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jf Benjamin Shoemaker James. 9 v, kY W. D. S. ? He was a Pennsylvania Dutchman that drifted down South and married Elizabeth Loven, and they spent most of their married life around Princeton. Both were shoemakers by trade, and could put up as fine an article of boots as were ever manufactured in those parts. No young blood thought his dress was complete unless he had on a pair of Ben James' ten-dollar boots. They were made of fine French calf skin, and made to fit almost without a wrinkle. The heels were trimmed down to the size of a silver dollar, and the tops were ornamented with red morocco leather. He and wife ran a regular shoe shop for new work and repairs. Aunt Betsy and niece, Miss Sallie, car ried on the work for years after her husband's death. The old man's great . est foe was corn juice, and Aunt Betsy "was aT slave to opium. Many times she would hand me a dollar to pay for opium when I went to Charleston to purchase goods. When out of the drug she would make for the nearest store for laudanum. She would come in all in a tremor and say: "Hand me down a vial of laudanum, quick!" She would seize it und turn it up to her mouth and drink down one-half of the vial before removing it from her lips. Soon she would be as lively as a lark. She lived to be an old lady before the drug finally conquered her. It's Haid that opium and morphine eaters are short-lived people. Not so in Mrs. James' case. During the campmeeting days of Mt. Bethel Mr. James lired in the old log chiiTv' J?lich stood in a line with the ot'.w "tents. In buying her church clothes she purchased a pair of hoop j skirts, with big brass bands. When on and inflated it was as big around as a I hogshead. She was ashamed to go out | with the skirt on in daytime, but waited until night service to try it. She man aged it pretty well until she started to | return to her house. In coming out! from the preaching stand she stepped into a ditch, which threw her down, and her foot got tangled up in the brass bands and she could not get up until she unbuckled the skirt. She rolled it up and put it under her arm and marched home. Right then and there she made a vow that she would never put on the nasty thing as long as she lived. Negro Race Conference. To the Colored People of South Caro lina: I take the liberty to communicate to you through this journal?supposing { that you are a subscriber to it, as every citizen ought to take his county paper. The Negro Race Conference was a great success last year. The speeches by both white and colored were inspir ing and uplifting. The delegation was very large. The conference will meet | again Tuesday, January 14, anf\ con tinue in session until Friday, January 17, 1908. The speakers for this confer ence are even stronger than last year. We will have prominent women and men, among them Mrs. Booker T. Wash ington. One day, Thursday, will be set apart as woman's day. We want the best thinking members of the race to come c necially the farmers, teachers, preacher , mechanics, etc. We propose to organize at this meet ing a Negro State Fair Association. The board of directors of the Fair As sociation have promised to give us the fair grounds free to encourage us. This | is very apt to be the last race confer ence to be held in the State and you cannot afford to miss it. Let delegates j come from Sunday schools, societies, churches or any business organization. Come whether you are appointed or not. Those who expect to come please I write Mr. I. N. Nesbitt, 1018 Washing ton Street, Columbia, S. C. He will arrange board for you at reasonable rates. Among the prominent speakers are Dr. C. T. Walker, of Georgia, Dr. A. W. Lamar, white, Tennessee, Dr. I). Webster Davis, Virginia. Respectfully, Richard Carroll. When the stomach, heart or kidney nerves get weak then these organs always fail. Don't drug the stom.'ich, nor stimulate the heart or kidneys. That is simply a makeshift. Get a pre scription known to druggists every where as Dr. Snoop's Restorative. The restorative; is prepared expressly for these weak inside nerves. Strengthen ; these nerves, build them up with Dr. Shoop's Restorative tablets or liquid and see how quickly help will come. Free sample test sent on request by Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. Your health is surely worth this simple test. Pal metto Drug Co. FINAL SETTLEMENT. Take notice that on the 21st day of | January, 1908, I will render a final ac count of my acts and doings as admin istrator of the estate of E. Adkins, de ceased, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens county at 11 o'clock a. m. and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as administrator. All persons indebted to said estate are notified and required to make pay ment, on that date, and all persons hav ing claims against said estate will pre sent them on or before said date, duly proven, or be forever barred. J. W. Garden, Ancillary Adim 'strator. Dec. 18, 1907. How's This? '/c offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that can not, he cured by IL/J's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F J, Cheney for the last 15 years, and be. HeVO him perfectly honorablo in all his business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. Walding, Kinnnn & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials'sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipa tion. The latest PERFUME hit. WM. H. BROWN & BRO'S. popular odor, Pocahontas Selling with great success. For Sale by Dodson-Rd wards Drug Co. Laurens, S. C. THE GRASS FENCE. Thrilling Incident of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The battle of Bunker Hill gave the oecaHlon for many deeds of valor, ami since that day WO hold a list of names Illuminated in our memory. One of these nameH belongs to the Knight of Derryfield. Do you remember who he was, and can you recall the souk of Ids bravery? Head of it onco more and have Impressed again on your heart the implicit obedience and perfect courage of the New Hampshire farm ers and their captain, John Moor. When the forty-five men of the little towji of Derryfleld, N. II.. left their homes to light for the groat cause each knew that no men were ever led by a braver man than their beloved Captain Moor. Ills courage had Inspired many of them in the French and Indian war. So, eagerly, when the alarm came in 1795 they marched with 1dm and hi* drummer boy son to Cambridge, where lie was entered a captain in Stnrk's regiment. And now comes (he battle of Bunker Hill. Behind a fence, piled thick witli grass, Captain Moor's company lay as still as death. An order had come from Colonel Stark that not a shot was to l>e tired until the British passed a stake that was driven a short distance away. With perfect confidence in themselves and their captain, the farmers waited ?waited motionless while that beauti ful, death dealing pageant of British warriors swept grandly toward them. With the coolness and Wonderful pre cision of a dross parade the old world came to meet the new, the grenadiers and light Infantry marching In single file twelve feet apart, the artillery ad vancing more slowly and thumb 'ng out an Insolent defiance to the con ceited little rebels, while on each side tivo battalions formed an oblique line to the fence breastworks. The very flower of the English army, full blos somed In learned maneuvers, resplen dent In shining arms and waving ban ners, advanced to mecl a little group of I men untrained in tactics of warfare, only half armed, clad In Imnospun, biding behind a breastwork of grass. The dead line was crossed. Hang! Hang! Hang! 'the little rebels were awake at last. Now, not the stake, but a line of fallen bodies marked the dead line. Thunder and lightning belched forth from that breastwork. A fire, Intense, steady, killing, and the brave march of the Britishers was cheeked. A slight recoil, and the offi cers, dashing up, again urged the line forward. Not for one moment did the grass fence cease Its voice of fire and shot. One by one the brave grenadiers and their dashing, gallant officers fell to the earth. The ranks broke and the proud host fled before the meager handful of New Hampshire men. Ah, If we could only have bad grass breast works and Captain John Moor all along the American line!?C. P, Harri son In Atlanta Constitution. A Philanthropist. An earnest east side worker says that not long ago she was approached by an old gentleman who has the rep utation of being something of a philan thropist with the request that ho be permitted to accompany her on one of her rounds of visits. Much pleased, the worker consented. The destitute condition in which many families were found elicited expressions Of deep sym pathy from tho old gentleman, but to his companion's surprise and regrcl nothing more material. Presently they came upon u small girl weeping bit- ( terly. "What Is It, my dear?" the old gen tleman Inquired. The child raised a tear stained face and pointed into a dark alleyway. "Me mudder sent me to buy some bread, an' I lost my dime in there, an' I'll git licked awful!" she sobbed. "Poor dear!" he remarked in a tender voice, at the same time putting ins hand into ids vest pocket. "Don't cry. Here is a match. Perhaps you will be able to find it!"?Harper's. Misled by Stationery. "I wrote a note to my washerwoman about a week or two ago asking her please to bring my clothes home," said the woman. "I needed them. I hap pened to be In a religious concern at the time and used Its paper to write the note on. Hertha came yesterday. " 'I've a great notion to discharge you, Bertha,' I told her. 'Why didn't you bring me my clothes? Must I get enough things to wear a year without having them washed on your account'.'' " 'To tell you the truth,' Bertha apol ogized meekly, 'you wrote on that tueah religious paypah, and I didn't, pay no 'tenshun to it. I Jos' thought it was some o' them peepul writ in' to ask me to come to prayah tneotin'. I didn't know it was youah let lab, miss, till yesterday mawnin', when I got tlahd of seein' it around and opened It, so that was why I didn't git heah no soonah with youah clo'es.' "?New York Press. Moody on tho Cards. One evening in San Francisco Evan gelist Moody snt In his room jt the ho tel playing a game of cards with Mrs. Moody and two friends when a mes senger came In With a dispatch. As the boy stood waiting for a reply Mr. Moody suddenly asked. "Won't you sit down, my lad, and have a game of authors with us?" The boy declined and soon left the room. Hardly had the door closed when Mrs. Moody said, "Why, Dwlght, what made you think of inviting that boy to sit down and play with us?" ?'My dear," replied Moody, "don't you see, if 1 had not callt? the boy's atten tion to tho fact that we were playing authors all the morning pnpors would certainly have announced under big headlines that I). I- Moody had been discovered hi a San Francisco hotel engaged In a game of cards?" Animal History. There are many points of likeness between a world view of animal his tory and of human history. During the long ages preceding our own the continents tor certain periods were like vnst islands entirely Isolated from neighboring continents by tho seas. This was the condition of Africa in the period unearthed by reconl explora tions. These longer or shorter Isola tions explain the marvelous diversity of mammalian life, because each grant land mass became n Beparat? breeding place under different conditions, and whenever the laud rose from the Boa loug enough to form connecting bridges, such ns those across the Medi terranean or along the Antic seas or across the isthmus o' Panama, the ani mals gradually extended their ranges from continent to continent exactly nfter the manner of the prehistoric and historic races of men. Thus were Ini tiated vast Interchanges, struggles and competitions which have worked quite ns profound Influence! upon the past and present history of animal life as the Interchanges of human races have worked upon tho history of man.? Homy Falrflcld Osborn in Century. Qot Even With the Lawyer. Many years ago there lived In Cam den, Me., two neighbors, Dr. Hnsc and Judge Thayer. The doetor had occa sion to sue a man and of course em ployed his neighbor, the judge, as bis counsel. After a session of court he met the judge and asked about bis case. The judge said It was continued. Meeting him again after another ses sion and asking again about his case, the same answer wns given. As it cost *2 or $3 each time it was continued, the doctor thought by the time it was settled, after paying the judge, he would get nothing. Some time afterward the judge was afflicted with a felon and of course em ployed his neighbor, the doctor. After suffering awhile lie mat the doctor and said: "Doctor, this thing is getting ulong very slowly. I have walked the floor nights for a week. What are you doing to It?" The doctor, who stammered, loud ly replied, "Co-co-continulng it, by George!" 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