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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-03-16
Lee to Confederate Veterans.

Gen. Stephen D. Lee, under date Of
February %, in q circular note, for
mally announces to Confederate vet
Grams chat he has taken up the duties
OF executive head of the United Con-
federate veterans. His note is O
beautiful tribute to General John B.
Gordon. Quotations from il are as
follows:
THE death OF our almost idolized
commander, so eminently fitted for
the place By his splendid war record,
his oratory and his winning magne-
tism, has imposed difficult task
upon me, his successor, in keeping
up our organization; doubly difficult
without continuing to me the same
tender feeling, love and esteem
which you bestowed upon him in
such heaped-up measure. No living
Confederate can fill his place as he
Gl!sd ii.
In obedience to natures laws, in
the thirty-nine years since we laid
down our arms, our great generals
and many Of the rank and file who
followed them, have crossed over the
river, and the survivors are but q
remnant Of the most valiant army
that ever contended against mighty
odds and untold resources. We are
80 near the river that we can almost
hear the roaring of the water.
"Our commander has fallen, but
the cause for which We toiled and the
principles for which We fought still
iive-oan never die. Let us-as we
did, in the heroic days of 1861 to
1865, when our leaders fell in battle
and our commands were thinned by
shot and shell-close up our ranks
and step forward; perpetuate our
great fraternal organization; and have
our sons and daughters step into our
places as we vaoate them, and con-
tinue to vindicate the integrity Of
our lives and the ends for which we
commended.
"The proudest part of my life is
the remembrance that I was Confed-
crate soldier. l love the name and all
who bore it. Our constitution and
bylaws have temporarily made me
your commander until one is elected
at our next reunion. I yearn for a
portion of that tender regard and
confidence you gave General Gordon.
Let US be true, even to the end"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-03-16
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

a We offer for sale the property
ated in this and surrounding Counties earl oil these
places hsve good them For FULL particu
uars as to terms location, &c.. call at my office.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-03-16
] IA Care . Cold il ons pau

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if ii
tails TO cure. d. Groves sigma
:tars ID, ON each box. Pride 300.
Friends seldom desert man
while his money holds on. Il
. 81 ss8- - It's 8 case Of minority rule in a
house where there . baby. #ai: Si:
!, ,s,S- If some girls who think. they can
sing would not try to prove it all
might be forgiven.
Stops Cough and Works of tho Gold.
Laxative Bromo. Quinine Tablets
cpre 9 cold in sona day. No; Cure, No
Psy. Price % cents. !;
81 On the stage 81 life the leading
,lady ID usually the cook, n Z 81.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-03-16
curss Cancer and Blood peIson.

E . ] = .- . a 70
II you have blood poison producing
eruptions, pimples, ulcers. swollen
glands, bvnps and risings, burning,
itching skin, copper-oolored spots OF
rash on the akin, mucous patches in
mouth or throat, falling hair. bone
pains, old rheumatism or foul catarrh
take Botanic Blood Balm (B.B.B.) 1t
kills the poison in the blood soon all
sores, sruptions heal, hard swellings
subside, aches and pains stop and q
perfect cure is made Of the worst cas-.
es Of Blood Poison.
For cancer, tumors, swellings, eat.
ing sores, ugly ulcers, persistent PIN.
pies Of all kinds, take B.B.B. It de.
stroys the cancer poison in the blood,
heals cancer of ali kinds, cures the
worst humors or suppurating swell
ings. Thousands cured by B. B. B.
after all else fails. B. b. B. compos,
ed Of pure botanic Ingredients. I'm.
proves the digestion, makes the blood
pure and rich, atops the awful itching
and all sharp, shooting pains. Thor.
0ughly tested for thirty years. Drug.
gists, 81 per large bottle, with com.
pleta directions for home cure. Sam.
pie free and prepaid by writing Blood
Balm Coz, Atlanta, Ga. Describe
trouble and free medical ADVICE also
sent in sealed letter. For sale by
Evans Pharmacy.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-03-16
Fun In Jersey.

Tom Ovens, the Gloucester iceman,
asked Philadelphia friend over for
days shooting in South jersey,
where q cunning license is necessary
nowadays. Ten has a license and
explained to his friend, as he handed
over gun, that if a game warden
should happen along, he was to say
nothing but saw wood. They had
good sport, and in the course of the
forenoon knocked over dozen rab-
bits and started for home. When
about hnlf way there, tall man
climbed over fence and came rapidly
toward the gunners. whereupon
Ovens put his gun and rabbits in the
hands Of his friend and said: 'Fol.
low this road till you get to my home
and wait there till I come"
Then he turned and ran like deer,
with tall man following. It was
the Woodbury. Pike, and the race was
close one, but Tom was finally over
nauleo ana pf0ught up Defore JUS
tioe Of the peace.
"What's the charger" asked the
squire.
''Same old thing" said the game
warden, ':'gunning without license"
"You are fined $780," said the JUS
tice.
"But I've got license" said Tom,
producing the document.
The squire grinned and the crowd
roared.
"What in thunder did you run
for?" said the game warden.
"Just to get up an appetite" said
Tom.
"You chased the wrong man." said
the squire to the game warden. Phil
adelphia Press.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-03-16
Her Tongue Slipped.

A young woman who recently be.
came teacher in kindergarten en-.
tered a trolley car in Brooklyn yes
terday and bowed pleasantly to man
who sat across the aisle. He rails.
ed his hat in return, but it was svi.
dent chat he did not recognize the
young woman.
"Oh, excuse me-" she remarked in
tones which could be heard by every
one in ths car. 81 mistoak you fol
some one else. I Thought you were
the father Of two Of my children"
She left the car. at the next corner.
New York Sun.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-03-16
State Could Run Giant Still.

Since the court Of claims decision
against the State as to the payment to
the government Of the retail and
Wholesale licenses has been published,
the suggestion is being renewed by
those connected with the State
dispensary management that if the
federal supreme court sustains the
contention OF the State and reverses
tho court Of claims, case be carried
through the courts to test the right
Of the federal government to collect
the revenue tax Of $1.1O on li,uor
that might be manufactured by the
State for sale by the State within
this State and that in case of fa-
vorable decision big distillery be
established by the State for the
manufacture of its own liquor.
Of the three million dollar annual
liquor business done by the State
over third IS in the cheaper grades,
it is said, and over million dollars o
year, it is argued, could thus be
saved to the State should the great
commonwealth engage in the manu-
facture of whiskey on the eide
with the necessity Of paying this
license tax removed. The revenue
department at Washington and the
secretary of the, treasury have decided
adversely o similar case-that in
which the State denied it's liability
to the tax on coutraband liquor
seized by the oonstables., But in the
court Of claims case, which is to be
passed upon by the federal supreme
court, the points involved are almost
identically tho same, and if the
supreme court decides in favor of the
State those favoring the States es-
tablishment Of distillery will be
encouraged to make test Of resis-
ting payment Of the revenue tax.
Employees in the revenue collector 8
Office are forbidden under penalty Of
dismissal to give out information as
to how much tax distillery pays to
the government, and exact figures as
to how m oh any South Carolina dis
tillery i. paying to the government
are difficult to obtain. But it was
learned yesterday from reliable
source that the Rioh]and distillery,
which is the most important of its
kind and does large business with
the State dispensary. is paying the
government nearly million dollars
year, although it is operated only
from 200 to $50 days year. The
concern, it is said, pays the govern
ment over $4,000 day when it is in
operation, and the total tax last year
ia said &c have been over $500, 900.
The capacity Of the plant is 1900
gallons day.
The government requires the tax
on 80 per cent. of the capacity even
if that much is not made. With q
200 day run therefore the concern is
liable to tax Of not less than $40, 1860
whatever the output is.
The experience Of the Richland dis
tillery is said to be the chief inspira.
tion Of those who favor the State 8
going into the distillery business
The State.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-03-16
Matrimonial Catechism.

What is marriage?
Marriage is an institution for the
blind.
Why do some people never marry?
Because they do not believe IN di.
vorce.
When man thinks seriously Of
marriage what happens?
He remains single.
Does . girl ever shink Of anything
but marriage2
Only that, and how to get married.
Should man marry girl for her
money!
No. But he should not let her be-
come an old maid inst because she is
rich.
Is an engagement as good as mar
riage?
It's better.
Hog may We tell when q courtshin
has progressed?
When the man takes to yawning in
the girls presence.
When two thin people become en-
gagged what happens?
They Immediately grow very thick.
When man has popped the ques-
zion has he finished?
No, he has yet to question Pop.
When asking papa, how should q
young man act?
lie should face papa manfully, and
never give him chance at his back. i.
Why does bride wear o veil?
SO that she may conceal her salts
faction..-Joseph Van Haalte in New
York Times.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-03-16

Berry place, Varennes, s73 acres.
437 acres, Pendleton township, ten
ant houses and dwelling.
145 acres, Evergreen place, Savan
nah township.
80 acres in Fork township.
$50 acres in Savannah township,
we'll timbered, no improvements.
400 acres in Center township, Oco-
neo County, 100 cleared, balance we'll
timbcrcd, we'll watered, good mill site
with ample water power.
65 acres in Pickens County.
174 acres in Hopewell township.
130 acres in Broadway township.
improved.
230 acres in Fork township, on SEN
eca River, good dwellings, 60.
500 acres in Anderson County, on
Savannah River.
SO acres in Lowndesville township,
Abbeville County.
"a acres in Corner township.
IS acres in Oconee County.
IS acres in Pickens County.
152 acres in Rock Mills township, =.
on Seneca River, 2 dwellings.
700 acres in Fork township.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-03-16

Il it's necessary to lie in mans
favor do il while he is alive instead Of
hiring 9 marble cutter TO do it after he
81; dead /: I &, /.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-03-16

= In an. effort to close up pool
room that had been run for long
time in the outskirts Of Madison, ILL.,,
three constables, augmented by a
posse Of citizens, and bearing war.
rants for the arrest Of six men con.
neeted with the poolroom, precipita.
ted . riot, which resulted in the shoot.
ing Of six men.
- Mayor Fred E. Lewis, Of Allen.
town, Pa, has vetoed curfew ordi-
nance passed by the city fathers pro.
viding that after 9 O'Clock children
under IS years must keep off tho
streets. His honor objects to penalty
clause providing for. fine or imprison-
ment in the county jail, holding that
to send q boy or girl to prison for
such an offsnse is unreasonable.
The Washington times., 1904-01-10
SHALLOW DRAFT STEAMBOATS,

A n interesting innovation in navi-
IA cation methods is that of the
4 \ Coen system of shallow draft
river steamboats,. The chief aim
Of this new inv ention is to do away with
the old paddle wheel steamboats, which
are I'm use on shallow waters where the
ordinary screw propeller cannot go, and
TO replace 1t by a propeller-driven boat
equipped with a small, high speed en-
CINE. II is claimed for this system that
n vessel of 30 feet length and IS feet
beam, fitted up to carry las passengers
WILL in addition TO it's fun passenger list.
carry Il tons ~ freight upon u inches
of water; 159 tons upon is inches; 24S
tons upon % inches. and SS7 tons upon
so inches of water. 1t has a freeboard
OF four feet end a speed of p miles an
hour. made with ease.
A Coen boat of the above described
type is now i'm use on the River Nile.
Egypt. and another is being designed
for use on the Nicaragua River I'm Cen
trail America.
While il is decided innovation in the
construction of the hull OF the vessel. IL
is at the same time the most simple and
reasonable. and does not require a
demonstration beyond practical calcutta
ton for its practicability is readily seen
at once by the layman, and much
sooner by Il engineer
John Ericss md the Screw Propeller.
History shows that while John Erics-
son was meeting with stubborn re-
sistance to his views on the efficacy OF
the screw propeller" when laboring
with the British admiralty on this
topic. an intelligent farmer, named
Smith. was at that very time actually
and successfully circumnavigating Eng
land with a vessel propelled with a
screw wheel" From that day this
means of propulsion came into general
favor over the paddle wheel system"
except in shallow rivers, OF In places
where a screw of adequate proportions
could not be covered with water. With
the ''Coen system" however, 1t is claim
ed that the screw propeller can be used
on rivers or even creeks and small
streams, heretofore unthought of for
navigation. With the use Of the screw
propeller by this system it is pos
sible to do a commercial business with
a regular line OF steamboats, upon six
inches of water or more. when the
hull is built and equipped for that
The Washington times., 1904-01-10
IE UNITED STATES SENATE LABORATORY

with inlet cocks. Heat rays Of low or
der. such as those that emanate from
an ordinary radiator. will pass through
rock salt freely. whereas they would be
stopped or cut down by glass plates.
Near one end Of the tube is placed a
small instrument called a thermopile
which is connected with a delicate
galvanator. or electric registering in
strument If both faces of this brass
tube are exposed to the same tempera-
ture the galvanator is not disturbed. II,
however the temperature at one end is
higher than that at the other an cleo
trio current flows through the tube
which produces an immediate effect on
the gaNanator. In order to keep this
necessary uniformity of temperature
can of boiling water is placed at each
end of the tube and the heat rays
pass freely through the rock salt and
into the tube without changing the zero
register of the galvanator.
Passed Through Tubes.
Before the test begins the tube has
been exhausted of air. Normal pure air
will pass through quietly. having no
effect on the heat rays. The air to be
tested is first passed through a set OF
tubes containing chlorides OF calcium.
which process takes out what moisture
there is in IT. TIE percentage of mois-
ture is found by detection after the air
has passed through the chloride of cal
cium. IT is then let into the brass tube.
The capacity of the tube being known
the galvanator shows by it's figures how
much each DETECTION amounts to in per
| cent
BY the time this delicate process is
gone through with Mr. Woods and his
assistants are a;Jia to tell the exact
nature OF the air they are testing, both
from a meteorological standpoint and
from a chemical standpoint They know
the difference In the air as il is when 1t
enters the Capitol. and as 1t is in the
Senate and House chambers. Accord
ing 10 Mr.. Woods the air is often puri-
fed by the GePSsiting of microbes I'm
the ducts as the afr passes through.
These ducts are cleaned regularly in
order to keep them as free from germs
as possible.
ut is just like housekeeping" said
Mr.. Woods to reporter for the Sunday
Times. THE more you clean the more
you have to clean. Once you bring a
building up TO a certain standard you
have to work hard to keep it there"
The Washington times., 1904-01-10

Uncle Sans peeps into the future. In
the solid business world they signal
the shutting down of plants or their
operation overtime. as occasion may de-
mand; in the agricultural realm they
go far toward fixing prices, and for the
working classes they may herald cuts
in wages. an era of increased cost or
living or some other influence equally
significant.
Like the Weather Bureau.
The activities of the United States
Crop Reporting Bureau might be COM
pared in some degree to the work of the
Weather Bureau, with which it was
once proposed to combine it. Whereas
the weather sharps tell the farmer and
the mariner what they may or may not
safely do during the next few days
the crop experts tell the planters, the
wheat growers. and the manufacturers
what they may expect at harvest time,
and with the benefit of Uncle Sam S
second sight they can estimate pretty
nearly whether their seasons work will
show pront or loss
II might be argued that the United
states Census does very much this same
work. True. it does, but the census is
entirely too slow for this progressive
period. Your up-to-date Yankee isn't
content. by any means, TO wait from two
to four years for his agricultural sta
tistics. To the average farmer, planter
and manufacturer the census returns are
simply ancient history. He demands not
only accurate news up to the minute"
but he prefers, If possible. information
that will anticipate. This is exactly
what Uncle Sans high-salaried crop
prophets are, with their new facilities,
prepared to give. Moreover. they are
proving themselves well nigh infallibie.
To evidence it it is only necessary TO
compare their recent predictions with
| the subsequent census figures based on
exact returns. In December. 1901, the
Department Of Agriculture estimated
the cotton crop of 19Ol-l9O2 at >9,s .0OC
bales, and late in June of the year fol-
lowing the Census Office reported 1t as
| s.5s2, $50 bales. a difference of less than
! per cent. The season previous the
/ prophecy was even more remarkable for
/ then the department estimate Of 10, 100. o0d
bales was only two one-hundredths OF
/ l per cent out OF the way as compared
with the actual statistics gathered by
the Census about ten months later.
The Washington times., 1904-01-10

chambers Of the Senate and the House
and at the air ducts in tie Cellar. The
dishes contain a sort OF geAatine or a
japanese preparation called ,agar-agar.
and as soon as they are uncovered the
germs light upon this preparation. They
they are "incubated" The PetTi dishes.
with their contents of germs. are kept
in a blood temperature until the germs
form into red and green "coHnies."
In the meantime. the dishes exposed AT
the outer entrance of the air ducts are
put through a similar process in order
TO determine the relative purify or i'm
purity OF the outside air and That with
In the chambers. II. as is usually ths
case no dangerous germs are. found
loose in the Senate or the HbFuse. thu
test stops az the laboratory. Ban If any.
thing alarming is discovered, Mr.
Wood calls the Marine Hospital author.
tiles into the case. They press, a few o.
their Guinea pigs into service. The pig
lets are inocuiated. ana II smallpox
scarlet fever, typhoid or yellow fevel
microbes appear drastic measures ar,
taken at once. Up 20 date. no very seri
Gus epidemic has broken out az result
OF venomous germs being rampant ii
either body OF Congress- As amEatter O
fact the atmosphere of the Capitol
since the new ventilating apparatus wai
put in. has been very pure.
The Chemical Analysis.
The chemical analysis is not so sim
pie a matter as the meteorological Mr.
Woods is very particular In regard I.
this test. and employs the method o
Prof John Tyndall. the great rnglisl
chemist Large bottles. from which tn
air has been exhausted. are taken to tn
chambers and TO the entrances OF tn
air ducts The stop cocks are taken out o
the bottles. and they are filled with tn
air at these two points. They are cork
ed up again Immediately. and taken 4
the laboratory. and put 20 the Tyndal
radiant heat test. A brass tube Of def
mite capacity is employed in the test
| This tube is inclosed at both ends b.
clear. rock salt plates. and is, provides
The Washington times., 1904-01-10

the growing season about $1,000 farm
ers and planters report on tAe results OF
their own individual farming operations
during the year.
The Important Cotton Crop.
The tremendous interest in the cotton
crop at this time perhaps warrants
special attention to the thorough meth
DDS employed by the Department OF
Agriculture to secure accurate cotton
statistics. In addition to all the indi-
vIdual reports from county and town
ship correspondents and the records of
the operations of individual planters
Uncle Sam has seven special cotton
agents. stationed at many principal
Southern cotton markets and paid a
compensation OF from 800 TO $50 per
month each. who report weekly as to
the receipts and shipments OF cotton.
Every transportation line in the South
reports the amor-t OF cotton it carries,
with the points of origin and destination
more than 22.e00 agents of railroads
Fand other transportation lines contrib
uting to this service-and Southern mills
without single exception report their
purchases of cotton each year. How
big factor is cotton in this statistical
forecasting may be appreciated from the
fact that of the quarter of a million
statistical correspondents of all classes
IN the United States nearly 10000 OF
about three-hfths of the total are in the
cotton States Texas leads ali Other
divisions of the Union with total OF
more than 10000 crop reporters in the
service of the Government.
Secrecy Observed.
The great secrecy with reference to
crop reports comes in at Washington
where the returns from all over the
country are assembled and amalgamat-
ed into the general reports which cause
prices to soar or tumble. according L
their import. There are seventy per
sons employed in this work at the De
partment of Agriculture. and they re-
ceive salaries ranging from $1,000 dOwr
to $3.50 a year. Nearly forty of thest
| men and women who serve as scout:
| for Miss Columbias agricultural arm,
are experts in their respective lines oil
work, and each receive $lOo a month Of