Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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They Are Requested to Bead and Remember* How time flies! Hear we are again with our cbeery greeting! Happy Hew Year! . ? ? * What is your worst fault What 3s mine? Are you going to reform with the New Year? * * * * To make your New Year a happy ?one be sure to make some one else iave a happy New Year. * ? ? Regret for the past will not strengthen the future. "Forgetting the past, press on," Is. the better way. * * ? Happy New Year! What a blessed phrase! Speak it from the heart, and then strive to make every one's New Year, a happy year and yours will be happy, indeed. * * ? Happy is the man who has nothing to swear off and therefore swears off nothing. He will not have to invent reasons for slashing his pledge a few ?days hence. * * * Christmas, the religions holiday of the whole world, has come and pass ed, the bells will soon ring in the new (-ear 1912, ar.d the holidays, with all their gaiety and gladness,? And gloom and loreliness and sad mess as well?will be but a memory. * * * We can wish no better thing for all cur readers than that they begin the .new year animated by a firm resolve to turn all its experience into profit lor themselves, mentally, mo-ally, so cially and materially, and then to faithfully carry out the resolution. Get ready to start the new year with kindly feelings and more noble ambitions. Make the New Year of 1912 a day to which you can always look back with pleasure and grati tude. Peace, good will unto you, ?dear reader and a "Happy, Happy New Year to you all." * * ? I Our resolutions for the new year Er-should be definite and specific' Do T not say simply that you will be more L liberal, but say just how liberal you will be, not say that you will be more faithful, but say just what .duties, neglected in the past, you willven xage to perform in the future. * ? * Mortals were tempted and tried, almost beyond endurance) and" we spoke no word of encouragement or sympathy. The friendless and the poor and the sick and the solitary we have neglected and passed by. Oh! how cold and selfish; and un comfortable we,, nearly all of (up. have been! And) thus the New Year ?comes to us freighted with memories. * ? * As you turn the corner in to the \ new year, look back a minute over the road you have been traveling the past year. It seemed a long way when you started out, but it has been traversed at last. Have you been true to yourself? It not, once more before you step out into the pure New Year, renew your promises to your better natures. Don't stray, but ling er near the pleasant outlooks, keep near the bits of high ground where you breathe purer air and can see off l Heaven's high hills of blue, make the I motive pure work for the object. I ? ? ? * Delight and pathos are inextricably mingled with the thought of New Year's day. It is only a convention al point of time; any other would do as well. Every day closes an old year and begins a new one, but for all that we cannot help feeling that this day, which is agreed upon throughout Christendom for the be ginning of a new year, .is somehow unique. The paiho3 comes from the review of the past, and from the sense that another notch has been cut lor us on the stick of time. The delight arises from the anticipation of the new and better experiences of the year to come. ? * * It is because nearly all of us live on hope, because we are mentally sustained by expectations, that New Year's is always welcome. It is the one day of the twelve-month?Christ mas is chiefly for children?that ap peals most to men and women. Much of its attractiveness depends, for the multitude, on its nominal newness. We are all familiar and weary with the old. We are ever sighing for the new, which seems as if it would bring a change of mind and condi tion. New Year's is not a whit newer for its name, as every one who thinks for a moment is aware but names are potent, more potent often than things. ? ? * A good resolution for the hard worked housewife to make for the New Year is that she will find time each day for a nap, or a rest at least of fifteen minutes; that she will take every other evening at least for read ing or playing games with her chil dren, and at least one afternoon in the week for a social visit, a ride, a walk. These would not be impossi ble for the busiest woman, who will look carefully into her methods and see if there are not superfluities she can cut off, trimmed underclothing that can be made plain, and thus sa?e sewing and ironing; cakes and pies and preserves, for which plainer wholesomer food can be substituted. * * * It is pleasant in these times to hear of occurrences that show the better side of human nature. It is not worth while to hate any one. Life is too short to cherish ill-will oi hard thoughts. What if man has cheated you or that woman played you false, or some friend forsaken FIND LONG LIFE IN GARDEN Tilling the 8oll Seems to Hold Never Failing Charm for the Aged. Wolfbrrro. N. H ?The Pttentlon is frequently drawn to note the number of elderly people employed at garden ing. The occupation most conducive to long life, tilling the soil, seems to hold a never falling charm and adapta bility to those to whom, through weight of years, all other labor has be come either distasteful or exhausting. Most elderly gardeners are man, of course, but women are, by no means, exempt from the list Near Wolfboro, Mrs. Frank Thurston, though past Mrs. iyson. seventy, successfully works her own garden, and, from it, last fall, dug fifteen bushels of potatoes and put them into the cellar without help. An other woman gardener still older, Mrs Sarah RNsston, of Groton, Vermont, who is past seventy-five years old takes all the care of a large garden, planting, weeding, and doing all the other work herseif even to gathering th? crops. But perhaps in point of years and achievement, the champion woman gardener of New England, if not the United States, Is a Mrs. Tyson, ol Glastonbury, Connecticut. Mrs. Tyson Is nearly ninety-three years old, hut ia remarkably strong and active and In fine health. She has a most interest ing personal!Ly, with a pleasing man ner, and a strong cheerful face, still sparkling with life and intelligence. She lives all alone In a pleasant little house, of which she takes the entire care, besides doing all the work in a fine garden which is the feature of the place. Its owner takes great pride in her garden and shows it most willing ly to visitors wbf-sa she gives a cordial welcome. Her pride is pardonable for the visible fruits of her labor would be a credit to any able-bodied man. SOUTHERN POINT OF NATION Lies on a Sharp Bend of the Rio Grande Near Browns ville, Tex. Brownsville, Tex.?The most south ern point of mainland territory in the United States is on a s'sarp bend ol the Rio Grande river about 20 miles southwest of Brownsville. The gov ernment official survey shows that its latitude Is 25 degrees &nd 9 minutes, which places It below the most south ern part of the peninsula of Florida, but not as far south as Key West The spot is marked by a group of pio tureoqve Mexican ranch buildings with their thatched . roofs. Growing upon the land are grove of wild palm ti-eeo which lend to the beauty sf the tropical scene. The distance between Brownsville and tho mouth of the Rio Grande in a direct line 1? approximately 22 miles, but the river has so many curvatures that its course between the two points cover 110 miles, according to the sur rey of the international boundard commission, which is composed of the Nation's Most Southern Point representatives of the United States uad Mexican governments. Before the river empties into the gulf it makes b. sharp bend to the south, and this rounded peninsula forms the mo*t southern mainland of the country. Most of the territory between Brownsville and the Rio Qrande's mouth is covered by dense wildernesE or chaparral. The soil ia of primitiv? richness, caused by the periodical de posits of silt from the stream's over flow. Owing to the Inaccessibility ol the little Mexican rauch, which holds the distinction of marking the mos) southern spot, the place has been vis ited by very few Americans. A FeatherlcGj; Chicken. Winchester, Ky.?There is on ex hibition In a windov/ here a chicker: 3^ months old. which has no feathers except a slight border around ltf wings. j you? Let it all pass. What differ j eice will it make to you in a few years, when you go hence to that undiscovered country. All who treat you wrong will be more sorry for it than you in your deepest grief. A few more smiles, a few more tears, some pleasure, much pain, a little longer hurrying and worrying in the world, some hasty greetings and ab rupt farewells and life will be over, and injurer and injured will be laid away and forgotten. It Is not worth while to hate eath other. ?liue Ol buuui Gaiuima, ?County of Orangeburg, In Common Pleas. P. J. D. Felder, Plaintiff, against Daniel Koorer and J. M. Maxwell, De fendants. By virtue of a judgment of the Court oi Common Pleas in the above entitled action, I will sell at. Orange burg Court House, on the first Mon day In January, next, during the legal hours for sale, the following described real estate: All that certain niece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being on the North-West side of Whitman street, in the City and County of Orangeburg, State aforesaid, bound ed North-West by lot now or lately of Rebecca A. Funderburg, South East by said Whitman street, North East by Maxcy street, and South west by lot formerly of Mrs. L. M. Smoak, now of B. F. King. And measuring on the said Whitman street one hundred and seven (107) feet and three inches, more or less, on the South-West side on lot now or formerly of Mrs. L. M. Smoak one hundred and twenty feet (120), more or less, on lot of Mrs. Rebecca A. Funderburg on the North-West side eighty-six (86) feet and seven (7) inches; and on the North-East side on Maxcy street one hundred and fifty-nine (159) feet, more or less. All that certain other piece, par cel or lot of land, situate, lying and being on Maxcy street in the same city and County and State aforesaid, and bounded North-East by the said Maxcy street, South-East by lot of T E. White, South-West by lot for merly of Mrs. L. M. Smoak, and North-West by lot of C. P. Brunson, and measuring on said Maxcy street one hundred and three (103) feet. Being same lots conveyed to the said Daniel Moorer and J. M. Maxwell by the plaintiff F. J. D. Felder. Terms?Cash. Purchasers to pay for all papers and all taxes payable after day of sale; and in oase the purchaser shall fail to comply with the terms of sale, then the said premises will be resold on the same or some subsequent salesday, on the same terms and at the risk of the former purchaser. Andrew C. Dibble, Judge of Probate, as Special Referee. December 11th, 1911. State of South Carolina, ?County of Orangeburg, In Common Pleas. William L. DeHay, Plaintiff, against Stanley D. Oliver et al., Defendants. By virtue of a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas In the above entitled action, I will sell at Orange burg Court House, on the first Mon day in January, next, during the legal hours for sale, the following described real estate: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and be ing in Elloree Township, in the County of Orangeburg, in the State aforesaid, containing eighty-one (81) acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by lands ot S. W. Whetsell, on the East by lands of W. J. Moor er, on the South by lands of Elijah Gadsden, and on the West by lands of W. A. Pnell. All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying aDd being in Elloree Township, in the County of Orangeburg, in the State afore said, containing fifty (50) acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by lands of C. A. Read, on the East by land3 of Phillip Goodwin, and on the South and West by lands of Henry Chisolm. Terms?Cash. Purchasers to pay for all papers and all taxes payable after day of sale; and in case the purchaser shall fail to comply with the terms of sale, then the said premises will be resold on the same or some subsequent salesday, on the same terms and at the risk of the former purchaser. Andrew C. Dibble, Judge of Probate, as Special Referee. December 11th, 1911. State of South Carolina, County of Orangeburg, In Common Pleas. J. F. Felder et al., Plaintiffs, against A. C. Bunch et al., Defendants. By virtue of a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas in the above entitled action, I 'will sell at Orange burg Court House, on the first Mon day in January, next, during the legal hours for sale, the following described real estate: All that certain, piece, parcel or tract of land, containing forty (40) acres, more or less, situate, lying and being in the County and State afore said in Vance Township, and bounded on the North, by lands of Jacob Bunch; on the Easit by lands of A. E. McCoy; on the West by lands of Reuben Swentman; and on the South by lands of Maria Fair. Terms?Cash. Purchasers to pay for all papers and all taxes payable after day of sale; and in case the' purchaser shall fail to comply with the terms of sale, then the said premises will be resold on the same or some subsequent salesday, on the same terms and at the risk of the former purchaser. Andrew C. Dibble, Judge of Probate, as Special B.eferee. December 11th, 1911. Five Room Cottage For Sale. Will be sold on the First Monday in January, 1912, by the Judgo of Probate, at the usual hour of the Probate sales, at the request of the owner, Mrs. E. M. Andrews, of Charleston. Thi? cottage Is situated in the ?ity of Orangeburg, on the e^st side of North Broughton Street, the second door south of Fenwick Street. The lot measures G0& feet, more or less, on the north side line, and 10G feet, more or less, on the south side. Terms one-third cash and the bal ance in one and two years. Purchas er to pay for papers. 12-2-4 si TAKE HOME mmMMMSU .A COPY, iitrt than so* titlet i? eh**ti fr?m. Bopks that have been talked about and written about the country over?books by the foremost novelists of the day now offered at a price about one-third that for. which they were originally published. Tales to suit any and every taste?tales of love, romance, mystery and adventure?and the very best of each. An inspection means a pleasant surprise.. ENJOY FRECKLES Gems Stratton-Porter This charming tale i? known in almost'eray town and hamlet in the land. With an initial tale of a few thou sand copies the first year, the demand has gone up, and up, and up?increasing year after year, until now th ere have been sold nearly a half million copies, with no indication of any let-up in its popularity. The tale of this little waif, "Freckles," is a classic in its way, and its power to touch the heart etrings has made it one of the greatest successes in the annals of modem fiction, f 50c THE LORDS OF HIGH DECISION Meredith Nicholson Pittsburg, the City of the Iron Heart, with its great financial and social life, forms the background of this new story. Mr. Nicholson has surpassed himself and in "The Lords of High Decision" he has given us a strong, virile tale?gripping and powerful. If you have read "The Port of Missing Men" or "The Home of a Thou sand Caudles," you will want "The Lords of High Decision"?it is Mr. Nicholson at his best 50c Ask fer *ne cf our umflttt lists. -/ THE PRINCE OF INDIA Lew Wallace One of the broadest and most comprehensive historical novels ever written. It ranks with the same author's "Ben-Hur," the popularity of which is almost universal. "The Prince of India" was formerly published in two volumes, and sold for $230. The same book in one volume, absolutely complete and unabridged, Mf handsomely bound and printed in large type, i^feflj)** is now offered to you for Brewstcr's Millions. . .McCutcheon Checkers.Blossom, Jr. The Clansman.Dlxon, Jr. Doctor Latlmer.Bamham The Filigree Ball.Green A Forest Hearth. . t . . . .Major Freckles.Porter The Golden Horseshoe. . . .Aitken Graustark.McCutcehon Heart's Desire.Hough Her Mountain Lover.Garland If 1 Were King.McCarthy Lavender and Old Lace. . . .Reed Little Citizens.Kelly The Firing Line.Chambers The Masquerader.Thurston A Million a Minute.Douglas Mrs. Darrell.Davis My Mamie Rose.Kildae Nedra.McCutcheon Ihe Patriots.Brady The Prisoner of Zenda.Hope Rabies.Hornung Susan.Oldmeadow To Have and to Hold. . . .Johnston The Traitor.Dlxon, Jr. Yolanda.Major Call and see the New Holiday Books at BOOK ORANGEB?RG, S. C. Wo, >say"SHIELD BRAND'CLOTHING. thats our way of filling your clothes bill.to lihe letter. T T v "iQhere isn't a clothes ?guGSiiorn which SHIELD BRAND'* CLOTHING woni_ answer. T' V.J., v JJome in. let us show yoiTSHIELD BRAND" ^LOTHING the clothes you want to buy at the price you want to pay/ V >v -ft HART BROTHERS, HOLL I'll ILL, S. C. Notice to Creditors. All persons having claims agaius Dr. A. C. Dukes, deceased, will pre sent, them properly attested for pay ment. Those indebted to the estate will please make payment at once to Olive M. Dukes, Executrix. 131 E. Russell S.\ 12-16-4 ' Notice to Creditors. All persons holding claims of in debtedness against the estate of Jos eph B. Traywick, deceased, will please file them with his exxecu trix, Mrs. Edna I. Traywick, at Cope, South Carolina, or with M. E. Zeig ler, Esquire Orangeburg, South Car olina. Mrs. Edna I. Traywick, Executrix. To The Public: Holloway & Baxtfr have opened an up-to-date Barber shop in the Barton Building. Hair Cut - - .25 Shampoo - - .25 Massage - - .25 Scalp Massage ? - .25 Shave - - - .10 All Tonics - - .10 Regular customers are fur nished with private milgs free of charge. Satisfaction guar anteed. Holloway & Baxter THE SEWING MACHINE OF QUALITY. NOT SOLD UNDER ANY OTHER NAME. WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME. If you purchase llic NKW HOME you will have a Ii:';- as.si i nltlic price you pfiy,and will not Lavuan endless chain of repairs. Quality Considered it is the Cheapest in the end to buy. If yon want a scwlnjr machine, write for Dar latest catalogue before you purchase. Tlie New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass. The Arcade Department Store 232 and 234 King Street and 203 Meeting Street, Charleston, S. C. Special showing of new Fall and Winter Suits, Cloaks, Dresses, Shoes and Millin ery for Ladies, Misses and Children. Everything nobby and up-to-date in Dress Goods, Silks and Trimmings. New line of Floor Coverings; new Blankets and Comforts; new Shades, new Sweaters for Men, Women and Children; Gents' Fur nishings; Wolen Underwear for Men, Women and Children. Our Prices Are the Lowest in S. Carolina The Largest Wholesale and Retail Mail Order House in the South QPIJ*'^! A f ^e are memDers oftne Charleston Refund Asso ^* jLj\msM.?\L4 ciation, and will pay your railroad fare to Charles ton if you shop here. In addition we guarantee you better values and greater varieties to chose from than you will find outsirie of the Great Market Centres. Write for our Fall and Winler catalogue t contains pages of rare bargains. Louis Cohen & Co.