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UNCLE TOI How He "Went to M ver [Pttb?Bhed Uncle Toro Barker was much of a man. He ba<3 been wild and reckless, and feared no i God nor ! regard man, but ono day lat) a camp-meeting, while Bishop Gaston was shaking up the sinners and scorching them over tho infernal pit, Tom got alacmcd, and be fore thc meeting was over he professed religion and became a zealous, out spoken convert, i nd declared his in tention of going l'orth into tho world and preaching tho gospel. He was terribly in earnest, for he said he had lost a power of time and must make it up. Tom was a rough talker, >but he was a good one, and knew right smart of "eoripter," and a good many of the old fashioned hymns by heart. The conference thought ho was al pretty good fellow to send out into the bor der country among the settlers? and so Tom straddled his old flea-bitten gray, and in due time was circuit riding in north Mississippi. In course of time Tom acquired notoriety, and from his strong language and stronger gestures, and his muscular eloquence, they called him "Old Sledge Hammer," and after while, "Old Sledge^' for short. Away down in one corner of of his territory there was a blacksmith shop and a wagon shop and a whiskey shop and a post?nico at Bill Jones' cross-ronds; and Bill kept all of them, and was known far and wide as "Devil Bill Jones," Bo as to distinguish him' from Squire Biii, the magistrate. Devil Bill had sworo that no preacher should ever toot a horn or sing a hymn in thc settlement, and if any of the cussed hypocrites ever dared to stop at thc crossroads, he'd make him dance a hornpipe and sing a hymn, and whip him besides. And Bill Jones meant just what he said, for he had a mortal hate tot the-mea' of God. It was reasonably supposed that Bili could and would do what he said, for his trade at the anvil had made him strong, and everybody kc v that he had as <muoh brute courage as was necessary. And so Uncle Tom was adviseuTto take roundance and never tackle the- cross roads'. . He accepted this for a time, and left the people to the bad influence of Devil Bill; but it deemed'to him he was not doing the Lord's will and whenever he thought of the women and ohildren living in darkness andgrowing up in infidelity, he woul J groan in spirit and exclaim, "What a pity! what a pity!". One sighs hs prayed over it with great earnestness, and vowed to do the Lord's will if the Lord would give him light, abd it seemed to him as he rose fram his knees t?aV there waa no longer any doubt-he muafc go. Unoift Tom never dallied -about anything when his mind was made up. He went right at it like- killing snakes;, and so next morning as a neighbor passed on his way to Bill Jones's shop, Undo Tom said: ' "My friend, ?111 ??U please carry a message to Bill Jones for me? Do you tell him tbat if tho Lord1 ?B willin', I Will be at the crossroads to preach next Saturday at IX o'clook, and I am , shore the Lord ia willin.' Tell him to please norato it in the settlement about and about, and ax the women and* ohildren to come. Tell Bill Jones I will stay at his house, God willin', and I'm shore he's w?lHn;r nnd VU presch Sunday, too, 'ii' thinge git along harmonious." Whon.Biil Jones got the message he Was amazed, astounded, and his in: digestion know rip bounds. He raved and cursed at th? * 'onsul t, ' '?ias he called it--tho "onsultbg message of "Old Sledge," and he swore that he Would hunt him up. and whip him for ho knowed that he wouldn't- daro to come to ibf crossroads. But tho neighbors whispered it Wound that "014 Sledge" would ,oome, for he wis hover known te make an appointment break it, and thero was an old orse thief who used to rim m th Mur? 's gang, who said he ?aed to know Tom Barker when ho was;* sinner an?. had seen him fighf- and he was much of a mah. So i% spread like wild aro that "Old fledge!' ?Was coming, an4 | BevilBill was gwien to whip him and make him dance and si ng a hi me and tre&t to a gallon of poach jbraody be sides; Devil Bill had hits enemies^ course, for he was a hard man, and W?^ oy anotnor had goaled np all tho surplus of the neighborhood id fc*dgiven; nothing in. eschsngo it whiskey, and these ehemie??'had g nope?gfor^ fes : h?St^uitn. i'aey. t?^,\??r?a?atdi.1 tho ^tound?ng - news^ and, without ?qmuiittiog tbomselve* to either, party, -ia? fha? h-H Would break loose on aturday^ that **?|d Sledge^' br the devil would have to go under. On Fr?d?? tha^ | begin;. ;;tc:;"<?rop' into the droBs-rnads ' und'^^^wt? to ;g^thab?Uom &'&*er*^ BARKER. ! ii Lee ting and Was Con ted. by request.] ed aud cussed more furiously than usual, and swore that anybody who would come ezpeotiog to see "Old Sledge" to-morrow was an infernal fool, for he wasn't coming. He laid bare his strong arms and shook hie long hsir, and said he wished the lying, deceiving hypocrite would come, for it had been nigh on to four teen yours since ho had made a preach er dance. Saturday morning by 9 o'clock the settlors began to gather. They came on foot and on horseback, and in carts -men, women and children, and be fore ll o'olook there voromoro people at the cross-roads than had ever been there before. Bill Jones was mad at their credulity, but he had an eye, to business, and kept behind his counter and sold more whiskey in an hour than he had sold in a month. AB the ap pointed hour drew near the Bettlers began to look down the long, straight road that "Old Sledge" would come, if he came at all, and overy man whose head came in sight just over the rise of the distant bill was closely scruti nized. More than oi?e they said, "Yonder he comes-that's him shore." But no, it wasn't him. Some half a dozen had old bull's eye silver watches, and they compared timo; and just at 10:55 o'clock the old horse thief ex claimed: "I seo Tom Barker a risin' of tho hill. Ishnin't seed him for eleven years, but gintlemen, that ar' him, or I'm a liar." And it was him. As he got nearer and nearer, a voice seemed to bo com ing with him, and some said, "Ho's talkie' to himself," another said, "He's atalkin'. to God Almighty," and another said, "I'll be durned if he ain't a praying," but very soon it was decided that he was v"6?Dgin' of a hi m e." Bill Jones was soon advised of anthia, and, ooming up to the frondRaid: "Darned if he ain't sing ing before^ I axed him, but I'll make him.sing another tuno till he is tired. I'll pay him for his oosulting me?sage. I'm not a-gwine to kill him, boys. I'll leave lifo in his rotten old carcass, but that's all. If any of y ou' n want to hear "Old Sledge" preach you'll have to go ten miles from the roads to do it." Slowly end solemnly tho pre nab er esme. ??As ho drew near he narrow ed dow* his tune and looked kindly upon the crowd. He was a massive man in frame, and had a heavy suit of dark brown hair; but his face .was olean shaved, and showed a nose and lips.and chin of firmness?md great determination. "Look at him, boys, and mind, your eye," said the horse thief. "Where will I find roy friend, Bill Jones?" inquired "Old Sledge." Ail round.they pointed him to the man; Riding up close, he saidi "Sly friend and brother, the good ' Lord ha* seat me to you, and I ask your hospitality for myself and my beast," and , he slowly dismounted and faced his foe as though expect!ug a kind reply. The crisis had come and Bill Jones met it. "You infernal^ old . hypoprite; you cussed old shaved-faced scoundrel; didn't you know that I had swored an ??th that I would make you sing and danoo, and whip you besides, if you ever dared to pizen these cross-roads with your shoe traoks? . Now. sing d-n you, sing, and dance as you 'sieg," and ho emphasized his com mand with a ringing 'slap with hie open hand upon the parson's face. "Old Sledge" recoiled with pain and surprise. Recovering in a moment} ho said: "Well, brother Jones, I did not expeot so warm a welcome, but if this be your cross-roads manners I suppose I must sing," and as Devil Bill gave him another slap on his other jaw ho began with: T.'J "^y soul, be.on thy guard." Andwr ith his long arm suddenly and SRiftly^gavo Devil Bill anopec hander that nearly knocked him off his feet, wbilst tho parson continued to eiDg in lendid tenor voice: " "Ten thousand foes arise.' ' ?er was a Hon more aroused to ??. fen- ww Bill JpnoB. With his > powerful arm ho ma$e;at t ''Old "Sl? j^'V ?8 it to ac sibilate him with ono blow, and many Horrid oaths, but the parson fonded ?fi the stroke as easily as a practiced boxer, and with his left hand dealt. Billa sett?er oh Iii* peepers as be continued to sing-* "?b, w?toh, and fight, sbdprsyy But ^if one*' was plucky to desper ation, *n?Mh? settlers w$re watching wUkbated breath'. The crisis was sV h??id, and he eqaared himself, end hi* olenohed fist$ flew thick and fast opon the parscVs frame j and for a while disturbed ^bfaj equilibrium and his s >ng. ;But^ he rallied quickly and bsjsanihe offeasivcy as he saog: . "Ne'er think tbe victory'WO?. Nor lay iMoo ermor ?own-,r tho wall cf his shop, and seized him by the throat, and mauled him as he sang: '.Fight on my soul, till death-" Well, the long and the short of it waa, that "Old Sledgo" whipped him and humbled him to the ground and tuen lifted him up and helped to re store him, and begged a thousand pardons. When Devil Bill had re tired to his house and was being cared for by his wife, "Old-Sledge" mount ed a box in front of the grocery and I preached righteousness, and temper j ance and judgment to come, to thc people. He dosed his solemn disuourso with a brief history of his own sinful life before his conversion and his humbie work for tho Lord ever tinco, and he besought his hearers to stop and think, "Stop, poor sinner, stop and think,' he cried in alarming tones. There were a few men and man] women in that orowd whoso eyes, lonj j unused to the melting mood, droppet tears of repentance at tho preaoher'i kind and tender exhortation. Bil Jones's wife, poor woman, had crop humbly into the outskirts of tin orowd, for she had long treasured th< memories of her childhood, when sh< too, had gone with her good mother t< hear preaching. In secret she hat pined and lamented her husband's hatred for religion and for preachers After sho Bad washed the blood fror his. swollen face and dressed hi wounds she asked him if she migh go down and hear the preacher. Fo a minute he was silent and seemed t bo dumb with amazement. He ha never been whipped before and lia suddenly lost confidence in himscl Nand his infidelity. "Go 'long Sally,' ho answered, "If ho can talk like h c?n fight and sing, may bc tho Lor did send him. It's all mighty strang to rae," and he groaned in anguish H?B animosity seemed to have change into an anxious, wondering ouriosit and, after Sally had gone, bc left hi bcd and drew near to the windo where he could hear something- fo himself. "Old Sledge" made an earnest, sou reaching prayer, and his plcadic with the Lord for Bill Jones's salvi lion and that of his wife and otfildre reaohed the window where Bill wt sitting, and ho heard it. His wife n turned in tears and took a seat besid him, and sobbed her heart'? distres: but said nothing. Bill bore it f< awhile in thoughtful B.lenee, and the putting his bruised and. tremblir hand in hers, said: "Sally, if tl Lord oe nt "Old Sledge" here, an may be he did-I reckon you'had be ter look after his horse." And sut enough "Old Sledge" stayed tho that hight and held family prayer an the next day he preached from tl piazza to a gfest multitude, and sat his favorite hymn: "Am I a soldier of the cross?" And when he got to the third yen his untutored, but musical voi< scssssd to Sro Vv.is? a little higher i he Bang: "Sure I must fight if I would reigi increase my courage, Lord." Devil Bill was converted and b oatne a ohanged man. He joined tl church, and olosed his grpoery ar helped to build a meetisg house, ai it. was always said and believed th "O?d Sledge" mauled the grace in bio unbelieving soul, and it nev would have got in any other way. v Bill Arp. KOT A PATENT 1U?DIC1NE. . Hyomei, the Guarranteed Qatar Cure, Prescribed by Physicians. No,one should confound Hyon with the patent rcedioices that f advertised to cure catarrh.. It ia far! superior to them all as tho di mond is more valuable than ohe glass. Their composition is seor but Hyomei gives its formula to roputablo physicians. ' Tts base is the valuable . eucalypt pll,' famous for its antiseptic qualiti This ie combined with aromatic a healing gums and balsams, makinj pure liquid, whiph when used in .1 Hyomei pocket inhaler, fills the you breathe- with germ-killing, d ease-destroying and healing' JK era that kills all oatarrhal. ger there may bo in the throat, nose a longs. ^, How foolish it is> to try and' oi catarrh by swallowing tablets liquids. The only natural way cure this disease and all othor c eases of tho respiratory organs is breathe Hyomeu This treatment has been so s oessful, caring 99 ber cent, of all i have : used it, that Hyomei is i sold by i?vans Pharmacy snd?r absoluto guarantee to refund th? m ey if it dota.\ ?ot cure. You ???r risk Whatever in buying Hyomei. it did aol possess unusual poweri ottre, it could not be sold upon I plan.; { The complete Hyomei outfit c< $1.00 and comprises an inhaler, a l tie-- - of pyom?i and a dropper. ! inhaler will last ? lifetime; and ditiona? bottles of Hyomei can be taincd for 50 eenji^ ^ ^<ffp --"Meekness is th* mark of ft r Ai Ia cheap, and if any r?an will advance tho price for that now in the hands of the farmers, it will be to hold tenaciously, sit steady in the boat until the re quirements of tho consumer becomes absolutely necessary. REDUCE ACREAGE. In order for you to make money at present prices, it is necessary to pro duce more cotton per acr-s by increased use of Fertilizers per acre. UBO 500 poundo where you have used 300 before ; wort and feed two mules where you have used three before, aud reduce other labor in proportion* thereby in creasing production and decreasing expenses. WILEY'S ADDRESS. Please read tho following extract from the address of Prof. H. W. Wiley, Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, Washington, D. C., delivered at the St. Louis Exposition September 28,1904 : "Now, statistics give us some interesting facts regarding agricultural re sults in different parts of our country. I don't want to say any thiug to offend our Southern friends, but the; must acknowledge that the soils which have long been under cultivation- like those of North and South Carolina for in stance-have been reduced to a low statt of fertility, and, therefore, in order to produce a crop, they require more fertilizer materials than SO?B North. By way of comparison, for instance, of the soils of Illinois and the soils of Geor gia, it would show how superior the soils of Illinois are for,growing a crop, and if you could transport the State of Illinois into Georgia, taking eighteen inches of its surface, you would be growing larger and better crops in Geor gia without a pound of fertilizer than you ara now in that State with thor abundant use. But the time will come when the soil fertility of Illinois will be diminished to such an extent that it will not produce such large crops. Scientifically agriculture demands a knowledge on the part of the farmer of the plant foods in the soil, and where there is a lack of fertility, that it may be restored ss near as possible to the conditions in which the soil was found in its original state. And any Bystem of agriculture which does not preserve tho fertility of the soil and increase it when low is not a scientific system of agriculture. In the great wheat fields of North France at the present time they have an average yield of twenty-seven bushels of wheat per acre, whereas fifty years ago they had only seventeen. The average yield of wheat in England is over thirty-three bushels per acre, and that yield is secured by heavy fertilization and by scientific rotation of crops and cultivation ; and if the English farmer should allow his soil to become so reduced in fertility as to grow only thirteen hui heia per acre, which is the average yearly produc tion of (his country, he would become bankrupt. What I have said about wheat ia true of all other crops. We do not need more acres of wheat. Wo want to raise our thirteen bushels per acre to twenty-seven, or eveu more than that. These gentlemen who are here from the experiment stations know that such yields can be secured by systematic, scientific agriculture. At the ex periment Etation in Maryland, on land which a few years ago would not pro duce seven bushclh of wheat per acre, they now raise crops of from thirty to forty bushels per acre every year on that worn-out soil, which shows what a scientific system of ag iculture and judicious fertilization may accomplish on soils which have been exhaust d. If we would take our Indian corn crop, which is raised over an area of 100 million acres in this country, with an av erage jield of twenty-seven bushels per acre, and cut that down to fifty mil lion acres, and raise the yield to fifty-four bushels per acre, v?e would have just rs much Indian corn as we havo today and a much more remunerative return to the farmer. We haven't much more laud c v area to give to luellan cora nor to wheat until the great regions of the West, which are now iu pro cess of inigatiou, are recovered, and therefore the avenue for American ag riculture is to be found in increasing the yield and not in extending the area of the crop. So by the collaboration of the agricultural chemists a rd the manufacturers of fertilizers the scientific farmer will be able, I bcVev.i, with? in the next fifty years, to increase the yield of our staple crops to _;: least double what they are today, and that, too, without increasing the'acreage cin der cultivation. To this end lot us all work heartily together.' ?1 CLEMSON'S ANALYSIS. You will find the following analyses sent us by Clemson Agricultural College, made from samples of the goods we are now shipping, interesting, which it frill pay you to read carefully : Clemson Agricultural College, (Department of Fertilizers,) Clemson College, 8. C., Feb. 22,1905. To Anderson Phos. & Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. Your attention ia called to the following copy of Fertilizer Analysis in which you are interested : Fertilizer Sample No. 119. Analysis No. 6843. Drawn st Darlington. Of Anderson H. G. Phosphate. \ . . P. C Soluble Phosphoric Acid.11.19 Reverted ".8.08 Available ? ". Insoluble " ". Total " " ..................14.88 Moisture.....'....-.. .15.03 Relative Commercial Valuation per Ton of 2,000 pounds.......12.13 Analysis Guaranteed on Sacks : Available Phosphoric Acid 13.00 P. C. ____________ Fertilizer Sample No. 114. Analysis Number 6339. Drawn at Belton. Of XX Potash Bone. P. C. Soluble Phosphoric Acid. 8.59 Reverted .. .,. 3.53 Available " ".12.12 Insoluble. ?. ". 1.31 Total ? " ".'......13.43 Potash Soluble in Water.. 2.06 Moisture..ll 76 Relative Commercial Valuation per ton of 2)000 pounds..12 47 Analysis guaranteed on Sacks: Available Phosphoric Acid 10.00; Potash 2.00 P.O. Respectfully submitted, ' M. B HARDIN, Chief Chemist. R. W. SIMPSON, Pres. Bd. Tr?a. Per 1?. M. STACKHOD8E, Seo. Fert. Dept. As soon as we receive from Clemson College analyses on Ammoniated g)ods we will publish same. In the meantime we publish analysis just made om goods that we aro now shipping, of our 8.65 2-2 Fertilizers. ' t Yon will make no mistake m buying our goods. PARKER'S ANALYSIS. Laboratory of Francis L. Parker, Jr., Ph. D, Analytical and Consulting Chemist, College of Charleston, Charleston, S. C, Feb. 18,1905. Certificate of Analysis. is No, 1462. / r Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co. Material marked 8.65--2-2. Formula No. 14, 2-15-05. Received Feb. 17,1005. ; , Basis as received. P. C Moisture. ?..?>??......... ..-........?.?.>...........k-. ?..<..?.*? 8.73 Available Phosphoric Acid.?. ..9 62 Insoluble Phosphoric Aoid..'. .v..... 3*54 Total PntSphunu Acid. ?..... .13 16 Nitrogen!....... 1.75 Equivalent to Ammonia..............................*?.?.. 2.12 Potash...........................................?.*..y,.?.?..'.* 2.61 Respectfully submitted, FRANCIS JL. PA II KER, Jr. Writs for one of OU? books, "The Progress of Cotton/' that tells you how to snake three bele? per acre. Wo have agents a t all railway stations. Please. call on them for prices. Ee spectrally, The Andersbn Phosphate and Oil Co., ANDERSON, S. C. Rydale's Tonic a new, scientific remedy for tho Blood and Nerves It purifies the blood by eliminating ino wnsto matter and other Impurities and by destroying tho germs or microbes that Infest tho blood. It builds up the blood by restoring and multiply' ingUkored corpuscles, making tho blood rich and red. 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This policy, rigidly adhered to, has made us friends, true and last ing, and we can say w''h pride, but wi'hout boasting, that WP bave th? c~?- - dence of the people of this section. We have a larger Stock of Qoods this ? . season than we have ever had, and we pledge you our word that we have never- - sold Furniture at as close a margin of profit as we are doing now. This fc> - ( proven hy the fact that we are selling Furniture not only all over Andersen . j County hut in every Town in the Piedmont section. Come and see us. Your .* p.renis saved money by buying from ns, and you and your ohildren can s??e j money hy buying fc jro too. We carry EVERYTHING in the Furniture line?. Wi F, VOLLY &~80NV Depot Streot. ThejOld^BeliahlcfFnrnitnrclDealers KOVBD! WE have moved our Shop auJ office below Peoples' Bank, in froat O?,V Mr. J. J. T?r et well's Subies. We respectfully ask all our friends that need any Roofing done, or any kind of Repair work, Engine Stacks, Evaporator?? or any kind of Tin or Gravel Roofing to call on us. as wc ar* prepared tod? it* promptly and in best manner.g6oiiciting year patronage, ve ? Respectfully, B"rrTi^ r TV if ' T?iftt?ii i ? ? "