by q Whipping.

Judicious application of the birch is
supposed to have wrought wonders in
the characters Of many boys, but it
remains for British journal to record
o single whipping that made it's victim
millionaire.
Twenty years ago, man named
Mago was English collector Of insects
in Guatemala, and the British Vice
Consul at San Jose. One day Com
mandante Gonzalez ordered him to ap.
pear before that official. Mago sent
him word that he would come in
short time. This incensed the com.
mandante, and he sent file Of soldiers
after the insect collector, and when he
appeared, ordered seventy-6ve lashes
to be laid upon his bare back. When
it was finished. Gonzalez shouted:
"Give him twenty-five more for
luck!'
When Mago recovered, he made
formal complaint to the British Gov
ernment. The result was that Guate-
mala was ordered to punish Gonzalez,
and to pay Mago FIVE hundred dollars
for every lash he had received.
Guatemala punished Gonzalez, but
tried hard to avoid paying fifty tbous-
aud dollars to Mago. The British
Government, however, was inexorable,
and the poor collector was made rich
man in one day.
Mago became one of tho largest cof-
fee planters in Guatemala, and also
secured the contract for building docks
in the ports. lie owns valuable mines
and tracts of timber. His fortune is
now estimated at five million dollars,
all due to one hundred lashes on his
back.
Stops the Cough and Works Off the
Cold.
Laxative Rromo Quinine Tablets cure
cold in one day. No cure, No Pay.
Prize oS cepts
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Notice of Stockholders
Meeting.

Notice of Stockholders
Meeting.
Anderson. g. c., Dec. 2eth, 1902
At a meeting Of the Directors of Orr
Cotton Mills, held to-day. the following
resolutions were adopted:
"1st. That a meeting Of the Stockhol.
ders Of Orr Cotton Mills be held at the
office of the company on 18th Jannary,
1908. at IL O'Clock fn., for the purpose OF
considering the proposition of increasing
the Capital Stock of the said Corporation
from $40O, 10000 to $500, 900 90, to add 38,-
600 Spindles and other necessary ma
chfnery to the plant"
''2nd. That the notice Of the time, place
and purpose Of suoh meeting and amount
Of increase Of the Capital be published In
The Anderson Intelligencer and The
Peoples Advocate at least once q week
for four successive weeks prior to tho 18th
OF January, 1908"
'8rd. That tho Stockholders Of record
on above date shall have the preference
OF taking such increase Of stock In pro-
portion to the amount he, she or they
may then own.'
JAMES L. ORR,
President and Treasurer.
CALHOUN HARRIS,
SEQ. and Asst. Treas.
Jan z, 1908 %
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AT HORSE SHOEIN6

We can serve you promptly and in g
workman-like manner. Repairs on
Carriages, Buggies and Wagons al
ways secure close attention. The Wag-
ons we build have nothing but high
grade wheels.
PAUL E. STEPHENS.
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Loss Of Flesh

When you can't eat break.
fast, take SCOTS Emulsion.
When you CAN'T eat bread
and butter, take SCOTS
Emulsion. When you have
been living on a milk diet and
want something a little more
nourishing. take SCOTS
Emulsion.
To get fat you must eat
fat. Scott's Emulsion is a
great .fattener, a great
strength giver.
Those who have lost flesh
want to increase all BODY
tissues, not only fat. SCOTS
Emulsion increases them all,
bone. flesh, blood and
nerve.
For invaIids. for con.
valescents. for consumptives.
for weak children, for all
who need flesh, SCOTS
Emulsion is a rich and corn.
Portable food, and a natural
tonic.
SCOTS Emulsion for bone,
flesh, blood and nerve.
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= The man who introduced an anti
kissing bill in the Virginia legislature
is named B. Ware.
- Extensive experiments in wire
less telegraphy are to be carried out
at Portsmouth in connection with the
new submarines.
= Artificial tea is made by mixing
oxide of. iron with tea dust and rolled
by means of starch into pellets resem-
bling the genuine tea.