Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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GIRLS' NAMES; THEIR MEANING. <Froni Easiern and Western Review) Susan is Hebrew, a Lily. Guy Is French, the Leader. Alma is Latin, the Kindly. (Margaret is Greek, a Pearl. Bachel In Hebrew, the Lamb. Edwin Ji3 Saxon, a Conquerer. !Paul is. Latin, the Sharp* One. Clara is Latin, the Bright One. liionel, Latin, is the Little Lion. Jacob is Hebrew, the Supplanter, Hugh is Dutch, the Lofty Man. Gilbert is Saxon, Bright as Gold. Ernest :s Greek, the Serious One. Martin :s Latin, the Martial One. Lucius 3b Greek, the Fair Victory. Sophia :.u Greek and means Wis dom. Sarah, a Hebrew name, means Princess. Peter is of Latin origin, the Rock. Leonard, German name, is Lion like. Arabell;;; is Latin, the Beautiful Al tar. Rosamond is Saxon, the Rose of Peace. Caesar, Latin name, means Hairy Man. Agatha is a Greek name, the Goon One. Isaac, a Hebrew name, means Laughter. Oliver is of of Roman origin, an Olive Tree. Lucy is the feminine of the Latin Lucius. Edith and Editha are Saxon, Hap piness. Douglas Is Gaelic, signifying Dark Gray. Daniel is Hebrew, meaning God is Judge. r James is of Hebrew origin, the Be ?guiler. Ruth is Hebrew and means Beau ty. Harold, the Champion, is of Sax on origin. Meredith is Celtic, the Roaring ot the Sea. Moses, a Hebrew name, means Drawn Out. Agnes is of German origin, the Chaste One. ?Eugenia and Eugenie are Greek. Well Bora. Consteatine is Latin, signifying the resolute. Roxana is a Persian name, the Day Davrn. Hulda!>, from the Hebrew, means a Weasel. * What Constitutes Soil Fertility. What 3s soil fertility? What does the term mean to you? What is your standard of measurement? What are the conditions or factors which control <:r constitute soil fertility? It appears that, to some, the quan tity of the so-called plant foods, nit rogen, potash and phosphoric acid, which are applied to or contained in the lane, is the most important fac tor in measuring the fertility of pro ductive power o{ a soil. To others the pro]; er amount of humus, or de caying organic matter in a soil, is the * itreasure of Its'fertility, or at least, is the frst essential of soil fertility. Still others believe that tillage de termine!?. mcVe largely than any oth er factor the productive capacity of soils. And still others, even certain scientists and investigators, have claimed that soil fertility Is almost or entirely a question of a proper supply of moisture in the soil, independent of its chemical composition, except as this chamlcal ^composition affects its power to furnish a proper water sup ply. That all soils contain sufficient plant foods for the production of large crops, or that the supply of ?water is the sole measure of soil fertility, will be accepted by few; but if any one factor could be singled out as the most important in deter mining the fertility of any soil, It would certainly be the one of a prop er supply of water. The lesson which must first be learned is, that soil fer tility is dependent upon many differ ent factors, and that if we neglect any or e of the factors, or If we great ly exaggerate another, we shall most likely fall short of that full grasp ot the subject necessary to the best soil management. If we admit that good tillage, suf ficient plant foods, organic decay and bacterial life and a properly regu lated supply of moisture are all es sential to large crop production, or maximum soil fertility, it is not quite proper or accurate to state that any one cf these is, in the true sense, the most important; but since all oth ers of these are more or less depend ent upon one, water, it may be placed first in consideration. Most soils contain much mere plant foods than would be required to pro duce scores of maximum crops; but these are useless for crop production until dissolved in the soil water. Organic matter decays through bac teria! activities, which break down and render soluble plant foods In the soil; but an equally important func tion of decaying organic matter in the soil is its value in preserving a proper water supply, if, then, suf ficient plant foods in soil, decaying organic matter and proper water sup ply are three most important factors in soil fertility, it is entirely proper to place the water supply as first in importance. Organic matter would be placed second because its decay tends to render the plant foods al ready in the soil available to crops and to regulate the water supply in which the plant foods are dissolved and carried to the growing plants. These, then, are our problems: (I) To control the water supply by drain age and the introduction of organic matter, and (2) to furnish soluble plant foods by introducing organic matter which in its decay will supply substances to dissolve the plant foods already in the soil, and by the addi tion of other supplies of plant foods in commercial fertilizers.?Raleigh (N. C.) Progressive Farmer. * Jones: "Hello, Smith, what has happened to you that you look so peaked?" Smith: "I've been prac tising the rules on 'How to Keep Well,' published in the health col umn of the Daily Screamer." AIRSHIPS OP HISTORY. The first blrdman of whom there is any definite record was Sir,'<r> Magus, who, according to 'Antonius Byerlink, flew high to the air over Rome during the reign of Nero from 54 to 58 A. D. The account of the adventure is very brief, but not more so than was thta pioneer's car eer as an aviator, for it is recorded that his evil genius became displeas ed with him when he was aloft and suffered him to fall aar1 dash out his life. The fate of this first, martyr of the air seems to have discouraged ex perimenters for many centuries, for we must turn over a thousand years of history before putting our finger on the next birdman to be definitely mentioned. This was Elmerus, a Thirteenth century monk. Taking the flying squirrel for his model h<# gave successful exhibitions from a tower, soaring sometimes above a furlong through space. The first blrdman to flay a consid erable distance appears to have been John Babtiste Dante, a Ffteenth cen tury mathematician, who lived in Perugia. He framed a pair of ingen lus wings with which, it is narrated, he amused his fellow Peruglans. One of the most successful flights was ov er Lake Trasimene, that body of wat ed with no outlet, on whose northern shore Hannibal annihilated the Ro mans. But the aerial career of Dan te or Perugia was cut short one day when "he fell on the. top of St. Mary's Church and broke his thigh." That the great Leonardo ua Vin ci (1452-1519) wa* a birdman as. well as a painter, sculptor, musician, architect, engineer and mechanici an, is stated by some authorities. While making the careful observa tions on which he based his "Treat ise on the Light of Birds" he so thoroughly fathomed the secrets of flying as to be able to build a pair of mechanical wings with which, ac cording to Cuperus' "Excellence of Man," he practiced flying success fully. Soon afterward came an "artificial eagle," which Johann M?ller, bishop of Ratisbon and a noted German mathematician a'ad astronomer, built at Nuremberg during the gener ation just preceeded Columbus' dis covery of America. This aerodome is reputed to have down out to meet the Emperor CharleB V. and to have accompanied him back to town. In 1510 an aviation exhibition was arranged for the- amusement of James IV. of Scotland and his court, the Tongland. After the court had all assembled the prior mounted one of the lofty battlements of Stirling qastle and donned an elaborate Ar rangement of wings and feathers. Then he leaped forth and fell inglori ously onto the dunghill. A daring flight from the Steeple of St. Mark's cathedral, Venice, is mentioned by the Lord Bishop but history does not perpetuate the name of the aviator who performed the feat. The same authority mentions another unnamed man who made a flight at Nuremberg, the same city from which Bishop Muller's artifi cial eagle went out to meen the em porer. One of the most noted birdmen of this time was Allard, a tightrope performer who appeared In France about 1660. Wearing wings he made a number of flights from vari ous heights. But while performing before Louis XL) he got a bad fall, and seems to huve thereupon quit the flying business. The most successful birdman of :hese times appears to have been one Besnier, a locksmith, who succeed ed In flying at Sable, France, a few years after Aliar-i's aerial career had ended so palnfuily In the presence of the great Louis. According to the Journal des Sav ants of Sept. 12, 1C7S, Besnier flew with wings consisting of four rect angular surfaces, one at the end of each of two rods passing over his shoulders. With these he would raise himself from one height to an other until he reached the top of a house, from the roof of which he would pass over the neighborhood houses. Finally working himself up to a great height he would make a downward swoop and cross a river of considerable breadth. Successful fin .ts were made at the same time by one Baldwin, of Guibre, who built Besnler's first pair ofi wings. He and his disciple were birdmen indeed. They flew only by their God-given means of locomotion. The monoplane is first met with in a picture from Faustus Veroutius, 16fl.">, showing flying man support ed by a rectangular fabric stretchc-cl upon a frame irom whose four corn ers depend ropes passing under his arms. During these latter years of the Seventeenth century Francis Lana, a Spanish Jesuit, designed an air ship, which was to consist of a boat shaped body from which rose a mast and sail surrounded by four globes of very thin copper, each containing ?\ vacuum. Needless to add this con trivance never worked. I A generation later (17f!C) a Port lusese named De Gusman is said to have "made a wicker basket of about seven or eight feet in diameter cov ered with paper, which basket elevat ed itself as high as the Tower of Lisbon." This "basket" is believed by some authorities to have been h I wicker frame supporting a paper ves sel filled with heated air. If so, the apparatus probably was the first bal loon. However this may have been, the introduction of the balloon in this same century caused experiment ers generally to abandon the man flight problem for more than 50 years, or until Dr. Miller and one Fensen, both Englishmen, resumed experiments. It was ear.y !n the last 4 0's that England excitedly awaited Hensor.'s "aerial steam carriage," whose great bat-like wings were to be waved by a steam engine of extreme lightness. An inclined ptane was devised for the launching gear, but was never need ed. And meanwhile Dr. Miller was at work on his "aerostat,' with NOTICE OF ELECTION State of South Carolina, Executive Department, To the Commissioners of Election for the County of Orangeburg: WHEREAS a vacancy exists in the office of Judge of Probate for the County of Orangeburg caused by the resignation of R. E. Copes, who waB elected at the General Election foi 1908: AND WHEREAS the unexpireo. term Is for a longer period than one year and can only be filled by elec tion: NOW THEREFORE, you are here by required to order in election for Judge of Probate for Orangeburg. County to serve the remainder of the term for which R. E. Copes was elected: * The polls to be opened the sixth day of April, 1911, and the election to be conducted according to the laws regulating the General Elections. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hove hereunto set my hand and ceused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed at Columbia, this fourth day of March, A. D. 1911, and in the 135 year of the Independence of the United StateB of America. Cole L. Blease, Governor. <Ry the Governor. R. M. McCown, Secretary of State. Pursuant to the foregoing order of Honorable Cole L. Blease, Gover nor, notice is hereby given that a special election for Judge of Pro bate for Orangeburg County to serve the remainder of the term for which Hon. R. E. Copes was elected will be held at the voting precincts fixed by law in the County of Orangeburg, on Thursday, April 6th, 1911. The qualifications for suffrage are as follows: Residence in State for two years, In the County one year, in the polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote, four months, and the pay ment six months before any election of any poll tax then due and pay able, 'Provided, That ministers in charge of an organized church and teachers of public schools shall be entitled to vote after six months' residence in the State, if otherwise qualified. Managers of elections must require of the voter the production of a reg istration certificate and proof of the payment of all -taxes, including poll tax assessed and collectible during the previous year. The production of a certificate or the receipt of the officer authorized to collect su?h taxes shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. Before the hour fixed for opening the polls Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe to the Constitu tional oath. The Chairman of the Board of Managers can administer the oath to the other Managers ana to the Clerk; a Notary Public must administer the oath to Chairman. The Managers elect their Chairman and Clerk. . Polls at each voting place must be opened at seven o'clock a. m., and I closed at four o'clock, p. ra. The Managers have the power to J fill a vacancy; and if none of the Managers attend, the citizens can ap point, from among the qualified vot ers,, the Managers, who, after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election, the Managers and Clerk must proceea publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and con tinue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make a state ment of the result for each office, and sign the same. Within three days thereafter, the Chairman of the Board, or some out. designated by the Board, must ae llver to the Commissioners of the election, the poll list, the boxes con taining the ballots and written state ments-of the result of the election. The Managers of Election?The following Managers of Election have been appointed to hold the election at the various precincts in the said County: Ayers?John F. Barton, B. F. Ay ers, and W. S. Barton, Jr. Bowman?L. J. Smith, R. F. Sim mons and J. S. Cook. Branchville?W. P. McAIhaney, A. F. Fairey and T. 0. Edwards. Cedar Grove?John Demme, J. T. Antley and S. B. Smoak. Cope-?J. C. Hayden, G. E. Griffith and R: K. Henery. Cordova?H. A. Gibson, L. G. Way and X. X. Hayden, Jr. Dantzler's Postofllce?T. M. Dantz ler, J. O. Shuler and Dr. J. F. Wan na maker. Ebenezer?W. II. Patrick, J. M. Whctsol and F. D. Bell. Elloree?J. W. Berry, W. G. Shu ler and J. A. Dantzler. Ertawville?J. D. Wiggins, P. C. Rast and W. P. Stroman. Holly Hill?W. D. Cilmore. T. P. Jackson and J. W. S. Breland. Jamison?W. A. Antley, W. H. Berk with and T. J. .Tar-kson. Livingston?T. J. Fogle, T. J. Pou and F. M. Livingston. North?J. A. Livingston, E. H. Salley and W. C. Pou. Norway?L. W. Jeff coat, J. R. Heb rard and R. D. Davis. Orangeburg?J. F. Blanche, W. B. Martin and W. L. Izlar. Phillips?T. J. Murden, G. S. Kirk land and D. J. Griffith. Raymond?S. IT. Inabinet, W. H. Oliver and J. G. Smith. Rowesville?P.. C. Crum, B. C. Fnnchcs and C. H. Hopkins. Sawyerdale?J. M. Knotts, 0. S. Corbett and J. L. Layton. Springfield?H. Inabinet, Tom Gleaton and W. C. Mobley. Stokes?J. L. Dukes, J. S. Earley and G. E. Stroman. Vance?E. W. A vinger, S. F. Dantzler and F. K. Norris. The Managers at each precinct named above are requested to dele which he made futile efforts to re discover the lost art of the ancient birdmen, tne lost art of really flying with wings waved by human muscles the lost art that still remains lost. ' TWO PATHS. You ask for line, ah, lady mine, I answer to thee, line on line, Precept on precept, make them thine. And in each line is breathed a prayer That, as thy face is fresh and fair, So may thy soul be free from care. As thy young life is in its bloom, I pray no mortal stroke.of doom May bow thy beauty to the tomb. But, that long coming years may bring To thee the brightness of the spring. When little birds in gladness sing. I look upon thee, thou art fair, Youth lends a glory to thins hair. And beauty loves to linger there. You cannot move but it is grace. Time leaves no token on a face Where only purity we trace. And now a precept I would bind Upon thy brow, that it may find A deeper dwelling in thy mind. There is a blossom pure and bright, Slender ,and beautifuSly alight With silver, 'tis the lily white. The puritan of all sweet flowers, The meekest bud 'mid beauty'j bowers, She lifts her patience through the hours. There is a blossom ruby red, Through all the world her blush hath spread, The royal rose with crimson head. We view her in the dewy dawn, A fragrant benediction born To bless us, ere we find the thurn. There are two paths in life's rough way, The one all roses, bright and gay, The other where the lillies lay. Before thy feet both paths unfoldi Look to the guldepost grim and old, Only the lillies' hearts are gold. TWO VERSIONS. (From the Postal-Record.) To Phyllis. (As he dictated it.) Phyllis, up in the morning, ?Spirit of love and spring: Phyllis, lithe as the willow. Voice like the birds that sing, Phyllis, full of the sunshine. Sparkling like drops of dew; Phyllis, Phyllis, 0 Phyllis! This is a song for you. Phyllis, why do you linger? Why do your feet remain? Phyllis, we wait your coming Over the bloom-decked plain Phyllis?a brimming beaker Now your health we quaff Setting our hearts all leaping Lighter than wind-blown chaff. Do Fill Us. (As the stenographer took it.) Fill us up In the morning. Spirits of loving spring! Fill us tight as a pillow? Boys like the birds that sing, Fill us full of moonshine, Sparkling like dropsy due? Fill us, fill us, oh, fill us! This is too strong for you. i Fill 113! Why do you linger? Why are your feet in pain? Fill us! We wait your cunning Over the gloom-necked pla'.r. Fill us a brimming beaker Now to your healthy graft, Sending our heartshorn leaping Light as a ringboned calf. Working for Others. Stephen Girard said: "If I knew T were to die tomorrow, nevertheless, I would plant a tree today." John Wesley was asked what be would do if he knew that he would die that night, and replied thus: "I would fill my appointment to preach at a certain place in the afternoon and again at night and then go to tied expecting to wake up in heaven." Both these men believed that the present duty, whatever it was, rose superior to any consideration of life or death. Mr. Girard's sole purpose ! was to benefit others wbo were lO come after him, and if planting a tree would furnish shade to the weary or fruit to the needy, it was his supreme duty to plant a tree. Mr. Wesley placed the duty of teaching, preach ing and warning above every consid ? eration. These examples should encourage ! young people, clerks, stenographerb. apprentices, all men who work with hand or brain, to stick so close to j their work that nothing can draw , them away from it. Another lesson taught is that the opportunity for doing good, for arousing thought in others, for en couraging the despondent, for reliev ing suffering, is always near at hand, 'if our vision is clear enough to see it. Plant a tree, a flower, say a pleas ant word, comfort a crying child, scatter smiles around, make the world better and brighter by your presence and let your example be such that you will never be ashameJ if some one walks in your footsteps. 2-ate one of their number to secure the boxes and blanks for the election at Orangeburg Court House on or af ter Saturday, April 1, 1911, and be fore the date set for the election. J. W. Mack, W. M. Warren, J. A. Berry, Commissioners for State Election for Orangeburg County, South Caro lina. J. L. Dukes, Clerk. March 11, 1911. THE ARCADE THE ARCADE LOUIS COHEN & CO 232 & 234 King St, and 203 Meeting St., Charleston, South Carolina. The Largest Wholesale and Retail Mail Order House in the South. Grand Clean up Sale of Winter Stocks at HALF PRICE Balance of our Tailor-Made Suits, Furs, Cloaks, Silk and Woolen Dresses, Dress Goods, etc., all marked to close out at HALF PRICE. Write us?Send in an open order. Will attend to the same as though you were standing at our elbow : : : : "Satisfaction" or your money back. PHONE Your office wants. If it's \ used in an office we can furni.h it and at the right price. Service prompt Pi ices reasonable. SIMS BOOK STORE. Orangeburg, S. C. Prevent and Relieve Headache "It gives me great pleasure to be able to refer to Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills as the best rem edy we have yet had in our house for the prevention and cure of headache. My wife who has been a constant sufferer for a number of years with abovt complaint joins me in the hope that they may fall into the hands of all sufferers." JOHN BUSH, Watervleit, Me. Used Them Four Years. "Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills are the best I ever tried for the relief of headache. I have used them for nearly four years and they never fail to give me relief. I have tried many other rem edies, but have never found anyj better." JOSEPH FRANKOWICK, 854 Trombly Av., Detroit, Mich. There is no remedy that will more quickly relieve any form of headache than Dr. Miles'Anti-Pain Pills. The best feature of this re markable remedy is the fnct that it does not derange the .stomach or leave any disagreeable after effects. Druggists everywhere sell thorn. If first package falls to benefit, your drug gist will return your money. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. NOTICE. W. S. Barton, Jr., the Orangeburg County Business Agent, offers rare bargains in the following: Red May Wheat, Blue Straw Wheat, I Undamaged Appier Oats, SImpkins Prolific Cotton Seed, pure '0 name. And as for bargains In fertilizer materials sueh as: Kanit, Hardsalt, Muriate of Potash, Acid Phosphate, Fish Scrap (Domestic and Foreign), Tankage, Nitrate of Soda, Cotton Seed Meal, Peruvian Guano, etc., well such bargains cannot last long. Do not delay or perhaps you will regret It. Any local union that desires It will be paid a visit by the County Business Asent, W. S. Barton, Jr., if tho local Union will notify him to that effect, stating the date and hour and place of its meeling. Also office No. 11 Court House Square for Rent. W. S. BAP TON, JR. The housewife Is known by the bread she bakes. CAROLINA SPECIAL, ligti Class Electrically Lighted Train Between Charleston and Cincinnati. -VIA? Southern Railway. In Connection with C, N. O. & T. P. Railway. Beginning January 2, 1911. Consisting of Combined Baggage and Smoking Car, First Claw Coach,, Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Car, Pullman Observation Sleeping Car and Dining Car Service. SOLID BETWEEN Charleston and Cincinnati. ON THE FOLLOWING CONVENIENT SCHEDULES: WEST-BOUND NO. 7. Lv Charleston.9.00 AM Lv Summervllle.9.38 AM Lv Orangebur.11.17 AM Lv Columbia.1PM Lv Spartanburg.4.1* PM Ar Ashevllle.7.37 PM 4x Cincinnati.10.00 AM EAST-BOUND NO. 8. Lr Cincinnati.6.30 PM Lv Ashevllle.10.25 AH Ar Spartanburg.,. .. .? ...1.40 PM Ar Columbia.4:46 PM Ar Orangeburg.6.1? PM Ar Summervllle.8.05 PM Ar Charleston.8:46 PM CONNECTING AT CINCINNATI WITH THROUGH TRAINS FOR CHICAGO, CLEVELAND, DLTKOIT, ST. PAUL, SEATTLE, ST. LOUIS, KANSAS CITY, DENVER, SAN FRANCISCO and points west and north west. B L- D. ROBINSON, W. E. McGee, J. L. MEEK, C. P. and T. A. D. P. A. A. G. P. A. E. H. CHAPMAN, S. H. HARDWICK, H. F. CARY, V. P. & G. M. P. T. M. G. P. A. When The Fire Bell Rings f Fire is no time to think of in surance, it is too Ute then. Don't wait to see your homeland the results of your labor goup in smoke. Get Insured Now while your home business is insurable. Have us write you a policy today and protect yourself from the ruin that has fallen upon so many others through their neglect to insure. IES1L Tl?e Ipsur&rjce Men I ORANGEBURG, S. C. For the Best Stationary -GO TO Sims Book Store - Orangeburg, S. C